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Join Matthew McQueeny, Tim Castano, and Jayme Alfano Mulhern for their 11th annual Mix-Minus Podcast Oscars special! Dive deep into the 2025 Academy Awards as our hosts explore each of the major categories and nominees. This year's Best Picture lineup includes "Anora," "The Brutalist," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," "The Substance," "Wicked," "Emilia Pérez," "I'm Still Here," and "Nickel Boys." For Best Actor, the contenders are Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave," Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice," Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown," Colman Domingo in "Sing Sing," and Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist." The Best Actress race features Fernanda Torres in "I'm Still Here," Demi Moore in "The Substance," Karla Sofía Gascón in "Emilia Pérez," Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked," and Mikey Madison in "Anora." Supporting roles are fiercely contested with Zoe Saldana, Felicity Jones, Monica Barbaro, Ariana Grande, and Isabella Rossellini up for Best Supporting Actress, and Guy Pearce, Yuriy Borisov, Edward Norton, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Strong nominated for Best Supporting Actor. In the directing field, Coralie Fargeat for "The Substance," James Mangold for "A Complete Unknown," Sean Baker for "Anora," Jacques Audiard for "Emilia Pérez," and Brady Corbet for "The Brutalist" have captured nominations. The screenplay categories heat up with Jacques Audiard, Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Jesse Eisenberg, Coralie Fargeat, Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David, Sean Baker, and Brady Corbet battling it out for top honors.
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the tenth year to talk Oscars 2024/96th Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more. Discussion touches on American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, and more!
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the ninth year to talk Oscars 2023/95th Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more. Discussion touches on Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Top Gun: Maverick, All Quiet on the Western Front, TAR, Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, Triangle of Sadness, To Leslie, Blonde, The Whale, Living, Aftersun, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion, Living, and more!
Matt is joined by Greg Hrinya and Tim Castano to preview the 2022-23 NBA season and talk through the compelling storylines.
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the eighth year to talk Oscars 2022/94th Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more. Discussion touches on The Power of the Dog, CODA, Belfast, West Side Story, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Drive My Car, Don't Look Up, Nightmare Alley, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Lost Daughter, Being the Ricardos, Spencer, Parallel Mothers, tick, tick... Boom!, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and more!
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the seventh year to talk Oscars 2021/93rd Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more.
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano discuss the Kyrie Irving situation, the Brooklyn Nets defensive struggles, Steve Nash, Kevin Durant, COVID-19 and some league-wide NBA storylines.
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano talk all about the Nets 122-109 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia native and media professional Adam Dvorin joins at the 23:00 mark. Discussion touches on the Nets depth, Kyrie Irving, and comparisons between the Nets and Sixers organizations.
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano break down the Nets 123-122 loss to the Washington Wizards, their fourth loss in five games. Discussion touches on where the Nets need to improve, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant as facilitators, Paul Westphal, and more!
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano discuss the Brooklyn Nets win over the Atlanta Hawks, 145-141. Was it kind of a must-win already?
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano discuss the Brooklyn Nets' 123-95 win in Boston on Christmas Day. They talk Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, the production of the centers, and how they see the Nets handling the upcoming back-to-back. They also go around the league, particularly discussing Golden State, Milwaukee, and which games they choose to watch when there is a loaded NBA League Pass slate.
Matt McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano talk about the Brooklyn Nets' season opening win over the Golden State Warriors, including breakdowns of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, and much more!
Matthew McQueeny, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano introduce their new show about the Brooklyn Nets, Simply the Nets!
Matt is joined by Greg Hrinya and Tim Castano to break down the NBA Western Conference storylines for the 2020-21 season.
Matt is joined by Dolan J. Trump, Greg Hrinya, and Tim Castano to break down the NBA Eastern Conference storylines for the 2020-21 season.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano preview the 2020-21 NFL season and prognosticate on the win totals for all the teams.
Matt is joined by Tim Castano and Greg Hrinya to preview the 2020 NBA Playoffs, as well as their thoughts on the NBA's return to action after Covid-19 postponement.
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the sixth year to talk Oscars 2020/92nd Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more.
Tim Castano joins Matt to talk NFL 2019 regular season over/under results, The New York Giants, and 2020 NFL Playoffs.
Matt is joined by Tim Castano and Greg Hrinya to talk about the upcoming 2019-20 NBA season and a run-through of all 30 NBA teams.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano preview the NFL season and prognosticate on the win totals for all the teams.
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the fifth year to talk Oscars 2019/91st Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more.
Matt is joined by Tim Castano to talk about the disappointing New York Giants season, NFL storylines at the halfway point, and the NBA's first half month.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano preview the NFL season and prognosticate on the win totals for all the teams.
Matt is joined by Tim Castano and Greg Hrinya to talk about the upcoming 2018-19 NBA season and a run-through of all 30 NBA teams.
Matt is joined by Greg Hrinya and Tim Castano to preview the 2018 NBA Playoffs and discuss the top stories from the NBA regular season. This episode is brought to you by Big League Pillows.
Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show for the fourth year to talk Oscars 2018/90th Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more.
Matt talks about Donald Trump, the Golden State Warriors, and finding upside in sickness. Then, Tim Castano joins (28:43) to discuss his reality television show pilot.
Matt is joined by Tim Castano to discuss Ben McAdoo's firing, the future of the New York Giants, Eli Manning, the NBA, and 2018 Oscar favorites.
Matt McQueeny is joined by Tim Castano and Adam Dvorin to discuss the Philadelphia sports scene, the Athletic, sports radio, NFL, NBA, and much more. Castano is the President of a non-profit and Dvorin is a media professional.
Tim Castano joins the podcast, fresh off of a trip to Iceland. We talk about the trip, traveling on your own, reading, books vs. current events, and NFL, MLB, and NBA.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano go through all the story lines for Week 5 in the NFL, including a discussion of the Giants prospects for a must-win home game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano break down the New York Giants and NFL heading into Week 4.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano discuss the NFL heading into Week 3, including the lackluster start to the New York Giants' 2017 campaign.
Matt McQueeny and Tim Castano talk about Week 1 in the NFL and preview Week 2. Includes extensive discussion on the New York Giants as they head into their Monday night game against the Detroit Lions.