Episodes

  • Frontrunners and Challengers! Tom Cruise's Best Actor Campaign Begins, Jesse Eisenberg's New Movie and the Wonders of AI

    Frontrunners and Challengers! Tom Cruise's Best Actor Campaign Begins, Jesse Eisenberg's New Movie and the Wonders of AI
    Jun 25 2026
    Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen talk movies and culture, starting with Tom Cruise's Oscar campaign getting started with a Digger teaser, plus the wonders of AI and a true crime story in Michigan that Jeremy lived through.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: Sean Penn Ruins Everything and Disclosure Day, Obsession and More

    Frontrunners and Challengers: Sean Penn Ruins Everything and Disclosure Day, Obsession and More
    Jun 18 2026
    Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk about the state of the film industry and the Oscar race. Sean Penn's January 6th movie, the first AI movie, Disclosure Day's box office and whether Obsession has any Oscar prospects. We also talk about how Hollywood has become so alienating because of its politics and if there is any hope in the future that they will stop being so completely partisan.
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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: Talking Cannes, Obsession and the Oscar Race

    Frontrunners and Challengers: Talking Cannes, Obsession and the Oscar Race
    Jun 11 2026
    After a bit of a break, Sasha, Scott and Jeremy are back to talk Obsession and why the horror genre allows people to be more creative. We talk the current Oscar race and whether Cannes will be a factor this year. We talk AI and why it is not going away any time soon. We also go through Scott's most recent predictions and try to find the “Woke Movie” we know will win Best Picture.
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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: Is Tom Cruise Winning an Oscar This Year?

    Frontrunners and Challengers: Is Tom Cruise Winning an Oscar This Year?
    May 8 2026
    Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen talk about the very early Oscar race, Tom Cruise in Digger, and why we are getting ahead of ourselves and how that’s not great for the Oscars. Also, can Jafar Jackson get a nomination for Michael or is the film too controversial and the Best Actor race in general. Plus, 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: The Paramount Merger, The Cannes Lineup and the Emmy Sidebar

    Frontrunners and Challengers: The Paramount Merger, The Cannes Lineup and the Emmy Sidebar
    Apr 16 2026
    Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Paramount/WB merger and why it's better for Hollywood, the Cannes Lineup that has no American movies, and we talk a bit about the catastrophic year of 2020 and how it broke America.
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: Lessons from 2026 and Project Hail Mary's Oscar Chances

    Frontrunners and Challengers: Lessons from 2026 and Project Hail Mary's Oscar Chances
    Mar 26 2026
    Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen ruminate on last year's Oscar race and what mistakes were made and how the Oscars can improve. Project Hail Mary and way too early Oscar predictions for Best Picture. Plus, will controversy chase the Michael Jackson movie? How will Greta Gerwig's Narnia fare?
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Oscar Podcast: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 98th Oscars

    Oscar Podcast: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 98th Oscars
    Mar 17 2026
    1 hr and 58 mins
  • Frontrunners and Challengers: Final Predictions!

    Frontrunners and Challengers: Final Predictions!
    Mar 12 2026
    Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen hash out their final Oscar predictions before Sunday’s show. Is One Battle After Another set to sweep? Will Sinners upset? Who will be winning Best Actor? Is it better to take risks when predicting or go with the comfortable status quo? All of that and more.
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    2 hrs and 6 mins