Hey Julie! - Big Brother & Survivor Recaps
By Hey Julie
Hey Julie! - Big Brother & Survivor RecapsOct 29, 2021
Licorice Pizza: More reward challenge drama as we say goodnight to sweet Venus aka Venise
Danielle & Brett are back to recap Wednesday's episode of #Survivor46 which quite unfortunately sent Venus to the jury. All good things must come to an end. What did not end, however, was the amount of drama that unfolded as a result of a reward pizza party that was only shared by Maria, Q & Ben. Has a season ever had so much fighting around food rewards? Later in the episode, Danielle gives her reaction to #Challengers, talks about her recent rewatch of 'Boogie Nights' & Brett took in 'Everybody's in LA' which makes him ask: is late night back?
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TGIApplebee's: Survivor 46's iconic meltdown, 'Challengers' dials it up & 'The Idea of You' flops
Brett & Danielle are back for the most anticipated episode of the season. What happens when the two most important pieces of pop-culture in the same week both hinge on trips to Applebee's? Cinematic and television gold. For the first half of the show, they discuss Liz' iconic and profound meltdown after not getting selected for an Applebee's reward on #Survivor46. In the second half, they answer your questions, Brett shares his glee about 'Challengers' and its own Applebee's spon-con & Danielle closes out the show lamenting about her much anticipated viewing of Prime Video's 'The Idea of You'. Follow Hey Julie on Twitter and submit your questions @HeyJulieBB, our Discord server, or email us heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com!
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Hunter becomes the hunted, Jeff not so spicy & Danielle's dramatic reading of 'Elsbeth'
Danielle & Brett recap the latest episode of #Survivor46 in which Hunter was sent home after a wild tribal council that included more antics from Q, the possibility of two idols being played & a tied vote. Jeff was purportedly spicy in this episode, as evidenced by the title 'Spicy Jeff,' but what propose is: Maybe he wasnt? Later in the episode, Danielle reports back on watching the first two episodes of 'Elsbeth' and stages a dramatic reading from one of the show's key characters.
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Long live the Survivor 46 delulu kings & queens, we're in on 'Trap' & split on 'Fallout'
Brett & Danielle are back to recap another episode of #Survivor46. In Wednesday's episode 8, perhaps the best of the season, galaxy-brained Q took over in a way only he could do: by inflicting pure controlled chaos on the rest of the tribe. From a strategy-soaked game of hide & seek to one of the most bonkers tribal council maneuvers in recent memory, one thing is clear: we love our delulu king. We chat about why Q is so great, as well as why there are a handful of purely delusional players this season, making this season more enjoyable than recent entries. Later in the show, Brett shares a few pieces of CBS news out of Hollywood, Danielle praises the trailer for 'Trap', which sparks a debate about nepo babies, and the gang wraps up the show discussing their split opinions on Prime Video's #Fallout.
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Venus & Soda hit breaking point, 'Sex & the City' discourse + 'Monkey Man', 'Civil War' & 'Ripley'
Brett & Danielle are back for another episode of Hey Julie. The pair discuss Wednesday's episode of #Survivor46, which saw Soda & Tim sent home on a double-tribal council night, while Maria & Kenzie took home the first individual immunity idols of the season. Meanwhile, our girl Venus just keeps trucking along, despite no one liking her. Master manipulator? Or Forrest Gumping her way to the finish by luck and gumption? Later in the show, Danielle talks about Netflix's "Ripley" and the "Joker: Folie a Deux" trailer, while Brett shares his thoughts on "Monkey Man" & "Civil War." Closing out the show, Danielle MUST talk about the 'Sex & the City' discourse.
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Moriah & Venus hunt for blood in Survivor 46, revisiting 'The Social Network' & Borat single??
