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Who The Hell Are We?

Who The Hell Are We?

By: Edward Kelsey Moore and Melanie Benjamin
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 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
  • Falling In Love At Cambridge

    Falling In Love At Cambridge
    Aug 19 2025

    Melanie and Ed discuss Maurice (1987), the Merchant Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel of forbidden love. They explore the film’s emotional tone, literary legacy, and what it meant to tell this story in 1987.

    📧 melanded@whothehellarewe.com
    🔗 melanieanded.substack.com
    🌀 Originally released: July 8th, 2023
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • The Champ

    The Champ
    Aug 3 2025

    A 1931 film about a washed-up boxer and his son turns into one of the most emotional episodes Ed and Melanie have ever recorded. They walk through The Champ scene by scene, with reflections on Frances Marion, child actors, and a performance by Jackie Cooper that still stuns.

    📬 melanded@whothehellarewe.com
    📰 melanieanded.substack.com
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Sexy Rexy

    Sexy Rexy
    Jul 28 2025

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), a ghost story with real romantic power. Gene Tierney is luminous, Rex Harrison is “Sexy Rexy,” and the ending still breaks our hearts.

    📬 Email us: melanded@whothehellarewe.com
    📰 Substack: https://melanieanded.substack.com
    🌀 Originally released: July 4, 2022
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    1 hr and 1 min
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