Best Stephen Marsh Podcasts (2025)

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Daniel K. Sodickson, "The Future of Seeing: How Imaging is Changing the World" (Columbia UP, 2025) 1:09:43

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Over the centuries, we have learned to peer into what was once invisible. Imaging devices like cameras, telescopes, microscopes, and MRI machines map the world around, beyond, and within us in ways the naked eye could never see. In so doing, these technologies have transformed our understanding of our place in the universe and our conception of our…

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#61 The Bank Robber 38:10

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He had just turned 14 when he sawed off his father’s shotgun, skipped school, and robbed a bank for $40,000. Now, 33 years later, he wants to apologize to the people he harmed that day. Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweight by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. You'll also get an exclusive bonus episode where Jonathan, Stevie, a…

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Episode # 397 Eyes Wide Shut with Katie and Hogan and Liz Slade 50:16

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Episode # 396 Extra-Terrestrial With James Lloyd and Steve Smith from the alcohol l-free revolution podcast 36:24

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James Lloyd and Steve Smith from The Alcohol-Free Revolution podcast join Flixwatcher to review James’ choice E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E.T (1982) is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Henry Thomas as Elliot, a boy who befriends E.T, who had accidentally been left on earth during a visit with his family. It also stars …

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Episode # 395 Full Metal Jacket full metal jacket with Babs and Fran from Over/Underrated podcast 39:28

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Babs and Fran from Over/Underrated podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Bab’s choice Full Metal Jacket. Full Metal Jacket (1987) is Stanley Kubrick’s ‘war is hell’ film based on the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers by U.S Marine Gustav Hasford. It stars Matthew Modine as Private James T. "Joker" Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio as Private Le…

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Episode # 394 Gladiator with Amon Warmann and Cheyenne Bart-Stewart 59:25

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Luke Tomlinson (Impropod Podcast) and Ash Farkas return to Flixwatcher to review Luke’s choice Elvis. Elvis (2022) is an epic Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz (Moulin Rouge!) Luhrmann. It stars Austin Bulter as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. Told from the Colonel’s point of view it tells the story of Elvis’ rise to fame and …

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Episode # 393 Elvis with Luke Tomlinson and Ash Farkas 31:42

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Luke Tomlinson (Impropod Podcast) and Ash Farkas return to Flixwatcher to review Luke’s choice Elvis. Elvis (2022) is an epic Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz (Moulin Rouge!) Luhrmann. It stars Austin Bulter as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. Told from the Colonel’s point of view it tells the story of Elvis’ rise to fame and …

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#60 The Messenger 37:20

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As a senior in high school, Michael got a huge opportunity: the chance to star in a big-budget movie. Shooting wrapped; a premier date was set. And then he found out that his lucky break was all based on a lie. Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweight by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. You'll also get an exclusive bonus episode …

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Wendell Marsh, "Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities" (Columbia UP, 2025) 53:46

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Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025), is a groundbreaking book that recasts the role of knowledge in the making of a colonial and postcolonial nation. It makes a case for a new literary and intellectual-historical approach to Islam in Africa. The Senegalese Muslim scholar Shaykh Musa Kamara (…

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#59 Etta 36:08

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Gregor's parents are pushing 90. Gregor wants to move them out of their big Victorian home. But they refuse. So, he's come up with a bold plan. You can find Etta’s work on Instagram @ettabehrlich Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweight by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. You'll also get an exclusive bonus episode where Jonathan,…

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Inner Voice with Jeffrey Marsh: Why "It's All My PARENTS' Fault" Is NEVER An Excuse 59:41

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Please enjoy this episode of Inner Voice, a new podcast from Jeffrey Marsh and Zaq Latino. Jeffrey Marsh is a Zen teacher, Oprah-endorsed author, and social media phenomenon. In this episode, they speak with the hosts of Transparently Speaking about how to best parent a trans kid when the world is seemingly on fire. ⁠LGBTQ&A⁠ is an independent, lis…

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Mark Goble, "Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion" (Columbia UP, 2025) 55:11

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Slow motion is everywhere in contemporary film and media, but it wasn't always so ubiquitous. How did slow motion ascend to the dubious honor of becoming our culture's least "special" effect? And what does slow motion — a trick secured paradoxically through the camera's ever-racing speeds of capture — tell us about the temporalities and trajectorie…

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Wu Jianren, "New Story of the Stone: An Early Chinese Science Fiction Novel" (Columbia UP, 2025) 51:23

