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Awards Heaven Podcast — 137 episodes

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The art of embracing the unexpected: DeMane Davis on 'Ride or Die' and 'Brilliant Minds'

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Can 'Widow’s Bay' pull off the upset? Emmy frontrunners, surprises and more

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The art of mystery: Meghan C. Rogers on building the seductive world of 'Sugar' season 2

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2026 Emmy nominations instant reactions: The surprises, snubs and head-scratchers

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No instruments. Just Amy Lee's voice: Michael Wandmacher's audacious score for 'The Seventh Turn'

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Emmy writing and directing races under the microscope, then our most hated songs ever

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Inside the Battle of the Gullet: P.J. Dillon on crafting House of the Dragon's most devastating hour

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Tribute to James Burrows, the Emmy limited series lead actors, and top 5 all-time favorite songs

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Inside the Emmy ballots, a crowded limited series race, and our favorite TV finales

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Thom Khoury Williams & Chris Romrell on visceral, story-driven stunts of ‘Terminal List: Dark Wolf’

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Ryan Collins and Nick Offord build the sound of 'Spider-Noir' across shadows and scale

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In ‘The Girlfriend,’ Ruth Barrett’s score blurs the line between seduction and suspicion

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Jacqueline Fowler shapes the wear and tear of the boys' harrowing descent in 'Lord of the Flies'

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A spider in the shadows: Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons on scoring the soul of 'Spider-Noir'

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Breton Vivian on his luminous 'The Madison' score, where performance inspired every note

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Bryce Dessner scores the emotional current beneath the Kennedy-Bessette mythology in ‘Love Story’

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Tony reactions, Emmy comedy supporting races heat up and our Top 5 unforgettable screen deaths

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Owen Harris redefines how fantasy combat is experienced in ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’

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Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams score 'The Gilded Age' as power shifts and fortunes collide

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‘Death by Lightning’ editor Michael Ruscio on cutting obsession, tension and the collision of Garfield and Guiteau

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Inside the casting of ‘Love Story’: Courtney Bright & Nicole Daniels on the truth behind two icons

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Avery Plewes on reinventing the next generation's silhouette and style in 'Starfleet Academy'

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Jessica Harper commands the room as stoic, elegant matriarch Ethel Kennedy in 'Love Story'

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In 'Bait,' Riz Ahmed gets personal: 'Life feeling like one big audition'

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Kerry Kenney-Silver finds the heartbeat of The Four Seasons in Anne’s beautiful undoing

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Free solo legend Alex Honnold scales the unimaginable in Netflix’s audacious ‘Skyscraper Live’

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John Paesano goes big for 'The Boroughs' and finds the show’s emotional core

28

Mac Quayle scores a packed season with ‘Monster,’ ‘The Beauty,’ ‘His & Hers’ and ‘9-1-1: Nashville’

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In ‘IT: Welcome to Derry,’ Esther Sokolow balances terror and empathy on a knife’s edge

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Laura Karpman turns “Down Cemetery Road” into a haunting, maximalist fever dream

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Mary McDonnell unlocks the soul of ‘The Boroughs’ with a character who sees beyond time

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In ‘Big Mistakes,’ Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum scores the impulse behind every hilariously bad decision

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Mitchell Robertson lays the emotional foundation for Niall’s unraveling in ‘Half Man’

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Yolonda Ross steps behind the camera on 'The Chi' and finds a voice that’s entirely her own

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In ‘The Boroughs,’ Ruth Ammon builds a community you want to live in… until you don’t

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Beef creator Lee Sung Jin shifts the beef from a detonating public clash to a corrosive private war

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Designing ‘Wednesday’: Mark Scruton expands a gothic world that elevates Season 2

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Dressing Cold War with intent: Anastasia Magoutas turns ‘Ponies’ into coded character storytelling

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Aleshea Harris steps behind the camera with a fearless feature debut in 'Is God Is'

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'Half Man' reactions, unpacking the Emmy comedy lead acting races, and the TV themes we never skip

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Camila Morrone finds the fault lines of love & commitment in 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen'

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In 'Propeller One-Way Night Coach,' DP Paul de Lumen shoots flight through the eyes of a child

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Chris Ritvo on the VFX alchemy of an octopus we care about in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

