#58: You Can See Everything by Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim
Woodbine's podcast returns with an episode on Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim's new film You Can See Everything.
Eric and Matt are joined by Abe Walker to discuss who or what Nathan Fielder's work is about, where the drama and artistry comes from, and what genres he's working within and against. Is the film true crime, a documentary, a mockumentary, a making-of, or performance art?
--Replication as Revelation: Contingency, Detail, and Cinephilia in Nathan Fielder's Re-creations" - Jordan Schonig, 2025: https://www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/replication-as-revelation/release/4 (https://www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/replication-as-revelation/release/4)
--The Year’s Best Film Is This All-Time Great Mind-Melter - Nick Schager, 2026: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/you-can-see-everything-nathan-fielders-elizabeth-holmes-movie-is-the-years-best-film (https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/you-can-see-everything-nathan-fielders-elizabeth-holmes-movie-is-the-years-best-film)
Abe Walker is author of Reassembling the UAW: Insurgency, Contention, and Struggle for Unionism in the American South, published in 2026 by Temple University Press.
17 Aug 2026
#57: Omer Bartov on the Future of Israel-Palestine
For this week's episode Omer Bartov, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, joins Malek and Matt to discuss his new book Israel: What Went Wrong.
We talk about the comparative frameworks necessary to make sense of history, and the process through which Zionism became a state ideology. We hear about the decline of the Israeli left, and trace the various breaking points that should make the country's status quo untenable.
READINGS:
--"I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era." - Omer Bartov, 2026: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-genocide.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-genocide.html)
--"The Judeo-Bolshevist Target" - Omer Bartov, 2026: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/07/23/the-judeo-bolshevist-target-jochen-hellbeck/ (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/07/23/the-judeo-bolshevist-target-jochen-hellbeck/)
--"I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It." - Omer Bartov, 2025: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html)
--A Land for All: https://www.2s1h.org/en (https://www.2s1h.org/en)
Omer Bartov is the author of many books, including Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz, Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past, and Genocide, the Holocaust, and Israel–Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis.
10 Aug 2026
#56: The State Department on Cuba & Communism
For this week's episode, we discuss the State Department's recent report "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism", which was released three weeks ago.
Matt and Sam are joined by D, a lawyer with a wide-ranging practice in civil litigation and criminal defense, to talk about the political context the report is being released in, the myth-making operation its performing to influence both domestic and foreign policy, and the implications in its targeting of the National Lawyers Guild, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the People's Forum.
READINGS:
--"Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism" - The Department of State, 2026: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cuba-Report.pdf
--"U.S. Squeezes Cuba Even as It Searches for a New Regime Leader" - Tyler PagerJulian E. Barnes and Frances Robles, 2026: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/us/politics/us-search-cuba-leader.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/us/politics/us-search-cuba-leader.html)
--"Remarks at the Opening of the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism" - Scott Bessent, Christopher Landau, Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, 2026: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism
--"Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence" - Donald J. Trump, 2025: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Contact Woodbine Podcast
Guest appearances
Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Woodbine Podcast?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
