The Pop Culture Brain Podcast

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1. WB lost INSANE money in 2026 [MOVIE PODCAST]

   3 november 2026 · 46 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   00:00 Intro & My Chemical Romance

   5:48 Justin Timberlake Apple doc series

   8:48 Warner Bros. losses 2026

   15:35 You Can See Everything award season

   19:41 Jennifer Lawrence’s TV hot take

   26:01 Linda Cardelini Price Is Right

   28:57 Dr. Seuss movies

   33:26 Lara hot take

   36:08 What we’re watching

2. Netflix knows it sucks [MOVIE PODCAST]

   27 oktober 2026 · 49 min

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   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 Lees meer

3. Gerwig's Narnia in trouble? [MOVIE PODCAST]

   20 oktober 2026 · 51 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   00:00 Intro + You Can See Everything

   07:59 The Magicians Nephew rumors

   14:49 Krumholtz is back

   18:22 The Beatles movies

   25:46 Emma Stone coming for Meryl’s record

   28:56 Skydance goes all in on franchises

   33:54 List game

   41:08 Hot takes

   46:03 Watching

4. Celebs defend DIGGER [Movie podcast]

   13 oktober 2026 · 41 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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

5. The Batman II is cursed [MOVIE PODCAST]

   6 oktober 2026 · 57 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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

6. What is Taylor Swift doing?! [POP CULTURE PODCAST]

   29 september 2026 · 50 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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

7. Every new Oscar movie to see [MOVIE PODCAST]

   22 september 2026 · 39 min

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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. Lees meer

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   #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 million

   27:38 Robert Pattinson’s highest grossing movies

   32:27 Alex hot take

   33:55 Lara hot take

   35:29 What we watched

8. The Emmys were a MESS [TV PODCAST]

   15 september 2026 · 35 min

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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. Lees meer

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9. Will Trump rescue Hollywood? | PCB PODCAST

   8 september 2026 · 41 min

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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. Lees meer

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10. Zendaya in a Disney live action remake?! | PCB POD 21

    24 augustus 2026 · 39 min

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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. Lees meer

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    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 office disappointments top streaming

    23:53 Top 10 Looney Tunes characters

    28:14 Lara’s hot take

    30:45 Alex’s hot take

    34:28 What we watched

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