Persuasion 213 | Survival Instinct

What can the rule of adaptation teach us about each other? Erin and Hannah continue their Finding Common Ground series with a discussion about our shared survival instinct.

Seeing and Believing 282 | Chad Hartigan’s Little Fish + Interview with Becoming Alien‘s Sarah Welch-Larson

Wade & Kevin review Chad Hartigan’s “Little Things” about a memory killing disease. Sarah Welch-Larson also talks about her book about “Alien”

Persuasion 212 BONUS | Interview with Sarah Pabody

Listen to Hannah’s full interview with Sarah Pabody in this special members-only bonus episode!

Persuasion 212 | Garden Variety, with Sarah Pabody

Erin and Hannah explore our shared desire to find meaning through our work and in life, and Sarah Pabody stops in to share the lessons she’s learned growing flowers at Triple Wren Farms.

Seeing and Believing 281 | Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah

Seeing & Believing closes out Black History Month with a review of Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah”.

Persuasion 211 | Universal Language, with James Beitler and Richard Gibson

Erin and Hannah invite James Beitler and Richard Gibson to discuss what we can do when the meaning behind our shared language shifts.

Persuasion 210 | Dust to Dust

Erin and Hannah talk about our tendency to press on with our plans until death disrupts us, and how we should be kind to all on the journey.

Seeing and Believing 280 | Simon Stone’s The Dig

Wade and Kevin dig into the film (heh) to examine themes of time, nature of life, and how the past can give meaning to the present and future.

Persuasion 209 | Finding Common Ground

Seasonal patterns, life stages, natural laws—things like these remind us that something greater is happening in the universe, regardless of our personal differences.

Seeing and Believing 279 | John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things

John Lee Hancock’s “The Little Things” stars Denzel Washington as an erstwhile detective in a California town with Jared Leto and Rami Malek.

Seeing & Believing 278 | Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger

We review Ramin Bahrani’s “The White Tiger”, an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s novel, that examines the wealth and caste disparities of India.

Seeing and Believing 277 | Paul Greengrass’s News of the World and Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari

Wade and Kevin review Tom Hanks’ first crack at a Western, Paul Greengrass’s News of the World and then the family drama Minari.

Seeing and Believing 276 | The Top Ten Films of 2020

Back from his break, Kevin rejoins Wade on the show to count down their favorite films of a very unusual year.

Seeing and Believing 275 | Pete Docter and Kemp Powers’ Soul and Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984

Wade is joined by Sarah Welch-Larson of Think Christian to discuss Pixar’s new film, Soul and Wonder Woman 1984.

Seeing and Believing 274 | Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and Disney+’s The Mandalorian

Wade is joined by Steve Norton of ScreenFish.net to discuss Nomadland, the new film from Chloé Zhao, and The Mandalorian Season 2.

Seeing and Believing 273 | David Fincher’s Mank and Eshom and Ian Nelms’ Fatman

Wade is joined by Aaron White of the Feelin’ Film Podcast, to discuss Mank, the new movie from David Fincher, Mank and Mel Gibson’s Fatman.