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Trial by Content

Every week, Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Neil Miller enter the pop-culture discourse with a lively (and occasionally heated) debate pegged to the biggest new releases in film and television. In addition to bringing their own answer, they also consider submissions from listeners and the occasional special guest. Together via rigorous debate and a listener poll, the hosts and audience venture on a quest to find the perfect answer for each of the greatest pop culture questions of our time.

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The Worst January Movie Release of the 21st Century

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the worst January movie release of the 21st century! They start by talking about why January is a ?dump month? for bad movies (6:01). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (28:38) before revealing their picks for the worst January movie release of the 21st century (59:58). Finally, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:37:08). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the worst January movie release of the 21st century? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-01-11
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The Big Movie Bet of 2024

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna place their bets for what will be the biggest movie of 2024! First, they update the formula they?ll be using to determine a winner (13:17). Then, they discuss some potential wild cards (20:55) before revealing each of their top three picks (41:43). Later, they read some listener submissions and pick one to add to the final poll (1:18:08). Now it?s up to you to decide! What will be the biggest movie of 2024? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-01-04
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The Worst Thing We Watched in 2023

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna discuss the worst things they watched in 2023! They start by going over the results of the big movie bet and receive their collective punishment for being wrong?"Tubthumping" (3:31)! Then they go through honorable mentions and toughest cuts (20:44) before revealing their list of the 10 worst things they watched in 2023 (39:27). Don?t forget to vote on the final poll of the Holiday Trial Royale! What is the best holiday movie? You can vote for the winner at ?TheRinger.com?, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]?. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-28
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Holiday Trial Royale: Week 3

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue the Holiday Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they are debating the best holiday movies of all time! They start by playing one more round of holiday trivia games (8:07). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (31:18). After that, they talk about the movies going up against one another in this week's poll (52:44). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best holiday movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-21
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Holiday Trial Royale: Week 2

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue the Holiday Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they are debating the best holiday movies of all time! They start by playing another round of holiday trivia games (5:59). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (33:17). After that, they talk about the movies going up against each other in the second week's poll, and debate whether some of them even qualify as holiday movies (48:31). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best holiday movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-14
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Holiday Trial Royale: Week 1

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna kick off the Holiday Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they?ll be debating the best holiday movies of all time!They start by playing some holiday trivia games (4:36). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (28:09). After that, they talk about the movies going up against each other in the first week and discuss which ones they?re voting for (45:30). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best holiday movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-07
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Best Method of Time Travel

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best method of time travel in a movie or TV show! They start by talking about what they love about time-travel stories (4:40). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (25:04) before revealing their picks for the best method of time travel (45:21). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:01:54). After all that, they start preparing for the upcoming Holiday Trial Royale by drafting which movies will be in each bracket (1:13:41). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best method of time travel? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-30
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Most Unnecessary Prequel

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the most unnecessary prequel! They start by talking about the where the term ?prequel? came from, and the different kinds of prequels there are (10:12). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (28:45) before revealing their picks for the most unnecessary prequel (46:11). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:13:27). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the most unnecessary prequel? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-16
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Best Body-Swap Movie

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best body-swap movie! They start by talking about the inspiration for this debate, ?The Marvels? (14:32). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (25:22) before revealing their picks for the best body-swap movie (42:22). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:09:36). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best body-swap movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-09
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Best Animated Series for Adults

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best animated series for adults! They start by talking about the history of adult animation on TV (9:15). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (40:43) before revealing their picks for the best animated series for adults (1:16:35). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:34:11). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best animated series for adults? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-02
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The Best Movie Ghost

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie ghost! They start by talking about Mike Flanagan?s filmography, why his work resonates so much with them, and which of his movies or series are their favorites (6:53). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (30:34) before revealing their picks for the best movie ghost (50:38). Finally, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:07:48). Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the best movie ghost? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on the Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-10-26
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The Worst Superhero in the MCU?Live!

