{"podcast":{"title":"The Klassiki Podcast","slug":"the-klassiki-podcast-6921561","podcast_index_feed_id":6921561,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/klassiki/feed.xml","website_url":"https://klassiki.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18693909/Klassiki_Podcast_05_cannms.png","author":"Klassiki","episode_count":63,"summary":"Delve into the wide world of Eastern European film with the Klassiki Podcast. Featuring interviews, roundtable discussions, recorded essays, and more, we take you beyond the headlines to explore the past, present, and future of this fascinating region. Klassiki is a streaming platform with a difference. Dedicated to cinema from Eastern Europe, we offer subscribers an ever-evolving library of classic and contemporary titles, as well as highlighting recent releases and festival favourites – meaning we’re the only place to discover the best new voices in eastern European film. Subscribers get access to all this, as well as filmmaker interviews, video essays and introductions, programme notes, and much more. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T12:19:41.985493+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561"},"episode":{"title":"Film at the end of the world, with Ben Rivers","slug":"film-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-ben-rivers","published_at":"2025-08-04T07:52:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/film-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-ben-rivers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561","url":"https://klassiki.podbean.com/e/film-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-ben-rivers/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7ea62ft66gtvivdi/Ben_Rivers_edit_mixdownazsrz.mp3","summary":"This week, we’re launching the latest edition of Klassiki Picks, our series of watchlists curated by our friends in the world of cinema and eastern Europe. In this hot seat this time around is prolific British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers, whose latest feature, the post-apocalyptic tale Mare’s Nest, premieres in competition at the Locarno Film Festival this week. With that in mind, Ben has picked a fascinating quartet of titles for Klassiki: four films that explore the end of the world, whether literal or metaphorical, featuring sci-fi weirdness, nuclear paranoia, and the threat of social collapse. Host Sam Goff sat down with Ben to discuss the appeal of this End Times cinema, the unique nature of eastern European sci-fi, children on film, and the enduring influence of Aleksandr Sokurov on his work. Make sure to explore Ben’s Klassiki Picks, available to subscribers from 7 August. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.","meta_description":"This week, we’re launching the latest edition of Klassiki Picks, our series of watchlists curated by our friends in the world of cinema and eastern Europe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2606,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/episodes/film-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-ben-rivers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-klassiki-podcast-6921561/film-at-the-end-of-the-world-with-ben-rivers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}