HeyJaredBook and Film Globe Podcast
Everyone’s favorite literature and pop culture site is now a podcast. Entertaining, enlightening chat about books, film, streaming TV, and more with Neal Pollack, editor of Book and Film Globe and its top writers.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 4, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 15, 2026
Latest episodes
BFG Podcast #14: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Every so often, we witness a great screen performance that generations to come will remember. That's happened this week with the arrival of Coyote Vs. Acme , the long-shelved Looney Tunes-live action hybrid. Wile E. Coyote plays his signature role--himself--in the long-awaited movie, which Warner Brothers tried to deny us, taking a tax writeoff instead. Host Neal Pollack and guest Rob Kutner unpack the meaning of that private-equity move, and parse the utter hilarity of Coyote Vs. Acme , unleash
BFG Podcast #13: Dinosaurs in Suburbia, 24 Hours of Romance, and a Summer of Growing Up (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It's August, my dudes, and you know what that means: August movies! The last month of summer is always a mixed bag of genre trash and uncategorizable indie films, and 2026 is no exception. Host Neal Pollack and chief critic Stephen Garrett team up to review two of the Augustest movies that have ever Augusted. First there's One Night Only , a kind of Purge-themed romcom that postulates a right-wing government making it illegal for single people to have sex except for 12 hours a year. It's a bizar
BFG Podcast #12: Is Spider-Man Any Good? Plus, Summer Dragon Fights for All! (opens the original)
Read excerpt
There's a new Spider-Man movie in the theaters, maybe you've heard about it? Our podcast host Neal Pollack is a believer, and he tries to talk a skeptical Stephen Garrett into believing as well. This is actually one of the best comic-book movies in years, because it contains a substantial Hulk fight, and lots of comic-book side characters doing comic-book side character things. Come for the banter, leave educated about why comic book movies still have a future. Omar Gallaga joins Neal from the w
BFG Podcast #11: Christopher Nolan, Olivia Wilde, and Arguments Over Seth Rogen (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Never too late to the discourse, the latest episode of the BFG podcast covers two of the most talked-about movies of the summer. Stephen Garrett sails into the picture to discuss Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey . Both host Neal Pollack and Stephen admire some of the set pieces and a couple of key performances, though Neal found the picture too self-serious, as all of Nolan's movies are. They disagree about Anne Hathaway, the true face that launched a thousand ships. At last, some Odyssey discour
BFG Podcast #10: ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Minions and Monsters,’ and a Load of Jackasses (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This week's podcast features a tense, thrilling narrative about the highly-competitive subculture of American pub trivia. Host Neal Pollack and frequent guest Jessica Babbitt, who consider themselves among the top one percent of trivia players in the country, tell the story of how their team, Post-Trebek Stress Disorder, pulled out an exciting and unlikely victory in this year's first ever national Jeopardy! Bar League championship. Intrigue! Rivalries! Answers! Pizza! And an unlikely solution t
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.