Best Kyle Archuleta Podcasts (2025)

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Maggie Lindemann Talks New Album 'I Feel Everything,' 2022 and Working with The Warning 43:47

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We welcome Maggie Lindemann back to the couch for the umpteenth time to discuss her finest body of work yet: i feel everything; a title which just happens to be tattooed on her forearm. By all accounts it’s been a tumultuous couple of years and a wild summer of fun, and she’s poured all her experiences into this cathartic second record, out on her …

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Khalid Talks New Album ‘After the Sun Goes Down,’ Embracing His Sexuality, Location & American Teen 51:10

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Nine years after Khalid joined us on the couch for the first time and he’s back with his new fourth album, After the Sun Goes Down, a hefty record (17 tracks!) that joyful, sexy, and explorative. Hot off the heels of his 2024 record Sincere, it was at the end of that year that Khalid was publicly outed online, thanks to a years-old ex who, in the 2…

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LANY Talks New Album "Soft," Malibu Nights, Vespa Accidents and 'Ilysb' 50:52

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LANY join us on the couch for the first time to discuss their sixth album Soft, a collection which reckons with the big stuff that comes along with being in your late 30s. What does acting one’s age really mean? How do you balance the passion for music and your career, and your personal life and family? How do you stay vulnerable and in touch with …

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David Henrie Talks ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place,’ Selena Gomez, and Directing Mel Gibson 50:14

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David Henrie — best known as Justin Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place — joins us on the couch for the first time to talk all things Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2. The new series reunites Henrie and Selena Gomez as adult versions of their beloved characters, while introducing a whole next-gen cast of young wizards. Gomez pops in for a few ep…

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Zac Brown on Playing The Sphere, “Chicken Fried,” Dolly Parton, Toes, and New Album ‘Love & Fear’ 1:02:30

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Kevin McHale Talks All Things 'Glee,' Naya Rivera, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 1:14:27

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Zara Larsson Talks New Album 'Midnight Sun,' Crush, Dolphins and ‘Symphony’ 54:38

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Zara joins us on the couch for the who-knows-what-time. The 27-year-old Swedish pop powerhouse has been stopping by to chat for the past nine years and it’s always a joy. This time round she’s in to chat about her newly released fifth record Midnight Sun, her best long player yet. Celebratory, sexy, cheeky, and deliciously honest, we talk about its…

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Tom Blyth & Daniel Webber (Billy the Kid); Summer H. Howell & Brandon Christensen (Night of the Reaper) 28:06

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Pop Culture Weekly doubles up with horror thrills and historical legends! First, Kyle McMahon kicks off spooky season with Night of the Reaper - a slick, 80s-vibed Shudder original - chatting with star Summer H. Howell (Chucky, the new Carrie) and writer-director Brandon Christensen about crafting a killer babysitter prologue, Pat Benatar dance bre…

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Corbyn Besson Talks “Blink” with Tzuyu of TWICE, Why Don’t We, K-pop and New Music 56:51

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Former Why Don’t We member Corbyn Besson joins us on the couch again to talk about his forthcoming EP (out early next year), and his brand new era of artistry. He’s been working hard on his choreo! He’s been spending time in Seoul and writing with Twice’s Tzuyu on their banging collab “Blink,” he’s been jumping on Two Friends’ dance track “No One E…

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Royel Otis Talks Moody, Viral Covers, Who's Your Boyfriend, and New Album 'Hickey' 41:04

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Arguably one of the best Aussie exports since Tame Impala, along with artists like Amyl & the Sniffers and Spacey Jane, duo Royel Otis are breathing new life rock music. Having made waves back in 2022 with the Surf Curse-esque bop ‘Oysters in My Pocket,’ their covers of classics like ‘Linger’ by The Cranberries and Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s early-Aught…

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Sarah McLachlan Talks Lilith Fair, "Angel," Toy Story and First Album in 11 Years 1:09:56

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Back with her first album in eleven years — Better Broken — we’re so thrilled to have Sarah McLachlan on the couch for the first time. A trailblazing, confessional, slice-of-life songwriter whose music goes for the jugular and resonates to this day, McLachlan broke in the 90s, rising up with the likes of Jewel, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, and Alanis Mo…

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Laufey Talks New Album 'A Matter of Time,' Snow White, Love Island, and Falling in Love 48:06

