Post-Mormon at the Movies

What kind of high schooler were you? What do you wish were different about your high school/Mormon experience? Nick and Dan explore these questions with special guest Jenny McKay, who joined them for a discussion about the film Booksmart. (This conversation was recorded in July 2023.) Check out Jenny's coaching and podcast! -Jenny McKay Coaching (website, Instagram, TikTok) -Podcast: Just Create, Dammit! Mentioned in this episode: 1. Barbie 2. Olivia Wilde 3. Barbenheimer, The Dark Knight, and Mamma Mia! Find more information on our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe for regular updates. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com.

Nick and Dan are joined by long-time friend Jon to geek out over Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We discuss the "canon events" of Mormonism and what it feels like to find others who accept you when you're different. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Find more information on our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠. Subscribe for regular updates. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com.

Head to the pub and grab a pint! Nick and Dan are joined by Kyle and Jenny (the human, not the donkey) to discuss The Banshees of Inisherin. Is this movie about the Irish civil war, inescapable despair, or church relationships? Listen to find out! Mentioned in this episode: 1. Martin McDonagh 2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges 3. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan Find more information on our ⁠website⁠. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠TikTok⁠. Subscribe for regular updates. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com.

Go the distance with Dan and Nick in their first podcast of 2023! They discuss Disney's Hercules and its similarities to the LDS doctrine of the Plan of Salvation. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Edith Hamilton's Mythology 2. Disney's 100th Anniversary 3. Hadestown Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com.

Revisit this PM@M "classic" to learn why Nick and Dan love The Muppet Christmas Carol. They also discuss how they approach Christmas from a post-Mormon perspective. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Muppet Treasure Island 2. Michael Caine and Tim Curry 3. Thomas S. Monson's 2011 First Presidency Christmas Devotional talk "Because He Came" 4. The "missing song" ("When Love Is Gone") Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com Subscribe for regular updates. Sound effects from Zapsplat.

Nick and Dan tackle the messages and songs of Into the Woods to show how they relate to their own experiences in and out of church. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story, and Sweeny Todd 2. Rob Marshall 3. "Into the Woods: The Humanist Gospel of Stephen Sondheim" 4. "The Debate is Over" Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com. Subscribe for regular updates.

Do you believe in signs and deeper meaning, or luck and coincidence? Either way, we hope you enjoy this special Halloween episode about the 2002 film Signs. Jenny and Kyle join Nick and Dan to discuss the religious themes of this M. Night Shyamalan classic. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Field of Dreams 2. Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix 3. Fowler Stages of Faith 4. Life of Pi Check out Bite Size Reviews, where Kyle reviews books, movies, and TV with an emphasis on page-to-screen adaptations. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can reach us by email at postmormonmovies@gmail.com. Subscribe for regular updates. Sound effects from Zapsplat.

Kyle, Jenny, Nick, and Dan share their differing opinions in a lively discussion about the film Everything Everywhere All at Once. Statistically, it's possible that there are universes out there where everyone gets to be right. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2. Turning Red 3. Daniels 4. Multiverse 5. "As man now is, God once was" 6. Postmodernism: Stuff You Should Know and Sunstone Podcast 7. Post-postmodernism 8. Walter Chaw: perspective from an immigrant family More coverage of Everything Everywhere All at Once: 1. Intentionally Blank (Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells) 2. The Big Picture: film discussion and interview with Daniels 3. Cinema Therapy 4. Pop Culture Detective Check out Bite Size Reviews, where Kyle reviews books, movies, and TV with an emphasis on page-to-screen adaptations. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

"If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one." Sam Young joins us to discuss Spotlight, a 2015 film based on the true story of the investigative team from The Boston Globe that exposed the scandal and cover-up of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in the local community. We also discuss the recent Associated Press article "Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen." This article was written by Michael Rezendes, who is portrayed by Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight. Content warning:  child sex abuse Sam Young Mormon Stories interviews: Law of Common Consent, March for the Children, Response to church policy changes, Hunger Strike, Excommunication Mentioned in this episode: 1. Protect Every Child, Protect LDS Children 2. Phil Saviano and SNAP 3. Protect LDS Children: stories of abuse 4. Sexually explicit questions asked to kids by Mormon bishops 5. California state law requiring background checks 6. The Night of the Iguana, The Magnificent Seven, A Beautiful Mind, Saving Private Ryan Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

