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B&W sports reporters Leo Pelmoter, Harrison Shear and Rafe Gonzales fill out their brackets and detail their predictions for this year’s Men’s NCAA Tournament. 

The Super Bowl has arrived to close out a memorable 2025 NFL season. The experts are going to make their picks, look back at the Conference Championship Round and look back at the picks they previously made. The question is, can they Beat the Machine?

It is the divisional round, and the experts are going to make their picks and look back at the divisional round. The question is, can they Beat the Machine?

Katja joins Asha and Macy once again to discuss the disaster of a finale that was Stranger Things Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. Spoiler alert! Special thanks to Grace Lazarous for the jingle :)

It is the Divisional Round, and the experts are going to make their picks and look back at a memorable wild card round. The question is, can they Beat the Machine?

It's the NFL playoffs. Ben, Harrison and Leo preview the NFL playoffs and make their Wild Card, conference champion and Super Bowl predictions. They also cover the head coaching changes. Can Harrison and Leo predict the playoffs and beat Ben's analytical model? Or will the machine win again? Listen to find out.

Macy and Asha welcome special guest Elana Snyder to the podcast to debate the best pop album of 2025, the most iconic pop star of all time, and more.

Ben and Harrison go through the action in week 16 and Harrison sees if he can repeat his impressive performance from week 16. The question remains. Can they Beat the Machine?

This week, Macy and Asha analyze the complexity of conveying the Gen Z experience on the silver screen, with a focus on the show "Euphoria's" dangerous portrayals of teenage behavior.

As the regular season winds down the playoff race is tightening. Listen on this weeks episode to follow key playoff match ups, and see if the Black and White's experts can beat the machine's picks for the winners of this week's games.

Asha and Macy welcome special guest Katja Treadwell to the podcast to debate and discuss theories about Stranger Things Season 5. *SPOILERS*

It's week 15 in the NFL and Ben Levy, Harrison Shear, and Leo Moseman are back at it trying to beat the machine. Is this the week were the experts will predict the winners of each game and margins correctly, or will the machine go win once again?Listen to find out the expert's picks and follow the predictions into next week to find if the experts can beat the machine.

Join Asha Tallapragada and Macy Scharpf as they share their thoughts on Wicked: For Good and Stranger Things Volume 1. **SPOILER FREE**

Harrison Shear and Teddy Dupree talk about the upcoming conference championship games in NCAA football and offer their top playoff bracket predictions. 

Welcome to the first episode of the Black & White Pop Culture Podcast! Join Macy and Asha as they discuss Wicked: For Good, the rise of Olivia Dean, Tate McRae's deluxe album, and Grammy nominations.

On this week's "Beat the Machine," Ben Levy, Harrison Shear and Leo Moseman riff on Chiefs vs. Colts, Eagles vs. Cowboys and other top match-ups for NFL week 12. They take a look at Ben's algorithm and dive into the present and future of Browns QB Shedeur Sanders, whose name is in the headlines for making his first starting line-up and for being next up in the Sanders dynasty.

Ben Levy, Harrison Shear and Leo Moseman preview NFL week 11 to talk about what's next in the league as playoffs near—and the crew try to beat Ben's custom algorithms in game predictions.

B&W sports reporters Leo Pelmoter and Rafe Gonzales talk about the NFL's biggest match-ups this week and what to look out for as the league moves closer and closer to the playoffs.

Harrison Shear and Leo Moseman dive into the machine model’s best picks for this Sunday, and model creator Ben Levy weighs in.

Ben Levy, Leo Moseman and Harrison Shear sit down and discuss the latest in the NFL and try to "beat the machine" in predictions for this week. 

Join Harrison Shear, Leo Moseman and Ben Levy as they talk about the outlier week from week 5 and look forward to week 6 with expert predictions. Will they 'beat the machine?'

Harrison Shear and Teddy Dupree sit down to recap a wild Week 5 in college football and give their Week 6 predictions.

Ben Levy explains his "NFL machine" picks for the week, and expert Harrison Shear makes his picks against the machine.

Our experts look at The Black and White's NFL model's picks for week three. Where do they differ? When is the machine right? And can the humans Beat The Machine...?

The NFL is back! In this episode of The Black & White Sports Podcast, reporters Harrison Shear, Rafe Gonzales and Max Wolf make their predictions for the season ahead.

Join Kavi Varma and Leo Pelmoter as they talk about the Super Bowl and NBA trades.

Welcome to Through Our Eyes. In this series, join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color.  In this episode, join Sonia as she delves into the topic of cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation and their distinctive differences.

A guy who makes a house out of people????? You can't make this stuff up, but you can podcast about it! Joined by Claire Gerber, Lila and Henry take a deep-dive (through hell!?!?) into Lars Von Trier's 2018 psychological kinda horror kinda art film "The House that Jack Built." Links: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Music Video Horror movie iceberg chart

Zombies: do we love them? do we hate them? do we fear them? Joined by junior Joaquin Feldman, cohosts Lila and Henry answer these scintillating questions and more as they break down George Romero's low-budget horror movie "Day of the Dead". Featuring the on-air fallout of Whitman's recent bomb threat, this is one episode you won't want to miss!

