Podcast Episodes

Is the New Spike Lee Joint Serving Pound Cake?

“Highest 2 Lowest” is an over-the-top, bougie and unapologetically New York movie. It might also be Spike Lee’s most conservative offering to date. W…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘And Just Like That …’ Is Over Too Soon

Wesley is joined by another unapologetic fan of the “Sex and the City” reboot, Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Together, they celebrate a show about old frien…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Beyoncé Isn’t Giving Up on America

Wesley went to the final stop of the Cowboy Carter Tour. He talks through what he saw — the genre of it all, and the quietly powerful politics — with…

5 months ago

Don't Let the Vampires In

What does Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie “Sinners” have in common with the Drake-Kendrick beef? Wesley has a theory that he’s been sitting with for wee…

5 months, 1 week ago

What NYT’s Top 100 Movies Missed: 2 Former Video Store Clerks Get Real

Twenty-four years ago, Wesley Morris and the film curator Eric Hynes were just a couple of “cooler-than-you” cinephiles working at Kim’s Video, the b…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Has Dining Gotten Too Fine on ‘The Bear’?

Wesley Morris talks with Samin Nosrat, a chef and food writer, about her love-hate relationship with “The Bear,” a show that’s always racing against …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Closet in Pee-wee’s Playhouse

In the new HBO documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” Paul Reubens, the creator of the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, comes out as gay. Reubens, who spe…

6 months ago

The Diddy Trial Is Over, but My Mind Is Still Racing

The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs ended on Wednesday when he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but was acquitted …

6 months, 1 week ago

Me and Bruno Mars — a Love Story

Host Wesley Morris has a confession to make: He loves Bruno Mars. Nothing wrong with that, right? With the help of the culture writer Niela Orr, Wesl…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing: ‘Cannonball’ With Wesley Morris

A new weekly podcast, hosted by the critic Wesley Morris. Come on in, the culture’s fine.

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcast…

6 months, 2 weeks ago