Brett & Dani are back to recap Survivor 46 episode 6. Moriah and Venus were front and center in this week's merge episode, with Moriah being the unfortunate victim of this week's tribal council. Brett & Dani compare Venus to one iconic Survivor and one iconic Big Brother player of yore. Later, Brett talks about viewing 'The Social Network' and 'Panic Room' at a double feature this week and the interesting place a Facebook movie sits culturally in 2024. Danielle reviews the new Netflix film 'Scoop' & they close discussing the breakup of Isla Fischer & Sacha Baron Cohen, as well as Monday's solar eclipse that will sweep across North America.
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Jem not quite the all-star Brett hoped, Dani watches 'Wonka' & 'Euphoria' season three's bad omen
Brett & Dani react to Wednesday's episode of Survivor & pour one out for early favorite Jem, who was sent home by a 4-2 vote. Brett laments his early winner pick leaving so early and must address the audience after being so blatantly wrong. SAD! Later, Danielle chats about watching 'Wonka' over the week and the new Jake Gyllenhaal remake of 'Road House'. Brett raises a bit of news about 'Euphoria' season three and has some words about 'Unfrosted' the Pop-Tarts movie helmed by Jerry Seinfeld, whose trailer dropped earlier in the week.
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Bhanu runs out of hearts on Survivor 46, Jem increases her status & encroaching franchise fatigue
Danielle & Brett are back to talk about the most recent episode of Survivor 46. It was sadly the end of the line for our king, Bhanu. Probably one of the worst Survivor players in recent memory, if not of all time, the fourth episode of this season ended in one of the least surprising evictions ever...so unsurprising Jeff didn't even do Bhanu the injustice of sending his tribemates to the voting booth. We say RIP to the man so in touch with his emotions he could never survive Survivor. Later in the show, Danielle talks about the most recent season of Love Is Blind & Brett talks about how the new Ghostbusters film and the trailer for this year's Beetlejuice sequel are inducing hard franchise fatigue.
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Randen gets evacuated from Survivor 46, 2024 Oscars review & Kate is till missing
Brett & Dani discuss the third episode of #Survivor46, last weekend's Oscars telecast and more on this week's episode. Randen, who we described last week as a big "WHO?!" fully lived up to his promise by being the first medical evac of the season. Randen, we hardly knew ye. Later in the show, they chat about last Sunday's Oscars broadcast in which old man Brett had a few notes, and Dani talks about her first-time viewings of The Zone of Interest & American Fiction this week. Closing out the episode, Brett & Dani check in on the British royal family (note: Kate still missing) and Boeing.
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Who's who on Survivor 46, Dune 2, Poor Things & the Sydney Sweeny-aissance
After kicking off with some words about the state of modern pop-culture and the meteoric rise in 2024 of Sydney Sweeney, Brett & Danielle dive head-first (Bruce style) into the first two episodes of #survivor46. They break down the two tribal councils and run through the full list of castaways to get initial takeaways on who is a star in the making or who is a WHO!? In the final quarter of the show, they chat about Dune Part Two, Poor Things and a few other pop-culture bits and bobs.
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WE'RE BACK pop-culture roundup 2024: True Detective, The Traitors, Oscar movies & more
WE'RE SO BACK. After a mini-extended New Year's break, Brett & Dani are back to podcast for the remainder of 2024. Survivor 46 is around the corner and Big Brother 26 is likely only months behind that.
Today we're looking back at the six weeks of pop-culture that we missed: True Detective S4, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, The Traitors S2, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Super Bowl commercials and much much more.
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TOPS & FLOPS of 2023: a definitive list
Brett & Dani return with their second annual year-end TOPS & FLOPS list!
Saltburn!
The British!
Movies!
The Idol!
Dungeons & Dragons!
Will Smith!
Listen to hear where they all shake out!
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Dee wins while Survivor 45 flops, Nicole F's reindeer redemption & more 'Maestro'
Brett & Dani are back home (in your ears) for the holidays and kick things off looking back to Wednesday night's Survivor 45 finale, which saw Dee take home the grand prize in what we agree was ultimately a weak and forgettable season.
Big Brother Reindeer Games also ended this week with Nicole Franzel taking home the $100k prize and title of first BBRG champion. Now that she's won two variations of Big Brother, is it time to admit she's one of the show's greats?
