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Nicholas Quah has been Vulture and New York Magazine's podcast critic since 2021. Prior to joining Vulture, he wrote the Hot Pod newsletter. He is a juror for the Peabody Awards.

  1. strange frequencies
    The Old Man’s Secret CodeThe sneakily unconventional series returns bearing all the idiosyncratic qualities that keep it from becoming another predictable spy thriller.
  2. the tiktok effect
    So You Listened to the Talk Tuah Pod …Now what?
  3. docu-ethics
    American Freak ShowChimp Crazy and Tiger King director Eric Goode doesn’t seem to care that his nonfiction work doubles as exploitation. Should we?
  4. encounter
    Anna Sawai: ‘I Have This Weird Confidence’She is now the first Japanese actress to win an Emmy for her lead performance in Shōgun.
  5. close read
    Rishi UncutAn episode devoted entirely to its most loathsome rogue exposes a core Industry truth.
  6. fall preview 2024
    7 Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Listen to This FallWho knew that wacky interpretations of the self-help genre would be on trend?
  7. tv review
    Only Murders Is Back in the Building, Baby!Don’t be fooled by season four’s Hollywood sojourn. This series feels more at home than it’s ever been.
  8. artifacts
    100 Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined ObamacoreYou know them when you see them — whether they were genius or, well, not.
  9. ooh la la
    Paris Olympic Games 2024 - Closing Ceremony
    Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Olympic Closing CeremonyWHOA — an elaborate dystopian-themed performance anchored by the “Golden Voyager.”
  10. buffering
    Our Judges Will Now Review NBC’s Final ScoresPeacock’s highly rated Olympics coverage has proven comprehensive — but not always perfect.
  11. it’s a trap!
    Game of Thrones Is Approaching Tricky Star Wars TerritoryThat could be a good or a bad thing, depending how A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms plays it.
  12. vulture lists
    The 13 Best Sports Anime to Keep Your Olympic Endorphins PumpingThe sportsmanship! The drama! The cartoon sweat!
  13. wednesday night movie club
    Signs Is the M. Night Shyamalan Experience at Its BestM. Night Shyamalan has talked about Signs as the most joyous movie he’s ever made. And you can see it.
  14. podcast review
    Hysterical Stares Into the AbyssDan Taberski’s latest audio docuseries probes an unsolved mystery of mass contagion.
  15. finale thoughts
    Bill Camp Didn’t Need to KnowAs Presumed Innocent’s Raymond Horgan, he was more focused on winning the case than finding the killer. But as himself, he was always curious.
  16. 1.5x speed
    The Podcasts Caitlin Pierce Is Listening To Right NowPlus: superlatives with the hosts of This Had Oscar Buzz.
  17. show notes
    Opening Night
    The Arconia Might Just Be HellLet’s stop pretending Only Murders in the Building is a comedy.
  18. crimson sky
    Shōgun’s Anna Sawai Felt Freest in Lady Mariko’s Final Decision“Up until then I had to hold it all in.”
  19. close read
    Daemon the DisappointingHouse of the Dragon doesn’t know what to do with the Prince Who Pouts.
  20. streamliner
    The Case for Speed-watching TV ShowsI swear I’m not a monster.
  21. tributes
    The Longform Episodes We Won’t ForgetWith the long-running journalism podcast coming to an end, we asked media people to tell us the episodes they can’t get out of their heads.
  22. spicy runners
    The Hottest Star Wars Characters Are SmugglersThese 16 irresistible rogues and scoundrels make the galaxy a much more interesting, sexier place.
  23. cheat sheet
    The Most Influential Podcasters Right NowFrom the “just asking questions” guys to internet hip-hop radio.
  24. the industry
    Return of the MicHow chat podcasts have taken over the medium and dominated the cultural discourse (again).
  25. fire and blood
    House of the Dragon Soars to New HeightsOh, we’re dancing now.
  26. reality tv
    Whoever Starves Least, WinsBehind the making of Alone, the most genuinely perilous show on television.
  27. 1.5x speed
    What Rachel Maddow Is Listening To“There is a part of me that’s still in grad school.”
  28. 1.5x speed
    What Seth Meyers Is Listening To“I’ve had my time with true crime. I enjoyed it more before I had children.”
  29. finales
    The Jinx: Part Two Ignores the Full StoryYou can’t complete the Robert Durst saga without reckoning with the phenomenon the original doc wrought.
  30. 1.5x speed
    A Spoofy Podcast Builds Upon Its Poopy First Season“We might go back to fecal matter every other season.”
  31. 1.5x speed
    Jamie Loftus’s Main Characters“The No. 1 request I get, and the episode I fear the most, is ‘Bean Dad.’”
  32. vulture sports
    Super Bowl LVIII - San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs
    ‘NetFLix’ Confirms Expensive Deal With NFLIt likely costs the streamer less than the WWE, but more than JLo in space.
  33. today in dystopia
    Tim, Just Crush MeIf you’re going to make ads that are depressing, you should go even harder.
  34. endings
    The Contestant Turns Away From RealityAfter raising approximately 1 million messy, fascinating questions about reality TV’s impact, the documentary opts for tidiness.
  35. 1.5x speed
    How Should Documentaries Use AI?One group is trying to answer that question.
  36. podcast review
    Return to GuantánamoA fourth Serial season dusts off American terror’s old machinery.
  37. what kind of american are you?
    Jesse Plemons’s All-American HorrorThe actor’s Civil War role exploits a talent he has honed for years: being the most terrifying presence onscreen.
  38. #blariko
    Shōgun’s Lost ’ShipIt was never going to happen, but I’ll sure miss pretending it could have.
  39. trailer mix
    It’s a Trap!M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller starring Josh Hartnett has a killer twist.
  40. 1.5x speed
    Ready to Go Back to Lonely Island?Very early impressions of a new podcast that turns out to be a potent slice of nostalgic millennial history.
  41. tv review
    In Fallout, the Joke Is on HumanityNot quite the raucous comedy it’s billed as, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s heady new video-game adaptation is basically Westworld 2.0.
  42. hear me out
    Spinoff Tokyo Vice Into Industry, You CowardsTrust me, it’ll work, and the vibes will be major.
  43. in conversation
    The One and Only Benedict WongSpy. Scientist. Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with 3 Body Problem, the actor plays someone like himself.
  44. movie review
    Wicked Little Letters Should’ve Been for the SickosThere’s a great psychosexual drama lurking inside this otherwise serviceable trifle starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley.
  45. movie review
    Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Never Matches the Power of Its SubjectThe Regina King-starring drama about the first Black woman presidential candidate doesn’t do its subject (or the star who plays her) justice.
  46. 1.5x speed
    JJ Redick, Ur-Athlete Podcaster, Takes His Biggest Shot YetHis new show Mind the Game, co-hosted by LeBron James, tests the limits of how much NBA fans want to nerd out.
  47. achievement in tv yelling
    Shōgun’s Class ClownAs the volatile John Blackthorne, Cosmo Jarvis is high-key giving the comedic performance of the year.
  48. mug shots
    Manhunt Knows What to Do With Tobias Menzies’s FaceNever has a hair-and-makeup team so perfectly framed an actor’s most compelling asset.
  49. let’s go
    The 100 Fights That Shaped Action CinemaWhether the scenes featured fists, firearms, or blades, the result was always the same: The crowd was pleased.
  50. the industry
    ‘Is He Going to Ruin My Day?’How Matthew Belloni became the must-read columnist for Hollywood’s executive class.
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