Listeners, this week G+J are discussing a buzzy anthology series that doubles as a recurring theme of this podcast: Beef! The boys are impressed with this darkly comic Netflix project starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton. Before they venture into the intergenerational battlefield, they break down Amazon MGM dropping Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’, A24 accepting money from Google in a new AI partnership, and an all-women festival from Olivia Rodrigo. Sis, are we unc chopped?

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:54 Catch-Up ft. Shampooing Redux

06:44 Amazon MGM Drops ‘Artificial’, Citing $50B Investment in OpenAI 

12:19 Google Invests $75M in A24 in an AI Research Partnership

18:13 Olivia Rodrigo Launches Daisy Chain Fields Festival with an All-Woman Lineup

23:03 Charli xcx Releases “Wink Wink”, the 3rd Single off ‘Music, Fashion, Film’

28:38 Beef s2 (Spoiler-free)

52:34 *SPOILERS* for Beef s2

01:13:40 Pet Owner Sidebar

01:20:26 Justin’s What’s Good: MIO: Memories in Orbit

01:23:25 Geoff’s What’s Good: missladysalad, Taryn Delanie Smith & Olivia Nicole Hoffman

01:30:47 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: missladysalad (Instagram), Taryn Delanie Smith (Instagram) & Olivia Nicole Hoffman (Instagram)

Justin: MIO: Memories in Orbit (Nintendo eShop) (Playstation Store) (Xbox Store) (Steam)

Links:

Bants! on TikTok

Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios (The Hollywood Reporter)

Netflix, Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ (The Hollywood Reporter)

A24 and Google DeepMind to Form an AI Venture (The Hollywood Reporter)

Olivia Rodrigo Launches Music Festival Daisy Chain Fields (Pitchfork)

Wink Wink (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

Socials:

Instagram • TikTok • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Listeners, we did it! One hundred episodes! Tune in to listen to us answer your questions as we dig into our mailbag. What are our three desert island albums? Who’s in our ‘Survivor’ pantheon? And most importantly, do we really need another podcast hosted by men?? Tune in to find out. Here’s to a hundred more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:44 Catch-Up

10:40 ‘Shrek 5’ Has a Trailer 

15:06 Mike Myers Says ‘Austin Powers 4’ Is Coming

18:52 Jim Carrey Is Returning to Play the Grinch ft. Reboot vs. Sequel Debate

29:38 What’s the Best Way to Support the Pod?

33:17 What Are Our Drag Routines? 

36:19 What Are Our Desert Island Albums?

40:32 Sidebar: Top 3 Beyoncé Albums

41:47 What Are Our Favorite Names?

44:00 Who Is in Our ‘Survivor’ Pantheon?

50:17 Bachelor/Bachelorette Party Advice ft. Darren

01:00:04 Do We Really Need More Podcasts Hosted by Men?

01:04:59 What’re Our Optimal Bagel Orders?

01:08:57 A Gentrification Situation

01:15:56 What Would Zendaya’s Music Career Look Like?

01:18:53 What Are Our Nighttime Routines?

01:32:03 Drawing Straws

01:33:40 Which of Us Would Win a Fight Using Only Our Feet?

01:34:54 When Is the Bee Mix Dropping?

01:37:21 Justin’s What’s Good: car crash & thumbs

01:38:43 Geoff’s What’s Good: Shrill

01:40:37 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: Shrill (Netflix) (Disney+)

Justin: “car crash” & “thumbs” by jigitz (Spotify)

Links:

Shrek 5 Teaser Trailer (YouTube)

Mike Myers Says, “Yes,” There Will Be An ‘Austin Powers 4’ (Deadline)

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ Sequel in the Works with Jim Carrey, Ron Howard (The Hollywood Reporter)

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

If you’ve been wondering where the summer albums at, fear not: Olivia Rodrigo (ORod, get into it) has delivered! The boys are breaking down her third album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ this week, and it’s an AOTY contender. G+J also chat about the Knicks’ win, a possible budding romance between Keke Palmer & Sean Evans, Marty Scorsese getting in on that AI money, and the first trailer for ‘The Social Reckoning’. Comment below listeners dear: do you know what “Knicks in Five” means??

