Have you ever wondered how they get two-year-old actors to stay on script in the movies?

The answer might surprise you.

That’s one of the topics that’s covered in the latest episode of the Scriptnotes podcast, Big Money Movies with Marielle Heller.

Did you know that they can train squirrels? 

Yes, squirrels can be trained to do one and only one trick. And it only costs $13,000.

That’s another tidbit that’s covered in the episode.

Then later on John August and Marielle Heller (Craig Mazin is on assignment) take three news articles about real people with too much money and ask How Would This Be a Movie?

There’s a particularly interesting discussion of the difference between a capitalistic country like the US and a “socialistic” one like Germany. You won’t want to miss that.