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In this series, a christian and an atheist take a funny sideways look into the best that cinema and TV has to offer in search of parallels with the gospel or any other Bible stories. We have deep dives with guests who are professors, film critics, super fans and even an exorcist! Give us a listen.
Episodes
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Review Show: Bleeding Love, Jericho Ridge and The Book of Clarence
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
For our first ever review show, we switch up our format and looked at Bleeding Love, Jericho Ridge & The Book of Clarence. Why not check it out?
Bleeding Love trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5piU4rmc0A
Jericho Ridge trailer: https://youtu.be/vI2uhJU0PR0?si=irRZf4QF6juaj1G5
The Book of Clarence trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNS-ANoMyM&t=3s
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
For this super special bonus Easter episode, Giles & Julia are once again joined by Louisa Jane Smith from the RE Podcast and the First Lady of GiF, Claire Gough. We look at a reason why Jesus might NOT heal people, walking on water, and what is the Son of God's favourite karaoke song (yes, there is a right answer).
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 20:26
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Easter Special: The Chosen Season 2 - What is 'backsliding'?
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
For this very special Easter episode, Giles & Julia are joined by not one but TWO co-hosts of such lethal cunning: Louisa Jane Smith from The RE Podcast and the First Lady of God in Film, Claire Gough. We talk about Mary Magdalene, autistic Matthew and just how great the show is generally. Our special returning guest is evangelist and film critic, Andy Godfrey, who tells us about interviewing the cast and how the story progresses in season 2.
We had a lot of fun recording this one, and we hope you enjoy listening to it! Happy Easter everyone!
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 28:13
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Under the Banner of Heaven - Are Mormons really Christians?
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Today, we're looking at ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’. The 2022 Disney+ series based on the book of the same name by Jon Krakauer. We’ll be looking at complementarianism, wiping the dust from your feet, safeguarding against dodgy prophecies and how we decide who’s really a Christian or not.
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 28.49
Friday Mar 15, 2024
The Fabelmans - What is a biblical divorce?
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
For this episode, we’ll be looking at ‘The Fabelmans’. Steven Spielberg’s fictionalised version of his early life. We're joined by Lucy Heyes and we’ll be looking at Biblical rationals for divorce and what it’s like to want to be holy, when you are an exceptionally horny teenager.
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 34:41 (it's a long one guys!)
Here's some of the places I used for research:
https://www.gotquestions.org/divorce-remarriage.html
https://lifesavingdivorce.com/abuse-in-bible/
https://biblethinker.org/marriage-divorce-remarriage/page/2/
Friday Mar 08, 2024
The Eyes of Tammy Faye - What is the prosperity gospel?
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
For International Women's Day, we're looking at 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' the 2021 biopic about Tammy Faye Bakker, played by Jessica Chastain. We're joined by evangelist and film critic, Andy Godfrey and we’ll be asking, where did televangelism come from? What is the prosperity gospel? And what can we learn from the way Tammy Faye’s treated people with AIDS.
Finding the Faith in The Film begins at 23:00
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Dune - How do you manufacture a messiah?
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
In this, our first episode of season 6, we're looking at ‘Dune’ the 2021 sci-fi epic directed by Dennis Villenueve adapted from the first half of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel of the same name. We speak to film journalist and massive Dune fan, Ryan Gaur to tell us about the series and we're joined by Queen of the Nerds, Julia Hall who is taking over co-hosting duties for awhile. We’ll be looking at Islam’s influence on the 'Dune' as well as what a military messiah looks like and how to go about manufacturing one.
Finding the Faith in the film begins at 27:18.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Bonus: RE Podcast Giles interview
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
For this special bonus episode: I gave an interview to the RE Podcast a few months back. RE Queen Louisa Jane Smith was doing a series on 'Losing My Religion' and for a counter-balance, she did a series on 'Finding My Religion', so she asked me to come and talk about how I became a Christian.
It’s a bit different from our normal kind of episode, but I thought you might appreciate this as it might give you a little bit of an insight into my background and how I approach things. I hope you enjoy it.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Little Women - What’s the greatest Bible fan fic ever?
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
For this Christmas special, we're be looking at Little Women, Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of the classic American novel by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. We'll be learning about transcendentalism, how Gerwig's version differs from earlier film adaptations and finding out what is the most influential Bible fan fiction ever? We're joined by author and film critic Sarah Cooke who will be telling us why this version is so special.
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 31:38.
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
In honour of the 60th anniversary, we're revisiting Doctor Who, the longest running sci-fi show of all time. Yes, I know we've covered it before, but honestly, there's so much in this show that we simply weren't able to cover the first time, from the Ninth Doctor's first trailer all the way to the 'Timeless Child'.
We're joined by the Gilesian equivalent of Sarah Jane Smith; Natalie Minaker, and time-travelling adventurer Claire Gough. Our special guest is Big Finish writer, podcaster and OG Whovian; Caleb Woodbridge to fill us in on the stuff we missed the first time.
Finding the Faith in the Film begins at 12:36.