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What happens if you took one of the classic characters of Chinese literary fiction and dropped him into early 20th-century China? That’s the premise of Wu Jianren’s novel, New Story of the Stone (Columbia UP, 2025), written in 1905, which takes Jia Baoyu, from the classic Dream of the Red Chamber, and takes him first to Qing China and the Boxer Reb…

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Katherine Fusco, "Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System" (Columbia UP, 2025) 43:30

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We tend to think about movie stars as either glamorous or relatable. But in the 1920s and 1930s, when the Hollywood star system was taking shape, a number of unusual stars appeared on the silver screen, representing groups from which the American mainstream typically sought to avert its eyes. What did it mean for a white entertainment columnist to …

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Trailer: Heavyweight Season 9 2:12

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A look at what’s to come this season. Heavyweight returns on September 18. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Pushkin+ subscribers can get all episodes ad-free! Sign up on the Heavyweight Apple show page or at pushkin.fm/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Santiago Zabala, "Signs from the Future: Philosophy of Warnings" (Columbia UP, 2025) 53:45

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Returning to NBN is the philosopher Santiago Zabala, here to introduce his new book Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings (Columbia University Press, 2025). Warnings, for Zabala, are not synonymous with predictions. They are instead as much about the present as the future. They point towards already present crisis and contradictions. They…

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Interview with Sarah Stephens 53:06

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Interview with Sarah Stephens form the Greek Learner Text Project Intro/outro music is Funky Thanksgiving by Admiral Bob (c) copyright2022 Licensed under a CreativeCommons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Wally Tungsten(http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/65571)

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Episode # 392 Dumplin with Ninna Makrinov and Nina Robinson 41:24

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Ninna Makrinov (The Fat Psychologist podcast) and Nina Robinson (Soundtruism Media Productions) return to Flixwatcher to review Ninna’s choice Dumplin. Dumplin (2018) is a coming-of-age comedy drama directed by Anne (27 Dresses) Fletcher and based on the novel by Julie Murphy. It stars Danielle Macdonald as Willowdean "Dumplin'" Dickson, Jennifer A…

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Stephan Kieninger, "Securing Peace in Europe: Strobe Talbott, NATO, and Russia After the Cold War" (Columbia UP, 2025) 40:25

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This deeply researched book offers new perspective on the NATO-Russia relationship through the eyes of Strobe Talbott, a deputy secretary of state for seven years under President Bill Clinton and the key US diplomatic broker for the former USSR. Stephan Kieninger traces the Clinton administration’s efforts to engage Russia and enlarge NATO at the s…

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Shennette Garrett-Scott, "Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal" (Columbia UP, 2019) 41:58

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Think running an insurance company or a bank is hard? Try doing it as an African-American woman in the Jim Crow South. Shennette Garrett-Scott's new book, Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal (Columbia University Press, 2019) tells the fascinating story of just such an endeavor, first the Independent Order of St. Luke…

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Episode # 391 Barbarian with @John Dequina Can we have audiogram for Barbarian with Kat Hughes and Darren Gaskell 44:11

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Kat Hughes (The Hollywood News, and Darren Gaskell (The HD Movie Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Barbarian.Barbarian (2022) is the debut horror film from write and director Zach (Weapons) Cregger. It stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long. A double booked Airbnb rental turns into a nightmare when a secret basement is discovere…

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Robert Suttle: The Case for Ending HIV Criminalization 37:58

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Across 32 states, outdated HIV criminalization laws continue to punish people living with HIV. Robert Suttle shares his story of being prosecuted in Louisiana after a former partner accused him of not disclosing his status and he explains why these laws are based on bad science. LGBTQ&A⁠ is an independent, listener-supported podcast. ⁠Click here⁠ t…

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Todd Mcgowan, "Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:05:20

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Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more—more wealth, more enjoyment, more opportunity, without requiring any sacrifice—is the essence of capitalism. Previous socioeconomic systems set up some form of the social good as their focus. …

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Adriana Carranca, "Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims" (Columbia UP, 2024) 55:37

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US-born Protestant evangelicalism has gone global to an extent of which many of us might be unaware. Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims (Columbia Global Reports, 2024) tells the story of Americans’ colossal mobilization to proclaim Christianity “to the ends of the Earth,” a movement that triumphed in the Global So…

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Matthew Facciani, "Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do about It" (Columbia UP, 2025) 30:29

