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Watch With Jen - S6: E25 - Psychics, Fate, & Free Will on Film with Lina Chern

DEC 10, 202567 MIN
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Watch With Jen - S6: E25 - Psychics, Fate, & Free Will on Film with Lina Chern

DEC 10, 202567 MIN

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<p>Lina Chern, the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of <em>Play the Fool</em>, is here this week to discuss psychics solving crime, predestination and tarot onscreen, and the beauty of free will on film in <em>Minority Report</em>, <em>The Dead Zone</em>, <em>The Gift</em>, and <em>Three Colors: Red</em>. Her delightful sequel to <em>Fool</em>, <em>Tricks of Fortune</em>, was released over the summer, and we did a full-length video interview about the book, her writing, and our taste in pop culture, which you can see on the Poisoned Pen Bookstore YouTube Channel.</p><p>Originally Posted on Patreon (12/20/25) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/145545464"><strong>here</strong></a>: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/145545464">https://www.patreon.com/posts/145545464</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3v0Jvqq"><strong>Shop Watch With Jen logo Merchandise in Logo Designer Kate Gabrielle's Threadless Shop</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ko-fi.com/filmintuition"><strong>Donate to the Pod via Ko-fi</strong></a><strong> &amp; </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jenjohans"><strong>PayPal</strong></a></p><p><strong>Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive</strong></p>