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Empathy Machines

Eric Abraham, Scott Anderson

Your hosts Scott Anderson and Eric Abraham take turns in choosing four movies from a particular director and sit down for a discussion on the themes, choices and narrative for each chosen work. We encourage you to listen along regardless if you've seen the movie or not, but be warned, each episode contains spoilers from the start.RSSVERIFY

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  • 25 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 1 hr 25 min
  • English

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  • Nov 6, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min

    Halloween Special Part Two - Doctor Sleep

    Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pumpkin-hollow License code: BIAKSFKPDNIIUMX4

  • Oct 30, 2025 · 1 hr 33 min

    Halloween Special Part One - The Shining (1980)

    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pumpkin-hollow License code: BIAKSFKPDNIIUMX4

  • Oct 9, 2025 · 1 hr 53 min

    Bonus Episode - One Battle After Another

    When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Paul Thomas Anderson. 2025.

  • Sep 18, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

    Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai Ri Yan Huo)

    An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again. Diao Yinan. 2014.

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