Mind Theater

Mind Theater

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Mind Theater episodes

  • Soul: A Life Worth Living

    Exploring themes of purpose, determinism, and self doubt in the 2020 Pixar film Soul.

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    Music by Blue Dot Sessions
    - Trod Along
    - Diatom
    Scott Fields
    - Santa on a Segway
    Cody ChesnuTT
    - Parting Ways

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    12 min
  • Industry: Cog in the Machine

    Exploring ambition, exploitation, and the ruthlessness of capitalism in HBO's Industry.

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    Music by Blue Dot Sessions
    - Lunette
    - Crosswire
    - A Catalog of Seasons
    - Tolls Folly

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    12 min
  • The Man Who Wasn't There: Passengers
    Exploring how the absurdity of life can leave us feeling like helpless passengers in The Man Who Wasn't There by the Coen Brothers.

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    Music: Blue Dot Sessions
    - Arlan Vale
    - Algea Trio

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    10 min
  • The Twilight Zone: What the Masks Reveal
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    Quick analysis on the Twilight Zone episode titled The Masks exploring what it reveals about the inner ugliness that exists in humans.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Shade Ways

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    7 min
  • The Queen's Gambit: Control
    Exploring Beth Harmon's struggle with addiction and need for control through her rise from chess prodigy to grandmaster in The Queen's Gambit.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Milkwood
    - Curious Case

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    9 min
  • Lady Bird: What Home Represents
    Exploring what home represents in Greta Gerwig's 2017 film, Lady Bird.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Sylvestor
    - Mr Mole and Son
    - Greyleaf Willow
    - Late Night Reading
    - The Terrarium

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    9 min
  • Michael Corleone: The Loss of Innocence
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    Exploring Michael Corleone's loss of innocence as he transforms from family outsider to mafia don in Francis Ford Coppola's, The Godfather.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Our Only Lark
    - Passing Station 7
    - Waltz and Fury

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    13 min
  • Breaking Bad: Fly on the Wall
    Analyzing how Breaking Bad uses the bottle episode Fly to explore Walt's loss of control and the feeling of being helpless against the randomness of the universe.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Rainday
    - Scallat

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    9 min
  • What Does the Truth Sound Like?

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    In this episode I explore some of the history of audio dramas and analyze an episode of The Truth podcast by Jonathan Mitchell to showcase how powerful audio storytelling can be.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Messy Inkwell
    - Gathering Stasis
    - Grey Alley
    - Rotary Cog
    - Snowmelt

    The Dark End of the Mall

    Sources:
    https://slate.com/technology/2017/07/radio-dramas-still-have-an-important-place-in-the-entertainment-world.html

    https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-radio-drama-handbook-audio-drama-in-context-and-practice/ch1-a-history-of-radio-drama?from=search

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teDXRbx-qHY

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    12 min
  • Incurring the Wrath of the Gods

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    Exploring how Robert Eggers uses mythology and mythical symbolism in his 2019 film The Lighthouse to tell a story about madness, alcoholism, and homo-eroticism.

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    Music:     Blue Dot Sessions
    - Tillis County
    - Fever Creep
    - Kovd Lask
    - Tiny Bottles

    Sources:
    https://www.ancient.eu/Prometheus/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOE

    https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2103&context=jrf

    https://www.rct.uk/collection/800080/the-sea-monster

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/-sHSNPG85tUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&dq=greek+mythology+homoerotism

    https://miscellanynews.org/2019/11/07/arts/the-lighthouse-fuses-humor-horror-homoeroticism/

    https://www.greekboston.com/culture/mythology/poseidon-odysseus/

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    9 min

About Mind Theater

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Archive of Mind Theater audio essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New video essays on YouTube.

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