Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

@lasculturistaswithmattrogersandbowenyang · Podcast

Latest segments

• Jay-Z gets Super Bowl halftime, 2026-10-30
  Reads the halftime pick as a music signal
  Reacts to the Jay-Z halftime announcement, reading it as a signal that Beyonce or Rihanna has new music coming, and works through Jay-Z's streaming hits and the guest-heavy set LA implies. Stays inside the announcement, then drifts to Tupac and a Lil' Kim medium clip.
• Glee reboot ordered, 2026-10-30
  Riffs on whether Glee defined millennial cringe
  Riffs on the reboot announcement for five minutes: whether Glee defined millennial cringe, what a new season would look like, and a detour into Chris Fulming blaming Zooey Deschanel for millennial earnestness. Reaction and jokes, no new reporting.
• Rodrigo and Roan remix, 2026-10-23
  Praises the Rodrigo and Roan remix
  Praise for the Rodrigo and Roan collaboration, framed through the hosts' own Best New Artist award and Rodrigo's evolution as an artist. It notes the VMAs left her out of Music Video of the Year despite the Versailles-shot 'Drop Dead' video, but adds no new development to the release.
• New Sense and Sensibility film, 2026-10-23
  Adds the Creed-Miles and Morton casting lineage
  Walks through the plot of the new adaptation and the 1995 film, praising both casts and casting the hosts as the two sisters. Adds one piece of casting lineage: Esmé Creed-Miles is Samantha Morton's daughter.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-23
  Recounts the ocean scene and praises the film
  Recounts a scene of Nathan Fielder and Amanda Seyfried in the ocean, debating whether it is a reenactment, and praises the film as a gripping theater experience. Reaction and personal anecdote, staying inside the film's existing coverage.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-23
  Reads the Holmes-Evans dynamic as abusive
  Reads the Holmes-Evans dynamic as an abusive one, arguing Holmes invited Fielder in to stage a sympathetic portrait and that her repeated 'I trust you' is a manipulation tactic. Interpretation of the film, not a new development.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-23
  Debates Fielder's feelings and settles on obsession
  Debates whether Fielder had romantic feelings for Holmes and settles on obsession with limits instead, walking through the 'Why would I deceive you?' close-up and the ocean scene. Reaction and interpretation of scenes already on the record.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-23
  Reads the 4:3 frame as a figure for unknowability
  Reads the film's form for its theme of unknowability: the 4:3 frame and the title swallowed by the horizon as figures for what you cannot see. Argues all four on-screen figures fail to tell the truth about Holmes. Interpretation, not new reporting.
• Fielder's Holmes documentary, 2026-10-23
  Reads the device scene as a platform parable
  Recaps the device scene and reads the film as being about platform and responsibility - Holmes calling the Theranos machine a platform, Fielder's own platform. Interpretation and comparison to The Social Reckoning, not new reporting.
• The Social Reckoning opens, 2026-10-16
  Calls The Social Reckoning aggressively mid
  Reviews The Social Reckoning against The Social Network, arguing it is aggressively mid because it abandons the character study for a journalism plot and treats the algorithm as a reveal. Pure criticism, staying inside the reception the box office point already recorded.
• Kelly Clarkson vs. Art of Play, 2026-10-16
  Recaps the Clarkson dispute and the magic shop
  Recaps the Clarkson and Art of Play dispute from the top - the drive in from Manhattan, the $15,000 Molly, the $2,000 German alternative - and adds color on the shop itself: a 22-seat magic theater run by twin brother magicians. Stays inside the story already on the record.
• Six Flags coaster death, 2026-10-16
  Recaps the coaster shutdown and the replacement
  Opens on the Six Flags coaster shutdown and the Goliath death, then turns to the new Bakunawa coaster replacing Kingda Ka. Mostly reaction and jokes, with the hosts noting they could not find a tally of Six Flags casualties.