The Pop Culture Brain Podcast

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast, hosted by Alex and Lara! In today’s show, Warner Bros lost an insane amount of money this year, Jennifer Lawrence says she got death threats over her TV hot take, and My Chemical Romance snag the #1 album.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & My Chemical Romance5:48 Justin Timberlake Apple doc series8:48 Warner Bros. losses 2026 15:35 You Can See Everything award season19:41 Jennifer Lawrence’s TV hot take26:01 Linda Cardelini Price Is Right 28:57 Dr. Seuss movies 33:26 Lara hot take 36:08 What we’re watching

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! Netflix is panicking, Inde Navarrette just summed up the most annoying thing in movies today, and the Golden Globes made another baffling decision.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & Halloween costumes04:12 Netflix is in panic mode13:18 Harry Styles hires a director19:39 Inde Navarrette nails it25:26 Golden Globes latest weird decision 30:00 List game: Documentaries37:19 Hot takes41:57 What we’re watching

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show: Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie has an insane budget and concerning rumors, Sony has a diabolical plan for their Beatles movies, and Skydance is going all in on franchises.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro + You Can See Everything07:59 The Magicians Nephew rumors14:49 Krumholtz is back 18:22 The Beatles movies 25:46 Emma Stone coming for Meryl’s record28:56 Skydance goes all in on franchises33:54 List game41:08 Hot takes46:03 Watching

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast — a movie and TV news and discussion show with Alex and Lara! In today’s episode, major stars, filmmakers, and Gen Z are lining up to defend Digger, David Zaslav is making a disgusting amount of money selling Warner Bros., and Nic Cage just revealed why he’ll never work with Amazon again.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & Olivia Wilde03:16 Stars defend Digger 08:40 Jeremy Allen White for Wilder?15:50 Zaslav gets paid 19:16 Nic Cage on Amazon and AI22:25 Amy Adams biggest movies 26:40 Hot takes32:23 What we’re watching#digger #wb #skydance #paramount #niccage #amazon #movies #tv

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show, The Batman II just hit another major snag, I have great news for KPop Demon Hunters fans, and the creator of Mad Men is finally making another show.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & The Social Reckoning premiere06:08 The Batman II delayed again11:22 Sorkin compliments Strong18:07 Kpop Demon Hunters 2 update22:12 Jennifer Lawrence going rom com 27:10 Matthew Weiner developing show with Eddie Murphy30:51 List game: Sorkin rankings35:46 Hot takes43:01 What we’re watching#thebatman2 #thebatmanpartII #movies #kpopdemonhunters #thesocialreckoning #aaronsorkin

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today’s show we talk Taylor Swift and the VMAs, Ryan Murphy GLEE reboot update, Tom Holland finding his Ginger Rogers, and a new new Mary Poppins might be on the way.https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & Taylor Swift & VMAs07:36 Glee reboot update13:55 Are microdramas the future?23:03 Tom Holland finds his Ginger Rogers25:03 Mary Poppins TV show in the works 28:58 Highest grossing book adaptations 35:11 Pop culture hot takes39:51 What we’re watching

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 recap03:40 Oscar movies preview 13:52 Is Digger going to flop?22:03 Ted Lasso sparks interest in Negro Leagues Museum25:00 Netflix buys short story for $1 million27:38 Robert Pattinson’s highest grossing movies32:27 Alex hot take33:55 Lara hot take35:29 What we watched

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

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

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/links00:00 Intro & Paranormal Activity on Broadway03:09 Josh Radnor on the HIMYM cast08:49 David Krumholtz is taking a break15:18 What Tom and Zendaya should do next18:15 Box office disappointments top streaming23:53 Top 10 Looney Tunes characters28:14 Lara’s hot take30:45 Alex’s hot take34:28 What we watched