{"podcast":{"title":"Morally Offensive","slug":"morally-offensive-7096551","podcast_index_feed_id":7096551,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/morallyoffensive/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19598152/1000003763_g4d3ud.jpg","author":"Morally Offensive","episode_count":46,"summary":"Morally Offensive is a weekly film podcast about the movies the Catholic Church tried to warn you about. We revisit films labeled “condemned” by the Legion of Decency and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, unpacking the outrage, the censorship, and the cultural shifts behind them. Whether you grew up with Catholic guilt or just love controversial cinema, this is where dirty movies meet film history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551"},"episode":{"title":"Sinners: The Blues, Religion, Colonization, and the Catholic Critics Who Can’t Agree","slug":"sinners-the-blues-religion-colonization-and-the-catholic-critics-who-can-t-agree","published_at":"2026-03-06T03:35:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/sinners-the-blues-religion-colonization-and-the-catholic-critics-who-can-t-agree","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551","url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com/e/sinners_ryancoogler_oscars2026_catholic_reviews/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/npb2vmyvtctu32zv/EP35_-_Sinners_mixdown8enor.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Morally Offensive, Bill and Jess are joined by horror author Ophelia Crane to dig into the Oscar-nominated film Sinners—and the very different reactions it’s sparked. The trio wades into Catholic reviews of the movie and what they reveal about how religious critics approach controversial art, while also exploring the film’s bigger ideas about religion, colonization, and the long history of cultures borrowing—sometimes stealing—stories, music, and folklore.","meta_description":"In this episode of Morally Offensive, Bill and Jess are joined by horror author Ophelia Crane to dig into the Oscar-nominated film Sinners—and the very di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8912,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morally-offensive-7096551/episodes/sinners-the-blues-religion-colonization-and-the-catholic-critics-who-can-t-agree/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/sinners-the-blues-religion-colonization-and-the-catholic-critics-who-can-t-agree.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}