Why Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' Had to Go Woke | Guest: James Keena | 5/29/26

The Auron MacIntyre Show

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Christopher Nolan is one of Hollywood's last great filmmakers. Many of his previous movies have even been considered conservative or reactionary for the different themes he has addressed. But Nolan's new version of "The Odyssey" looks to be filled with woke tropes and modern rewriting. Author James Keena joins me to discuss why everyone in Hollywood is so desperate to change the source material they are using to tempt audiences into the theater. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:05.0	Mom!
0:06.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:08.0	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:14.0	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.0	Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.4	So it's phones down, forks up.
0:25.6	Hello, Fresh.
0:26.5	Bring back dinner time.
0:29.9	Hey, everybody.
0:30.8	How's it going?
0:31.4	Thanks for joining me this afternoon.
0:33.1	I am Oren McIntyre.
0:35.1	I've got a great stream with a great guest that I think you're really going to enjoy.
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1:03.0	Well, guys, we were promised that the woke was being put away, that it had finally hit its peak.
1:08.7	We were past peak woke.
1:09.8	The market was going to correct everyone was going to realize that
1:13.6	wokeness was no longer popular and they were going to walk away.
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