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We came, we saw, we Barbieheimered. Do we agree on Barbie vs Oppenheimer order? Who had the weirdest decapitated Barbie? Find out!

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Vehicle Experience Designer Dalal Elsheikh is here to dispel the myth of the gendered toy (and job role), vehicle designer myths, and Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge.

Note: At the time of recording SAG-AFTRA's guidance has not asked film critics and entertainment journalists to cease coverage.

More about Dalal Elsheikh:

Elsheikh is a vehicle experience designer, futurist and Hot Wheels Brand Ambassador. 

She has been a designer for the Ford Motor Company, she recently served as a Hot Wheels Legends Tour finale judge alongside Jay Leno.

Elsheikh is an alumni of Art Center College of Design and a space flight enthusiast. She’s a first-generation American, holding space for girls and women of color in male-dominated fields.

Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge is airing on Tuesdays on NBC and is available on Peacock.

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Before we head into Barbieheimer territory we're taking a last look at Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One with action aficionados Rin and Rebecca! We find out that love is the ultimate stunt, talk disavowed besties, and who we'd hand the franchise to.

Note: At the time of recording SAG-AFTRA's guidance has not asked film critics and entertainment journalists to cease coverage.

More about Rin:

Rin Olsson is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Alaska, Rin never backs down from a challenge — be it navigating the 405 at rush hour, learning how to surf, or watching every single Mission Impossible movie.

Rin also owns Rinessance Media, a copywriting service for online business owners who want killer advertising copy without sacrificing their time  - get 10% off a copy package when you use the code W3POD at booking. 

More about Rebecca:

Rebecca Ringley is an LA-based Casting Director with over a decade of experience in scripted and unscripted series casting. She is currently part of the casting team responsible for The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and shows within the 90 Day Fiancé universe.

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We're doing the first half of Barbieheimer by focusing on our dear Barbara Millicent Roberts in Barbie.

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In a shock to no one it turns out Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One was slightly more possible than anticipated. Plus have some of us hit our limit with Secret Invasion? Finally The Afterparty returns for a brilliant second season.

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Jack Whitehall and Paul Walter Hauser discuss patricide, AI related strikes, and lizard co-stars.

Recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

The Afterparty is streaming on Apple TV+.

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Stars Anna Konkle and Elizabeth Perkins are here to chat murder methods most foul, skydiving, and cast accomplices for Season 2 of The Afterparty.

The Afterparty is streaming on Apple TV+.

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Tom Cruise is back for his seventh outing as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, a film with a title almost as long as the runtime. Apple TV+'s brilliant genre hopping comedy The Afterparty returns for a season two.

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We discuss the merits of sending your parents to Joy Ride, the history of adapting Nimona, and catch up on Secret Invasion.

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Writer / Director Savanah Leaf and star Tia Nomore discuss their new film, Earth Mama, the importance of found family, media representation, and the challenges of recreating an Oakland sideshow.

More about Earth Mama

With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids, in this singular debut feature from filmmaker Savanah Leaf. A glowing breakout at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Starring Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii, and Dominic Fike.

More about Savanah Leaf

Savanah Leaf is an Olympian and award-winning filmmaker, whose work weaves magical realism with poignant social commentary. Her latest film The Heart Still Hums (2020) is a short documentary following the stories of five women as they fight for their children through the cycle of homelessness, drug addiction and neglect from their own parents. The film won Best Documentary Short at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, BlackStar Film Festival and Nashville Film Festival and was released with Fox Searchlight Shorts. Her music video ‘This Land’ for Gary Clark Jr. was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2020 Grammys. Other recent films include: ‘What’s Going On’, a film made for Marvin Gaye’s 1971 hit song, commissioned by Universal Music’s ‘Never Made’ series, ‘Dream’, a film set to Nikki Giovanni’s poem and Flying Lotus’ music, commissioned by the 2020 Biden/Harris campaign; ‘We Matter Too’, a Webby and Shots award-winning animated visualization of phone calls she conducted with incarcerated people during the COVID-19 Pandemic, commissioned by rapper Common, the ARC and ACLU.

More about Tia Nomore

Coming up in cypher circles and freestyle battle arenas, Tia Nomore forced her entry into hip-hop’s boys club. The 28-year-old’s claim as Oakland rap’s little sister started as a teenager when she would jump into her older brother’s rap circles and ditch class to record G-funk- inspired hyphy music. Now a fully realized artist and experienced Oakland emcee with three records under her belt — 2019’s Level, 2018’s Gooney Tunes (alongside Bruh from Last Night and MVCK) and 2016 Halloween— Tia’s fiery wits, lyrical dismantling and command for respect, continue to bring her to new bold artistic territory. The past two years have seen her sharing stages with Princess Nokia and Smino, and releasing singles “DRIP” and “Skirmish,” two addictive collaborations with fellow Town girl and rapper Stoni.

Earth Mama is in theaters now.

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