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Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

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Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] is a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors of color and analyzes them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues. Hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III. BMCJ is an iTunes Editor's Choice podcast and has reached #2 on the iTunes Film/TV charts. BMCJ has also been covered by multiple websites including Huffington Post, Splitsider, Salon, The Daily Dot, and more.
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Eavesdropping at the Movies

Jose Arroyo and Michael Glass

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"I have this romantic idea of the movies as a conjunction of place, people and experiences, all different for each of us, a context in which individual and separate beings try to commune, where the individual experience overlaps with the communal and where that overlapping is demarcated by how we measure the differing responses between ourselves and the rest of the audience: do they laugh when we don’t (and what does that mean?); are they moved when we feel like laughing (and what does that ...
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Married To The Movies

Sarah Watt and Doug Dillaman

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Filmmaker Doug Dillaman and film reviewer Sarah Watt love movies so much, they got married in a cinema. They've been podcasting separately at Best Worst Podcast and Cinema In Context, and now they're together around the kitchen table. Join the Dillawatts for some pillow talk - film geek style.
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My Movie DNA

Johnny Andrews

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The movies we watch are part of the building blocks of who we are. It’s in our DNA. Welcome to the MY MOVIE DNA podcast. My name is Johnny Andrews and I’m a movie-loving Englishman living in New Zealand. I’m on a mission to speak to New Zealand’s biggest movie-lovers to find out what makes them tick. So if you want to hear indecipherable Kiwi accents talking about their love of movies, this is the podcast for you. Search for MY MOVIE DNA wherever you get your podcasts.
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TLDR; Father/Daughter team watch and review all movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, starting back in 1927. Welcome to Shea Cinema, The Best Picture Project! Join host Sara Shea and her father, William Shea, as they watch and explore every film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Sara and Dad are recreating a project Sara assigned to her high school Film Studies students, which includes contextual historical research, discussing their personal responses to e ...
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MSB is a weekly Gundam podcast for new fans, old fans, and not yet fans. Nina (a Gundam first-timer) and Thom (a lifelong Gundam fan) analyze, review, and research all 40-years of the iconic sci-fi anime mega-franchise Mobile Suit Gundam in the order it was made. We research its influences, examine its themes, and discuss how each piece of the Gundam canon fits within the changing context in Japan and the world, from 1979 to today. Part history podcast, part discussion podcast, all Gundam po ...
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Pop Culture Parenting

Dr Billy Garvey, Nick McCormack

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This podcast is about finding the sweetspot between the textbooks and real life when it comes to parenting. Dr Billy (a developmental pediatrician) and Nick (a developing parent) are a couple of dads having honest discussions about parenting day to day We'll be using iconic TV and cinema scenes from the 80's & 90's to give context to Billy's parenting advice. Please subscribe and tell us what parenting topics and movie scenes we should talk about next
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Neurodiversity Podcast

Emily Kircher-Morris

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The Neurodiversity Podcast talks with leaders in the fields of psychology, education, and beyond, about positively impacting neurodivergent people. Our goal is to reframe differences that were once considered disabilities or disorders, promote awareness of this unique population, and improve the lives of neurodivergent and high-ability people.
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Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast

Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast, Adam Silverstein

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Award-winning analysis of pro wrestling with breakdowns of WWE, NXT, AEW and beyond. Plus, instant analysis of pay-per-views, news coverage and major interviews. Host Adam Silverstein and co-host Chris Vannini pull back the curtain addressing the hottest topics and most controversial developments while putting the highs and lows of sports entertainment in context every week.
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Redshirt Cinema Club is a weekly a podcast about films and fandom. Watch the biggest and best sci-fi and genre movies along with us, then join us for deep dive discussions, cultural context, and laughs. Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer. You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast. ...
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The Met: In Focus

