Best Open Rehearsal Podcasts (2025)

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Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro 50:58

31m ago50:58

50:58

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service, all related to trains and journeys which have helped to shape our world. Our guest Nicky Gardner, travel writer and co-author of Europe by Rail: the Definitive Guide, discusses the origins of train travel. The first story involved the hijacking of…

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Cinephobe Ep 272: Nowhere to Run 1:53:57

5d ago1:53:57

1:53:57

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes are wearing suits to go camping in the Valley of the Moon, grilling steaks and drinking whiskey by a pond. ⁠⁠⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Ext…

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S4 E40: Dr. Monica Purcell Anders, Out of Patience 13:57

4d ago13:57

13:57

Monica faces the ghosts of her past inside WhittierCorp and makes a stunning decision. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Top 5 Mayes' Wedding 1:12:08

8d ago1:12:08

1:12:08

Watch this episode on YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes debrief the latest Harper & Elhassan Wedding Chronicles, which included a shared notes app to jot down observations. ⁠⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and…

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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting 51:07

10d ago51:07

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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. This programme includes outdated and offensive language. It’s 50 years since the original Jaws film was released in cinemas across America. The movie premiered on 20 June 1975. Our guest is Jenny He, senior exhibitions curator at the Academy Museu…

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Extended Cold Opens - November 2024 to May 2025 2:07:34

12d ago2:07:34

2:07:34

We're dipping back into our cold storage to defrost a pot pourri of extended cold opens from The Good Son in November through Rocky V in May 2025. ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠ - Check it out here:⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠ ⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and more at⁠ www.patreon.com/CountTheDi…

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S4 E39: Out for a Cup of Joe…the Teenage Version 12:20

14d ago12:20

12:20

Brynleigh encounters the 1989 version of her father, but he and Kady are hardly love at first sight. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George 50:51

17d ago50:51

50:51

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dolly Jørgensen, Professor of History at the University of Stavanger in Norway and a specialist in the history of extinction. We start in 2012 with the death of a famous Galapagos tortoise called Lonesome George, who was the last of h…

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Cinephobe Ep 271: Stigmata 1:45:24

19d ago1:45:24

1:45:24

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes received some rosary beads (hi Brent!) in the mail and began gushing blood. Someone call Doctor Morbius. ⁠⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Col…

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S4 E38: Who Says You Can’t Go Out 16:22

21d ago16:22

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Adam’s tortured history in Thornton Rust comes full-circle. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Top 5 Rehearsals 1:06:26

22d ago1:06:26

1:06:26

Watch this episode on YouTube⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes deepen their Nathan Fielder obsession by taking his various techniques from The Rehearsal and applying it to situations and characters from the Cinephobe universe. ⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, A…

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Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull 51:23

23d ago51:23

51:23

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Jeni Millard, a science presenter, astrophysicist and astronomer. First, how two astronomers announced they had discovered the first two planets outside our solar system. Then, German twins Frederik and Gerrit Braun on building Min…

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Cinephobe Ep 270: Once Bitten 2:00:04

26d ago2:00:04

2:00:04

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes discover that being a vampire in the 20th century is a nightmare, because horniness is so rampant in 1980s Los Angeles there's a shortage of virgin blood. ⁠⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠⁠ …

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S4 E37: Time Out in Thornton Rust 15:33

28d ago15:33

15:33

River and Sam make a stopoff at Thornton Rust, where secrets abound. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem 51:04

1M ago51:04

51:04

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Nivi Manchanda, a reader in international politics at Queen Mary University in London. First, a moment when two cultures clashed in 1985 at Stonehenge. We hear about an English language novel from 1958, called Things Fall Apart. Th…

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Cinephobe Ep 269: Morbius 2:02:56

1M ago2:02:56

2:02:56

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes remix their DNA with a bat and become bat men so they can Morb like they've never Morbed before. ⁠⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and mor…

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S4 E36: Out on the Roof for a Cyrus/Brynleigh Reunion…Finally. 14:00

1M ago14:00

14:00

Cyrus and Brynleigh reunite, but she’s losing her tether on the timeline. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Top 5 Fights 57:47

1M ago57:47

57:47

Watch this episode on YouTube⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes chronicle their favorite fracases, brawls, tussles, skirmishes, melees and scuffles, from hand to hand combat all the way to the existential battles that face us all. ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠ - Check it out here:⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠ ⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Fr…

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The history of photography 50:58

1M ago50:58

50:58

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. The expert guest is Dr Mirjam Brusius, a research fellow in colonial and global history at the German Historical Institute. First, we hear about Martín Chambi - Peru's pioneering documentary photographer. Then Amaize Ojeikere talks about his fathe…

