{"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":282,"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":"2026-09-12T02:17:01.697732+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140"},"episode":{"title":"Platoon - Moral Decay and Psychological Horrors","slug":"platoon-moral-decay-and-psychological-horrors","published_at":"2026-06-05T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140/platoon-moral-decay-and-psychological-horrors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-skopak/episodes/Platoon---Moral-Decay-and-Psychological-Horrors-e3kbisf","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4091248c/podcast/play/121014607/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-4%2F425521702-44100-2-5be59bf76c932.m4a","summary":"in 1986 Oliver Stone brought to the big screen a movie that showed the emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges that the soldier faced in Vietnam. This movie is course, harsh, and gritty. What happens when those who are supposed to lead are at odds with each other? How do you fight an unknown and unseen enemy? What keeps your moral compass pointing "north" and your soul in tact? Join us as we explore this movie that forever changed movies about war.","meta_description":"in 1986 Oliver Stone brought to the big screen a movie that showed the emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges that the soldier faced in Vietna…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2046,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/christ-culture-and-cinema-3426140/episodes/platoon-moral-decay-and-psychological-horrors/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/platoon-moral-decay-and-psychological-horrors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}