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Not The Odyssey: Small Movies Had A Big Blockbuster Summer

Wyclef Jean: How To Write A Hit Song

Fred Armisen Revisits Portlandia

What Made Dolly Parton So Beloved?

Did Summer 2026 Bring Back Monoculture?

Janelle James: What’s It Like To Embody A Diva?

Can Mamdani Save Broadway?

Eliot Glazer: Spiritually Lesbian, Sexually Gay

Is Culture Stuck? (From Decoder Ring)

Hannah Einbinder on Comedy, Connection & Queer Art

The Cyndi Lauper Conspiracy (From Switched on Pop)

Are We All Nostalgic For Better Times?

What Is Sam’s Guiding Philosophy? (From Well Said)

Harvey Guillén Is Not An Overnight Success

Jane Wickline Is Weird. In All The Best Ways

Does ‘The Odyssey’ Have A Woman Problem?

The Enduring Humanity of Wikipedia

What Happened To Authenticity? w/ Ryan O’Connell

Madonna’s Pop Matriarchy

The Ultimate ‘90s Nostalgia Party (Live Show!)

The Homoerotic Spectacle of ‘Love Island USA’

What Happens When a Trans Comedian Tours America Alone?

Is Hollywood In The Middle Of An Age War?

Is 2026 the Year Everything Started to Look Too Perfect?

The Real Reason American Men are Struggling

Leslie Jones Says Comedy Needs Gatekeepers Again

Why So Many People Are Falling In Love With AI Chatbots

Audie Cornish & Ari Shapiro On Ambition, Purpose, Poetry

Are They a Star, Celebrity or Famous Person? (From Pop Syllabus)

Margaret Cho Is Still Hopeful About Comedy

Jacob Collier Can Make Anyone Sing

The Kardashians Are American Icons (Whether You Like It or Not)

The Movies You Should Be Watching This Summer (From Prestige Junkie)

Will You Be Jimmy O. Yang’s Friend?

Did Whitney Houston Sing Out Of Tune? w/ Wyclef Jean

Trixie Mattel Wants Us To Slow Down

Is Mariah Carey the Greatest American Songwriter?

Did the ‘90s Kill Feminism?

Is the Met Gala Still Relevant?

Is Monoculture Back!? A Pop Culture Check-In w/ ‘Lemme Say This’

Was Justin Bieber’s Coachella Set Lazy… or Genius?

Why Do We Still Love the ‘90s?

Is Kanye Forgiven?

Aparna Nancherla: Should We All Ditch the Internet?

Want to Cancel ‘The Drama’? You’re Missing the Point

What Are The Best Rom-Coms Ever?

Can Robyn Teach Us To Love Again (and again and again)? w/ Jia Tolentino

How Did Wordle Become a Pop Culture Icon?

Can Reality TV Survive This?

Chris Fleming: Is Comedy His Love Language?

How Did K-Pop Make Hollywood History?

What If You Could Change Your Race? w/ Amy Wang

Bruce Vilanch: What Makes an Oscars Host Funny?

Can The Oscars Be Fixed?

Who is Clavicular?

Kate Hudson: Who Gets to Be Taken Seriously?

Would K-Pop Exist Without Black Culture?

Help! My dad is dating a scammer! (From This Is Uncomfortable)

Ms. Pat: Can Laughter Save Democracy?

How Did Mormon Moms Take Over Pop Culture?

Nia DaCosta: Why is Real Life Scarier Than Horror Films?

Why Are Movie Wigs Still So Bad?!

How Did Therapy Change Sherry Cola’s Comedy?

Can Bad Bunny Save America?

The Millennial Internet, from Buzzfeed Quizzes to Filming ICE

George Civeris: Is this Gay Millennial Middle Age?

How 'Heated Rivalry' Even Seduced Russia

TikTok Stars on the Politicians Begging Them for Exposure (From Question Everything)

What’s Raphael Saadiq’s Golden Rule for Making Music?

WTF is up with Spotify?

The State of Movies in 2026 (ft. The Big Picture)

Did Social Media Kill the Dance Floor?

What Pop Culture Keeps Dan Harris Centered and 10% Happier?

Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” (from One Song)

Where Did All The Protest Music Go?

How To Talk to Contractors (From Slate's How To! Podcast)

How Music Taught Sam Sanders to be Grateful for His Grief (From Life in Seven Songs)

Who Can Save Pop Music?

