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A podcast starting conversations that aim to help us all better appreciate Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Engaging the culture without the Culture War™. Kansas City based! Socials: www.facebook.com/thesubstancepod www.twitter.com/thesubstancepod www.instagram.com/thesubstancepod Support: Click the button below, or you can hit us up on the Cash App at $thesubstancepod

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01:30:36

187: Screaming and Conjuring feat. Clark Collis

The Substance ·

2025/10/13

Happy Spooky Season, all! We're kicking off our October programming this year with a bang and covering two of our favorite things: horror movies and beautiful hardcover books.Clark Collis is a British entertainment journalist and a long time senior writer for Entertainment Weekly along with being a regular contributor to other outlets covering film. He's also a life long horror fan. Modern horror cinema is in a fascinating place and in his new book, Screaming and Conjuring, Clark charts the

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01:09:55

186: Substantive Cinema | New York, New York feat....

The Substance ·

2025/09/24

Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver & Raging Bull are widely considered two of the best films of their era that were made in America. He and Robert DeNiro were a powerhouse creative team and they're still considered one of the all-time great collaborations in the history of the medium. This makes it curious that the film that they made together in between these monumental classics, 1977's New York, New York, has been largely forgotten and left out of the conversation.We're seeking to

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01:16:11

185: Rethinking Hell, a Spirituality of Fear, and a...

The Substance ·

2025/09/16

It's been a crazy week, so the show notes will be short and sweet.Brian Recker is a public theologian, has a new book on Hell coming out at the end of the month, and I had a great time talking with him. In our conversation we cover:Our mutual love of movies (and solo theater visits)The extremely conservative colleges we attendedHell as a foundational principle Coercive, fear based spiritualityKeeping up relationships with family with whom we disagreeProgressive purity testsMen's Fall

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01:27:54

184: Physical Media, Local Theater Communities, and...

The Substance ·

2025/09/08

When Netflix first expanded from being a mail order DVD/Blu-ray service to starting a streaming video service, it was revolutionary. They had top creators making movies and television series and had a wonderfully full library of titles to offer. Then Amazon Prime, Hulu, AMC+, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, the many variations of HBO, and more came and the selections of any single given service was severely diminished (Tubi & Kanopy, we love you! Sponsor the show 😉). With costs going up and our

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01:13:48

183: Courage, Community, and Challenging MAGA with...

The Substance ·

2025/08/25

This week we're talking everybody's favorite topic- local politics! But legitimately, it's something that's becoming more important by the day and actually far more fulfilling and invigorating than you may initially think. We invited our friend Britt (many of you know her as @thebrittbee) to have this conversation with us as she's been such a great example of this since the beginning of the year. Topics covered include:Why it's so important to be positively fighting for what

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01:40:09

182: Substantive Cinema | The World's End feat. Greg D.

The Substance ·

2025/08/12

It's time to get annihilated! Greg D. of the Nightmare Junkhead, Nerds of Nostalgia & the Screenland podcast (and weekly host of the Friday Night Frigts horror/genre programming at the Screenland Armour theater) joins us to dive into Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's film The World's End. Following Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, The World's End is the third film in what has become to be called "The Cornetto Trilogy." Like the films that come before it, it deals with themes

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01:12:37

181: Substantive Cinema | The Wind Will Carry Us...

The Substance ·

2025/08/05

A few months ago we had Marta on to discuss Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry and it was a wonderful conversation! Towards the end we talked about how it's a shame that his film The Wind Will Carry Us is hard to find and that Criterion should put it out on Blu-ray and behold, on one of the next slate of announcements there it was! When we saw that, we knew we were going to have her back to cover it and here we are. Like many of Kiarostami's pictures, this deals with matters of life and death, the

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01:07:32

180: Feed Drop | Memories of Murder (Movies & Us...

The Substance ·

2025/07/21

Bong Joon Ho's second feature film is a challenging watch but it's also a cinematic marvel of incredible substance. Recently, Philip joined Jen and Sarah on Movies & Us to talk about the 2003 film that Criterion calls "a haunting journey into ever-deepening darkness that begins as a black-comic satire and ends as a soul-shattering encounter with the abyss."Enjoy!As of the publishing of this episode, you can currently stream the film on Tubi (Tubi sponsor the show!) 🍿If you

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01:24:30

179: A Rebellion of Care feat. David Gate

The Substance ·

2025/07/14

On the eve of the publishing of his first book of poetry, A Rebellion of Care, we are excited to welcome David Gate to The Substance for the first of what will hopefully be many wonderful conversations (listen through until the end for a teaser of what's to come!). He's blown up on social media as loads of people resonate with his work that's centered around joy and honesty. In this episode we discuss:His spiritual and artistic upbringingWhat he's learned from being a part of various

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01:10:17

178: Feed Drop | Cinematic Doctrine on The Texas...

The Substance ·

2025/07/07

Hey friends! We are back with a month of new to our feed episodes and are kicking off with a feed drop from our pals over at Cinematic Doctrine.Earlier this year, Philip was invited on to discuss what might be the quintessential American horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it was a wonderful time. Discussion topics include:How community and traditions shape usThe cost of industrializationCare for the disabledMan's brutality to one anotherand more!If you're watching along with us and

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01:34:24

177: Substantive Cinema | The Silence of the Lambs...