This week, Dave and Joanna are joined by Ryan Arey, live from City Winery Grand Central! They debate the worst superhero in the MCU! They start by presenting their own picks (6:17), before getting suggestions from the audience (15:48). Then, they have the audience decide which suggestion should be added to the final poll! Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the worst superhero in the MCU? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales and Joanna Robinson Guest: Ryan Arey Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-10-12
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The Best Acting Performance by a Real-Life Musician

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best acting performance by a real-life musician! They start by talking about the inspiration for the debate and playing a trivia game about musicians in movies (8:14). Then, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (23:54), before revealing their picks for the best acting performance by a real-life musician (45:49). Finally, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:02:49). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best acting performance by a real-life musician? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on the Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-10-05
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The Movie Franchise That Deserves to Make It to 10 Films

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the movie franchise that deserves to make it to 10 films! Dave starts by explaining the plots of all 10 ?Saw? movies to Neil and Joanna in extreme detail (6:25). Then, they play a game where they guess the subtitles of various movie sequels (46:16). Later, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (55:47) before revealing their picks for the movie franchise that deserves to make it to 10 films (1:12:12). Finally, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:39:37). Now it?s up to you to decide! What movie franchise deserves to make it to 10 films? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-28
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Best Sex Comedy Movie

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best sex comedy movie ever! They start by discussing the series that inspired the debate, ?Sex Education? (9:41). Then, they go through a history of sex comedy movies (18:49). Later, they discuss pretrial dismissals and awards (39:56) before revealing their picks for the best sex comedy movie ever (1:01:18). Finally, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:24:37). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best sex comedy movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-21
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Best Murder Mystery Movie of the 21st Century

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best murder mystery movie of the 21st century. They begin with their experiences with Agatha Christie and then some history of murder mystery movies (13:45). Then they hand out some awards and go through pretrial dismissals before revealing their picks for best murder mystery movie of the 21st century (33:50). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:12:36). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best murder mystery movie of the 21st century? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Producer: Isaiah Blakely Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-14
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Best Movie Goop

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie goop! They start with a little goop history lesson (4:59) before playing a few games and heading over to the goop recipe corner (25:33). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals (1:00:00) and reveal their picks for the best movie goop (1:17:18). Later, they read listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:33:15). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best movie goop? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-08
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Strike Movies! The Best Movie About the Labor Movement

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie about the labor movement! They start by discussing the history of strike movies, and their appreciation of them (7:03). Then, they go through awards, pretrial dismissals, and their toughest cuts (18:13). Later, they reveal their picks for the best movie about the labor movement (44:29), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:13:07). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best movie about the labor movement? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s X feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-31
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The Best Animated Character Turned Live Action

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best animated character turned live action! They start by discussing the inspiration for the debate, ?Ahsoka.? They talk about the first two episodes, how the show is interacting with ?Rebels,? and their theories about where it is going (7:38). Later, they go through pretrial awards and dismissals (54:49) before revealing their picks for the best animated character turned live action (1:11:15). Finally, they read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:27:32). Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the best animated character turned live action? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-24
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The Worst Movie to Make $1 Billion (Worldwide) at the Box Office

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the worst movie to make $1 billion (worldwide) at the box office! They start by recapping the results from their multi-week Batman Trial Royale, check in on their 2023 Movie Bet, and then discuss the inspiration for the debate, the global box office success of ?Barbie? (1:41). Next, they walk through a series of pretrial awards and dismissals before revealing their picks for the worst movie to make $1 billion at the box office (11:51). Finally, they read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (73:07). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the worst movie to make $1 billion (worldwide) at the box office? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-17
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Trial Royale: The Best Batman Ever, Round Three?Final Round

It?s the final round of the Bat Royale! This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna finish up their Batman Trial Royale. They start by talking about the history of rich vigilantes in pop culture and the inspirations for Batman (9:50). Then they give out ?Brucie? Awards and go through some final pretrial dismissals (32:30). Later, they discuss the Batmen who made it to the final round and reveal which one they'll each be voting for (1:07:22). Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the best Batman ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-10
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Trial Royale: The Best Batman Ever, Round Two?21st Century Division

The Bat Royale continues! This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Batman Trial Royale with the 21st century division. But first, they have an update on their big movie bet in the wake of the box office success of ?Barbie? (6:51). Then, they get back to Batman by discussing his history as a detective (9:07). Later, they go through some more pretrial dismissals and awards (46:20) before breaking down the four Batmen that will be on this week?s poll (52:50). Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the best Batman of the 21st century? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-08-03
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Trial Royale: The Best Batman Ever, Round One?20th Century Division

