{"podcast":{"title":"Christ, Culture, and Cinema","slug":"christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140","podcast_index_feed_id":3426140,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4091248c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-skopak","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/10732539/10732539-1628876729949-7ce83155a944b.jpg","author":"Jeffrey Skopak","episode_count":272,"summary":"Jeffrey Skopak and Michael Popp explore the intersection of faith, cinema, and the contemporary context of American culture. Using both classic movies as well as new releases, Skopak and Popp discuss how the cultural collisions of the twenty-first century are reflected in the movies and how Scripture speaks faith, comfort, and direction for the follower of Jesus.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140"},"episode":{"title":"Friendsgiving - The Need for Meaningful and Purposeful Relationships","slug":"friendsgiving-the-need-for-meaningful-and-purposeful-relationships","published_at":"2025-11-21T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140/friendsgiving-the-need-for-meaningful-and-purposeful-relationships","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-skopak/episodes/Friendsgiving---The-Need-for-Meaningful-and-Purposeful-Relationships-e3b71pi","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4091248c/podcast/play/111428850/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-19%2F412801549-44100-2-de1bb7fe86607.m4a","summary":"Thanksgiving - or is it Friendsgiving? As we consider this movie we do so in the backdrop of the national holiday. So what do you do when celebrating this holiday? Why do you celebrate it? And most importantly, who do you celebrate it with and why? This movie takes us on a journey of shallow relationships and ill-fated attempts at humor. But what if it chose to be more purposeful and develop relationships that were supportive, meaningful, and a blessing to each other? Join us we consider these important themes.","meta_description":"Thanksgiving - or is it Friendsgiving? As we consider this movie we do so in the backdrop of the national holiday. So what do you do when celebrating this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2066,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140/episodes/friendsgiving-the-need-for-meaningful-and-purposeful-relationships/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140/friendsgiving-the-need-for-meaningful-and-purposeful-relationships.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}