102: Madge Summer (Confessions II)

102: Madge Summer (Confessions II)

Listeners dear, have no fear: the summer of sultry dance is here! Madonna has done it again with an incredible retrospective dance album to get the kids off the streets and into the club. The boys confess[ions] II having a crush on the Empire State Building climbers; discuss Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding; cover Beyoncé's surprise drop, “DONK”; and chat about Sony halting production of physical video games! It’s not okay—we don’t fuck with it! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:32 Catch-Up 06:07 Neon Picks up ‘Artificial’ ft. Lost Media 12:25 When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace 19:03 Sony’s Cancelling Physical Media 28:53 Beyoncé Drops Her First Single in Two Years 35:53 Taylor & Travis Are Married 41:06 Confessions II 01:25:49 Justin’s What’s Good: Palaces of the Crow 01:31:08 Geoff’s What’s Good: U 01:36:50 Outro What’s Good: Geoff: ‘U’ by Baauer (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/7q301yxHP0Ct6EmfRO88FK?si=tOlRZQLqQYOzwrVhPQCNJQ]) Justin: ‘Palaces of the Crow’ by Ray Nayler (Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/palaces-of-the-crow-a-novel-ray-nayler/10e3c4317fb6d5cc?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dsa_nonbrand&utm_content=%7Badgroupname%7D&utm_term=aud-1721779758455:dsa-19959388920&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12440232635&gbraid=0AAAAACfld41W6M-TZZ_FsH7KBTtRKx9En&gclid=CjwKCAjwpK3SBhASEiwAtV1SPJxpRfZWgt4ngxq5hXddY-bQIFAEGZEs8qHi6OVje2_xbNwP_YUf8RoC9vwQAvD_BwE]) Links: Neon Acquires Global Rights To Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’ (Deadline [https://deadline.com/2026/06/artificial-movie-luca-guadagnino-eyes-neon-distributor-1236971435/]) Coyote vs. ACME (Official Trailer) (YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-43VeYGiPM]) 2 arrested, arraigned after scaling top of Empire State Building (CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/01/us/empire-state-building-banner]) Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin (Wired [https://www.wired.com/story/sony-playstation-puts-a-nail-in-physical-medias-coffin/]) MORNING DEW (DONK) by Beyoncé (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/5RfHUCfMuzunNhUZslZfjJ]) Socials: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bantspod/] • TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bantspod1?_r=1&_t=zt-97uqcseryka] • YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@bantspod] • What’s Good on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/jbenz1213/list/whats-good/] • What’s Good on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AbReiQNSybSVB1WuIEqmI?si=EtvC7oK8RsqfkqfH1J4NJA]

101: We’re Beefing

Listeners, this week G+J are discussing a buzzy anthology series that doubles as a recurring theme of this podcast: Beef! The boys are impressed with this darkly comic Netflix project starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton. Before they venture into the intergenerational battlefield, they break down Amazon MGM dropping Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’, A24 accepting money from Google in a new AI partnership, and an all-women festival from Olivia Rodrigo. Sis, are we unc chopped? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Catch-Up ft. Shampooing Redux 06:44 Amazon MGM Drops ‘Artificial’, Citing $50B Investment in OpenAI  12:19 Google Invests $75M in A24 in an AI Research Partnership 18:13 Olivia Rodrigo Launches Daisy Chain Fields Festival with an All-Woman Lineup 23:03 Charli xcx Releases “Wink Wink”, the 3rd Single off ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ 28:38 Beef s2 (Spoiler-free) 52:34 *SPOILERS* for Beef s2 01:13:40 Pet Owner Sidebar 01:20:26 Justin’s What’s Good: MIO: Memories in Orbit 01:23:25 Geoff’s What’s Good: missladysalad, Taryn Delanie Smith & Olivia Nicole Hoffman 01:30:47 Outro What’s Good: Geoff: missladysalad (Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/missladysalad/?hl=en]), Taryn Delanie Smith (Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/taryndelaniesmith/?hl=en]) & Olivia Nicole Hoffman (Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/itsmeolivianicolehoffman/]) Justin: MIO: Memories in Orbit (Nintendo eShop [https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mio-memories-in-orbit-switch-2/?srsltid=AfmBOorSe9I-7N6XEhhVbCpaJlDBT8nzR7FgFoEzwFC9hxrjfijZsmJh]) (Playstation Store [https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10010037]) (Xbox Store [https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/mio-memories-in-orbit/9np86k57sqm3]) (Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672810/MIO_Memories_in_Orbit/]) Links: Bants! on TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bantspod1?_r=1&_t=zt-97uqcseryka] Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios (The Hollywood Reporter [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-artificial-dropped-amazon-openai-1236626073/]) Netflix, Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ (The Hollywood Reporter [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/netflix-focus-pass-openai-sam-altman-movie-luca-guadagnino-1236626845/]) A24 and Google DeepMind to Form an AI Venture (The Hollywood Reporter [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/a24-google-deepmind-ai-venture-backrooms-1236627228/]) Olivia Rodrigo Launches Music Festival Daisy Chain Fields (Pitchfork [https://pitchfork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-launches-music-festival-daisy-chain-fields/]) Wink Wink (Official Music Video) (YouTube [https://youtu.be/BAp4q27hTOc?is=JWYCBQ9Mv3u3sx8Z]) Socials: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bantspod/] • TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bantspod1?_r=1&_t=zt-97uqcseryka] • YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@bantspod] • What’s Good on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/jbenz1213/list/whats-good/] • What’s Good on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AbReiQNSybSVB1WuIEqmI?si=EtvC7oK8RsqfkqfH1J4NJA]

