Hey Julie! - Big Brother & Survivor Recaps

This is a weird one. Dani is visiting Brett in LA on #bb25 finale week for a podcast, but we're both too tired to stay up late, watch the episode AND record a podcast about it. I mean, we'd be up until 11pm or something!

So, live from Brett's living room, we record a special ALL LISTENER Qs episode of the pod and barely touch on Big Brother at all. Which is all you'd expect from the premiere BB casuals podcast.

We'll be back on Saturday with the real BB25 finale recap episode. We promise.

Brett & Dani are back to react to this week's #bb25 final five eviction which sent Cirie packing to the jury house and a final four of Bowie Jane, Jag, Matt & Miss Felicia. They also discuss who would win in a Matt/Jag final 2, and why that choice is harder than it seems, why Cirie had such a hard road to the end during the final half of the game and how Bowie Jane's continued dominance of whiteboard competitions has her nearly LOCKED for a 2nd place finish in the game. Also, why the jury segment FLOPPED hard this year, why Blue & America continue to sound completely out of touch with how they played and we briefly touch on this week's surprising #Survivor45 tribal council.

Happy Halloween Boils and Ghouls! On a very SPOOPY episode of Hey Julie, Brett & Dani react to this week's double eviction on #bb25 & a worm-tastic episode of #Survivor45 which saw Brando go home on an interesting episode which revealed a lot about how various relationships are progressing in the tribes.

Also on the episode, three different pop-quizzes, Halloween movie discussions and Is 'LOL' cheugy: AN INVESTIGATION.

Brett & Dani are back after Dani's long travel weekend. In a rare Monday night episode, we chat about the latest in #bb25, including Cory's demise, Jag's steamrolling of the latter part of the game & the return of Johnny Mac.

Leading things off, we chat about last Wednesday's surprising episode of #Survivor45 in which Sean effectively quit due to an overwhelming case of main character energy, prompting a discussion about where Survivor casting goes from here.

At the end of the show, Brett talks about seeing Killers of the Flower Moon, while Danielle chats about The Morning Show and Lessons in Chemistry.

Brett & Dani are BACK together and they're feeling things. Brett is hungover and panicked because his computer isn't working. Dani is going off no sleep and trying to eat a bowl of soup during the podcast.

But after a week apart, they are back together at last, and that's all that matters. We recap the Bowie Jane HOH week in #BB25 that sent the space cowboy Cameron packing to the jury house. Brett investigates: is Bowie actually good a Big Brother? Is Cirie's chances of winning the game dwindling as lesser players develop a stronger competition resume? What ARE our favorite Kevin Costner movies?

Also, we chat about this week's episode of Survivor 45, which is just the Emily show until further notice.

Terrible (or great) news for you listeners: Dani & Brett are separated this week...but we still have a podcast for you. We braved our continental divide to bring you a podcast on this MOMENTOUS week in the #BB25 journey. Brett & Dani each deliver a 30-minute solo pod with their thoughts on the eviction of Mecole, Brandon's exit from Survivor and the RISE OF BOWIE JANE. Also, Julie Chen's got an audio book & the Exorcist has got some spon-con goin' on.

We appreciate your patience with us as we get weird with the formatting, but we hope you love it.

Be back next week! Maybe!

It's been a long few weeks on Big Brother 25. Jared and Cameron have seemingly been around for weeks, despite both having been "evicted" at the last week! In a miraculous turn of events, one of them actually went home this week and the game progressed slightly closer to it's conclusion! Brett & Dani recap a week in BB25 that was boring, made very little progress & probably shouldn't have happened to begin with.

Meanwhile, Survivor 45 premiered with a messy, young & vibrant cast -- and with one of the more odd tribal councils we've ever seen. The Lulu tribe's Hannah Rose quit right before the vote on day 3 leading fans into an uproar about whether or not she should've been cast in the first place. Brett & Dani discuss Hannah's exit, Brandon's tough road ahead and whether Bruce should've returned this season.

Later in the episode, Brett talks about two movies he caught in theaters this week Barry Lyndon (1975) and The Creator (2023).

Brett & Dani are back after another week of BB25 action in which Izzy was sent home nearly unanimously and the first cracks are beginning to appear in Cirie's armor. But oh, so much more happened! Bowie Jane appears to be playing the game! The cheekiness will not stand! America & Cory finally put their words to work and flipped the vote against Izzy, instead of just talking about it! Matt made a friend!

