Best White Lotus Radio Podcasts (2025)

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WWDTM: James Gunn 47:46

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This week, special guest James Gunn joins panelists Adam Burke, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Paula Poundstone Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit donate.npr.org now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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KBUM 88.8 [EP. 1] | Cinebums Radio Network 1:04:12

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Live from our Rosemont, Illinois studio...it's 88.8 KBUM with Juicy Jon and Laser Luke. cinebums.com Write to us: [email protected] Follow us:@cinebums on Instagram Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/cinebums/

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Highlights! Babygirl + Maria 54:05

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As two Oscar snubbed films with excellent female leads from earlier in the year become available to watch via streaming, a highlights program featuring Dutch writer-director Halina Reijn on Babygirl, a sexual thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a powerful CEO who embarks on an affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickenson; Plus, Ac…

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WWDTM: Jan Jensen 47:13

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This week, we're live in Iowa with coach Jan Jensen and panelists Emmy Blotnick, Hari Kondabolu, and Faith Salie Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office + My Father's Shadow 54:07

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Two stand-outs from the Melbourne International Film Festival: Filmmaker Courtney Stephens on dolphin intelligence, sensory deprivation and the psychedelic experience...her new documentary looks at the strange and often confronting work of twentieth-century utopian neuroscientist John Lilly. British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr remembers the…

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WWDTM: Amanda Seyfried, mxmtoon, and more! 47:29

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This week, we celebrate the 4th of July with some of our favorite guests, including Amanda Seyfried, mxmtoon, Jim Gaffigan, Roy Wood, jr., and Lauren Graham! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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The Phoenician Scheme, Mission Impossible, Friendship, The Studio, & MORE | Episode 6 2:03:17

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It's our mid-year catch-up! Wow-wow! 00:00 Intro 02:20 The Rehearsal 15:56 Friendship 26:09 The Studio 32:10 The Phoenician Scheme 41:20 Mission Impossible & Luke's Ranking 55:00 The Materialists & The Tonight Show 01:11:34 Jon's Criterion Channel Intellectual Review 01:35:47 The Long Goodbye 01:41:04 Better Call Saul & The Office 02:02:25 Epilogue…

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My Undesirable Friends + experimental filmmaker Dirk de Bruyn 54:05

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A first glance at the Melbourne International Film Festival...Russian American filmmaker Julia Loktev on her fascinating five and a half hour documentary about journalists in Russia, My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow. One of the luminaries of Australian avant-garde filmmaking Dirk de Bruyn talks about two of his profoundly persona…

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WWDTM: Anna Kendrick 47:21

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This week, we're live in Portland with special guest Anna Kendrick and panelists Paula Poundstone, Karen Chee, and Josh Gondelman Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Families Like Ours / Smoke / The Story of Souleymane 54:05

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Acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, Another Round) on his new 7-part series Families Like Ours, which is set in a hypothetical near future where global warming has led to the imminent flooding of Denmark. Director Boris Lojkine and actor Abou Sangaré discuss Cannes Un Certain Regard winner The Story of Souleymane, a deeply empathetic dram…

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WWDTM: Ibtihaj Muhammad 46:37

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This week, special guest Ibtihaj Muhammad joins Hari Kondabolu, Rachel Coster, and new panelist Jeff Hiller! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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28 Years Later + Justin Kurzel's new doco Ellis Park 54:05

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Australian director Justin Kurzel on his documentary Ellis Park, which follows Bad Seed and Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis as he pursues his twin passions: making music and supporting a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra. Filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland talk political allegory and post-Brexit Britain in their new zombie film 28 Years Later, …

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WWDTM: Chris Perfetti 47:09

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This week, Abbott Elementary's Chris Perfetti joins panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Alonzo Bodden, and Luke Burbank Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Materialists + The Survivors 54:05

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Past Lives director Celine Song on her new rom-com Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker who falls into a love triangle with her broke ex and a wealthy finance guy. The Rings of Power actor Charlie Vickers and showrunner Tony Ayres discuss working on the Netflix adaptation of Jane Harper's The Survivors, a story about a…

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Once marginalized, Mexico City’s sonidero parties draw crowds across social divides

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On a Wednesday evening in Iztapalapa, a working-class neighborhood in Mexico City, a block party began to form at sunset near the metro station. It was a typical sonidero event: no stage, no food vendors, no headliner — just two towering speakers, a microphone and a sonidero DJ whose voice echoed down the street. As commuters emerged from the subwa…

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WWDTM: Jeff Gordon 46:48

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This week, NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon joins panelists Zach Zimmerman, Adam Burke, and Negin Farsad Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Stick + One to One: John & Yoko + White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on The Salt Path 55:00

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U.S. writer-director Jason Keller talks Stick, a new sports comedy starring Owen Wilson as a washed-up former golf pro and Peter Dager as his Gen Z protege. Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald on his doc One to One: John & Yoko... set in 1972 New York, the film explores John Lennon and Yoko Ono's world amid a turbulent era. White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on h…