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Icelandic singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has carved out a singular space between jazz bossanova and Gen Z pop sensibility, and she’s back on the couch to talk about her new, third solo LP A Matter of Time. It’s the next chapter in her coming of age, still whimsical and heady with love (‘Love Girl’), but more lyrically wry — ch…

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David Archuleta on Leaving LDS, Coming Out, Crush, and EP ‘Earthly Delights’ 1:31:10

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Once upon a time David Archuleta was a cherub-faced boy with a big voice and a bigger dream. As the runner-up of American Idol season 7 back in 2008, he had 40 million people vote for him. Wrap your brain around that. Since then he’s released solo records, guest starred on Hannah Montana, completed his Mormon mission in Chile, toured, got engaged a…

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Jack Avery Talks Fatherhood, Why Don't We Lawsuit, Anxiety, and New Song "Aphrodite" 1:19:15

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Former Why Don’t We member Jack Avery joins us solo on the sofa for the first time. It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from him and by all accounts — his own — he’s really been through it. From struggling to find loyal collaborators post-WDW, to suffering debilitating anxiety attacks, to financial struggles, to finding out his life might be in da…

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Downton Abbey Cast; Seann William Scott; Tim Blake Nelson & Lynley cast 39:12

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The Cast of Downton Abbey, Seann William Scott, the cast of Lynley AND Tim Blake Nelson?? That's whose on this episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. What happens when a classic detective story gets a modern twist? British actors Leo Suter and Sophia Barclay join me to uncover the magic behind their new crime drama, "Lynley". They share h…

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Mimi Webb Talks New Album 'Confessions,' Love Language, Narcissist and Mind Reader ft Meghan Trainor 40:20

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Mimi Webb is back on the couch for the first time for the first time since 2022 and boy, has a lot changed. At that point, still riding high from the smash that was ‘House on Fire’ and Mimi hadn’t even released her debut album. Now the British 25-year-old returns with her long-awaited sophomore effort, Confessions, a record that sees her collab wit…

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King Princess Talks RIP KP, 1950, Lesbian Drama, and New Album 'Girl Violence' 1:03:08

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Strap in because a conversation with King Princess is an unstoppable stream of top-notch banter, whipsmart quips, real talk, and tea. Brooklyn-born Mikaela Strauss joins on the couch for the first time to discuss her third album, Girl Violence, her hookiest, most vulnerable record to date. Since dropping ‘1950’ back in 2018 when she was still a tee…

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Jakob Nowell of Sublime Talks His Father's Legacy, Ensenada, Addiction and Santeria 1:52:31

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With songs like ‘Santeria,’ ‘What I Got,’ and ‘Wrong Way,’ ska-punk band Sublime’s music is a forever slice 90s SoCal, their songs ultimately becoming the soundtrack to pop culture from the era and beyond. Tragically, in 1996 singer Bradley Nowell died from a heroin overdose at 28-years-old before the Long Beach trio made it big. In the subsequent …

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The Runarounds Talk First Time Acting, Outer Banks, Senior Year, and New Series "The Runarounds" 59:35

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Meet The Runarounds — both the cast of Prime’s new YA series and an actual IRL band comprised of singer/guitarists William Lipton and Axel Ellis, guitarist Jeremy Yun, bassist Jesse Golliher, and drummer Zendé Murdock. We unravel their origin story: who’s known each other since they were kids, who got involved thanks to casting call for a band for …

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KUN Talks New Song “Jasmine,” Love, Loneliness, Nine Percent and "Deadman" 1:02:06

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Perhaps you know KUN from the reality show Idol Producer and the band Nine Percent. Maybe you’re an OG fan from back in his SWIN days thanks to the Chinese reality show Super Producer. Or maybe you’re a latter day convert from his work on season 2 of Youth with You alongside Lisa of Blackpink, Ella Chen, and Jony J. Any which way you slice it — whe…

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Bailey Zimmerman; Vera Farmiga & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring: Last Rites) 1:00:34

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In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon, we dive deep into the worlds of horror cinema and country music as Bailey Zimmerman sits down for a retrospective of his meteoric career from his humble beginnings to his current #1 hit. And The Conjuring: Last Rites stars Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga discuss the chilling final chapter in Th…

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Tom Odell Talks Another Love, Independence, “Ugly,” Billie Eilish, and New Album ‘A Wonderful Life’ 52:50