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna kick off another Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they?ll be pitting several on-screen Batmans from over the years against each other to determine the best Batman ever. First up is the 20th century division. First, they recap the results from the last episode on the greatest opening weekend double feature ever, check in on their 2023 Movie Bet, and explain what inspired this Trial Royale (1:58). Next, Neil gives a brief history lesson on the Caped Crusader and his comic book origin, before walking through a series of pretrial dismissals (25:08). Later, they reveal their picks for the best 20th century Batman, as well as choose a listener submission to add to the final poll (49:17). Now it?s up to you to decide! Who is the best Batman of the 20th century? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-27
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The Greatest Opening Weekend Double Feature Ever

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the greatest opening weekend double feature ever! They start by recapping the results from last episode on the most impressive stunt in cinema history, check in on their 2023 Movie Bet, and then discuss the inspiration for the debate, the simultaneous release of ?Barbie? and ?Oppenheimer? (1:40). Next, they walk through a series of pretrial awards and dismissals before revealing their picks for the greatest opening weekend double feature ever (65:00). Finally, they also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (86:55). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the greatest opening weekend double feature ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-21
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The Most Impressive Stunt in Cinema History

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the most impressive stunt in cinema history! They start with a spoiler-filled discussion about ?Mission: Impossible?Dead Reckoning Part One? (5:13). Then, they talk about stunt people and the history of stunts in cinema (33:15). Later, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (54:13), before finally revealing their picks for the most impressive stunt in cinema history (1:25:16)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:41:27). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the most impressive stunt in cinema history? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-13
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The Best On-Screen Meal of All Time

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best on-screen meal of all time! They discuss the rules for this debate, Season 2 of ?The Bear,? and their ideal hybrid meal (6:57). Later, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (1:01:37), before finally revealing their picks for the best on-screen meal of all time (1:11:24)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:25:45). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best on-screen meal of all time? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-07-06
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The Best Movie in Which Humanity Makes First Contact

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie in which humanity makes first contact! They start by discussing the rules for this debate and talking about the movie that inspired the discussion, ?Asteroid City? (4:44). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (25:26), before finally revealing their picks for the best movie in which humanity makes first contact (49:34)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:12:46). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best movie in which humanity makes first contact? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-29
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The Most Iconic MacGuffin in Cinema History

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the most iconic MacGuffin in cinema history! They start by talking about what a MacGuffin is and breaking down the ?Indiana Jones? movies and their use of MacGuffins (3:55). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (27:17) before finally revealing their picks for the most iconic MacGuffin in cinema history (44:14)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (59:19). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the most iconic MacGuffin in cinema history? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-22
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The Best Movie That Survived Development Hell

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie that survived development hell! They start by defining ?development hell? and talking through the long history of the movie that inspired this debate, ?The Flash? (6:31). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (37:00) before finally revealing their picks for the best movie that survived development hell (1:14:26)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:32:21). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best movie that survived development hell? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-15
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The Best HBO Drama Series of All Time

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best HBO drama series of all time! They start by talking about the history of HBO (8:33). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (38:22), before finally revealing their picks for the best HBO drama series of all time (1:06:41)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:30:08). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best HBO drama series of all time? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-08
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The Best Spider-Man Movie

This week, Dave and Neil are joined by The Ringer?s Ben Lindbergh to debate the best Spider-Man movie! They start by recapping the results from last episode on the greatest cinematic car chase and then discuss the inspiration for the debate, ?Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? (1:55). Next, they walk through a series of pretrial awards and dismissals before reading a few listener submissions (21:35). Finally, they select one of the listener picks to add to the poll and present their own choices for the best Spider-Man movie (84:28). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best Spider-Man movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales and Neil Miller Guest: Ben Lindbergh Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-01
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Greatest Cinematic Car Chase

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the greatest cinematic car chase! They start by talking about the inspiration for this debate, ?Fast X,? as well as the entire ?Fast and Furious? franchise (5:14). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (22:24) before finally revealing their picks for the greatest cinematic car chase (43:59)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one (or two) to add to the final poll (1:03:34). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the greatest cinematic car chase? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-05-18
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Best Movie Soundtrack Album

