{"podcast":{"title":"Popcorn Podcast","slug":"popcorn-podcast-640780","podcast_index_feed_id":640780,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400","website_url":"https://www.popcornpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400/1751837291167-cf736706-5580-4668-8897-7ef893e3051b.jpeg","author":"Leigh Livingstone","episode_count":588,"summary":"Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim. Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:35.231471+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780"},"episode":{"title":"Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey explores our humanity while delivering on spectacle","slug":"christopher-nolan-s-the-odyssey-explores-our-humanity-while-delivering-on-spectacle","published_at":"2026-07-18T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/christopher-nolan-s-the-odyssey-explores-our-humanity-while-delivering-on-spectacle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780","url":"https://shows.acast.com/popcornpodcast/episodes/the-odyssey-review","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62e06099a16d940014076400/e/6a2bb85cc9913170b70bc4f9/media.mp3","summary":"Help us take Matt Damon home with special guest, film critic and journalist, Thuy Ong to review Christopher Nolan's, The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a mythic action epic, bringing Homer’s foundational saga to the big screen. After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops, Sirens, and Calypso along the way. Starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and a murderers row of Hollywood heavyweights, Tim and Thuy uncover the films underlying sense of empathy amongst the sheer spectacle of this story. From body horror, to ellite eye acting, sticking it to the keyboard warriors of the internet, lobbying for Zendaya to be our spirit guide and the immense scale of the film, this episode is a journey worth taking. More Popcorn: Check out Thuy Ong on substack Leigh and Tim jump into Christopher Nolan’s time-bending sci-fi Tenet Is The Devil Wears Prada 2 an in-season sequel? Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by  shouting Leigh and Tim a movie snack . Visit  popcornpodcast.com  for movie reviews, celebrity interviews and giveaways. Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars on YouTube:  Popcorn Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Help us take Matt Damon home with special guest, film critic and journalist, Thuy Ong to review Christopher Nolan's, The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a my…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-podcast-640780/episodes/christopher-nolan-s-the-odyssey-explores-our-humanity-while-delivering-on-spectacle/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/christopher-nolan-s-the-odyssey-explores-our-humanity-while-delivering-on-spectacle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}