The Metropolitan Opera

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In Focus, a new podcast series from the Metropolitan Opera, introduces audience members to the operatic masterpieces presented in the company's award-winning Live in HD cinema transmissions. Hosted by Met radio commentator and staff writer William Berger, In Focus provides historical context about the works and their creators, as well as insightful commentary about the drama and the music, accompanied by excerpts from past Met performances. For more information and a Live in HD schedule, vis ...
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Helping leaders navigate their career and calling in today's distracted media-driven culture. Do you have a message or story that could influence the world? Get expert tips from Hollywood producer and media consultant Phil Cooke on creative leadership, digital media, branding and marketing strategies, film and TV production and more – and the faith to make it happen. Find out more at PhilCooke.com. His philosophy? Get your ideas out there and change the world in the process.
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Full Cast And Crew

Meetinghouse Productions, Inc.

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Proudly independent and ad-free since 2018, the Full Cast and Crew Podcast stands out in a crowded field by focussing on emotional reactions to films as much as it shares the entertaining anecdotes behind their making and seeks to place movie in context with our shared experiences as filmgoers coming of age in the 70's and 80's and beyond.
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The Filmographers

The Filmographers Podcast

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We study a director’s entire career, one film at a time. In each episode, we discuss why a single film succeeded or failed and examine it in the context of the Hollywood landscape when it was released. We’re the academic, but fun, movie podcast! In our second season, we’re turning the spotlight on Billy Wilder, one of the most influential directors of all-time.
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Disniversity Podcast

Disniversity Podcast

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The podcast crash course through the history of Disney's animated classics, by film journalist Ben Travis and animation academic Dr Sam Summers. Each week, we’ll be moving forward in time through the legendary Walt Disney Animation Studios catalogue, watching every feature film in chronological order – from Snow White to Wish. Watch along with us, and listen as we explore each film’s historical context, advances in animation and lasting legacy, and talk about how they stand up today. Note: T ...
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An all new podcast for these socially distant times. We're a bunch of Ghibli fans of varying degrees who are re-exploring the Ghibli catalog in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic! Join us every week as we go through all the Ghibli films, starting with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on August 27, 2020. New episodes every Thursday! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soft-shell-productions/support
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A Dark Impression

A Dark Impression

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In A Dark Impression, professors Vince and Dave provide context for the social and psychological factors that go into making horror films. Each season uses a different lens through which to analyze the medium.Now with even more new artwork!
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Going Rogue

Tansy Gardam

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A podcast about the film industry that looks at both the films, and the industry. The show covers the writing, shooting, editing and reshooting of troubled films and tries to not only find out what happened, but why, sometimes in a single episode, sometimes over an entire season. Hosted by film writer Tansy Gardam, Going Rogue is all about the context and complications of making movies, and the often wild reasons that films are... like that. You can support the show at Patreon.com/GoingRogue ...
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Hollywood Africans

Barbara Angopa and Amaka Ugwunkwo

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Hosted by award-winning journalist Barbara Angopa and filmmaker Amaka Ugwunkwo, Hollywood Africans reframes the lives of misunderstood characters in the movies. Silenced, underestimated, objectified, infantilised and vilified Africans on film get their podcast remake. Barbara and Amaka weave in their personal experience, current affairs and social context to reimagine motives and devise alternative plots.
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Sundays With Cate

Murtada Elfadl

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A podcast series about the films of Cate Blanchett. The acting, the costumes, the awards but mostly: the Blanchett of it all. Each week we review one Blanchett movie, talk about its artistic legacy and its context within her career. Hosted, produced and edited by Murtada Elfadl.
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The Last of Us Nerds Podcast

Jacob Rude, Tom Fehr

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A spoiler-safe podcast discussing the new HBO show The Last of Us from the perspective of longtime fans of the game. We will discuss how the show is adapting the game, including context and discussing changes, but all episodes will not contain any future plot spoilers until late in the episode where we will have a clear spoiler break.
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Join Rowan and Xan on the deepest of dives into Stop!! Hibari-kun! - the 1980s transgender romantic comedy you may never have heard of. This incredibly progressive and also incredibly problematic anime and manga series entertained Japanese audiences in the days of Walkmans and Space Invaders, but how does it hold up for a modern trans audience, 40 years and an entire continent removed from its original context?
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Afternoona Asks