But like every episode of Hey Julie, it's about oh-so-much more, including Josh Duhamel's IMDB page, Brett's appearance on a big documentary, basement home theaters & a TON of your questions.

Brett & Dani are back with a new episode, and what fortuitous timing: they started taping about 10 minutes after Cameron's nominations were revealed on the live feeds -- and boy are they a doozy. Mixing things up a bit, we kick off the episode with SPOILERS about Cameron's nominations and if we're truly in for a groundbreaking shift to the #bb25 season.

Moving backwards, we also chat about Red's departure, Jared's not-hot HOH week which made him look like a quite problematic boyfriend to poor Blue, Julie's denim-themed outfit and Cory's unexplainable vote in Thursday night's eviction.

Also, a lot of listener questions this week including not one but TWO emails.

Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Big Brother 25 (in)action. Dani is PEEVED at the events of the week & the use of the new invincibility twist to effectively make the week a complete waste of time. Brett thinks that it's just an unserious show doing unserious things, so it's actually Big Brother doing what it does best. Who is right?

They also talk about how the producers completely whiffed on explaining how the twist worked, why Bowie Jane dresses like a character from The Matrix, Felicia's condom investigation sparks a long Perry Mason explainer & Brett wonders how Josh Duhamel got the Buddy Games hosting gig. Truly a wide-ranging episode from your king and queen of BB casualdom.

Dani & Brett are back with another episode, recapping Felicia's HOH which sent Hisam packing back to his glorious life being a doctor and cabaret performer. They also chat about Blue & Jared's relationship, Cory's social game, and Mecole's hilarious sick of this shit edit.

After mourning the loss of Hisam, they move to the result of Thursday night's Pressure Cooker competition, who won and who they nominated.

A listener sends in an email revealing some incredibly strange BB/Hey Julie cross-over fanfic.

Dani & Brett are back to recap the happenings from Week 2 of Big Brother 25 including Hisam's HOHitis run wild, his successful anti-Reilly campaign and how the whole affair is likely to cost him the game in Week 3. They also chat about the needlessly long Nether-Gorgon competition, if the producers did Matt dirty with the veto competition & if Cirie's effortless play and amazing DRs are a sign of producer meddling.

They also answer questions about MFK scenarios, BB opening credits gestures & Dani gives her review of Oppenheimer.

No, it's not November already. BB25 only started 9 days ago, yet it feels like a full season has blown by, and we're already the empty husks of ourselves. Why is that?

Well, Reilly had one of the most chaotically simple HOHs and still biffed it, about four hundred alliances and sub-alliances were formed in about three days, Izzy has spun out into crazy game-talk with the entire cast, oh and Luke got removed from the game for being a racist shitbag. Anything we miss?

Brett & Dani dive into all of it this week: the ugliness of Luke, why CBS isn't doing enough to accommodate Matt, Bowie's place in the olds alliance, Kirsten's non-participation in the game, Cirie's masterful gameplay & the casting gold that is Izzy & Hisam.

Brett & Dani are back (ON THEIR BIRTHDAY) to recap the first episode of Big Brother 25 and look at the first 36 hours of feeds. The BB25 broadcast premiere was the usual mix of good and bad, with awkward introduction packages, an even more awkward Frankie Grande clip & four pretty stupid competitions, resulting in four night-one nominees.

In the feeds, a new HOH has been crowned and targets are beginning to form around two unsuspecting houseguests.

At the end of the show, we take your questions on the BB25 multiverse and Panera Bread.

Brett & Dani react to the incredibly promising cast of Big Brother 25. Two people named for colors! Two nepo-relatives! A whole lot of olds! An Australian! This cast has everything.

August is mere days away and this is quite possibly our last podcast for the next few months without any Big Brother season 25 news.

Kicking things off, Brett talks about his big day at the movies seeing both 'Barbie' & 'Oppenheimer', which both earned two major thumbs up. Brett shares the palpable excitement of seeing both movies, why they worked & how there could be a potential best supporting actor battle brewing between one major star in each movie, keeping the Barbenheimer buzz going until awards season 2024.

Later, Danielle talks about Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's reportedly seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, which is helping actors stay afloat during the strike. She also shares a wild fan theory about Adrien Brody's career and public persona.

Afterwards, they talk about Max's new drama 'Full Circle', why it's a must-watch and Claire Danes' haircut surviving two different drama series in a row.

Closing out the show, Danielle talks about infidelity behind the scenes of the new 'Wicked' movie & why Doja Cat hates her fans.

