Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are turning pretty! That's right, Summer may be over in a technical sense but we want to keep it going by celebrating one of the best teen dramas of recent years and doing a big bumper review of Season 1 and 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Please tune in and…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss including Past Lives, Dumb Money and Saw X! Please download, listen and tell your friends about us! It wouldn't hurt to drop us a review on the ol' Apple Podcasts page too. Spoilers below …

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are celebrating the triumphant return of one of the best TV shows of recent years! That's right, check us out as we review the second season of The Bear. We've got discussion, we've got trivia, we've got the soundtrack, we're absolutely loving it! It's a full…

Hello one and all and welcome back to not just another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket but the ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) We are so excited to celebrate this monumental milestone with you and we do so with all the usual features you expect as well as a brand new feature launch…

Hello everyone and welcome back to our summer treat! We're taking a little break from recording over the summer so we've recorded reviews of all the episodes in Season 6 of Black Mirror to keep you fuelled on Culture all August long (and a little into September!) This week, please enjoy our discussion of the season finale Demon '79. It's a new type…

Hello everyone and welcome back to our summer treat! We're taking a little break from recording over the summer so we've recorded reviews of all the episodes in Season 6 of Black Mirror to keep you fuelled on Culture all August long! This week, please enjoy our discussion of Mazey Day. Real talk, this is not our favourite episode of Black Mirror by…

Hello everyone and welcome back to our summer treat! We're taking a little break from recording over the summer so we've recorded reviews of all the episodes in Season 6 of Black Mirror to keep you fuelled on Culture all August long! This week, please enjoy our discussion of Beyond the Sea. This is a wild episode and inspired a great discussion so,…

Hello everyone and welcome back to our summer treat! We're taking a little break from recording over the summer so we've recorded reviews of all the episodes in Season 6 of Black Mirror to keep you fuelled on Culture all August long! This week, please enjoy our discussion of the true crime inspired Loch Henry. Join us! Please download, listen and t…

Hello everyone and welcome to our summer treat! We're taking a little break from recording over the summer so we've recorded reviews of all the episodes in Season 6 of Black Mirror to keep you fuelled on Culture all August long! This week, please enjoy our discussion of Black Mirror in general and then we settle in for a discussion of the darkly co…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss including the now iconic double bill of Barbenheimer with reviews of Barbie and Oppenheimer. We also have discussion of I'm A Virgo and They Cloned Tyrone! Please download, listen and tell…

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This has been a cruel summer for many as the Taylor Swift ticketmaster battle that America now knows all too well has hit Europe, leaving many hopeful fans with sweet nothing. Listen to this week's episode to find out if George is the lucky one with a ticket to his wildest dreams and …

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss including the return of Indiana Jones & Mission: Impossible, the hilarious hybrid sitcom/prank show Jury Duty and the latest in Japanese dating reality shows with Love Village! Please down…

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are prepping for the imminent return of one of the best TV shows of recent years! That's right, check us out as we review the first season of The Bear. We've got discussion, we've got trivia, we've got the soundtrack! It's a fully packed menu so join us and t…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss including Alex's thoughts on Rye Lane & To All The Boys I've Loved Before and George explains how a 50th Anniversary screening of The Wicker Man can turn sour. Please download, listen and …

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are swinging into your ears and discussing their top 5 favourite Batman films! It's a great discussion as we talk about all our favourite films featuring the caped crusader. So, as always, please do join us, won't you? Some of our picks might shock you! (or s…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss this week and not all of it is good, hear us discuss why The Flash has failed to wow George, why Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is somehow worse than the Michael Bay films and George and…

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are swinging into your ears and discussing their top 5 favourite Spider-Man films! It's a great discussion as we talk about all our favourite films featuring the famous webslinger. So, as always, please do join us, won't you? Also, who is your favourite Spide…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including Beau is Afraid, Fast X and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Please download, listen and tell your friends about us! It wouldn't hurt to drop us a review on the ol' Apple Pod…

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Culture Bucket! This week Alex and George are getting out into nature and discussing their top 5 favourite Studio Ghibli films! It's a great discussion as we talk about all our favourite films from this iconic studio. So, as always, please do join us, won't you? Please download, listen and tell your …

