Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In this episode, Christopher Nolan responds to The Odyssey backlash, Ashley Tisdale cashes in on the toxic moms controversy, and Neon got an unbelievable deal on that canceled Andrew Garfield movie.

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00:00 Intro & Emmys discussion

09:15 Nolan responds to Odyssey backlash

14:38 Ashley Tisdale cashes in on Toxic Moms

20:33 Neon’s great deal on Artificial

24:18 Elle Woods actor fires back

30:16 Top grossing movies of 2026 so far

35:27 Hot takes

45:41 What we watched

Welcome to the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In this episode, the most expensive movie of all time, Eminem is suing Meta for $100 million dollars, and there’s going to be a Survivor movie.

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00:00 Intro

02:52 Jurassic World Dominion

7:43 Alec Baldwin speaks out

14:35 Eminem sues Meta

18:47 The Pitt actress

25:30 Survivor movie

30:11 Sadie Sink back to TV

34:21 Hot takes

40:12 What we watched

Episode 12 of the Pop Culture Brain podcast with Alex and Lara! In today’s show, Spielberg shades James Bond, the new Spider-Man movie will set a franchise record, and food allergy groups are calling out Mindy Kaling's new show.

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00:00 Intro

02:04 Spielberg and Bond

07:27 Ben Stiller and the Knicks

12:54 Spider-Man record

18:43 Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston

24:13 Allergy group & Mindy

29:53 The Pitt season 3

32:53 Tucci leaves Italy

37:17 Hot takes

43:58 What we watched