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The A24 Podcast

NewBig Weird Swings with Skyler Gisondo & Austin AbramsSeptember 16, 2026 · 54 min
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64
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Latest episode
Sep 16, 2026

About the podcast

No host, no ads, no rules. From the people behind Marty Supreme, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Midsommar, Uncut Gems, HBO's Euphoria, Hereditary, Moonlight, and more.

Episodes 64

  1. Big Weird Swings with Skyler Gisondo & Austin Abrams

    54 min

    Topics include:Being former arch-nemeses, cutthroat Pizza Hut auditions, oceanic engineer parents, busking on Santa Monica promenade, childhood fixations on West Side Story and Happy Gilmore, shape-shifting …

    Show notes

    Topics include:

    Being former arch-nemeses, cutthroat Pizza Hut auditions, oceanic engineer parents, busking on Santa Monica promenade, childhood fixations on West Side Story and Happy Gilmore, shape-shifting performances, having an out-of-body experience working with Robert Pattinson on the first day of Primetime, Skyler “beaming like a maniac” watching Austin in a top-secret screening of Resident Evil, Lance Oppenheim’s deep collaboration, decapitated whale heads, shining Ryan Gosling’s shoes, Ben Stiller and Robin Williams helping Skyler ask his girlfriend to prom on set of Night at the Museum, the courage to call Robert De Niro “Bob,” and the joy of taking big weird swings.

  2. First to Laugh with Matt Johnson & Stavros Halkias

    55 min

    Topics covered include: Flat hierarchies, having little child liar’s brain, plausible deniability, the golden era of TI-83 calculators, Stavros’ first script “Greek Town,” creative interpretations of The …

    Show notes

    Topics covered include: Flat hierarchies, having little child liar’s brain, plausible deniability, the golden era of TI-83 calculators, Stavros’ first script “Greek Town,” creative interpretations of The Odyssey, spending three years developing a standup special, the magic of capturing something you can’t repeat, first impressions of Dominic Sessa on set of Tony, real life dynamics mirroring the film's cast, being as invincible as a Clorox bottle, Leo Woodall’s pitch perfect performance, and finding Antonio Banderas mid-shoot playing piano and singing for his hosts in Provincetown.

  3. Genuine Curiosity with Devonté Hynes & Thomas Bangalter

    50 min

    Topcis covered include: Devonté’s cello score as the fifth lead in The Invite, Daft Punk working with an 85 piece orchestra on Tron: Legacy (also starring Olivia Wilde!), finding the magic chemistry between …

    Show notes

    Topcis covered include: Devonté’s cello score as the fifth lead in The Invite, Daft Punk working with an 85 piece orchestra on Tron: Legacy (also starring Olivia Wilde!), finding the magic chemistry between strings and dialogue, monophonic vs. polyphonic, a great note from a Disney executive, extreme precision, the true effort it takes to bring soul to synthesizers, composing the Mythologies ballet score before the choreography existed, Random Access Memories being made like a film without cameras, the 250 tracks on Daft Punk’s “Touch,” spending two years with just a piano and GoPro, restoring Electroma in 35mm for Tribeca Film Festival, and curiosity as an antidote to the algorithm.

  4. Funny Together with Seth Rogen & Olivia Wilde

    43 min

    Topics covered include: Saying bad things about famous people, first meeting at Olivia’s table read for Knocked Up, G-rated bisexuality on The O.C., the craziest audition of Seth’s life, constantly being …

    Show notes

    Topics covered include:

    Saying bad things about famous people, first meeting at Olivia’s table read for Knocked Up, G-rated bisexuality on The O.C., the craziest audition of Seth’s life, constantly being mistaken for a courier, anti-gravity, The Invite’s origins as a play, dreams of being all alone in outer space, Seth’s good cop, bad cop dynamic on set of The Studio, laughing at your partner’s jokes, getting a little insight into their castmate's sex lives, and the true joy of finally getting to be funny together in The Invite.

  5. Both Peninsulas with Lee Sung Jin & David Chase

    52 min

    Topics covered include: Learning to write everywhere, Lee Sung Jin's after death theory, the Bardo, David’s screenplay with Micheal Imperioli, Buddhism, the process of selecting iconic needle drops, bonding …

    Show notes

    Topics covered include: Learning to write everywhere, Lee Sung Jin's after death theory, the Bardo, David’s screenplay with Micheal Imperioli, Buddhism, the process of selecting iconic needle drops, bonding over created universes, comparing writers to golfers, Pavlov's dog, realizing The Sopranos was funny, favorite (and least favorite) lines in their shows, selecting Finneas for the wall-to-wall score of Beef season 2, the fifth character of fate, using John Carpenter as temp score, finding inspiration in the rock and roll of Mean Streets, rewatching old episodes, and David’s current passion project. (edited)

  6. Weeping Bleeding Hearts with David Lowery & Anne Hathaway

    26 min

    Topics covered include: Deep collaboration, early drafts of Mother Mary, being quick to discard dialogue, finding inspiration in the Faroe Islands, Anne's fear of making the easy choice, the qualities of being …

  7. Thirty Thousand Square Feet with Kane Parsons & James Wan

    1 h 2 min

    Topics covered include: Kane's parents keeping him off the internet until age eight, pirating way too much software, the origin of the Backrooms, the purgatories we build for ourselves, meeting your heroes …

  8. Endless Grasping with Oscar Isaac & Ali Wong

    27 min

    Topics covered include:NPR podcast voice, evangelical upbringings, Beef creator Lee Sung Jin's incredible observations of things that are both really painful and really funny, little mullets, Ali's love of Ex …

  9. Girl, Whatever with Charli xcx & Aidan Zamiri

    54 min

    Topics covered include: Aidan first becoming aware of Charli, early demos of “I Love It,” Scandi accents, the whelks at Caroline Polachek’s birthday, silliness as high art, imposing structure, growing up on …

  10. Great American Dream Show with Josh Safdie & Sean Baker

    53 min

    Topics covered include:Voice memos as audio documentaries, the difficulty of keeping things small, Sean seeing Marty Supreme three times in theaters, maximalist territory, swimming in bigger lakes, moviemaking …

  11. High Octane with Rose Byrne & Emily Blunt

    45 min

    Topics covered include:Car rides to and from set, Emily’s special nickname for Dwayne Johnson, performing with a camera inches from your face, delicately handling playing a real person, Wonderbras, The Rock as …

  12. Center Stage with John Early & Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    36 min

    Topics covered include: Getting comfortable in the chaos, moments of brevity, John writing his directorial debut on set of Eternity, double-fisting at TIFF, attending Interlochen at the exact same time …

  13. Creative Affair with Celine Song & Eva Victor

    54 min

    Topics covered include: Martini celebrations, hydration regimens, learning the true meaning of the word ‘release,’ feeling visible but not seen, the special privacy of making a debut film, bringing your whole …

  14. Movies Are Like My Parents with Ari Aster & Bill Hader

    56 min

    Topics covered include: Steven Soderbergh’s greatest commentary tracks, the first Mission Impossible as a perfect film, writing movies for actors not executives, Ari telling Bill the idea for Eddington outside …

  15. Hey Daddy with Kyle MacLachlan & Benito Skinner

    48 min

    Topics covered include: True artists, Kyle meeting David Lynch for the first time on the Universal lot, getting Invisalign for the bit, Benito's world getting rocked by Blue Velvet in high school, saliva …

  16. Ahead Of The Joke with Johnny Knoxville & Andrew DeYoung

    1 h 1 min

    Topics covered include: Success giving you brain damage, Andy’s lifelong love of Jackass as a “silly, honest, and ancient” art, squirming to hide the truth, Turkish hair transplants, the influence of The King …

