Robert Redford: A Titan of Film

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Last week actor, producer, and activist Robert Redford passed away. He did so much in the world of entertainment from legendary roles (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, Captain America: The Winter Soldier), to award winning directing (Ordinary People), to creating The Sundance Film Festival and launching the careers of generations of future filmmakers. To celebrate the life and legacy of this amazing man, this week on Geek History Lesson, we’re diving into the highlights and seeking lessons on how to stand as tall as Robert Redford did.

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0:00.0	I'm going to set the scene for you.
0:14.0	Let's imagine there's a snow-dusted morning in Sundance, Utah,
0:18.5	and an elderly man that is later to be revealed, Robert Redford,
0:22.6	who is unseen by most of the festival goers,
0:25.3	slips into the back of a tiny theater
0:28.0	as a first-time filmmaker's credits role.
0:33.0	Now, decades upon decades, he has been the face on all the movie posters and all the biggest
0:39.6	marquise and now he is sort of this fosterer this guardian of other people's beginnings
0:46.8	this is a legend in the back row that gave the kid on the screen a future. Because we are talking about Robert Redford.
0:56.7	And I feel like his passing is a cultural tectonic shift.
1:02.5	And I feel like we have to dig into that.
1:04.6	And hello, I'm Jason Emman.
1:06.4	Welcome to a very somber and very interesting geek history lesson.
1:10.4	And I'm Ashley Victoria Robinson.
1:12.5	Welcome to your Mind University because you have come to the podcast where we take one character, construct, or legend.
1:19.2	I like legend in the back row.
1:20.7	That's a very good phrase from popular culture and teach you everything you need to know about them in about an hour.
1:26.6	And this is something we have done before on GHL.
1:32.2	It's like breaking the presses.
1:33.4	Well, it's not really breaking the presses because he kind of passed a couple weeks ago.
1:36.3	But it was, yeah, he, Robert Redford is such a cultural icon that we felt we had to do a special episode to talk about it.
1:45.6	We felt compelled to celebrate him and his legacy.
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