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:22 Catch-Up ft. the Knicks

10:45 Are Sean Evans & Keke Palmer Dating?

16:53 Martin Scorsese Gets into the AI Biz

22:10 ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets a Trailer

28:23 New Taylor Swift Single Off the ‘Toy Story 5’ Soundtrack ft. MSG Wedding Rumors

33:40 you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

56:12 Justin’s What’s Good: Who’s the Clown?

01:04:30 Geoff’s What’s Good: Better Call Saul

01:12:08 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: Better Call Saul (Netflix)

Justin: ‘Who’s the Clown?’ by Audrey Hobert (Spotify)

Links:

Knicks in 4 (TikTok)

Mariska Hargitay Celebrates the Knicks’ Game 4 Win (Instagram)

Keke Palmer and Sean Evans Fuel Dating Chatter During Cozy NYC Date (TMZ)

Martin Scorsese x Black Forest Labs (YouTube)

Martin Scorsese Backs AI Company and Says He’s Using It to Storyboard Movies: ‘We Have to Be Open to How’ Cinema Can ‘Evolve’ (Variety)

The Social Reckoning (Official Trailer) (YouTube)

I Knew It, I Knew You (YouTube)

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding at MSG makes for red-hot summer in NYC (New York Post)

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Our national nightmare is over, listeners—no, not that one, but ‘Euphoria’ has ended! G+J break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Sam Levinson’s latest critical bomb. But first, they chat about a new single from Ariana Grande, a new album from Charli xcx, and Dua Lipa getting hitched! Maybe the real Euphoria was the friends we made along the way?

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:27 Catch-Up

07:32 Ariana Grande’s New Single

14:33 Charli Announces New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’

20:53 Madonna’s on Grindr

23:54 Dua Lipa & Callum Turner Tie the Knot ft. ‘One Night Only’

29:23 Euphoria s3 (Spoiler-free)

52:27 *SPOILERS* for Euphoria s3

01:26:36 Justin’s What’s Good: Backrooms

01:41:24 Geoff’s What’s Good: The Real Housewives of Rhode Island

01:47:22 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: The Real Housewives of Rhode Island (Peacock)

Justin: Backrooms (Official Site)

Links:

hate that i made you love me (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

Charli XCX Announces New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ (Pitchfork)

Inside Madonna’s Horny, Full-Throttle Grindr Takeover (Wired)

Everything We Know About Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s Sicily Wedding (Vogue)

One Night Only (Official Trailer) (YouTube)

Keke Palmer on 2 girls 1 cup (The Hollywood Reporter via Instagram)

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Geoff is sick, so we’re reposting our ‘brat’ episode this week! Brat Summer lives!!! We’ll be back next week with coverage of the ‘Euphoria’ finale!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:45 Catch-Up & Welcome Gillie

02:55 Taylor Swift’s Chart Domination Tactics

13:50 The Rat Boyfriend Phenomenon

21:14 brat

01:16:43  Justin’s What’s Good: I Saw the TV Glow

01:20:02 Geoff’s What’s Good: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

01:28:24 Gillie’s What’s Good: A Devastating Turn of Events

01:32:31 Outro

What’s Good?