StudioAfterGlo

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Annyeonghaseyo! We are Grace and Sarah, Asian KDrama fans who love to ask, and hopefully find answers to, all of our (and your) Asian drama questions. We cover everything, from silly topics to sensitive and serious issues that come up as we binge. We'll also share some Korean and Chinese language tips, as well as our experiences as diaspora Asians living in the UK and US. Afternoona Asks ND: Quirky, partly queer and quite late diagnosed, we are the Afternoona Asks ND (neurodivergent) squad - ...
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Speakola

Speakola

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Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous – think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known. In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative ...
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Hello from Peak Show! Our new series is Tales From the Rec Room – a podcast that uses nostalgia as a jumping-off point for a discussion on pop culture, context, rabbit holes, pop psychology and more! Movies, TV, music, video games – did you first consume it via physical media in a rec room? Then we’ll cover it.
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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We watch 70's movies and do two things: 1: We give commentary along with the movie that may or may not correspond with whats going on (we're the people that talk through the whole f***ing movie) 2: We give a short review of the film and give our observations, some context, and how it lines up with other films of the era. We really enjoy 70's cinema and want to expose you to it as well:-)
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Cluedunnit

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Enjoy your favorite TV mysteries with us. Each episode we watch show and immediately guess whodunit, without any clues, context, or — apparently — accuracy. Then we spoil everything. We not only tell you who did it but also who made it, with fascinating looks into the careers, lives, and trivia of the artists themselves and special interview episodes with the writers of TV mysteries. If it’s got a mystery, we watch it! Cluedunnit has guessed on TV case-of-the-week episodes from such differen ...
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The Great Gundam Project has been going for years now, but people still insist on starting Gundam in places other than 0079, so we decided to make the first season free in order to encourage people to watch the hottest show of 1979! Please start with episode zero, which provides some context for the GGP project and how these episodes are in the present day.
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My Favorite Redhead

Breanna and Diana

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An I Love Lucy podcast hosted by best friends Breanna (a lifelong Lucy fan) and Diana (a new Lucy fan). We watch every episode in order, Diana reacts, and Breanna nerds out by sharing behind the scenes info and historical context a modern audience may miss. New episodes on Fridays!
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Boob Tube

Boob Tube

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Pop culture scientists and best friend duo Gabby and Zoe recap your favorite tv shows from yesteryear! These “scholars” will examine television from a variety of eras, distilling narrative decisions down to only their key elements. We will interrogate characters, plot lines, iconic dialogue, media stunts, and provide key cultural context for some of the most beloved shows the old boob tube has to offer. We get real, we get nasty, and we get real nasty. New episodes every Wednesday, not safe ...
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DIS-Order: Every Disney Film

Real Fans 4 Real Movies

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A chronological journey through the struggles, sacrifices, and successes of every animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Join your hosts, Andy, Hunter and Michael, in discussion and debate surrounding Disney's most (and least) beloved fairytales and adventures in the broader context of the Walt Disney Company and the animation studio's influence on pop culture.
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HBO documentaries keep us up at night, captivate our imaginations, and make us ask the big questions about what it means to be human. On HBO Docs Club, hosts Brittany Luse (For Colored Nerds) and Ronald Young, Jr. (Solvable) pull back the curtain on a wide variety of HBO Documentary Titles. Through in-depth conversations and interviews with filmmakers and experts, Brittany and Ronald unpack these stories with new context, exploring what they can teach us about the past, find out where these ...
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The Filmlings

The Filmlings

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The Filmlings is a podcast dedicated to analyzing film in context. Each episode features a discussion of several movies that are all related in some way – usually by director, thematic content, source material, sequels, or cast/crew. Currently having covered over 500 films ranging from popular Hollywood films to obscure foreign arthouse, search the archive for your favorite film, we've probably talked about it. Hosted by Alex Geringer and Jonathan Satchell. Find more info at TheFilmlings.com
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Working Class Bards

