Popcorn Hermeneutics: Recent Episodes
Ramón Rodriguez & Emmanuel Flores
Join two philosophy students in their search for meaning as they interpret their way through films and series of all kind, the good, the bad, and the great. Each episode is an exploration of modern culture and what it says to us about being human.
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón review Amazon Prime's Sound of Metal and give their own experiences of how silence has shaped their own experience and identity. (May contain spoilers.)
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub! In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón talk the hit show Rick and Morty, bash its toxic fans, and ask what Rick Sanchez, as Socrates, might have to say about science, transhumanism, and meaning. (May contain spoilers.)
Popcorn Hermeneutics is back! Ramón and Emmanuel welcome their second guest Riley Connors to the show to talk about decision-making and meaning-finding in Damien Chazelle's 2016 hit La La Land. (May contain spoilers.)
What about us is culturally determined? What comes from our nature? What is human nature, anyways? In today's episode, Emmanuel and Ramón look for the answers of these questions in HBO's fantastic sci-fi series Raised by Wolves. (May contain spoilers.)
It's Throwback Thursday! Ramón and Emmanuel are joined by Brian Flanagan, seminarian, cinephile and fellow philosophy student to unpack the themes of nihilism, pop culture, and transcendence in the classic Pulp Fiction.
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón discuss the ins and out of a technophile's love life in this gorgeous film where Siri meets Scarlet Johansson. (May contain spoilers.)
In this episode, Emmanuel and Ramón dig into Charlie Kaufman's latest Netflix film I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and why sometimes the strangest films are the ones that have the most to tell us.
In this first episode, Emmanuel and Ramón talk the why of the podcast, their motivations for making it, and where they hope to take it in the coming months.