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October 29, 2018 82 mins

The term 'Host' is a complicated one. Some hosts are your favorite voices behind a beloved podcast. Others are cold-blooded murder machines programmed to kill. This week on ShamFiction, you'll get a little of both! In this one, Marcus and Andrew (one of whom is actually a bloodthirsty robot, I'll let you guess which one!) are diving into the origins of the hit HBO series Westworld by writing their own versions of the the film that started it all! Yes, in 1973 there was a film called Westworld, written and directed by bestselling author Michael Crichton, and it was chock FULL of deadly automatons! What more could a host ask for!?

Links: Westworld (1973) on Amazon: http://a.co/d/ayi99eH
Westworld on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/westworld
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Sham Fiction episode archive: http://www.twojackets.com/shamfictionepisodes

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