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Sense & Sensibility Director Georgia Oakley joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her Jane Austen remake for a new generation. Thirty years ago, Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, in which she played Elinor Dashwood and Kate Winslet, her sister Marianne. Now, Oakley delivers a new legendary cast in Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor, Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne, Caitríona Balfe as Mrs. Dashwood, Bodhi Rae Breathnach as Margaret, George MacKay as Edward Ferrars, Herbert Nordrum as Colonel Brandon, Frank Dillane as Willoughby, and Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Jennings. Oakley opens up about why Daisy and Esmé's sisterly bond was so authentic, how she had to convince Caitriona to be Mrs. Dashwood, why George and Daisy were exactly like Edward and Elinor, and why she thought Herbert wasn't Colonel Brandon at first. She also reveals how Fiona Shaw went above and beyond to get a co-star to like her. Or rather, lick her.  Full video episode drops October 22, 2026. Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Sense & Sensibility is playing nationwide now in theaters, produced by Focus Features, Working Title, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, India Flint, Jo Wallett. Screenplay by Diana Reid.  Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Hiller joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to give the lowdown on his double hit shows, Widow's Bay and Pluribus. From working with Rhea Seehorn,  Vince Gilligan and Matthew Rhys, to spilling wine on a co-star at the Gotham Awards, to his unforgettable scream in Widow's Bay, Hiller takes us through it all. He reveals what actor he got starstruck by, his favorite Golden Girl, why Brothers & Sisters was one of his favorite shows because of Matthew Rhys.  In Pluribus, Hiller stars as Larry who's part of the hive, alongside Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra. In Widow's Bay, he plays Dale, the office worker alongside Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, Stephen Root and more. Hiller won an Emmy for his work on Somebody, Somewhere and was nominated as Outstanding Guest in a Drama Series for Pluribus. He is the author of "Actress of a Certain Age," Hiller will be in a series regular in Widow's Bay season 2.  Season 1 of both Pluribus and Widow's Bay are streaming now on Apple TV. Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Jeff's video episode will drop on September 13, 2026. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Karolina Wydra joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her triumphant return to television in Vince Gilligan's Pluribus, also starring Rhea Seehorn. Wydra began her career as a model, then went on to appear in various television shows and films. She hung with the slutty vampires in True Blood, rolled in the medical world in House, flirted with Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love, and snuck around with Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston in Sneaky Pete. In 2020, the with everyone being stuck at home, Wydra decided it would be a good time to start a family. Her agent and manager promptly dropped her. Oof, wait to support women Hollywood. After her Hollywood break... up, Wydra went on to have two boys. Then she got a call. Or rather an email. The team behind Vince Gilligan's Pluribus wanted her to audition.  While on vacation with her good friend, Caitríona Balfe (Outlander, Sense & Sensibility), she found out they wanted to screen test her. With no agent or manager, Wydra panicked, but Balfe stepped in to help.  Wydra got the role of Zosia, and it's hard to imagine anyone else playing her. She opens up about what it's like working with Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn. She breaks down their characters' relationship, first kiss, and what it's really like working with Seehorn. She also talks about the female friendships that have sustained her in both the modeling and acting industries. Wydra was just nominated for an Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama series for her role as Zosia.  Pluribus is streaming now on Apple TV.  Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Karolina's video episode will drop on August 18, 2026. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Hojo Shin from XO, Kitty joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her role as Jiwon on the hit Netflix show. She tells us which couple has her heart, what she wants to see for her character if they get a season 4, and her favorite character on the show. It's not who you think. She opens up about working with Lana Condor (To All the Boys I've Loved Before), who made a guest appearance in season 3. Shin confesses she's watched all of the shows by Jenny Han, from The Summer I Turned Pretty to To All The Boys I Loved Before, but she hasn't yet read the books.  Shin also stars in her first dual role in the short Korean film, Idols. The film follows a world-famous K-drama actress and an aspiring hopeful doppelgänger who is desperate for a morsel of superstardom.  XO, Kitty is streaming now on Netflix.  Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Logan Marshall-Green joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about The Odyssey, Marshals, And Just Like That, and the role that was a 'real hurdle' to his career. He opens up about working with Tom Holland, Al Pacino, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury, and why a showrunner told him, "Your body, it's not there." Logan also gets candid about his role on The O.C. and why what should have been a defining role may have hurt his career. He is starring in the new Yellowstone spin-off, Marshals, where he plays Pete Calvin, and co-stars alongside Luke Grimes. Logan breaks down a key scene in The Odyssey, and why he thinks Tom Holland is one of the best actors out there. "Tom Holland doesn't need Hollywood, Hollywood needs Tom Holland." Logan is currently featured in The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan, which stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, John Leguizamo, Robert Pattinson, Lupito Nyong'o and Elliot Page. Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Aramide Tinubu (Television Critic, Variety) and Kate Erbland (Editorial Director, IndieWire) join Reshma Gopaldas to discuss the upcoming Emmy nominations and what we hope to see. Erbland explains the voting process as we lead up to the nominations on July 8. We talk about the shows that have been largely ignored by the Television Academy, what shows you won't see being recognized, why The Bear has never belonged in comedy and why it might, for the first time, not see much Emmy recognition this round. Widow's Bay is a new entree on the table, and is pushing The Bear off the menu, with Matthew Rhys leading the horror comedy. This year marks a final bow for Outlander, Hacks, The Bear and more. Will Caitríona Balfe finally get the Emmy acknowledgement and accolades for her work over the last 10 years on Outlander? Patina Miller also ends her run on Raising Kanan and Tinubu says her work has been stand out, yet largely ignored. Erbland shouts out Kate O'Flynn for her turn in Widow's Bay. Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra's work in Pluribus is sure to get recognition for their apocalyptic antics. Lisa Kudrow is back with The Comeback, and Euphoria gave its final bow, but did Zendaya's performance break through the challenges of the final season? The Pitt will also dominate the nominations, with Noah Wyle at the forefront. For limited series, Tinubu says Sarah Pidgeon is the sole reason why Love Story captivated everyone. Listen and let us know who you want to see get a nomination. Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Poet Darah Fleming joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about the Widow's Bay season finale.  From his favorite scene with Patricia throwing a party as a way to get new friends, to all the questions season one brought up, to the one episode that he texted during, and why he decided to start watching the show, Fleming explains why he loved binge watching Widow’s Bay. Listen to the full episode for the Widow's Bay finale explainer. Widow's Bay is streaming now on Apple, and stars Matthew Rhys, Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, Jeff Hiller and more.  Subscribe to Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Christian Vunipola joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about playing Nicholas Galitzine's best friend in Masters of the Universe. Vunipola plays Hussein, who lives with Adam (Galitzine). Vunipola opens up about getting the role, working with Galitzine, and reveals why he doesn't want his character to become a superhero if there's a Masters of the Universe 2.  He also dives into his current binge, a re-watch of Game of Thrones, and Dexter, one of his first binges that he watched to impress a girl. He gets candid about diversity in Hollywood, some of the challenges he's faced, and what he'd love to see change. Masters of the Universe is playing now in theaters.  Follow Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

School Spirits Star Nick Pugliese joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about the season 3 finale of his show, which was just renewed for season 4. He teases the storylines he pitched to the writers for the next season, including the one they said they had no budget for! He also opens up about his character, Charley's relationship about Yuli. And confesses what scene challenged him the most. It was a scene he played like Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria, and then he realized it wasn't supposed to be a funny scene, but heartfelt. Pugliese also reveals his current binge watches including Traitors and Love Story. School Spirits is streaming now on Paramount+ and costars Peyton List, Milo Manheim, Spencer MacPherson, Jess Gabor, Sarah Yarkin and Kristian Ventura Follow Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Michaela McManus (One Tree Hill, Memory of a Killer) joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her film Redux Redux, in which she stars as a multi-verse time-traveling mother bent on revenge. Directed by her brothers, Kevin and Matthew McManus, Redux Redux follows McManus's character as she exacts revenge on her daughter's killer over and over. McManus also takes us down memory lane to her first big TV role on One Tree Hill, where she played Lindsey, who comes between Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Peyton (Hilarie Burton-Morgan) and eventually leaves Lucas at the altar. McManus explains why she has a special place in heart for OTH and why she would love to be part of the re-boot that Sophia Bush and Burton-Morgan are co-producing. McManus also stars on Memory of a Killer with Patrick Dempsey. Follow on Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk about his Oscar-nominated documentary, All the Empty Rooms, which brings the viewer into the bedrooms of children who were killed in school shootings. Hartman reveals why he chose to do this film, what interview broke him, what brought tears of joy, and why he has hope that the film could change things, so parents and families in America don't have to keep losing children to gun violence. All the Empty Rooms is directed by Joshua Seftel and is streaming on Netflix. Follow on Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Wuthering Heights, people either love it right now or hate it. H. Alan Scott, Senior Culture Reporter at Newsweek, joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to break down Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff, in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic book, "Wuthering Heights." Scott gives his hot take on the film, and suggests that Elordi was miscast is in the film.  Follow on Reshma Gopaldas on YouTube for video episodes. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Motaz Malhees joins host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about his impactful film The Voice of Hind Rajab, based upon the recent true story of 5-year-old Hind, who came under fire by the Israeli army in Gaza. Malhees stars as Omar, the Red Crescent operator who receives the ill-fated call from young Hind, who begs for help. Kaouther Ben Hania directs and writes the film, which has been short-listed for an Oscar. Malhees stars alongside Saja Kilani, who plays Rana.  Malhees opens up about working with Kaouther Ben Hania, and what she did to create a set like he's never been on. He also talks about how Hind's mother told him a story that gave him hope recently. And he confesses which scene broke him, and required them to stop filming for a bit. The Voice of Hind Rajab is playing now in theaters in the US & UK. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Saja Kilani, star of The Voice of Hind Rajab, joins host Reshma Gopaldas to kick off the road to the Oscars with her film that's been short-listed for the Oscars. Kilani plays Rana, who is one of the Red Crescent workers who spoke to Hind on that fateful day.  The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on real-life events where Red Crescent workers receive a phone call from 5-year-old Hind Rajab, who is trapped in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. The film follows the devastating recordings of Hind's conversations begging for help. Writer and director Kaouther Ben Hania captures the archival audio in this gutting re-enactment. Kilani and Motaz Malhees play the two key rescue operators who speak to Hind. The Voice of Hind Rajab is playing now in theaters in the US & UK. Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show

Actor and writer Aizzah Fatima (High Maintenance, The Good Wife ), joins Son of a Binge host Reshma Gopaldas to talk all about her live comedy show Muslim Girls DTF, her film Americanish, and the shows and movies that made her fall in love with filmmaking.  Fatima talks about her first role as an extra in Shah Rukh Khan's Kal Ho Naa Ho, the shows that she grew up watching, from Friends to ER, how she had to learn how to write authentic women, the worst feedback she got from an audience member, and why she decided a long time ago to create her own content. Watch Americanish on Prime Video.  Son of a Binge production credits: Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago) Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia) Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic) Send us a text, let us know what shows and guests you want us to cover. Support the show