Cultured | Hollywood for Smart People

By Nico DeGregorio

Nico is on a mission to make entertainment smart again. Stay tuned every week for thought-provoking analysis from the world of movies, television, music and more. It’s time we all became a little more... more

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March 16, 2021 CULTURED REBOOTS: The 2021 Grammys, Reviewed

Cultured is now exclusively on YouTube. Watch Nico’s breakdown of the 2021 Grammy Awards here.
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9min
January 05, 2021 Cultured #84: Turning the Page on 2020

Nico rings in the New Year with a discussion of where we were and where we’re going in the world of pop culture. Including: how linear television has lost its luster (5:40), how live music will continue to struggle into 2021 (59:44) and how the movie distribution model remains a big question mark (1:23:06). Plus: Nico ranks the the top 10 television shows (21:29) and top five musical albums of 2020 (1:05:30).
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1h 40min
December 03, 2020 Cultured #83: Warner Bros. Bombshell, Grammy Nominations and Silly Best of Lists

Nico breaks down the shocking news coming out of Warner Brothers/HBO Max and what it means for movie theaters. Plus: Grammy nominations (32:16) and a PSA about the inanity of list making (44:20).
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1h 1min
November 13, 2020 Cultured #82: Post-Trump Hollywood and the Legacy of Alex Trebek

Nico reflects on the past four years of movies, television and music and speculates about where headed during the Biden era (1:11). Plus: the incredible life and legacy of Alex Trebek (29:28), the Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime gig (44:38), an update on the streaming wars (50:18) and a review of Netflix’s the Queen’s Gambit (57:18).
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1h 5min
October 09, 2020 Cultured #81: Eddie Van Halen, Barry Jenkins’ Lion King and Fleetwood Mac’s Resurgence

Nico eulogizes the late great Eddie Van Halen (2:00). Then: more cinemas close across the county (15:37), Barry Jenkins signs on for a Lion King sequel (21:38), Amazon drops a trailer for Borat 2 (33:13) and Fleetwood Mac returns to cultural dominance (41:16).
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50min
September 23, 2020 Cultured #80: A Very Schitty Emmy Awards and Rolling Stone’s New Top 500 Albums

Nico breaks down all the action from this year’s socially-distanced Emmy Awards (1:00) and picks nits with Rolling Stone magazine’s new list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (19:03).
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53min
September 15, 2020 Cultured #79: Cuties Causes Controversy, the Oscars Diversify and Tenet Bombs…Hard

Nico unravels the controversy surrounding Netflix’s French film Cuties (1:46). Then: what to make of the Academy’s new inclusion standards (18:44) and why Tenet’s box office performance signals the end of movie theaters as we know them (30:00).
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46min
September 01, 2020 Cultured #78: RIP Chadwick Boseman and the Future of Network TV

Nico talks about the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman and explains why he was one of our last movie stars (1:10). Then: the key takeaways from this year’s anemic fall television schedule and why the death of broadcast TV is inevitable (16:57).
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40min
August 25, 2020 Cultured #77: The Batman, the Synder Cut and More From the DC FanDome

Nico rants about superheroes for a half hour—including The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, The Suicide Squad, The Justice League and everything in-between (0:30). Then: what to make of the partial reopening of movie theaters (29:50) and a new segment called “Why Are You Doing This?” (41:40).
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1h
August 12, 2020 Cultured #76: Movie Theaters on Life Support, WarnerMedia Bloodbath and WAP

Nico discusses all the recent news surrounding AMC Theaters, Universal Studios, Disney’s Mulan and the death of cinemas as we know them (6:00). Plus: What do the recent firings at WarnerMedia say about the launch of HBO Max (24:55)? And what is the medical term for the lil’ dangly thing that swing in the back of my throat (39:25)?
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52min

FAQs about Cultured | Hollywood for Smart People:

How many episodes does Cultured | Hollywood for Smart People have?

The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.