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best movie soundtrack album! They start by talking about the history of movie soundtracks (13:15). Then, they go through pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (30:24) before finally revealing their picks for the best movie soundtrack album (1:03:46)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:21:38). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best movie soundtrack album? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-05-11
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Best Trilogy Capper

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best trilogy capper of all time! They start by discussing the movie that inspired this debate: ?Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3? (6:00). Then, they attempt to define what a trilogy actually is in a world of big franchises and cinematic universes (27:58). After that, they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (44:38) before finally revealing their picks for the best trilogy capper of all time (55:06)! They also read some listener submissions and choose one to add to the final poll (1:19:05). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best trilogy capper of all time? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-05-04
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The Best of Nic Cage?s Favorite Nic Cage Movies

You thought we were done with Cage didn?t you? Guess again! It turns out that Nic Cage has a list of favorite movies that he?s made. So this week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna discuss the best of Nic Cage?s favorite Nic Cage movies. They start by giving out some ?Cagie? Awards, playing a little game, and talking about the one movie on Nic?s list that didn?t make the poll (14:14). Then they break down the four movies that did make the poll and talk about which is their favorite (49:02). Now it?s up to you to decide! What?s the best of Nic Cage?s favorite Nic Cage movies? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-27
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Trial Royale: The Nicolas Cage Match. Final Round.

It?s the final round of the Cage Match! This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna finish up their Nic Cage Trial Royale. But first, they discuss the inspiration for this month of Cage, ?Renfield? (6:24). Then they give out ?Cagie? Awards (35:13) before going through some final pretrial dismissals (49:40). Later, they discuss the movies that made it to the final round and reveal which one they'll be voting for (1:00:50). Now it?s up to you to decide! What?s the best Nic Cage movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-20
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Trial Royale: The Nicolas Cage Match. Round 2?Caged Division.

The Cage Match continues! This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Nic Cage Trial Royale with the Caged division. But first, they have an update on their big movie bet in the wake of the box office success of ?The Super Mario Bros. Movie? (7:42). Then, they warm back up for the Cage discussion with a Nic Cage trivia game (17:37). Later, they go through some more pretrial dismissals (34:41) before discussing each of the four movies in the Caged division of the bracket (47:34). Now it?s up to you to decide! What?s the best movie in the Caged division? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week!You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-13
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Trial Royale: The Nicolas Cage Match. Round One?Un-Caged Division

It?s a Cage match! This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna begin another Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they?ll be pitting Nicolas Cage movies against each other to determine the best Nicolas Cage movie ever. First up is the Un-Caged division. They start the pod by talking about their anticipation for Cage?s upcoming movie, ?Renfield,? and his status as a nepo baby (6:47). Then they go through some pretrial dismissals and give out some awards (29:02). Later, they discuss the listener submissions chosen to be in the Un-Caged division of the poll (42:34). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best movie in the Un-Caged division? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-06
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The Best On-Screen Moment Featuring Dungeons and/or Dragons

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best on-screen moment featuring dungeons and/or dragons! They start by discussing the movie that inspired this debate: ?Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves? (8:41). Then, after struggling to define what a dungeon is (21:41), they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (32:04). After that, they finally reveal their picks for the best on-screen moment featuring dungeons and/or dragons (51:27)! And finally, they read some listener submissions and choose one (or maybe two) to add to the final poll (1:06:10). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best on-screen moment featuring dungeons and/or dragons? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-03-30
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The Best Movie About Revenge

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the best movie about revenge is. They start by discussing the concept of revenge in cinema (7:33). Then, they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (28:23). Later, they reveal their picks for the best movie about revenge (48:17), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:08:09). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best movie about revenge? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-03-23
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The Best Movie With a Number in Its Title

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the best movie with a number in its title is. They start by discussing the movie that inspired the debate, ?65? (11:20). Then, they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (20:11). Later, they reveal their picks for the best movie with a number in the title (44:59), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:03:36). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best movie with a number in its title? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-03-16
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The Worst Song to Win Best Original Song at the Oscars

