The Casual Genius Podcast

This week Jaden and Ryder are here with a special Thanksgiving episode to share their picks for some of the Albums and Movies that they’re most grateful for including albums by Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino and films including Hot Rod and 500 Days of Summer! (02:21) - Albums that Jaden is Thankful for (07:30) - Albums that Ryder is Thankful for (14:04) - Movies that Jaden is Thankful for (21...

Jaden & Ryder are back fresh off of a big week of music releases with a review of one of the biggest young pop stars: The Kid Laroi and his proper debut studio album: THE FIRST TIME. Check out our thoughts on his artistic reinvention and where this album falls in our favorites of this year! (03:41) - Overall Thoughts on The Kid Laroi (07:09) - Album Production (12:18) - Vocal Performances (18:26)...

Jaden & Ryder are here with a review of one of this years most critically acclaimed albums, Lahai, the long-awaited and highly-anticipated sophomore album from experimental electronic and R&B artist Sampha. Tune in to hear their thoughts on every aspect of the album including whether or not it’s worthy of Album of the Year conversation. (02:32) - Review of Sampha’s Lahai album (06:44) - Album Prod...

Jaden and Ryder are back with a Halloween Themed Spooktacular episode! We’re here to count down the best of Halloween, Jaden’s infamous “Joker” costume, and why Clorox wipes should never be used as toilet paper. (03:58) - Jaden’s Top 10 Halloween Songs (09:29) - Ryder’s Top 10 Halloween Songs (25:08) - Jaden’s Top 5 Halloween Movies (28:17) - Ryder’s Top 5 Halloween Movies (35:23) - Rating Hallowe...

Jaden and Ryder are here with an intriguing debate this week about two of hip-hop’s best selling artists: Drake & Kanye West. They put their highly anticipated and highly debated 2021 albums, Certified Lover Boy & Donda, through a gauntlet-style head-to-head battle to decide which artist’s album was better. (06:08) - Album Production (10:42) - Vocal Performances (15:35) - Lyrics (19:57) - Album Co...

This week Jaden and Ryder discuss which artist is currently 10 times better than Drake, the best Ice Spice song we’ve ever heard, and of course the newest sci-fi, post-apocalyptic thriller film: The Creator starring John David Washington. (00:47) - New Music Reviews (16:53) - What We’re Listening To (26:46) - Spoiler-Free Review of The Creator Movie (34:44) - Spoiler-Filled Review of The Creator W...

It’s time to ask the hard-hitting questions: are wiener dogs born that way? Or do they get wienier? This week Jaden and Ryder discuss all things K9 related, and oh yeah, review the newest Drake album: For All The Dogs. (03:21) - New Music Reviews (12:01) - What We’ve Been Listening To (19:14) - Recapping Season 1 of Ahsoka (36:10) - Reviewing For All The Dogs by Drake What We’re Listening To Playl...

Ryder and Jaden are fresh off of a bye week with an exciting episode recapping their thoughts on some of September’s biggest albums, Jaden’s maiden voyage to Comic Con, and Doja Cat’s newest album: Scarlet. Also, be sure to tune in to the end of the episode for Ryder’s one sentence summary of the new Lil Wayne project, Tha Fix Before Tha VI. (00:37) - Recapping our reviews of Nas, 30 Seconds To Ma...

Ryder & Jaden are back on the reviewing albums grind with two fan favorite artists’ new releases. First they dive into country duo Dan + Shay’s newest project: Bigger Houses before reviewing one of music’s up-and-coming pop sensations: Olivia Rodrigo and her sophomore album Guts. (02:02) - New Music Reviews (17:57) - What We’re Listening To (30:38) - Reviewing Bigger Houses by Dan + Shay (44:19) R...

Ryder & Jaden are back to kick-off the return of NFL football, talk new music, review the latest episode of Disney+’s Ahsoka, and the newest action-racing film based on the incredible true story: Gran Turismo. (01:50) - New Music Reviews (27:24) - What We’ve Been Listening To (34:53) - Ahsoka Ep. 4 Review (41:14) - Gran Turismo Review What We’re Listening To Playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/pl...

This week Jaden and Ryder dig into new music, episode 3 of the Disney+ series: Ahsoka, and the latest installment in the DC film franchise: Blue Beetle. Tune in to hear how Barbie and Blue Beetle are related and what notes Taylor Swift can take from Nicki Minaj on this week’s episode! (01:52) - New Music Reviews (19:13) - What We’ve Been Listening To (26:26) - Ahsoka Episode 3 Review (31:39) - Blu...

Jaden and Ryder are back with a unique episode to cover a wide variety of entertainment topics. They review new music and the first episodes of Disney’s new Star Wars series: Ahsoka. They dive into their top TV shows of all time and what they think the best movies of 2023 are so far before wrapping up with a rapid fire question segment. (01:26) - New Music Reviews (16:48) - What We’ve Been Listeni...

