Latest Truman Podcast Episodes
North by Northwest | Ep 8
Layers of Film - April 04, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhether you’re in a train car or on a crop duster, tune into this week’s episode as Austin and Big T discuss North by Northwest, a film consistently rated one of the best movies of all time. We talk about what aged well and what has become just a bit dated. We also explore how this movie...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Episode 7
Layers of Film - March 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin Austin and Big T as we travel down under and watch New Zealand film’s biggest financial success, Hunt for the Wilderpeople. We share our favorite moments—from the laugh-out-loud scenes to the heartwarming ones—and discuss what makes this such a masterful film. We explore what it means to lov...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Ep 7
Layers of Film - March 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin Austin and Big T as we travel down under and watch New Zealand film’s biggest financial success, Hunt for the Wilderpeople. We share our favorite moments—from the laugh-out-loud scenes to the heartwarming ones—and discuss what makes this such a masterful film. We explore what it mea...
Ransom Episode 2
Call Me Watkins - February 20, 2022 07:13 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRansom by David Malouf. An overview and analysis of Part 2.
Alien | Episode 6
Layers of Film - February 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFacehuggers, chestbursters, and feline jump scares. This month, Austin and Big T discuss the 1979 sci-fi horror classic, Alien. We talk about how the film set the stage for the coming decades of the genre as well as what we think doesn’t hold up. We also explore larger concepts, like what it mean...
Alien | Ep 6
Layers of Film - February 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFacehuggers, chestbursters, and feline jump scares. This month, Austin and Big T discuss the 1979 sci-fi horror classic, Alien. We talk about how the film set the stage for the coming decades of the genre as well as what we think doesn’t hold up. We also explore larger concepts, like wha...
Ransom Episode 1
Call Me Watkins - January 26, 2022 07:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRansom by David Malouf. An overview and analysis of Part 1.
Whiplash | Episode 5
Layers of Film - January 04, 2022 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy New Year! Goals, self-improvement, and reaching your potential are common topics this time of year, and what better film to explore these ideas than Whiplash? Join Austin and Big T as we discuss the complexities of wanting greatness and what happens when we’ll cross any boundary to get ther...
Whiplash | Ep 5
Layers of Film - January 04, 2022 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy New Year! Goals, self-improvement, and reaching your potential are common topics this time of year, and what better film to explore these ideas than Whiplash? Join Austin and Big T as we discuss the complexities of wanting greatness and what happens when we’ll cross any boundary to...
Pan's Labyrinth | Ep 4
Layers of Film - December 06, 2021 13:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and are excited for Christmas! It is a time for family, friends, holiday cheer, but most importantly discussing an unsettling faun’s true intentions on whether or not it wants to murder an innocent child. Get ready for Spanish history, fantastical myster...
Pan's Labyrinth | Episode 4
Layers of Film - December 06, 2021 13:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and are excited for Christmas! It is a time for family, friends, holiday cheer, but most importantly discussing an unsettling faun’s true intentions on whether or not it wants to murder an innocent child. Get ready for Spanish history, fantastical mystery, and a ...
A Day of Infamy
"To the Best of My Ability" - December 03, 2021 15:31 - 24 minutesPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt wins his third term bid for president, but a foreign crisis brews in the Pacific. Contending with an isolationist movement in America, he maneuvers policies and naval fleets in preparation for war, all the while convincing the US public the importance of becoming ...
An Epidemic of World Lawlessness
"To the Best of My Ability" - November 23, 2021 20:39 - 23 minutesIn 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt inherits a nation amidst The Great Depression, but around the world, fascist powers gain footholds. FDR begins to shape foreign policy through a series of addresses that connect the American people to the president in an unprecedented way, threading the needle betw...
Ready or Not | Episode 3
Layers of Film - October 31, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy Halloween! Get ready for a spook-tacular episode as we discuss one of Big T’s favorite horror movies: Ready or Not. Filmed in 2019, this movie’s full of carnage, character, and plenty of commentary! Austin shares his first impressions of the film, Big T tells us why he loves it so much, and...
Ready or Not | Ep 3
Layers of Film - October 31, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHappy Halloween! Get ready for a spook-tacular episode as we discuss one of Big T’s favorite horror movies: Ready or Not. Filmed in 2019, this movie’s full of carnage, character, and plenty of commentary! Austin shares his first impressions of the film, Big T tells us why he loves it so ...
The Iron Giant | Ep 2
Layers of Film - October 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin us this month as your favorite mediocre people discuss the 1999 animated classic The Iron Giant. We talk about the film and the novel it’s based on, exploring its themes and how this movie has a message for just about everyone. We share our favorite moments, what we think could’ve b...
