Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show: Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie has an insane budget and concerning rumors, Sony has a diabolical plan for their Beatles movies, and Skydance is going all in on franchises.

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00:00 Intro + You Can See Everything

07:59 The Magicians Nephew rumors

14:49 Krumholtz is back

18:22 The Beatles movies

25:46 Emma Stone coming for Meryl’s record

28:56 Skydance goes all in on franchises

33:54 List game

41:08 Hot takes

46:03 Watching

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show, The Batman II just hit another major snag, I have great news for KPop Demon Hunters fans, and the creator of Mad Men is finally making another show.

https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & The Social Reckoning premiere06:08 The Batman II delayed again11:22 Sorkin compliments Strong18:07 Kpop Demon Hunters 2 update22:12 Jennifer Lawrence going rom com 27:10 Matthew Weiner developing show with Eddie Murphy30:51 List game: Sorkin rankings35:46 Hot takes43:01 What we’re watching#thebatman2 #thebatmanpartII #movies #kpopdemonhunters #thesocialreckoning #aaronsorkin

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today’s show we talk Taylor Swift and the VMAs, Ryan Murphy GLEE reboot update, Tom Holland finding his Ginger Rogers, and a new new Mary Poppins might be on the way.

https://www.popculturebrain.com/p/links00:00 Intro & Taylor Swift & VMAs07:36 Glee reboot update13:55 Are microdramas the future?23:03 Tom Holland finds his Ginger Rogers25:03 Mary Poppins TV show in the works 28:58 Highest grossing book adaptations 35:11 Pop culture hot takes39:51 What we’re watching

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's show, the Oscar movies you need to see this fall, is Tom Cruise about to flop with Digger, and Netflix just bought a 23-page short story for $1 million.

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#movies #tomcruise #digger #oscars #film

00:00 Intro & Harry Styles concert recap

03:40 Oscar movies preview

13:52 Is Digger going to flop?

22:03 Ted Lasso sparks interest in Negro Leagues Museum

25:00 Netflix buys short story for $1 million

27:38 Robert Pattinson’s highest grossing movies

32:27 Alex hot take

33:55 Lara hot take

35:29 What we watched

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain Podcast! In this week's episode, Alex and Lara are discussing everything that happened at the 2026 Emmy Awards, TV's big award show, including the surprises, mishaps, winners, losers, and records.

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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain Podcast with Alex and Lara! In today's episode: Trump actually wants to rescue Hollywood, while AMC just took a big step to save indie film, and the wild effect a Martin Scorsese movie is having 13 years later.

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Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain PODCAST with Alex and Lara! In today's show: Josh Radnor just got very honest about his How I Met Your Mother co-stars, I know exactly what Tom Holland and Zendaya should do next, and the box office disappointments from 2025 that became streaming hits.

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00:00 Intro & Paranormal Activity on Broadway

03:09 Josh Radnor on the HIMYM cast

08:49 David Krumholtz is taking a break

15:18 What Tom and Zendaya should do next

18:15 Box office disappointments top streaming

23:53 Top 10 Looney Tunes characters

28:14 Lara’s hot take

30:45 Alex’s hot take

34:28 What we watched