{"podcast":{"title":"Fascism on Film Podcast","slug":"fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915","podcast_index_feed_id":7403915,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/fascismonfilm/feed.xml","website_url":"https://fascismonfilm.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20998961/titlesquare.jpg","author":"Fascism on Film","episode_count":26,"summary":"What do movies teach us about fascism? From propagandistic myths of power to stories of suffering and belonging, cinema has long chronicled the many faces of fascism. Films don’t just reflect history or envision the future; they help shape it, revealing how authoritarian movements seduce, normalize, and endure, and at what cost to our humanity. Fascism on Film Podcast explores these connections one episode at a time. Each season (10–15 episodes) tackles a different facet of fascism on screen. Season 1 looks at pre‑war fascism, examining both notorious propaganda and lesser‑known works of resistance. Hosted by writers and lifelong cinephiles James Kent and Teal Minton, the show blends sharp analysis with decades of shared filmgoing experience to uncover how art, ideology, and history intertwine. Music courtesy www.classicals.de.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915"},"episode":{"title":"'Hans Westmar': The Fascist Martyr","slug":"hans-westmar-the-fascist-martyr","published_at":"2025-11-23T01:54:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915/hans-westmar-the-fascist-martyr","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915","url":"https://fascismonfilm.podbean.com/e/hans-westmar-the-fascist-martyr/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8kjtzt6t7598gr9h/S2_E8_HansWestmar_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Released just months after Hitler came to power, \"Hans Westmar\" stands as one of the earliest cinematic expressions of Nazi ideology. Ostensibly a biopic of Horst Wessel—the Sturmabteilung (SA) activist turned martyr whose death became a rallying cry for the Nazi movement—the film dramatizes the transformation of a young man from aimless nationalist to disciplined Nazi believer. But more than a tale of political awakening, \"Hans Westmar\" is a ritualized myth of sacrifice: a cinematic hymn to obedience, struggle, and death in the service of the Volk. This episode dissects the film’s calculated use of martyrdom, racialized othering, and aestheticized violence to forge the ideal fascist subject. What does it mean to “die for Germany”? Who is seen as the enemy within? And how does the myth of redemptive bloodshed sustain fascist ideology on screen?","meta_description":"Released just months after Hitler came to power, \"Hans Westmar\" stands as one of the earliest cinematic expressions of Nazi ideology. Ostensibly a biopic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1817,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915/episodes/hans-westmar-the-fascist-martyr/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fascism-on-film-podcast-7403915/hans-westmar-the-fascist-martyr.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}