The Long Walk (2025) | Hunger Games for the boys

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'The Long Walk' and its themes of competition among teenage boys.

A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. "For the boys" means it's a classic episode where I yap too much Note: This episode was recorded a while ago, before we recorded our 2025 top 10. Check our feed for that episode! content warning at 10:35 spoilers begin at 15:10 ghostbeast.com check our Youtube and TikTok for video content music provided by The F-use support us at ghostbeast.bigcartel.com and merchyeah.com/ghostbeast contact us at podcast@ghostbeast.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Todd, Becca

Topics covered

• competition
• teenage boys
• annual contest
• walking speed
• spoilers
• film review

Keywords

• The Long Walk
• Hunger Games
• competition
• teenage boys
• film review
• spoilers

Mentioned in this episode

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Books & works: The Long Walk, Hunger Games

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