Josh and Ken first considerGet OutandThe Shape of Wateras contenders for the “Most Searing Depiction of Humankind’s Propensity to Dehumanize the Other” award. While the hosts agree thatThe Shape of Waterportrays a “gallery of responses to Otherness,” Ken proposes thatGet Out是一部勇敢的电影。After continuing to debate the merits of each movie, Josh and Ken pick a winner.

In the next segment, Josh and Ken invite Tim Sika, president of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Leslie Francis, a professor of law at the University of Utah, and Jorah Dannenberg, professor of philosophy at Stanford, to the show. With Tim, the hosts discuss the comparative merits betweenA Ghost StoryandMother!— with Josh and Tim holding polar attitudes towardA Ghost Story．Next, the hosts consider a winner for the “Richest Investigation of the Drivers of History” award with Leslie, deliberating betweenDunkirkandThe Darkest Hour．Finally, Jorah joins the show to discussBlade Runner以及它所提出的哲学问题，包括语言能力或道德能力是否能使人成为人。

In the last segment, Josh and Ken hear from a listener, who makes a case forStar Wars: the Last Jedito win a Dionysus award. The hosts consider the caller’s comparisons of the Light and Dark Side in Star Wars to Taoism and the concept of Yinyang Eastern philosophy. In the end, the hosts decide whetherStar Wars: The Last Jedideserves an award, too.

• Roving Philosophical Report [Seek to 2:41]- Liza Veale considers female representation in film and how the end of male hegemony in this field, which shapes how we think of the world, still has a long way to go.