BANTS! with Geoff and Justin

Listeners, it’s spooky season, and what’s scarier than listening to Geoff & Justin argue for an hour straight? That’s right, this is our first Hot or Not episode of the year, and the boys are tackling one of the most contentious topics on this pod—horror media! Is it transgressive art? Or is it slop for the depraved? G+J also talk the terrifying prospect of a ‘Glee’ reboot and the three actors...

Listeners, Molly the bird may not be for sale, but our merch certainly is! Check out our collection at the link below, and tune into this jam-packed episode to hear about all the hottest topics: Kelly Clarkson v Art of Play; new music from Doechii, Olivia Rodrigo, and Chappell Roan; a trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’; and a ‘Girls’ revival! G+J also break down the promising but ultimately disap...

It’s been a long two weeks, listeners dear, but G+J are back to uplift Tinashe! Before they dive into her new album ‘Popstar’, the boys break down the Hot Tops that have been piling up while Justin was away: Taylor Swift! Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley starring in an upcoming biopic! Charli guesting on a Madonna remix! And a new album from Slayyyter! Listeners, don’t go melatonin on this j...

Listeners dear, we are bereaved. Notable silverback gorilla and internet celebrity, Harambe, has passed. Meanwhile, our society has once again been united by pocket monster mania, and we’re about to Pokémon Go to the polls to elect our first woman President! What could go wrong?! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:05 Catch-Up 02:46 Intro to 2016 08:44 Green Room 21:12 La La Land 34:18 Lemonade 41:15 Skin...

The air is getting cooler, the leaves are beginning to turn, and pumpkin spice has hit store shelves. This can mean only one thing—the annual Song of the Summer episode is nigh! This week, G+J debate which track takes the crown this year, including songs from Audrey Hobert, Zara Larsson, Noah Kahan, Ariana Grande, and more! Be sure to listen to our new single “End of September” on your streaming p...

Sorry for the wait, listeners, but we are BACK with another season of our AWARDS competition! G+J chat about the Emmys’ biggest winners (Widow’s Bay, Sally Field, DTF St. Louis) and losers (Beef, nonwhite actors)! Before that, they break down the buzziest films from Venice and Telluride—including a new Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder—and the beef between Macklemore and Ed Sheeran....

This week, the boys are covering the show that answers the question “What if there was an entire show about the Hatch from ‘Lost’?” That show is ‘Silo’, and G+J have mixed feelings about season 3! Before they descend into the lower levels, they chat about the end of ‘Chicken Shop Date’, the 20th Anniversary Edition of ‘B’Day’, and a new album and single from newly mononymous Miley. Keep it good in...

Fair is fair, listeners dear, so Geoff has crash-landed on the Island and watched the first season of ‘Lost’ following Justin’s victory in their annual award show competition! Before opening the hatch, G+J discuss the PlayStation blackout, the trailer for Palme d’Or winner ‘Fjord’, a new single from ORod, and the loss of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Come join us on this isle of mystery! Timestamps:...

Listeners dear, grab your grimoires, don your most frightening headpieces, and mix your most intoxicating brews, because we are finally talking ‘Widow’s Bay’! Even resident scaredy cat Geoff loves this show, and the boys can’t wait to discuss! G+J also chat about Amy Poehler and Mike Schur’s new show, ‘Dig’; the first trailer for Jordan Firstman’s Cannes smash ‘Club Kid’; and the tragic passing of...

Listeners dear, the boys are awash with dilemmas and deficiencies as they discuss ‘House of the Dragon’ s3, which was mostly good! Before delving into this much anticipated season of fantastical prestige TV, Justin and Geoff dish on the trailer for ‘Verity’, the X-Men cast announcements, ‘Romy & Michelle 2’, and Troye Sivan’s single and music video for “She’s the Best”! If you refuse to listen, yo...

The girls are fighting! On today’s episode, the boys review Ariana Grande’s latest album, ‘Petal’. Geoff is hot on it and Justin is lukewarm at best. But before they go at it, they discuss the incroyable Broadway musical ‘Titaníque’, the trailer for Robert Pattinson’s upcoming Oscar vehicle ‘Primetime’, and the certified blockbuster ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day.’ Tune in to see if like Ari herself,...

Charli xcx dropped her not-actually-rock album, ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, and you know Geoff and Justin have lots of thoughts! The boys also discuss a new single from Slayyyter, a rare Tech Corner W, and Emily Wilson’s savage takedown of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’. Now you wanna feel it, listeners dear! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Catch-Up 02:37 What’s Our Generation’s Yacht Rock? 11:51 Sla...