Only 2.5 weeks left until Big Brother 25 premieres, so we still have more general pop-culture content for you.

Brett saw Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning: Part One this week and has some thoughts...some thoughts that it was mid.

Dani is cooling on Barbie one week before the film's premiere. Are we already Barbie'd out?

They also talk about rumors that the next Bachelor will be an older gentlemen, revisit why Apple TV's Hijack didn't work on many levels & read through the Jonah Hill text messages.

Brett & Dani are back with a new summer episode as we trudge through only a few more weeks without Big Brother.

They open discussing a contentious viral tweet from last week, before diving in to the season (or series) finale of The Idol. Later, they talk about the surprisingly fun (and pro-Canada) film Blackberry, which chronicles the rise and fall of the mid-aughts smartphone.

Also, Brett shares his thoughts on the hard-spiraling death of social media as we know it and Dani must share some thoughts about the proclaimed re-arrival of cottage cheese.

Brett & Dani are back with a hot summer pod to celebrate the holiday weekend. Dani recounts her strong feelings towards the Gran Turismo trailer before sharing her thoughts on No Hard Feelings, which prompts a career-lookback at Jennifer Lawrence, who is seemingly hitting the reset-button after years of franchises & flops.

Brett talks about how Wes Anderson may need a career reset of his own, after strongly disliking Asteroid City.

Finally, the pair share their thoughts on FX's The Bear season 2, take listener questions about Dr. Pepper, Apple TV's Hijack & more.

Add 'lost submarine' to the lyrics of Billy Joel's neverending 2020s edition of "We Didn't Start the Fire."

Brett & Dani are back for a new pod to cover the week that was in pop-culture while we still wait for BB25 to commence in August. Dani wants to talk about Jennifer Garner and Tom Holland hitting the media circuit for unseen Apple TV+ shows, Brett provides a theory about 'The Idol', and podcasting of course makes its way into the first few episodes of season 2 of 'And Just Like That'.

Of course, we must discuss the international drama of the week, which was the missing/destroyed OceanGate submarine.

Brett & Dani reconvene for another pop-culture heavy podcast in the absence of any solid Big Brother or Survivor news. They revisit HBO's The Idol and continue their praise of it, despite The Weeknd's confusing presence and general online-hate for the show. Danielle watched The Waterboy (1998) recently and a discussion about early-era Adam Sandler movies ensues.

Both Brett & Dani watched select episodes of Black Mirror season 6 on Netflix and think it's possibly time to put the anthology season to bed if there's nothing serious for Charlie Brooker to explore anymore. Wrapping up the show, they look into this weekend's two huge box office failures in The Flash and Elemental. Are people not seeing movies anymore or are they just not seeing bad ones?

Join Brett & Danielle for a very special episode! Brett is in Toronto for an extremely rare face-to-face podcast recording session. Danielle hangs out in Brett's hotel room for a discussion of Brett's 18-hour impressions of the city she calls home, Canadian attitudes & customs and the pilot of HBO's The Idol / the finale of HBO's Succession. Danielle also talks about finally seeing Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and we take a boatload of listener questions.

Survivor 44! We hardly knew ye! It only felt like a few weeks ago that we were still complaining about this season being stuck in separate tribes (and effectively carrying a split-tribe mechanic deep into the individual portion of the game), and now it's over!

Brett & Dani react to Wednesday night's exciting finale which saw Yam Yam claim the crown as season 44's sole survivor, using his effervescent charm to overcome Heidi's late-game comp & fire heroics, as well as Carolyn's emotional underdog story.

Dani & Brett are back with the second to last Survivor 44 recap of the season, and it's not really much of a recap. We're all over the place on this one:

- Dani reviews having a party for 1-year-olds and drinking too much wine

- Brett talks about seeing a familiar face in the leaked cast of Survivor 45

- Will Big Brother 25 be delayed into the fall due to the writer's strike, and what does it mean for Zingbot & BB legend Chris DeJoseph?

- Carolyn survives another week on Survivor 44

- Too much talking about Roseanne

- The successes and failures of Amazon's Air

- Brett mansplains why Michael Jordan retired in 1993

Brett & Dani are back to recap the latest episode of Survivor 44. BUT FIRST, Dani asks Brett about his experiences playing the new Zelda game.

In Survivor-talk, they chat about the news that future seasons of the show will be going to 90 minutes and whether that is good or bad for the casuals. They talk about this most recent episode of the show, which saw Danny voted out while Carolyn made a bold move with her idol and Yam Yam impressively won his first immunity challenge. And as always, Brett has some notes for Jaime's gameplay.

