Men at the Movies Podcast

About Men at the Movies Podcast

The Men at the Movies podcast ran from November 2020 to July 2026 — over 220 episodes with guests from every walk of life, on the movies we love and what they reveal about who we were made to be. The show is complete. The conversations continue on our YouTube channel in a new form: watch the latest uploads at youtube.com/@menatthemovies, or discover what your favorite stories reflect about you at unlockyourstory.org.

Publisher

Paul McDonald

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Dec 2020

Latest episode

1 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 232 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   It's A Wonderful Life: Are You Wasting Your Life | Final Podcast with Patton Dodd

   Paul interviews Patton Dodd about "It's a Wonderful Life" and the profound question of whether we are wasting our lives, offering insights into ambition, faithfulness, and the quiet dignity of ordinary lives.

2. 

   1 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Captain America: The First Avenger-When Nobody Believes Your Transformation

   What do you do when God transforms you — and nobody believes it? Pastor Jim Domen lived as a gay man for five years. Then Jesus changed everything. The problem? The church doubted it, skeptics called it a lie, and the state of California tried to pass a law making it illegal to even tell his story. It turns out Jim's favorite movie isn't just a movie. It's a mirror. Captain America: The First Avenger is the story of a man who gets transformed — and then gets sidelined. Made into a dancing monkey instead of a warrior. And what happens when he finally steps off the bench and into the fight he was made for. This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on the show. Jim doesn't clean it up. Neither do we. Decode what your favorite stories reveal about your own calling at unlockyourstory.org. Support the show and access our behind-the-scenes pre-show conversations at buymeacoffee.com/menatthemovies. Find Jim's books — Breaking Sin's Grasp, Not a Mistake, and the Button Kids Series — at jimdomen.com.

3. 

   7 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Star Wars: A New Hope | A Lion Raised by Lambs

   Spotify put the original episode in jail for showing the clips from Star Wars: A New Hope. So unfortunately, this episode has no clips--however, if you'd like to engage in the full episode, visit https://youtu.be/nRP8201-qgk (https://youtu.be/nRP8201-qgk) to view the episode in its entirety on the YouTube channel. Every man arrives at the moment where he has to answer the question: Am I really who I think I am? Luke Skywalker faces that moment 30,000 feet above the Death Star — guidance computer off, Obi-Wan's voice in his head, Vader on his tail. No proof. Just faith. Author, documentary filmmaker, and men's coach Eric Rogell joins Paul to break down Star Wars: A New Hope through the lens of origin stories, fear vs. courage, and what it actually takes for a lion raised by lambs to become who he's meant to be. Eric's story — raised by a single mom, kept safe from everything, angry about it for years — mirrors Luke's more than he realized. And probably yours too. In this episode: why stories are the software of the soul, the difference between a culture of fear and a culture of courage, why the villain is just the hero of the other side, and the moment Luke stopped being a farm boy and became who he was always meant to be. Find Eric's book Lions Raised as Lambs at lionsraisedaslambs.com (lionsraisedaslambs.com). Find out what your favorite stories say about you at unlockyourstory.org (unlockyourstory.org). Support the show at buymeacoffee.com/menatthemovies (buymeacoffee.com/menatthemovies).

Inside a recent episode

It's A Wonderful Life: Are You Wasting Your Life | Final Podcast with Patton Dodd

Published 1 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Um, and that's part of the, the, the battle between Potter and Bailey is happening in the throes of America's great depression. And what are we going to be? What kind of country are we going to be? What kind of community are we going to be? Are we going to like, try to, you know, extend opportunity across our communities or are we going to control as much of it as we can at the top? We're still having that argument, right? Right. Yeah. Yeah. And it's not a political argument. No, it's not. It's biblical. I mean, Potter's Field is a term coined from the Bible. Yeah. This is where we put the trash. […]

Who has been a guest on Men at the Movies Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Patton Dodd
• Michael Errigo
• Sam Ainslie
• Leo Clark
• Pablo Ceron

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

82,674

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

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