May 12, 2026
Episode 104: Glory Daze
This week on Philosophy in Film, the gang cracks open a
time capsule with Glory Daze, the scrappy 1995 Gen-X
comedy filled with graduation panic, beer-soaked nostalgia, and an
early Ben Affleck appearance before the Hollywood spotlight hit.
Set over one chaotic night before graduation, the film follows a
group of college friends desperately clinging to youth before
adulthood finally calls their bluff. Craig stumbles into Producer’s
Notes (13:29), while Alain pulls an all-nighter for the Beauclair
Synopsis (26:18), tracing the film’s blend of drunken nostalgia and
quarter-life existentialism. In Philosopher’s Corner (45:13), Chris
settles into the film’s strange limbo between youth and adulthood,
unpacking the quiet panic that comes with realizing freedom,
responsibility, and identity rarely arrive at the same time. The
gang gathers at the Round Table (53:50) to kick around one last
semester of chaos before Reviews (1:37:46) and Mailbag (1:55:33)
crack open a final beer and stumble across the graduation stage
into the night.
As always, we explore the philosophical and non-philosophical
aspects of the film, because sooner or later, everybody has to
leave campus.
🍻 Featured Beer 🍻 - Mixtape Hazy IPA by Polyrhythm Brewing
(Edmonton, Alberta)