Best Phoenix Edge Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 700: Live At Kings Place, London (ft. guests Corin Hardy & Dafne Keen; Bart Layton; Ben Wheatley; Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, & Chi Lewis-Parry; Anthony Russo & Joe Russo) 2:55:21

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It's been delayed by lurgy, but at last it's here, folks: the latest landmark in the Empire Podcast's epic journey, as we reach our 700th episode (not counting all the interview specials, spoiler specials, and sundry other specials). Recorded live, as is tradition, at Kings Place, London, on Friday January 9, it's a near three-hour odyssey of film-…

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ADAMA, BASF, xFarm Technologies, ISFA, Hexagon Bio, AeroFarms, Ardabelle Capital, Trinity AgTech, GrowUp Farms, Sun Capital, Agreenculture, Supernova Invest, Future Food Fund, Unilis (Unigrains Group ... 8:23

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring market corrections and bankruptcies revealing structural challenges, biological crop protection innovations from Micropep Technologies, and strategic partnerships advancing fungicide development and sustainable farming practices. Let's get started! …

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Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal On Hamnet; James Vanderbilt on Nuremberg — An Empire Podcast Interview Special 41:30

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Don't worry, folks — the Empire Podteam may be engaged elsewhere today (Friday, January 9), preparing to do the live show at Kings Place, London, that marks our 700th episode. But we'd never let you down, and let a Friday go without a dose of Empire Podcast goodness. Which brings us to this interview special, in which Helen O'Hara sits down on Zoom…

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The Shameless Plug #11: Peaky Blinding 31:32

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It's finally here! A little later than usual due to some technical mishaps, the latest episode of The Shameless Plug sees Chris Hewitt and Nick de Semlyen sit down on Teams (yes, Teams!) to have a chat about the latest issue of Empire magazine, which is still on sale in all good, evil, and virtual newsagents. In it, our dynamic duo talk about the c…

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The Empire Podcast Preview Of The Films Of 2026 1:36:41

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With the Empire Podcast team still in hibernation until the first show of 2026 (our live show at Kings Place, London, on Jan 9 — check kingsplace.co.uk for last-minute tickets), we're plugging the gap where the regular podcast would usually be with something a little different: a look ahead to the films of 2026, in which Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara,…

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The Empire Podcast Review Of The Year 2025 2:41:08

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And so, as 2025 disappears off into the distance, it's the most wonderful time of what's left of the year, as the Empire Podcast team get together in the podbooth for their marathon deep dive/look back at the cinematic year that was. Join Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer for this near-three-hour behemoth in which they go through the year …

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ADAMA, BASF, xFarm Technologies, ISFA, Hexagon Bio, AeroFarms, Ardabelle Capital, Trinity AgTech, GrowUp Farms, AgreenCulture, CDotBio, Gofar and more! 6:28

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring strategic partnerships in crop protection, six million euro funding for autonomous machinery, and groundbreaking peptide-based biological solutions alongside major industry restructuring. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making H…

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Farewell, Rob (ft. guests Glenn Close; Stephen Lang; Josh Safdie) 2:13:59

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The final Empire Podcast of the year is here, folks, and it's a bumper-sized jamboree, longer than usual and hopefully fit to tide you over until we return with Episode 700 (live from Kings Place) on January 11th. For the first time ever, the revolving fourth chair revolves wildly during the pod itself, so Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer…

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It: Welcome To Derry — An Empire Podcast Special, In Association With Warner Bros. 46:38

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They all float down here. Now that It: Welcome To Derry, the prequel to Andy Muschietti's It Chapter One and It Chapter Two, has finished its eight-episode run, the Empire Podcast has teamed up with Warner Bros. to bring you a special episode in which Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer conquer their fears of clowns, spiders, and spider-clow…

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Paul Thomas Anderson & Boogie Nights: An Empire Podcast Special, In Association With Warner Bros. 44:55

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Boogie Nights wasn't Paul Thomas Anderson's first movie (that was Hard Eight), but it's the film that put him firmly on the map, and served notice that here was a serious filmmaking force. And with the release of a remastered 4K UHD version of Boogie Nights on Monday, December 15, it's the perfect time for the Empire Podcast team — Chris Hewitt, He…

