One Hour, One Brain Cell

Coming Wednesdays this fall, a groundbreaking new show from the network that brought you "Chicago Fire", "Chicago Med", and "Chicago PD" - NBC's "Chicago Pope". Join newly appointed Pope Leo XIV in his quest to bless the Rat Hole, anoint bottles of Malort across the city, and save the Chicago White Sox from the bottom of the standings. (We're unsure...

Fresh off the First Monday in May, we're back with everyone's favorite segment: obviously qualified fashion analysis of the 2025 Met Gala! Come with us as we sort out the winners, losers, and bowler hats of this year's event. And if that wasn't enough for you, we also have possibly too-in-depth analysis of the MCU's "we're so back" offering, Thunderbolts* (not spo...

The pollen count is high this time of year, which we can blame almost entirely on an article published in 1939 that recommended only male trees be planted in growing city municipalities. Female trees, by contrast, shed fruit and seeds, as well as chemicals absorbed from wastewater and the nearby soil - but male trees facilitate removal through flowers and pollen. As a result, the number of seasona...

If we were eligible to be given penalties for going over one hour on the show, we would have an indefinite race ban by now. Luckily for you, we don't listen to anybody's rules and they can't stop us. Tune in this week for the first ever incident of "Jordan's WiFi being worse than Richie's", a review of the highly-rated "Sinners", this week's "Hacks&...

We put a bunch of these segments in our pre-show document as “rapid fire”, and then turned it into our longest episode yet. But really, who can blame us? When Lady Gaga at Coachella and the fourth season of Hacks occur in the same week, you should feel lucky we didn’t spend two hours on those topics exclusively. So buckle up for the best (and worst) of the internet and the IRL - it’s the latest ep...

Have you ever cooked a delicious frozen pizza from the grocery store, only to find that despite its perfectly crispy edges, you're still faced with a doughy and undone center? Stress no more - we here at One Hour, One Brain Cell Industries are proud to present to you the newest innovation in the field of in-house pizza baking! Introducing: A Brief Spell Under The Broiler! This revolutionary pr...

Cats, dragons, magic - the three ingredients our Etsy witches run out of most often while trying to keep up with all of our accidental manifestation spells. This week, we're breaking down Lucy Dacus' new album "Forever Is A Feeling", alongside our pitches for three television shows you definitely should be watching. We also take you through Richie's #BookTok pick of the week, as well as our latest...

Your favorite podcast's favorite podcast is back this week! Come join us for tales of cryptids, both large (Bigfoot) and small (Jordan's appearance on national television). Plus, we have our very first Formula One Hour, Formula One Brain Cell of the season, featuring double race recaps of Australia and China. We may not be 100% healthy, but we are 100% committed to this show - and you shou...

If you say "abracadabra" in the mirror 3 times, Lady Gaga appears and reminds you that ARTPOP deserved more credit than it got. So gather your covens, Monsters, and Mickeys alike - we're breaking down some of the biggest releases in movies and music over the past week. First up, it's a deep dive into Lady Gaga's dual threat host/musical guest appearance on SNL, and her early...

Our list of famous Oscars includes Wilde, Isaac, The Grouch, and Ke Huy Quan's Best Supporting Actor win from 2023. We're working on expanding that, but it might have to wait until after F1 season ends - because cars are back on track for 2025! We're talking everything preseason testing in Bahrain, and the ups, downs, and bus stops along the way. Then, we're following it up with a...

This episode was potentially also titled "Lewis Hamilton Knows Victoria's Secret", but we really should've called it "A Slow Descent into Madness". We present our latest offering, served hot and fresh with a side of sleep deprivation and fresh potting soil. It's coming home - and we hope you enjoy this episode, from the comfort of your home. Because the world needed...

If you took a sip of Red Bull for every time we mentioned witches on this episode of the show, you'd be finished with a 12oz drink before we even hit the halfway point. And much like Salem in the 1600s, we didn't even have any bullet points about witches in the show notes. They just kind of appeared. So grab Goody Proctor, your favorite SNL cast member, and your microwaveable snack of choi...

