{"podcast":{"title":"MRAC Film Club","slug":"mrac-film-club-6694874","podcast_index_feed_id":6694874,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ec947720/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-ragucci","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39591528/39591528-1699667150660-708e1525ab42a.jpg","author":"MRAC Film Club","episode_count":141,"summary":"We are a weekly film discussion group. Each month is a deep dive into a single cinematic theme wherein the playlist is curated by a member of our team. We meet once a week to discuss a single film and the occasional supplemental. Join the club. Watch the film. Pod the cast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T22:17:03.678730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874"},"episode":{"title":"Top Dog, Week 2 - The Great Dictator (1940)","slug":"top-dog-week-2-the-great-dictator-1940","published_at":"2026-05-16T04:58:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874/top-dog-week-2-the-great-dictator-1940","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-ragucci/episodes/Top-Dog--Week-2---The-Great-Dictator-1940-e3jen1i","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ec947720/podcast/play/120068594/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-16%2Fd12e0ff1-3f7d-0c9d-e786-9b1c08cd22c5.mp3","summary":"Episode 135 - Pack your bags, we are headed to the nation of Tamainia circa 1940. It is week 2 of Top Dog month, a month focusing on films related to authoritarian rule and struggles within government. This week we are watching Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) which features Chaplin playing dual roles as a Jewish barber/ WW1 vet, as well as the dictator Adenoid Hynkel, which is a satirical version of a certain dictator from history. This is a unique film in history so tune in to hear a much tamer conversation than last week's. Also tune in next week when we watch and discuss The Death of Stalin (2017) email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com","meta_description":"Episode 135 - Pack your bags, we are headed to the nation of Tamainia circa 1940. It is week 2 of Top Dog month, a month focusing on films related to auth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4989,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mrac-film-club-6694874/episodes/top-dog-week-2-the-great-dictator-1940/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874/top-dog-week-2-the-great-dictator-1940.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}