100: The 100th Episode Mailbag

Listeners, we did it! One hundred episodes! Tune in to listen to us answer your questions as we dig into our mailbag. What are our three desert island albums? Who’s in our ‘Survivor’ pantheon? And most importantly, do we really need another podcast hosted by men?? Tune in to find out. Here’s to a hundred more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Catch-Up 10:40 ‘Shrek 5’ Has a Trailer  15:06 Mike Myers Says ‘Austin Powers 4’ Is Coming 18:52 Jim Carrey Is Returning to Play the Grinch ft. Reboot vs. Sequel Debate 29:38 What’s the Best Way to Support the Pod? 33:17 What Are Our Drag Routines?  36:19 What Are Our Desert Island Albums? 40:32 Sidebar: Top 3 Beyoncé Albums 41:47 What Are Our Favorite Names? 44:00 Who Is in Our ‘Survivor’ Pantheon? 50:17 Bachelor/Bachelorette Party Advice ft. Darren 01:00:04 Do We Really Need More Podcasts Hosted by Men? 01:04:59 What’re Our Optimal Bagel Orders? 01:08:57 A Gentrification Situation 01:15:56 What Would Zendaya’s Music Career Look Like? 01:18:53 What Are Our Nighttime Routines? 01:32:03 Drawing Straws 01:33:40 Which of Us Would Win a Fight Using Only Our Feet? 01:34:54 When Is the Bee Mix Dropping? 01:37:21 Justin’s What’s Good: car crash & thumbs 01:38:43 Geoff’s What’s Good: Shrill 01:40:37 Outro What’s Good: Geoff: Shrill (Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/title/82171049]) (Disney+ [https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-54eab813-3a9b-496d-9d7e-908597ad8d1a]) Justin: “car crash” & “thumbs” by jigitz (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/49sl0vtr7UGlAlqPNi1UG8?si=ByzbF0eQRv-HjLy3E0v1AQ]) Links: Shrek 5 Teaser Trailer (YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swiz1XyfhcI]) Mike Myers Says, “Yes,” There Will Be An ‘Austin Powers 4’ (Deadline [https://deadline.com/2026/06/mike-myers-confirms-austin-powers-4-1236958119/]) ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ Sequel in the Works with Jim Carrey, Ron Howard (The Hollywood Reporter [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/grinch-sequel-in-the-works-jim-carrey-1236595265/]) Socials: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bantspod/] • YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@bantspod] • What’s Good on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/jbenz1213/list/whats-good/] • What’s Good on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AbReiQNSybSVB1WuIEqmI?si=EtvC7oK8RsqfkqfH1J4NJA]

