Podcasts by The Greater Story Podcast
Welcome to the Greater Story, a podcast discussing film and tv and how they echo the greater story that we know in the gospel. I'm Mikey Tai, pastor of a church called Providence in Brisbane, Aus. I'm joined with Heidi who writes and shares her insights about life, culture and faith at heiditai.com. Subscribe, follow, and stay tuned for more on our passion for movies and Jesus!
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Ep 22 - 2022 Wrapped! Everything Everywhere All At Once & First Love from 2022-12-31T06:51:57
Join us on the Greater Story as we wrap up 2022 with "Everything Everywhere All At Once" starring Michelle Yeoh and the hit Japanese drama, "First Love" on Netflix!
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Ep 21 - Encanto from 2022-03-09T04:06:50
Tune into our latest episode on Disney's Encanto with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and explore with us the themes of intergenerational trauma and how that points us to the greater story ...
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Ep 20 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from 2021-10-05T01:12:23
We're back! And we're excited to share with you how the latest Marvel flick Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings points us to the Greater Story in Jesus! We're going to see how the need for...
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Ep 19 - Cruella from 2021-06-24T06:16:33
In this episode, Mikey and Heidi review the Disney film Cruella starring Emma Stone and discuss the themes of revenge and identity as Disney retells and redeems the "brilliant and bad" character...
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Ep 18 - WandaVision from 2021-03-22T03:54:43
In this episode, Mikey & Heidi review WandaVision, a short series on DisneyPlus that tells the story of Wanda Maximoff (played by Elizabeth Olsen) after the events of the Avengers Infinity S...
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Ep 17 - The Queen's Gambit from 2020-12-07T06:40:28
In this episode, Mikey & Heidi review The Queen's Gambit, a drama mini-series starring Anya Taylor-Joy about chess!
Listen along as we discuss how the themes of control, abandonmen...
Ep 16 - The Social Dilemma from 2020-10-30T11:02:51
Welcome to The Greater Story with Mikey & Heidi! In this episode we review The Social Dilemma streaming on Netflix, a documentary that hears from tech experts on the dangers of social media ...
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Ep 15 - Hamilton (with Eunice Kiem) from 2020-08-29T01:43:19
In this episode, Mikey & Heidi interview good friend and guest Eunice Kiem on how the broadway musical "Hamilton" points us to the greater story in the gospel! Have a listen to how the theme...
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Ep 14 - American Gospel: Christ Alone from 2020-07-30T00:21:48
Welcome to the Greater Story podcast! We changed it up this episode and simply reviewed a documentary we highly recommend everyone to watch! It gives a clear outline of the Christian faith regar...
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Ep 13 - The Good Place from 2020-06-30T11:10:31
In our 13th episode, we take a look at the very funny and very witty comedy, The Good Place. What we'll discover in the gospel is that the Good Place isn't good because we get what our hearts de...
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Ep 12 - The Last Dance (with Joel Deacon) from 2020-05-20T02:32:58
Another Netflix documentary to get you through lockdown! Here's a review on the latest Netflix hit miniseries, The Last Dance, a documentary following NBA star Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bul...
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Ep 11 - Tiger King from 2020-04-29T23:28:41
Hey all you cool cats and kittens! We've got a special pandemic episode for you this April as we take a look at the very popular Netflix docu-series, Tiger King. This series has taken over our s...
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Ep 10 - Parasite from 2020-03-19T04:39:35
In this episode of the Greater Story, we reviewed Parasite by Director Bong Joon-Ho. It reigned at the Oscars wining Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Direct and Best Foreign Film so ...
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Ep 9 - 1917 from 2020-02-11T08:14:10
Welcome to the Greater Story Podcast! In this episode, we review the Oscar-nominated film 1917! We aren't big into war movies, but we felt this one deserved a review as we saw themes like persev...
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Ep 8 - Frozen II from 2020-01-02T12:57:52
Happy New Year! We're back from holidays and we're welcoming in 2020 with a fresh instalment of the Greater Story reviewing Disney's Frozen 2! We took a look at Elsa's quest for truth, Anna’s deter...
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Ep 7 - Joker from 2019-11-07T03:41:05
Welcome back to our monthly instalment of the Greater Story Podcast! In this episode, Mikey & Heidi review Todd Phillips' latest movie Joker - a film based on the comicbook villain. Th...
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Ep 6 - The Farewell from 2019-10-08T08:09
Welcome to the Greater Story with Mikey & Heidi! We review the anticipated movie, the Farewell by Lulu Wang starring the talented Awkwafina which seriously was so good. It pulled on our heartstri...
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Ep 5 - The Bachelor (Reality TV) from 2019-09-25T04:03:52
Welcome back to the Greater Story Podcast with Mikey & Heidi Tai.
In this short episode, we take a break from the movies and Netflix to review a reality TV show that has 'captivated...
Ep 4 - Stranger Things s3 (part 2) from 2019-09-10T12:47:37
Welcome to the Greater Story Podcast with Mikey & Heidi! In this episode we're doing part 2 of everyone's favourite Netflix series - Stranger Things! (In particular, season 3!) Make sure you...
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Ep 3 - Stranger Things s3 (part 1) from 2019-09-02T11:56:32
Welcome back to the Greater Story with Mikey & Heidi! In this episode we thought we'd chat about everyone's favourite Netflix series - Stranger Things! There were so many themes that resonat...
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Ep 2 - Spiderman: Far From Home from 2019-08-20T00:55:08
Welcome to the Greater Story with Mikey & Heidi Tai.In this episode, we review Spiderman: Far From Home and discuss what not being 'good' enough looks like and the greater story in Jesus that it po...
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Ep 1 - Pilot - The Lion King from 2019-08-10T14:30:59
Welcome to the Greater Story, a podcast discussing film and tv and how they echo the greater story that we know in the gospel.In our first episode we talk about a favourite childhood flick, the Lio...
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