Also on the pod, Dani finally watches Netflix's Maestro, Brett is big mad about a new Golden Globes category and for some reason, we dive into commedia dell'arte for about five minutes. As always, it's a weird one.
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Reindeer Games intrigue, Survivor 45's penultimate & absolutely trashing 'Leave the World Behind'
Dani & Brett are back with some rare Big Brother content this time of year, as Reindeer Games aired its first week and gets a surprising amount of praise! They chat about what contestants are their favorites, why Frankie is unstoppable, why the altered mini-series has a welcome place in our hearts & what things a normal season of Big Brother can take from the holiday special.
Later, they touch on the penultimate episode of Survivor 45, where Drew was sent home after acting confident all episode that he would make it very far in the season -- an surefire sign that he wouldn't make it past the episode's torch-snuffing.
Brett & Dani then dive into the new Netflix film, Leave the World Behind. Brett minces no words with his distain for the film.
Finally, Dani talks about the new season of Reacher on Prime Video and we answer two quick listener questions from our Discord.
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Missing Emily on #Survivor45's endgame, BB Reindeer Games cast list & holiday movie recs
Brett & Dani are back to look back at the last two weeks of Survivor 45. Dani, who was previously down on the season, has changed her mind, while Brett now is suddenly feeling bored with the whole endeavor.
They also talk about the recently announced cast for Big Brother: Reindeer Games, which includes nine returning houseguests, some good, some bad, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Closing out the podcast, they take listener Qs and talk about a number of December releases, such as May December, Maestro, Hypnotic and Dani reviews a 14-year-old holiday movie that may very well have never been seen before in human history.
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Becoming Bruce-pilled (or getting bored with) #Survivor45, plus November movie & TV reviews
Brett & Dani are back to catch up with #Survivor45 after taking a few weeks off and they also chat about some movies they've seen recently, including David Fincher's Netflix's 'The Killer,' Showtime's 'The Curse,' FX's 'A Murder at the End of the World' & much more. Subscribe to HEY JULIE on your podcast app of choice: 🎧https://apple.co/2Kov3oG 🎧https://spoti.fi/2zpQAJG Follow #HeyJulie, Brett & Danielle on Twitter or on Discord: 👾https://discord.gg/Fg2ky9mARE 🐦https://twitter.com/HeyJulieBB 👩🏻https://twitter.com/danimop 🧔🏻https://twitter.com/brettrader
BB25 Finale Recap: It was Jag all along & remembering cringe queen Bowie Jane
Brett & Dani convene for one final #bb25 podcast, recapping Jag's win over Matt, Cameron's surprising America's Favorite Houseguest win, the duality of Bowie Jane and whether Cirie & Felicia were justified in casting the two lone votes for Matt to win. Thank you for spending your time with us throughout the BB25 season. We love and appreciate our fans! Stick around for #Survivor45 coverage, movie reviews & possibly even coverage of Big Brother Reindeer Games (if it's good, no promises.) Subscribe to HEY JULIE on your podcast app of choice: 🎧https://apple.co/2Kov3oG 🎧https://spoti.fi/2zpQAJG Follow #HeyJulie, Brett & Danielle on Twitter or on Discord: 👾https://discord.gg/Fg2ky9mARE 🐦https://twitter.com/HeyJulieBB 👩🏻https://twitter.com/danimop 🧔🏻https://twitter.com/brettrader
A very Hey Julie non-Big Brother episode on BB25 finale night
This is a weird one. Dani is visiting Brett in LA on #bb25 finale week for a podcast, but we're both too tired to stay up late, watch the episode AND record a podcast about it. I mean, we'd be up until 11pm or something!
So, live from Brett's living room, we record a special ALL LISTENER Qs episode of the pod and barely touch on Big Brother at all. Which is all you'd expect from the premiere BB casuals podcast.
We'll be back on Saturday with the real BB25 finale recap episode. We promise.
