Culture Night Pod

🍷🏈 Grab a glass and get ready to run through a brick wall—it’s Episode 2 of our Football Season! This week on Culture Night Pod , we’re popping the cork on another great bottle of wine and tackling one of the most inspirational sports dramas ever made: the 1993 classic Rudy , directed by David Anspaugh and starring Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, and Charles S. Dutton. ☘️✨ Based on the inc...

🍷 Pour a fresh glass and huddle up—welcome to Season 8 of Culture Night Pod! We’re kicking off our Football Movies Season with the 1971 sports classic Brian’s Song , starring James Caan as Brian Piccolo and Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers. Adapted from Gale Sayers’ autobiography I Am Third , this ABC Movie of the Week captured the hearts of millions by chronicling the groundbreaking friendship,...

On this special season retrospective of Culture Night Pod , we’re pouring some wine and looking back at our entire World War II movie season. From massive Hollywood blockbusters and heart-wrenching human stories to dual-perspective war epics and ticking-clock survival spectacles, we break down every single film we watched this season. We reveal our personal favorites, our least favorites, the bigg...

🍷 Uncork a bottle and join us for the epic finale of our World War II Movie Season! To close out our WWII series on Culture Night Pod , we’re pouring some delicious Tobin James wine and dissecting Christopher Nolan’s 2017 survival masterpiece, Dunkirk , starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Harry Styles. Nolan takes an unconventional approach to historical cinema by dropping vi...

Wine glasses full, lights dimmed—welcome back to Culture Night Pod as we continue our WWII movie deep dive. This week on Culture Night Pod , we’re sharing a glass of wine and discussing the 2008 historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pajamas , directed by Mark Herman and starring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, and Vera Farmiga. Told through the innocent eyes of an eight-year-old son of a concentr...

🍷 Pour a glass and join us for a powerful double feature episode of our WWII Movie Season! This week on Culture Night Pod , we’re uncorking a great bottle of wine and breaking down Clint Eastwood’s ambitious companion films: Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). Watching these two films back-to-back offers an extraordinary look at the Battle of Iwo Jima from both the American and...

🍷 Pour a glass and join us for Episode 5 of our WWII Movie Season! This week on Culture Night Pod , we’re popping open a bottle of fine wine and diving deep into Michael Bay’s 2001 blockbuster Pearl Harbor , starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsale. Is it a romantic epic, a cinematic spectacle, or peak 2000s Hollywood excess? We unpack the historical accuracy, the massive practica...

Another week, another episode of our World War II season, Saving Private Ryan (1998). This is a movie that we both remember being a big box office hit and we are so excited to share all of our thoughts and reactions with you. So if you haven’t seen it yet, watch it first and then grab some fancy wine and popcorn and check out all of our thoughts and reactions on this week’s film. #moviepodcast #mo...

We are back with our 3rd episode of our World War II season, Schindler’s List (1993). This heartbreaking movie was new to the both of us, and we learned so much and are ready to share all of our thoughts with you. So if you haven’t seen it yet, watch it first and then grab some fancy wine and popcorn and check out all of our thoughts and reactions on this week’s film. #moviepodcast #movies #podcas...

We are taking a brief pause from our World War II season for a BONUS EPISODE of Culture Night Pod! Although this episode still ties in a little bit to our theme because we are watching White Christmas(1954). This holiday classic has become a cultural icon, and it is a must watch for us every holiday season. So grab some fancy wine and popcorn and check out all of our thoughts and reactions and beh...

We are continuing our World War II season of Culture Night Pod with Patton (1970). This season has been so interesting already, and we are only on episode 2. Grab some fancy wine and popcorn and check out all of our thoughts and reactions on this week’s film. #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #CultureNightPod #CultureNight #CultureYourself #season7 #War #WorldWarII #WorldWarIImovies #warmovies #Patto...

WE ARE BACK! We are so excited to kick off Season 7 of Culture Night Pod with our World War II season. We have a lot of great movies lined up for this season and we are starting with The Dirty Dozen (1967)! So grab some fancy wine and popcorn and watch along with us! #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #CultureNightPod #CultureNight #CultureYourself #season7 #War #WorldWarII #WorldWarIImovies #warmovie...