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including The Legend of Zelda:Tears of the Kingdom, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 and Never Have I Ever. It's all good, so break off a slice and join in! Please download, listen and te…

Hello everyone and welcome to a slightly different episode of Culture Bucket! This week George is sharing some of his other favourite podcasts with Alex to help her expand her audio options. Hopefully you might find some recommendations you want to check out as well (not until you've finished with the latest Culture Bucket of course!) So join us fo…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including Evil Dead Rise, How To Blow Up A Pipeline, Class of '07 and a little more Beef discussion (spoiler: it's fantastic and you should be watching it.) You know want it, so come get …

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of the greatest podcast in the known universe! This week Alex and George are fawning over one of their favourite prestige TV shows of recent times, The Last of Us! Truly, the greatest video game adaptation of all time. Join us as we discuss everything from clickers to cannibals. Please download,…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of the greatest podcast in the known universe! It's not a normal episode this week because, that's right, we're officially 100 episodes long! Join us for episode 100 as we do a big redo. That's right, we're doing a redo! If you listened to episodes 3 & 4 and thought you had a good handle on our …

Hello all! After finishing their epic journey through the Culture Bucket of our Lives, having charted their favourite films throughout their lives it's time to wrap up the project by reviewing the homework they've set for each other. We go through all 8 films and discuss our views on all of them. There's some mutual love shared and a handful of arg…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including Swarm, John Wick Chapter 4 and finally not one but two amazing Mia Goth performances in Pearl and Infinity Pool. You know want it, so come get it. Please download, listen and te…

This week on Culture Bucket Alex and George are at the end of their four part journey into the Culture Bucket of our Lives! We will be charting the years 2016 through 2022 and discussing our favourite films and albums from those years. Join us as we navigate some recent history! There'll be discussion of French cannibals, long awaited sequels and a…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including the latest Slowthai album (along with why Pitchfork are wrong again), the latest entries in the Creed and Scream franchises and even an unusually timely review of Dungeons and D…

This week on Culture Bucket Alex and George are continuing the journey we've named "The Culture Bucket of our Lives". We're continuing to pick our favourite movie and album from every year we've been alive. This week it's 2006 to 2015! Join us as we work our way through the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (good), The Fast and the Furious seque…

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including the latest album from Paramore and films such as RRR, Knock at the Cabin and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. We also return to one of our favourite topics, trashing Pitchfork re…

This week on Culture Bucket Alex and George are continuing the journey we've named "The Culture Bucket of our Lives". We're continuing to pick our favourite movie and album from every year we've been alive. This week it's 1996 to 2005! Join us as we work our way through the age of The Matrix, the millennium bug and the Nokia 3310. Please download, …

Hello one and all and welcome back to another Culture Catch-Up episode of Culture Bucket! (The universe's favourite podcast.) This week there's plenty to discuss, including movies like Plane, Skinamarink, Dead Pigs and Decision to Leave. We also have time to discuss the return of The National and Boygenius and Alex discusses her need to watch all a…

This week on Culture Bucket Alex and George are starting out on a journey we've decided to call "The Culture Bucket of our Lives". The plan is to pick a favourite movie and album from every year that they've been alive up until today. This week it's 1985 to 1995! Please download, listen and tell your friends about us! It wouldn't hurt to drop us a …

Welcome to a new and improved Culture Bucket! From today we'll be splitting episodes in half to keep them a little shorter. Every other week (starting today) you'll get the usual Culture Catch-Up and MyTube or homework. On the weeks in between you'll get the usual second half of each episode, either an in depth special review or a top 5. So, join u…

Hello and welcome to the White Lotus resort here in beautiful Sicily. Now I know your stay in our resort in Hawaii was marred by those unpleasant events but Alex and George have been working day and night to make sure you have the best podcasting experience in the world. So, go and grab a seat by the pool, pop some sun cream on and join us this wee…

Here's looking at you Culture Bucket, what we got here is a great podcast. Once you've listened to it why don't you play it again, Sam? Or you know, any of our listeners are free to do that. If it wasn't obvious from those mangled quotes above (name the three movies for three full points) this week on Culture Bucket we are welcoming 2023 with a cla…