If one thing's for sure, it's that the eventual Super Bowl episode of Abbott Elementary is going to run the sitcom genre like the Navy. We're hoping our newest episode can match up to even half of that level. We're talking all things Superb Owl, before rapidly descending into the chaos of our latest ~80 hours spent together in the Windy City. Prepare for all the nuns, puns, and piz...

Today we lay our streak of episodes under an hour to rest, alongside all of Drake’s musical dreams and aspirations. (We’d like to publicly thank Kendrick Lamar for his service in being the biggest awarded hater of the year.) We’re recapping all the winners from this year’s Grammy awards - both on stage and on the red carpet - and feel free to heat up your ARTPOP & Alejandro nachos with us as w...

Have you ever wanted to add stress to your life by taking responsibility for the care and well-being of a living thing, but aren't quite ready to commit to one with two or four fully-grown legs? Try plant ownership, where you can have all of the mess of parenthood without ever being able to understand what they truly need! And if you need a little self-care time away from your newly acquired l...

We've had flights that lasted longer than the TikTok ban - but you've also probably had better things to do with your time than watch our show, so it all evens out. On this week's episode, we're channeling the aura of Sir Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari debut, proving our vocabulary knowledge on Lucy Dacus' latest tracks, and receiving noise complaints from our neighbors - althoug...

We're gathered here today to mourn the loss of a close friend and cherished member of our weekly screen time report, TikTok. As the potential ban approaches, Richie and Jordan show us what they've chosen to preserve as historians of this wonderful chapter in our internet history. So turn the brightness all the way up - you can use our latest episode to light your way at 3am while going to...

This episode is best enjoyed cold - and if you're somewhere in the Midwest right now, that's really your only option since all of winter showed up in a span of 24 hours. In an effort to thaw things out, your hosts are tackling some of the week's hottest topics, including red carpet fashion and the winners and losers of this year's Golden Globes. Plus, Richie finally dives into the age-old argument...

It's our milestone 50th episode, and as our gift to you, it's three whole minutes shorter than one hour! To celebrate, we're dropping some Lore in the episode description: did you know that the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was actually originally called "Vampires in Love", and was written for a musical version of Nosferatu? Also, can we revive that production with about 2000 more live rats, p...

'Tis the season for spiked anxiety levels, low bank accounts, and tastefully avoiding provoking your family members with dinner table conversation (oh, and also for our year-end recap show). We're breaking down our top picks for all the memes, movies, and moments that contributed to our collective brain rot over the last year - and also selecting our newest film to have unchecked personal beef wit...

It's our one year anniversary on the show! To celebrate, we're taking you on a little trip down memory lane for some of our finest moments from the past year. We're also holding Richie hostage until he updates his Letterboxd rating of La La Land to more than 2.5 stars. So tune in for Philomena Cunk, punk rock, and indoor pyrotechnics on this very special birthday edition of the One Hour, One Brain...

Much like this past weekend's F1 race stewarding, this episode makes absolutely no sense and is only half-heartedly managed. Up first, we're making a case for a recount in favor of the people's champion, Ilona Maher, on the only season of 'Dancing With the Stars' we've ever cared about. We're following it up with a recap all of the yellow flags of the Qatar Grand Prix weekend, and a few pivotal fo...

This Thanksgiving week, it's our pleasure to bring you some talking points that will make you the star of the kids' table or your post-dinner cousins walk. It's also a perfect companion soundtrack to fist fighting someone over a flat screen TV at your local Best Buy. But heed this dire and serious warning: don't forget to hold space at your table for the lyrics of Defying Gravity, and definitely d...

We're taking a break from shooting free throws, reading our astrological charts, and defying gravity to bring you this 45th episode of the One Hour, One Brain Cell podcast. Warning: may contain bad jokes, numerous references to Willem Dafoe, and the perils of daylight savings time. So settle in around the fire, won't you? The show is about to begin. Because the world needed another podcast, follow...

Abandon all coherent episode sequence, all ye who enter here... We're serving up our special LH44 episode of the podcast with a delightful spread of Grammy nominations, cars on various racetracks, The Algorithm, and buttered waffles. Yes, you read that correctly. So come see what's new in the kitchen here at the One Hour, One Brain Cell podcast! Because the world needed another podcast, follow us:...