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Instead of our usual year-end wrap-up, we're celebrating the close of the first 21st quarter century with 25 movie picks - one from each year from 2000 to now. How many crossovers will there be betwee

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January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM

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Hey, it's been a minute! December's episode got interrupted a few times due to life happenings and illness. We're recording our big 2025 end of year ep tonight, and it's going to be a Double Stuf, so keep an eye out for that 👀

January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM

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In honor of the new One Battle After Another (extremely good), we did a deep dive on Paul Thomas Anderson SoundCloud.com/homeworkpodc...

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Episode 164: PTAwesome

We love an excuse to be relevant, and we also love an excuse to fill in gaps to our media consumption. This is both! Pete and Martha dig into the oeuvre of Paul Thomas Anderson, including a spoiler-fi

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October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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Sometimes a movie comes along that's so good we just have to scream about it for a while. This summer, we had two! soundcloud.com/homeworkpodc...

Episode 163: Music Tells the Story

Sometimes a movie comes out that's so good we build a whole episode around it. Today, there are two. Martha and Pete get together to talk about the role that music plays in telling a story through thr

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September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Better late than never for our discussion of the Big Guy in Blue! @prhomberg.bsky.social @magicalmartha.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/B3OhVm8xyJ1s...

Episode 162: All About Superman

Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's our newest pop culture character deep dive! Joined by friend of the show and brother of host Mark, we dig deep on the Man of Steel, what we love and wha

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September 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM

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Back on our bullshit*

*Letting @magicalmartha.bsky.social talk about horror movies
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Episode 161: Haunted Houses

It's Halloween in July! Pete has once again allowed Martha free reign to talk about her nonsense, so we're doing a horror episode. Homework discussed: House on Haunted Hill (1959, dir. William Castle)

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July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM

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New episode! Join us as we discuss a Mann amongst men. soundcloud.com/homeworkpodc... (It's about Michael Mann) @prhomberg.bsky.social @magicalmartha.bsky.social

Episode 158: A Mann Amongst Men

Are you a Mann or aren't you? We've touched on Michael Mann here and there but it's time to put him under the microscope. Homework for the episode: The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The I

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April 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM

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It's here, it's here! It's our Oscars ep, and now @magicalmartha.bsky.social can find something else to talk about for the next 5-7 months. @prhomberg.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/zoh4WeShecJi...

Episode 157: The Oscars

It's the discussion Martha looks forward to all year - our Oscars breakdown! Find out what we liked, what bummed us out, what fits we appreciated and what bits worked best. We recommend listening to t

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March 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM

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Take a break from the world stage disaster and listen to frivolous disasters! It's our Oscar Noms Reaction Episode: soundcloud.com/homeworkpodc... @prhomberg.bsky.social @magicalmartha.bsky.social

Bonus: Oscar Nominations

It's that time of year, when every pop culture/movie podcast gets to merrily nitpick the selections from the Academy of Motion Pictures. What do we like? What do we not? We get into everything on this

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February 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM

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No matter which Nosferatu you watch, that's cinema, baby soundcloud.com/homeworkpodc... @prhomberg.bsky.social @magicalmartha.bsky.social

Episode 155: Nosferatoos

We're going back to cinema history, baby! In light of Robert Eggers' new gothic horror fantasy NOSFERATU, Pete and Martha take the opportunity to watch it in the context of its predecessors. How does

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January 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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What's UP it's a new episode of Love YA! (I know, right??) @magicalmartha.bsky.social and Maren are fully locked into their Millennial Broadway roots for a full hour on WICKED on.soundcloud.com/nwt1Ts2GsMMi...

Episode 83: WICKED

Did that really just happen? We come out of our hiatus (still maintaining that it's temporary) to bring you a movie that does not fit within our normal parameters at all, but that we're desperate to t

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December 10, 2024 at 7:39 PM

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We're back with our good good friends @catchingupdavid.bsky.social ! soundcloud.com/homeworkpodc...

Episode 153: Prequels! Do We Need Them?

It's the most wonderful time of the year - our annual crossover event with Catching Up David! We're taking a deep dive into two popular prequels and asking ourselves...do we need this? D Homework for

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November 15, 2024 at 8:48 PM

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We missed last month because life got in the way, but we've got a fun ep for you now! on.soundcloud.com/mCQkMK1WZmFD...

Episode 152: Locations as Character

What does it mean to make your setting a starring player in your story? Pete and Martha talk it out, through a cinematic master and a science fiction virtuoso author. Homework for the episode: Collat

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October 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM

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September 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM

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Here for all your Spider-Man needs on.soundcloud.com/s3ehebyu3zrC...

Episode 151 - Spiders Man

Today we turn our eye to that most iconic of sad street-level heroes, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Starting with Tobey McGuire in 2002, Pete and Martha dig into the screen iterations of Spid

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August 30, 2024 at 8:28 PM

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GODZILLA on.soundcloud.com/DjnCQaTew5mX...

Episode 150: GODZILLA

It's happening - we're talking about Martha's hyperfixation and special interest, Godzilla! (Mothra makes an appearance, natch). We discuss the old, the new, the good, the bad, the Japanese and the Am

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August 6, 2024 at 3:21 PM

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What is a heist, exactly? on.soundcloud.com/3Vw5gLHngbfs...

Episode 149: Heists

What exactly IS a heist movie? It is impossible to say, but Pete and Martha take a crack at it (it's not impossible, Martha is correct and since Pete doesn't write these descriptions, I get to say wha

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July 2, 2024 at 3:32 PM

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Objection! on.soundcloud.com/RcNFKRxQDQ7S...

Episode 147: In the Courtroom

Objection! Drop what you're listening to and check this out instead! Pete and Martha look at legal thrillers and courtroom dramas, and ask the question: are they back? Why did they leave? Why are prod

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May 6, 2024 at 7:47 PM

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New episode! @prhomberg.bsky.social and @magicalmartha.bsky.social go deep on Denis Villeneuve on.soundcloud.com/BKrscdaS7H4L...

Episode 146: Denis Villeneuve

Will we ever run out of excuses to talk about Dune? Not likely! Pete and Martha take a deep dive into the oeuvre of Denis Villeneuve, including his early English-language works, and discuss what excit

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April 8, 2024 at 7:22 PM

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We had feelings about the Oscars! on.soundcloud.com/Rdrxd

Episode 145B: Oscars Post-Show

A SECOND episode, so soon?? We had feelings about the Oscars and we had to share. Regular episodes coming soon!

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March 12, 2024 at 7:01 PM

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Check out our Oscars pre-show! @prhomberg.bsky.social and @magicalmartha.bsky.social chat their faves from this awards season, predictions and misses, and just generally gear up for the big show on Sunday on.soundcloud.com/cP4B4

Episode 145: Oscars Pre-Show

We have returned from our unintentional hiatus to bring you our Oscars pre-show! We discuss the categories, our predictions, what we wish got noms, and our faves and least favorites from 2023.

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March 8, 2024 at 7:59 PM

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Hey friends, you may have noticed our feeds have been a little quiet lately. Unfortunately, real life has to be our priority right now, so the podcast is taking a short break. We will return with our post-Oscars recap on March 15!

February 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM