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Prestige Junkie

A weekly podcast hosted by The Ankler"s awards editor Katey Rich, featuring lively and endlessly curious discussion of the film and television awards races and the business that surrounds them. Episodes will also include interviews with top awards contenders and the major players in the races that make Hollywood run.

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52:44

The Weird Science of Oscar Predictions, Plus Sydney...

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2025/11/04

Indiewire's Marcus Jones joins Katey to talk about the stress and satisfaction of publishing Oscar predictions online, and why we usually want to be wrong. Then Katey talks to Sydney Sweeney about everything she put into her new film Christy, from training to play the boxer Christy Martin to what she considers her main job as a producer and the first person on the call sheet: making sure everyone on set is taken care of.⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe today⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes for

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61:27

The Oscar Season Stories We Love Most, Plus Tracy...

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2025/10/28

The New Yorker's Michael Schulman joins Katey to talk about the narratives that are already driving this Oscar season, and the drama we expect to continue all the way until the big next. Then Tracy Letts discusses his role as a general in A House of Dynamite, how he juggles an incredibly busy career across screen and stage, and how his role in the new FX series The Lowdown became a homecoming.Prestige Junkie After Party subscribers can watch the full video version of this podcast. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe

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44:56

All the Buzz from Middleburg and Montclair, Zoey...

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2025/10/21

Katey and Chris check in on the highlights of their time at the Montclair and Middleburg Film Festivals, which for Katey included a live onstage conversation with Zoey Deutch, the star of Richard Linklater’s French New Wave tribute Nouvelle VaguePrestige Junkie After Party subscribers can watch the full video version of this podcast. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe today⁠⁠⁠ for just $5 a month. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey

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58:08

The Best of the New York FIlm Festival with Richard...

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2025/10/14

Katey reunites with her former Little Gold Men co-host Richard Lawson to look back at the highlights of this year's New York Film Festival, including Bradley Cooper's late-breaking contender Is This Thing On? and a memorable night of people-watching at the Polo Lounge. Then One Battle After Another breakout star Chase Infiniti joins to talk about how she convinces Leo and PTA to participate in TikToks, how she learned to let loose on the film's set, and who she's taking advice from now that

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61:16

Taylor Swift’s Hollywood Dreams, Plus Mary Bronstein...

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2025/10/07

Vanity Fair’s Kase Wickman and The Ankler’s own Chris Rosen join Katey to explain exactly what Taylor Swift brought to theaters this weekend, and why making her own movie at last might be the last mountain left for the pop icon to conquer. Then Katey talks to Mary Bronstein, whose darkly funny and surreal If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is the result of years of work and struggle — but absolutely zero compromise.Prestige Junkie After Party subscribers can watch the full video version of this

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35:33

Can Hollywood Learn the Right Lessons From One Battle...

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2025/09/30

Richard Rushfield joins Katey to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie of the moment and reflect on the wild year for the studio that made it, Warner Bros.Prestige Junkie After Party subscribers can watch the full video version of this podcast. ⁠Subscribe today⁠ for just $5 a month. Check out our newly relaunched ⁠Prestige Junkie Pundits⁠ to see Katey's full Oscar predictions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey

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48:20

Predicting the Biggest Stories of This Oscar Season

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2025/09/23

Katey is joined by Tyler Coates to discuss their biggest burning questions about this year's Oscar race, from how Warner Bros will juggle two seemingly surefire best picture nominees to how our fraught political moment will affect all of it. Prestige Junkie After Party subscribers can watch the full video version of this podcast. Subscribe today for just $5 a month. Check out our newly relaunched Prestige Junkie Pundits to see Katey and Tyler's full Oscar

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58:34

The Best and Worst of the 2025 Emmys

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2025/09/15

Katey Rich and Chris Rosen share their instant reactions to the 77th Annual Emmy Awards, from thrilling victories for Jeff Hiller and Katherine LaNasa to some puzzling choices by host Nate Bargatze. For much more from us on Emmys night, Prestige Junkie After Party paid subscribers can revisit our full three-hour Emmy night watchlong. Subscribe for just $5 a month and join us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey

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57:57

Live from Toronto: Joel Edgerton on Train Dreams,...

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2025/09/09

In front of a live audience at the TIFF Industry conference, I was joined onstage by Joel Edgerton, the star and executive producer of the lyrical new Netflix film Train Dreams. We talked about that gorgeous movie but also so much more, from how he and his brother Nash started making movies together at home in Australia to what it felt like to be a "stowaway" on a Star Wars set early in his career to what he's learned from working for Kathryn Bigelow, Baz Luhrmann, Barry Jenkins and many more

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46:07

Telluride, Venice, and New Beginnings with David...

