Tasting Menu
Each week we discuss what’s currently on our mind in entertainment, and then one of the hosts recommends a sample of pop culture we love for us to discuss.
Episodes
Appetizers: The Miss Piggy movie, The Hunt for Ben Solo, The Lowdown, Pluribus, Talamasca: The Secret Order, Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, Everybody Scream - Florence + The Machine, West End Girl - Lily Allen, It's Not That Deep - Demi Lovato
Main Course: The O.C. - "The Gamble" (2003)
Next time: Suburgatory - "The Barbecue" and "Thanksgiving" (2011)
Appetizers: Saturday Night Live, The Runarounds, Peacemaker, Watson, Ghosts, DMV, The Chair Company, Frankenstein (2025), After the Hunt, Katabasis, From the Pyre - The Last Dinner Party, Tiny Bookshop, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Pokemon Z-A
Main Course: Skins - "Effy" (2007)
Next Time: The O.C. - "The Gamble" (2003)
Appetizers: The Great North, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, Pokémon Concierge, CITY: The Animation, Dan Da Dan, The Lowdown, Wayward, Juice, One Battle After Another, Hades II, Silent Hill f
Main Course: Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (2011)
Next Time: Skins - "Effy" (2007)
Appetizers: Kev's album corner, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Narnia: The Magician's Apprentice, Jon's video game corner
Main Course: Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
Next Time: Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (2011)
Appetizers: Saturday Night Live casting updates, Netflix releasing movies theatrically, 2025 Oscars speculation, Weapons, Dexter: Resurrection, Twisted Metal, The Paper, Long Story Short, Peacemaker, Dropout TV
Main Course: Nichijou - My Ordinary Life - Episodes 6 and 16 (2011)
Next Time: Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
Appetizers: The Naked Gun (2025), KPop Demon Hunters, Dexter: Resurrection, King of the Hill, CITY: The Animation, UFO 50, Donkey Kong Bananza, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Main Course: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)
Next Time: Nichijou - "Episode 6" and "Episode 16" (2011)
Appetizers: Dune Part Three, And Just Like That, Buffy reboot, Superman, Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Sandman, Dan Da Dan, Twisted Metal, moisturizer - Wet Leg, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl
Main Course: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (various)
Next time: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)
Appetizers: James Bond news, Wake Up Dead Man, The Bear, Virgin - Lorde, Crying the Neck - Patrick Wolf, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Main Course: Looking - "Looking for the Future" (2014)
Next Time: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (videogame, 1996)
Appetizers: The 2024 Nebula Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, 28 Years Later, I quit - HAIM, Taskmaster, I Kissed a Boy, Dropout TV
Main Course: Next to Normal (2008, plus the 2025 Great Performances recording)
Next Time: Looking - "Looking to the Future" (2014)
Appetizers: Étoile's cancellation, Psycho Killer music video, Friendship, The Phoenician Scheme, Ballerina, Doctor Who, Hacks, Adults, Overcompensating, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, the state of Final Fantasy
Main course: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)
Next time: Next to Normal (2008) (plus the 2025 Great Performances episode showcasing it)
Appetizers: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Thunderbolts*, Andor season 2, Murderbot, Poker Face season 2, Elsbeth season 2, Ghosts season 4, Duster, Taskmaster season 19, The Blue Prince, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Main Course: Life is Strange (2015)
Next Time: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)
Appetizers: A Eulogy for Polygon, Greta Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew, Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen's 10 Things I Hate About You musical, Sinners, Andor season 2, The Rehearsal season 2
Main Course: Étoile - Season 1 (2025)
Next Time: Life is Strange (2015)
Appetizers: Mythic Quest's cancellation, Hacks, Yellowjackets, Doctor Who, Dying for Sex, The Pitt
Main Course: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)
Next time: Étoile (2025)
Appetizers: Avengers: Doomsday, Nintendo Switch 2, Mayhem - Lady Gaga, Severance, The Studio, Mythic Quest, Assassin's Creed: Shadows
Main Course: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)
Next time: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)
Appetizers: Mickey 17, Righteous Gemstones season 4 premiere, The Pitt, Watson, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Main Course: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)
Next time: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)
Appetizers: The Academy Awards, Thunderbolts*, The Traitors
Main Course: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)
Next Time: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)
Appetizers: Avatar: Seven Havens announcement, The Pitt, Clean Slate, Big Boys, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Yellowjackets, Dropout TV
Main Course: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)
Next Time: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)
Appetizers: The possible Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival, Update on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Patrick Wolf's "Dies Irae", The Traitors US season 3 (spoilers up to episode 7), Common Side Effects, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Main Course: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)
Next time: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)
Appetizers: Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie, the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, Severance, The Traitors, Dimension 20: Dungeons & Drag Queens, Laid
Main Course: Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor (2009)
Next time: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)
Appetizers: Nosferatu, Nickel Boys, The Fire Inside, the Abbott Elementary/Always Sunny crossover
Main Course: Oxenfree (2016)
Next time: Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor (2009) and Lupercalia (2011)
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