Empathy Machines podcast

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

64 Episodes

Halloween Special - The Exorcist
10/27/2026
1:21:53
Regan MacNeil, a playful 12 year old, begins communicating with an invisible figure through a Ouija board, but as her behavior turns terrifying and doctors fail to explain it, her mother seeks help from a skeptical priest.
Hold the Dark
10/13/2026
1:23:20
After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate her son in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Green Room
9/26/2026
1:21:34
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing something they shouldn't have at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. Jeremy Saulnier. 2015.
Blue Ruin
9/14/2026
1:19:01
A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. Jeremy Saulnier. 2013.
The Killer
8/26/2026
1:48:26
Solitary, cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, a killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. Yet, the longer he waits, the more he thinks he's losing his mind, if not his cool. David Fincher. 2023.
Gone Girl
8/17/2026
1:23:48
The husband of a missing woman becomes the main suspect in her disappearance. David Fincher. 2014.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8/5/2026
1:16:02
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided by eccentric hacker Lisbeth Salander in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years. David Fincher. 2011.
The Social Network
7/27/2026
1:30:45
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. David Fincher. 2010.
The Zone of Interest
7/8/2026
1:19:07
The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp. Johnathan Glazer. 2023.
Under the Skin
6/30/2026
1:13:52
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. Johnathan Glazer. 2013.

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