Geoff: ⁠’The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’⁠ by Chappell Roan (Spotify)

Justin: ‘⁠I Saw the TV Glow’⁠ (HBO Max)

Gillie: ⁠’A Devastating Turn of Events’⁠ by Rachel Chinouriri (Spotify)

Links:

⁠Taylor Swift Drops New ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Versions—As Fans Accuse Singer Of Blocking Charli XCX From No. 1⁠ (Forbes)

Who Is a ‘Rodent Man’? (New York Times)

The Idea of You | Official Trailer (YouTube)

The entire Infamous Bimbo Summit newspaper article (r/popculturechat via Reddit)

Addison Rae SCREAMS on Stage With Charli XCX During SURPRISE Performance! (YouTube)

⁠Lorde Surprises at Charli XCX Concert in NYC⁠ (TikTok)

⁠Charli Breaks Down "365" on Tape Notes⁠ (Instagram)

⁠Chappell Roan comes out as the Statue of Liberty at Gov Ball 🗽⁠  (Instagram)

WILLOW: Tiny Desk Concert (YouTube)

Credits:

Song: Tollef - Time With You (feat. RVLE) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TWU

Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Travel back in time with the boys to 2016 as they cover ‘Arrival’, the now-classic film from Denis Villeneuve! Before they enter the heptapod chamber, G+J cover new singles from Olivia Rodrigo and Charli; Jeff Probst’s ‘Survivor 50’ fuck up; a new show from Damon Lindelof & Laura Linney, ‘Lanterns’; and the longest standing Os from Cannes! Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, dear listeners, we welcome every moment of it.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:08 Catch-Up ft. ‘Mulholland Drive’

06:26 Charli Continues Her New Era with “SS26” & Fav Product Placement

16:52 Checking in on ‘HotD’

18:44 Olivia Rodrigo Drops “the cure”

22:56 ‘Survivor 50’ Post-Mortem (SPOILERS)

36:42 ‘Lanterns’: A DCU Lindelof Show ft. ‘Supergirl’ Expectations

45:05 Cannes Standing O Rankings

56:26 Arrival (Spoiler-free)

01:10:23 *SPOILERS* for Arrival

01:30:34 Justin’s What’s Good: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

01:39:13 Geoff’s What’s Good: Taboo & Pin Frogs

01:44:00 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: Taboo (Walmart) & Pin Frogs (Temu)

Justin: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Nintendo eShop) (Steam) 

Links:

Geoff’s Intro (Instagram)

SS26 (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

the cure (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

Lanterns (Official Trailer) (YouTube)

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival Standing-O-Meter (Vulture)

Inside Amy Schumer - Last F**kable Day (YouTube)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Sometimes we’re late to the party, listeners dear, and that is certainly the case with this week’s main topic Zara Larsson! We missed her 2025 album ‘Midnight Sun’ but are back for the remix album, ‘Girls Trip’. Before the boys dive into this feature-filled record, they tackle a litany of hot topics: a more-evil-than-usual Met Gala; the new single from Charli xcx, “Rock Music”; two of the most exciting films from Cannes, ‘Club Kid’ and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’; and new singles from Madonna, Sabrina Carpenter, and Gracie Abrams. The nerve damage is real.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:18 Catch-Up

10:32 Met Gala Takes

19:51 Jordan Firstman’s Directorial Debut ‘Club Kid’ Is Lauded at Cannes

25:26 Cannes Premiere of Jane Shoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

31:18 Breaking Down Charli’s “Rock Music”

39:47 Gracie Abrams Drops Single “Hit the Wall” Off Upcoming Album ‘Daughter from Hell’

43:21 New Madonna Single “Bring Your Love” ft. Sabrina Carpenter

50:24 Midnight Sun: Girls Trip

01:30:34 Justin’s What’s Good: Widow’s Bay

01:44:25 Geoff’s What’s Good: Cities: Skylines

01:52:55 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: Cities: Skylines (Steam)

Justin: Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)

Links:

See Every Look from the Met Gala 2026 Red Carpet (Vogue)

A24 Wins Bidding War for ‘Club Kid’ (The Hollywood Reporter)

“Rock Music” by Charli xcx (Spotify)

“Hit the Wall” by Gracie Abrams (Spotify)

“Bring Your Love” by Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter (Spotify)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

This week, we’re *Geoff voice* FLUSHING THE FORMAT and inviting our actual mothers, Sue & Teresa, onto the pod. We asked each to pick one formative piece of pop culture to talk about—Justin & Teresa dig into the influential sitcom ‘All in the Family’, and Geoff & Sue chat about the Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen.  Happy belated Mother’s Day, listeners dear!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:05 Teresa’s Pick: All in the Family

