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The Tastemakers | Catching Up and What’s To Come

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss tv news before diving into what else they’ve been watching

The Tastemakers: Black Phone 2 Review

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss Black Phone 2.

The Tastemakers |Talking Alien: Earth with Stephen Fishbach

Each week, The Tastemakers reviews television and movies, advising listeners on “what you should and shouldn’t watch”.

This week, with Taran on “Big Brother duty”, Grace is joined by “off-brand Taran”, Stephen Fishbach.

Watch on this episode on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/-e-akyIX4jI

Key Topics and Discussion Points:

The main topic of the episode is the recently concluded show Alien: Earth, which Grace and Stephen discuss in “full spoiler detail”.

Alien Earth Analysis:

Stephen, a fan of...

The Tastemakers: One Battle After Another is the Best Movie of the Year

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Grace and special guest, Ariel, discuss One Battle After Another in full spoilery detail.

The Tastemakers: One of the Best Weeks of TV This Year

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Grace and special guests, Ariel and Dr. Amanda discuss what they’ve been watching this week.

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The Tastemakers: Gen V Starts Slow But Still Shocks

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Grace and special guest, Jess Sterling, talk through Gen V, Black Rabbit, and other new shows.

Chapters:
05:30 TV News
08:30 Paramount and Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery

The Tastemakers: Emmy Reactions

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace react to the 2025 Emmy winners.

Chapters:
00:00 2025 Emmys
30:00 Toronto International Film Festival
50:10 The Long Walk (a theater near you)
52:00 Task (HBO)
55:00 The Paper (Peacock)

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The Tastemakers: Dexter Cancelled?!

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace talk about the cancellation of Dexter: Original Sin before diving into what they’ve been watching.

Chapters:
00:00 Intros
01:25 Dexter: Original Sin Cancelled (Paramount+)
04:20 KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix/a theater near you)
06:45 Peacemaker Season 2 (Disney+)
09:08 Long Story Short (Netflix)
12:00 Hostage (Netflix)
12:55 Relay (a theater near you...

The Tastemakers: Debating Alien: Earth

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss what they’ve been watching before diving into Alien: Earth spoilers.

Chapters:
00:00 Intros
02:00 Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping
09:25 The Traitors News
14:50 Alien: Earth (Hulu)
20:30 Butterfly (Amazon Prime Video)
21:50 Highest 2 Lowest (a theater near you)
23:00 Nobody 2 (a theater near you)
24:40 What’s coming...

The Tastemakers: Weapons Review with Taylor Hale

Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping.

This week, Taran and Grace are joined by Big Brother 24 winner (and host of Big Brother Unlocked) Taylor Hale to breakdown the mystery horror film, Weapons, written, co-produced and directed by Zach Cregger. The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

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This week, Taran and Grace discuss what television and movies they watched this week before diving into what's coming up.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss some newly released trailers before diving into what they've been watching

This week, Taran and Grace discuss The Emmy nominations before diving into what they've been watching

The Tastemakers: Dexter Is Back and Better Than Ever? Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping. In TV news, J.J. Abrams’ show Duster was cancelled by HBO Max, likely due […]

This week, Taran and Grace discuss their top 5 shows of the year so far before going into Squid Game Season 3 spoilers.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss the Squid Game series finale.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss Squid Game Season 3 Episode 5.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss what movies they've been watching before diving into Squid Game and The Bear.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss Squid Game Season 3 Episode 3.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss Squid Game Season 3 Episode 3.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss Squid Game Season 3 Episode 2.

Today, Mike and Chappell discuss the Season 3 premiere of Squid Game.

Today, Mike and Chappell remind you what happened in Season 2 of Squid Game ahead of the Season 3 drop on June 27th.

Purple Pants Podcast | Monkey Mayhem & Temple Trouble

Hold onto your tuk-tuks because Brice and Brooke are back with episode three of their Amazing Race Season 15 rewatch — and they’re joined by the most talked-about duo from TAR 37, Jonathan and Anna!

This week, the race heats up in Cambodia, where teams swing through monkey mayhem, navigate a tricky Roadblock, and battle the elements (and each other) in the bustling streets of Phnom Penh.

Jonathan and Anna bring their signature sass, spicy opinions, and behind-the-scenes tea as they compare their own wild race to the chao...

This week, Taran and Grace discuss what movies they've seen at the theaters before diving into what television shows are on the horizon.

The Tastemakers: Celine Song Takes a Big Swing Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping. This week, Taran and Grace discuss 28 Years Later, How To Train Your Dragon, The Materialist, […]

This week, Taran and Grace discuss what you should see in theaters before discussing what's coming up.

This week, Taran and Grace welcome special guest, Chappell, on to talk about Netflix's Tudum before jumping into what they've been watching.

The Tastemakers: The Rehearsal Somehow Had the Best Finale of the Week Taran Armstrong (@armstrongtaran) and Grace Leeder (@hifromgrace) are The Tastemakers! Every week, Grace and Taran tell you about what’s on TV, which shows are worth watching, and which shows are worth skipping. This week, Taran and Grace take on the finales of three […]

Today, Grace and Taran dive deep into the season 2 finale of The Last of Us, through the lens of the video game.

Today, Mike and Grace discuss the season 2 finale of The Last of Us.

Today, Grace and Taran dive deep into season 2 episode 6 of The Last of Us, through the lens of the video game.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss the rebrand of Max back to HBO Max before diving into what they've bene watching.

Today, Mike and Grace discuss the season 2 episode 6 of The Last of Us.

Today, Grace, Taran, and Mike Bloom discuss the final three episodes of Andor Season 2.

Today, Grace and Taran dive deep into season 2 episode 5 of The Last of Us, through the lens of the video game.

This week, Taran and Grace discuss the upcoming AppleTV+ show, Murderbot, before diving into what they've been watching

Today, Mike and special guest, Jess Sterling, discuss the season 2 episode 5 of The Last of Us.

Today, Grace, Taran, and Mike Bloom discuss episodes 7-9 of Andor Season 3.

Today, Grace and Taran dive deep into season 2 episode 4 of The Last of Us, through the lens of the video game.