The Substance

Booking Overview

A film-focused cultural commentary show that examines movies through social, artistic, and philosophical themes, with occasional external guests including filmmakers and film-industry professionals. Agencies could credibly pitch filmmakers, actors, distributors, festival programmers, and informed film critics with a direct connection to the title or topic under discussion; booking difficulty is medium because guests are generally accessible specialists rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 208

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thesubstancepod@gmail.com

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Host

Philip (last name not provided in supplied data) - Host of The Substance, a Kansas City–based podcast focused on appreciating Goodness, Truth, and Beauty and engaging culture without culture-war framing. Leads episodes that blend arts/film discours...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Filmmaking credits, film-industry experience, distribution or physical-media expertise, festival involvement, or substantial critical knowledge directly relevant to the film being discussed.

Required Achievements:

Professional filmmaking credits, Film distribution or home-video industry experience, Participation in film festivals or genre-film communities

Recent Guest Discussions

Anna Marinello - Coming-of-age, Mother-daughter Relationships, Artistic Aspirations, First Love, Heartbreak, And Spiritual Longing In Lady Bird

Chell Stephen - Civil War, Political Imagery In Film, Filmmaking, Art As Activism, And Her Film Byeeee

Justin LaLiberty - Team America: World Police, Film History, Studio Action Spectacles, Comedy, Political Satire, And Art As Activism

Recent Topics

Film, Film Criticism, Horror Film, Film Festivals, Physical Media

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Substance

201: Celebrating 20 Years of Severin Films feat. David Gregory & Carl Daft

September 29, 2026

One milestone celebration episode deserves another! This week we go from marking the 200th episode of The Substance to the much more impressive achievement of Severin Films hitting 20 years of releasing and restoring (and sometimes rescuing and resurrecting!) cult and genre films. Co-founders David Gregory and Carl Daft join us to look back at their twenty years at Severin as we talk:The pre-Severin days of Blue UndergroundBoutique VHS releases back in the dayFighting censorship in the UK and...

200: Lady Bird feat. Anna Marinello

September 22, 2026

We did it, Joe. Episode #200 of the show is finally out!We wanted to pick a special film for 200, and Greta Gerwig's 2017 directorial debut, Lady Bird, has it all. A beautiful coming of age story, tense mother/daughter dynamics, angsty artistic aspirations, first love and first heartbreak, spiritual longing, and more. All in about 90 minutes too! And I am delighted to be joined by my wife, whose life experience mirror Lady Bird's in some wild ways.Enjoy, and here's to the next two...

199: Civil War (2024) feat. Chell Stephen

July 08, 2026

The Road to #200 is almost at an end!Looking back at the Substantive Cinema episodes we've released this year, we couldn't help but notice an unintentional theme. Southland Tales, 28 Years Later, Team America: World Police, and now Civil War all deal with a troubled society trying to either make things better or simply bring a little order to the chaos. Wonder how we gravitated to these...Regardless, we are excited to be joined by multitalented filmmaker Chell Stephen to discuss Alex ...

Publicly listed emails

thesubstancepod@gmail.com

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