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WWDTM: Jim Rice 47:18

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This week, we're live in Boston with special guest Jim Rice and panelists Maz Jobrani, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Adam Felber Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Wes Anderson & Benicio Del Toro on The Phoenician Scheme/The Philippou Brothers new A24 horror/Palme d'Or winner 54:04

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Direct from Cannes, where it received a seven-and-a-half-minute standing ovation, Wes Anderson and Benicio Del Toro discuss The Phoenician Scheme. Adelaide’s Phillipou Brothers on their latest South Australian horror for A24, Bring Her Back, the follow-up to their acclaimed feature debut Talk To Me. Artistic director of Sydney Film Festival Nashen …

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WWDTM: Ego Nwodim 47:02

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This week, special guest Ego Nwodim joins panelists Tom Papa, Dulceé Sloan, and Hari Kondabolu Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Beating Hearts, Universal Language, The Blue Trail 54:05

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French director Gilles Lellouche on Beating Hearts, a genre-spanning romantic epic starring Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Colour) that follows a written-in-the-stars infatuation tested by social boundaries. Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin discusses his multi-award winning Universal Language...in a surreal interzone between Tehran and W…

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WWDTM: GWAR, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Gad, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut 47:14

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This week, we celebrate the arrival of spring with special guests Josh Gad, Gretchen Whitmer, GWAR, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Final Destination: Bloodlines/The Surfer/Shayda 54:05

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The newest chapter in the successful Final Destination horror franchise takes audiences back to the beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice. Jason meets directors Adam Stein & Zach Lipovsky. Irish director Lorcan Finnegan on The Surfer, a psychological surf thriller starring Nicolas Cage which takes aim at Australian masculinity and localism …

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SINNERS, WHITE LOTUS, THE STUDIO, SEVERANCE & MORE 1:47:54

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So much has happened since we last recorded. Time to recap⁉️🔥00:00 Sinners26:43 The White Lotus51:52 Severance01:08:14 The Studio01:29:44 Best 2025 Movies So Farhttps://www.cinebums.comWrite to us: [email protected] us:@cinebums on InstagramLetterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/cinebums/

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WWDTM: Nathan Lane 48:04

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This week, special guest Nathan Lane joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Luke Burbank, and Roy Blount, Jr. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Clown in a Cornfield/Monsieur Aznavour/The Wedding Banquet 54:07

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American film director Eli Craig discusses his horror Clown in a Cornfield...as teenagers start to go missing one by one in a Midwestern town, the local legend of Frendo the clown becomes all too real. Director Mehdi Idir on Monsieur Aznavour, a biopic about an iconic singer-songwriter who beat all odds to become one of France’s best-loved entertai…

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WWDTM: Natasha Rothwell 47:38

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This week, special guest Natasha Rothwell joins panelists Hari Kondabolu, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Peter Grosz Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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A Grand Mockery + How the West Was Lost 54:01

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Screening at the Fantastic Film Festival, A Grand Mockery is an exciting example of independent filmmaking. Shot on luminous Super 8, it follows Josie, a young man leading a life of passive mundanity in Brisbane. Jason meets directors Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon. Director David Noakes discusses How the West Was Lost, a documentary about the 1946 A…

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Brazilian hip-hop artist Brisa Flow brings Indigenous issues to the fore

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Brazilian rapper Brisa Flow made history as the first Indigenous artist on the lineup of Lollapalooza Brazil in 2023. But she said that her success has come at a price. “Being a pioneer brings wounds; there’s no way you can have a machete opening a path and not get some branches on your face,” she said, adding, “I got many, and I believe I learned …

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WWDTM: Brian Tyree Henry 47:04

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This week, special guest Brian Tyree Henry joins panelists Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, and Luke Burbank Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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German Film Festival 2025: Riefenstahl + Hysteria 54:06

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As the German Film Festival rolls out across the country, we meet two directors featured in this year's lineup... Acclaimed director Andres Veiel discusses his documentary Riefenstahl, a captivating insight into the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl and her complex relationship with the Nazi regime. Award-winning director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's…

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WWDTM: Lewis Black 47:31

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This week, we're live in Durham with special guest Lewis Black and panelists Dulcé Sloan, Alonzo Bodden, and Adam Burke Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Warfare + The Correspondent + Steve Coogan on The Penguin Lessons 54:04

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British actor Will Poulter, who has starred in The Bear, Black Mirror, The Revenant and Midsommar, talks about his latest film role in the gripping war thriller Warfare. Kriv Stenders and Richard Roxburgh on The Correspondent, the story of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Australian journalist Peter Greste. Beloved actor and comedian Steve Coo…

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WWDTM: Austan Goolsbee 47:06

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This week, special guest Austan Goolsbee joins panelists Peter Grosz, Rachel Coster, and Shane O'Neill Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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