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Matt and Marisa return to discuss the winners, losers and the boring moments of this year's Emmys. In the episode, they discuss the Widow's Bay sweep, Marisa defends Love Story and Matt talks about watching the Hacks finale through tears. After, they discuss some of the summer's biggest album releases including Madonna's astonishing comeback in Confessions II, the nihilism of Charli XCX's Music, Fashion, Film and the unexpected darkness of Ariana Grande's Petal.

Matt and Marisa address the rumors that they weren't together on Broadway's biggest night as they recap this year's Tony Awards. In the episode, they discuss Pink's hosting performance/audition for Chicago, the big winners, the beast speeches and some of the night's worst moments.

Marisa and Matt haven't been able to podcast in a while, so while they're mainly focused on the 2026 Tony nominations, stick around for their thoughts on: albums over an hour long, erotic fan fiction about unlikely TV shows, and what limited series Matt's parents are obsessed with. Also, because of who they are, they spend some time stanning Mother Mary.

Matt and Marisa wrap up the Oscar season with their fresh reactions to the big night. In the episode, they talk about the best speeches, the surprise (double) wins and the few bits that didn't work.

Matt and Marisa wrap up their category breakdowns with the big one: Best Picture. In the episode, they rehash one last time which films they think may not be their directors' best work, praise their non-nominated favorites of the year and make their final prediction for Sunday's winner.

Matt and Marisa tackle their penultimate category breakdown of the season with the two writing categories. In Adapted, they reveal which of the films' source material they've read or seen and in Original, they try not to keep dunking on Sentimental Value.

Matt and Marisa race toward Sunday's Academy Awards with another triple-stacked episode. While they deem this year's batch of Animated films a bit weak overall, Documentary proves to be one of the most stacked in recent memory and they hope for surprise wins despite a clear frontrunner in International.

Matt and Marisa race to finish the final Oscar categories before the Academy Awards this Sunday with a super-sized triple episode. In the episode, they defend F1's nominations, the villainous turn in Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign and talk about the loin cloth cinema of Avatar: Fire and Ash's costumes.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with the news category: Best Casting. In the episode, they praise the wild and expansive casting of Marty Supreme, the brilliance of including two Jupe brothers in Hamnet and wonder if Sinners will take the first ever award in a sweep.

Matt and Marisa hit the home stretch with their category breakdowns with the trio of Shorts categories. In the episode, they agree on a clear front-runner for Animated Short, dig into a tight race for Documentary Short and realize this is the strongest group of Live Action Shorts they've ever covered.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with Lead and Supporting Actor. In the episode, they admit that this year the boys may be more unpredictable than the girls, discuss which Supporting Actor they like more in One Battle After Another and discuss the surprise win for Michael B. Jordan at the Actor Awards.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with the two they usually care about most: Lead and Supporting Actresses. In the episode, Marisa still can't quite understand the love for Sentimental Value, Matt gets to praise his girlie Rose Byrne and Matt is shocked when Marisa doesn't bring up a certain alternate for Supporting.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with more technicals. In Best Sound, they agree on a clear best in the category if not a clear winner. In Best Visual Effects, they wonder how some of these movies made it in, talk about how Matt's body rejected Jurassic World: Rebirth and express their love for the "gay whales" in Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Matt and Marisa continue the category breakdowns with some of their favorite and most unhinged: Best Song and Best Score. In the episode, they once again discuss Diane Warren's crimes against Oscar completionists, how essential music is to Sinners and how much the Academy did not want to nominate Wicked: For Good.

Matt and Marisa continue their annual category breakdown with two technicals. In the episode, they discuss their love of Train Dreams' visuals, Marisa defends Frankenstein and they both suggest the same movie for alternate nominations—but in different categories.