{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Classics Podcast","slug":"modern-classics-podcast-6742700","podcast_index_feed_id":6742700,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef7329f0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-evans09","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40073020/40073020-1749307013198-fc6d455f3bd45.jpg","author":"Home Base Productions","episode_count":101,"summary":"Seen any good movies lately? Your Modern Classics podcast hosts sure have! Join Mike Evans and Kendell Sweeney-Thomas as they take a closer look at movies released from the year 2000 to the present and try to determine which have been the best of recent history. Each episode they will pit two movies against one another to find out which films will make the Greatest Films of the 21st Century List. Tune in to find out which of your favorites will make the list and learn more about some of the classics you might have missed.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T22:20:41.404526+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-classics-podcast-6742700"},"episode":{"title":"1917 or High Water","slug":"1917-or-high-water","published_at":"2026-07-02T10:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-classics-podcast-6742700/1917-or-high-water","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-classics-podcast-6742700","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-evans09/episodes/1917-or-High-Water-e3lhvir","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef7329f0/podcast/play/122272795/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-2%2F427204395-44100-2-77f421588f784.m4a","summary":"Hell or High Water (2016) v 1917 (2019) It’s battle! And the category is ‘On A Mission”. We start with “Hell or High Water” a Neo-Western with a mumbly Jeff Bridges that proved to be a bit too much Taylor Sheridan for the both of us. Then we discuss the war epic “1917”. Sam Mendes’ one shot wonder is third of his films we have covered on the show and perhaps it is one of his best. Will either film be awarded 8 or more stars and be added to the Greatest Films of The 21st Century List? Tune in and be sure to bring your own snacks all we have is T-bone steak and baked potato. Rate, Review and Follow! Hosted By ; Mike Evans & Kendell Sweeney-Thomas Watch Along: Hell Or High Water (HBO) 1917 (Netflix) Follow on Instagram and TikTok @modernclassicspodcast Follow Mike on Letterboxd @ChadMichaelMann","meta_description":"Hell or High Water (2016) v 1917 (2019) It’s battle! And the category is ‘On A Mission”. We start with “Hell or High Water” a Neo-Western with a mumbly Je…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-classics-podcast-6742700/episodes/1917-or-high-water/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-classics-podcast-6742700/1917-or-high-water.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}