The White Canon

Trevor Beaulieu & Josh Olson host different guests every episode for deep dive discussions about movies that are universally beloved amongst mainstream white film audiences, and relatively unknown by black ones.

Falling Down with Catherine Liu & Mario Mills

After you listen to this episode, if you're interested in checking out Josh's new cut of the film, you can check it out right here. Highly recommend checking it out AFTER you listen!https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1096330034/42b8662702

09-01
01:30:36

What's Next for September 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, Falling Down (1993).

08-25
00:52

Casablanca w/Vida Starr & Jared Yates Sexton

Vida Starr is a radio and podcast host and producer. Jared Yates Sexton is the author of THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. He writes the newsletter DISPATCHES FROM A COLLAPSING STATE, and you can find his substack here:https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/  

08-04
02:37:10

What's Next for August 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, the one and only CASABLANCA!

07-28
00:52

Ordinary People & American Beauty w/Mtume Gant & Rebecca Onion

Two portraits of well to do white families in crisis. Mtume Gant and Rebecca Onion join Trevor & Josh for a fascinating compare and contrast.

07-07
02:06:36

What's Next for July 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, a double feature of Best Picture winners - Ordinary People & American Beauty. 

06-30
00:52

Bonus Episode: Good Night & Good Luck on Broadway and CNN!

We're joined by Pulitzer prize winning playwright Michael R. Jackson and journalist & commentator Michael Tracey to discuss the new production of Good Night & Good Luck on Broadway, and the recent CNN live broadcast. 

06-18
01:41:14

Dazed & Confused w/David Sirota & Aaron Thorpe

It's everyone's - everyone white, that is - favorite high school nostalgia flick, Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused, with The Lever's David Sirota and The Trillbilly Worker's Party's Aaron Thorpe!

06-02
01:50:40

What's Next for June 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, Richard Linklater's 1993 high school opus, Dazed & Confused!

05-26
00:52

Saving Private Ryan w/Shamira Ibrahim & Daniel Bessner

We take a deep dive into Steven Spielberg's 1998 WWII epic, Saving Private Ryan with culture writer Shamira Ibrahim and American Prestige's Daniel Bessner. 

05-05
01:46:46

What's Next for May 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, Steven Spielberg's 1998 masterpiece, Saving Private Ryan! Earn this!  

04-28
00:52

Good Night And Good Luck w/Jared Ball & Adam Johnson

This month, we take a look at George Clooney's Oscar nominated historical drama, Good Night And Good Luck. Our guests are Professor of Media and African studies at Morgan State Jared Ball and Citations Needed's Adam Johnson.

04-02
01:22:38

What's Next for April 2025

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. 

03-25
00:52

The Graduate with Dave Anthony & Dominic Taylor

This month, we dive into an absolute classic of the White Canon with comedian/podcaster Dave Anthony (The Dollop, The West Wing Thing) and writer-director and  UCLA scholar of African American theater Dominic Taylor.

03-03
01:57:18

What's next?

One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. 

02-24
00:50

16 Candles/The Breakfast Club w/Wyatt Cenac & Daniel Waters

We kick it all off with a double feature of John Hughes films. Our guests are comedian, actor, producer, and writer Wyatt Cenac and screenwriter Daniel Waters (Heathers). 

02-03
02:32:12

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