Best pop culture podcasts: start with these episodes
If you are hunting for the best pop culture podcasts to add to your rotation, the fastest way to judge one is to hear it argue. Entertain This! covers film, TV and video games in the same conversation, and every one of our 451 episodes ships with a full word-for-word transcript — so you can read a chunk before you commit an hour of listening.
Best movies episodes
Start here if you came for movie reviews — releases, rewatches and the arguments that follow.
The Fanatic: The Mullet and The Method Acting
Sep 2026 · 1hJohn Travolta in a mullet. Fred Durst behind the camera. A thriller about celebrity obsession that somehow tries to be tender, terrifying, and scary at the same time.
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Chimp Crazy: Private Chimp Ownership Sounds Cute Until It Isn’t
Sep 2026 · 1h 6mA cute baby chimp in a diaper is the most dangerous kind of marketing. We dig into Chimp Crazy, the Tiger King-adjacent documentary that turns “exotic pet” curiosity into a straight-up ethics alarm, as we follow Tonka’s…
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Clue: Communism Was A Red Herring
Sep 2026 · 1h 9mA murder mystery based on a board game sounds like a cash-in, but Clue (1985) is the kind of whodunit comedy that keeps getting funnier the more you watch it.
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True Lies: Taxpayer-Funded Marriage Counseling With Nukes
Aug 2026 · 1h 12mA secret agent can stop terrorists, jump rooftops, and steal a Harrier jet, but he still can’t figure out how to talk to his wife.
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Best tv shows episodes
Prestige drama, streaming churn and the shows worth the binge.
How Glitches And Mishaps Built Entertainment Legends
Jul 2026 · 1h 2mA tiny mistake can rewrite the whole entertainment timeline, and we’re obsessed with the receipts. We kick things off with trivia built around the best “happy accidents” in games, movies, and TV, where a glitch, a…
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How do you transition from dominating local recreation leagues to navigating a post-apocalyptic political thriller or avoiding the Ozark cartels?
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Prestige TV, Gridiron Glory, and the Return of Doom!
Apr 2026 · 53 minBuckle up, entertainment junkies! This week on the Entertain This! Podcast, we’re balancing the "Golden Era" of television with the future of the MCU and beyond.
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Dive into the ultimate 2025 entertainment recap on Entertain This! Podcast as we reveal our top 5 movies, TV shows, and video games of the year—from blockbuster hits to hidden gems that defined 2025.Then, gear up for…
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Best games episodes
Launches, updates and the 90-hour RPGs that eat a month of Tom's life.
Couch co-op used to be the default, and we miss it more than we expected. We start by jumping back into Halo: The Master Chief Collection and talking about what happens when you bring a legendary multiplayer shooter…
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Knight of the Sevenish Kingdoms : The Man Just Kept Getting Up
Mar 2026 · 54 minJoin us on the Entertain This! podcast for a chivalrous dissection of HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, where we gallantly charge through each episode of this Game of Thrones prequel, set a century before the Iron…
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Glitches, Knights, Wrecking Duos & Galactic Dreams
Feb 2026 · 1h 3mBuckle up for a stacked episode dripping with gaming chaos and blockbuster heat!We’re starting strong with a hilarious trivia showdown on the most unhinged bug fixes in video game history—think Skyrim dragons flying…
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Goop Therapy Session: Why We Keep Running Back into the Arc Despite the Trauma (Arc Raiders)
Feb 2026 · 55 minJoin us on Entertain This! — this episode dives deep into the post-apocalyptic world of ARC Raiders.The episode breaks down the game’s core elements with detailed, insightful discussion:• Maps and extraction zones•…
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