In the first episode of their revamped B&W movie podcast, cohosts Henry Dupree and Lila Greenwald are joined by Sky Smith to discuss Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers". Topics include: 4D Smello-vision, Tennis, Gorillaz, and more! Additonal Links: "Potion Seller" video made by Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes NYT Challengers Article

Welcome to Through Our Eyes. In this series, join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color. In this episode, join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she talks to two Whitman students, Senior Nazareth Napper and Junior Aya Chami, about their experiences with the term "Whitewashing".

Welcome to Through Our Eyes, in this series join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color. In this Episode join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she talks to two Whitman students, Juniors Caleb Chen and Charlie Martin, about their experiences with racial imposter syndrome.

Welcome to Through Our Eyes, in this series join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color. In this episode join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she talks to two Whitman students, Juniors Noor Mehndiratta and Anabel Richard, about their experiences with beauty standards. 

Welcome to Through Our Eyes. In this series join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color. In this episode join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she talks to two Whitman students, Senior Kyla Ngeno and Junior Shreya Ohri,about their experiences with microaggressions. 

Sophomore writers Aidan Farber and Ben Belford-Peltzman are joined with special guest, football coach and security guard Shaun “Mo” Pierce to discuss the results of the first 2 NBA finals games and give their predictions on the outcome of the series

Welcome to Through Our Eyes, in this series join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she facilitates a conversation about cultural acceptance, self-identity, and building community among students of color. In this episode join Sonia Weliwitigoda as she talks about her experience as a student of color growing up in Bethesda, Maryland.

Sophomore sports writers Aidan Farber and Ben Belford-Peltzman discuss Celtics breakdown in game three against the Heat and what needs to happen for the Celtics to be successful in future years, along with a recap and analysis of the first three games of the Nuggets vs. Lakers series. 

Sophomore staff writers Aidan Farber and Ben Belford-Peltzman take a deep dive and recap the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs and talk about their predictions for the Eastern and Western conference finals. Along with, giving their input on recent coaching changes and the NBA draft lottery. 

Sports editors Gibson Hirt and Zach Rice preview the upcoming 2022 NFL season, giving their awards and playoff predictions. 

Sports editors Gibson Hirt, Zach Rice and Alex Weinstein are joined by senior staff member Quentin Corpuel to recap the first round of the NBA Playoffs and preview the four second round matchups.

Senior staff members Quentin Corpuel and Daniel Miller live react to all 32 picks from a wild and wacky first round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

Although you likely already know who was taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, here is the pre-show that senior staff members Quentin Corpuel and Daniel Miller recorded prior to the event, where they went over the biggest storylines of the draft, the teams with the most at stake, different draft strategies and more.

Senior staff member Quentin Corpuel shares his thoughts on every first round NBA playoff series as they hit (around) the halfway points.

Senior staff member Quentin Corpuel discusses the future of the Clippers after they were eliminated by the Pelicans on Friday night, the spectacular play-in games and potential changes to the pre-playoff tourney as well as sharing his predictions for the rest of the NBA postseason.

Senior staff member Quentin Corpuel is joined by host of the “Miles of Sports” podcast and TikTok page Holden Sherman to talk some NBA basketball as the regular season comes to an end. First, the two draft the secretly most important players to NBA playoff teams (00:01) before playing a game of “Would you be surprised if...” pertaining to Donovan Mitchell’s future with the Jazz, Brooklyn’s playoff outlook, the MVP race and more (53:15).

Online managing editor Quentin Corpuel and sports writer Gibson Hirt share their winners and losers from yet another wildly entertaining March Madness (00:01). Then, they discuss potential options for the Washington Football Team with the eleventh overall pick in the 2022 Draft as well as where Juan Soto already ranks on the list of best Nationals ever (43:04).

Online managing editor Quentin Corpuel shares some thoughts on the recent struggles of the Brooklyn Nets (00:01). Then, Corpuel sits down with UNC fan Gabe Schaner to discuss UNC’s thrilling victory over Duke in the Final Four, Hubert Davis’ brilliant coaching, the end of Coach K’s illustrious career and more (16:27).

Online managing editor Quentin Corpuel shares his newest addition to his “all-in” list for the NFL Draft (00:01). Then, as the NBA regular season is set to close, Corpuel chats with cousins Ethan and Morgan Corpuel about the state of the Knicks, including RJ Barrett’s continued ascension, the Julius Randle conundrum, Tom Thibodeau’s reoccurring questionable coaching decisions, the MVP race and more (19:58).

News writer Alvar Wetzel is joined by senior staff member Alex Schupak to discuss in-depth a myriad of international films.

Online managing editor Quentin Corpuel shares some thoughts on Tyreek Hill getting traded to the Dolphins and why Trae Young versus the Knicks is the villain story the NBA desperately needed (00:01). Then, Corpuel is joined by B&W business member Will Vander Wal to discuss the continuation of the craziest NFL off-season in recent memory, including Davante Adams to the Raiders, Deshaun Watson to the Browns, a new era of wheeling and dealing in the NFL and much more.