Nick and Dan, a screenwriter and a movie-lover, explore themes of changing faith through the language of cinema. They discuss their journeys out of the Mormon church using film narrative in order to build understanding between believers, non-believers, and everyone in between.
Plastic dolls, Mormon women, beauty standards, modesty, the patriarchy, feminism... You'll find it all here in our discussion of the 2023 film Barbie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_3_nm_5_in_0_q_barb)! Stephanie, Jenny, and Heidi join us to talk about the film and their experiences as women in the LDS Church.
Mentioned in this episode:
1. Binders full of women (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binders_full_of_women)
2. Dear Mormon Man (https://www.dearmormonman.com/)
3. Elder Ballard's lipstick comment (https://wasmormon.org/put-on-a-little-lipstick-now-and-then-and-look-a-little-charming-m-russell-ballards-devotional/)
4. America Ferrera's Barbie monologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqlDWHkdHk)
5. Thought-terminating cliché (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9)
6. What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo&list=RDcW8VLC9nnTo&start_radio=1)
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6 Jun 2025
The Good Place - Seasons 3 and 4
Jenny, Nick, and Dan join up one last time to finish talking about The Good Place (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1), covering seasons 3 and 4. They discuss how the show has made them think about moral philosophy, the afterlife, and their experiences in the LDS church. ***CONTAINS SPOILERS***
Mentioned in this episode:
1. The Good Place: The Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3WQCJ4KJQnnlkB4bx8Aef0)
2. Maslow's hierarchy of needs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs)
3. "The men who like women and the men who don't. Yes we can tell." (https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/men-who-like-women)
4. How to be Perfect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Be_Perfect)
5. Lost (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1)
6. The Leftovers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699128/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520lefto)
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20 Dec 2024
046 - Napoleon Dynamite
Grab your tots and chapstick, it's time to talk about Napoleon Dynamite (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_1_in_0_q_napoleon%2520dynamite)! Stephanie returns to chat with Nick and Dan about her experiences working on the film and growing up in Napoleon's hometown.
Mentioned in this episode:
1. Association for Mormon Letters (https://www.associationmormonletters.org/about/) and award nomination (https://www.associationmormonletters.org/2024/07/2023-aml-award-finalists-4-film-podcast-poetry/)
2. The Rose (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_(song)) (Bette Midler (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000541/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_bette%2520mid))
3. Larger Than Life (Backstreet Boys) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEb2CecR11I&ab_channel=BackstreetBoysVEVO)
4. Haylie Duff (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240380/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_hailey%2520duff)
5. Jared Hess (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381478/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_jared%2520hess)
6. Napoleon Dynamite (TV series) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1743880/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_napoleon%2520dyn)
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