Welcome to Cinema To The Letter, a podcast that breaks down the very nature of C.I.N.E.M.A. letter by letter. For each episode of a film mini-series topic, we cover six films that fit a C for Classic, I for Indie, N for New, E for Egregious, M for Masterpiece and A for Atypical. Who doesn’t love an acronym?
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M.I.N.E stands for My Internal Never-ending Experience. It's a podcast dedicated to help foster mindfulness, self love, self-preservation, endearment, and to motivate listeners to realize the greatness that's within them. Always remember "my reality is M.I.N.E alone" Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/m-i-n-e/support
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Interviews with Anthropologists about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
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Re·la·tion·ship is defined as the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. Listen in as M and her guest explore the growth, the decline and the development of connections to family, money, society and a variety of other experiences - in considering how to (W)ork (O)n (E)xcellence S(trategically) in various relationships. Be ready for a little fun banter, some serious synopsis and ultimately revelations as we work on our relationshi ...
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Ranging from insightful shows and retrospectives to all around fun film talk, the Talk Film Society brings you a podcast network for any movie lover.
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Hello, my name is Urmila Baraily. This program is designed to share love and share experiences. Our focus is to encourage you through word of God and share story. Our mission is to Inform, Educate, and Inspire the next generation of leaders to take a stand for what is right.I believe everybody has a unique story to share. About me, I love food, music and I love to travel all over the world. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/urmi-baraily/support
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From (A)rsenic to (Z)ombies, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast exhumes the darkest corners of the past. We dig deep into deadly devices, ghastly crimes, and sinister secrets that history tried to bury. Join us as we unearth the truth—one morbid tale at a time through a not-so-serious approach to storytelling, MACABRE offers a uniquely entertaining escape into the strange and sinister corners of the world. Warning: This podcast explores graphic and disturbing themes. Listener discretion is advised.
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Candle of Knowledge (CoK) is a podcast about the legacy of Jarvis Smith’s deceased parents and the lessons they taught him in the wake of their deaths. In a collection of multiple volumes (seasons) with bonus content, Jarvis speaks about grief, anxiety, authenticity, self-identity, and more topics. In this intimate collection of candid life experiences, CoK serves as a guiding light, inspiring and empowering individuals of all ages, from teens navigating the complexities of adolescence to ad ...
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True Crime Origins: Bonnie & Clyde Part 2 (Y is for You Picked)
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29:42We're back for Part 2 of Y is for You Picked, Before the headlines, before the gunfire, they were just two restless souls chasing something bigger than themselves. Romanticized by the press, feared by the law—Bonnie and Clyde's lives were anything but simple. Join us as we unpack the FBI files and the demise of this legendary duo. Patreon members g…
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Dmitri N. Shalin, "Erving Manuel Goffman: Biographical Sources of Sociological Imagination" (Routledge, 2024)
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2:44:13We have long lacked a biography of Erving Goffman. Partly this can be explained by Goffman’s direction for his papers not to be opened to researchers after his death. This meant those who may wish to write Goffman’s biography had a lack of material to draw upon. Dmirti Shalin, author of Erving Manuel Goffman: Biographical Sources of Sociological Im…
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Greta Lynn Uehling, "Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)
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53:32In Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025), anthropologist Dr. Greta Lynn Uehling illuminates the untold stories of Russia’s occupation of Crimea from 2014 to the present, revealing the traumas of colonization, foreign occupation, and population displacement. Drawing upon extensive …
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Camilla Annerfeldt, "Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
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30:22Camilla Annerfeldt joins to discuss Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome (Bloomsbury, 2025). This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the notion – well-established in dress historical resea…
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Toine van Teeffelen, "The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir" (Wipf and Stock, 2024)
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1:03:20The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir (Wipf and Stock, 2024) is a narrative of a Christian family in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Based on diary entries and interviews from 2000 to 2023, the Dutch author--an anthropologist and peace activist--chronicles the spontaneous reactions of his Palestinian children and wife navigating the challen…
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Michelle H. S. Ho, "Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo's Pink Economies" (Duke UP, 2025)
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41:28In Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo's Pink Economies (Duke UP, 2025), Michelle H. S. Ho traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in josō and dansō cafe-and-bars, establishments wher…
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M. Myrta Leslie Santana, Transformismo: Performing Trans/Queer Cuba" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
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58:47In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo su…
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Andrew Ofstehage, "Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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46:19Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Andrew Ofstehage investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. Seeking adventure and profit, the transplanted f…
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True Crime Origins: Bonnie & Clyde Part 1 (Y is for You Picked)
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53:47Before the headlines, before the gunfire, they were just two restless souls chasing something bigger than themselves. In Part 1 of this special two-part series, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast traces the origins of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow—two Depression-era misfits whose story would become legend. From dusty Texas backroads to the early spar…
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Kai Shmushko, "Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics" (Leiden UP, 2024)
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1:04:04In the past decades, various forms of Buddhism have emerged in-between, above, and beyond conventional conceptions of religious and spiritual life in China. Multiple Liminalities of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary China: Modalities, Material Culture, and Politics (Leiden UP, 2024) is a qualitative study exploring manifestations of the massive revival …
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X- Crossover Episode with Emily & Caroline from LIVE, LAUGH, LORE!