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Incredibly — given the breadth and heft of his career — this is the first time Tom Odell has hopped on our couch. The English songwriter’s been soul-searching and plundering his own emotional depths to sett to piano-driven pop since 2013, signing to Lily Allen’s short-lived Sony imprint (more on that in the chat), and releasing instant smash ‘Anoth…

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Riley Green on "Jesus Saves," ‘Redneck Island,’ Ella Langley, and album ‘Don’t Mind If I Do’ 41:45

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He’s a prolific country star who first emerged in 2017, but has been really hitting his stride in the past couple of years, solidifying the buzz with endless tours, high profile collabs with Ella Langley, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, and his latest, third album Don’t Mind If I Do (the deluxe just dropped). The Jacksonville, Alabama former football sta…

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John Oates Talks Hall & Oates, Man Eater, Rich Girl and New Album "Oates" 50:56

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Hall & Oates are the biggest selling American duo in music history. Let that just marinate for a second. The iconic pair made waves through the 70s and 80s with songs like ‘She’s Gone,’ ‘Rich Girl,’ ‘Private Eyes,’ ‘Maneater,’ and ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),’ to name a scant few, and while they continued to release albums well into their four…

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John Fogerty on Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” and New Album ‘Legacy’ 1:47:52

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John Fogerty will go down as an artist who’s written some of the most enduring songs in modern music: ‘Proud Mary,’ ‘Fortunate Son,’ ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?,’ ‘Centerfield,’ the list goes on and on. Equally, as the leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, he’s part of a quartet who will go down in history as having signed one of the most explo…

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Eden: Jude Law & Ron Howard on Survival, Morality and Movie Magic 8:46

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In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, renowned director Ron Howard and the equally legendary actor Jude Law join me, Kyle McMahon, for a deep exploration into their latest cinematic venture, "Eden." Get ready to hear firsthand how this gripping survival thriller takes audiences to the edge of human endurance, thrusting a diverse group of character…

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Robbie Amell Talks 'Upload' Season 4, 'Code 8,' 'True Jackson VP,' and 'The Duff' 1:21:40

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Don’t worry — no spoilers here — but the final season of Amazon Prime’s Upload is upon us. The surreally, funny, tech-prophetic series left us all on a cliffhanger at the close of season 3 with Robbie’s character cloned and one of them bites the dust: BUT WHICH ONE!? And who is Robbie Amell? The Canadian actor is commercially successful, prolific, …

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Kyle Gordon & Kody Redwing Talk 'We Will Never Die,' DJ Crazy Times, British Slang and Nu Metal 1:17:46

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Self-described as the funniest dude in his high school, Kyle Gordon hit the viral jackpot back in 2023 with his Euro dance spoof song ‘Planet of the Bass,’ inhabiting the character DJ Crazy Times. He’s collabed with Ed Sheeran, shooting a video with him at Courtney Cox’s house (we talk about this), parlaying his clicks into 2024 comedy album Kyle G…

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David Archuleta; Tony Hale, D'Arcy Carden (Sketch) 55:16

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On this episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon we’ve got an absolutely stacked lineup: Tony Hale, Darcy Carden, David Archuleta and Seth Worley, Bianca Belle and Kalon Kox, Yeah, try fitting all that talent into one podcast - good luck, Apple Podcasts algorithm! First up, director Seth Worley and actors Bianca Belle and Kalon Cox take us i…

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BINI Talks P-pop Vs K-pop Training, ‘Big Brother,’ and the Biniverse 34:28

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Filipino girl group BINI — made up of Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena — join us in the studio for the first time to talk about their early years, how they incorporate Filo culture into their music (OPM = original Filipino music), along with the country’s various dialects. Having initially broken through thanks to 2019’s…

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CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso Talk Tiny Desk, Chads, Coachella, and EP ‘PAPOTA’ 1:07:09

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Meet CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, aka Catriel Guerreiro and Ulises Guerriero, an Argentinian duo who have been buds since finding themselves in the same music school as kids with the same last name. Although the pair first emerged in this iteration back in 2018, it wasn’t until Autumn 2024 when they headed into the NPR offices to reimagine their music f…

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Rich Brian Talks Six Year Break, Pharrell, Asian Representation, and New Album 'WHERE IS MY HEAD?' 1:09:33

