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Hot Take Time Machine

Hot Take Time Machine

Work buds turned frenemies Mike and Ryan try to turn their favourite office past-time into a lucrative podcasting gig in Hot Take Time machine, a show about two millennials" (rarely) bad to (mostly) good takes on the world of movies, television, and pop culture.

tv & film

All Episodes

01:33:06

Nathan For Us Part 2 feat. Maggie Cockburn

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/07/30

Guest Maggie Cockburn joins us again to give more hot takes in the second part of our extended episode on all things Nathan Fielder. In part two we chat about The Rehearsal S2 and The Curse.

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01:55:34

Nathan For Us Part 1 feat. Maggie Cockburn

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/07/23

Guest Maggie Cockburn joins us to give hot takes on all things Nathan Fielder in a special two part episode, starting with Nathan For You and the 1st season of The Rehearsal.

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01:59:15

Sinners/Thunderbolts* feat. Aaron Parry

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/05/14

Guest Aaron Parry joins us to give hot takes on Sinners, Thunderbolts*, Nathan Fielder, Spike Lee movies, Trump's film tariffs, the future of the MCU, and the 100 men vs. 1 gorilla debate.

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01:46:23

The Hot Takes Will Not Be Televised feat. Kevin...

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/03/28

Guest Kevin Archibald joins us to talk all things TV. We discuss The White Lotus, the Severance season 2 finale, Daredevil: Born Again, and our under-appreciated TV gems. Then, we take a look at Ashton Hall's viral morning routine.

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01:39:42

Post-Oscars Round Up & Upcoming Films for 2025

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/03/07

Mike & Ryan are back to discuss the 2025 Oscars. We get into what we got wrong, what we liked, and especially what we didn't like. Then, we get into the movies we're looking forward to in 2025 (which may or may not be a thinly veiled A24 advertisement). And of course, the return of our Ok Boomer segment.

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02:03:07

We're Back: A Pre-Oscars Round-Up

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2025/02/21

After a long (long) hiatus, we're back (sort of) and just in time for the 2025 Oscars. We discuss the controversies around nominated films like The Brutalist and Emilia Perez, our predictions for each category, and give our rankings for the Best Picture nominees.

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01:24:08

When Comedy Gets Serious

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/09/28

Mike and Ryan give their initial, spoiler free, reactions to Emma Seligman's new comedy movie 'Bottoms'. Then we chat about the intriguing subset of comedians who have taken a turn for the serious in their careers. Namely, Jordan Peele, Donald Glover, and Zach Cregger. We also have a brand new 'OK Boomer' segment, where Mike tests Ryan's knowledge of Gen-Z lingo.

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01:46:33

Drafting the Future of Acting

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/09/19

Mike and Ryan are back with a Hot Take Time Machine first--a draft! We're taking a look at the future of acting and drafting our favourite actors under 30 to build a championship winning starting five (plus a sixth coming off the bench). Find out who we consider rookies, vets, in need of player development, and more on a very special episode of Hot Take Time Machine.

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01:39:42

Talkin' Docs

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/09/14

We're finally back from another brief break with the long awaited documentary film episode. After discussing the new A24 horror movie 'Talk to Me', we dive into the world of docs through 5 of our recent favourites (LA92, 13th, The Rescue, Fire of Love, Navalny) and some honourable mentions (How To With John Wilson, Telemarketers, Pepsi, Where's My Jet?, Dear Zachary).

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01:22:49

We Wear Suits Now: The Flash, The Bear, & The Chair

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/08/21

The boys are back from a brief break with a catch-up episode (our regrets to the documentary fans). Mike and Ryan catch up on everything they have watched in their time off like The Flash and The Bear's second season. Later in the show, we discuss Bill Maher's exhaustive Barbie review and the legendary Montgomery Riverboat Brawl.

