Through films like Groundhog Day and Heretic, we examine how people either create meaning through reason and personal agency or refine belief through faith and trust, and how both paths can either liberate or trap us depending on how rigidly we hold them.

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FILMS - SPOILER WARNING

- Groundhog Day (1993), dir. Harold Ramis; starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell

- Russian Doll (Netflix), created by/starring Natasha Lyonne 

- Heretic (2024), dir. Scott Beck & Bryan Woods

- The Sunset Limited, play by Cormac McCarthy, dir. Marco DiGeorge at Theatre on the Edge in Orlando, FL. 

REFERENCES & RESOURCES

- Friedrich Nietzsche. The Gay Science (1882; 1887 ed.)

- Albert Camus. The Myth of Sisyphus. 1942.

- Irvin D. Yalom. Existential Psychotherapy. 1980.

- Benson, H., et al. (2006). Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP). American Heart Journal, 151(4), 934–942.

CREDITS

Hosts: Laiza Rodriguez Kenney & Katie DeAscanis

Creator, Producer & Editor: Laiza Rodriguez Kenney

Art Design: Brian Rodriguez Kenney / briandrewkenney.com

Music: Botanist Boogie Breakdown by Ryan James Carr, courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.