The Playlist Podcast Network

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, co-host Mike DeAngelo dives into Apple TV+’s “Black Bird,” which stars Taron Egerton, Paul Walter-Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta, Sepideh Moafi and more. The series follows Jimmy Keene, an imprisoned midwestern drug dealer who agrees to enter a maximum-security prison to befriend a serial killer, Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), and elicit a confession for the FBI, effectively ruining Larry’s chance for appeal. READ MORE: ‘Black Bird’ Review: Dennis Lehane’s New Apple TV+ Series Is True Crime in Rare, Fantastic Form Writer/Showrunner, Dennis LeHane (“Mystic River,” “Gone Baby Gone,” “The Wire,” “Boardwalk Empire”) stopped by the Bingeworthy podcast to discuss his long, illustrious career as a novelist, TV writer, and now showrunner for “Black Bird,” which he was drawn to for different reasons than some might think. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

After being disappointed with most of the films in Marvel Studios’ Phase 4, The Playlist Podcast is here to talk a bit more positively about the MCU with “Thor: Love & Thunder.” With the return of Taika Waititi behind the camera, Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder is back with more laughs, more adventures, and more Thors. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

Episode 4 of Marvel Studios’ “Ms. Marvel” series was a change of pace for the show. Not only did it bring the world of Pakistan to the MCU, but it also serves as an introduction to director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who is the woman helming both episodes 4 and 5 of the new series. And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, I got a chance to talk to Obaid-Chinoy about working on the MCU show and including the sights and sounds of her hometown of Karachi.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, co-host Mike DeAngelo sets his sights on Prime Video’s “The Terminal List,” which stars Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney, and more. The series follows a Navy Seal officer who is sucked into investigating why his entire platoon was ambushed during a covert mission overseas. The entire eight-episode series drops on Prime Video on July 1st. The show is a dark, psychological rumination on the treatment of U.S. military veterans through the lens of an action-revenge thriller. Also, on today’s Bingeworthy episode, director Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”) and “The Terminal List” showrunner David DiGilio sat down with co-host Mike DeAngelo to discuss how they came to the show.

The acclaimed new Greek film "Apples" imagines a world in the grips of an amnesia epidemic. Director Christos Nikou swings by Be Reel to remember the origins of his sci-fi debut, what he learned from working with Yorgos Lanthimos on "Dogtooth," and why he thinks Charlie Kaufman movies are "one million times" harder to write than "Citizen Kane."  "Apples" is out now in New York and LA and rolls out around the country in July.  Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

For the 10th anniversary of “Magic Mike,” Be Reel makes it rain critical reflection on Channing Tatum’s career-defining role and other standouts of the male stripper sub-genre like “The Full Monty” (1997) and “Chocolate City” (2015). Suffice it to say, if this episode had a stage name, it would probably be “Cash Rich” or “Threatened Masculinity.” Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

After nearly 20 years of anticipation, fans of “Star Wars” were excited to welcome back Ewan McGregor in the new Disney+ series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Upon its debut, the series instantly became one of the biggest hits in the short history of the streaming service and earned plenty of love from critics and fans alike. But now that all six episodes have been released, did the show live up to the hype? That’s what we’re here to discuss in this episode of The Playlist Podcast. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

If you’ve listened to The Playlist Podcast consistently over the past couple of years, you know I’m a huge fan of “Mayans M.C.” Yes, the biker drama on FX that is a “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff. In fact, I think it might just be the best series on TV today. So, as is now becoming a tradition, I am welcoming back ‘Mayans’ co-creator, Elgin James, to join The Playlist Podcast to talk about Season 4 and what was going through his mind when crafting one of the most devastating seasons of TV in recent memory. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, co-host Mike DeAngelo dives back into “Under the Banner of Heaven.” The show follows a devout Mormon detective Jeb Pyre (played by Andrew Garfield) whose faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS Mormon fundamentalism and their distrust in the government. There’s a terrific supporting cast involved too, including Gil Birmingham, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Chloe Pirrie, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, and more. Of the many stand-out performances on the show, Wyatt Russell’s Dan Lafferty stands out as a particularly warped yet human take on how religious fundamentalism can lead to a dark moral-bending spiral and, ultimately, a complete loss of decency. Wyatt Russell sat down with host Mike DeAngelo to discuss getting this particularly dangerous role. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.

We catch up with director Jim Archer, who's made a new comedy called "Brian and Charles" about a kooky inventor (David Earl's Brian) who builds a 7-foot-tall robot (Chris Hayward's Charles) anxious to learn all it can about the Welsh countryside and this world of ours. Jim discusses some of the film's documentary inspirations, shopping for mannequin heads and how to direct an actor who's inside a box. "Brian and Charles" is in theaters now, from Focus Features. Remember to check out more stories, news, reviews, interviews, and more at ThePlaylist.net, subscribe to our newsletter, and check out more of our Playlist Podcast interviews here.