31:06 Sue’s Pick: Bruce Springsteen & Born in the USA

01:07:05 Outro

Links:

All in the Family (Tubi)

‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen (Spotify)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Thank the devil herself, this legasequel is actually good! This week, G+J cover everything ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ gets right about living through the media apocalypse, and everything it gets wrong about Australian love interests. Geoff is especially excited to talk hot topics this week, including a new album from pod fav Ariana Grande and Laura Dern joining the cast of ‘The White Lotus’. That’s all!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:31 Catch-Up

12:09 Ariana Grande Announces New Album ‘petal’

16:59 Is Beyoncé’s act iii Dropping Soon?

18:15 ‘White Lotus’ Cast ft. Laura Dern & Survivor 50

23:08 Teaser for Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’

30:08 Olivia Rodrigo Premieres “begged” on SNL

32:14 Gámez-Cuéllar Mariachi Brothers Opening for Kacey Musgraves

36:40 The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Spoiler-Free)

59:50 *SPOILERS* for The Devil Wears Prada 2

01:26:56 Justin’s What’s Good: Beef

01:35:44 Geoff’s What’s Good: Kath & Kim

01:42:30 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: Kath & Kim (Netflix)

Justin: Beef Season 1 (Netflix)

Links:

Ariana Grande Announces New Album Petal (Pitchfork)

‘The White Lotus’ Cast: See Who’s Checking in for Season 4 (The Hollywood Reporter)

Laura Dern Boards ‘The White Lotus’ After Helena Bonham Carter’s Departure (The Hollywood Reporter)

Resident Evil - Official Teaser Trailer (YouTube)

Olivia Rodrigo - begged (SNL) (YouTube)

Kacey Musgraves Taps Mariachi Brothers Detained by ICE to Open Shows (Rolling Stone)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify

Grab your bejeweled mics and hottest semi-religious fits, listeners, because Geoff & Justin are covering the popstar-obsessed ‘Mother Mary’! Before they jump into David Lowery’s latest film starring Anne Hathaway & Michaela Coel, the boys chat about Charli’s new era, weekend 2 of Coachella, new music from pod fav Olivia Rodrigo, and a Martha Stewart biopic from ‘Zola’ filmmaker Janicza Bravo and Cate Blanchett. This might be the best podcast ever recorded.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:13 Catch-Up

06:37 Charli’s New Era

14:33 Madonna’s New Single “I Feel So Free”

16:39 Coachella Weekend 2 Thoughts

30:59 New Single and Music Video from Olivia Rodrigo

34:46 A Martha Stewart Biopic Is on the Way

40:04 Mother Mary (Spoiler-free)

59:55 *SPOILERS* for Mother Mary

01:16:09 Mother Mary: Greatest Hits (Soundtrack Album)

01:24:26 Justin’s What’s Good: Ö

01:30:26 Geoff’s What’s Good: Better & Ultra 2008

01:35:52 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: “Better” by Baauer (Spotify) and Ultra 2008 (Spotify)

Justin: ‘Ö’ by Fcukers (Spotify)

Links:

Charli XCX Lets Vogue In On Her Rock Reinvention (British Vogue)

“I Feel So Free” by Madonna (Spotify)

Madonna Joins Sabrina Carpenter at Coachella (Vanity Fair)

Justin Bieber Serenades Billie Eilish, Duets With SZA During Coachella Weekend Two Headlining Set (Variety)

Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (Official Music Video) (YouTube)

Cate Blanchett to Star as Martha Stewart in Biopic Movie From ‘Zola’ Director Janicza Bravo (Variety)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at [email protected] with questions or recommendations

Views expressed by the hosts are their own, and not those of their employer(s) or any other entity.

Socials:

Instagram • YouTube • What’s Good on Letterboxd • What’s Good on Spotify