{"podcast":{"title":"Jesus Christ, They've Done It - The Threads Podcast","slug":"jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640","podcast_index_feed_id":7527640,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68e53acad798804c9eae1036","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/jesus-christ-theyve-done-it-the-threads-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1759852974437-7dcc259c-5c35-48d8-91e4-6ef309dabaa0.jpeg","author":"Chas Newkey-Burden","episode_count":16,"summary":"I’m Chas Newkey-Burden and when I watched the nuclear war film Threads in 1984 at the age of 11 it terrified me and changed my life forever. I started this podcast to speak to other people whose lives have been changed by Threads, from cast and crew members, to extras, broadcasters, authors and super fans. Welcome… to Jesus Christ, They’ve Done it . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T06:21:08.694295+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640"},"episode":{"title":"The gender politics of Threads with Dr Vicky McMahon","slug":"the-gender-politics-of-threads-with-dr-vicky-mcmahon","published_at":"2025-12-11T07:17:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640/the-gender-politics-of-threads-with-dr-vicky-mcmahon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640","url":"https://shows.acast.com/jesus-christ-theyve-done-it-the-threads-podcast/episodes/693a6ff434867e026d6c8ecc","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68e53acad798804c9eae1036/e/693a6ff434867e026d6c8ecc/media.mp3","summary":"This week’s guest is a real treat. Dr Vicky McMahon is an independent scholar who specialises in body studies, 16th century literature and horror. She was 16 years old when she first watched Threads and she credits it with stoking her lifelong obsession with dystopian literature and film. She’s a committed socialist feminist, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an actor, poet playwright and director. She holds a PhD from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and her monograph, Shakespeare, Tragedy and Menopause: The Anxious Womb, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. In our conversation about Threads, we talk about the film’s gender politics and body horror, and she explains why Mick Jackson is a God. I think that Vicky’s depth, emotional intelligence and humanity put this conversation on another level. I hope you enjoy it too. Instagram: @AllThatChas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week’s guest is a real treat. Dr Vicky McMahon is an independent scholar who specialises in body studies, 16th century literature and horror. She was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4890,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640/episodes/the-gender-politics-of-threads-with-dr-vicky-mcmahon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesus-christ-they-ve-done-it-the-threads-podcast-7527640/the-gender-politics-of-threads-with-dr-vicky-mcmahon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}