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Film Club for the End of the World

Film Club for the End of the World

By: Stephen Nothum
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"The world is probably ending, but can we make it a better place with movies?" Writer Stephen Nothum and special guest tackle challenging themes and the real-world issues from all of your favorite films in this podcast for film overthinkers.

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2026 Stephen Nothum
Episodes
  • Fight Club (1999) & Incels
    Jun 30 2026

    Stephen and special guest Brian Van Brunt discuss Fight Club (1999) and incel culture.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • A Scanner Darkly (2006) & Surveillance
    Jun 23 2026

    Gideon Epstein of the ACLU and Stephen discuss Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly (2006) and how police surveillance is going to end the world.

    Gideon Epstein is a Policy Counsel with the ACLU of Massachusetts’ Technology for Liberty Program, where he focuses on civil liberties, surveillance, data privacy, and artificial intelligence issues. In this role, he leads local and statewide advocacy efforts to strengthen democratic oversight of surveillance technologies and uphold civil rights laws in the face of AI technologies that threaten to reinforce existing patterns of discrimination and bias. Epstein received a B.A. in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from George Washington University.

    Take some time to watch A Scanner Darkly (2006) to prepare yourself for the episode!

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    39 mins
  • TRAILER: Film Club for the End of the World
    Jun 4 2026

    Humanity had a good run, but the planet may be toast. As the world burns, can we make it a better place with movies? Host Stephen Nothum is pessimistically optimistic.

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    1 min
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