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BB25 Week 13 Recap: Cirie can't survive & whiteboard queen Bowie Jane thrives
Brett & Dani are back to react to this week's #bb25 final five eviction which sent Cirie packing to the jury house and a final four of Bowie Jane, Jag, Matt & Miss Felicia. They also discuss who would win in a Matt/Jag final 2, and why that choice is harder than it seems, why Cirie had such a hard road to the end during the final half of the game and how Bowie Jane's continued dominance of whiteboard competitions has her nearly LOCKED for a 2nd place finish in the game. Also, why the jury segment FLOPPED hard this year, why Blue & America continue to sound completely out of touch with how they played and we briefly touch on this week's surprising #Survivor45 tribal council.
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BB25 Week 12 Recap: Spoopy Szn for Blue & America
Happy Halloween Boils and Ghouls! On a very SPOOPY episode of Hey Julie, Brett & Dani react to this week's double eviction on #bb25 & a worm-tastic episode of #Survivor45 which saw Brando go home on an interesting episode which revealed a lot about how various relationships are progressing in the tribes.
Also on the episode, three different pop-quizzes, Halloween movie discussions and Is 'LOL' cheugy: AN INVESTIGATION.
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BB25 Week 11 Recap: Survivor. Is. Not. Therapy.
Brett & Dani are back after Dani's long travel weekend. In a rare Monday night episode, we chat about the latest in #bb25, including Cory's demise, Jag's steamrolling of the latter part of the game & the return of Johnny Mac.
Leading things off, we chat about last Wednesday's surprising episode of #Survivor45 in which Sean effectively quit due to an overwhelming case of main character energy, prompting a discussion about where Survivor casting goes from here.
At the end of the show, Brett talks about seeing Killers of the Flower Moon, while Danielle chats about The Morning Show and Lessons in Chemistry.
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BB25 Week 10 Recap: Is Bowie Jane actually good at Big Brother?
Brett & Dani are BACK together and they're feeling things. Brett is hungover and panicked because his computer isn't working. Dani is going off no sleep and trying to eat a bowl of soup during the podcast.
But after a week apart, they are back together at last, and that's all that matters. We recap the Bowie Jane HOH week in #BB25 that sent the space cowboy Cameron packing to the jury house. Brett investigates: is Bowie actually good a Big Brother? Is Cirie's chances of winning the game dwindling as lesser players develop a stronger competition resume? What ARE our favorite Kevin Costner movies?
Also, we chat about this week's episode of Survivor 45, which is just the Emily show until further notice.
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BB25 Week 9/Survivor 45 Week 2 Recap: F**kin' Bowie Jane RISES
Terrible (or great) news for you listeners: Dani & Brett are separated this week...but we still have a podcast for you. We braved our continental divide to bring you a podcast on this MOMENTOUS week in the #BB25 journey. Brett & Dani each deliver a 30-minute solo pod with their thoughts on the eviction of Mecole, Brandon's exit from Survivor and the RISE OF BOWIE JANE. Also, Julie Chen's got an audio book & the Exorcist has got some spon-con goin' on.
We appreciate your patience with us as we get weird with the formatting, but we hope you love it.
Be back next week! Maybe!
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BB25 Week 8 + Survivor 45 Premiere: Sometimes people exit the game!
It's been a long few weeks on Big Brother 25. Jared and Cameron have seemingly been around for weeks, despite both having been "evicted" at the last week! In a miraculous turn of events, one of them actually went home this week and the game progressed slightly closer to it's conclusion! Brett & Dani recap a week in BB25 that was boring, made very little progress & probably shouldn't have happened to begin with.
Meanwhile, Survivor 45 premiered with a messy, young & vibrant cast -- and with one of the more odd tribal councils we've ever seen. The Lulu tribe's Hannah Rose quit right before the vote on day 3 leading fans into an uproar about whether or not she should've been cast in the first place. Brett & Dani discuss Hannah's exit, Brandon's tough road ahead and whether Bruce should've returned this season.
Later in the episode, Brett talks about two movies he caught in theaters this week Barry Lyndon (1975) and The Creator (2023).
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BB25 Week 7 Recap: Double "Eviction?" Twist and Bob!