Jaden and Ryder are back with a special midweek episode to cover all of this past week’s new music reviews, film news, as well as their discussion of Wolfgang Van Halen’s (son of Eddie Van Halen) sophomore album: Mammoth II. They tap in special guest, and Rock & Roll guru, Blake Grimes to help review the record as well as hear his thoughts on who is killing the game in the rock scene today. (01:05...

This week Jaden and Ryder have a very special announcement: The Casual Genius Podcast will be releasing TWO episodes this week! This very special crossover episode with the legendary Jonah Park of the Pop Culture Roundup and the brilliant & hilarious Davin Rene to review TMNT: Mutant Mayhem along with the release on Thursday of our review of Mammoth II by Wolfgang Van Halen! Be sure to check out o...

This week Ryder and Jaden chat about some upcoming films, television and new music before breaking down their thoughts on the massive cultural moment in 2023: the Barbie movie. Tune in to hear their thoughts on the Chevrolet Commercial within the film, the real Barbie MVP and whether or not Jaden’s extreme hatred of Ryan Gosling is justified. (01:09) - Music News (03:19) - Movie/TV News (07:48) -...

Ryder and Jaden take a trip to the future this week on a journey to uncover UTOPIA and all that it entails. They chat about album release rumors, review new music singles, and share a few songs they’ve had in rotation lately. At long last they review one of the most highly anticipated albums so far in the 2020s: Travis Scott’s UTOPIA. (00:56) - Music & Movie News (04:27) - New Music Reviews (19:19...

This week Jaden and Ryder are fresh off of the Taylor Swift episode with an olive-branch and a challenge for the Swifties. They also debut the August Episode Schedule and review a few of this week’s new tracks along with some songs they’ve been listening to this week. Last, they review the finale of Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV series and Post Malone’s new record: AUSTIN. (02:18) - A Message to Tay...

Ryder & Jaden kick off a special Taylor Swift edition episode by first speculating about Travis Scott’s movie announcement, reviewing new music, and shouting out a few tracks they’re listening to. This week they review and rank each of Taylor Swift’s 10 albums and share some of their favorite and least favorite tracks in her catalog. (00:45) - Utopia Film Announcement (06:07) - New Music Reviews (...

Ryder and Jaden kick off this week’s episode with new news regarding the Superman: Legacy cast, the actors & writers strikes and Travis Scott’s Utopia announcement. They review some of this past week’s new music and shout out some songs they’ve been listening to before reviewing Episode 4 of Marvel’s Secret Invasion and Insidious: The Red Door. (01:30) - Superman: Legacy Cast News (10:50) - Actors...

This week Jaden & Ryder discuss their feelings on the new Superman actor: David Corenswet, along with other DC film news. They also share their feelings on the new Drake album announcement, what they thought of this week’s new music, and what songs they’re listening to before they chat about the newest Secret Invasion episode and review the most recent albums from Gunna & Young Thug. (01:49) - Sup...

Jaden & Ryder are back to respond to critics who say they have terrible music taste this week, as they review and discuss the newest music singles. They also review the first two episodes of Marvel’s Secret Invasion before jumping into reviews of two of this year’s most unique sounding albums: Pink Tape by Lil Uzi Vert and SCARING THE H*ES by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown. (01:10) New Music (15:11) Secr...

This week Jaden & Ryder break down new Marvel trailers and TV episodes, review the new music they’ve listened to and review the DC Universe’s newest film, The Flash. (00:56) - Kraven the Hunter trailer (09:15) - Secret Invasion: Episode 1 (11:58) - New Music (29:05) - What We’re Listening To (35:08) - The Flash Review What We’re Listening To Playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/editors-ch...

Jaden and Ryder are back with another episode on what some have called The Most Pointless Podcast Ever, where they revisit Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy Award Winning record from 2022: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. This week’s segments: (0:00:28) - The Most Pointless Podcast (0:01:40) - Movie News (0:03:33) - New Music Releases (0:20:30) - What We’re Listening To (0:27:38) - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppe...

This week Jaden and Ryder break down the new animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. They also discuss some movie news (1:40), news around the music world (23:50), new music released this week (28:30), Jaden’s thoughts on the Metro Boomin Across the Spider-Verse Soundtrack (52:40), and of course review the newest Spider-Man film (1:01:20).

Jaden and Ryder are back with a special episode talking about this year’s NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat. They are also joined by special guest and basketball expert Madi Vance. Jaden and Ryder also talk about the new movie trailers they saw, new music they listened to this week and Ryder shares his thoughts on the new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack produc...