Best Whatnauts Podcasts (2026)

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The Whatnauts Grand Prix 10 2:56:43

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We're celebrating 10 years of The Whatnauts with an end of the year "grand prix" because you can call anything a grand prix, there's no rules stopping you! Two people talking about pizza can be a grand prix!! Kyle sees a chicken. Melissa sees a big glove. Between the two of us, we've seen Tenet 3.5 times and Interstellar 1 time and we're going to t…

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Reboot (2022) 23:04

15h ago23:04

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We watched the pilot for the 2022 Hulu meta-sitcom Reboot, about the cast of an early 2000s sitcom reuniting for a gritty new version of their old show. We discuss dark secrets, nude comedy, and Disney Channel teens. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Whatnauts

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The Whatnauts Grand Prix 10 2:56:43

20d ago2:56:43

2:56:43

We're celebrating 10 years of The Whatnauts with an end of the year "grand prix" because you can call anything a grand prix, there's no rules stopping you! Two people talking about pizza can be a grand prix!! Kyle sees a chicken. Melissa sees a big glove. Between the two of us, we've seen Tenet 3.5 times and Interstellar 1 time and we're going to t…

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The Whatnauts Grand Prix 10 2:56:43

20d ago2:56:43

2:56:43

We're celebrating 10 years of The Whatnauts with an end of the year "grand prix" because you can call anything a grand prix, there's no rules stopping you! Two people talking about pizza can be a grand prix!! Kyle sees a chicken. Melissa sees a big glove. Between the two of us, we've seen Tenet 3.5 times and Interstellar 1 time and we're going to t…

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The Whatnauts Grand Prix 10 2:56:43

20d ago2:56:43

2:56:43

We're celebrating 10 years of The Whatnauts with an end of the year "grand prix" because you can call anything a grand prix, there's no rules stopping you! Two people talking about pizza can be a grand prix!! Kyle sees a chicken. Melissa sees a big glove. Between the two of us, we've seen Tenet 3.5 times and Interstellar 1 time and we're going to t…

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The Whatnauts Grand Prix 10 2:56:43

20d ago2:56:43

2:56:43

We're celebrating 10 years of The Whatnauts with an end of the year "grand prix" because you can call anything a grand prix, there's no rules stopping you! Two people talking about pizza can be a grand prix!! Kyle sees a chicken. Melissa sees a big glove. Between the two of us, we've seen Tenet 3.5 times and Interstellar 1 time and we're going to t…

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Episode 0 6:08

23d ago6:08

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Starting in 2026 we are smashing all our podcasts into one. A single show. A single RSS feed. We are still going to be doing the same kinds of things we have done on other podcasts in the past, but now all on one show. This is just a "zero" episode to get our RSS feed up and running as well as provide a little more context as to what we are doing a…

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The Review Show Awards: Superlatives & Top 10s 2:28:50

27d ago2:28:50

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Episode 332. This is our final episode of The Review Show (we'll still be doing the same thing next year under a newly formatted feed) and we're looking back on over 300 episodes with lists! Lots and lots of lists! We talk about our favorite movies, shows, comics, and audio dramas, biggest surprises, best villains, opening credits, needledrops, rob…

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Unicorn: Warriors Eternal 26:08

29d ago26:08

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This month on the Pilot's Club we watched the two-parter pilot to the new Genndy Tartakovsky animated series Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. We discuss the show's blending of diverse animation and character design styles from throughout history, a big round robot, and literal Merlin. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Predictions 2026 2:32:02

1M ago2:32:02

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Episode 310. We discuss the uncertainty of the F1 drivers championship going into the final grand prix of the season, and then get into our own show's "season finale" with the Rotten Tomatoes game! We predict the critics scores for 40 films premiering next year, and see how close our guesses were for the cinema of 2025. After being delayed multiple…

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The Americans s6 1:39:05

1M ago1:39:05

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Episode 331. In our final regular episode of The Review Show, we talk about the haunting final season of The Americans. Philip has left espionage behind to focus on the legitimate family business to disastrous results, Elizabeth is in over her head with more demanding assignments, and Stan is finally realizing the spies he's been looking for may be…

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Teen Columbo is real and I met him 1:00:58

2M ago1:00:58

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Episode 309. Is Louvre Detective going to be Teen Columbo's best friend or greatest enemy? What do you have to do to get a key to your city? Would you vote for a peanut over a human man? Could movie theaters drum up attendance by playing their movies in new weird colors? If you could schedule all of a year's sneezing into one day, would you? We als…

