For The Watercooler

For The Watercooler

For The Watercooler is a podcast about all things pop culture, past, present and future! Caroline Darney and Matt Scalici of For The Win discuss the latest pop culture news and give their thoughts on the hottest movies, TV shows and more and bring in fun guests to discuss the pop culture that they’re obsessing over lately. New episodes each Wednesday. Leave us a voicemail to possibly have your comment or question heard on the show! (802) 432-8308 Send us an email at: forthewatercooler@gmail.com

Episodes

April 23, 2025 83 mins

Matt finally finished The Pitt and Caroline waxes poetic about Pride & Prejudice after its 20th anniversary re-release. Later, we're joined by Blake Schuster to talk about Ryan Coogler's folk-horror-musical masterpiece Sinners!

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Culture is happening and the Millenials don't understand it! Fear not! We're joined by Gen Z comedienne Lauren Cantrell to help us understand why A Minecraft Movie is actually pretty good!

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April 8, 2025 93 mins

Matt and Caroline are not ready for a world in which Minecraft is the biggest movie franchise. What they are ready to do is talk The Simpsons with ESPN's David Hale!

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April 2, 2025 79 mins

It's just the dynamic duo this week! Matt and Caroline talk about Avengers: Doomsday, TV shows they're ashamed to have never seen, and more random BS!

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March 26, 2025 83 mins

Matt and Caroline talk the Severance finale plus Kyle Bandujo joins us to talk about the rare GOOD Chris Evans movie, Gifted! Plus, special guest and legal analyst Ryan Nanni!

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March 19, 2025 83 mins

Matt and Caroline are watching so much TV right now! Add another one to the list as Atlanta Falcons reporter Tori McElhaney joins us to talk about over-the-top reality gameshow Traitors!

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International Women's Day was over the weekend and we're celebrating the ladies this week on For The Watercooler! We chat about the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest with creator/showrunner Danielle Sanchez-Witzel ahead of the premiere of its second season later this month! Later, Matt and Caroline give their picks for the greatest female action stars of all time!

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The Oscars happened! Matt and Caroline break down this year's winners and take a shot at predicting next year's nominees. Later, we're joined by Jennifer Cacicio, the writer and showrunner of Happy Face, a new crime thriller series coming to Paramount+ this month! Jennifer gives us the scoop on selling a TV series, navigating the true crime landscape, and landing Dennis Quaid as her villain!

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February 26, 2025 65 mins

Caroline is now fully obsessed with Breaking Bad and Matt is all-in on Season 2 of Severance! Lucky for us, guest Adam Amin chose Severance for his Pop Culture Potluck selection!

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February 19, 2025 62 mins

Matt and Caroline recap SNL 50 and Captain America: Brave New World! Plus we're joined by University of Virginia kicker Will Bettridge to talk Breaking Bad!

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February 12, 2025 84 mins

It's Captain America Week! Matt and Caroline get ready for another Marvel movie and recap all the big summer movie trailers from the Super Bowl! Later, we're joined by ESPN's Lauren Sisler to talk about the granddaddy of all kids' adventure movies, The Goonies!

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February 5, 2025 55 mins

Caroline is out this week but wife of the pod Francesca steps in to discuss Tim Robinson's forgotten comedy series Detroiters plus some recent movies like The Wild Robot and My Old Ass!

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January 30, 2025 61 mins

The Oscar nominations came out just a few hours too late for us last week so we give our thoughts this week on what will win and what we still need to see! Later, the Right Reverend Spencer Hall joins us discuss The Righteous Gemstones!

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January 23, 2025 81 mins

Matt and Caroline continue their journeys into random movies in 2025! Later, we're joined by our good friend Blake Schuster to discuss the under-seen and underrated Christopher Nolan thriller Tenet!

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January 15, 2025 81 mins

Matt and Caroline are back for another year of For The Watercooler! The Pals catch up on their big movie-watching projects for the year plus some big movies they watched over the break! Later, Matt and Caroline predict which 2025 movies will hit the magic $1B mark!

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December 18, 2024 85 mins

It's our last show of 2024 and we're going out with a bang! Matt and Caroline hand out their first ever Cuppy Awards for the best Pop Culture Things of the Year. Later, we're joined by Caroline's Best Friend Helen to discuss an all-timer Christmas classic, Home Alone!

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December 11, 2024 60 mins

Caroline has a bunch of hidden gems from the streaming wilderness to recommend this week and Ryan Nanni joins us to discuss the Bill Murray cult classic Scrooged!

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For The Watercooler returns from Thanksgiving break with a recap of the biggest Thanksgiving in box office history! We give our thoughts on Wicked, GladIIator, and Moana 2, all of which had HUGE holiday weekends! Later, Matt's wife Francesca returns to the show to talk about her favorite Christmas movie, Meet Me In St. Louis.

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November 20, 2024 78 mins

We're finally staring down the holiday movie season and we are PUMPED! Later in the show, Blake Schuster joins us to talk Peaky Blinders!

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November 13, 2024 73 mins

This week: Matt and Caroline break down the Grammy nominations plus guest Jeremy Burgess delves into the magic of VHS and the inexplicable phenomenon that was Pauly Shore as we discuss his magnum opus, Son In Law!

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