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the worst song to win Best Original Song at the Oscars is. They start by discussing the history of the category and some of their favorite winners (3:49). Then, they lay out the rules of the debate and go through some pretrial dismissals (23:20). Later, they reveal their picks for the worst Best Original Song winner (40:35), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (57:38). Now it?s up to you to decide! What was the worst song to win the Best Original Song Oscar? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-03-09
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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever?The Final

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna finish their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever! They start by revealing the winners from the best slow-zombie movies poll before giving out their ?Georgie Romeros: Awards for the Living Dead? from the eight films in the Trial Royale bracket (1:35). Next, they read some listener emails that highlight a handful of zombie flicks that just missed the bracket as well as their own toughest cuts (54:20). Finally, they briefly discuss the final four remaining zombie films (67:55). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best zombie movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial By Content? topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-03-02
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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round Two?Slow Zombies.

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever with some slow-zombie movies! They start with a little zombie history lesson (13:49) before going through some pretrial dismissals (26:29). Later, they go through the four movies they chose to represent slow-zombie movies on this week?s poll (40:20). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best slow-zombie movie ever? The top two choices will move on to the final round and face off against the best of the fast zombies division! You can vote at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winners will be announced on the next episode! You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-02-16
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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round One?Fast Zombies.

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna begin the first ever Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they?ll be pitting zombie movies against each other to determine the best zombie movie ever. First up is the fast-zombies division. They start the pod by talking about zombie media in general (5:12) before going through some pre-trial dismissals and giving out some awards (27:38). Later, they discuss the listener submissions chosen to be in the fast-zombies division of the poll (37:35). Now it?s up to you to decide! What's the best fast-zombie movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-02-09
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Worst Movie Twist

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna discuss the worst movie twists of all time. They start the pod by talking about twists and spoilers in general (4:22). Then, they give out awards and go through some pre-trial dismissals (24:28). Later, they reveal their picks for the worst movie twist (40:19), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (55:20). Now it?s up to you to decide! Which movie had the worst twist? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-01-26
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The Best Post-?Game of Thrones? Career

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate which actor has had the best post-?Game of Thrones? career. They start the pod by discussing one of the candidates in the debate, Pedro Pascal, and two of the shows he stars in: ?The Last of Us? (5:24) and ?The Mandalorian? (23:07). After that, they go through some other actors who just missed the cut for the debate (30:09). Later, they reveal their picks for the actor with the best post-?Game of Thrones? career (50:06), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:00:42). Now it?s up to you to decide! Which actor has the best post-?Game of Thrones? career? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-01-19
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The Best Airplane Movie

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best airplane movie. First, they discuss Gerard Butler and the type of movies he?s known for, including the inspiration for today?s debate?his new movie ?Plane? (6:34). Then, before getting into the debate, they go through some pre-trial dismissals (15:51) and talk about the history of airplane movies (22:33). Later, they reveal their picks for the best airplane movie (37:52), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (51:19). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the best airplane movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-01-12
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The Big Movie Bet of 2023

This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna place their bets for what will be the biggest movie of 2023. First, they discuss the terms of the bet, and the metrics they?ll use to define ?best? (7:14). After that, they play ?Boom, Bust, or Bumped? with some upcoming superhero movies, and talk about some pre-trial dismissals (16:39). Later, they each reveal their top three guesses for the biggest movie of 2023 (38:30), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to be added to the final poll (1:02:31). Now it?s up to you to decide! What will be the biggest movie of 2023? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! You can send your picks for next week?s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to [email protected]. You can also submit suggestions for future ?Trial by Content? topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you?d like us to settle? Send it on over! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-01-05
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The Worst Thing We Watched in 2022

In the last ?Trial by Content? episode of the year, Dave, Neil, and Joanna hold a debate over the worst things they watched in 2022. They first discuss the unique format of this week?s listener-submission-heavy episode (1:56). Later, each of them explain their personal criteria for what makes something the ?worst? (2:47). After that, they kick off a gauntlet consisting of the 15 worst things they watched this year in succeeding order (6:24). Finally, they close by teasing the first ?Trial by Content? episode of the new year (80:37). Now it?s up to you to decide! What is the worst thing you watched in 2022? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer?s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you?ll find ?Trial by Content.? The winner will be announced next week! Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-12-29
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