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This week on the show, we discuss the latest offering from Pixar Studios as we explore The Great Before in our discussion of SOUL.

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00:01 - 10:45 The Warm Up

"Born to Play" from Soul

12:01 - 37:38 Soul

"Epiphany" from Soul

39:44 - 44:34 Mike and Ben Recommend

44:44 - 44:49 This Week's Music

44:50 - 47:09 Opening This Week

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This week on the show, we discuss the Netflix original, based on the August Wilson play of the same name, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (2020). Music this week is by the queen herself, Ma Rainey.

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00:01 - 10:11 The Warm Up

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by Ma Rainey

11:54 - 36:44 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

"Prove It On Me Blues" by Ma Rainey

38:19 - 42:58 Mike and Ben Recommend

42:59 - 44:23 This Week's Music

44:24 - 46:50 Opening This Week

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We discuss the latest from director David Fincher, MANK -- a passion project about the writer and mind behind the much lauded classic film Citizen Kane. Music this week is by Taylor Swift.

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00:01 - 11:41 The Warm Up

"Coney Island" by Taylor Swift (ft. The National)

14:28 - 42:44 Mank

"Evermore" by Taylor Swift (ft. Bon Iver)

45:19 - 50:24 Mike and Ben Recommend

50:25 - 53:12 This Week's Music

53:13 - 56:27 Opening This Week

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Taylor Swift - Evermore

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We discuss the latest from writer and director Justin Simien -- the high-concept horror feature BAD HAIR. Music this week is by Kid Cudi.

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00:01 - 11:49 The Warm Up

"Tequila Shots" by Kid Cudi

13:09 - 37:22 Bad Hair

"Lovin' Me" by Kid Cudi

38:38 - 44:03 Mike and Ben Recommend

44:04 - 47:20 This Week's Music

47:21 - 49:13 Opening This Week

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A daughter embarks on a strange journey as she stages a series of fake death scenarios for her father in order to come to terms with his eventual passing in the acclaimed Netflix documentary "Dick Johnson is Dead". Music this week is by Matt Berninger.

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00:01 - 09:11 The Warm Up

"One More Second" by Matt Berninger

10:37 - 40:56 Dick Johnson is Dead

"Serpentine Prison" by Matt Berninger

42:04 - 45:46 Mike and Ben Recommend

45:47 - 46:49 This Week's Music

46:50 - 49:06 Opening This Week

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This week on the show, we discuss The Vast of Night -- a low-budget science fiction offering from Amazon Studios loosely based on the UFO sightings in Roswell, New Mexico in the 1950's.

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00:01 - 08:45 The Warm Up

"Sunblind" by Fleet Foxes

10:13 - 37:26 The Vast of Night

"Can I Believe You" by Fleet Foxes

39:00 - 43:06 Mike and Ben Recommend

43:07 - 44:00 This Week's Music

44:01 - 46:52 Opening This Week

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We discuss the latest from writer and director Charlie Kauffman as he explores...well, we still are not exactly sure...in I'M THINKING OF ENDING THING. Music this week is by Jealous of the Birds.

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00:01 - 14:40 The Warm Up

"Something Holy" by Jealous of the Birds

15:55 - 42:18 I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"Pendulum" by Jealous of the Birds

43:34 - 46:35 Mike and Ben Recommend

46:36 - 47:09 This Week's Music

47:10 - 49:11 Opening This Week

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Part 1 of our Ingmar Bergman marathon discusses his 1957 classic about a knight returning from the crusades who comes face-to-face with Death himself and must confront his own mortality in THE SEVENTH SEAL.

This week on The Burning Theater, we get inverted as we discuss the latest from director Christopher Nolan - TENET. Music this week is by Jay Electronica.

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00:01 - 13:33 The Warm Up

"The Neverending Story" by Jay Electronica

15:09 - 50:00 Tenet

"Fruits of the Spirit" by Jay Electronica

51:23 - 56:12 Mike and Ben Recommend

56:13 - 57:03 This Week's Music

57:04 - 59:11 Opening This Week

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