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Jake Schreier on turning 'Beef' s2 into a slow-burn spiral of status, shame and emotional wreckage

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In ‘Selena y Los Dinos,’ Isabel Castro finds the woman behind the legend

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In ‘DTF St. Louis,’ DP James Whitaker finds the unease hiding in plain sight

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In ‘Love Story,’ editor Franzis Müller reveals the fracture inside a public fairy tale

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Amanda Jones finds the pulse inside the endearingly self-aware 'Murderbot'

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Daniel Lawson turns bold fashion into a sleuth’s sharpest edge in ‘Elsbeth’

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In ‘Bring Them Home,’ Roger Suen composes a living bridge between tradition and today

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DP Ashley Connor on the emotional lens of 'Remarkably Bright Creatures' & bringing Marcellus to life

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In ‘The ’Burbs,’ Susie Mancini builds a neighborhood that’s always watching

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Richard Rutkowski, ASC turns Silicon Valley into a pressure cooker in AMC’s ‘The Audacity’

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Cannes reactions, Emmy comedy supporting races and the movie ensemble magic we keep chasing

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Matthew Davies reimagines Starfleet for a new generation in ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

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Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews on finding heart, monsters and late-life heroism in ‘The Boroughs’

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Mike Makowsky on humanity, humor & heartbreak in forgotten American tragedy in 'Death by Lightning'

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Stunt coordinator Freddie Poole on designing the impact of 'Tulsa King' from planning to payoff

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Cannes chatter builds while Best Drama Actor at the Emmys already has a frontrunner

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Jamie Campbell Bower on his haunting final act as Vecna and letting go of TV’s most chilling villain

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Sara K. White transforms ‘Ponies’ into a living, breathing Cold War playground

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Gavin Brivik on shaping the heartbeat of ‘The Pitt’ through realism and emotional clarity

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Rachel Lee Goldenberg finds the pulse of ambition in ‘Swiped’

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Guz Khan on playing Zulfi, the swaggering voice of truth at the heart of ‘Bait’

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Minkie Spiro: ‘All Her Fault’ is a 'masterclass in psychological dread' and 'parent's worst nightmare'

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Christopher Lennertz on the fearless and unhinged soundscape that carries 'The Boys' to its endgame

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Emmy drama actress deep dive: It's Keri Russell vs. Rhea Seehorn, right?

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The sound team behind 'Pillion' on turning sound into sensation in its most intimate moments

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David Berry on John's bond with Jamie as 'Outlander' nears its series finale: 'His heart is always a tell'

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Emmy season is well under way, and the Drama Supporting Actor race is wide open

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Ande Schurr on capturing the deafening sound of survival in 'Lord of the Flies'

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Haley Z. Boston stages a haunting red wedding countdown in ‘Something Very Bad is Going to Happen’

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Gary Levy, ACE on cutting the third season finale of 'The Diplomat' like a thriller

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Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans on scoring a Silicon Valley nervous breakdown in 'The Audacity'

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Emmys 2026: an early check-in on the crowded Drama Supporting Actress race

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Lucinda Wright on continuity, combat and Liam Hemsworth’s new 'panther'-like Geralt in ‘The Witcher’

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Inside the emotional architecture of 'Beef' Season 2 with D.P. James Laxton

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Burning with intent: Max Aruj lights the fuse on Netflix’s most muscular new TV score

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Ben Karlin on 'Bait,' Riz Ahmed, four wild days, one audition, and a world weighing in

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Scott D. Hanson, ACE: Finding the heartbeat between 'Billy Preston' and 'Born to Bowl'

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From sitcom kid to indie lead: Hank Greenspan goes all in for 'Ethan Bloom'

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Alex DiGerlando built 'Black Rabbit' from the ground up: Inside the expansive set that reveals the history, illusion and soul of New York City

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Beautiful spaces, broken people: Grace Yun on revealing character through design in ‘Beef’ Season 2

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Mid-decade Oscar check-in: Taking stock of the Oscars from 2020 to 2025

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Guest stars, scene-stealers and our Top 5 unforgettable limited-time film performances

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A film in motion: Andrew Baker’s ‘The Potter’ takes shape

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Cannes is stacked, the Tonys are up for grabs, and our Top 5 Broadway musicals get personal

