Watching Up
Michelle and Rachel have many things in common. They are both Tauruses, both millennials, and both share a love of movies, tv, and pop culture. Oh, and they’re also sisters! Come along for a weekly chat about the latest goings on in culture as the girls try to catch up (or watch up) on all the important media they’ve missed out on. Theme Music Title: Birds Don’t Sing Author: TV Girl Source: Free Music Archive License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Episodes
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Once again the Oscars are upon us! The 97th Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, March 2 - and it has been a very twisty awards season! Without very much confidence, we are back to make our official predictions for the winners of the big show. Listen along and let us know what you agree or disagree with! Thanks for listening!
*some of the categories (ie all the shorts and documentaries) we are very much blindly guessing ;) skip ahead 10 minutes if you want to hear our educated predictions!
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
We're back to wrap up the year with our Second Annual Watchy Awards! We've watched and watched and watched this year, and now it's time for our final verdicts. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2025. Happy New Year!
Episode Notes
00:00 Introducing the Watchy Awards
03:30 Best TV Show
10:40 Best Theater Experience
17:50 Best First Time Watch
28:30 Best Performance
38:00 Top 5 Films of the year
1:12:00 Honorable Mentions (top 10)
1:21:20 Worst Movies of the Year
1:25:10 Pop Culture Honorable Mentions
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
After a long summer's nap, we're back to yap! Welcome back to Watching Up with a much needed catch-up episode where we're discussing our summer travels, all the things we've been watching, as well as some hot pop culture takes! Thanks for listening, we're glad you're here!
Episode Notes:
0:00 - Our trip to LA and accepting our Academy Awards
8:40 - Our LA Vanderpump tour & Rachel's first Vanderpump Rules watch
15:15 - Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+, spoiler free)
20:30 - Big Brother S26 (CBS & Paramount +)
22:30 - Love Island USA (Peacock)
24:30 - The Bachelorette (ABC)
37:40 - Twisters (2024)
52:50 - Longlegs (2024)
1:01:30 - MaXXXine (2024)
1:03:55 - Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
1:07:00 - Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
1:09:45 - Michelle & Rachel's MCU Corner (RDJ and Marvel News)
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
We're back and we're THIRSTY! This week, we've dedicated an entire episode to Luca Guadagnino's sexy, sweaty, thigh-centric new film, CHALLENGERS! Gird your loins because we're breaking down all of our favorite parts of the movie and why we think it's worth the hype! We also pick the first film year we'll be covering in our revamped Watching Up segment. Thanks for listening!
NOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FILM CHALLENGERS (2024)!
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
The art gods have smiled upon us in 2024 and we have SO MUCH to catch up on. In this long awaited episode, we break down two of the biggest releases of the year so far, Denis Villenueve's Dune: Part Two and Beyonce's act ii COWBOY CARTER! We also chat about a bunch of other movies we've been watching. Interested in fire alarms during film screenings? How about Kristen Stewart's evolution? Dev Patel kicking ass? We've got something for everyone. We're glad to be back! Thanks for listening.
Episode Notes:
6:00 Dune: Part Two
16:00 Wonka
18:40 COWBOY CARTER
33:20 Love Lies Bleeding
35:40 Immaculate
39:20 Monkey Man
42:40 Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces
46:20 What's next with Watching Up
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
The Oscars are have been slowly inching closer and closer and now they're LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT away! In this ep, we're breaking down our thoughts on recent awards ceremonies, the SAG Awards and Indie Spirit Awards! Then, the time has finally come for us to lock in our final predictions for all 23 Oscar categories! Listen along to see who we're picking to take home the gold!! Enjoy!
Episode Notes:
7:28 SAG Awards Recap
14:17 Indie Spirits Recap
18:50 Oscar Predictions
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Listen along as we celebrate our first year of podding with an episode full of BS. In this free-flowing episode we discuss our lives, The best GRAMMYS telecast in awhile (including if we think the tide has turned on the era of TSwift), The Traitors S2 (Phaedra Parks supremacy), True Detective Night Country (can't tell if it is good or not), and The Bachelor (plus a guest appearance from the pod husband, Neek). Thanks for listening...for a whole year! Love ya! xoxoxo
Episode Notes:
6:45 The GRAMMYS
34:15 The Traitors S2
43:30 True Detective Night Country
47:50 The Bachelor, Joey
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
NEVERTHELESS TOM CRUISE PERSISTS!!!! Well, the nominees have been announced and as always everyone is being super normal about it. Here are the opinions you've been waiting to hear as we discuss all the snubs, victories, and lingering question marks! Grab your headphones Barbie girls. Thanks for listening!!
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Happy Awards Season to all who celebrate! This week we're recapping the 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony! From red carpet looks to audience PDA to monologue bombs, we're dissecting it all! And of course, we go over all of the big winners and losers of the evening, and what we think it all might mean for the rest of Awards Season. Were we happy with the outcomes? Listen to find out!
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Welcome to the first annual Watchy Awards! All year long we watched and watched and now we're discussing our best of the best. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2024. Happy New Year!
Episode Notes:
4:15 Introducing the Watchy Awards
7:18 Best TV Show of 2023
15:25 Best Theater Experience of 2023
20:55 Best First Watch of 2023
26:00 Best Performance of 2023
31:40 Best Movie of 2023