Best Sean Brie Podcasts (2026)

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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: MINDRAKER: VIOLENCE FUGUE (Sneak Peak) 28:09

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Happy Holidays from The HORROR ETERNAL -- this week, as a special Holiday treat, we present a sneak preview of MINDRAKER SEASON TWO: VIOLENCE FUGUE -- Episode One in its entirety. HORROR ETERNAL will return on JANUARY 6th with a new stand alone nightmare titled: THE MISSING TOUCH. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…

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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.7 19:54

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.7 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. Evan encounters a woman who demonstrates a startling ability to summon the Watchers at will. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…

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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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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.6 15:14

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.6 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. Past and future begin to overlap, leading to an unexpected reunion. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…

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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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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.5 14:25

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.5 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. The inescapable presence of the Watchers inspires strange behavior in the increasingly anxious population. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Bur…

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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.4 14:37

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.4 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. Humanity struggles to go about their everyday lives despite the inescapable presence of the strange alien Watchers. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©202…

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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: The BLACKCAST - Part 2 23:16

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: The BLACKCAST - PART 2 -- Continuing the first of our stand alone nightmares - a feverish, dare we say "Lynchian", descent into the horrors lurking in the subconscious mind. Dale Contese finds himself suddenly besieged by unwanted solicitations for a strange podcast called THE BLACKCAST. As he begins to listen, unwanted…

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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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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: The BLACKCAST - Part 1 20:52

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: The BLACKCAST - PART 1 -- This week presents the first of our stand alone nightmares - a feverish, dare we say "Lynchian", descent into the horrors lurking in the subconscious mind. Dale Contese finds himself suddenly besieged by unwanted solicitations for a strange podcast called THE BLACKCAST. As he begins to listen, …

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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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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.3 14:57

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.3 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. Theories about the true source and meaning of the terrifying alien watchers abound as society begins to buckle under the weight of their presence. From SPIRAL OPUS AUD…

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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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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.2 14:27

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THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.2 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. They're everywhere! Future texts describe the sudden worldwide appearance of terrifying alien golems, motionless sentinels parked in subways, homes, freeways and apart…

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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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HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD CH.1 14:02

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PREVIEW FOR MINDRAKER LISTENERS - THE FIRST EPISODE OF A NEW SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO PODCAST: THE HORROR ETERNAL PRESENTS: WE ARE NOT DEAD - CH.1 -- A down on his luck screenwriter begins receiving messages claiming to be from the future, warning of terrifying events to come. From SPIRAL OPUS AUDIO and MONSTER FORGE RADIO ©2025 Roy Burdine…

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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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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is all kinds of fantastic. Guest-wise, Chris Hewitt sits down (in person, and on Zoom) with Matt Shakman, director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, to discuss the FF's debut in the MCU [24:33 - 40:07 approx]; and Sam Rockwell, the cool cat who's Mr. Wolf in The Bad Guys 2. [1:07:02 - 1:19:28 approx] Then…