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Cinephobe Ep 268: My Super Ex-Girlfriend 1:52:23

1M ago1:52:23

1:52:23

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes dump a super broad for being too clingy while learning that sexual harassment is a two way street. ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠ - Check it out here:⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠ ⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and more at⁠…

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S4 E35: Washing Out the Tear Gas 17:08

1M ago17:08

17:08

Cyrus has his own encounter with Lil’ Brynleigh…and it doesn’t go great. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest 51:00

1M ago51:00

51:00

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Dr Elizabeth Abbott, writer, historian and author of the book, "Sugar: A Bittersweet History". First, we confront the dark history of sugar. We hear how a researcher in the 1990s uncovered the unethical aspects of Sweden’s Vipeholm ex…

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Cinephobe Ep 267: Kraven the Hunter 1:59:06

2M ago1:59:06

1:59:06

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes were made to do this. They're the greatest bad movie podcasters on the planet. It's undeniable. So no. Why would we want to stop? ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠ - Check it out here:⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠ ⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, E…

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S4 E34: How to Out-Psycho a Psycho 13:18

2M ago13:18

13:18

Adam’s suburban transformation hits a snag when Jude finds a way to reach out. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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Top 5 Dream Sequels 1:08:55

2M ago1:08:55

1:08:55

Watch this episode on YouTube⁠ Zach, Amin and Mayes have done a LOT of sequels, often before the original movie gets consumed. However, there are plenty of movies that left a lot of meat on the bone, or characters that needed to be further explored and developed. Here are our Movies We Wish Had A Sequel. ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠ - Check it out here:…

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Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day 50:33

2M ago50:33

50:33

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Our guest is Rubina Raja, professor of classical archaeology and art at Aarhus University in Denmark. First, we go back to May 2015, when the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria was about to fall to Jihadist fighters and how of a group of men risked …

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Rule of Two - Andor Eps 7,8 & 9 1:30:21

2M ago1:30:21

1:30:21

Darth Amin and Darth Cornpuzzle survive the Ghorman Massacre, although Amin doubles back to chase some broad he hooked up with, while Mayes escapes to the Senate so he can escort Mon Mothma out after delivering the most important speech in the history of the Galaxy. ⁠CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Joi…

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Patreon Unlocked: Half Baked 1:47:30

2M ago1:47:30

1:47:30

Zach, Amin and Mayes' only friend is abba zabba as they blaze through the 1998 Dave Chappelle classic Half Baked. You ever suck a dick for weed? I didn't think so, so break out Billy Bong Thornton, stock up on munchies and call up Mr. Nice Guy, this podcast will have you floating in no time. CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE - Check it out here: https://bit.ly…

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S4 E33: Out for a Date in the Garden State 14:13

2M ago14:13

14:13

Casey and Penn pop out of a portal…and into another reality altogether. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU 50:51

2M ago50:51

50:51

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service about the Vietnam War and the invention of the hugely popular mobile phone game, Snake. Don Anderson, a former BBC TV reporter during the final days of Vietnam, discusses the atmosphere in Saigon as the North Vietnamese forces closed in. We also he…

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Rule of Two - Andor Eps 4,5 & 6 1:11:20

2M ago1:11:20

1:11:20

Darth Amin and Darth Cornpuzzle slick back their hair real good and head to Ghorman as fashion designers undercover to aid the Ghorman Front. CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE⁠⁠ - Check it out here:⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join the Count The Dings Patreon⁠⁠ for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and more at⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/CountTheDi…

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Cinephobe Ep 266: Rocky V 1:59:45

2M ago1:59:45

1:59:45

Watch this week's Look At This Photograph on YouTube Zach, Amin and Mayes have taken so many blows to the head that this whole episode might have been a hallucination. Home Team. CINEPHOBE MERCH STORE - Check it out here: https://bit.ly/CTDMERCH Join the Count The Dings Patreon for Rewatchingtons, Ad-Free Episodes, Extended Cold Opens and more at w…

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Rule of Two - Andor Season 2 1:13:53

2M ago1:13:53

1:13:53

Darth Amin and Darth Cornpuzzle are temporarily setting up shop here on the Cinephobe feed to cover Andor Season Two. This episode covers last week's episodes, and we will return tomorrow to hit the next three pack. We are back in Tony Gilroy's Star Wars for adults, and the show hasn't missed a beat. Cassian Andor attempts to steal a Tie Avenger an…

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S4 E32: Out and In with Lil’ Bryn 13:30

2M ago13:30

13:30

Kady finds herself face to face with someone very small…and very scary. For more great shows and to listen early and ad-free, visit GZMshows.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GZM Shows

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