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The Americans s5 1:48:00

2M ago1:48:00

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Episode 330. Season 5 of The Americans sees Philip and Elizabeth juggling multiple cover stories, while Paige willingly turns towards espionage and Henry tries to stand on his own -- at the worst time possible. We discuss the great tragic comedy of Henry turning out to be the ideal American boy while his parents weren't looking, the wildcard Mischa…

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Manifest 39:00

2M ago39:00

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This month we're talking about the pilot of Manifest, a 2018 NBC show that was picked up to conclude on Netflix. We discuss our fascination with plane-based mysteries, the religious angle to the show, and how this feels like a throwback to mid-2000s TV. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Reply on Bluesky ★ Support this podcast on Patreon …

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Yes, You Do! 1:50:50

2M ago1:50:50

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Episode 308. We didn't intend this to be an episode where we make up movie pitches, but here we are. Kyle has an idea for the romantic comedy of the year starring heartthrob Wallace Shawn. Melissa has a Hollywood meta-thriller about an actor acting as his own dad. We talk about both Ripley's Believe It Or Not and the Talented Mr. Ripley, the bigges…

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The Americans s4 1:31:16

2M ago1:31:16

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Episode 329. We're back to our ongoing coverage of The Americans, talking about season 4. Philip and Elizabeth have to make choices that will devastate the lives of their unwitting informants, while Paige struggles under the pressure of keeping her pastor from revealing the family's secrets. We theorize about what the show will do with Henry and ho…

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McRib Sterling VII: A Boy Named Band 1:15:10

3M ago1:15:10

1:15:10

Episode 307. Your ghost hosts A Warlock and Bob Chili from Chili's are here to turn past anecdotes into "scary" "stories." Drink your exclusive Mtn Dew: Void Suck flavor, and listen to tales of: TV characters asking for your help, genetic crossbreeding experiments to make new sports mascots, a post-apocalyptic world where the only apocalypse is tha…

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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace 1:33:23

3M ago1:33:23

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Episode 328. This year's Halloween episode is on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a British comedy series from 2004. In this show within a show, Garth Marenghi is a horror author who writes and stars in a series about a cursed hospital, trying to deliver spine-tingling tales on a shoestring budget. We discuss the structure of the hospital drama intercut…

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The Amazing Screw-On Head 28:21

3M ago28:21

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We watched the 2006 animated pilot The Amazing Screw-On Head, based on a comic by Mike Mignola, and executive produced by Bryan Fuller. We discuss the juxtaposition of Mignola's dark and heavy artwork with the comic tone of the show, action figure inspirations, and Venture Bros vibes. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Reply on Bluesky ★ …

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Gatsby Is Lonely 1:32:18

3M ago1:32:18

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Episode 306. What real pieces of media are so strange and obscure that when you try to describe them, it sounds like an internet urban legend that you've just made up? We bring you endless circles, a scarecrow vigilante, little mouth guys, a robot in a mountain, and offbrand edutainment CD-Roms. We also read the notes written in Kyle's old high sch…

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The Americans s3 1:47:20

3M ago1:47:20

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Episode 327. We continue our mission with The Americans, talking about season three in this episode. Philip and Elizabeth are conflicted about revealing their spy history to their daughter Paige, and struggle against the constraints of their orders from The Centre. We discuss sad sack Stan, all the sex missions weighing on Philip, Elizabeth and the…

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You CAN carbonate a lake 1:27:55

3M ago1:27:55

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Episode 305. New discoveries: putting stickers on a horse, an abnormal spike in Mimi per capita, and the secret of Taco Bell Shelter. Halloween is here with candy apples, baking competitions, new horror movies Him and The Long Walk, and the Korean drama Light Shop starting as a horror and then completely dropping that genre as the show goes on. We …

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The Americans s1-2 1:58:29

4M ago1:58:29

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Episode 326. We finally begin a show that's been on our mutual to-watch list for years: FX's 2013 spy drama The Americans. "Philip and Elizabeth Jennings" are undercover KGB agents who have been embedded in the US since the '60s, living as a married couple, raising children, and trying to fit in as a normal '80s suburban family -- and their cover i…

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Fantasy Draft: Director & Actor Besties 1:13:19

4M ago1:13:19

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Episode 304. Friend of the show Jacquelyn returns for a fantasy draft of directors and their favorite actors to work with. A real film nerd's feast! Topics include: pairings so familiar they feel cozy like an old sweater, music videos, monster makeup, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, affable devils, chicken wing preferences, and Kyle MacLachlan maki…

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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 26:04