BB25 Week 6 Recap: Duhamel deep dive & Izzy's demise the beginning of Cirie's downfall?
Brett & Dani are back after another week of BB25 action in which Izzy was sent home nearly unanimously and the first cracks are beginning to appear in Cirie's armor. But oh, so much more happened! Bowie Jane appears to be playing the game! The cheekiness will not stand! America & Cory finally put their words to work and flipped the vote against Izzy, instead of just talking about it! Matt made a friend!
But like every episode of Hey Julie, it's about oh-so-much more, including Josh Duhamel's IMDB page, Brett's appearance on a big documentary, basement home theaters & a TON of your questions.
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BB25 Week 5 Recap: Red's dead, baby & SHOCKING nomination spoilers
Brett & Dani are back with a new episode, and what fortuitous timing: they started taping about 10 minutes after Cameron's nominations were revealed on the live feeds -- and boy are they a doozy. Mixing things up a bit, we kick off the episode with SPOILERS about Cameron's nominations and if we're truly in for a groundbreaking shift to the #bb25 season.
Moving backwards, we also chat about Red's departure, Jared's not-hot HOH week which made him look like a quite problematic boyfriend to poor Blue, Julie's denim-themed outfit and Cory's unexplainable vote in Thursday night's eviction.
Also, a lot of listener questions this week including not one but TWO emails.
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BB25 Week 4 Recap: Everything changes, everything stays the same
Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Big Brother 25 (in)action. Dani is PEEVED at the events of the week & the use of the new invincibility twist to effectively make the week a complete waste of time. Brett thinks that it's just an unserious show doing unserious things, so it's actually Big Brother doing what it does best. Who is right?
They also talk about how the producers completely whiffed on explaining how the twist worked, why Bowie Jane dresses like a character from The Matrix, Felicia's condom investigation sparks a long Perry Mason explainer & Brett wonders how Josh Duhamel got the Buddy Games hosting gig. Truly a wide-ranging episode from your king and queen of BB casualdom.
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BB25 Week 3 Recap: Hisam Pressure Cooked!
Dani & Brett are back with another episode, recapping Felicia's HOH which sent Hisam packing back to his glorious life being a doctor and cabaret performer. They also chat about Blue & Jared's relationship, Cory's social game, and Mecole's hilarious sick of this shit edit.
After mourning the loss of Hisam, they move to the result of Thursday night's Pressure Cooker competition, who won and who they nominated.
A listener sends in an email revealing some incredibly strange BB/Hey Julie cross-over fanfic.
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BB25 Week 2 Recap: HOHitis claims Reilly, Hisam & is Cirie an industry-plant?
Dani & Brett are back to recap the happenings from Week 2 of Big Brother 25 including Hisam's HOHitis run wild, his successful anti-Reilly campaign and how the whole affair is likely to cost him the game in Week 3. They also chat about the needlessly long Nether-Gorgon competition, if the producers did Matt dirty with the veto competition & if Cirie's effortless play and amazing DRs are a sign of producer meddling.
They also answer questions about MFK scenarios, BB opening credits gestures & Dani gives her review of Oppenheimer.
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BB25 Week 1 Recap: Quite a lot has happened
No, it's not November already. BB25 only started 9 days ago, yet it feels like a full season has blown by, and we're already the empty husks of ourselves. Why is that?
Well, Reilly had one of the most chaotically simple HOHs and still biffed it, about four hundred alliances and sub-alliances were formed in about three days, Izzy has spun out into crazy game-talk with the entire cast, oh and Luke got removed from the game for being a racist shitbag. Anything we miss?
Brett & Dani dive into all of it this week: the ugliness of Luke, why CBS isn't doing enough to accommodate Matt, Bowie's place in the olds alliance, Kirsten's non-participation in the game, Cirie's masterful gameplay & the casting gold that is Izzy & Hisam.
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BB25 Premiere Recap: Cirie changes the game, dud comps & Julie's onion dress
Brett & Dani are back (ON THEIR BIRTHDAY) to recap the first episode of Big Brother 25 and look at the first 36 hours of feeds. The BB25 broadcast premiere was the usual mix of good and bad, with awkward introduction packages, an even more awkward Frankie Grande clip & four pretty stupid competitions, resulting in four night-one nominees.
In the feeds, a new HOH has been crowned and targets are beginning to form around two unsuspecting houseguests.
At the end of the show, we take your questions on the BB25 multiverse and Panera Bread.
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#BB25 Cast Reaction: The young, the old, the nepo babies & the Australians
Brett & Dani react to the incredibly promising cast of Big Brother 25. Two people named for colors! Two nepo-relatives! A whole lot of olds! An Australian! This cast has everything.
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'Barbenheimer' reviewed, The Rock's SAG donation & why we love 'Full Circle'
August is mere days away and this is quite possibly our last podcast for the next few months without any Big Brother season 25 news.
Kicking things off, Brett talks about his big day at the movies seeing both 'Barbie' & 'Oppenheimer', which both earned two major thumbs up. Brett shares the palpable excitement of seeing both movies, why they worked & how there could be a potential best supporting actor battle brewing between one major star in each movie, keeping the Barbenheimer buzz going until awards season 2024.
Later, Danielle talks about Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's reportedly seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, which is helping actors stay afloat during the strike. She also shares a wild fan theory about Adrien Brody's career and public persona.
Afterwards, they talk about Max's new drama 'Full Circle', why it's a must-watch and Claire Danes' haircut surviving two different drama series in a row.
Closing out the show, Danielle talks about infidelity behind the scenes of the new 'Wicked' movie & why Doja Cat hates her fans.
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Is Tom Cruise aging out of 'Mission: Impossible'? Will we watch a senior citizen 'Bachelor'? Is Jonah Hill cancelled?
Only 2.5 weeks left until Big Brother 25 premieres, so we still have more general pop-culture content for you.
Brett saw Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning: Part One this week and has some thoughts...some thoughts that it was mid.
Dani is cooling on Barbie one week before the film's premiere. Are we already Barbie'd out?
They also talk about rumors that the next Bachelor will be an older gentlemen, revisit why Apple TV's Hijack didn't work on many levels & read through the Jonah Hill text messages.
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The end of 'The Idol', 'Blackberry' is a tale of Canadian hubris, cottage cheese-core & the death of social media
Brett & Dani are back with a new summer episode as we trudge through only a few more weeks without Big Brother.
They open discussing a contentious viral tweet from last week, before diving in to the season (or series) finale of The Idol. Later, they talk about the surprisingly fun (and pro-Canada) film Blackberry, which chronicles the rise and fall of the mid-aughts smartphone.
Also, Brett shares his thoughts on the hard-spiraling death of social media as we know it and Dani must share some thoughts about the proclaimed re-arrival of cottage cheese.
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A holiday weekend with No Hard Feelings, Asteroid City & The Bear season 2
Brett & Dani are back with a hot summer pod to celebrate the holiday weekend. Dani recounts her strong feelings towards the Gran Turismo trailer before sharing her thoughts on No Hard Feelings, which prompts a career-lookback at Jennifer Lawrence, who is seemingly hitting the reset-button after years of franchises & flops.
Brett talks about how Wes Anderson may need a career reset of his own, after strongly disliking Asteroid City.
Finally, the pair share their thoughts on FX's The Bear season 2, take listener questions about Dr. Pepper, Apple TV's Hijack & more.
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It was the week of the lost submarine -- also we love 'The Idol', do these Apple TV+ shows exist & who is your favorite type of New York guy?
Add 'lost submarine' to the lyrics of Billy Joel's neverending 2020s edition of "We Didn't Start the Fire."
Brett & Dani are back for a new pod to cover the week that was in pop-culture while we still wait for BB25 to commence in August. Dani wants to talk about Jennifer Garner and Tom Holland hitting the media circuit for unseen Apple TV+ shows, Brett provides a theory about 'The Idol', and podcasting of course makes its way into the first few episodes of season 2 of 'And Just Like That'.
