Morally Offensive

About Morally Offensive

Morally Offensive is a weekly film podcast about the movies the Catholic Church tried to warn you about. We revisit films “Condemned” by the Legion of Decency, unpacking the outrage, the censorship, and the cultural shifts behind them.

Publisher

Morally Offensive

Category

society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Nov 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Basic Instinct (1992): Let's Get Basic and Instinctual | Part 2 (American Giallo)

   Bill and Stephanie are joined once again by the winner of the Milwaukee Film Silent Auction, Bill’s Sister-In-Law, Shannon, for episode two on Basic Instinct (1992), as part of the American Giallo series. They really try hard to make it through the plot of the movie, but when a movie is built around intense, often ludicrous, sex and violence, it’s hard to get very far without asking some uncomfortable questions about the people who made it. Doubly so, if your podcast is about Catholic moralizing and pearl-clutching.

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   RE-RELEASE: Ken Russell's The Devils (1971) w/Ken Melvoin-Berg

   When we initially released this episode, in the early days of the podcast, Cisco had temporarily returned to the Movie Buffs podcast, and film curator and writer Stephanie Sack stepped in to the fill the void. We had no idea if we would keep going, we had no clue that our Devils episode would help us reach an entirely new audience, and we certainly did not anticipate Warner Brothers FINALLY re-releasing an uncut, restored version of Ken Russell’s vision. We were joined by film and TV producer/writer/ghost hunter/sex expert Ken Melvoin-Berg (Sex with Sunny Megatron on Showtime) to talk about one of the MOST Morally Offensive films of all of the films Condemned by the Catholic Church (NCOMP, really, but we all know that doesn’t make for good hook copy). Not only was Russell’s film especially naughty, still garnering an NC-17 in it’s re-release, but it directly called out religious hypocrisy and the evils that can occur when the church and state are one. Based on the Aldous Huxley novel, this is a film that is incredibly prescient and relevant, at a time when billionaires preach about the anti-christ, and wave upside-down bibles in the air, while defending and covering for perpetrators of the most vile acts of human depravity imaginable. This film is, in many ways, a spiritual companion piece to our podcast, and it is incredibly moving to see this masterpiece finally get its due. So, if you are new to the film, new to the podcast, or a subscriber and may have missed it, here is our detailed, epic episode on Ken Russell’s The Devils. We hope you enjoy and choose to subscribe to our podcast about morality, religious trauma, hypocrisy and dirty movies.

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Basic Instinct (1992): Part 1 (American Giallo)

   For the next installment in their American Giallo series, Bill and Jess are joined by Shannon, Bill’s sister-in-law and the winner of the Milwaukee Film Silent Auction prize to guest on the show, to discuss Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992). Starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, this erotic thriller inspired protests from the religious right, feminists, and the LGBTQ community, all for very different reasons. The question is: Was there overlap with the Catholic review from the Catholic Film Office? Why did THEY condemn the movie? The crew get into the movie’s reputation, its depiction of bisexuality, and the long-running debate over whether showing sexualized violence on screen is the same as normalizing it. Those questions haven't gone away, particularly in a culture that still has deep-seated problems with misogyny, SA, and not holding men accountable for their actions. This was recorded in the wake of the Cornell 7 case and right before the airing of Shane Gillis’s misogynist and controversial SNL monologue, which makes revisiting Basic Instinct at this moment far more prescient than the podcast had ever intended. Finally, Bill just HAD to talk about Joe Eszterhas and Mel Gibson's wacky adventures trying to make a movie about the Maccabees. Support the show: Merch Store!Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ SUPPORT THE SHOW JUST BECAUSEBuy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com Follow and watch:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepodThreads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod

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