  17. Ambassador Of The Heart with Isaiah Saxon & Jane Goodall

    40 min

    Topics covered include: Jane Goodall as Isaiah’s lifelong Patron Saint, a very cheap edition of Tarzan of the Apes that changed a young Jane’s entire world, supportive mothers,The Legend of Ochi as a critique …

  18. Moving As One with Charles Melton & Will Poulter

    40 min

    Topics covered include: Charles connecting with his dad through his role in Warfare, total immersion, knowing your castmates' meal requests by heart (Noah Centineo: 3 burger patties), sage advice from Alex …

  19. Creatures Of Habit with Pedro Pascal & Halina Reijn

    49 min

    Topics covered include: Halina learning about ASMR, Pedro’s obsession with travel and sleep schedules, watching The Social Network for the 600th time, anticipating your fears, a discomfort with nesting, Pedro …

  20. Quite A Life With Adrien Brody & Jason Schwartzman

    1 h 4 min

    Topics covered include: The strength and fragility of László Toth, chunky old tape recorders, Adrien’s Hungarian grandfather, heavy accents, giant dictionaries, descending from immigrants, the photography of …

  21. Frog Eye Salad with Sophie Thatcher & Chloe East

    48 min

    Topics covered include: Spotting a five month old baby at a screening of Heretic, hitting a wall of cries when filming horror, being film bros, craving lightness, jinxing projects, being a superstitious child …

  22. Child's Play with Andrew Garfield & Harris Dickinson

    1 h 8 min

    Topics covered include: Harris’s longing to be 40, finding security in insecurity, eternal things, having an allergic response to fame, unsolicited wisdom from Tom Cruise, giving bite-sized chunks of yourself …

  23. A Little Danger with Sebastian Stan & Colman Domingo

    1 h 1 min

    Topics covered include:Sebastian’s early childhood in Romania, being a reformed introvert, obstacles as a good thing, past lives as Law & Order day players, a certain tenderness that runs thru Sing Sing, the …

  24. Eternal Sense Of Play with Jane Schoenbrun & Jack Haven

    47 min

    Topics covered include: The script as a spell to perform, sneaking around your parents house, career ending movie ideas, the inaugural podcast compliment break, work and savoring as the only true constants …

  25. Extreme Personalities with Emma Stone & Julio Torres

    59 min

    Topics covered include: Wrinkly passports, being unable to operate any form of transportation, the Kim’s Video of 90s El Salvador, changelings, teenage obsessions with Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette …

  26. Burning For Something with Celine Song & Sofia Coppola

    1 h 11 min

    Topics covered include: seeing your first movie at the neighborhood theater, the pressures of live performance, the animal that is the audience, parallels between directing and motherhood, abandoning the …

  27. Tuneful And Filthy with Patti LuPone & Nathan Lane

    40 min

    Topics covered include: Nathan and Patti acting together off-Broadway in the mid-80s, herbal inspiration, learning on the job, sense memory, the brutality of Julliard, putting in the work, the dumbing down of …

  28. Peninsula Mentality with Steven Yeun & Michael Imperioli

    46 min

    Topics covered include: The Sopranos cast being sore losers at their first Emmy Awards, hyperbolic reviews, the extremes of Hollywood, getting recognized in Best Buy, only eating Subway sandwiches the entire …

  29. Power Moves with Julia Louis-Dreyfus & J. Smith-Cameron

    44 min

    Topics covered include: Nicole Holofcener’s genius, the vulnerability of writing a book, June brides, parenting adult children, Julia and J.’s mutual love of YHMF/Succession co-stars Jeannie Berlin and Arian …

  30. Nervous Laughter with Ari Aster & Joaquin Phoenix

    1 h 1 min

    Topics covered include: struggling to take a compliment, the pressure of the clock, unorthodox techniques for playing a character in physical pain, worst days on set, resisting comfort, Ari’s snappy attitude …

These are the latest 40 of 64 episodes. You’ll find older episodes in the podcast’s feed.

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