{"podcast":{"title":"Psyop Cinema","slug":"psyop-cinema-4255066","podcast_index_feed_id":4255066,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5077189/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psyop-cinema--5077189","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fc42e79f0e1590cdfbc3d895a6fcbdcb.jpg","author":"Thomas Millary","episode_count":134,"summary":"Psyop Cinema is a podcast about the film industry and its intimate connections to mass manipulation, conspiracy, and the occult. Hosts Thomas Millary and Brett Carollo explore film from a deep politics perspective, demonstrating how the artistry of cinema combines with psychological and technological knowledge to engineer culture in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways— making each of us the subject of the greatest mind control experiment in history.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T14:17:20.517408+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psyop-cinema-4255066"},"episode":{"title":"Eddington, Bugonia, and Beau is Afraid, with Travis Mateer","slug":"eddington-bugonia-and-beau-is-afraid-with-travis-mateer","published_at":"2026-06-05T04:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psyop-cinema-4255066/eddington-bugonia-and-beau-is-afraid-with-travis-mateer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psyop-cinema-4255066","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/eddington-bugonia-and-beau-is-afraid-with-travis-mateer--72354926","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72354926/eddington.mp3","summary":"After many requests Thomas is joined by Travis Mateer to cover Eddington, Ari Aster's 2025 neo-Western political satire and early-Covid period piece. We break down the film's portrayal of technology, social media, conspiracy theories, Covid, Wokeness, and data collection, situating its messaging within the context of the cultural transitions and inter-elite warfare of the last half decade. While many have called the film meta-political or omni-political, comments from Aster and a careful reading of Eddington reveal the clear ideological agenda of this very sophisticated psyop. To further understand Aster's worldview, we also explore Beau Is Afraid, his incredibly unpleasant 2023 epic surrealistic horror tragicomedy, which gives fascinating insights into some of the ethnic and religious roots of Hollywood's fixation on the archetype of the devouring mother. Finally, we discuss Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos' 2025 dark comedy thriller, which similarly to Eddington, is a film that pretends to take conspiratorial concerns seriously while bolstering the same old elite ideologies. Travis's blog - https://zoomchron.com/ If you enjoy Psyop Cinema, check out the research anthology series Cultural Engineering Studies. Volume #3 (on Hollywood Neo-Gnosticism) is out now! Use code psyopcinema for a discount - https://decoding-culture.com/print-copies/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://psyopcinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com","meta_description":"After many requests Thomas is joined by Travis Mateer to cover Eddington, Ari Aster's 2025 neo-Western political satire and early-Covid period piece. We b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psyop-cinema-4255066/episodes/eddington-bugonia-and-beau-is-afraid-with-travis-mateer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psyop-cinema-4255066/eddington-bugonia-and-beau-is-afraid-with-travis-mateer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}