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TTA-ISO, FoodLabs, Farmers Edge, Case IH, Phoenix Manufacturing, Rovensa Next, Koppert, InEdita Bio, Veragrow, Provivi, Syngenta, Locus Fermentation Solutions, DENSO, DELPHY, and Egypt’s indoor farming ... 7:58

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The internet is a global network that connects computers so people can share information. The web is a collection of websites you access through a browser. Browsers work by sending requests to servers, receiving website data, and displaying it on your screen. Search engines scan billions of pages, store them, and show results based on what matches …

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There's Magic In The Air (ft. guests Shih-Ching Tsou & Sean Baker; Daryl McCormack & Cailee Spaeny; James L. Brooks) 1:56:11

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The penultimate regular Empire Podcast of the year is here, folks (don't worry, there are specials galore on the way), and it's a belter. Guest-wise, we have more goodies under the tree, as Jamie Graham talks to longtime collaborators Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker (the director of Anora) about Tsou's directorial debut, Left-Handed Girl, which can …

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F1: An Empire Podcast Interview Special ft. Jerry Bruckheimer, Damson Idris & Kerry Condon 1:04:35

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"Yer man's in the pits, boss!" Joseph Kosinski's crowd-pleasingly kinetic F1 was one of the success stories of the year at the box office, displaying impressive legs (or wheels) to take the chequered flag with over $600 million in the global bank, making it the biggest hit of Brad Pitt's career. And now that the film is making its debut on Apple TV…

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XAG, OpenAgri, CNH Industrial, Bushel Plus, Ancient Organics, Enko, Bayer Crop Science, Arevo, SynTech Research, Biotalys, CANNA, Agroz, SANlight, Cree LED, Sollum Technologies, and SOLASTA Bio 12:52

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring electric agricultural rovers and open-source data platforms, EPA-approved biofungicides and bio-based nutrition systems, and cutting-edge CEA technologies including humanoid robotics and dynamic LED lighting systems. Let's get started! Here’s a Quic…

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QT's Making A List, We're Checking It Twice (ft. guests Taron Egerton; George Clooney & Adam Sandler; Jon M. Chu) 1:58:26

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Christmas on our mind as we enter December, and accordingly we deliver a sackful of great guests to you, our loyal and loving listeners. First off, Chris Hewitt goes to Taron Egerton's actual flat (smells divine... and the flat wasn't bad either) to sit down with him for a candid chat about his career,…

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Ep10: The Calm We Carry 14:17

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In this walking meditation, Zeena invites you to let your steps become a tuning fork for your nervous system—feeling your feet, knees, hips, and breath find a natural rhythm as you move. Along the way, you’ll visualize unclipping the heavy “backpack” of obligations and invisible labor you’ve been carrying, and remember that it isn’t the calm you ch…

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The Shameless Plug #10: The Odyssey Odyssey 42:36

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The new episode of The Shameless Plug is here, folks, and this month sees Chris Hewitt sit down with freshly-minted award winner, Empire editor Nick de Semlyen, to delve into one of the most special issues of Empire magazine in many a moon: our world exclusive first look at Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, for which Nick went on something of an ody…

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BASF Digital Farming, Just Climate, AgroStar, XAG, New Holland, PI Industries, Plant Health Care Plc (now PI AgSciences), Roquette, Cascadia Seaweed, CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency), Centuria Capital ... 10:18

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI-driven crop management platforms, major funding rounds for climate-smart agriculture, strategic plant science rebrands, and controlled environment agriculture expansions. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Plan…

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There Can Be Only Dozens (ft. guests Simu Liu; Ke Huy Quan; Richard Linklater & Ethan Hawke) 1:51:41

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt sit down with two actors who star in animated movies (and ask them both about their favourite things to do in London). First, Simu Liu Zooms in to talk about new Netflix family flick, In Your Dreams, plus his own dreams, and the return of Shang-Chi to the MCU. [21:38 - 38:30 approx] Then, …

