{"podcast":{"title":"Philosophy In Film","slug":"philosophy-in-film-22852","podcast_index_feed_id":22852,"rss_url":"https://philinfilm.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://philinfilm.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/f/8/d/7f8d2857de1142bbe55e3c100dce7605/Phil_In_Film_Logo_Black_1400-20240508-ftuyvc553r.png","author":"Craig Nickel","episode_count":100,"summary":"A fun and accessible podcast that explores philosophical ideas and themes in popular films. Come join the conversation at \"Philosophy in Film\"!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T02:17:32.454278+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-in-film-22852"},"episode":{"title":"Philosophy In Film - 097 - Weapons","slug":"philosophy-in-film-097-weapons","published_at":"2025-10-26T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-in-film-22852/philosophy-in-film-097-weapons","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-in-film-22852","url":"https://philinfilm.libsyn.com/philosophy-in-film-097-weapons","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/philinfilm/Ep_97_-_Weapons.mp3?dest-id=1744952","summary":"Episode 97: Weapons Just in time for a Halloween Spooktacular, the gang is back for Season 5 of Philosophy in Film , and the reel's already spinning! First up in the tray: Zach Cregger's eerie ensemble horror Weapons (2025), where seventeen schoolchildren vanish at 2:17 a.m., forcing a town to ask: what if the monster isn't outside, but inside the story? In search of answers, Craig sounds the alarm with Producer's Notes (8:31) while Alain opens the Beauclair Synopsis (17:23), laying out the tangled threads of characters, each chasing a truth they're too afraid to face. Chris slips into Philosopher's Corner (42:55), tracing the film's vanishings through a dim reflection of screens and silence, where the real horror may be what we've grown used to losing. At The Round Table (42:40), the gang wrangles the question: Is Weapons a cautionary mirror or a funhouse for our fears? Later, Reviews (1:10:48) and Mailbag (1:24:41) let our audience testify in the court of shared dread. As always, we reflect on the philosophical and non-philosophical fissures the film fractures open, because in a town where the children vanish, silence becomes just another weapon. 🍻 Featured Beer 🍻 - Beldame Old World Pilsner by Strange Fellows Brewing (East Vancouver, BC)","meta_description":"Episode 97: Weapons Just in time for a Halloween Spooktacular, the gang is back for Season 5 of Philosophy in Film , and the reel's already spinning! Firs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5629,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/philosophy-in-film-22852/episodes/philosophy-in-film-097-weapons/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/philosophy-in-film-22852/philosophy-in-film-097-weapons.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}