What a Year!

Ethan Warren & Ryan Pollie
  • 5.0 (7)
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What a Year! is a podcast in which Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie pick a year and spend ten episodes assembling a time capsule of movies, music, and other cultural odds and ends with contributions from expert correspondents

Episodes

  1. 09/24/2022

    What a Year! 1.10 - Zodiac/The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter/Company - Broadway Revival (with Grace Woodward)

    In episode 1.10 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss David Fincher's Zodiac, Josh Ritter's The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, and the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company with their guest correspondent, Grace Woodward 00:01:39 - Zodiac 00:48:21 - Pop Quiz! 01:05:06 - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter 01:33:28 - Company - Broadway revival (with Grace Woodward) Try MUBI free for 30 days by visiting www.MUBI.com/whatayear, where users worldwide can stream The Dog That Wouldn't Be Quiet, and users in the US and Canada can also watch Strawberry Mansion and Funny Ha Ha.

    2h 11m

  2. 09/17/2022

    What a Year! 1.9 - I'm Not There/In Rainbows/Lindsey Buckingham Live at the Bass Performance Hall (with Carrie Courogen)

    In episode 1.9 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Todd Haynes' I'm Not There, Radiohead's In Rainbows, and Lindsey Buckingham's Live at the Bass Performance Hall DVD with their guest correspondent, Carrie Courogen. 00:01:42 - I'm Not There 00:39:06 - Pop Quiz! 00:49:53 - In Rainbows 01:13:04 - Lindsey Buckingham Live at the Bass Performance Hall (with Carrie Courogen) Try MUBI free for 30 days by visiting www.MUBI.com/whatayear, where users in the US and many other countries can watch this week's recommendations Charade, Fish Tank, and The Square.

    1h 53m

  3. 09/10/2022

    What a Year! 1.8 - Hot Fuzz/Oracular Spectacular/August: Osage County (with MJ Halberstadt)

    In episode 1.8 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz, MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, and Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County with their guest correspondent, MJ Halberstadt. 00:01:25 - Hot Fuzz 00:31:33 - Pop Quiz! 00:43:45 - Oracular Spectacular 01:08:01 - August: Osage County (with MJ Halberstadt) Try MUBI free for 30 days by visiting www.MUBI.com/whatayear, where users in the US can watch this week's recommendations Entertainment, The General, Los Angeles Plays Itself, and Burning.

    1h 45m

  4. 09/03/2022

    What a Year! 1.7 - For Emma, Forever Ago/The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford/Marvel's Civil War (with Tyler Huckabee)

    In episode 1.7 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Marvel's Civil War with their guest correspondent, Tyler Huckabee. 00:01:45 - For Emma, Forever Ago 00:30:14 - Pop Quiz! 00:40:23 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 01:28:32 - Marvel's Civil War (with Tyler Huckabee) Try MUBI free for 30 days by visiting www.MUBI.com/whatayear, where users in America you can watch this week's recommendations Lucky, Rubber, Night of the Living Dead, and the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky.

    2h 7m

  5. 08/27/2022

    What a Year! 1.6 - Strawberry Jam/Across the Universe/Something Bright, Then Holes (with Hannah Bonner)

    In episode 1.6 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam, Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, and Maggie Nelson's Something Bright, Then Holes with their guest correspondent, Hannah Bonner. 00:01:35 - Strawberry Jam 00:19:26 - Pop Quiz! 00:31:49 - Across the Universe 00:56:05 - Something Bright, Then Holes

    1h 25m

  6. 08/20/2022

    What a Year! 1.5 - Graduation/Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End/In the Woods (with Fran Hoepfner)

    In episode 1.5 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Kanye West's Graduation, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Tana French's In the Woods with their guest correspondent, Fran Hoepfner.

    2h 5m

  7. 08/13/2022

    What a Year! 1.4 - Sunshine/Cross/Werewolves and Lollipops (with Joe Kwaczala)

    In episode 1.4 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Danny Boyle's Sunshine, Justice's Cross, and Patton Oswalt's album Werewolves and Lollipops with their guest correspondent, comedian Joe Kwaczala. 00:01:45 - Sunshine  00:33:34 - Pop quiz! 00:45:14 - Cross 01:25:25 - Werewolves and Lollipops with Joe Kwaczala

    1h 52m

  8. 08/06/2022

    What a Year! 1.3 - My Winnipeg/The Flying Club Cup/What Goes Around Comes Around (with Sydney Urbanek)

    In episode 1.3 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg, Beirut’s The Flying Club Cup, and the music video for Justin Timberlake’s What Goes Around Comes Around with writer and music video scholar Sydney Urbanek 00:01:43 - My Winnipeg 00:31:13 - Pop quiz! 00:42:53 - The Flying Club Cup 01:10:38 - What Goes Around…Comes Around with Sydney Urbanek

    1h 53m

  9. 08/06/2022

    What a Year! 1.2 - Hot Rod/Spiderman of the Rings/Achewood (with Branson Reese)

    In episode 1.2 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Akiva Schaffer's Hot Rod, Dan Deacon's Spiderman of the Rings, and the webcomic Achewood with cartoonist and podcaster Branson Reese 00:01:31 - Hot Rod 00:36:54 - Pop quiz! 00:45:13 - Spiderman of the Rings 01:17:32 - Achewood with Branson Reese

    1h 56m

  10. 08/06/2022

    What a Year! 1.1 - The Darjeeling Limited/Person Pitch/Mad Men (with Zosha Millman)

    In episode 1.1 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, Panda Bear's Person Pitch, and the penultimate episode of Mad Men's first season with their first guest correspondent, Polygon TV editor Zosha Millman 00:01:34 - introducing the show and the season 00:19:16 - The Darjeeling Limited 00:49:36 - Pop quiz! 00:57:29 - Person Pitch 01:28:09 - Mad Men with Zosha Millman

    2h 4m
  11. What a Year! Season 1 Trailer

    Season 1 Trailer

    What a Year! Season 1 Trailer

    In the trailer for What a Year! season 1, Ethan Warren introduces the new show in which he and Ryan Pollie create a time capsule of movies, music, and other cultural odds and ends alongside contributions from expert correspondents.

    3 min

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
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About

What a Year! is a podcast in which Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie pick a year and spend ten episodes assembling a time capsule of movies, music, and other cultural odds and ends with contributions from expert correspondents

Information

  • Creator
    Ethan Warren & Ryan Pollie
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 What a Year!
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