# The Plot Thickens A podcast by TCM & Criterion. Our seventh season is Stanley, an 11-episode exploration of Stanley Kubrick created in partnership with Criterion. Stanley traces Kubrick’s journey from a curious Bronx teenager, first inspired by a camera gifted to him by his father, to a visionary director who redefined the art of filmmaking. Across his career, Kubrick pushed boundaries, challenged censorship, and pursued an uncompromising level of creative control that shaped landmark films including Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. Stanley starts September 24. Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WMHY6125191767 ## Latest episodes - [How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Lolita?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/9c93c7311700) (2026-10-22, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5718631244.mp3 - [A Talented Shit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/69a5b221d7cc) (2026-10-15, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4311123784.mp3 - [The Breakout](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/061f386199ad) (2026-10-08, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8155091384.mp3 - [The Opening Gambit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/1b26017d5b06) (2026-10-01, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1484525633.mp3 - [The Bronx Kid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/902f3db541fc) (2026-09-24, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8128765472.mp3 - [Season 7 Trailer 3: Stanley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/ebc9679ec72e) (2026-09-17, 2 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7337294079.mp3 - [Season 7 Trailer 2: Stanley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/9d16a2b42f39) (2026-09-10, 2 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2353202717.mp3 - [Season 7 Trailer: Stanley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/a7491d3c0389) (2026-09-03, 3 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5602527620.mp3 - [Ben Answers Your Cleopatra Questions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/1b91781e63da) (2025-09-18, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8917626884.mp3?updated=1758151530 - [Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/143e5fc67e8a) (2025-08-26, 1 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7643136129.mp3?updated=1755199763 - [Wildly Successful and Much Maligned](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/a4161b782d8e) (2025-08-21, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2504713166.mp3?updated=1755009296 - [Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/224642b15fb8) (2025-08-14, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY6814939746.mp3?updated=1754594227 - [Le Scandale](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/583b043ff7f3) (2025-08-07, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8407102951.mp3?updated=1753984199 - [The Girl is on Salary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/be733baa12a1) (2025-07-31, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7267823195.mp3?updated=1753942077 - [Joe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/c8800624a2cd) (2025-07-24, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8969184258.mp3?updated=1753924113 - [London Slog](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/6e29b31a273f) (2025-07-17, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY6849981168.mp3?updated=1752272676 - [Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/5331f1cc49bf) (2025-07-02, 4 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7905835353.mp3?updated=1751398419 - [The Legend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/e4eda0367b4f) (2024-07-18, 63 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2063983017.mp3?updated=1752273082 - [The Mythmaker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/47e0c8301cd5) (2024-07-11, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9008750059.mp3?updated=1720621846 - [Monument Valley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/0ea4c042c8bc) (2024-07-04, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7040952145.mp3?updated=1719967923 - [The Search](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/35c4fc4f8bb4) (2024-06-27, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7687500975.mp3?updated=1719341597 - [The Commander](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/f09fbfbde3b6) (2024-06-20, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5693461802.mp3?updated=1718647725 - [The Araner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/1dcfe7b5e8e4) (2024-06-13, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY6521382306.mp3?updated=1718122394 - [Go West, Young Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/5db7ca8bcd81) (2024-06-06, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9839161286.mp3?updated=1717608144 - [Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/4c1086a959ab) (2024-04-18, 5 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8867250651.mp3?updated=1713216843 - [Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/c976cdf14416) (2024-02-09, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5112826509.mp3?updated=1710525457 - [From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/d86db683186d) (2023-05-01, 19 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1506794054.mp3?updated=1706211312 - [Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/383e719c3cbd) (2023-02-07, 31 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9100322150.mp3?updated=1706211255 - [Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/f658f4e23a27) (2023-01-24, 19 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3070175413.mp3?updated=1706210948 - [Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/fb31dd345ecc) (2023-01-10, 34 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4739447148.mp3?updated=1706210913 - [Bonus Episode: Quentin Tarantino](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/726111ec0399) (2022-12-13, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8018753841.mp3?updated=1706210606 - [Ms. Jackie Brown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/877c5ebda9ef) (2022-12-06, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1863356045.mp3?updated=1706210526 - [I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/4ae19c5f2453) (2022-11-29, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3841623530.mp3?updated=1706209859 - [Looking Good](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/d73aa93887b1) (2022-11-22, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY6054566158.mp3?updated=1706209845 - [Bonus: Pam Grier in Italy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/91c79203a87f) (2022-11-18, 10 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7888213469.mp3?updated=1706209623 - [The Queen of Blaxploitation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/007c1e83ff65) (2022-11-15, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9629002942.mp3?updated=1706209592 - [An Actor Prepares](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/053164aee476) (2022-11-08, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3300914771.mp3?updated=1706209554 - [I'm Not From Here](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/a9488c2474ff) (2022-11-01, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9190573771.mp3?updated=1706209501 - [The Black West](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/0d05969ed7af) (2022-10-25, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8694106523.mp3?updated=1706209459 - [Season 4 Trailer: Here Comes Pam](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/087ffd832fcd) (2022-10-04, 5 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY6248524729.mp3?updated=1706209391 - [From Revisionist History: Star Struck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/aa3db7159298) (2022-07-26, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5694114496.mp3?updated=1706209311 - [Bonus Episode: J.K. Simmons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/79c4496ad914) (2022-02-01, 25 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2295571320.mp3?updated=1706209158 - [Bonus Episode: Carol Burnett, Kate Flannery and Kate Micucci](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/d9ccc1f5559a) (2022-01-25, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY8468614451.mp3?updated=1706209088 - [Bonus Episode: Aaron Sorkin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/910c66e18123) (2022-01-11, 33 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3361322704.mp3?updated=1706209038 - [Bonus Episode: Lucie Arnaz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/fa1ade517cff) (2021-12-21, 26 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1558650608.mp3?updated=1706208986 - [Twilight](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/afdd045aaf6c) (2021-12-14, 59 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7426584926.mp3?updated=1706208958 - [Boss Lady](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/ca7c022e4233) (2021-12-07, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3245256082.mp3?updated=1706208889 - [The End of Desilu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/e7bf8238135a) (2021-11-30, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2844610829.mp3?updated=1706208939 - [Red Scare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/579667efc11e) (2021-11-23, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY5628935917.mp3?updated=1706208810 - [I Love Lucy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504732282/579baee40e10) (2021-11-16, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E31CC9/mgln.ai/e/154/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1126580223.mp3?updated=1706208765 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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