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On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that, each in its own way, tackles what joys and pains face both sides of the adult-child relationship. Said films are the blockbuster “Gladiator II,” the streaming feature “In the Summers” and the Netflix documentary “Daughters.”

More than 20 years after it won the best picture Oscar, “Gladiator” has a big-screen sequel. Ridley Scott returns as director and is working with a cast that includes Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, but Nathan Weinbender says “Gladiator II” is mostly a retread.

“In the Summers” is a moving look at the frayed bonds between a divorced father and his two daughters, Dan Webster says in his review.

Vincenzo Cardamuro reads a poem by Irie Browning

Troy Nickerson and Chris Jensen, co-founders of Theater on the Verge, join us in the SPR studio to discuss their new venture.

The Radio Helpers duo sings and plays

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films exploring characters and the struggles confronting them. The films are Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” and the Irish feature “Small Things Like These.”

Ciara Totton reads an original poem

Folk Festival sampler

Part two of our sampler broadcast