‘Tenet’ With R. F. Kuang | Nolan Revisited

House of R

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Tv & Film

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

A Dream of Nolan Spring continues! As ‘The Odyssey’ approaches, Mal and Jo are joined by author R. F. Kuang to continue their journey through Christopher Nolan’s filmography with ‘Tenet.' They discuss their original experiences with the movie, debate where it stands among the rest of Nolan’s films, and more! Plus, they take a more in-depth look at what to expect from ‘The Odyssey.’ (00:00) Intro(04:39) Opening Snapshot(09:05) ‘Tenet’ revisited(01:07:43) Superlatives(01:47:28) ‘The Odyssey’ hype Explore the exclusive collection at Target.com Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory RubinGuest: R. F. KuangProducers: Carlos Chiriboga and Scott LeeStudio Production: Jacob CornettSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to House of R.
0:07.1	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:08.3	That's Mallory Rubin.
0:10.2	And Friend of the Pod Month continues because we have a very special guest for this
0:15.5	tenet episode.
0:16.3	Mallory, who's here with us today?
0:17.2	Oh, my God.
0:18.7	We, I think, have been manifesting this since a hype meter.
0:24.3	Last summer. Last summer. Yeah. When we talked about one of our most anticipated reads of that year.
0:31.0	And not only did we get to read the book and love the book, then you got a note. I did from the author of that book saying,
0:39.9	you guys are wrong about tenant. You guys are so wrong about tenant. It could not be more
0:44.4	wrong about tenant. Rebecca is here. Rebecca is here. Author of Catavis is the book we were
0:50.9	referring to, but also Babel, Yellowface, like just an incredible author
0:56.2	who we so admire here to talk about 10. Welcome to the pod. Rebecca, how are you doing?
1:01.1	Hey, guys. Thanks for having me. I always love a chance to get in a fight with somebody.
1:06.5	I'm happy for the opportunity to defend what I think is one of Nolan's best works.
1:11.8	Amazing. Wow. Incredible. Incredible.
1:15.5	This episode of House of R is presented to you by Target.
1:20.1	Call in all trainers!
1:21.9	The Pokemon and Target collection celebrating 30 years of Pokemon is almost here.
1:26.8	And the lineup is kind of incredible.
1:28.6	A few are sure to be fan faves,
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