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You might know him from the 2016 viral sensation ‘Dat $tick,’ but Rich Brian is understandably keen to leave that infamy behind. The Indonesian rapper’s been out of the spotlight for six years so we find out what went down (it’s relationship related), his epic new record WHERE IS MY HEAD?, and the meticulous world-building that comes along with it.…

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Alyson Stoner Talks Camp Rock, Sexuality, Leaving Hollywood and New Memoir 1:44:47

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If you’re of a certain age you grew up with Alyson Stoner — the dancer in the Missy Elliot video for ‘Work It,’ the little girl in Mike’s Super Short Show, Cheaper by the Dozen, Camp Rock, Step Up, and so many more. For a time they were a Disney darling… until they weren’t. Behind the scenes Stoner was struggling to grow up and find their place in …

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Mark Tuan Talks "High As You," GOT7, Moving Back to LA 44:41

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Mark Tuan didn’t grow up with dreams of being a singer or K-pop idol — which makes the success he achieved with GOT7 and now as a solo star even more bananas. He joins us in the studio for the first time as a solo artist to talk about everything from his beginnings getting scouted at school in LA to the reality of being a K-pop trainee, juggling sc…

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Paloma Mami on Scorpios, Anime, Rauw Alejandro, and New Album ‘CODiGOS DE MUÑEKA’ 1:12:43

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Manhattan-born Chilean singer Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga joins us in the studio for the first time to discuss her second album CODiGOS DE MUÑEKA, meaning Girl Codes. Just as her 2021 album, Sueños de Dalí, explores the many facets of Paloma Mami, so this follow-up digs deeper, but finds her in a looser, freer, more confident state of creativity.…

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Hunter Doohan Talks Wednesday Season 2, Working with Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton, and Tyler Galpin 1:15:53

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Joining us in the studio, just before he jetted off to New Zealand to film the hotly anticipated new Evil Dead movie, is Hunter Doohan, the 31-year-old Arkansas-born actor that you undoubtedly know best as Tyler Galpin, the barista-turned-Tim Burton monster in Netflix smash Wednesday. He settles in to chat season 2, discussing his character’s evolu…

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Dave Franco & Alison Brie (Together); Anthony Mackie & the cast of Twisted Metal; Video Game Adaptations 1:14:28

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It’s a full-on pop culture party this week as Kyle McMahon talks the best and worst video game adaptations with Benny Panella, Dave Franco & Alison Brie discuss their horror film Together and Anthony Mackie and the cast of Twisted Metal Season 2 takeover the show. Kyle is joined once again by the amazing Benny Panella to deep-dive, nitpick and laug…

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Michael Clifford Talks ‘SIDEQUEST,' 5SOS, Insecurities, Fatherhood, and Marriage 1:05:47

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He needs no introduction. He’s in 5 Seconds of Summer. And he also has a solo album to talk about. (If you haven’t heard ‘give me a break!’ ft Waterparks, do so immediately.) So he’s joining us on the couch, all on his own for the first time ever, to talk about SIDEQUEST. Except actually this is the second time solo on our couch. Clifford popped in…

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Quadeca Talks New Album ‘Vanisher, Horizon Scraper,’ Danny Brown, YouTube Rap, Concept Albums 1:13:20

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We caught up with Quadeca a little bit last month when he crashed the Kevin Abstract interview with Love Spells, and thanks to overwhelming demand, here he is solo and in-depth. Still just 24 years old, Quadeca, aka Benjamin Fernando Barajas Lasky, has been extremely online for almost half his life. Starting his YouTube channel back in 2012, puttin…

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Jessie Murph Talks Gucci Mane, Blue Strips, 1960's Inspo, and New Album ‘Sex Hysteria’ 46:40

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A whole 10 months since she last sat on our couch and Jessie Murph is back — all in pink with a Priscilla Presley bouffant — to talk about her new album Sex Hysteria. It’s a collection that flays with its honesty, filtering the 20-year-old’s relationship experiences — familial, romantic, and otherwise — into lyrics that are searing, sassy, and sad …

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Inside the 2025 Emmy Nominations with Jacqueline Coley of Rotten Tomatoes 29:43