The Iron Giant | Episode 2
Layers of Film - October 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin us this month as your favorite mediocre people discuss the 1999 animated classic The Iron Giant. We talk about the film and the novel it’s based on, exploring its themes and how this movie has a message for just about everyone. We share our favorite moments, what we think could’ve been bette...
Edward Scissorhands | Episode 2
Layers of Film - September 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis month on Layers of Film, we discuss Tim Burton’s 1990 film Edward Scissorhands. From our favorite scenes to what the movie may be saying about society, we talk about how the music, color, and camerawork make this movie so rewatchable. Even more, we ask the questions you’ve always wanted answ...
Edward Scissorhands | Episode 1
Layers of Film - September 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis month on Layers of Film, we discuss Tim Burton’s 1990 film Edward Scissorhands. From our favorite scenes to what the movie may be saying about society, we talk about how the music, color, and camerawork make this movie so rewatchable. Even more, we ask the questions you’ve always wanted answ...
Edward Scissorhands | Ep 1
Layers of Film - September 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis month on Layers of Film, we discuss Tim Burton’s 1990 film Edward Scissorhands. From our favorite scenes to what the movie may be saying about society, we talk about how the music, color, and camerawork make this movie so rewatchable. Even more, we ask the questions you’ve always wa...
Introductions
Layers of Film - August 14, 2021 21:32 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Layers of Film, the podcast where masterful films are discussed by mediocre people. We’re your hosts Austin and Big T, and we can’t wait to talk about some of the best, weirdest, and most interesting films out there. Join us next month when we talk about Tim Burton’s 1990 cla...
Introduction | Episode 1
Layers of Film - August 14, 2021 21:32 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to Layers of Film, the podcast where masterful films are discussed by mediocre people. We’re your hosts Austin and Big T, and we can’t wait to talk about some of the best, weirdest, and most interesting films out there. Join us next month when we talk about Tim Burton’s 1990 classic Edwa...
33 Months
"To the Best of My Ability" - March 17, 2021 21:16 - 31 minutesIn the months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, suspicions around Japanese American citizens began to grow, so much so that in February of 1942, FDR signed executive order 9066, which was used to justify the forced removal of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes and incarcerated...
The Temper of the Courts
"To the Best of My Ability" - February 24, 2021 15:06 - 26 minutesIn February 1946, a California Court heard arguments challenging the practice of segregating students of Mexican descent into “remedial schools for Mexicans.” Sylvia Mendez and her family spent the next year of their lives entangled in a court battle. Though they would ultimately prevail and the...
A Dangerous, Costly and Heartbreaking Process
"To the Best of My Ability" - February 10, 2021 15:28 - 22 minutesOn February 12, 1946, Isaac Woodard was returning home to North Carolina from Camp Gordon in Augusta, GA on a Greyhound bus. Woodard, a decorated veteran of the Pacific theater, asked the driver if there was time for him to use the restroom while on a scheduled stop. The driver grudgingly agreed...
A Dangerous, Costly, and Heartbreaking Process
"To the Best of My Ability" - February 10, 2021 15:28 - 22 minutesOn February 12, 1946, Isaac Woodard was returning home to North Carolina from Camp Gordon in Augusta, GA on a Greyhound bus. Woodard, a decorated veteran of the Pacific theater, asked the driver if there was time for him to use the restroom while on a scheduled stop. The driver grudgingly agreed...
No Specific and Tangible Evidence
"To the Best of My Ability" - January 26, 2021 22:54 - 29 minutesIn a January 25, 1946 telegram, General Douglas MacArthur recommended that Hirohito not face a war crimes trial. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, tried 28 Japanese military and political leaders on 55 separate counts encompassing ...
The Making of a Podcast: The Great War
Mr. O'Grady's History Time Machine Podcast - January 23, 2021 23:00 - 3 minutesThe Making of a Podcast: The Great War -- Tips for my students as they create their own podcasts about their topic of their choice about The Great War.
Strike Wave
"To the Best of My Ability" - January 19, 2021 21:56 - 28 minutesThe strike wave of 1945-1946 was a series of large-scale post-war labor strikes in the United States, spanning numerous industries and public utilities. In the year after V-J Day, more than five million American workers were involved in strikes, including oil workers, the United Auto Workers, an...
Duck and Cover
"To the Best of My Ability" - January 06, 2021 17:22 - 27 minutesBy January 5, 1946, President Truman had had enough. He was tired of Stalin’s aggressive behavior, tired of the Soviet Union establishing “police states” in countries it occupied. In a letter to his Secretary of State, James, F. Byrnes, he declared that the United States would not recognize thes...