Phone Home

By Parker Mindel and Jake Nagy

Hosted by Parker Mindel and Jake Nagy, Phone Home is a new podcast that uses common grace as a tool to pursue all that is true, good, and beautiful in popular movies you know and love.... more

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How many episodes does Phone Home have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

Phone Home episodes:

June 29, 2024 1.6: WHAT WE WATCHED: June 2024
In this new episode format, we share the highlights (and lowlights) of what we have been watching this month. Films covered include Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Hit Man, and Inside Out 2. Additionally, we each share lists of the top 10 actors and actresses 30 or younger who we believe could be famous forever!
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1h 7min
June 24, 2024 1.5: FAMILY. ART. IT WILL TEAR YOU IN TWO [the fabelmans]
Continuing our exploration of the coming of age genre, this week we dissect Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical hit The Fabelmans, and ask if there is any biblical basis for art and creativity as a method of catharsis and reflection.
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1h 6min
March 30, 2024 1.4: E.T. PHONE HOME [e.t. the extra-terrestrial]
No film contains more “Spielberg magic” than E.T. Join us as we discuss the 1982 cultural phenomenon that continues to capture the human spirit of awe, wonder, and imagination. Further- learn why swallowing up Spielberg’s E.T. into a Christological allegory is problematic at best!
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57min
March 16, 2024 1.3: I AM THE VOICE FROM THE OUTER WORLD [dune: part two]
This week, we are covering 2024's first major blockbuster... Denis Villeneuve's groundbreaking sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two. In this episode, we explore how Dune: Part Two tackles weighty topics such as violence, religion, and war. Join us as we discuss how the film's themes can be applied to our current cultural/political atmosphere.
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1h 8min
March 12, 2024 SPECIAL EPISODE [the 96th annual academy awards]
The 96th Annual Academy Awards perhaps features the most stacked list of Best Picture nominees in recent memory. Join us as we each pick three Best Picture nominees that we believe speak to higher conversations of truth, beauty, and goodness in meaningful ways.

*SPOILERS AWAIT* …so here’s a timestamp breakdown to stay clean:

[2:38] The Holdovers
[11:05] Past Lives
[21:15] Anatomy of a Fall
[29:42] Killers of the Flower Moon
[39:35] The Zone of Interest
[48:17] Oppenheimer

For thoughts on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, see did i talk too much? A GRIT Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5C24tRiLUOP6xc88NJVyG3?si=gf7ht-mTTr6vrh0QLw5nyg
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1h 2min
March 12, 2024 1.1: INTRODUCTIONS [toy story]
Welcome to Transcending Film! Join us for our premiere episode where we share a bit about our love for movies, explain the vision of this podcast, and discuss the first ever feature-length computer generated film: Toy Story.
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1h 1min
March 04, 2024 TRAILER: Transcending Film
Give us a follow, tell a friend, and make sure to tune in to our TWO EPISODE PREMIERE Saturday, March 9!
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3min

FAQs about Phone Home:

How many episodes does Phone Home have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.