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Lone Survivor (2013) w/ Wes Morgan | Ep. 43
The combat journalist Wes Morgan joins us to unpack Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor—a film that packages “victim-hero” mythology in SEAL-recruiting…
Sep 14
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) w/ Osita Nwanevu | Ep. 42
Osita Nwanevu joins us to revisit David Lean’s epic with an eye toward empire’s soft power: the seductive aesthetics that make conquest look noble, even…
Sep 8
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August 2025
The Hunt for Red October (1990) w/ Remember Shuffle Pod | Ep. 41
Van and Lyle are joined by Ben and Jordano from the Remember Shuffle podcast to take on The Hunt for Red October (1990), John McTiernan’s Cold War…
Aug 25
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Carlos (2010) w/ Noah Hurowitz | Ep. 40
In this episode, Van and Lyle are joined by journalist and author Noah Hurowitz (El Chapo) to discuss Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, the sweeping 2010…
Aug 17
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’État (2025) w/ Sandipto Dasgupta | Ep. 39
Van and Lyle are joined by Sandipto Dasgupta—legal scholar, political theorist, and possessor of an encyclopedic knowledge of Congolese politics, the…
Aug 10
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Costa-Gavras' State of Siege (1972) w/ Alex Aviña and Stuart Schrader | Ep. 38
In this episode, we discuss Costa-Gavras’s State of Siege, a tightly constructed political thriller based on the real-life kidnapping and execution of…
Aug 3
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July 2025
28 Days Later Trilogy (2002, 2007, 2025) w/ Rebecca Onion | Ep. 37
Van and Lyle are joined by historian and Slate Senior Editor Rebecca Onion to talk through the entire 28 Days Later trilogy, from its early aughts…
Jul 21
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) w/ Sam Carliner | Ep. 36
Van and Lyle are joined by journalist Sam Carliner to unpack Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, a 2023 entry into the Afghanistan war movie canon.
Jul 10
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The Art of Memoir and Stories of Conversion w/ George Dardess | Ep. 35
Politics behind the scenes: A rare glimpse behind the curtain as Van, Lyle, and guest George Dardess talk about about memoir and stories of conversion.
Jul 6
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June 2025
The Complete Andor Mini-Series
Our grand Andor mini-series is finally complete!
Jun 28
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Andor (2025), Season 2 Ep. 10–12 + Rogue One (2016) w/ Matt Duss and Paul Adlerstein | Ep. 34
In this finale to our Andor series, Van and Lyle are joined by returning guest Paul Adlerstein and—making his first appearance on the pod—Matt Duss…
Jun 22
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The Battle of Chile (Part III) (1975) and Obstinate Memory (1997) w/ Jonathan M. Katz | Ep. 33
This is Part III of our three-part series covering the Battle of Chile (itself a trilogy).
Jun 17
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