The 2022 Oscar Nominations: Snubs, Surprises, and WTFs!
The nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards are here, and Amanda and Sean are breaking all of them down
The Best Movie of 2022 So Far and 10 Sundance Films You Need to Know
Amy Nicholson and Sean also discuss their 2022 Sundance Film Festival experience from the couch, the big acquisitions, and their top 5 favorite movies at the fest
The 2022 Movie Auction!
Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to dig into a new round of competitive auctioneering
The 22 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022
Plus, Amanda and Sean break down George Clooney’s new film, ‘The Tender Bar,’ and celebrate the life and work of the late filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, who died at 82 this week
Year-End Mailbag! The Top 10 Performances, Trailers, and Needle Drops of 2021
In the last episode of the year, Sean and Amanda celebrate 2021 by naming their 10 favorite performances on the big screen
Make Space for Animals
Long before Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space, Laika, a stray dog, crossed the final frontier. Find out what other surprising species were drafted into the astronaut corps.
Testing Your Metal
Catalytic converters are disappearing. If you’ve had yours stolen, you know that rare earth metals are valuable. But these metals are in great demand for things other than converters, such as batteries for electric cars, wind farms and solar panels.
What's a Few Degrees?
Brace yourself for heatwave “Lucifer.” Dangerous deadly heatwaves may soon be so common that we give them names, just like hurricanes. This is one of the dramatic consequences of just a few degrees rise in average temperatures.
Mycology Education
Beneath our feet is a living network just as complex and extensive as the root systems in a forest. Fungi, which evolved in the oceans, were among the first to colonize the barren continents more than a half-billion years ago. They paved the way for land plants, animals, and (eventually) you.
Attack of the Mutants
The omicron variant is surging. More contagious than delta, omicron demonstrates how viruses use mutations to quickly adapt.
Hubble and Beyond
The universe is not just expanding; it’s accelerating. Supermassive black holes are hunkered down at the center of our galaxy and just about every other galaxy, too. We talk about these and other big discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, now in orbit for 30 years.
Talk the Walk
Birds and bees do it … and so do fish. In a discovery that highlights the adaptive benefits of walking, scientists have discovered fish that can walk on land. Not fin-flap their bodies, mind you, but ambulate like reptiles.
