The Culture Garden

Welcome back to The Culture Garden Podcast! We're brining back our Best Episode Ever series to discuss HBO's Entourage as it celebrates their 20th Anniversary. This week we're getting into Season 3, some people say it's the best season of the show. The season is broken into two parts so we discussed both of them in this episode! At the end of the series we'll crown the best epi...

Welcome back to The Culture Garden Podcast! We're brining back our Best Episode Ever series to discuss HBO's Entourage as it celebrates it's 20th Anniversary. Following our discussion of Season 1, Rich, Spike Lou, and Chaz are back this week to discuss the best episode for Season 2! At the end of the series we'll crown the best episode ever for the series. We appreciate you for lis...

Welcome back to The Culture Garden Podcast! We're brining back our Best Episode Ever series to discuss HBO's Entourage as it celebrates it's 20th Anniversary. Rich will be joined by special guests Spike Lou and Chaz for the next 9 weeks to crown the best episode of the series. We appreciate you for listening and watching, please me sure to subscribe, comment, rate and share. We look fo...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week is a little different—Rich is going at it alone with a solo episode to discuss the 2008 comedy, *Soul Men*. Rich will dive into his decision to record a solo episode, explore the influence of the iconic duo Sam & Dave and their possible impact on the film, discuss the lawsuit that followed, and highlight the comedic geniu...

Welcome back to a new episode of **The Culture Garden Podcast**! In honor of the release of *Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F*, Bryan makes his fourth appearance on the show to discuss the film that started the franchise back in 1984. We’ll dive into the historical box office run of *Beverly Hills Cop*, explore who was almost cast for the role of Axel Foley, play a 1980’s version of “This or That,” and h...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week, Rich is joined by the one and only Spike Lou to discuss the 2010 heist film, The Town. The conversation includes intriguing details such as Ben Affleck’s first choice for the role of Jem Coughlin, the director who almost helmed the film before Affleck, and what sets The Town apart from other heist movies. We’ll also dive int...

Welcome to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! Maurice joins Rich and Ray P to discuss the 1995 action film, Bad Boys. Episode Highlights: • Why Maurice Chose Bad Boys: Maurice explains his personal connection to the film and its impact on the action genre. • Original Lead Actors: Discover which actors were initially selected for the iconic roles before Martin Lawrence and Will Smith to...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week Rich and Maurice have an impromptu conversation about being Creators, hence the title being a play on Variety's 'Actors on Actors' series. There was no outline or game plan, however the conversation lasted more than 2 hours. Maurice hinted at splitting the episode in two parts, so we're giving you Part II firs...

Welcome back to a special episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! Rich and Ray participate in a wide ranging conversation that's facilitated by fellow creator, Maurice Hunt III. The discussion includes how past relationships impact Romance Month, what films and television shows have shaped them the much, Skool's absence, what's next for the podcast, and much more. Thank you for tuning i...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we're discussing the 2014 action film, The Equalizer with the GOAT, Denzel Washington. The conversation will focus around what film we originally planned to discuss and why that didn't happen, who is going to be the next black action hero, a game of 'This or That' with Denzel films, best scenes, and much more....

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This episode we're getting back in the nostalgia bag to discuss the 2001 film, The Brothers. We'll recast The Brothers based on actors who were around in 2001, discuss how our life experiences allow us to relate to the film differently in 2024, best scenes, and much more! We had fun with the conversation, we hope you enjoy it a...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we'll be discussing the 2022 sports drama, Hustle. Join us as we have a conversation about Adam Sandler's fascinating career, the rise of Anthony Edwards, how this film is similar to a cheeseburger, and much more. As always, thank you for taking the time to listen. We can't do any of this without your support. Che...

Welcome back to The Culture Garden Podcast! Thank you for joining us for a another week, this episode we'll be discussing Tyler Perry's 2008 film, The Family That Preys. We wonder if Tyler Perry is trolling us with his wig selections, whether or not Andrea is a Supervillan, where this ranks in Tyler Perry films, and much more. We appreciate you for tuning in, thank you for your support. A...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! We like to let the films dictate the conversations and after watching a film like Origin, we decided to provide reactionary thoughts and discuss how this film made us film. It's a free flowing conversation, not our typical categories, but we had such a good time getting deeper than we normally do. We also discuss an all-time acting...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we're discussing a film with some of the best acting performances as an ensemble cast, the 2004 classic, Ray. We really enjoyed this one. Great film, great cast, great conversation. Than you as always for tuning in, we couldn't do this without you. Check out the link below for more content. Love!  Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ht...

Welcome back to another episode of Skool's Guilty Pleaures, the podcast made for "good" bad movies. This week Skool is joined by Maurice and Rich to share some nostalgia with 1995's feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Listen, if you weren't around in the early 90's then you won't understand the immediate impact the Power Rangers had. Hopefully this episode all...

On Wednesdays we drop new episodes. Actually, that's not true. But can you blame us for feeling the necessity to release a Mean Girls episode on a Wednesday? This week we're joined by Mia to discuss the instant impact of the film, high school experiences, the more iconic character between Cady and Regina, where Mean Girls falls amongst high school films, and much more. Thank you for listen...

Welcome to a new episode of Skool's Guilty Pleasures, the film podcast celebrating "good" bad movies. For this episode, Skool will be joined by special guests Mario (@simplymario_) and Maurice (@the_conceptual_mauricehunt) to discuss the 2003 film, Love Don't Cost A Thing. Nick Cannon might not even love this movie as much as these three. Press play and take a listen, we apprecia...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we decided to have a conversation about the 2017 box office comedy, Girls Trip. We’ll discuss why this film connected to multiple audiences, who was offered the role of Dina before Tiffany Haddish, respectability politics, whether we need Girls Trip 2, and much more. We appreciate you for listening, please remember to check t...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we're covering the 1994 classic, A Low Down Dirty Shame. We'll discuss if this is a good film or if it's only entertaining, why this film resonates with so many people, Keenen Ivory Wayans not getting enough credit as one of the "cool" pioneers of the 90's, best scenes and much more. We appreciate yo...

Welcome back to another episode of Skool's Guilty Pleasures! The Oscars are airing this Sunday and Skool made a list of 10 films that were surprisingly nominated for an Oscar. Of course there are many categories, not all films were nominated for the major categories, but it's still fun to see films that you would not associate with an award show like this. Thank you as always for listening...

Welcome back to another episode of Skool's Guilty Pleasures! Skool is joined by special guest Mia to discuss the 2001 film, Save The Last Dance. Is this a good movie? Does it still hold up in 2024? Is Sara's dancing really that bad? Skool and Mia discuss those topics and much more. Thank you for checking out the episode, please remember to subscribe, comment, rate, and all the other good s...

First and foremost, Happy Birthday Ray P! Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! We've reached the end of Romance Month 2024 and we're wrapping things up with the 2000 TV Movie, Disappearing Acts. We never would've thought that our longest episode would be based on a Terry McMillan novel, but here we are. We appreciate you for tuning in, we can't do any of t...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! Before we get into the episode we'll take some time to share our thoughts on the viral Reesa Teesa TiTok video. At the 23:56 mark we continue Romance Month to discuss the 2019 film, What Men Want. We're not the biggest fans of the film, but we'll have an honest conversation about what the film is lacking, some of the moment...

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! We're continuing Romance Month by having a conversation about the 2020 film, Sylvie's Love. We'll discuss following true love even if they make things complicated, the value of loving yourself first, the sacrifices that come with true love, the original lead actor for this film, and much more. Thank you as always for listen...