Way Too Early Oscar Podcast

In this episode, Marisa and Matt take the EGOT award shows one letter at a time, walking through the state of the races (and also going on tangents about what they're obsessed with at the moment). To…

In the latest episode of their "transitional period," Matt and Marisa talk about the Grammy race. Listen to find out their... complicated... feelings for this award show, and what they think of the c…

Matt and Marisa continue their "pilot program" of turning this into an EGOT podcast with their reactions to this year's Tony Awards. In the episode, they discuss their favorite speech of the night, t…

Marisa and Matt pivot into a whole new awards season: The 2025 Tony Awards! The duo talk about all the buzzy shows this season like Oh Mary!, Maybe Happy Ending, and the controversial Othello revival…

Well, that's all folks... Matt and Marisa are joined by Alex Marcus to talk about the 2025 Academy Awards! Were they charmed by Conan? Were they surprised by the Anora sweep? What did they think of T…

Surprise! Matt and Marisa are back because they forgot to do a category: Best Sound. In the episode, they discuss why Wicked is superior to other recent live-sung musicals and marvel at the work it m…

Matt and Marisa wrap up their individual category breakdowns with two of the biggest. In the episode, they discuss how The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez went from front runners to also-rans, how Sean Ba…

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with their favorite categories: Actresses. In the episode, Marisa confesses to being a longtime Ariana Grande fan, Matt speaks for both of them on h…

Matt and Marisa tackle their first set of major categories with the boys. In the episode, they wonder how a Sing Sing actor failed to make the list, discuss Succession brain and disagree on the Timot…

Matt and Marisa finish off the technical categories. In the episode, the marvel at the visual in Dune: Part Two,and talk about their love for two ape-centric movies.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with Cinematography and Editing. In the episode, they discuss whether The Brutalist was the visual marvel it promised to be, highlight the subtle co…

Matt and Marisa continue their individual category breakdowns with the writing nominations. In the episode, they discuss how cool The Substance is, marvel that September 5 didn't get more nominations…

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with the music categories. In the episode, Matt wonders how Wicked's score earned a nomination but Dune 2 didn't, Marisa names some wild alternate n…

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with more technical categories. In the episode, Marisa begrudgingly compliments Nosferatu, Matt jokes about dressing his bridesmaids as the Bene Ges…

Marisa and Matt break down three more 2024 Oscar categories: Best International Film, Best Animated Film, and Best Original Score.

Matt and Marisa launch their annual breakdown of all the Oscar nominees with the Live Action, Documentary and Animated Short Film categories. Thanks again to ShortsTV for providing us with viewing li…

In this episode, Matt and Marisa reflect on this year's Golden Globes (Demi is running! They ate pasta and gossiped while watching together!). They also react to the SAG and DGA nominations and the c…

Marisa and Matt sound off on the silliest award show: the Golden Globes, which just announced their nominations this week. Tune in to hear them debate what counts as a "comedy" these days, try to pre…

Marisa and Matt are joined by Tom Moore to discuss some of the highlights from this year's New York Film Festival including Anora, Emilia Perez, Queer, Maria, and The Brutalist.

Staff writer Sean Cordy joins co-host Marisa Carpico to talk TIFF. In the episode, we discuss the films he saw and reviewed, the overall experience and how the festival shifted the Oscar conversation…