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Unclear and Present Danger
by Jamelle Bouie and John Ganz
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Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | — | #199 |
| Oct 26 | #197 | #191 |
| Oct 25 | — | #198 |
| Oct 24 | #169 | #163 |
| Oct 23 | #176 | #168 |
| Oct 15 | #187 | #179 |
| Oct 14 | #194 | #185 |
Latest episodes
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Saving Private Ryan
October 1, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watched Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic, Saving Private Ryan, starring Tom Hanks, Ed Burns, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore, among many other notable actors. Set in…
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X-Files: Fight the Future
September 5, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John discuss the 1998 X-Files movie, directed by Rob Bowman with a screenplay by X-Files creator Chris Carter. Starring, obviously, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, the…
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Gattaca (feat. Nicole Hemmer)
August 14, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle is joined by Nicole Hemmer, a professor of history at Vanderbilt University and co-host of the This Day in History podcast, to discuss the 1997 dystopian science-fiction film…
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Armageddon
July 17, 2026On this week’s episode of the pod, Jamelle and John cover Michael Bay's 1998 asteroid movie Armageddon — the one where oil drillers, not astronauts, are sent to save the world. They discuss why it reads as the most right-wing film they've…
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Godzilla (1998)
July 4, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, we watched Roland Emmerich’s attempt to bring Godzilla to Hollywood in the appropriately titled Godzilla. Ostensibly a film about the dangers of nuclear testing, Godzilla is a total…
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Bulworth (feat. Vinson Cunningham)
May 27, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John are joined by Vinson Cunningham of the New Yorker to discuss Bulworth, the 1998 black comedy (no pun intended) written, directed by and starring Warren Beatty. After…
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Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story
April 17, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watch the 1998 Lifetime film Oklahoma City: A Survivor’s Story, starring Kathy Baker as Priscilla Salyers, a real-life U.S. Customs employee who survived the 1995…
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Mercury Rising
March 26, 2026On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watch the 1998 action thriller Mercury Rising, directed by Harold Becker and starring Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, and Miko Hughes. The film follows FBI agent Art…
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U.S. Marshalls
March 7, 2026On this week's episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watch U.S. Marshals, the extremely lackluster sequel to The Fugitive which dispenses with a straightforward cat and mouse story in favor of a byzantine conspiracy…
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G.I. Jane (feat. Hilary Matfess)
February 19, 2026On this week's episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John were joined by Hilary Matfess of the University of Denver to discuss G.I. Jane, the 1997 military drama directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore and Viggo…
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Unclear and Present Politics Episode 15 [ PATREON BONUS]
February 12, 2026The next episode of the podcast will be here soon, but while you wait, here is the most recent episode of our politics show on the Patreon. In it, we talk the most recent developments in the Trump administration's attack on Minnesota and…
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Murder at 1600
January 17, 2026Jamelle and John are back for the new year with an episode on the 1997 thriller Murder at 1600, directed by Dwight Little and starring Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Alan Alda and Dennis Miller. It is yet another entry into the mini-boomlet of…
About the show
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and freelance writer John Ganz delve into the world of 90s post-Cold War thrillers with Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast that explores America in an age of transition to lone superpower, at once triumphant and unsure of its role in the world.