A FACE ... A FLEET ... A WAR ... A PODCAST ... ABOUT THE ODYSSEY! That’s right, listeners, your favorite cultural commentators Geoff & Justin are back and ready to chat about the biggest film of the year from Christopher Nolan! Before they get into this Best Picture frontrunner, the boys chat about Marvel news, a sequel to sapphic cult classic ‘Jennifer’s Body’, and their anticipation for Tinashe’...

While everyone else is podding about ‘The Odyssey’, all the cool kids are talking about the funniest film of the year, ‘The Invite’! G+J are joined by their two favorite guest hosts, Ben and Brandy, for this conversation about Olivia Wilde’s latest. The foursome also tackle a trailer for the new Tom Cruise film ‘Digger’, the potential for live TV channels on Netflix, and this year’s World Cup. Buc...

Awards Season has returned after four short months! The boys are digging into the Emmy nominations this week, and so many of their favs have been honored: the Pitt, Widow’s Bay, Task, Hacks, Beef, and more!! Before that, G+J share their excitement for an upcoming Britney Spears biopic and the newly minted Brad Ingelsby cinematic universe. They’re more skeptical about a new ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ prequel...

Listeners dear, have no fear: the summer of sultry dance is here! Madonna has done it again with an incredible retrospective dance album to get the kids off the streets and into the club. The boys confess[ions] II having a crush on the Empire State Building climbers; discuss Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding; cover Beyoncé's surprise drop, “DONK”; and chat about Sony halting production of ph...

Listeners, this week G+J are discussing a buzzy anthology series that doubles as a recurring theme of this podcast: Beef! The boys are impressed with this darkly comic Netflix project starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton. Before they venture into the intergenerational battlefield, they break down Amazon MGM dropping Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’, A24 accepting m...

Listeners, we did it! One hundred episodes! Tune in to listen to us answer your questions as we dig into our mailbag. What are our three desert island albums? Who’s in our ‘Survivor’ pantheon? And most importantly, do we really need another podcast hosted by men?? Tune in to find out. Here’s to a hundred more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Catch-Up 10:40 ‘Shrek 5’ Has a Trailer  15:06 Mike Myers S...

If you’ve been wondering where the summer albums at, fear not: Olivia Rodrigo (ORod, get into it) has delivered! The boys are breaking down her third album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ this week, and it’s an AOTY contender. G+J also chat about the Knicks’ win, a possible budding romance between Keke Palmer & Sean Evans, Marty Scorsese getting in on that AI money, and the first t...

Our national nightmare is over, listeners—no, not that one, but ‘Euphoria’ has ended! G+J break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Sam Levinson’s latest critical bomb. But first, they chat about a new single from Ariana Grande, a new album from Charli xcx, and Dua Lipa getting hitched! Maybe the real Euphoria was the friends we made along the way? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:27 Catch-Up 07:32...

Geoff is sick, so we’re reposting our ‘brat’ episode this week! Brat Summer lives!!! We’ll be back next week with coverage of the ‘Euphoria’ finale! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Catch-Up & Welcome Gillie 02:55 Taylor Swift’s Chart Domination Tactics 13:50 The Rat Boyfriend Phenomenon 21:14 brat 01:16:43  Justin’s What’s Good: I Saw the TV Glow 01:20:02 Geoff’s What’s Good: The Rise and Fall o...

Travel back in time with the boys to 2016 as they cover ‘Arrival’, the now-classic film from Denis Villeneuve! Before they enter the heptapod chamber, G+J cover new singles from Olivia Rodrigo and Charli; Jeff Probst’s ‘Survivor 50’ fuck up; a new show from Damon Lindelof & Laura Linney, ‘Lanterns’; and the longest standing Os from Cannes! Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, dear liste...

Sometimes we’re late to the party, listeners dear, and that is certainly the case with this week’s main topic Zara Larsson! We missed her 2025 album ‘Midnight Sun’ but are back for the remix album, ‘Girls Trip’. Before the boys dive into this feature-filled record, they tackle a litany of hot topics: a more-evil-than-usual Met Gala; the new single from Charli xcx, “Rock Music”; two of the most exc...

This week, we’re *Geoff voice* FLUSHING THE FORMAT and inviting our actual mothers, Sue & Teresa, onto the pod. We asked each to pick one formative piece of pop culture to talk about—Justin & Teresa dig into the influential sitcom ‘All in the Family’, and Geoff & Sue chat about the Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen.  Happy belated Mother’s Day, listeners dear! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:...

Thank the devil herself, this legasequel is actually good! This week, G+J cover everything ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ gets right about living through the media apocalypse, and everything it gets wrong about Australian love interests. Geoff is especially excited to talk hot topics this week, including a new album from pod fav Ariana Grande and Laura Dern joining the cast of ‘The White Lotus’. That’s...