Amusing Dog Productions

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Nerds, D&D, News Oh My! Join hosts Taylor Maimone and Kelsie Rodriguez as they discuss pop culture news, out of context Dungeons & Dragons, Top 3's and drafts and so much more because they're: Two nerds sitting in their living room filming a podcast three feet apart cause they're gay. If you get the Vine reference we can be friends. If not, well, that was awkward wasn't it?
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The best of the year. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss their film and television highlights of the year, including their biggest surprise, biggest disappointment, classic revisted, best television and best films of 2025.Here are the films and television shows we discussed: • Biggest surprise of the year: Ne Zha 2 (William); The L…
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We did it y'all. 30 episodes in our second Christmas together. Thank you to everyone who has listened to any of the episodes, and please seek us out if there is anything you want to hear more about. We wouldn't look this good without the amazing art of Adam Danbury (https://www.adamdanbury.com/film). We wouldn't sound this good without the regular …
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It's the concluding chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy this week, as we tackle Return of the Jedi. If you're over 35 this was probably your favourite Star Wars movie as a kid - an action-filled romp across a forest moon, Tatooine and a brand new Death Star. It's got speeder bike chases, Leia in that outfit, and Luke facing off against Darth …
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AEW Worlds End 2025, led by the conclusion of the Continental Classic, wound up a mixed bag despite two title changes -- and Getting Over is here to break it all down! Host Adam Silverstein grabs his mic to tackle 2025 AEW Worlds End results with grades in our signature instant analysis review. "The Silver King" covers Samoa Joe vs. Hangman Page vs…
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This week, the Patrons are in control, and what they've decided they want is MORE WHEELS! What show will we end up watching? Tune in to find out! Meanwhile Remington realizes he's actually strapped to the breaking wheel. If you'd like to give us feedback, ask a question, or correct a mistake, send an email to [email protected]. Like our s…
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An exciting collection of stories of change that most people don’t usually hear from the bottom up, from the grassroots, about what’s happening in East Asia. Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia (Rutgers UP, 2025) brings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, schol…
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Join us for our annual Year End review of Korean and other Asian dramas for 2025! As per previous episodes, Grace and Sarah are joined by an Afternoona Delight Patreon guest to discuss their drama year. We are delighted to be joined by Kate B and Jimmy this year and in this part 1 episode, Kate B and Sarah discuss their faves, their misses and the …
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In this episode, Nick Caverly talks about his new book, Demolishing Detroit: How Structural Racism Endures (Stanford UP, 2025). For decades, Detroit residents, politicians, planners, and advocacy organizations have campaigned for the elimination of empty buildings from city neighborhoods. Leveling these structures, many argue, is essential to makin…
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NXT overdelivered for a taped holiday episode, while AEW set the stage for the final pay-per-view of the year -- and Getting Over is here to break it all down! Host Adam Silverstein tackles NXT [2:25] platforming Je'Von Evans, rewriting Blake Monroe vs. Thea Hail and inserting some Christmas chaos into a fun episode before recapping AAA Guerra de T…
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Today, anthropologist Professor Anru Lee is joining NBN as a guest host to interview me, Suvi Rautio, on my new book, The Invention of Tradition in China: Story of a Village and a Nation Remade published by Palgrave in 2024. In China, heritage projects are sprouting across the countryside carrying the promise of Xi Jinping’s “Chinese dream” as a ca…
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While the show is on break for the holidays, we're replaying some classic holiday episodes! Original Description: It’s the Holiday Season! James, Jerah, and Jonathan are joined by Tessa Hersh to discuss David E. Talbert’s 2020 instant classic, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” The musical follows a toymaker who rediscovers that everything is po…
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We’re back in Britain for a lovely visit with our favorite detective show inspired by a historic dysfunctional marriage, and their ridiculously tall and talented assistant … who maybe needs to work on his American accent? (Never fear, you’ll always be perfect to us, Sebastian.) This is also Jacob’s dream episode because it’s literally about two PI’…
