All Episodes

202: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter feat. Laurie Strode Trap House

201: Celebrating 20 Years of Severin Films feat. David Gregory & Carl Daft

200: Lady Bird feat. Anna Marinello

199: Civil War (2024) feat. Chell Stephen

198: Panic Fest 2026 Extravaganza!

197: Panic Fest 2026 Preview

196: Team America: World Police feat. Justin LaLiberty

195: Substantive Cinema | 28 Years Later feat. Brandon Streussnig

194: The State of the World, Spiritual Check-Ins, and the Road to 200 feat. Editor Dave

193: Substantive Cinema | Southland Tales feat. Laurie Strode Trap House

192: Liturgies For Resisting Empire feat. Kat Armas

191: Substantive Cinema | The Holdovers feat. Marta Djordjevic

190: Feed Drop | O Pagador de Promessas (The Projection Booth feat. Philip Marinello)

189: Substantive Cinema | In the Mouth of Madness feat. simi.views

188: Substantive Cinema | The Amusement Park feat. Dale_A

187: Screaming and Conjuring feat. Clark Collis

186: Substantive Cinema | New York, New York feat. Jim Hemphill

185: Rethinking Hell, a Spirituality of Fear, and a God of Radical Love feat. Brian Recker

184: Physical Media, Local Theater Communities, and the Future of Filmmaking feat. Jeff Rauseo

183: Courage, Community, and Challenging MAGA with Positivity feat. Britt Giger (@thebrittbee)

182: Substantive Cinema | The World's End feat. Greg D.

181: Substantive Cinema | The Wind Will Carry Us feat. Marta Djordjevic

180: Feed Drop | Memories of Murder (Movies & Us feat. Philip Marinello)

179: A Rebellion of Care feat. David Gate

178: Feed Drop | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Cinematic Doctrine feat. Philip Marinello)

177: Substantive Cinema | The Silence of the Lambs feat. Tyler Huckabee

176: Authenticity, Embracing Doubt, and Championing Inclusivity feat. Rev. Joseph Yoo

175: Bonus Ep. | Panic Fest 2025 Recap!

174: Substantive Cinema | Fruitvale Station feat. Zachary Lee

173: Substantive Cinema | Columbus feat. Jen & Sarah (Movies & Us podcast)

172: Pursuing Generosity, Justice, and Restoration feat. Alexis Busetti

171: April Fools' Special | Jupiter Ascending feat. Abby Olcese

170: Substantive Cinema | I Like Movies feat. Romina D'Ugo

169: Substantive Cinema | Taste of Cherry feat. Marta Djordjevic

168: Substantive Cinema | Green Room feat. Seth Vargas (Movie Friends)

167: Remembering David Lynch & Preparing for the Next Four Years feat. Editor Dave

166: Joan Didion, John Wayne, and American Myth-Making feat. Alissa Wilkinson

165: Substantive Cinema | Bringing Out the Dead feat. Megan Abbott

164: Substantive Cinema | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou feat. Dan McCoy

163: Our Church Speaks feat. Rev. Ben Lansing

162: Substantive Cinema | Southern Comfort feat. Mitchell Beaupre

161: Films For All Seasons feat. Abby Olcese

160: Substantive Cinema | Shock Corridor feat. Mike White & Spencer Parsons

159: The American Gospel feat. Jon Guerra

158: Vanitas + Viriditas feat. Josh Tiessen

157: TTU Matt Chandler, Augmented Reality & Manufactured Spirituality Replay (Ep. 110)

156: The Straight Story feat. Tyler Huckabee Replay (Ep. 96)

155: Phillip Holmes Replay (Ep. 70)

154: Felicia Wu Song Replay (Ep. 89)

153: Bradly Mason Replay (Ep. 56)

152: Deconstruction, Healing, and Found Family feat. Margaret Bronson

151: Birding, Grief, and the Beauty of Nature feat. Courtney Ellis

150: Un-Substantive Cinema | Hot Shots! Part Deux feat. Dale_A

149: Substantive Cinema | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance feat. Elliot Coen

148: Militarism, Civil Rights & Inspiring the Next Wave of Revolutionaries feat. Nate Powell

147: TTU w/Trevor Akin | “Biblical” Tagline, Masculinity Crisis & Election Year Faithfulness

146: Substantive Cinema | Lucky (2017) feat. John Carroll Lynch

145: Art, Commerce, and the Kindness of St. Valentine feat. Ned Bustard

144: Grief, Lament, and Hope feat. Terra McDaniel

143: Substantive Cinema | The Curse of Cat People feat. Stephanie Stalvey

142: Movies Across the Seriousness Spectrum feat. The Winterstein Bros (Saints & Cinema)

141: Interview | Justice, Law, and Love of Neighbor feat. Matt Martens

140: Bonus | Becoming Alien feat. Sarah Welch-Larson

139: Interview | Preparing For Christmas feat. Emily Hunter McGowin

138: Substantive Cinema | Alien (1979) feat. Sarah Welch-Larson

137: Interview | Josh Nadeau (Sword & Pencil) on Goodness, Truth, and Beauty

136: Substantive Cinema | Cat People (1942) feat. Stephanie Stalvey

135: Substantive Stories | Fear Not! feat. Josh Larsen

134: Interview | Propaganda on Changing the World through Better Stories

133: Substantive Cinema | Affliction feat. Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd)

132: Substantive Stories | The Ballot and the Bible feat. Kaitlyn Schiess

131: Interview | Bishop Emilio Alvarez on Pentecost, Liturgy, and Embracing Unity

130: Substantive Cinema | The Grey feat. Slim (Letterboxd & 70mm)

129: Interview | Johnna Harris on Advocating for the Spiritually Abused

128: The State of The Substance feat. Editor Dave

127: Substantive Cinema | Raging Bull (1980) feat. Abby Olcese

126: Substantive Stories | Church Out Here feat. Rural Church Voices crew

125: Farewell to Trevor and Vincent!

124: Substantive Cinema | Badlands (1973) feat. Brett McCracken

123: TTU | "He Gets Us" Super Bowl Commercials & Theology of Discipleship

122: Reflects | Your "Apolitical" Church is Political

121: Substantive Stories | How We Relate feat. Jesse Eubanks

120: Interview | Dr. Esau McCaulley on Lent, MLK, and Communal Refreshment

119: TTU | Avatar 2 Reactions, Nepo Babies, and the Reyna Incident

118: Substantive Cinema | Matewan (1987)

117: Substantive Stories | Ordinary Faithfulness feat. Olivia Meade

116: Substantive Stories | Making Room in Advent feat. Bette Dickinson

115: Reflects | National(ist) Conservatism

Bonus! Noirvember SC | Double Indemnity feat. Kevin McLenithan

114: TTU | Family Worship & Listener Q on Fundamentalism

113: Substantive Stories | From Isolation to Community feat. Myles Werntz

112: Substantive Cinema | Night of the Living Dead (1968) feat. Josh Larsen

111: Reflects | Sexual Ethics

110: TTU | Matt Chandler Steps Back, Augmented Reality, & Manufactured Spirituality

109: Substance Reflects | Homelessness feat. Kevin M. Nye

108: Substantive Cinema | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) feat. Jason & Hannah Chao

107: TTU | Thankfulness, Embracing "Christian Nationalism," & Prov 26:4-5 on Social Media

106: Reflects | Roe v Wade Overturned

105: Substantive Cinema | Us (2019)

104: Substance Wives Takeover! | Crissi Curly on Art, Representation, and Black Joy