4M ago26:04

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We watched the pilot episode of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, a newish HBO show dramatizing the history of the basketball franchise. We discuss the spot-on casting, the use of different filming mediums, and characters talking directly to the audience. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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The Master 1:33:19

4M ago1:33:19

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Episode 325. To prepare for Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie One Battle After Another, we watched his 2012 drama The Master. A volatile vagabond crosses paths with a charismatic scholar with a cult-like following, and the two men form a bond that threatens the scholar's family and community of believers. We discuss the shifting power dynamics of wh…

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M&Ms Nightmares 1:33:29

4M ago1:33:29

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Episode 303. What did we learn this week? Kyle is too out of shape to walk 2 miles to the movie theater to see Honey Don't!, Dark Melissa comes out at fundraiser trivia nights, and there are hundreds of obscure and defunct M&Ms characters. We also discuss the animated series Pantheon, Buster Keaton gags still hitting, the possibility of Nicolas Cag…

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Secret Identity 1:30:34

5M ago1:30:34

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Episode 324. We read Secret Identity by Alex Segura, a prose novel set in the world of 1970s comic book publishers. Carmen Valdez is a publisher's secretary trying to break in as a writer, and when she finally gets the chance to introduce her own superhero, her co-creator winds up dead and her name is missing from the comic's byline. We discuss the…

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Whales on the Plains 1:17:30

5M ago1:17:30

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Episode 302. Did you know you can't have an open comic book in your car in Norman, OK? Or that you must be fully clothed to be rescued by a firefighter in St. Louis? We go through weird local laws, then dive into the animated anthologies Eyes of Wakanda and Predator: Killer of Killers, new shocking horror movies Together and Weapons, and Melissa's …

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The Terrifics vol. 1-2 1:26:41

5M ago1:26:41

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Episode 323. We read the first two volumes of The Terrifics, a DC story featuring fan-favorite characters from James Gunn's Superman, in a format that feels more like Marvel's Fantastic Four. The best of both worlds! Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, and Phantom Girl find themselves literally stuck together -- if they're more than a mile apart…

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Veronica Mars 31:35

5M ago31:35

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We watched the pilot episode of the 2004 teen neo-noir Veronica Mars. Topics include: intense color filters, not knowing who the rich kids are when all the kids at this high school dress the same, and the variety of mysteries to hook any audience member. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Whatnauts

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Working On My Night Math 1:38:37

5M ago1:38:37

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Episode 301. We've surpassed 1000 podcast episodes AND it's the 70th birthday of some unknown man named Luigi. Lots to celebrate! We enter our "burrito era" by bundling more of our podcast content together in a single episode, and dig into season four of The Bear and Fantastic Four: First Steps. Kyle praises the cinematography of Ripley and This Is…

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St. Louis Travelogue 40:15

5M ago40:15

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Episode 300. To celebrate episode 300, we present a special travelogue on Kyle's roadtrip to visit Melissa in St. Louis! We explore toasted ravioli, the Arch, Forest Park, the found art jungle gym that is City Museum, getting rained on at the Muny, seeing Superman in James Gunn's hometown movie theater, the real burgermobile from Good Burger, and U…

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Poker Face S1-2 1:49:55

6M ago1:49:55

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Episode 322. We watched the first two seasons of Poker Face, the mystery comedy show created by Rian Johnson for Peacock. Charlie Cale is a cocktail waitress on the run from her casino's mob goons because of her uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying. She travels across the country trying to keep a low profile as she takes odd jobs and stumb…

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Cable Girls 30:56

6M ago30:56

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This month on the Pilots Club, we watched the first episode of Cable Girls, a 2017 Netflix original series from Spain. It’s the 1920s in Madrid, and hundreds of women are vying for jobs as switchboard operators at the national telecommunications company, one of the few jobs where a woman can establish a career and independence for herself. Each app…

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Raising Arizona 1:37:19

6M ago1:37:19

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Episode 321. For our annual Nicolas Cage weekend, we watch our earliest Cage yet in 1987's Raising Arizona. In this Coen Brothers caper, an infertile couple kidnaps a baby from a family of quintuplets, intending to raise him on their own, until criminals and manhunters get in their way. We discuss the movie's sincerity, the iconic chase scene, the …

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Trivia Night 2025: SPICE UP YOUR LIFE 1:45:37

6M ago1:45:37

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Episode 299. For our annual trivia night, Kyle brings well-researched questions from across pop culture, and Melissa offers a quiz on the Captain's Log itself. Which two Muppets appeared in every episode of The Muppet Show? How much do the burgers cost on Bob's Burgers? What actor did we once fancast as a live-action Gumby? What limited edition McN…