George Bailey Was Never Born

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  • George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how it may offer a light down the path we walk today, all 10 episodes available Nov 21, 2023. Created by Kurt Engfehr, the editor-producer of Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning documentaries, and Ray Nowosielski, 2022 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast, the series is a co-production of iHeartMedia and Double Asterisk, in association with True Stories.  Narrated by a familiar angel, he takes listeners back and forth between the part of the multiverse where the events of Wonderful Life really happened and our own, one where George Bailey was never born! SaveGeorgeBailey.com
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Episodes
  • BONUS: Introducing: Everybody Has a Podcast With Ruth and Ray (Kelly Stewart Harcourt Interview)

    BONUS: Introducing: Everybody Has a Podcast With Ruth and Ray (Kelly Stewart Harcourt Interview)
    Dec 26 2023

    SUBSCRIBE NOW to the new weekly "EVERYBODY HAS A PODCAST" at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everybody-has-a-podcast-with-ruth-and-ray/id1722783945

    You heard "GEORGE BAILEY WAS NEVER BORN" creators Ruth and Ray and their story in Ep10 "Happy Ending".  Just in time for the end of the holidays, their new podcast's first episode features special guest KELLY STEWART HARCOURT, daughter of "George Bailey" himself, one of the greatest Hollywood actors ever, Jimmy Stewart.  And follow them week to week for a diverse variety of interesting guests and conversation as you ride along with their lives on the D-List of the art and craft they have chased their whole lives. 

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Part 10: Happy Ending

    Part 10: Happy Ending
    Nov 21 2023

    Going meta, the last episode spotlights how this podcast came about, how co-creator Ray Nowosielski and partner Ruth Vaca were drawn into the world of It's a Wonderful Life and how the making of it proved one of the most existential years in their lives.  Listeners meet the Groundhog Day writer and the celebrities of the annual Asner Center charitable table read of Wonderful Life, a search for the perfect sequel commences and a real George Bailey is lost, in this touching conclusion.  SaveGeorgeBailey.com  

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Part 09: Mary Hatch, Hero (For Our Times)

    Part 09: Mary Hatch, Hero (For Our Times)
    Nov 21 2023

    The most controversial moment in It's a Wonderful Life for modern fans is the fate of George Bailey’s spouse Mary in the part of the multiverse in which he had never been born.  An examination of Mary as the true hero of Bedford Falls leads to the stories of Donna Reed as unappreciated feminist, femme punk Zuzu’s Petals' Laurie Lindeen's “woman behind the man” relationship with the Replacements’ frontman and the most impactful effect of this holiday classic, the short story writer’s daughter’s success in using banking to bring more than 100 million out of poverty.  Through conversations with influential women, from Washington Post’s gender columnist to a popular Vox television critic, from Seneca Falls’ Women’s Rights National Historic Park to our own “George Bailey” theme song writer and performer, a debate over Mary heats up – with ramifications for fixing our culture!  SaveGeorgeBailey.com

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    57 mins

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