Hello! How are you? How have you been? Did you cut your hair? I like that shirt. Anyway, down to business. We are BACK to close out 2022 by counting down and discussing our favourite movies, albums and TV of the year. What albums blew Alex and George away this year? What films did Alex enjoy that George just can't with? Is George really putting a r…

It's time for patty 2 of our 2 patty Bob's Burgers Brilliant Blowout! How exciting. This week George and Alex are reviewing and breaking down one of the year's funniest movies, The Bob's Burgers Movie! Join us to discuss how funny and lovely this film is. That's not even everything, we have our usual Culture Catch-Up and MyTube to enjoy as well. Al…

Don't feed a guy a podcast, Bobby! That's right, we're heading down to Wonder Wharf this week to chat about our favourite Bob's Burgers characters! Chatting about one of the finest comedies ever to grace our screens was an absolute joy and we plan to do even more so join us next time for our big review of the Bob's Burgers Movie! A whole month of B…

It's the end of our love affair with the Breaking Bad world this week as Alex and George count their top 5 characters from Albequerque! And boy, there are definitely some characters in here! We had a great time recording this one and it was a pleasure to heap endless praise on this world so please do join us. That's not even everything, we have our…

This week on Culture Bucket we are continuing the Better Call Saul love by recapping and reviewing the final season! So much happens in this season, from Nacho in the tanker to Lalo in Germany and even Nippy the dog. Join us as we go through the entire thing! It's such a blast we'll be back next time with our top 5 Breaking Bad universe characters …

This week on Culture Bucket we are celebrating the phenomena that is Better Call Saul. We love this show and had a great time recapping the first five seasons and discussing our favourite characters. Next time, we'll be diving deep into the perfect final season. That's not even everything, we have our usual Culture Catch-Up and MyTube to enjoy as w…

This week on Culture Bucket George and Alex are celebrating the career of guitar virtuoso and vinyl enthusiast Jack White! He's released two new studio albums this year. The rocky and weird Fear of the Dawn & the folky (and still a bit weird) Entering Heaven Alive. Join us as we talk through his career and give our thoughts on these two very differ…

Well, here we are. We've rewound back to the start, we've dissected the new and now, finally, it's time to look at the element of Stranger Things that it does best, the music! In this week's episode Alex and George focus in on Vecna's weaknesses to high quality pop music and discuss which song would be most likely to soundtrack their escape from th…

It's time for part 2 of our trilogy of Stranger Things episodes over here at Culture Bucket. This time Alex and George are diving deep into volume 4 of Stranger Things. There's so much to discuss here, from Russian gulags to Kate Bush to Vecna and his tentacles we cover everything. So join us, won't you? That's not even everything, we have our usua…

We are going Stranger Things wild over the next month on Culture Bucket with not one, not two, but THREE episodes dedicated to everyone's favourite mash up of King and Spielberg. First up this week it's our big rewind review of the first 3 volumes. Join us as we debate the merits of the demogorgon design, mourn Bob Newby and explore Starcourt Mall.…

This. Is. Huge. We're so excited to announce that we are back! Back and ready to entertain, inform and educate. We are kicking things off with our glorious Top 5 Natalie Portman Films episode. Ready for you to enjoy either on the way to or from her latest film, Thor: Love and Thunder. Speaking of, expect a full review of that in our next episode wh…

It's another music special this week as Alex and George attempt to break down, understand and review the latest Kendrick Lamar album. It's a huge task and one we aren't especially qualified to perform but we have a good talk about it all the same. So please, join us! Programming note: there were some technical issues plaguing both George and Alex t…

This week Alex and George are getting to know Stephen and Marc. We break down the major events from all 6 episodes of Marvel's Moon Knight on Disney+ and give our overall thoughts on the darkest Marvel series yet! We also find time for some Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoiler chat and have a look at the She-Hulk trailer, it's a Marv…

Wow, wow wow wow. It is an absolute dream to bring you this week's episode, a huge celebration of one our favourite actors. The great Andrew Garfield! We unpack our favourite movies featuring him and appreciate the crazy wide range of movies he's been in. Please, do join us. That's not even everything, we have our usual Culture Catch-Up and MyTube …