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Why are people inclined to believe misinformation? Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do about It (Columbia UP, 2025) is a wide-ranging and comprehensive book that shines a light on how false beliefs take root and spread, exploring the cognitive, emotional, and social factors that make us all susceptible to misinfor…

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Episode # 390 The King with Harley Mumford and Tom Davies 38:29

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Harley Mumford (Fandamentals podcast) and Tom Davies (The Proper Mental Podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Harley’s choice The King. The King (2019) is a historical drama based on William Shakespeare’s Henriad. Directed by David (War Machine) Michôd it’s star studded cast includes Timothée Chalamet as Henry V, Joel Edgerton as John Falstaff, …

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Vijay Selvam, "Principles of Bitcoin: Technology, Economics, Politics, and Philosophy" (Columbia UP, 2025) 58:41

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Principles of Bitcoin presents a holistic, first-principles-based framework for understanding one of the most misunderstood inventions of our time. By stripping away the hype, jargon, and superficial analysis that often surrounds the crypto industry, this book uncovers the true ingenuity behind Satoshi Nakamoto’s creation—and its profound implicati…

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David J. Helfand, "The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:02:13

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Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed—give or take a few billion. And there’s hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness with precision and to peer into their internal states. In…

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Episode # 389 The Killer with Alistair Ryder and Stephen Palmer 45:45

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Alistair Ryder (Zavvi ) and Stephen Palmer (Asian Cinema Film Club podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Alistair’s choice The Killer. The Killer (2023) is thriller directed by David (Fight Club) Fincher, based on the French graphic novel series by Alexis "Matz" Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, with a screenplay by Andrew (Seven) Kevin Walker. …

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Episode # 388 Wicked Little Letters with Alice Nagle and Kim Marsh from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast 34:20

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Alice Nagle and Kim Marsh from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast join Flixwatcher to review Alice’s choice Wicked Little Letters. Wicked Little Letters (2023) is a British period comedy drama based on the true events of the Littlehampton libels from 1920s. Directed by Thea (Me Before You) Sharrock it stars Olivia Colman as Edith Swan, Jessie Buckley…

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Episode # 387 Jurassic Park with Mark and Jay from Deep Blue Sea - The Podcast 52:01

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Jurassic Park (1993) is one of the greatest films of all time. Based on a novel by Michael Crichton and directed Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park brought dinosaurs to life in this sci-fi action masterpiece. It stars Sam Neill as Alan Grant and Laura Dern as Ellie Sattler, both paleontologists, Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm, a mathematician and chaos …

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2025 Update: Dina 42:03

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It’s the last Heavyweight encore before our new season begins on September 18th! This week, we talk to Jonathan's mom about life in the years since her appearance in #15: Dina. During a visit back home, Jonathan’s mother Dina inadvertently admits something that forces him to question his past — and turn the mic on himself. Credits This episode was …

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Episode # 386 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar with Sam Pay and Hannah Wales 47:17

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Sam Pay (Song by Song podcast) and Hannah Wales (missflicks.com) return to Flixwatcher to review Sam’s choice The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) is a short film based on a short story collection by Roald Dahl directed by Wes Anderson. It is the first in a four-part series of shorts adapted from Dahl’s shor…

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M’hamed Oualdi, "A Slave between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa" (Columbia UP, 2020) 41:41

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In light of the profound physical and mental traumas of colonization endured by North Africans, historians of recent decades have primarily concentrated their studies of North Africa on colonial violence, domination, and shock. The choice is an understandable one. But in his new monograph, A Slave between Empires: A Transimperial History of North A…

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2025 Update: Leif + A Conversation with Anna Konkle 55:17

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For our penultimate Heavyweight encore, we’re joined by Pen15 co-creator Anna Konkle to revisit last season’s junior high drama — #53: Leif. On Valentine’s Day in junior high, Leif was supposed to ask Kalila out. But he never did. Leif’s lack of action that day impacted Kalila’s life to come. And so seventeen years later, she wants to know: what ha…

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Noëlle McAfee, "Fear of Breakdown: Psychoanalysis and Politics" (Columbia UP, 2019) 57:08

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In his classic essay on the fear of breakdown, Donald Winnicott famously conveys to a patient that the disaster powerfully feared has, in fact, already happened. Taking her cue from Winnicott, Noëlle McAfee’s Fear of Breakdown: Psychoanalysis and Politics (Columbia University Press, 2019), explores the implications of breakdown fears for the practi…