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2025/09/02

Katey reunites with her former Little Gold Men co-hosts David Canfield and Richard Lawson now that they’ve also wrapped up their time at Vanity Fair but remain very much in the thick of awards season. David, calling from Telluride, explains how Hamnet became such a sensation there while Richard, a veteran of the Venice Film Festival, explains why Jay Kelly may have met such a muted response there. They also indulge in a bit of nostalgia for their old podcast now that all three of them have left it—

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79:59

This Is How Netflix Finally Wins Best Picture, Plus...

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2025/08/26

Joyce Eng joins her old podcast co-host Christopher Rosen as well as Katey to look at the slates for the streamers who are diving into the Oscar race. Most of them, yes, are Netflix titles, and some really promising ones at that. But Apple and Amazon both have intrigue ahead— including one of the biggest wild cards of the season.Then Katey talks to Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg about their longtime directing partnership and how it led to The Studio, which has 23 Emmy nominations and pulls off the

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28:40

Nate Bargatze Knows His Best Shot at Making the Emmys...

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2025/08/23

Nate Bargatze Knows His Best Shot at Making the Emmys GreatThe Emmy nominee for his special, Your Friend Nate Bargatze, is also preparing to host the show on September 15 — and to do so, he's got to translate what works for arenas full of fans into one of the most exclusive rooms in the world. In this special Saturday episode he talks about that, what he learned from many years of working his way up the stand-up ladder, and what he makes of YouTube fame vs. good old fashioned Hollywood

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25:11

Alan Cumming's Tales From the 'Truman Show-y' Set of...

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2025/08/20

Live onstage at Televerse, I caught up with the Emmy winning host of Peacock's reality series The Traitors, which just wrapped production on its fourth season. While keeping mum about a few things, Cumming revealed plenty of secrets from within those castle walls, including the odd relationship he builds with the contestants, how he balances his work as a producer on the set as well as hosting, and what he gets to do in character as the show's host that he can't do anywhere else. Subscribers to

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81:34

Does A24 Have an Awards Season Surprise in Store?...

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2025/08/19

Esther Zuckerman joins Katey and Chris to look at the fall slate for A24 as well as the newest contender for its cool kid crown, Mubi, plus a few titles from fellow indies Lionsgate and Bleecker Street. Then Katey talks to The White Lotus star Walton Goggins about the terrifying but grand adventure of being on that set, and why his offscreen reunion with Sam Rockwell might have been even more dramatic than what we saw on the show.Prestige Junkie After Party paid subscribers can watch the video

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23:29

What Adam Brody Wants After Nobody Wants This

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2025/08/16

Katey talks to the Emmy nominated star of the Netflix rom-com about what he keeps learning about himself this far into his career, the difference between fame in your 20s and your 40s, and what happened to his Teen Choice Award surfboard. Paid subscribers to Prestige Junkie After Party can watch the full video version of this conversation, so join us now! ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey

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66:01

Is Sinners Still the Best Picture Frontrunner? Plus,...

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2025/08/12

David Sims joins Katey for part 3 of our fall preview series, looking at the major studios and their Oscar lineups, and whether Warner Bros can get their first best picture win in over a decade. Then Katey talks to Michelle Williams about both starring in and executive producing Dying for Sex, and how she learned the hard way which kind of sets she actually wants to be part of.Prestige Junkie After Party paid subscribers can watch the video version of this conversation and all of our other

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23:20

Julianne Nicholson Knows How to Find the Nicest...

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2025/08/09

The double Emmy nominee for Paradise and Hacks remembers how she knew she wanted to work with Sterling K. Brown, how she felt brave enough to really go for it on Hacks, and what you really learn after a three-decade career in the business. Prestige Junkie After Party paid subscribers can watch the video version of this conversation and all of our other podcasts. Join us here! ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey

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73:39

Fall Preview Part 2: Is It Finally Focus Features's...

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2025/08/05

Tyler Coates joins Katey and Christopher Rosen to look at the slates for three indie labels owned by studios that all hope to stake their claim in this year's awards race. Searchlight Pictures, the only one of the three to ever win best picture, is hoping to win hearts with Rental Family, while Focus Features is going heavy on auteurs with Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia and Chloe Zhao's Hamnet. Meanwhile Sony Pictures Classics has a tried-and-true formula for getting their films in front of voters, and

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43:49

Fall Preview Part 1: Can Neon's Winning Streak Continue?

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2025/07/29

David Canfield joins Katey and Chris to kick off our five-part fall preview, in which we take a close look at the lineups for every studio that has won best picture in the past 10 years. We're starting, naturally, with reigning best picture champion Neon, who shepherded Anora from Cannes breakout to best picture juggernaut, and are aiming to do it again this year. Can they continue their winning formula? Are they facing challenges from their fellow indie distributors? And can they finally get Elle

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37:34

The Colbert Cancellation and Late Night’s Existential...

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2025/07/22

Vulture’s Nick Quah joins Katey to talk about why Stephen Colbert feels like only the first of the late night giants to fall, why podcasts and YouTube shows won’t be able to fully replace what late night has done for decades, and how the Emmys might fit into all of this.Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Prestige Junkie After Party. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter. Follow Katey on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The

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