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Who got snubbed? Who surprised us? And is The Bear even a comedy? (We still don’t know.) In this star-studded 2025 Emmy Awards nominations breakdown, Kyle McMahon welcomes back Rotten Tomatoes Awards Editor Jacqueline Coley to unpack the chaos, controversy and comedy of the 2025 Emmy nominations. From shocking shutouts (Squid Game & House of the Dr…

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Dillon Francis on Sobriety, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Pop-punk and Tomorrowland 1:09:17

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It’s been a minute or six years since DJ and internet prankster Dillon Francis dropped by. Since then a lot has happened — endless Vegas residencies, sobriety, and, it seems, he’s developed fatigue of The Drop. Naturally the LA-native is still busy crafting drops: he has a new release with German house DJ Marten Hørger for one, and a whole punk-pop…

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Jackson Wang Talks 'MAGICMAN 2,' GOT7, and the K-Pop Industry 1:21:54

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From being a sportsman in his youth to leaving it all behind to be a Kpop trainee, to touring the world with GOT7, to going solo and independent, Jackson Wang’s many phases could fill a memoir and he’s only 31. Fresh from traipsing round Mumbai, India, Jackson joined us again — for the first time in five years — to discuss this new era of his caree…

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Keshi Talks New Album ‘Requiem,’ 'Gabriel,' Tattoos, and Nursing 1:10:03

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Keshi joins us IRL in the studio for the first time — last time was peak-pandemic vibes — and it gets real, real fast. He maps his beginnings as an oncology nurse and the moment he decided to make the leap to music and we go deep into his process — now on his latest LP Requiem versus his debut Gabriel — his tricked-out home studio, his abiding John…

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Bryce Hall talks going Horror, Ben Barnes talks Stephen King Series & Embeth Davidtz Directs 55:01

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In this star-studded episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon, we’ve got award-winning talent, chilling thrillers, and social media mayhem as Bryce Hall, Ben Barnes, Embeth Davidtz, Josh Stolberg and Joe Freeman all stop by - all in one episode. 🎬 Embeth Davidtz (Schindler’s List, Matilda, The Morning Show) joins Kyle to discuss her stunning…

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Lauren Spencer Smith on Grief, Divorce, ‘American Idol,’ and New Album ‘THE ART OF BEING A MESS’ 1:19:59

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Lauren Spencer Smith returns to the studio for a third time to talk about her latest LP THE ART OF BEING A MESS. We go deep real fast with the British-born, British Colombia-based, American Idol alum. Just like her music, in conversation the 21-year-old is candid, raw, and funny, unpicking the true-life stories behind ‘IF KARMA DOESN’T GET YOU (I W…

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‘Zombies 4’ Cast on Chemistry, Tough Choreography, Shrimpy, Disney, and the ‘Dawn of the Vampires’ 53:13

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Amazon Music is offering Prime members a 4 Month Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited! Sign up here: https://www.tryamazonmusic.com/zach and enjoy your favorite music, podcasts, and audiobooks all summer long! We are so excited to welcome the cast of the latest Zombies installment, Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires: Meg Donnelly as Addison, Milo Manh…

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María Zardoya of "The Marías" on Love, Breakups, Bad Bunny, Benny and Selena, and Album ‘Submarine’ 1:14:09

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Amazon Music is offering Prime members a 4 Month Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited! Sign up here: https://www.tryamazonmusic.com/zach and enjoy your favorite music, podcasts, and audiobooks all summer long! Dream-pop band The Marías have captivating audiences since their nimble, lush EPs Superclean Vol. I and II, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. …

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Belinda on ‘Cheetah Girls,’ Bad Bunny, Telenovelas, and Album ‘Indómita’ 1:08:40

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Amazon Music is offering Prime members a 4 Month Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited! Sign up here: https://www.tryamazonmusic.com/zach and enjoy your favorite music, podcasts, and audiobooks all summer long! Belinda Peregrín Schüll — known mononymously as Belinda, or Beli to her inner circle — has been famous for longer than she’s been alive. The…

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Celebrating A Capital Fourth 2025: Interviews with Lauren Daigle, Josh Turner, The Temptations & More! 27:20

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In this star-studded episode of Pop Culture Weekly, join Kyle McMahon as he takes you behind the scenes of PBS's A Capital Fourth 2025, recorded live from the West Lawn of the US Capitol. Celebrate America's birthday with exclusive interviews from an incredible lineup of guests. Alfonso Ribeiro, hosting the annual special for the third time, shares…