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Ep9: A Quiet Pause On Thanksgiving Day 11:54

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Thanksgiving can hold both gratitude and ache — memories of who’s here, and who’s not. In this special Thanksgiving edition of Sacred Steps, Zeena invites you to pause, breathe, and return to the gift of now. Through guided reflection and stillness, you’ll be reminded that even when the day feels complicated, there is beauty in what remains — in th…

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Meet John Angelo, Mike D’Elena and Bradley Opitz, the hosts of CoffeeTalkPodcast.com, your weekly edge when it comes to Arizona Real Estate 50:02

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This fab trio brings a lot of fun to real estate stats and trends. They host an open forum online meet-up, the CoffeeTalkPodcast.com, where they discuss current trends AND the solutions to surging through any market condition to be a successful realtor. Their weekly forum is open conversation to anyone that joins and wants to shop-talk their curren…

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The Jarsons of AZ Architecture share their story on combining their passion for real estate and architecture into a mega successful brokerage 39:05

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Spending time with Scott and Debbie Jarson is never long enough. Their perspective, experience and knowledge of architecture and Greater Phoenix real estate is impressive and inspiring. They are fun, creative and how they’ve shaped a successful brokerage brand through the lens of architecture is something we can all learn from. Take a listen and he…

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Oyster Bay VC, Atrium Agri, Voltrac, Tractor Junction, Ceres AI, Pivot Bio, Amoéba–Syngenta, Valent BioSciences, Seipasa, Biocentis, FA Bio, Bayer, Indoor Ag-Con, Sollum Technologies 11:37

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring major funding rounds for autonomous vehicles and agricultural intelligence platforms, new nitrogen-fixing products and bio-fungicide partnerships, and breakthrough developments in carbon removal and soil carbon validation. Let's get started! Here’s …

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Escape From Malcatraz (ft. guests Benedict Cumberbatch & Dylan Southern; Joel Edgerton & Clint Bentley; Ariana Greenblatt) 1:57:43

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees the podteam — Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer — play themselves as they discuss great 'as themselves' performances in the movies. They also run their collective eye over the week's movie news, including heartening Star Trek developments, review Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good, Playdate, and S…

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All The Information Is On The Task (ft. guests Edgar Wright, Rosamund Pike & Isla Fisher, Michael Shannon) 1:58:03

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast would surely deserve to get a full fat five points from Greg Davies, the Taskmaster himself, as Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and John Nugent apply themselves wholeheartedly (some more wholeheartedly than others, it must be said) to deciding which Taskmaster contestant has appeared in the best fil…

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Julia Ducournau & Tahar Rahim On Alpha: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 24:35

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Alpha is the third film from the brilliant French filmmaker, Julia Ducournau, following on from her titanic debut, Raw, and her raw follow-up, Titane (which won the Palme D'Or, no less!). A tale of an unusual epidemic and generational trauma, there's much going on above and below the surface, which we get into in this interview special, as Jamie Gr…

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Syngenta, Doktar, Trapview, DJI Agriculture, CLAAS, Origin Agritech Ltd., Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., China Agricultural University, IBI Ag, Corteva Inc., The Trendlines Group, Bandera Capital ... 14:48

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Syngenta's new open platform for digital agriculture, major funding rounds for bioinsecticides and AI-driven pesticide discovery, and significant expansions in vertical farming and greenhouse automation. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of…

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Jenny Beavan: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 45:41

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Nicholas Hytner's The Choral, a delightful drama set in 1916 Yorkshire, is in cinemas now, folks. It features costumes designed by the legendary Jenny Beavan, who is one of the best costume designers in the business. Nominated for 12 Oscars, winner of three, Beavan has worked with directors like Robert Altman, James Ivory, and George Miller across …

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, & Ronan Day-Lewis On Anemone: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 50:02

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Every year at the London Film Festival, Empire hosts a gala screening for a film that we particularly admire. This year's choice was Ronan Day-Lewis' Anemone, a drama that we called 'sad, absurdist, brooding, tender, and intense', and which marks the return to acting of the great Daniel Day-Lewis, father of Ronan and co-writer of the movie, after e…

