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Donald Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discover the absolute, undeniable, and scientifically proven greatest performance in your favorite actor's esteemed career via a direct-elimination bracket, usually with a kind lil' guest.
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Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Listen, Fat- this is a podcast for the Vegas prognosticators, the tech-issue accepters, the Tom Hanks Da Vinci Code hair appreciators, and the proud people wanting to hear two dudes discuss Meryl Streep’s performance in Adaptation on the Tuesday after Christmas. #WeStandWithPepper
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Donald, Patrick, and America's Favorite Mensch Adam Moshcatel (@Moshcatel) determine whether the best Streep performance lies in the biopic featuring an imaginary dead husband doing cringe-worthy bits, or the film where the film has a film within the film. Put on your finest podcast-listening suit and tune in, gentlefolk!
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Florence Foster Jenkins or Ricki and The Flash? Did Meryl Streep star in Albert Knobbs?? Does Wes Scantlin know where to find the best Krokodil??? Join Patrick, Donald, and wonderful guest Blake Wilding (@blakewilding) on this week's ep to discover the answers to these oh so tantalizing questions!!
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Lead Streep vs. Supporting Streep! Zemeckis vs. Brooks! Cynicism vs. Optimism! Donald, Patrick, and special guest Kevin Chu (The Ruby) determine which Streep performance shall move forward on this week's The Academy Academy!
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Colonial coffee farms or parochial romance? Soppy Swedish scamps or reserved photographers of the Heartland? Join Patrick, Donald, and our wonderful guest Graham High (The Reagans, Manson Family Vacation, straight white guy listening), as we determine whether Bridges of Madison County or Out of Africa deserve to move on to the next bracket. And please... get some streep!
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Instagram interactions with John Patrick Shanley! Attempts at divulging past ska dalliances foiled by technical errors! Movies that end with the protagonist stating its title! Don't have any doubts- this podcast has it all! Join Donald, Patrick, and Karina Wolfe (SWAT, A Song to Pass the Time), as we determine who shall move forward in this particularly competitive bracket between Doubt and Kramer vs. Kramer... oh, I have The Academy Academies!!
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Make sure to grab some Pepper for this week's slice of Streep, as we discuss Mamma Mia! and Into The Woods with famed Cordenhead Avery Regen. And please, don't forget to leave an extra plate for Toomgis!
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Chris Hemsworth Popeye! Stanley Tucci in a purple velvet Fedora! A Change Dot Org petition to replace the dancing baby in Ally McBeal with Paul Giamatti! That's just an amuse-bouche of the tangents we go on in this week's episode with our special guest, Everything Is Scary's Jen Saunderson!! A Quick Frankel!
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Could Julie & Julia use a little more Julia and a little less Julie? Why does a movie called Sophie's Choice have so much Stingo? Will a certain co-host have to attend jury duty... during a pandemic?!! We discuss all of these things and more with our wonderful guest Lauren Scharf (Hot City at the The Pack Theater, @llcoolscharf on TikTok and Twitter) this week on The Academy Academy!
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Don and Patrick explain the premise of The Academy Academy. We announce our first subject, Meryl Streep(!), and discuss the direct-elimination bracket that will determine her ultimate performance.
Unfortunately, one of the brackets is Kramer vs. Kramer VS Doubt, and not Kramer: The Story of Seinfeld's Kramer VS Kramer: The Story of Jim Kramer VS Doubt.
Theme Music by Evan Andrew Cox.
Logo by Ari Grabb.