In this Scriptnotes Extra, Craig and John discuss the melting dread they experienced this morning and hopefully offer some succor.
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_feeling.mp3).
Random Advice
Do all the good you can
One of the positive things I took from this election was a quote Hillary Clinton used from her Methodist upbringing:
> Do all the good you can.
> By all the means you can.
> In all the ways you can.
> In all the places you can.
> At all the times you can.
> To all the people you can.
> As long as ever you can.
Anger, grief, fear and bewilderment are natural reactions. Feelings are real. I’m feeling all of them right now.
But they’re conditions. They’re meant to pass. Holding onto them in a vise-like grip only hardens them into ugly jagged lumps.
So what are we supposed to do?
*All the good we can.*
I don’t know what specifically that means for me yet.
I can’t know what the future is going to bring.
But I do know it’s going to mean a more active search for Good. It means finding the ways, places, time and other people to help do it.
It means standing up against injustice and cruelty. It means not looking for blame, but understanding, and solutions.
We can’t control how we feel. We can only control the actions we take. Doing Good is great guide for what those should be.
The Gold Standard
In this special mini-episode, Craig and John tackle the gold standard and why economists think it’s a flat-out terrible idea.
We don’t discuss screenwriting at all, so feel free to skip this one if monetary theory doesn’t interest you.
This episode is mostly to verify that minor changes to our workflow haven’t messed up the Scriptnotes feed. If for some reason this episode doesn’t show up in your regular podcasting app, please let us know at the ask@johnaugust.com account (and re-add it in iTunes).
Next week, we’ll be back with our long-anticipated interview with Lawrence Kasdan.
Links:
* [Gold standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard) on Wikipedia
* [ProCon.org weighs the pros and cons of the United States returning to a gold standard](http://gold-standard.procon.org/)
* The Atlantic on [Why the Gold Standard Is the World’s Worst Economic Idea, in 2 Charts](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-the-gold-standard-is-the-worlds-worst-economic-idea-in-2-charts/261552/)
* Huffington Post on [Ted Cruz’s gold standard policy](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-gold-standard-republican_us_571196bfe4b06f35cb6fbac6)
* [Debt: The First 5,000 Years](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1612191290/?tag=johnaugustcom-20), by David Graeber
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_gold.mp3).
Fun with Numbers
Craig and John discuss the impact of Star Wars knocking down all the records, both for the industry and big-screen sci-fi.
We also look at yet another start-up that promises to separate hits from flops, the shocking revelation that critics are humans, and three new WGA proposals. Finally, we look at ways to let an audience know a character’s name.
Note: This is also the long-promised vaginosis episode.
Links:
* [Mexican Coke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Coke), [New Coke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke) and [the history of Coca-Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#History) on Wikipedia
* Bacterial vaginosis [at the Center for Disease Control](http://www.cdc.gov/std/bv/stdfact-bacterial-vaginosis.htm) and [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_vaginosis)
* [Vaginal douching](http://www.webmd.com/women/guide/vaginal-douching-helpful-or-harmful) on WebMD
* [Scriptnotes, 112: Let me give you some advice](http://johnaugust.com/2013/let-me-give-you-some-advice) and [Dear J.J. Abrams](http://www.dearjjabrams.com/)
* [Star Wars: The Force Awakens](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars7.htm) on Box Office Mojo
* [Get your tickets now for Scriptnotes, Live on January 25](http://hollywoodheart.org/upcoming/) with [Jason Bateman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bateman) and [Lawrence Kasdan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan), a benefit for [Hollywood HEART](http://hollywoodheart.org)
* [ScriptBook](http://scriptbook.io/) and [The startup story of Scriptbook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOQU-8S_yM)
* [Box Office Shocker: Movie Reviews Matter in 2015](http://www.thewrap.com/box-office-shocker-movie-reviews-matter-in-2015/) from The Wrap
* [WGA Asks Members To Amend Guild’s Constitution](http://deadline.com/2015/12/wga-members-considering-guild-constitutional-amendments-1201673993/) on Deadline
* [Ghost Streets of Los Angeles](http://www.bldgblog.com/2015/12/ghost-streets-of-los-angeles/) on BLDGBLOG
* Vilmos Zsigmond on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilmos_Zsigmond), [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005936/) and [remembered in Variety](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/vilmos-zsigmond-dead-dies-cinematographer-1201670799/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Mary Webb ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_232.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_232.mp3).
**UPDATE 1-14-16:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2016/scriptnotes-ep-232-fun-with-numbers-transcript).