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Matt is joined by film producer Mynette Louie, a cohead of creative producing and assistant professor at Columbia University, to explain how the money is distributed when an indie film is a big hit. They use Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ as an example to discuss how the financial wa ...  Show more

Matt is joined by founder and CEO of Screen Engine/ASI, Kevin Goetz, to talk about his new survey of Gen Z moviegoers to explain the Gen Z box office boom, how Hollywood can better appeal to the new wave of moviegoers, as well as their opinions on major stars, directors, and lega ...  Show more

Author, showrunner, "Mose" from the Office, and creator of The Good Place Mike Schur joins Jameela this week to discuss casting Jameela as Tahani, Jameela learning good set behavior (and not showing everyone funny porn), Mike's "no assholes" rule, why The Trolley Problem is so co ...  Show more

Culture editor Katie Razzall joins Adam to explain why, for the first time since the 1960s, both the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America are on strike. They also speak to the actor Brian Cox.There’s more movie news as ‘Barbenheimer’ fever takes over the red carpet. B ...  Show more

Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay react to the latest Chris Harrison news and who’d a thought David Spade would replace the host? (15:16), and Tiffany Haddish is cast as Flo-Jo (25:55) while the conservative world debates Critical Race Theory (36:55). Finally, legendary standup comed ...  Show more

The one and only Matthew Steven Rife is on the podcast today, in person in Kaitlyn’s brand new and improved podcast studio (pssst… video coming soon!). Kaitlyn just experienced his standup in person and is ready to roast him and get roasted back. KB & Matt are getting into ...