Tangents abound in this episode, in the second half, Brett & Dani talk about the Star Trek universe, check back in on Vanderpump Rules drama, The Good Doctor memes and in-home toilet etiquette.

Brett & Dani are back to recap another week of Survivor 44. Frannie was sent packing (and into the loving embrace of future-bf Matt Blankenship) this week after winning the episode's reward challenge, her third individual comp win. It threatened the other castaways, particularly yung-Harry Potter lookalike Carson, who felt that Frannie's inclusion of Carolyn on the reward journey was poisoning his tight relationship with Carolyn.

Your hosts also discuss whether or not this cast is made of mostly A-listers or B-listers at this point, and Brett continues to struggle with Jaime's decision making in social situations.

Later in the show, Brett laments Dani's Netflix recommendations and Dani explains some recent Vanderpump Rules drama (and its larger universe) to a completely in-the-dark Brett.

Brett & Dani are back to recap the latest episode of Survivor 44, peanut butter cereal, Dani's thoughts on Marvel movies and the Bob drama that literally tens of people are talking about.

On Survivor, Kane was ousted, putting the orange tribe at a numbers disadvantage for there rest of the game and clearly establishing Frannie, Danny & Heidi as a power-throuple...for now. Meanwhile, has Carolyn's low-key social game dropped her into the perfect situation to win the game now that there are only 8 castaways left?

Also in the episode, Dani talks about whether Marvel movies have just turned into procedural television, Bob controversy, dinosaur TV & we answer a TON of your questions.

Brett and Dani are BACK. In multiple formats! We kick off today's with a few exciting announcements:

Brett & Dani react to what may have been one of the most divisive single episodes of Survivor in some time. Matt went home -- whatever -- but the mechanics of his exit absolutely call into question the legitimacy of this season and whether this newest era of the show has too much producer intervention and too many twists.

Later in the show, we take your questions about music, Netflix' Beef and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Dani recalls her experiences at an F45 workout class, discusses her love of House, MD and we discuss the newly-appointed rat czar of New York.

We are BACK after a monstrous (and unexpected) three weeks off. Brett & Dani dive into the most recent 3 weeks of Survivor 44, which saw Sarah, Matthew & Josh leave under very different circumstances (including Matthew being the second contestant to leave under medical supervision this season). Your intrepid hosts also talk about some of the older seasons of Survivor they've been catching up on recently, including Fans vs. Favorites, White Collar vs. Blue Collar Vs. No Collar & Second Chance.

Later in the show, Brett reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, while Dani takes the pulse on Air & Barbie.

Brett & Dani are back after a two week absence to look back at the last two weeks of Survivor 44 and chat about last week's Academy Awards telecast. They sing the praises of Survivor Queen Carolyn & Brett shares his theory about how the strange medieval theme to this year's season may tie into some upcoming spon-con.

In the second half of the show, they take listener questions about the Scream franchise, Chris Rock's new standup special and look back at last week's undah tha sea-themed Oscars.

Oh my lord, that's Dr. Will's music! No, not that Dr. Will. Some other guy named Will who is (apparently) the chief doctor on Survivor island. 

Survivor season 44 premiered last night and it seems like half of the cast needed to be sent to the hospital. Dani & Brett talk about the wild amount of injuries, poor Bruce's noggin, the magic of Carolyn, the Matt/Frannie showmance & one of the wilder opening tribal councils in recent memory.

In the second half of the show, Dani talks about the movie Plane, and the trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy leads into a rousing conversation about Disney remakes and the new Little Mermaid. 

After a week off, Brett & Dani are back with *THANKFULLY* only two more weeks until the next season of Survivor starts. They kick off the podcast looking back at last week's Super Bowl and another year of lackluster commercials. Brett & Dani also come out pro-Rhianna after her halftime performance, though Dani is not surprised at some of the hate.

Later in the show, they talk about a handful of movies they've watched in the last two weeks, including To Leslie, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Shawshank Redemption and Dani talks about her trivia night which featured an answer about a classic (?) Jeff Bridges performance.

Brett and Dani are back with a new episode and watch out boys and girls -- Dani watched TÁR! She gives a detailed analysis of the newest Cate Blanchett joint including thorough SPOILERS.  So beware.

Later in the episode, they talk about rumors of an all-star season of Big Brother Canada and introduce themselves (and you!) to the cast of Survivor 44.

Lastly, they revisit The Last of Us and its near-universally-loved third episode which thought us all how to find love in a hopeless place.

