Film discussion: The Butler
with host John DeSando, Guest host Mary Yerina, and guest David Weaver.
Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.
The extended discussion on Double Take from WCBE 90.5 FM's The Podcast Experience:
https://www.wcbe.org/podcast/double-take/2026-06-15/double-take-june-14-26-the-butler
Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook and podcast Double Take, which is listed by Feedspot in the top 10 NPR movie podcasts, on WCBE and Tune In. John DeSando, a Los Angeles Press Club first-place winner for National Entertainment Journalism, is also host of NPR’s It’s Movie Time broadcast out of WCBE. Contact him at JohnDeSando52@gmail.com.
Guest Host Mary Yerina is a community volunteer serving on the board of The Sphinx Alumni Society of Ohio State and the executive committee of The ProMusica Sustaining Board.
Guest David Weaver is retired executive director of The Ohioana Library and author of Black Diva of the 30's—The Life of Ruby Eizy.
Notes:
The 2008 article that inspired the film: A Butler Well Served by This Election by Wil Haygood for The Washington Post
Forward from the 2013 book The Butler: A Witness to History by Wil Haygood: The Story that Inspired Lee Daniels' The Butler by Lee Daniels
Explore other Ohio-born authors in the film world on the Ohio Goes to the Movies Literary Trail.