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02:03:13

The Barbenheimer Episode

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/07/27

The wait is over--Barbenheimer is here. After discussing the WGA-SAG strike, we get into our Oppenheimer & Barbie viewing experiences and give our reactions to each movie. We also crown one movie the overall winner of the weekend.Oppenheimer spoiler talk - 48:52 - 1:16:50 Barbie spoiler talk - 1:22:43 - 1:51:23 To support WGA-SAG members monetarily - https://entertainmentcommunity.org/?_gl=1*100n6r8*_gcl_au*MTA0NTQ4MzYwNC4xNjkwNDI1MDAy

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01:21:57

Pre-Opp(enheimer): Ranking Christopher Nolan Films

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/07/11

This week we're prepping for Oppenheimer with our first rankings episode, where we compare our top 5 Nolan films and dig into our least favourite. We also discuss the new 'Twitter-killer' app Threads in this week's "OK Boomer" segment.

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01:44:02

Whatever Happened To...The Studio Comedy?

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/07/05

This week we're talking about late 2000s - mid 2010s big studio comedies, from hits like Anchorman and The 40 Year Old Virgin, to underappreciated gems like Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and odd ducks like Funny People. We also discuss the future of the genre and if it will ever return to it's former glory. Mike gives an update on his painful watch of HBO's The Idol, and Ryan learns about the latest Miranda Sings/Colleen Ballinger scandal.

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01:33:43

It's Kraven Time: Black Mirror & Secret Invasion

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/06/27

Catching up after some time off, we introduce a new segment called "Bullet for My Co-Host", where one host watches something awful so that the other doesn't have to, featuring HBO's The Idol. We also discuss two shows that have recently premiered--Black Mirror and Marvel's Secret Invasion, the new not-so-good trailer for Kraven the Hunter, the correct way to watch Oppenheimer/Barbie, and Mike shows Ryan a new TikTok personality test in "OK Boomer". Spoiler

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01:11:13

(Not Christopher Nolan's) The Prestige

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/06/20

Ryan takes the lead in this TV focused episode of Hot Take Time Machine. This week we're discussing prestige TV including; what makes a TV show prestigious? Can streaming only shows be prestige TV? What are our favourite prestige shows? In our OK Boomer segment, we talk about conspiracy theory with ties to Canada. Avoid spoilers with these timestamps: BEEF Spoiler Talk - 37:41 - 50:19

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01:24:22

John Lennon's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/06/13

This week we're talking about the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and giving our instant reactions. We also give our thoughts on where this movie ranks among the other Spider-Man movies and what we hope to see next in the third installment of this trilogy. Avoid spoilers with the following timestamps: 29:06 onwards

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01:31:47

Frances Ha'ving a Good Time: The Coming of Age Episode

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/06/06

Re-live your best and worst high school memories in this special coming-of-age episode of Hot Take Time Machine where we discuss what makes a movie or TV show coming-of-age, whether Frances Ha fits in the genre (it does), can The Lion King can be considered coming-of-age (regrettably, yes), and our favourites of the genre. We also go into a nostalgia filled OK Boomer segment where we go through old teenaged trends from the late 2000s to early 2010s.

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01:00:28

A Meal Fit For a King: The Succession Series Finale

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/05/30

In this spoiler filled episode, we're giving initial reactions to the Succession series finale and talking about everything from who the biggest winners of the series are to where the finale ranks in our all-time favourite finales.

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01:39:39

Ari Aster Call Your Mom: Mike & Ryan Are Afraid

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/05/23

In this episode we give our reactions to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Beau is Afraid, discuss whether A24 is overrated, underrated, or just rated, identify the most unattractive movies to have in your Letterboxd top 4, and Ryan learns what it means to be cheugy. Avoid spoilers with these timestamps GOTG3 Spoiler Talk - 24:40 - 40:47 Beau is Afraid Spoiler Talk - 46:12 - 58:48

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01:04:24

Bitches Ain't Bad: Cinema is Back

Hot Take Time Machine ·

2023/05/16

In our inaugural episode, Mike and Ryan discuss the return of fun low stakes movies, the slow decline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans' weird film choices, the definition of 'mid', Ice Spice, and what it means to have the sauce.

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