We decided to finish out season 6 with a BONUS Space Season recap episode!! Check out our fact snacks and slept on it segment from our Hidden Figure episode as well as our final thoughts on all of the space season movies we watched this season! And make sure you stay tuned for next season where we will be diving into World War II movies! Don’t forget to subscribe so that you can follow along as we...

The season finale of our Space season has FINALLY arrived and this week we are watching Hidden Figures (2016)! We covered so many different aspects of Space during this season and we had the best time covering movies from one of our favorite genres. Check out the season finale and then make sure you stay tuned for our next season where we will deep dive World War II movies, coming in a few weeks!...

Another week, another episode of our Space season, and this week we’re watching The Martian (2015)! This is a very special movie for us, and we are SO excited to watch it for the Pod! Grab some fancy wine and popcorn and join us for another episode of Culture Night Pod! Don’t forget to subscribe so that you can follow along as we continue through this season! https://www.youtube.com/@culturenightp...

Slowly, but surely, we are gonna finish this Space season! In this week’s episode, we are watching Interstellar (2014)! This was a LONG movie, so we have lots to talk about, so grab some fancy wine and popcorn and tune in to our thoughts on this Space movie! If you have any thoughts or questions, please leave us a comment! Don’t forget to subscribe so that you can follow along as we continue throu...

Life has gotten crazy, but we are back with another episode of Culture Night Pod! Episode 6 of our Space season brought us the 1998 Lost in Space film based of the popular 1960s TV show. We have a lot of thoughts on this movie, so grab some fancy wine and popcorn and check out this edition of Culture Night Pod! Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube so that you can follow along as we continue throug...

We have another Blockbuster hit for this episode of season 6, Armageddon (1998). Not only are we watching an iconic Space movie, but we also have our FIRST ever guest on the pod! We are so excited to have our friend, Kaylin, with us to watch one of her all time favorite movies. Grab some popcorn and tune in to see all of our thoughts and reactions to Armageddon! #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #Cul...

Another week, another space movie! We are back this week with Season 6 Episode 4: Apollo 13 (1995). This movie is full of stressful action, but no space season would be complete without it! If you have any thoughts on the movie, or any behind the scenes info, please leave us a comment below! Don’t forget to subscribe so that you can follow along as we continue through this season! https://www.yout...

Rolling into episode 3 of our Space season with one of Sarah’s childhood favorites, Spaceballs (1987). This movie is full of Culture Night and pop culture references and is another 1980s comedy classic! Make sure you give this video a like if you love Spaceballs too and share any of your favorite scenes or fun behind the scenes facts in the comments below! Don’t forget to subscribe so that you can...

We are continuing our Space theme this week in episode 2 with The Right Stuff (1983). We saw a lot of familiar faces in this movie, learned a lot about the history of our space program, and watched a lot of hours of movie to get through to the end. Please give this video a like, if you’ve seen this movie, and feel free to share any other thoughts or other facts we need to know about this movie dow...

WE ARE BACK! Culture Night Season 6 is officially here and we are so excited to kick off our Space season with Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1978). We have lots of thoughts on the movie, and we hope you will watch along and share your thoughts by leaving a comment below on this Space (and SciFi) classic!  #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #CultureNightPod #CultureNight #CultureYourself #season6 #Spa...

We have made it to the season finale of season 5, and this week we are watching Palm Springs (2020). If you haven’t seen this movie, definitely make sure you give it a watch before checking out the podcast to hear all of our thoughts and reactions to this latest RomCom movie! Also, we would love to hear your thoughts on this movie and whether or not you like it, so please leave a comment on our Yo...

We are moving into the 2010s this week by watching Crazy Rich Asians (2018). This movie is incredible and really shows how much the RomCom genre has grown over decades, and we hope you will tune in and hear all of our thoughts and reactions on this week’s movie.  #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #CultureNightPod #CultureNight #CultureYourself #season5 #RomCom #RomanticComedy #CrazyRichAsians #HenryG...

We are back this week with a bonus RomCom from the 2000s, The Notebook (2004). This movie was a RomCom sensation at the time, and we couldn’t let a whole season about this genre go by without watching this one too. We hope you’ll watch the movie (or re-watch if it’s one of your favorites), and then check out the podcast to catch all of our thoughts and reactions. #moviepodcast #movies #podcast #Cu...