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The Sound Of Burning Felt (ft. guests Jennifer Lawrence & Lynne Ramsay; Elle Fanning & Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi; Sean Bean & Daniel Day-Lewis) 1:51:46

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Blimey, this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is star-studded, and then some. First, Chris Hewitt chats with Die, My Love star, Jennifer Lawrence, and director Lynne Ramsay, about unpredictability on set and receiving an email from Martin Scorsese; then, he has a crash course in Yautja from Predator: Badlands stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatan…

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Kula Bio, Ginkgo Bioworks, Bayer, Pairwise, International Rice Research Institute, Arevo, Industrifonden, Fort Knox Förvaring AB, 11:04

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring new funding for microbial nitrogen and AI platforms, gene editing licenses for climate-resilient rice, and the contrasting realities of CEA expansion and market exits. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Plant Scie…

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The Shameless Plug #9: Stranger Things Has Happened 43:20

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Another month, another issue of Empire, another episode of The Shameless Plug. This time, Chris Hewitt and Nick de Semlyen sit down to talk about how Stranger Things ended up on the cover of the world's biggest movie magazine, and nearly did so upside down. And they also talk about less strange things, including the stories behind the stories of th…

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Now It's Time For Halloween (ft. guests Edward Berger, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Maika Monroe) 1:56:15

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It's Halloween, folks, so this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is extra-spooky, with Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Beth Webb get way too invested in a listener question about the horror movie death that they would want for themselves. Just keep repeating: it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast, it's only a podcast. Elsewhere, o…

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Agtonomy, DBL Partners, Nuveen, California AgTech Alliance, UC ANR, CDFA, GO-Biz, Fieldwork Robotics 9:21

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Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we dive into breakthroughs in agricultural automation, AI-driven crop management, and plant-science innovation, plus exciting new partnerships and climate-resilience initiatives. Let’s get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: AgTech & Automation: Agtonomy raises eighteen million; …

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Kenny Dalglish & Asif Kapadia on Kenny Dalglish: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 33:11

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If you can hear a high-pitched squealing noise in the background of our latest interview special, that's just Chris Hewitt vibrating with excitement. For this podcast puts him in the room with one of his all-time heroes, Liverpool FC icon Kenny Dalglish, who is the eponymous subject of Asif Kapadia's latest documentary, which is out today (October …

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EagleNXT, Agtonomy, AgZen, HGS BioScience, Amoéba, Sumitomo, Micropep, Plant Health Care, HowGood, Rainbow North America, and KUBO 8:26

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring advanced sensor technologies, autonomous platforms, regulatory approvals for biocontrol products, and international greenhouse partnerships. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: AgTech & Automation: EagleNXT launche…

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We've Gone And Caught A Sniffle (ft. guests Nia DaCosta, Jeremy Strong, Rebecca Ferguson & Kathryn Bigelow) 1:59:22

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This week's Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt struggle with the enunciation of one word in particular (you'll have to listen to find out which). Incredibly, it's not 'Howl-o-ween', which is just one of the many things discussed by Chris and his three colleagues of such lethal cunning, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Ben Travis. They get their teeth in…

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Ecorobotix, BASF, Treefera, Little Leaf Farms, and Wild Bioscience 10:51

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI-powered precision spraying technology, record-breaking CEA facility expansions, and groundbreaking natural crop protection platforms. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Precision Agriculture: Ecorobotix raises …

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Diane, Drew And The Greatest Poster Ever (ft. guests Rebecca Miller, Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst, Mason Thames & Madeleine McGraw) 1:59:53

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This week's Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer pay tribute to two cinematic greats who left us this week: the legendary Oscar-winning actress, Diane Keaton, and Drew Struzan, the artist who defined posters, and people's walls, for decades. Struzan's work inspires this week's question, which asks our trio to identify the g…

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Interview with HiveMQ's NEW CEO 1:18:19

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Syngenta Crop Protection, Taranis, Profluent Bio, Corteva, The James Hutton Institute, Scottish Enterprise, Advanced Plant Growth Centre, Crop Innovation Centre, Indigo Ag, U.S. Environmental Protection ... 10:48

