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🎥 Hokum (2026): You're Not a Writer, You're a Podcast
Farrah and Ben take a journey across the ocean tothe Emerald Isle to discuss what it means when the protagonist is unlikable, the power of a wide shot in establishing tension, the dark side of folklore, and the impact of leveraging traditional tales in modern media, and how it brings us together in our humanity.
TW: Mentions of suicide, gun violence.
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🎥 Scanners (1981): No One's Ever Switched Off a Podcast Before!
Ben and Farrah take on CanCon in the classic 1981 horror thriller, Scanners, and discuss how sci fi and horror gives us the tools to examine real-world fears, how Vale is a subversion of the hero's joruney (?), and how the true evil is always somehow capitalism.
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🎥 The Stepford Wives (2004): You're Even Better at Podcasting
Farrah and Ben tackle the pitfalls of post-production pivots, satire's role as a temperature check on the world, the horror of gender roles, and when a bad move is actually a good movie.
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🎥 Big Trouble in Little China (1986): May the Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Podcast
Ben and Farrah make their way to sunny California to explore the inversion of the white saviour trope, the complicated legacy of Asian culture in Hollywood, and the love letter to Hong Kong cinema that is Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
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🎥 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): Every Podcast loves Toontown
Farrah and Ben get animated talking about Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), from tropes and animation, to a philosophical discussion about what makes a movie a movie for grownups.
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🎥 Silence of the Lambs (1991): I'm Having an Old Podcast for Dinner
Ben and Farrah head upstate to discuss the power of perspective, figurtive and literal – we talk height difference, the male gaze, and gender roles – and close on a higher class of killer.
Read more about LGBTQIA+ legacy:
Vox: Understanding Silence of the Lambs’ complicated cultural legacy
Broadly Textual Pub: The Queer Response to Trauma in Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal
them: Silence of the Lambs Actor Behind Buffalo Bill Says Portrayal Was "F**king Wrong"
ScreenRant: Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill LGBTQ+ Controversy Explained
SYFY: 30 Years Ago, The Silence of the Lambs Added to Cinema's Trans Legacy Whether It Meant To Or Not
TW: Mentions of violence against women, mentions of homophobia.
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🎥 Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (2018): With Great Podcast Comes Great Accountability
Farrah and Ben dive into the Spider Verse to talk comic adaptation, the shape of language, movies as visual art, and the very human tradition of using similar stories to explore new themes for new times and communities.
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🎥 The Matrix (1999): Podcast This
Ben and Farrah explore the legacy of The Matrix (1999), and how it has influenced pop culture since its release, from visual identity and effects, to philosophical themes.
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🎥 The Godfather (1972): Leave the Podcast; Take the Cannoli
Farrah and Ben explore colour, masculinity, and the immigrant struggle in The Godfather, and we question the place of the auteur in the making of a film.
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🎥 Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie (2026): If You've Got a Podcast, You Won't Even Notice Getting Older
Ben and Farrah talk through the joy of parody, and how Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie leverages editing and the fourth wall to create a truly delightful love letter to Toronto and Canadian media.
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