Who The Hell Are We? cover art

Who The Hell Are We?

Who The Hell Are We?

By: Edward Kelsey Moore and Melanie Benjamin
Listen for free

About this listen

 Authors Melanie Benjamin and Edward Kelsey Moore talk books, movies, aging, ambition, and everything in between. Each episode features one book or one movie—something to read, something to watch, and plenty to say. It's a podcast about stories, friendship, and figuring it out as you go. Suggestions and comments: melanded@whothehellarewe.com Podcast Substack: melanieanded.substack.com More: melaniebenjamin.com | edwardkelseymoore.comWho The Hell Are We 2019 Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Prodigal Summer

    Prodigal Summer
    Jan 18 2026

    It's book review week, Melanie and Ed discuss Prodigal Summer (2000) by author Barbara Kingsolver.

    Also, Melanie explains why it has been her best sports weekend EVER.

    More at melanieanded.substack.com or email melanded@whothehellarewe.com
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Special Holiday Edition!

    Special Holiday Edition!
    Dec 24 2025

    Our hosts seem to have hit the eggnog early as they discuss The Shop Around the Corner, a 1940 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, and Joseph Schildkraut.

    More at melanieanded.substack.com or email melanded@whothehellarewe.com
    Show More Show Less
    49 mins
  • Quiet Dell

    Quiet Dell
    Nov 12 2025

    Robert Mitchum's preacher in The Night of the Hunter was inspired by real murders that also shaped Jayne Anne Phillips's novel Quiet Dell.

    Ed and Melanie trace the link between book and film, exploring how truth becomes myth and how art transforms tragedy.
    More at melanieanded.substack.com or email melanded@whothehellarewe.com .
    Show More Show Less
    48 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.