Awards Season
Welcome to Awards Season, a podcast about awards shows, red carpets, and scandals galore with your hosts, Sam and Madison!
Episodes
31 episodes
Guess I'll Start
We're back, yall! Season 2, Episode 1 is bringing the fun! We have a quick chat about how we feel about the last awards season, we talk "The Drama" controversy, & how god awful "Something Very Bad is Going to Happen" ...
Timmy Biffed It
Welcome back to Awards Season! Today we celebrate Pisces season and Sams birthday by reveling in the pure joy of watching Timothy Chalamet biff it so hard, he's now out of an Oscar! We give our final predictions in each category for The Big Kah...
Vroom Vroom
In todays ep, the girls chat BAFTA highlights (and serious low points) & how the Actor Awards seem like a real turning point for Oscar wins for some of our favorite films of the year. We joke about what would happen if F1 (vroom, vroom) won...
Haterade
In todays episode, we drink some fresh Haterade (and sadly so) about our long anticipated release of Emerald Fennels new "adaptation" of "Wuthering Heights" We then rehydrate to drink some Haterade on F1, cuz really a best picture Oscar nom...
So Rom and So Com
Love is in the air! Today, we talk about a top-tier genre- the romantic comedy! We chat about our top 5 favorites packed with romantic moments, knee slapping laughs, and some tearjerkers along the way. Warning:Duri...
Pop Culture Catch Up
Welcome back to Awards Season! Today, we chat about the tragic loss of our idol, Catherine O'Hara and the legacy she leaves behind. We chat Safdie scandal and why its coming front and center now??? We're also talking Traitors...
OSCAR REACTIONS 2026
Sure, only in our world is a minisode an hour long- but we just can't help gabbing about this years nominations, yall. From snubs to surprises and wondering why some movies are nominated for Best Picture, but not Best Director and why Jur...
Horror & Scandal
Welcome back to this weeks episode of Awards Season! Today we talk Traitors, we highlight the promising (or not so promising) horror films coming out in 2026. We end the episode with a scandal- the story of Nora Ephron's rise to fame and the se...
Becoming Insufferable
In todays episode, we recap the Golden Globes- red carpet and ceremony. We talk wins and snubs and why the Globes are basically.... the worst (but we love it anyway).
Never Stop Clapping for Jesse Plemons
Welcome to 2026! Today we discuss our Top 5 Favorite Films of 2025, what the running theme of it all is, and we discuss our thoughts on whos snatching awards this next Sunday at the Golden Globes!
2/2 Holiday Movie Draft
Happy Holidays! Here is the SECOND part to our Holiday Movie Draft! Get ready for some surprises, some epic steals and for lots of holiday cheer!
Golden Globe Nom Announcement- You Gotta Pay to Play...
We interrupt our holiday movie draft to give you our thoughts on the Golden Globe Nominations drop! Who was snubbed, who deserved it,... and is Smashing Machine nom worthy or did they simply... pay to play?
Look Out For Ayo Edebiris Gasps
Welcome to Awards Season! In this episode we talk about the days we used to smoke cigarettes, a lil review from Sam about the new rom-com, Eternity, and we chat about the new Luca Guadagnino film After the Hunt. ...
Wizard Battle, Man
Welcome back to Awards Season! Today we discuss Eva Victors film Sorry, Baby and James Sweenys film, Twinless. We chat about the plot points of Sams currently watched Hallmark Christmas movies, and then we get i...
You Don't Have to Act the Steak
Welcome back to todays episode of Awards Season! Today we talk about what we liked about Frankenstein (spoiler alert, Jacob Elordi is still hot as a corpse) and we herald our favorite films by our favorite woman directors.
Going Away To College
In todays episode, Madison and Sam discuss All Her Fault, Hunting Wives, Welcome to Derry, how bad Scream 5 is and how legit of a sequel Scream 2 is- which then catapults us into our main discussion today- our favorite college films!
Spooky/Scary!
Welcome back to Awards Season! Today we discuss why its the year of the goats (the actual animal). Then we chat our Top 5 spooky/scary movie moments! Sam leads the way in the fun, light hearted spooky films, while Madison brings the chills whil...
Sparkle Madison
Welcome back to Episode 14 of Awards Season! In todays episode we discuss why no one on Love Is Blind is gonna make it, we pay tribute to Diane Keaton, and take a deep dive into the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, One Battle A...
You Can Push Your Sister
Welcome back to Awards Season! Today, we talk about the new "Monster" series and we cover our first scandal- Olivia de Hallivand and Joan Fontaine- two Hollywood legends who were not only lifelong bitter rivals, they were sisters......
Stop the Nate Hate
Welcome back to Awards Season! In todays episode we re-cap our girls trip to Vegas, baby! We chat about the Emmys- red carpet wins and losses and our favorite winners and our favorite upsets!
Buttons Everywhere- PART 2/2
This is the second part of our deep dive into the Venice Film Festival 2025! In todays episode, we chat about the red carpet highs and lows and WTFs?! Spoiler alert- theres buttons...
Don't Be A Safdie, Be a Buscemi (Part 1/2)
In todays epsiode of Awards Season, we talk about Bad Sisters, The Roses, and Unknown Number. We then take a deep dive into The Venice Film Festival, why standing ovations are headline news, and what movies to keep our eyes on as we move into A...
Summers Over- THANK GOD!
Summers almost over (we're stoked) so to celebrate we're chatting about our Letterboxd Top 4 Summer movies of all time. Cuz whats the best part of summer? Staying cool inside and watching movies, duh!