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Canned Air #562 Sussex: Chapters Three and Four with Creator Nick Goode

·1 hr 16 min

Canned Air brings Nick Goud back for a long-overdue catch-up. The hosts quickly note that he was on the show as far back as episode 71 in April 2015. That date lands because it means the friendship has stretched across more than a decade. The conversation lingers there for a bit before moving to his current project, Sussex. Sussex is a psychological thriller that explores mental health through the lens of a spy story set during World War II. Goud is there to talk about chapters three and four. Those chapters are headed to Kickstarter on February 26. The exchange stays warm and familiar from the start. Jeremy and Jack are comfortable enough with Goud to reference his earlier books and comics, including Red Waves, Lone Tales, and The Snow Universe, without slowing the room down. That gives the interview a lived-in feel. The hosts keep circling back to the strange speed of time. The joke is obvious, but the feeling behind it is real. It is the kind of conversation where everyone sounds amused and a little stunned by how long they have known each other. The middle of the episode shifts to film talk. The crew digs into The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Henry Cavill comes up as the center of that discussion. The hosts note how the character he plays feels very Bond-like. They also talk through the movie's true-story roots and its loose connection to stories that would later feel very James Bond. That detour fits the show's loose, association-driven rhythm. The episode ends in the usual Canned Air way, with merch talk, a mention that the site is still being worked over on a new web host, and thanks to Evergreen Podcast Network. Across the whole thing, the tone stays casual, curious, and happy to let the conversation breathe.

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A relaxed reunion that mixes creator talk, wartime digressions, and a World War II spy thriller.

Canned Air keeps things loose with Nick Goud, and the easy familiarity helps. The episode centers on Sussex, his psychological thriller about mental health filtered through a World War II spy story, with chapters three and four slated for Kickstarter on February 26.

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You want a creator catch-up that moves from comics to a Bond-adjacent war story.

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