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Welcome to an end of year mailbag special looking back over Redshirt Cinema Club's 2025. What a year it's been! David Lynch, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, 1991, Indiana Jones, [Alien Earth I guess], John CarpeNNter - we have been on a cinematic tour and you have kept us company on the way. Now we go through the best of your emails and take a moment to…
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For my final episode of 2025, it's 'Nobody's Fool' one of my favorite films, and a true comfort watch in keeping with the theme of last week's episode. Sweet, subtle, well-cast and directed, and slyly much more than it seems, it's both a paen to small-town life and a surprisingly unblinking look at the cost children pay for their parent's mistakes.…
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WWE entered the holiday season with Monday Night Raw and SmackDown on different trajectories -- and Getting Over is here to break it all down. Host Adam Silverstein and co-host Chris Vannini open with The Main Event [10:15] covering the ongoing Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre feud, GUNTHER's continued nuclear heat and Austin Theory siding with The Vi…
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The Caribbean port city of Veracruz is many things. It is where the Spanish first settled and last left the colony that would go on to become Mexico. It is a destination boasting the “happiest Carnival in the world,” nightly live music, and public dancing. It is also where Blackness is an integral and celebrated part of local culture and history, b…
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Strap in, everyone: Aunt Gertie has arrived for Christmas! Yes, as the big day rolls around, film journalist Ben Travis and animation academic Dr. Sam Summers are here for a rare catch-up with the core Disney gang, unpacking three festive tales in 1999 video hit Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas. Along the way, they explore Huey, Dewey And Louie’s exi…
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Something to say? TEXT US, for GODS sake! The verdict is in and so is season six, episode one “New and Improved Lorelai” PART TWO. We sentence you all to lots of thoughts on Emily and Richard as the eternal scorpions, our finely honed legal theories, and perhaps too much discussion of bottled water? NAH! You’ll love it. Support the show Join our pa…
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Right in time for the holidays, we discuss one of the best Christmas movies ever made, 'The Shop Around the Corner.' Not only is it a seminal classic, but it's also directed by Billy Wilder's mentor, Ernst Lubitsch. We also discuss one of its remakes, 1998's 'You've Got Mail.' Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive. And we've said it before, b…
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This week we're all enjoying The Empire Strikes Back - Dave's favourite Star Wars film. Rob's favourite Star Wars film. Not Nath's though, but he does still like it. You could describe Empire as the beginning of Star Wars as a 'franchise' - it's a film brimming with confidence, with characters hitting their stride (Darth Vader is definitely evil no…
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Show Notes This week on MSB, environmentalism consultant Colin returns to the program to discuss the role of the environment across the whole grand sweep of Tomino Gundam to this point. Is Tomino actually an environmentalist? Has he always been one, or did he become one at some point? And what does that really mean? Please listen to it! Mobile Suit…
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Many brilliant young people experience the dichotomy of disability layered on top of their intelligence. It's called twice-exceptionality, or 2e for short. What are the common misconceptions about twice-exceptional individuals? How do traditional models fall short when identifying the learning disabilities of our brightest kids? And why is early re…
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https://youtu.be/mf9L-ZMriwY Matt and Sean talk about getting to the good stuff when no one is watching, in Star Trek The Original Series’ Season 3, Episode 2, "Enterprise Incident.” (00:00) - - Intro (03:25) - - Viewer feedback (06:44) - - Today's episode (08:25) - - This time in history (19:15) - - Episode discussion YouTube version of the podcas…
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While humanitarian organizations and media outlets often reduce Syrian refugees to statistics or brief anecdotes, the real story of displacement unfolds in the intimate spaces of family life. Through the interwoven narratives of five middle-aged sisters from Damascus, Lines of Flight, Assemblages of Home reveals how Syrian women navigate war, exile…
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John Cena's last match in WWE continues to resonate, as NXT and AEW made headlines on weekly TV -- and Getting Over is here to tackle it all! Host Adam Silverstein breaks down Cena's first post-retirement interview with Cody Rhodes [5:05] before covering the latest from both brands: NXT [18:35] featuring Oba Femi facing challenges on multiple front…
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Borrowing from the traditional alphabet book genre for children, An Alphabet for Dreamers: How to See the World with Eyes Closed (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Sharon Sliwinski provides adult readers with a new grammar for dreams, or what neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro calls “oracles of the night.” In this book, Dr. Sliwinski restores dreaming to its pro…