99: Olivia Rodrigo Dropped the Album of the Summer

If you’ve been wondering where the summer albums at, fear not: Olivia Rodrigo (ORod, get into it) has delivered! The boys are breaking down her third album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ this week, and it’s an AOTY contender. G+J also chat about the Knicks’ win, a possible budding romance between Keke Palmer & Sean Evans, Marty Scorsese getting in on that AI money, and the first trailer for ‘The Social Reckoning’. Comment below listeners dear: do you know what “Knicks in Five” means?? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Catch-Up ft. the Knicks 10:45 Are Sean Evans & Keke Palmer Dating? 16:53 Martin Scorsese Gets into the AI Biz 22:10 ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets a Trailer 28:23 New Taylor Swift Single Off the ‘Toy Story 5’ Soundtrack ft. MSG Wedding Rumors 33:40 you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love 56:12 Justin’s What’s Good: Who’s the Clown? 01:04:30 Geoff’s What’s Good: Better Call Saul 01:12:08 Outro What’s Good: Geoff: Better Call Saul (Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/title/80021955]) Justin: ‘Who’s the Clown?’ by Audrey Hobert (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/6unMpOoIJqsLxuoTEFqdfP]) Links: Knicks in 4 (TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@itsbingbot/video/7647548425109589279]) Mariska Hargitay Celebrates the Knicks’ Game 4 Win (Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZdA0oHNhkm/]) Keke Palmer and Sean Evans Fuel Dating Chatter During Cozy NYC Date (TMZ [https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/13/keke-palmer-and-sean-evans-in-nyc-together/#google_vignette]) Martin Scorsese x Black Forest Labs (YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jl4htAcuM]) Martin Scorsese Backs AI Company and Says He’s Using It to Storyboard Movies: ‘We Have to Be Open to How’ Cinema Can ‘Evolve’ (Variety [https://variety.com/2026/film/news/martin-scorsese-supports-ai-company-storyboard-movies-1236765037/]) The Social Reckoning (Official Trailer) (YouTube [https://youtu.be/vD_8TlCg_B8?is=cJ74uGM74sr6eOrD]) I Knew It, I Knew You (YouTube [https://youtu.be/hDU4GB1PTxc?is=i8ITEEu1d4XspJVP]) Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding at MSG makes for red-hot summer in NYC (New York Post [https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/us-news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding-at-msg-makes-for-red-hot-summer-in-nyc-on-top-of-america250-world-cup/]) Socials: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bantspod/] • YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@bantspod] • What’s Good on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/jbenz1213/list/whats-good/] • What’s Good on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AbReiQNSybSVB1WuIEqmI?si=EtvC7oK8RsqfkqfH1J4NJA]

98: More Like Poophoria

Our national nightmare is over, listeners—no, not that one, but ‘Euphoria’ has ended! G+J break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Sam Levinson’s latest critical bomb. But first, they chat about a new single from Ariana Grande, a new album from Charli xcx, and Dua Lipa getting hitched! Maybe the real Euphoria was the friends we made along the way? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:27 Catch-Up 07:32 Ariana Grande’s New Single 14:33 Charli Announces New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ 20:53 Madonna’s on Grindr 23:54 Dua Lipa & Callum Turner Tie the Knot ft. ‘One Night Only’ 29:23 Euphoria s3 (Spoiler-free) 52:27 *SPOILERS* for Euphoria s3 01:26:36 Justin’s What’s Good: Backrooms 01:41:24 Geoff’s What’s Good: The Real Housewives of Rhode Island 01:47:22 Outro What’s Good: Geoff: The Real Housewives of Rhode Island (Peacock [https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/the-real-housewives-of-rhode-island]) Justin: Backrooms (Official Site [https://a24films.com/films/backrooms]) Links: hate that i made you love me (Official Music Video) (YouTube [https://youtu.be/82-jTNka3uc?si=wCZMWFFA8Q5q6XUE]) Charli XCX Announces New Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ (Pitchfork [https://pitchfork.com/news/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-music-fashion-film/]) Inside Madonna’s Horny, Full-Throttle Grindr Takeover (Wired [https://www.wired.com/story/inside-madonnas-big-gay-grindr-takeover/]) Everything We Know About Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s Sicily Wedding (Vogue [https://www.vogue.com/article/where-is-dua-lipa-sicily-wedding-taking-place]) One Night Only (Official Trailer) (YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRG244IfrRE]) Keke Palmer on 2 girls 1 cup (The Hollywood Reporter via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY5fldxkuNu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]) Socials: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bantspod/] • YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@bantspod] • What’s Good on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/jbenz1213/list/whats-good/] • What’s Good on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AbReiQNSybSVB1WuIEqmI?si=EtvC7oK8RsqfkqfH1J4NJA]