HeyJaredThe Pop Culture Brain Podcast
What you need to know about movies and TV, not just what's trending. Alex and Lara discuss the most interesting pop culture stories of the week and give their unique opinions and analysis.
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Every new Oscar movie to see [MOVIE PODCAST] (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show, the Oscar movies you need to see this fall, is Tom Cruise about to flop with Digger, and Netflix just bought a 23-page short story for $1 million. https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links #movies #tomcruise #digger #oscars #film 00:00 Intro & Harry Styles concert recap 03:40 Oscar movies preview 13:52 Is Digger going to flop? 22:03 Ted Lasso sparks interest in Negro Leagues Museum 25:00 Netflix buys short story for $1 m
The Emmys were a MESS [TV PODCAST] (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain Podcast! In this week's episode, Alex and Lara are discussing everything that happened at the 2026 Emmy Awards, TV's big award show, including the surprises, mishaps, winners, losers, and records. https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links
Will Trump rescue Hollywood? | PCB PODCAST (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain Podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's episode: Trump actually wants to rescue Hollywood, while AMC just took a big step to save indie film, and the wild effect a Martin Scorsese movie is having 13 years later. https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links
Zendaya in a Disney live action remake?! | PCB POD 21 (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain PODCAST with Alex and Lara! In today's show: Josh Radnor just got very honest about his How I Met Your Mother co-stars, I know exactly what Tom Holland and Zendaya should do next, and the box office disappointments from 2025 that became streaming hits. https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links 00:00 Intro & Paranormal Activity on Broadway 03:09 Josh Radnor on the HIMYM cast 08:49 David Krumholtz is taking a break 15:18 What Tom and Zendaya should do next 18:15 Box
Netflix is finally doing it | PCB POD 20 (opens the original)
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