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PRODUCTION NOTE: The show is taking the next two weeks off for the holidays—we will be back with new episodes in January! This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Dashing Through the Snow (2023), directed by Tim Story, screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, starring Lil Red Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nunez, Madison Skye Validum, a…
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In the wake of Rob Reiner's tragic passing, we discuss his wonderful career and the movies that have impacted us. We also look at Rian Johnson's latest entry in his Knives Out series, "Wake Up Dead Man." Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram @t…
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A digital world in relentless movement—from artificial intelligence to ubiquitous computing—has been captured and reinvented as a monoculture by Silicon Valley "big tech" and venture capital firms. Yet very little is discussed in the public sphere about existing alternatives. Based on long-term field research across San Francisco, Tokyo, and Shenzh…
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Possibly the sweetest and lightest gay BDSM biker film ever made, Pillion opens up conversations on power dynamics, consent and boundaries, and made Mike cry. Everything about it is so assured, particularly Harry Melling's understated protagonist, meek and new to BDSM; Alexander Skarsgård's commanding, mysterious lover; and Harry Lighton's directio…
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The news is unrelenting. Shootings in Bondi Beach. Terror in the classrooms at Brown University. The terrible deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife in LA. The news is shocking and we become numb to the rippling effects but our minds and bodies internalize the fear, anxiety, and worry. As I am between episodes at the moment, I thought it might be differ…
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In our final episode of the year we answer some important short questions about how we can have impact in the face of difficult challenges in the world right now. We then read out the reflections from some of the beautiful PCP community who generously share their journey. As always there is laughter and tears. Thank you all for being a part of PCP …
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WWE capitalized on controversy surrounding John Cena's last match immediately -- and Getting Over is here to break it all down. Host Adam Silverstein and co-host Chris Vannini tackle WWE news [5:10] before taking a second look at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event [17:30]. "The Silver King" and "Vintage" move into The Main Event [52:25] covering GUNTH…
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A crisis doesn't have to break your church or organization. In this powerful conversation, Dr. Mark Rutland, Executive Director of the National Institute of Leadership and founder of Global Servants, joins Phil Cooke https://philcooke.com to share hard-earned insights on leading through crisis, turnaround leadership, and building a lasting leadersh…
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For the third year, we are welcoming back Liliana from Tea and Soju Podcast to discuss all things Chinese dramas in 2025. This has been a great year for Chinese dramas so we are discussing some of our faves. Liliana also highlights some dramas we may have missed, tells us about Zhao Lusi's 2025 and what to look forward to for 2026. Show Notes: Rest…
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In Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street (U California Press, 2022) Megan Tobias Neely, a former hedge fund worker takes an ethnographic approach to hedge funds. Manager? A greedy fraudster, a visionary entrepreneur, a wolf of Wall Street? She gives readers an insider perspective on the phenomenon. Facing an unpredictable and risky s…
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Many have called Billy Wilder's work "cynical." Some have even called it "mean." But Wilder, well, he'd say he's just being honest. If that's the case, "A Foreign Affair" may just be his most honest film to date. It's also, in his own words, one of his most personal. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreo…
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A long time ago in an office in Bath... we said we'd do a series on Star Wars. Finally, here it is. We start where it all began, with 1977's A New Hope (or simply 'Star Wars' as it was known back then). An un-assuming sci-fi adventure with a cast full of unknowns that director George Lucas thought was going to bomb - so much so that he went on holi…
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Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet (Cornell University Press, 2025) concerns the Tibetan Buddhist revival in China, illustrating the lives of Tibetan Buddhist nuns and exploring the political effects that arise from their nonpolitical daily engagements in the remote, mega-sized Tibetan Buddhis…
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