For the season finale, Kyle and Mikey talk about media—-movies, shows, books, games, etc—-they can't stop returning to. From the best seasons of The Simpsons to the Hitman video games, this is a big ol' love fest. And, yes, even Die Hard and A Christmas Carol. Tis the season, after all.
With 2025 winding down, rather than rehashing what we've already talked about, we're looking ahead to things we haven't seen yet. Kyle welcomes Ro and Eric to talk about movies and TV shows—both new and returning—they're most excited for in 2026. Supergirl, The Rings of Power, and a new Resident Evil all get a shout.
As we kick off December, Kyle welcomes author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse who has followed her essential folk horror documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, with a classic-style ghost story, The Occupant of the Room (now on Shudder). Kyle and Kier-La discuss making the short, adapting Algernon Blackwood, and why the holiday season is perfect for spookiness.
Once again, Kyle welcomes back Head Over Feels cofounder Sage Young to talk about The X-Files. This time, it's the end of the original era, with seasons 7, 8, and 9. Agent Doggett fans, let's hear from ya!
This week, Kyle welcomes an honest-to-goodness Gen Zer, Nerdist editorial intern Sarah Campbell, to discuss Stranger Things ahead of its final season. They talk about Sarah's current rewatch, what worked and didn't about the previous seasons, as well as wild internet theories for season 5 and place odds on who's gonna die. Not one mention of Eggos, though.
This week, Kyle welcomes back friend of the show Hector Navarro to take a look at the state of big comic book movies at the moment. 2025 had plenty of offerings, but none made the kind of money they once did. So what does that mean for next year? Does Avengers: Doomsday have a chance to break $1 billion? What about Supergirl?
This week, Kyle welcomes back Adam Murray to discuss another weird '90s movie from their childhood. This time it's arguably (although who would argue) the first actually good video game movie, 1995's Mortal Kombat. Why did it work? Does it hold up 30 years later? And where does it fall in the canon of video game flicks?
For the final episode of this spooky season, Kyle welcomes back Eric and Mikey to discuss the classic Universal Monsters movies. Eric and Kyle are big fans; Mikey has never seen a single one...until now! How well do these nearly 100-year-old movies fare to a brand new viewer in 2025? Is there a reason Halloween can't get enough of them?
This week, Kyle welcomes back Lindsey Romain to talk about why and how horror media can be comforting and what specifically they look for in cozy horror watches. Get those pencils ready to write down the metric ton of titles they mention!
Kyle has some conflicted feelings about Peacemaker season 2, which just wrapped up on HBO Max. Joining him to parse out his thoughts is Popverse staff writer and friend of the show Jules Chin Greene. They also discuss the future of the DCU and the hopes for what's next.
Ahead of the finale of HBO's Peacemaker season two, Kyle welcomes John Economos himself, Steve Agee, to discuss not just working on the popular DCU series but his love of Three's Company, Dr. Demento, and slasher movies. Also more pneumonia talk than expected.
It's Nerdoween season once again friends, and to kick things off, Tai Gooden returns to the show to talk about the 2023 horror-comedy, The Blackening. She and Kyle discuss why the movie perfectly reflects both horror tropes and racial stereotypes and why it's important.
This week, Eric is back to talk with Kyle about the just-wrapped first season of FX's Alien: Earth. How well does it continue the legacy of the Alien franchise? Does it hold up as its own thing? And why is the damn sheep the scariest creature on the show? Also, listen to Kyle's exclusive interview with show creator and head writer Noah Hawley!
It's been 25 years since superhero cinema as we know it began with the very first X-Men movie. Eric Diaz joins Kyle once again to reflect on the film's initial release, what it gave us, and whether or not it holds up at all.
If you can believe it, the Muppets are 70 years old this year. While once they were everywhere, known to children and grown-ups alike, today they've lost a lot of their cultural relevance. But is there a world where the Muppets can come back strong? That's what Kyle and Mikey discuss this week. From The Muppet Show to Sesame Street to Muppet Babies, we need the felt party to continue.
It may barely be September, but we're already thinking about spooky times. As such, this week Kyle is joined by Nerdist Editor-in-Chief Ro Rusak to discuss this year's Halloween Horror Nights offerings at Universal Orlando. Which houses are worth your time, which are a pass, and which house is the grossest? (Spoilers, it's the Terrifier one.)
This week, Kyle couldn't decide what movie turning 30 this year he wanted to talk about, so he chose all of them! It's a certified longboy as returning guest Lindsey Romain and Kyle go month by month through 1995 and reflect on the huge number of stone-cold classics that came out that year. It's a Millennial Nostalgia Fest.
This week, Kyle watched a bunch of episodes of Jem and the Holograms, the cartoon series from the '80s, at the behest of Tai Gooden. Turns out, it's way different, and way more interesting, than he expected. Music and fashion, sure, but also sci-fi computers and loads of crime. Whoa!
This week, Kyle welcomes back Jules Chin Greene to discuss the summer movie season that was as well as Zach Cregger's new hit horror movie, Weapons. Plus more about Superman and Fantastic Four, in case you haven't gotten tired of that yet.
The busiest movie month in ages comes to a close with Marvel's last foray of 2025, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Joining Kyle to discuss the film and all the wild things happening at Marvel Studios lately is friend of the show Hector Navarro. Did we like the movie? And more importantly, is this a harbinger of things to come for the MCU?