The Substance ·

2025/06/05

Tyler Huckabee returns to the show and the late, great Hannibal Lecter makes his Substance debut!In 1991, Jonathan Demme shocked critics and audiences alike with his sleek, stylish, unsettling, and genuinely fantastic film The Silence of the Lambs. It went on to be the third film in cinematic history to win all 5 of the big awards come Oscar season. The film won Best Picture, Demme won Best Director, screenwriter Ted Tally won Best Screenplay, and Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins each won Best

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01:26:35

176: Authenticity, Embracing Doubt, and Championing...

The Substance ·

2025/05/15

Sorry for the publishing delay! And yes, we know it says Tuesday on the intro, etc. It was a holiday weekend and things have been busy. But here we are with a new show and a WONDERFUL conversation with Episcopal priest and author, Reverend Joseph Yoo.Joseph has grown his online platform over the years on an authenticity and decency that feels so refreshing amidst so many spiritual and religious leaders taking advantage of people or sharing a message absent of love. It's also refreshing that

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01:15:14

175: Bonus Ep. | Panic Fest 2025 Recap!

The Substance ·

2025/05/08

Hey there, film fam! Been working on this for the last few weeks in between life and our regular episodes but Panic Fest 2025 was such a great time that we wanted to highlight some of the wonderful talent from the festival as well as Screenland Armour, the fest's incredible host!Panic Fest is a Kansas City based genre film festival that has been running for over a decade and has been recognized by a number of critical organizations as one of the best genre festivals in the world. It's a

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01:13:38

174: Substantive Cinema | Fruitvale Station feat....

The Substance ·

2025/04/28

As Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan's most recent collaboration, Sinners, is dominating the domestic and worldwide box office, we thought it would be a good time to look at their first project together, Fruitvale Station. Fruitvale is partially the telling of the tragic story of the killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland CA on New Year's Day 2009, but it's so much more. Beyond being a mere recreation of events and the conveying of the awful facts, the film is a beautiful portrait of a young man who is

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01:27:02

173: Substantive Cinema | Columbus feat. Jen & Sarah...

The Substance ·

2025/04/14

Kogonada. Ever heard of him? The South Korean-born American filmmaker began to get attention for his video essays that analyzed themes and motifs from various films and television series before launching as a writer/director with the film we are covering this week, Columbus (2017).The movie follows two people who are at a place in their lives where they need to make important decisions related to their family and their future. Jin (John Cho), the son of a renowned architect, comes to Columbus to see

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01:26:11

172: Pursuing Generosity, Justice, and Restoration...

The Substance ·

2025/04/08

It's always great having a returning guest and this week we're welcoming back a friend we talked to back in 2021. Alexis Busetti is a seminary student and podcaster who we've been following and engaging with for several years. Her weekly show That Makes Total Sense!, is a wonderful listen and always has interesting and thoughtful people on. This week, she's back to discuss what we've both learned over the last few years of making our shows, how we're preparing to love our neighbors through a

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01:10:45

171: April Fools' Special | Jupiter Ascending feat....

The Substance ·

2025/04/01

Happy April Fools Day, y'all!Jupiter Ascending is silly and fun and we hope you join author and Kansas City film critic (The Pitch) Abby Olcese as we look at the Wachowskis's ambitious original science fiction fantasy film, Jupiter Ascending.Starring: Mila Kunis, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, and Sean Bean.⁠⁠⁠⁠Substantive Cinema Episode ListShoutouts:Death of a UnicornThe MonkeyWe Tell Ourselves Stories by Alissa WilkinsonFollow Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Philip's Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Share

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01:18:11

170: Substantive Cinema | I Like Movies feat. Romina...

The Substance ·

2025/03/24

Last week we had a great time talking movies with our Canadian friend Marta Djordjevic, so we figured we'd keep it going and double down with another Canadian guest AND a Canadian film (and stay tuned in the post show to potentially hear Marta about this week's film)!I Like Movies is writer/director Chandler Levack's 2022 directorial debut and it's a complete delight. It's very funny, it's sweet, it's sad, it's cringey, and it beautifully captures a period of life that everyone can relate to whether

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01:31:16

169: Substantive Cinema | Taste of Cherry feat. Marta...

The Substance ·

2025/03/17

Way back when the show relaunched in 2020, we had planned on covering Abbas Kiarostami's Palme d'Or winning Taste of Cherry but I was overruled by my then cohosts who, at the time, were not terribly taken with the film. Now almost five years later, I'm excited to return to it with an even greater appreciation of it. I'm also delighted to be joined on this episode by my internet friend, film historian, critic, and podcaster Marta Djordjevic. Her former podcast, McFly’s Movie House, is a treasure

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01:12:04

168: Substantive Cinema | Green Room feat. Seth...

The Substance ·

2025/03/13

Nazis...I hate these guys.Seth Vargas of the Movie Friends podcast joins us to discuss Jeremy Saulnier's 2015 punk horror masterpiece, Green Room. When a down on their luck punk band takes a blind gig at a venue that ends up being a skinhead bar, things get gnarly. We talk Seth's background in the aughts punk scene, Patrick Stewart's terrifying performance, the struggle of the independent artist, how systems can be just as malicious and destructive as individuals, the late Anton Yelchin, and

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