Popcorn Hermeneutics

By Ramón Rodriguez & Emmanuel Flores

Join two philosophy students in their search for meaning as they interpret their way through films and series of all kind, the good, the bad, and the great. Each episode is an exploration of modern cu... more

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How many episodes does Popcorn Hermeneutics have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.

Popcorn Hermeneutics episodes:

March 06, 2021 Episode 7 - The Sound of Metal or No Sound At All: Silence and Identity in a Drummer's Deafness
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón review Amazon Prime's Sound of Metal and give their own experiences of how silence has shaped their own experience and identity. (May contain spoilers.)
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43min
February 28, 2021 Episode 6 - The Unexamined Rick is Not Worth Mortying: Rick and Morty as Socratic Satire
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub! In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón talk the hit show Rick and Morty, bash its toxic fans, and ask what Rick Sanchez, as Socrates, might have to say about science, transhumanism, and meaning. (May contain spoilers.)
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47min
February 19, 2021 Episode 5 - When Life Gives You La La Land (or, Combating the Joint Forces of Disney and a Millennial Worldview) (feat. Riley Connors)
Popcorn Hermeneutics is back! Ramón and Emmanuel welcome their second guest Riley Connors to the show to talk about decision-making and meaning-finding in Damien Chazelle's 2016 hit La La Land. (May contain spoilers.)
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47min
January 22, 2021 Episode 4 - Raised by Wolves: Nature vs. Nurture and the Anthropological Meaning of Flying Snake Babies
What about us is culturally determined? What comes from our nature? What is human nature, anyways? In today's episode, Emmanuel and Ramón look for the answers of these questions in HBO's fantastic sci-fi series Raised by Wolves. (May contain spoilers.)
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41min
January 14, 2021 Episode 3 - Pulp Fiction and the Axiological Non-Significance of the Royale with Cheese (feat. Brian Flanagan)
It's Throwback Thursday! Ramón and Emmanuel are joined by Brian Flanagan, seminarian, cinephile and fellow philosophy student to unpack the themes of nihilism, pop culture, and transcendence in the classic Pulp Fiction.
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40min
January 08, 2021 Episode 2 - Spike Jonze's Her and the Algorithm of Love (or, Downloadable Romance vs. Dead Cats)
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón discuss the ins and out of a technophile's love life in this gorgeous film where Siri meets Scarlet Johansson. (May contain spoilers.)
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35min
January 07, 2021 Episode 1 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things (or, Why Weird is Good)
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón dig into Charlie Kaufman's latest Netflix film I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and why sometimes the strangest films are the ones that have the most to tell us.
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45min
December 21, 2020 Episode 0 - Trust Us, We've Studied the Arts
In this first episode, Emmanuel and Ramón talk the why of the podcast, their motivations for making it, and where they hope to take it in the coming months.
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20min

FAQs about Popcorn Hermeneutics:

How many episodes does Popcorn Hermeneutics have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.