It's still summer break, but enjoy this bonus episode before we start up again this fall! Shawn rejoins us to discuss Sons of Provo. We talk about how this movie holds up from a post-Mormon view, whether it portrays Utah Mormonism more accurately than Under the Banner of Heaven, and the current state of Mormon cinema. Mentioned in this episode: 1. Sons of Provo album 2. The Best Two Years, The Other Side of Heaven, The R.M., and The Singles Ward 3. Will Swenson, Kirby Heyborne, and Danny Tarasevich 4. Kirby Heyborne beer commercial 5. This Is Spinal Tap 6. Mormons and the Movies 7. "Pollyannaish" 8. The R.M. soundtrack 9. Jericho Road 10. Pretty Darn Funny and Sheri Dew 11. Once I Was a Beehive, 17 Miracles, Church Ball, and The Chosen 12. Studio C on Conan 13. Mormon No More and Murder Among the Mormons 14. "Same-Sex Attracted" and Believer 15. Shawn's blog: The Everyday Cinephile Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

Revisit this Post-Mormon at the Movies "classic" as Nick and Dan discuss 1998's The Truman Show and its connections to the post-Mormon experience. Mentioned in this episode: 1. The Truman Show 2. Andrew Niccol and Peter Weir 3. The Twilight Zone inspiration 4. An essay discussing The Truman Show from the Association for Mormon Letters 5. The Screwtape Letters 6. The Allegory of the Cave 7. Gaslighting and cognitive dissonance 8. The Oatmeal's comic about cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect 9. Using fear to motivate/manipulate ("Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear") Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Who would've thought that Damian Chazelle's "Whiplash" would lead to such a deep discussion about morality, self-worth, and abusive leadership? Not us, but that's the way the cymbal crashes. Dan and Nick are joined once again by Kyle to discuss 2014's "Whiplash." Mentioned in this episode: 1. Youtube: Whiplash (as reviewed by a jazz musician)2. La La Land Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Our discussions of FX's Under the Banner of Heaven come to a close. Jenny and Kyle once again join Nick and Dan to share thoughts about the finale of this epic miniseries. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

It may not be in a Jacuzzi in Oregon, but join Nick and Dan for a chat about FX's Under the Banner of Heaven. Kyle and Jenny return to break down depictions of revelation and a crisis of faith in episode six of the series. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Jenny and Kyle keep Nick and Dan around to continue their in-depth review of FX's Under the Banner of Heaven. The investigation is full steam ahead as we discuss depictions of polygamy, excommunication, and Joseph Smith's martyrdom. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Nick and Dan continue their in-depth review of FX's Under the Banner of Heaven with Kyle and Jenny. We hear Kyle's quick take on Episode 3 and then explore all things Church and State, especially the friction that polygamy has caused and continues to cause in the LDS church. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Continue the deep-dive into FX's Under the Banner of Heaven on the podcast's temporary retitle: Post-Mormon at the Mini-series. Nick and Dan, joined again by Jenny, take a look at the show's third episode and discuss its depiction of the LDS temple, faith crises, and the accuracy of some Mormon euphemisms. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Welcome to Post-Mormon at the...TV? Streaming? Mini-series? Dan and Nick are joined by Jenny and Kyle (from our Encanto episode) in a new series covering Under the Banner of Heaven. In discussing episodes 1 and 2, we focus on what they got right and wrong in depicting Mormon culture and history. Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.

Dan and Nick discuss how Mormons are portrayed in popular media by non-Mormons, and share their favorite references from movies and TV. Mentioned in this episode: 1. PM@M episode 28 - "Same-Sex Attracted" 2. President Nelson and the name of the Church 3. "I Am a Mormon" by Shawn Hall 4. A Study in Scarlet, Danites, and Around the World in Eighty Days 5. Trapped by the Mormons 6. "Mormons in Classic Hollywood Films" by Shawn Hall 7. Breaking Bad (S01 E04), The Office (S05 E10), Gilmore Girls (S04 E10), Quantico (S01 E01), Big Love 8. "The Publicity Dilemma" (LDS Church response to media depictions) 9. The Book of Mormon musical 10. South Park (S07 E12 and S04 E10) 11. Stranger Things (season 3) 12. States of Grace, Ocean's Eleven, and Fargo (season 4) 13. The Colbert Report ("I'm A Mormon" campaign and posthumous baptisms) 14. Saturday Night Live (Tim Tebow, Olympic skier, Mitt Romney) 15. Community (S06 E04) 16. Mormons in Media (Instagram) 17. Under the Banner of Heaven

Go a level deeper with Nick and Dan as they discuss Christopher Nolan's Inception. Mentioned in this episode: 1. The Prestige 2. "Non, je ne regrette rien" 3. Inception trailer 4. Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith Find more information on our website. Post-Mormon at the Movies is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Subscribe for regular updates.