High Five: The Podcast

When we got together to talk about Betty White roles and the performances that made us love her, we realized that diving deep into the world of "The Golden Girls" was a necessity. On this special episode, J, Cortney, and Mia welcome friends (and Golden Girls experts) Corbin Eaton and Amanda Strawn to discuss what made us all want to move to Florida in the 90s and let us know that adventures can be had at any age. This episode is filled with memories, stories and all the Olaf, Minnesota references you can handle.

"The Golden Girls" was a show that connected with all of us, and we hope you enjoy spending time in memories of Miami with us. As High Five: the Podcast looks towards retirement, we know that the high fives and the laughs over the years have kept us young and we can't wait until we all join together in that movie community down on the beach. Thank you all for being friends of High Five!

The 2022 Academy Award nominees for 2022 have been announced and while we wait for the end of March to see who wins, we wanted to dedicate a handful of episodes to people we love who are getting honored this year at the Oscars! The first episode in our "2022 High Five Oscar Series" will be centered on a director after our own hearts: Edgar Wright! Aside from last year's Last Night in Soho, Wright has directed some of our favorite films and we wanted to dive as deep into his filmography as legally possible.

What was your favorite host's first Edgar Wright movie? Are there any that didn't pass the sniff test? And most importantly of all, what are our Top 5 Edgar Wright Movies of all Time? We end the episode with a rousing game of "Wright or Wrong" that you simply don't want to miss. Join us as we start our 2022 Oscar journey!

This is the true story of three not-strangers, picked to record a podcast together and have their conversation taped, to find out what happens when people stop ranking politely…and start getting real…The Real High Five: The Podcast. That's the totally real intro for the reality show starring Cortney, Mia, J, and our very special guest, Dana Daniele from the Murder She Joked podcast! This week we are diving into Dana's obsession with reality TV shows to decide once and for all the Best Reality Shows of All Time!

Whether you prefer to cook, forge, travel, or judge, there is a reality show made just for you and our hand-picked panel of experts is here to help navigate all the selections. Hopefully, some of your favorites made the list, but if you're hoping for a Kardashian-filled pod, you won't find it here! Join us as we stop podding nice, and start getting real!

When Betty White passed away at the end of 2021, the world lost a comedic giant. We decided to mourn and remember the way we know best, so Cortney, Mia, and J got together to record a very special episode completely dedicated to Betty White. It wouldn't be a High Five episode without ending with the definitely Top 5 Betty White Roles of all time list!

Did you remember that Betty White was in a horror movie? Do you know what your favorite hosts' earliest memories of Betty White are? If High Five: The Podcast were a Golden Girl, which one would we be? Find out the answers to these questions and so many more as we honor the life, legacy, and our love of Betty White.

Most people just want to forget that 2021 ever happened and just move on, but we at High Five: The Podcast saw some pretty darn good movies over the past calendar year, and Mia, J, and Cortney want to tell you all about it! Since we are narrowing down our Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2021, we couldn't just keep the discussion to 5 movies, so this is a double-stuffed one. Just like your favorite Oreo's!

Join the gang as we go back through a pretty miserable year and talk about the movies and performances that made the cut. We weren't able to see everything that was put out, so our lists are simply our FAVORITES of last year, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't wholeheartedly agree with us! Which of your favorites didn't make the list?

The holidays are a time of giving, which is why we are giving you our most fantasy-inducing, Christmas-tactular, alternate-dimension holiday rompings ever! J, Mia, and Cortney love to love holiday movies, but that doesn't mean that every great Christmas (or other holidays) movie has been made yet. On this Holiday handbag, the gang sits down to decide which directors that have NEVER made a holiday movie need to just get over themselves and make one already!

After we lock in the Top 5 Directors Who SHOULD Make a Holiday Movie list, it's time to envision what those movies could be. We're not going to say that we created the greatest holiday mashups in history on this episode, but that's exactly what happened. So don't miss it!

The holidays are a time for family and whether you like or loathe being around your family, movies offer us a glimpse into all different types of parental figures. On this High Five Family Reunion, Cortney, Mia, and J talk what makes the best kind of movie parents, whether superpowers are required, and which families we would want to infiltrate. It all ends with the definitive list of the Top 5 Movie Parent/Parents of all time!

It wouldn't be a High Five holiday episode without some stories, impressions, and strange non-sequiturs, so don't miss the start of our High Five Holiday Spectaculars. Get ready to open those gifts we got for you?

P.S. They aren't real gifts, just funny impressions, but those are gifts!

We've waited for what feels like 10,000 years for Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune to hit the screens. In 2021 it finally happened and the High Five Gang is dusting off their Gom Jabbars and flying all their dragonfly ships to Arrakis to have an in-depth discussion about everything Atreides, Harkonnen, and naked Oscar Isaac!

On this interstellar voyage is J, who has read some Dune books and has been a fan of the universe for decades, Cortney who read the book watched the first movie and is ready for more, and Mia the Dune newcomer to see how she felt being dropped into the future. What did we all think of Dune (2021)? You'll have to listen to find out!

Oh Frances, our Frances! Why has it taken so long for us to record an episode about the Top 5 Best Frances McDormand Roles, you may be wondering? Well, every time we almost started a list, she came out with another movie that was freaking amazing! We just gave up. She will always be creating wondrous new art, and with her adaptation of The Tragedy of Macbeth coming out this year, it was nigh time we discussed her acting domination.

From Blood Simple to Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, J, Cortney, and Mia are talking through everything we've loved Frances in and talk about what makes her such a stellar actor. Can you think of a time she wasn't amazing? Yeah, even in Transformers 3. That's what we thought! Come celebrate Frances the Queen with us on this week's episode of High Five: The Podcast!

This has been a year of introspection and the High Five Hosts are celebrating by diving into their inner film psyche and putting on our Armchair Therapist hats this week. Do you want to know which movies made the biggest impact on your favorite hosts? What about learning how animatronic dinosaurs altered lives. You'll find out all that and more on our Top 5 Movies That Changed Our Lives list episode!

We're getting personal this time around and J may even cry a few times, but don't worry because Cortney and Mia will be there to keep things professional. Also, what would an episode dedicated to life-changing movies be without a game designed to mess those movies up! This is a High Five Film Therapy Session you'll be talking about for years!