
S1E36 - The (Geopolitical) Movies That Made Us
Published: December 31, 2025
Duration: 1:37:08
Geopolitics isn’t just policy memos and grim men in bad suits... it’s explosions, bad decisions, and unintended consequences (preferably set to a great score). The movies that we obsess over aren’t accidental; they’re training wheels for understanding power.
War films that explain absolutely nothing.
Spy thrillers where everyone is in the wrong.
Resource dramas where greed wins (reality?).
Collapse stories where systems rot from the inside.
Cinema is where geopolitics drops the pretense and tells the truth: states are insecure, leaders are flawed, and incentives matter m...