Samara Joy: What’s A Church Girl To Sing?

Can We Survive the Gift Guide Industrial Complex?

K-Pop, AI Slop & Ms. Rachel? 2025 Pop Culture Review

How Queer Was 2025?

Ruth E. Carter: What Makes an Iconic Costume?

Will AI Ever Make Good Music?

The Healing Powers of Smothered Chicken (from Your Mama’s Kitchen)

Did Wicked Change Hollywood… For Good?

Scam To The Top? w/ Danielle Pinnock

Is Gambling Ruining Sports?

Samin Nosrat: Do Dinner Parties Have Healing Powers?

Can Michael Lewis Make Wall Street Entertaining Again?

They Let Him Say What?! with Jay Jurden

Is Rap Music Dead? with Broken Record’s Justin Richmond

Is the Grind of a Comedian Never-Ending?

Is Jaws Really a Horror Movie?

Shoulda Been a Sugar Baby? w/ Phoebe Robinson

Horror Movie Faves & Should Taylor Swift Retire?

Can KPop Heal Us All? w/ Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick

Can Satire Save Democracy? w/ The Onion CEO Ben Collins

Is It Ever OK to Lie? w/ June Squibb

Are Nepo Babies Cool Now? with Zosia Mamet

Can Pop Culture Cure a Broken Heart? w/ Anna Sale

Should We Still Care About Fashion? w/ Robin Givhan

A Brief History of Terrible Lyrics (from Switched On Pop)

Does Pop Culture Give a F*#% about Friendship?

Bob the Drag Queen: What is Freedom?

Big Freedia: Is Twerking Next to Godliness?

Did Beyoncé Change Country Music Forever?

Are We Living in a Feminist Dystopia?

Checking in from the public media dumpster fire

What’s Worth Watching (and Skipping) in 2025 So Far?

Can Atsuko Okatsuka Turn Family Trauma Into Comedy Gold?

Woodstock '99: Mosh Pit at the Apocalypse with Sam Sanders and Lindy West (From The Big Flop)

Is Allison Williams Afraid of Her Own Movies?

A United Nations of Red Flags (From Normal Gossip)

Jeff Hiller: Can Faith And Queerness Coexist?

Who’s On Your Queer Hollywood Mount Rushmore?

What happened to Britney Spears and the Millennial Dream?

Zainab Johnson: Is It Still Radical Just to Exist?

Can Hollywood Learn from Its Biggest Bombs?

Is Pop Culture in a Recession? Hot Takes Round 2

Has Marvel Lost Its Magic?

Are Spoilers Actually Bad? And More Pop Culture Hot Takes

Is Entertainment Moving to the Right?

How Did Marsai Martin Conquer Child Stardom?

The Dark Side Of The Perfect Playlist

Why Do We Love Bad TV?

Is Gender Just a Story?

Are Movie Stars Dead?

Is Reality TV Falling Apart?

Why Are Movie Wigs So Bad?!

The Hipster Grifter Speaks: Kari Ferrell on Scamming & Redemption

Escaping Heartbreak with Musician Caroline Rose

Who Belongs on Black Hollywood’s Mount Rushmore?

Should the Oscars Even Exist? with The Big Picture Hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Sam Sings! with Celebrity Vocal Coach Doug Peck

TikTok's Rise, Fall & Messy Future

2025’s Pop Culture Forecast

Checking in from Los Angeles

Rachel Bloom Confronts Grief with a Heckler Named Death

How To Talk To Yourself When Things Suck (from 10% Happier with Dan Harris)

Jessica Williams Talks Therapy and Life Lessons

The Evolution of Pop Music with Diallo and LUXXURY

Kendrick vs. Drake to Wicked: 2024 Unpacked

Be Your Own Best Life Partner with Meghan Keane

Matt Rogers, Prince of Christmas

Why Ronny Chieng Believes in America

Inside 2024’s Tech Revolution with journalists Taylor Lorenz & Elise Hu

Brian Jordan Alvarez and Stephanie Koenig Break Through Hollywood

Roy Wood Jr Says Comedy is Journalism

Climate Change Needs Hollywood and Hope

Monét X Change: Drag, Politics, and Opera

Sasheer Zamata on Disney Parks to Disney+

Joel Kim Booster: Sex, Wealth, and Comedy

The Sam Sanders Show is out now