# What If Someone Went Bar-to-Bar Promoting Euthanasia? - Director Interview w/ Andrew Shemin

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Podcast: [The LOOPcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-loopcast-5671162)
Published: 2026-03-24T19:40:39+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-loopcast/2659078
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## Resource

What would happen if euthanasia had a marketing department? In Breakfast of Champions, director Andrew Shemin imagines a darkly satirical world where a cheerful sales representative walks into a neighborhood bar with an unusual proposal: partner with her company to promote assisted death to elderly patrons. What follows is a tense and unsettling conversation that explores dignity, persuasion, and the quiet pressures shaping end-of-life decisions today. In this interview, Andrew Shemin explains the inspiration behind the film, how satire can reveal uncomfortable truths, and why stories like this matter right now. Watch now on Zeale: https://zeale.co/video/breakfast-of-champions

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