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Hiding in plain sight: Joel Kinnaman and Corey Stoll on the mysterious men of 'Imperfect Women'

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The music of the manosphere: Paul Leonard-Morgan and Ross Hamilton on scoring Louis Theroux’s most talked-about film

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Emmy season starts now. Here’s where the races stand and what’s coming next

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'The Addiction of Hope' and the courage to change your life

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The 2026 Oscars are over. Here’s what actually went down and what it all means

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2026 Live Post-Oscars Reactions Show

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Stop overthinking the 2026 Oscars: Our final, category-by-category predictions

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Oscar cheat sheet: Charlie and Tony watched every Oscar short. Here’s what will win and why.

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BAFTA chaos, SAG curveballs, and we party like it's 1999

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Bryan Bishop was given six months to live. Seventeen years later, he’s laughing in cancer’s face

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Anthony Willis and the radical romance of 'Wuthering Heights'

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Dissolving into desire: Oliver Coates’ 'Pillion' score is 'radiant, grounded, romantic melancholy'

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Oscar voting is imminent. Is anything truly locked?

101

The ubiquity of cameras and the courage to hit record: David Borenstein on 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'

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Oscar anxiety is back: The races we still can’t call, plus our Bad Bunny halftime show obsession

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Grammy fallout, Indie Spirit ballots, and a deep-dive into our favorite documentary features

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Beauty as violence: Inside the Oscar-nominated makeup and hairstyling of 'The Ugly Stepsister'

105

A clear-eyed read on the Oscar nominations, BAFTA’s verdict and a Grammy deep-dive

106

Jeffrey Roth on 'The Man with the Hat' and gaining unprecedented access to the awe of Ancient Egypt

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Saul Rubinek and the art of moral compromise

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Our final Oscar nomination predictions and our top films of 2025

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Inside the mind of 'Bugonia': Will Tracy on conspiracy, compassion, and that killer ending

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Simon Hayes on the art of capturing the immediacy and fragility of live performance in 'Wicked: For Good'

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Awards season whiplash: Critics’ Choice, SAG, DGA reactions and Golden Globe predictions

112

Christmas takes and Oscar stakes: It's the most wonderful time of the year

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Kaouther Ben Hania on the harrowing call that became 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'

114

Oscar shortlists shake the race, Secret Agent & Sirāt surge and the Emmy wins we still can’t forgive

115

Awards season momentum swings as critics picks, Globes nominations and new releases redefine the race

116

How author Nick Spake rewrote the hidden history of animation at awards shows

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The evolution of Johnnie Burn: From Oscar-winning sound design to the psychology of sound in 'Hamnet' and 'Bugonia'

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'Children No More' and the power of a silent vigil

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The sound of 'Sinners': How Chris Welcker pulled off the impossible

120

Awards season chaos arrives: Tony hosts, Daniel joins, and the first big contenders take shape

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Greg Whiteley on courage, vulnerability and the untold truth behind 'America’s Sweethearts'

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Breathing in the 'Meanwhile': Catherine Gund on identity, memory, and what lives between us

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Inside 'America’s Team': Chapman and Maclain Way on myth, power and the making of a Cowboys dynasty

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Sound as a fifth character in 'Anemone'

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Sound as psychology in 'If I Had Legs I’d Kick You'

126

Hamnet or Train Dreams: which one sticks the landing better?

127

Wicked reactions, Best Actress shake-up and what is The Clean Sweep?

128

Jack Mahanes and David LaMan debate early Oscar frontrunners

129

Tessa Thompson on starring in 'Hedda' and how the film 'breaks you open'

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The moral architecture of 'Nuremberg': A conversation with film editor Tom Eagles

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Black Rabbit: Zach Baylin & Kate Susman on Netflix’s devastating new drama

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Oscar season breakdown and Grammys hot takes, what we're watching, and the best bad movies we can’t quit

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Awards Heaven Podcast: Emma Stone goes weird, Rose Byrne goes deep, and 'Predator' goes prestige

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Awards Heaven: In Conversation - The Podcast Episode 3

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Awards Heaven: In Conversation - The Podcast Episode 2

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Facing Fear: Madeleine McGraw on Returning to Black Phone 2

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Awards Heaven: In Conversation - The Podcast Episode 1