Brett & Dani are back after to react to a whole boatload of pop-culture items from the past few weeks. They kick off the episode discussing the recent Oscar nominations: who got loved, who got snubbed and the great Andrea Riseborough scandal of 2023. Brett talks about his love of Decision to Leave & Dani gives the case for Avatar: The Way of Water.

Later in the episode, both share their thoughts on the first two episodes of The Last of Us and MILF Manor.

Brett & Dani continue the pod through the Big Brother & Survivor drought. They talk about Tuesday night's Golden Globe Awards: Jarrod Carmichael's interesting hosting performance as well as winners and losers from what was previously known to be Hollywood's biggest party.

With no season of Survivor or Big Brother on TV, Brett & Dani open up the pop-culture grab-bag and talk about a bunch of movies and TV shows they've seen lately. Brett saw M3GAN last night at a packed theater, while Dani watched The Menu. They also share their thoughts about Fleishman is in Trouble, Banshees of Inisherin, royal family drama, Brett has way too many thoughts about Nicholas Hoult's career & more.

Survivor 43 is finally over! And we're finally recording our podcast about it six days later! Brett & Dani open up the podcast with some random pop-culture thoughts before diving into the head-scratching finale of the lackluster season. How do we feel about a Gabler win? How do we feel about his choice to donate all of his winnings? Did Karla and Jeff have the most intense sexual connection of any contestant/host in television history?

Later, they take some listener Qs about MILF Manor, the Barbie trailer & react to last week's Golden Globe nominations.

Well, well, well there's only one week of Survivor left and finally it got good! Danielle & Brett recap the latest episode, which saw Jesse make the big move of the season sending his closest ally, Cody, home AND purging Karla's hidden immunity idol. 

Later in the episode, your lovely hosts talk about Ruben Östlund's newest film Triangle of Sadness, Danielle finally gets to review Benji the Hunted and Harry & Meghan, and Brett has a question about Christmas movies.

Weird one today! After recapping the latest episode of Survivor 43, in which Sami goes home after one of the most dangerous and scary immunity challenges we've ever seen, Dani & Brett spent the bulk of the episode talking about Netflix' confounding miniseries: Inside Man. Heavy spoilers and trigger warnings for this one -- Inside Man is a doozie.

Brett and Danielle are back from Thanksgiving break to recap a little Survivor action but really they're here for one thing: to drag Don't Worry Darling.

We finally watched the cinematic experience of 2022 and there is SO MUCH (including spoilery stuff) to talk about: is Harry Styles a good actor? What the hell was anybody doing in this movie? Is the big reveal a shot across the bough of Jason Sudekis? Is Chris Pine in his old man era?

If a season of Survivor happens without a star player emerging, does it make a sound? Brett & Dani investigate after another lackluster episode of Survivor 43. Sure, Jeanine went home, Jesse hoarded two idols and a majority alliance took control of the game, but all of it feels a bit lacking in comparison to other recent seasons.

Your hosts also talk about the hilarious dumpster fire that has been the last week on Twitter, Dani talks about Porky's & and Downton Abbey: A New Era, while Brett talks about his recent viewing of See How They Run.

So far in Survivor 43: it's been all Gabler, all the time. America's weirdest heart-surgeon did it again with a wild immunity challenge performance, shout-outs galore and the trademarked waterworks. Brett & Dani talk about the most recent episode of Survivor, the Gabler show & lay to rest the under-performing Dwight.

Later in the show, Brett talks about his double feature of Tár and Confess, Fletch, while Dani opines about the state of social media and the Elon Musk/Twitter situation.

👻 OOOOOoooOOOOO, we're back with another SPPOOOOPY episode!!! 🎃

Dani & Brett recap this week's Survivor 43, which saw Elie get voted out after the merge and after some questionable gameplay from her and Jeanine. They also roll through some pop-culture stories including the weird Matthew Perry/Keanu Reeves feud that no one had on their 2022 bingo card.

Closing out the episode, Brett & Dani talk about four movies they watched this week: Barbarian, Fall, Last Night in Soho and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

After a week-long hiatus, Brett & Dani are back to explain their unexcused absence. So many things happened in the 2 weeks we were gone: Some really iffy Survivor castaways in Lindasy & Geo were sent packing, a new James Corden controversy sprung up, Taylor Swift released an album in the middle of Brett's precious football game & Danielle watched The Mole.

It is a 1000% all-over-the-place episode, but what else would you expect.