Of course, we must discuss the international drama of the week, which was the missing/destroyed OceanGate submarine.
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More reactions to 'The Idol', Is 'Black Mirror' season 6 a flop & why 'The Flash' & 'Elemental' bombed
Brett & Dani reconvene for another pop-culture heavy podcast in the absence of any solid Big Brother or Survivor news. They revisit HBO's The Idol and continue their praise of it, despite The Weeknd's confusing presence and general online-hate for the show. Danielle watched The Waterboy (1998) recently and a discussion about early-era Adam Sandler movies ensues.
Both Brett & Dani watched select episodes of Black Mirror season 6 on Netflix and think it's possibly time to put the anthology season to bed if there's nothing serious for Charlie Brooker to explore anymore. Wrapping up the show, they look into this weekend's two huge box office failures in The Flash and Elemental. Are people not seeing movies anymore or are they just not seeing bad ones?
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Live from Toronto! Reviewing the Canada bar scene, thoughts on HBO's The Idol, the Succession finale & Baby Gronk got rizzed up
Join Brett & Danielle for a very special episode! Brett is in Toronto for an extremely rare face-to-face podcast recording session. Danielle hangs out in Brett's hotel room for a discussion of Brett's 18-hour impressions of the city she calls home, Canadian attitudes & customs and the pilot of HBO's The Idol / the finale of HBO's Succession. Danielle also talks about finally seeing Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and we take a boatload of listener questions.
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Survivor 44 finale! Yam Yam goes the distance! An unnecessary Undercover Boss tangent!
Survivor 44! We hardly knew ye! It only felt like a few weeks ago that we were still complaining about this season being stuck in separate tribes (and effectively carrying a split-tribe mechanic deep into the individual portion of the game), and now it's over!
Brett & Dani react to Wednesday night's exciting finale which saw Yam Yam claim the crown as season 44's sole survivor, using his effervescent charm to overcome Heidi's late-game comp & fire heroics, as well as Carolyn's emotional underdog story.
They also say goodbye to fire-challenged fire challenge loser Harry Potter (aka Carson), and a viral TikTok of PF Chang's CEO inspires an extra-long digression in to the history of CBS's Undercover Boss.
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Penultimate Survivor 44! BB25 delayed? Survivor 45 leaked? 'Air' disagreed upon!
Dani & Brett are back with the second to last Survivor 44 recap of the season, and it's not really much of a recap. We're all over the place on this one:
- Dani reviews having a party for 1-year-olds and drinking too much wine
- Brett talks about seeing a familiar face in the leaked cast of Survivor 45
- Will Big Brother 25 be delayed into the fall due to the writer's strike, and what does it mean for Zingbot & BB legend Chris DeJoseph?
- Carolyn survives another week on Survivor 44
- Too much talking about Roseanne
- The successes and failures of Amazon's Air
- Brett mansplains why Michael Jordan retired in 1993
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Danny's De Niro Departure, a dark Carolyn rises & Brett plays Zelda
Brett & Dani are back to recap the latest episode of Survivor 44. BUT FIRST, Dani asks Brett about his experiences playing the new Zelda game.
In Survivor-talk, they chat about the news that future seasons of the show will be going to 90 minutes and whether that is good or bad for the casuals. They talk about this most recent episode of the show, which saw Danny voted out while Carolyn made a bold move with her idol and Yam Yam impressively won his first immunity challenge. And as always, Brett has some notes for Jaime's gameplay.
Tangents abound in this episode, in the second half, Brett & Dani talk about the Star Trek universe, check back in on Vanderpump Rules drama, The Good Doctor memes and in-home toilet etiquette.
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Franny's folly, Survivor 44's A-listers vs. B-listers & Dani explains Vanderpump Rules to Brett
Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Survivor 44. Frannie was sent packing (and into the loving embrace of future-bf Matt Blankenship) this week after winning the episode's reward challenge, her third individual comp win. It threatened the other castaways, particularly yung-Harry Potter lookalike Carson, who felt that Frannie's inclusion of Carolyn on the reward journey was poisoning his tight relationship with Carolyn.
