Podcasts by This Movie Changed Me
Movies create space to explore some of life’s biggest questions. This Movie Changed Me features conversations about how they teach, connect, and transform us. In each episode, host and lifelong movie fanatic Lily Percy guides guests to explore and celebrate the transformative role movies play in their lives.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — Chaitanya Kumar from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.493391
Groundhog Day — Naomi Alderman from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.374773
Groundhog Day is a classic movie for two groups of people: Bill Murray fans and anyone who was alive in the ’90s. But writer Naomi Alderman falls into a wholly different category of fandom. The ...
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Brown Sugar — Nick George from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.365353
The movie Brown Sugar is, at its heart, a tribute to hip-hop — complete with a soundtrack featuring artists like Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Mary J. Blige. It follows Dre and Sidney, c...
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Career Girls — Karen Corday from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.350692
Career Girls is a love letter to the friendships that shape us in our formative years, and the nostalgia that accompanies us once we’ve grown out of them. The indie movie follows Annie an...
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Kes — June Thomas from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.305974
Set in a coal mining community in Yorkshire, the movie “Kes” tells the story of 15-year-old Billy Casper, who is in many ways a victim of his environment: He’s picked on at school and at ...
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The Namesake — Nishta Mehra from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.294547
The Namesake, an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, is a moving exploration of the immigrant experience told through the story of the Ganguli family. The parents, Ashoke and Ashima, mar...
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Lady Bird — Kyle Turner from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.279344
As much as it is a coming-of-age story, Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is also about the complicated relationship between a teenage daughter and her mother. Even as they argue, they want to con...
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The Color Purple — Danez Smith from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.274842
The Color Purple is about the traumas and triumphs of a Black woman named Celie. Set in the Jim Crow South, the story radically centers complicated relationships between Black people, eve...
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The Fly — Tony Banout from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.262329
David Cronenberg’s The Fly tells the story of one man’s quest to develop teleportation — and everything that goes wrong along the way. The 1986 sci-fi horror movie stars Jeff Goldblum as ...
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Blockers — Emily VanDerWerff from 2023-12-13T15:54:17.257662
Blockers tells the story of three teenage girls determined to lose their virginity on prom night; it’s also about their parents mourning the loss of their daughters, watching them grow up...
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Bonus: Farewell From the TMCM Team from 2021-03-23T06:00
For this special bonus episode, we gathered everyone on the This Movie Changed Me team to talk about the role movies have played in our lives, and what we’ve learned from working o...
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Liara Tamani — Love&Basketball from 2021-03-23T06:00
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball tells the story of two talented athletes who weave in and out of each other’s lives as they pursue big dreams. Monica Wright (played by Sanaa Lat...
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Selena — Shea Serrano from 2021-03-16T06:00
Selena tells the true story of the iconic Tejano singer, played by Jennifer Lopez, who broke barriers in music and fashion until her untimely death at age 23. Like Selena the person, writ...
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Real Women Have Curves — Virgie Tovar from 2021-02-23T07:00
Real Women Have Curves tells the story of a young Mexican American woman walking between two worlds, trying to please her immigrant family and be true to herself. Ana, played by America F...
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The Way We Were — Sophie Krueger from 2021-02-16T07:00
The Way We Were is a quintessential breakup movie. Told across decades, it stars Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford as two wildly different people growing together before eventually grow...
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This Movie Changed Me — Season 3 Trailer from 2021-01-26T07:00
Our podcast about how movies teach, connect and transform us will be back for its final season on February 2. Join us every Tuesday for a new conversation about identity, possibility, and self-d...
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This Movie Changed Me: What would you like to hear next? from 2019-12-17T16:00:23
Season 2 of This Movie Changed Me is a wrap! Before we go away to work on our next season, we’d love to hear from you. What did you love? How can we make the podcast even better? Go to
The Wiz — Michael Strautmanis from 2019-12-10T17:30:02
“The Wiz” is a reimagining of the classic “Wizard of Oz” tale, complete with an all-black, all-star cast and Quincy Jones-produced soundtrack. Diana Ross stars as Dorothy, a 24-year-old school t...
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The Wizard of Oz — Seth Godin from 2019-12-10T17:00:03
“The Wizard of Oz” is one of the most watched films of all time. When a tornado whisks Dorothy and her dog Toto from their Kansas home to the magical Land of Oz, Dorothy has to seek out i...
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Auntie Mame — Justin Sayre from 2019-11-26T18:00:21
“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” So declares the title character in the 1958 comedy Auntie Mame. She introduces her Bohemian world to her nephew, Patrick,...
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Malcolm X — Andrea Jenkins from 2019-11-19T19:30:29
Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” paints a nuanced portrait of a historical icon — as a human being who was constantly searching for his truth and who was willing to change his mind in public, over...
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A League of Their Own — Jessica Mendoza from 2019-11-12T17:00:11
“A League of Their Own” is a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed during World War II. Geena Davis and Lori Petty play the compet...
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Coco — Monica Castillo from 2019-10-29T16:00:14
Coco is a heartwarming tribute to the spirit of El Día de Los Muertos, the Mexican celebration of remembrance. The Pixar movie tells the story of Miguel, a young boy who dreams of becomin...
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The Exorcist — Mark Kermode from 2019-10-22T17:00:12
The Exorcist is known for being absolutely terrifying, but film critic Mark Kermode argues that it’s also a masterpiece. He was too young to see the movie when it was released and had to ...
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Amadeus — Sue Phillips from 2019-10-15T16:00:04
What does it mean to be good? What does it mean if we aren’t good? Whose fault is it? These are just some of the questions that animate Amadeus, a fictional portrayal of famed composer Wolfgang ...
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Contact — Drew Hammond from 2019-09-24T15:00:16
Contact takes the sometimes opposing forces of science and religion and puts them in conversation. The movie is based on a 1985 novel by Carl Sagan about Ellie Arroway, a SETI scientist w...
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Black Panther — Zahida Sherman from 2019-09-17T15:30:21
Black Panther made all sorts of history — as the first Marvel production to feature a primarily black cast and the first superhero movie to receive an Academy Award nomination. For Zahida...
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Ratatouille — A.O. Scott from 2019-09-10T17:27:01
Ratatouille is a Pixar feast. The tale of Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming an excellent chef, is a delight to experience in all five senses. One particular character — Anton Ego, the restauran...
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This Movie Changed Me — Season 2 Trailer from 2019-08-16T15:35:01
Our podcast This Movie Changed Me is coming back with a new season of movie magic, featuring conversations about favorites old and new — from Groundhog Day and Black Panther to Coco and The Exor...
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