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring strategic partnerships in AI-driven crop management and gene editing, new funding in controlled environment agriculture, and technology integrations advancing sustainable cultivation. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headl…

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Wish You Well (ft. guests Greta Lee & Jodie Turner-Smith; Robert Aramayo; Gillian Anderson) 1:45:37

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Alex Godfrey display his versatility as an interviewer, going from utter chaos with Tron Ares stars Greta Lee & Jodie Turner-Smith [22:46 - 34:31 approx] and Gillian Anderson [1:33:01 - 1:43:53 approx] to a heartfelt and passionate chat with Robert Aramayo, star of this week's excellent drama, I Swear,…

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Get to know Cammie Beckert, Manager Director and Founder of Cameron Custom Homes | Renovations, a division of Camelot Homes. 40:23

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Such a fun conversation with this dynamo of the new build, custom and renovation space, where the art of luxury home building is thriving. Cammie is part of the multi-generational Camelot Homes family, a builder juggernaut “born and raised” in Arizona! Cammie shares her story and how Cameron Custom came to be from a unique niche in the builder spac…

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Meet Sean Zimmerman, President of Compass AZ. Learn about his journey, from Bay Area tech to the restaurant world and zig-zagging his way to hyper dominance in the real estate space. 50:17

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Sean, also the co-founder of Launch Real Estate, unpacks all things Compass, locally and nationally. We learn about Sean’s core values, intentional drive, and a killer conversation on how to show up and be a thoughtful, emotionally intelligent, focused leader, executive, and husband/father. What a great listen this episode is!…

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The Shameless Plug #8: Wicked Panna Cottas 45:11

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In this month's Shameless Plug, the show in which Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire editor Nick de Semlyen to do a deep dive into the latest issue of Empire, Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire editor Nick de Semlyen to do a deep dive into the latest issue of Empire. Which, for the first time in our history, has a musical on the cover, Jon M. Chu's…

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Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Justin Tipping on Him: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 41:41

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Justin Tipping's Him is a Jordan Peele-produced horror film in which a young quarterback discovers the kind of sacrifices it takes to become the GOAT of American Football. That young quarterback is played by Tyriq Withers, who is taken under the wing of a legendary quarterback played by Marlon Wayans, and in this Empire Podcast interview special Ja…

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Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera & Paul Greengrass On The Lost Bus: An Empire Podcast Interview Special 43:14

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Paul Greengrass' The Lost Bus stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera as a bus driver and teacher, respectively, who have to navigate a deadly Californian wildfire while stuck on a school bus with a group of terrified children, very little water, and fire and flames closing in on all sides. Based on a true story (the 2018 Camp Fire is one of …

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YLI, Terra Robotics, Aydi, SwarmFarm, Helios AI, Cibus, Corteva, NRGene, WisdomTree, EF Polymer, Silal, Greeneration, Burro, and Area 2 Farms 11:23

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring new accelerator platforms, robotics funding, AI-powered agronomy tools, and strategic partnerships in plant science and controlled environment agriculture. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: AgTech Updates: New ac…

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Vendrak The Vertical, Scáthach, And The Kamino Kid (ft. guests Benny Safdie, Malcolm McDowell, Harris Dickinson) 1:55:38

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This week's Empire Podcast sees us welcome another hat-trick of wonderful guests, as Chris Hewitt has lovely chats with The Smashing Machine writer-director (and Happy Gilmore 2 villain), Benny Safdie, [24:13 - 40:39 approx] and bona fide acting legend, Malcolm McDowell, star of new WWII drama, The Partisan (please excuse the sound quality of Chris…

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NEXCOM, ZenaTech, Syngenta, Aphea.Bio, InnerPlant, GreenLight Bio, Bioceres, BioLumic, Forever Feed, Gooddrop, FarmBox Foods, Grodan, DTN, AGCO, and Genome BC. 14:32

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring edge AI systems for autonomous farming, biological crop protection advances, and controlled environment agriculture innovations. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: AgTech & Precision Agriculture Highlights: New Fu…