Really True Fiction
Really True Fiction is a podcast scouring famous works of fiction to swim through the real life lessons, thoughts, wisdoms, insights and ideas therein.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 99 minutes
- Episodes
- 117
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Ep. 37 - Futures - (Children Of Men - Movie)
Part one of a two parter on this story. We read the book as well, but decided it deserved it's own episode as the plots between the movie and book are so different. Ergo, here is the movie for you! W…
Ep. 36 - Deep Optimism - (The Dark Knight Rises)
In which the conclusion of this amazing trilogy is achieved. Hope you enjoy the Dark Knight trilogy this go around as much as we did.
Additional Spoilers:
The Master 12:10
Stranger Things Season 1 …
Ep. 35 - Gratuitous Nihilism - (The Dark Knight)
Never go full Thanatos! Here is the episode you deserve, if certainly not the one you need. We do a pretty deep dive into the psychological/philosophical differences between the Joker and Batman in t…
Ep. 34 - The Liberal Conscience - (Batman Begins)
In this episode we begin the Dark Knight trilogy!
Ep. 33 - The Best There Is - (Catch 22)
Welcome to 2020! In this episode we talked about the classic and hilarious Joseph Heller novel Catch 22; one of the all time satires. If you haven't read this book before, I would encourage you do be…
Ep. 32 - Injustice Shrugged - (The Crucible)
Apologies for any ambient sound for the first 45 minutes on this one. We had the furnace blasting. Lesson learned. Either way, it didn't affect this episode too bad. This one was a lot of fun and you…
Ep. 31 - Merry Christmas! - (The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe)
Merry Christmas everyone! We hope that you enjoy the season with your family, and enjoy taking another trip through the wardrobe. Also, we riff for about 15 minutes on How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Ep. 30 - Trapped - (There Will Be Blood)
This was a fun one talking about the film There Will Be Blood. Enjoy!
Correction
Matthew McConaughey does commercials for Lincoln, not Lexus.
Ep.29 - Oh Say Can You Believe - (American Gods)
In this episode we are talking about the Gaiman novel only as neither of us have seen the TV show. This one is jam packed with meaningful topics; hope you enjoy!
Additional Spoilers:
Die Hard 1:29:0…
Ep. 28 - Really Crude Fiction - (Superbad)
Here we go into a film that was a comedic culmination of an era. Be forewarned that this episode contains so many bad words, and so many crude observations. If this is not your jam, really make sure …
Ep. 27 - Curiosity Cultivated The Human - (David Copperfield)
Finally we hit the Dickens! Charles Dickens is one of my all time favorite authors and it is always a treat to spend some time with him. David Copperfield is a kind of autobiography of Dickens himsel…
Ep. 26 - Eternal Echoes - (Gladiator)
His giant is with him wherever he goes. We had a lot of fun re-visiting this one and we hope you do as well. Strength and Honor.
*Correction*
I (Luke) make a point in this episode that Mother There…
Ep. 25 - Laughing Matters - (Disney's Robin Hood)
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally, golly what a day.
David and I go full on nostalgia for this one. Hope you were as charmed by this movie as we were. Cheers!
Additional Spoilers:
Chernobyl 43:10
Game of …
Ep. 24 - Humor and Love - (The Office- Part Two)
Lots of talk about Dwight, Pam and Jim; as well as a smattering on the others. Cheers!
Additional Spoilers:
Atlas Shrugged 1:09:32
American Beauty 2:11:00
Ep. 23 - Michael Kant Even - (The Office - Part One)
First part of a two parter from everyone's favorite paper company! This one is all about Michael.
Additional Spoilers:
A Tale of Two Cities 55:13
*Correction*
It is Meredith (not Mindy) played by…
Ep. 22 - Make Gatsby Great Again - (The Great Gatsby)
We talk about the classic novel and movie in this episode. I'm really grateful for this one as I felt David nicely helped me understand the point of the book more. Thanks buddy!
Additional Spoilers…
Ep. 21 - There's Improbably Nothing To Worry About - (Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy)
Additional Spoilers:
Slaughterhouse Five 21:50
Ep. 20 - Better Angels - (American History X)
Hate is baggage, and life is too short to be pissed off all the time.
Additional Spoilers:
The Sopranos 1:29:00
Ep. 19 - What're You Hoping For? - (Good Will Hunting)
On growing up with trauma and using all the things you know to not deal with the first part.
Spoilers:
Citizen Kane 1:19:40
Episode 18 - What Would Moses Want? - (South Park - Part Two)
After our initial recording, we realized there was way too much South Park to talk about for just one episode. So, we split it up between the characters (episode 7) and South Park's style of social c…