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58:00Join us as we sit in judgement with the ladies of Live, Laugh, Lore! Our hosts, Emily and Caroline, were gracious enough to delight and entertain us for an evening of spooky and mysterious tales. Join us, and decide for yourself what is true, what is questionable and what is downright ridiculous. We promise you'll be entertained! Want more? You can…
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Maron E. Greenleaf, "Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon" (Duke UP, 2024)
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49:46Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explor…
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Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe
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1:14:22What is the growing appeal of fascist idealism for young people? Why is radical nationalism on the rise in Europe and throughout the world? In Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe (Princeton UP, 2024), Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka provides an in-depth account of the ideas and practices that are driving the varied forms of far-rig…
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Cinema To The Letter: Best In Show (2000) (A for Atypical SNL Vehicle)
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2:09:14Are your paws up and ready for a new episode of Cinema To The Letter? To wrap up their SNL Vehicle Season, Thomas & Bryan dive into the world of dog shows, improvised comedy & mockumentary film with Best In Show! Together, our duo will answer the crucial questions. Does the modern comedy world owe Christopher Guest everything? Who stands out amongs…
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Best In Show (2000) - A for Atypical SNL Vehicle
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2:08:14Are your paws up and ready for a new episode of Cinema To The Letter? To wrap up their SNL Vehicle Season, Thomas & Bryan dive into the world of dog shows, improvised comedy & mockumentary film with Best In Show! Together, our duo will answer the crucial questions. Does the modern comedy world owe Christopher Guest everything? Who stands out amongs…
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Deana Jovanović, "Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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1:23:24Built on the shifting grounds of post-Yugoslav transformation, Staging the Promises examines how the residents of Bor — a Serbian copper-mining town marked by both socialist prosperity and post-socialist decline — became spectators to the staged enactments of promised futures. Deana Jovanović traces how local authorities and the copper-processing c…
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A quiet boy with a curious mind, Graham Young’s fascination with chemistry would take a sinister turn. Known later as The Teacup Poisoner, his story is one of obsession, manipulation, and a chilling trail of mystery that left authorities—and victims—staggered. In this episode of MACABRE: A Dark History Podcast, we sip into the unnerving case of a k…
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Ipek A. Celik Rappas, "Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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44:59Filming in European Cities: The Labor of Location (Cornell University Press, 2025) explores the effort behind creating screen production locations. Dr. Ipek A. Celik Rappas accounts the rising demand for original and affordable locations for screen projects due to the growth of streaming platforms. As a result, screen professionals are repeatedly t…
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Diana Graizbord, "Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2024)
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52:44The spread of democracy across the Global South has taken many different forms, but certain features are consistent: implementing a system of elections and an overarching mission of serving the will and well-being of a country's citizens. But how do we hold politicians accountable for such a mission? How are we to understand the efficacy of the pol…
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Lian Sinclair, "Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations" (Manchester UP, 2024)
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36:47Why do multinational mining corporations use participation to undermine resistance? Do the struggles of local communities, activists and NGOs matter on a global scale? Why are there so many different global standards in mining? Undermining Resistance: The Governance of Participation by Multinational Mining Corporations (Manchester UP, 2024) develop…
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Tim Grady, "Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars" (Yale UP, 2025)
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54:30In Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars (Yale University Press, 2025), Tim Grady recounts here a detailed history of the fate of combatants who died on enemy soil in England and Germany in World Wars I and II. The books draws on a rich archive of personal family experiences, and describes the often touching…
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Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
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36:32Factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutants have inexorably shaped South Baltimore into one of the most polluted places in the country. In Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore (U Chicago Press, 2024), anthropologist Chloe Ahmann explores the rise and fall of industrial lifeways on this edge of the city a…
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Cinema To The Letter: Billy Madison (1995) (M for Masterpiece SNL Vehicle)
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2:16:58If listening to podcasts is cool, then we're Cinema To The Letter! For the M for Masterpiece slot for SNL Vehicle season, Thomas, Bryan, and special guest Scott Johnson are here to discuss the ultimate kick-off for the infamous Adam Sandler, Billy Madison! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Did Adam Sandler help kill the studio c…
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Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025)
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1:06:18In this episode, Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak talk about their new co-authored book Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). This volume is part of the Diverse Economies and Livable Worlds series. Solidarity economies, characterized by di…
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Billy Madison (1995) - M for Masterpiece SNL Vehicle
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2:16:58If listening to podcasts is cool, then we're Cinema To The Letter! For the M for Masterpiece slot for SNL Vehicle season, Thomas, Bryan and special guest Scott Johnson are here to discuss the ultimate kick off for the infamous Adam Sandler Billy Madison! Together, our trio will answer the crucial questions. Did Adam Sandler help kill the studio com…
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W is for Wizard of Oz PT 2-The Dark Side of the Rainbow
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46:35The Wizard of Oz didn’t just change film—it changed lives. And not always for the better. In Part 2 of our exploration into the dark history behind The Wizard of Oz, Blaire and Halley trace the Technicolor ripple effect the film had on Hollywood and pop culture. But while the world fell in love with Dorothy, Judy Garland was unraveling behind the s…
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Amy Zhang, "Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China" (Stanford UP, 2024)
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1:07:52After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as…
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Lorna Gibb, "Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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39:47An enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting unique perspectives and ways of life. Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages (Princeton University Press, 2025) tells the stories of the w…
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Eleanor Paynter, "Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present" (U California Press, 2024)
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54:38Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Eleanor Paynter responds to the crisis framings that dominate migration debates in the global north. This capacious, interdisciplinary open-access study reformulates Europe's so-called "migrant crisis" from a sudden disaster to a site of…
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