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Hosted by Raymond Dokupil and Sophie Belloncle · arts · EN-US
Unreliable Narrators is a podcast where we discuss media, literature, and the arts and how they relate to Christ, the self, and the world.
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Signup to Generate a PitchUnreliable Narrators is a podcast where we discuss media, literature, and the arts and how they relate to Christ, the self, and the world.
Unreliable Narrators is hosted by Raymond Dokupil and Sophie Belloncle. The show has published 72 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S6E3 - Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" (2026)" (31 October 2026, 68 minutes), "S6E2 - School of Athens" (6 October 2026, 68 minutes), and "S5E7 - Dracula" (1 July 2026, 70 minutes).
Unreliable Narrators publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 72 episodes.
Booking probability for Unreliable Narrators is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Unreliable Narrators requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Unreliable Narrators's contact route on record: verified email.
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Raymond Dokupil and Sophie Belloncle hosts Unreliable Narrators, an arts podcast with 72 episodes published.
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Episode #3
Raymond and Sophie tackle everyone's favorite non-linear director, Christopher Nolan, and the most talked about film of the year, The Odyssey. What do we think of Nolan's adaptation changes? Why does the violation of...
Episode #2
The church father Tertullian famously asked, "What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?" In this episode, Sophie and Raymond do their best to answer him in their discussion of Raphael's 16th century painting popularly...
Episode #7
Bram Stoker's Dracula hard launched the world's literary vampire obsession, but what makes the book such an enduring classic? Over a hundred years later, why do we still care so much about vampires? We talk a lot about...
Episode #6
<p>What makes a person wicked? Not only wicked, but positively horrendible? Raymond and Sophie dive into the recent film adaptation of the classic Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked, based on The Wizard of Oz. How does the...
Episode #5
<p>Hot take: We don't think The Wizard of Oz is a very well-written movie. So what makes the 1939 film such an enduring classic? Does the movie present an atheistic worldview, or is there something deeper to the story...
Episode #4
<p>Raymond and Sophie return again to one of William Shakespeare's most mysterious and complex plays, The Merchant of Venice. Is this play a tragedy or a comedy? Why is Shylock's famous demand for a "pound of flesh" so...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, Raymond and Sophie try to discuss Neon Gravestones by Twenty One Pilots and somehow end up discussing the entirety of the band's discography. What is the lore behind the 2018 album Trench? Who is...
Episode #2
<p>Alec Benjamin insists that his single "Jesus in L.A." is not a religious song, but the Unreliable Narrators think otherwise. How is the song "Jesus in L.A." like a sequel to T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party"? Are...
Episode #1
<p>In their 2025 Christmas special, Raymond and Sophie discuss the Christmas classic with the least plot and most music: The Nutcracker. Along the way, we talk about the source of the odd story that inspired the ballet...
Episode #16
<p>"What sort of god might he be who dares not show his face?"</p> <p>In our final episode of apocalypse season, Raymond and Sophie cover the second half of Till We Have Faces. In the second part of the book, Orual...
Episode #15
<p>In this episode, Raymond and Sophie jump on the Kpop Demon Hunters bandwagon and discuss the 2025 phenomenon that nobody saw coming. Do people become demons because of what they do or who they are? How does a trio of...
Episode #14
<p>In this episode, Raymond and Sophie discuss the single most influential work of literature ever written (at least to the two of them): C.S. Lewis's final novel, Till We Have Faces. Listen to find out who the god of...
Episode #13
<p>T.S. Eliot's famous post-war poem, "The Waste Land", revolutionized modern poetry and represented huge shifts in modern consciousness. And yet to this day, it is still one of the most difficult to understand. What is...
Episode #11
<p>In this episode, Raymond and Sophie end Anime Month with a discussion of the hit anime Mob Psycho 100. We'd like to say that we covered all our bases by discussing the nature of adolescence, Mob's solution to the...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode, Raymond learns that Sophie really, really likes the death game genre—and both of them try to figure out why. What does it mean to win a game without losing your soul? Are there any Christological...
Episode #12
<p>Is the human heart connected to the weather? The star-crossed lovers Hodaka in Hina in Mokoto Shinkai's Weathering with You discover this to be true in more ways than one. In this episode of anime month, Raymond and...
Episode #8
<p>Almost twenty years after its glory days, Raymond and Sophie finally get with the times and discuss the cultural phenomenon Death Note. What is the nature of justice in this story? What makes L such a good detective...
Episode #7
<p>Sophie and Raymond kick off Anime Month with a discussion of Studio Ghibli's 2001 film Spirited Away. How is Chihiro's journey a retelling of the Genesis story? What does it mean to remember your own name? Is the...
Episode #11
<p>In this episode, Raymond reveals that we are in APOCALYPSE SEASON! In the art piece "Right?" artist Banu Cennetoğlu asks the question of how human rights can thrive in a world where the beliefs and narratives which...
Episode #5
<p>Elijah Wood (aka Trinity Klomparens) joins Sophie and Raymond to discuss the Cartoon Network TV series Over the Garden Wall. How do the characters (Wert and Greg) wind up in a mysterious wood that seems to resemble...
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