Your hosts also discuss whether or not this cast is made of mostly A-listers or B-listers at this point, and Brett continues to struggle with Jaime's decision making in social situations.
Later in the show, Brett laments Dani's Netflix recommendations and Dani explains some recent Vanderpump Rules drama (and its larger universe) to a completely in-the-dark Brett.
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Kane rolls a critical fail, fake idols are duds & are Marvel movies just bad network TV?
Brett & Dani are back to recap the latest episode of Survivor 44, peanut butter cereal, Dani's thoughts on Marvel movies and the Bob drama that literally tens of people are talking about.
On Survivor, Kane was ousted, putting the orange tribe at a numbers disadvantage for there rest of the game and clearly establishing Frannie, Danny & Heidi as a power-throuple...for now. Meanwhile, has Carolyn's low-key social game dropped her into the perfect situation to win the game now that there are only 8 castaways left?
Also in the episode, Dani talks about whether Marvel movies have just turned into procedural television, Bob controversy, dinosaur TV & we answer a TON of your questions.
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Survivor 44 literally keeps farting along, special Hey Julie announcements & a trip to the mall
Brett and Dani are BACK. In multiple formats! We kick off today's with a few exciting announcements:
(1) We're back on YouTube! Watch our dumb faces there!
(2) We're now on Discord! Talk to us there, if you dare!
For the Survivor chat, Brett & Dani discuss another ho-hum episode as the brilliantly cast season still hesitates to play super aggressively. Mostly, this episode was full of FARTS.
Later in the show, Danielle talks about Netflix's The Diplomat, a follow-up to last week's discussion of the overly-nice gym couple & Brett discusses a harrowing journey to the mall.
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Survivor 44's shark-jumping, Dani's F45 encounter & all hail the rat queen of New York
Brett & Dani react to what may have been one of the most divisive single episodes of Survivor in some time. Matt went home -- whatever -- but the mechanics of his exit absolutely call into question the legitimacy of this season and whether this newest era of the show has too much producer intervention and too many twists.
Later in the show, we take your questions about music, Netflix' Beef and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Dani recalls her experiences at an F45 workout class, discusses her love of House, MD and we discuss the newly-appointed rat czar of New York.
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Survivor 44's medivac madness, looking back at old seasons & is 'Air' on Dani's radar?
We are BACK after a monstrous (and unexpected) three weeks off. Brett & Dani dive into the most recent 3 weeks of Survivor 44, which saw Sarah, Matthew & Josh leave under very different circumstances (including Matthew being the second contestant to leave under medical supervision this season). Your intrepid hosts also talk about some of the older seasons of Survivor they've been catching up on recently, including Fans vs. Favorites, White Collar vs. Blue Collar Vs. No Collar & Second Chance.
Later in the show, Brett reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, while Dani takes the pulse on Air & Barbie.
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Survivor 44 hints at something medieval, Oscars go under the sea
Brett & Dani are back after a two week absence to look back at the last two weeks of Survivor 44 and chat about last week's Academy Awards telecast. They sing the praises of Survivor Queen Carolyn & Brett shares his theory about how the strange medieval theme to this year's season may tie into some upcoming spon-con.
In the second half of the show, they take listener questions about the Scream franchise, Chris Rock's new standup special and look back at last week's undah tha sea-themed Oscars.
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MEDIC!! It's Survivor 44's return & Dani seeks justice 4 Sebastian
Oh my lord, that's Dr. Will's music! No, not that Dr. Will. Some other guy named Will who is (apparently) the chief doctor on Survivor island.
Survivor season 44 premiered last night and it seems like half of the cast needed to be sent to the hospital. Dani & Brett talk about the wild amount of injuries, poor Bruce's noggin, the magic of Carolyn, the Matt/Frannie showmance & one of the wilder opening tribal councils in recent memory.
In the second half of the show, Dani talks about the movie Plane, and the trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy leads into a rousing conversation about Disney remakes and the new Little Mermaid.
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