Josh Wigler and Friends
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When your favorite show ends, we’re just getting started. Josh Wigler and friends lead recaps of the biggest TV hits, from genre favorites on HBO to binge-shows on streaming platforms and far beyond. Post Show Recaps comes from veteran entertainment journalist Josh Wigler and Rob Cesternino of Rob Has a Podcast.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed recaps pair character judgment with adaptation context, helping dense television stories and franchise choices make sense after the credits.
Post Show Recaps turns individual series into ongoing conversations, with Josh Wigler and a changing group of hosts moving from close plot reconstruction to character judgment, adaptation questions, and predictions.
A rocket carrying a brain gets a taxpayer's objection; your post-finale arguments have company.
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A finale recap that ties Nate's mortality, baby jokes, and David and Keith's damage together without losing the warmth.
Six Feet Under's season two finale gets a clean emotional read here, with Ariel and Amanda making room for grief, baby jokes, and Nate's mortality without forcing a grand theory onto it.
A skeptical look at Netflix games, using Tomb Raider to test how far franchise branding can carry a mobile title.
Netflix's game lineup is treated here as a reverse-adaptation test, with Corey B and Karen from Canada weighing how TV and movie properties turn into games and whether those titles have any identity beyond familiar mobile design.
A playful generational swap that turns media gaps into sharp, affectionate conversation.
What Did I Miss opens with a friendly, slightly chaotic back-and-forth between DM Philly and Taylor Ball about the media one grew up with and the other somehow never saw.
A fast, funny recap that finds the emotional damage under all the comic-book machinery.
The discussion stays with how much X-Men history Fire Made Flesh folds into a half-hour, moving from Madelyne Pryor's pre-Goblin Queen setup to Nate Summers and the future threads left hanging in the story.
A warm 10-year sendoff that keeps the goodbye simple and honest.
The episode treats Post Show Recaps as a 10-year farewell, with Josh Wiggler joined by Rob and Antonio to thank listeners and close the feed one last time. The mood stays loose and appreciative, with jokes folded into a plain goodbye instead of dressed up as something grander.
A breezy season-three return that finds the joke in every pillow, pause, and pop-song detour.
Girls5eva's season-three return lands as a bright, joke-heavy conversation that keeps circling the Fort Worth performance, Bootsy's pillow-covered entrance, and the way the episode keeps turning unease into comedy.
A lively farewell that turns one prestige drama into a bigger argument about TV anti-heroes.
Post Show Recaps gives Succession a proper goodbye, with Grace, Jess Sterling, and Dr. Amanda sitting with what the series leaves behind once the credits are gone.
A loose pilot recap that keeps the heart of the show in view.
Adam H. and Melissa Woodward turn the first episode into a warm, unruly hangout that still lands its point. They move through the case-file setup, the messy timing around Duncan, and the way Veronica and Keith keep pulling the conversation back to the center of things.
Recaps that argue back.
Chinese drama recaps with cultural context.
PBS Kids nostalgia with teeth and context.
Asian drama talk with fandom built in.
Retro specials, recovered and roasted.
In the premiere episode, hosts DM Philly and Taylor Ball introduce their podcast where they exchange lists of media they've missed from each other's generations, focusing on sci-fi, fantasy, and animated films from the 80s to early 2000s.
Rich Filiberto and Kevin Mahadeo open with the X-Men 97 theme song, the updated credits, and the two-episode premiere, then react to the show’s 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and the shot-for-shot reanimation of the original intro.
Rob Sestrino and Chappelle recap Pearson’s season 1 finale, “The Fixer,” while tying it to the uncertain future of Suits LA.
Post Show Recaps: TV & Movie Podcasts from Josh Wigler and Friends covers the second Previously On for Shameless season 1, where Frank is shown in jail, in Canada, and then back in Chicago.
Sarah Ferguson opens a new Previously On project for Shameless Season 1, joined by Adam H.
Grace Leder and Dr.
Grace and Ariel use the final Post Show Recaps Theater farewell to trace the show from COVID-era movie scarcity to weekly coverage of releases like Pig, The Green Knight, and Jungle Cruise.
Corey B.
Corey Blakeborough and J.D.
Adam H.
Rich Filiberto and Kevin Mahadeo are back to talk X-Men 97.
Adam, Lindy, and Todd are back on Girls5eva.
Ariel and Amanda open on the season 2 finale and call it a doozy.
Inside the TARDIS opens with the usual trio banter, and Kevin, Melissa, and Adam settle quickly into a playful groove.
Josh Wigler and Chappelle go full spoilers on 3 Body Problem.
Josh Wigler and Mike Bloom open on the end-times stakes of Battlestar Galactica and then settle into season 2, episode 18, Downloaded.
Todd and Tommy open Tuning In as a cheerful invitation to watch the cartoons they love.
Grace opens by saying Succession is over, but Post Show Recaps is not done talking about it.
Post Show Recaps signs off with Josh Wiggler, Rob, and Antonio in the main feed for one final goodbye.
Ariel and Amanda recap Six Feet Under season 2 episodes 11 and 12, covering key plot points like Claire's art school aspirations, Ruth's financial missteps, and Nate and Brenda's explosive breakup.
Ariel and Rich use Masters of the Air documentary The Bloody Hundredth to close a long Post Show Recaps run while revisiting Band of Brothers, Harry Crosby, and the real 1940s airmen behind the show.
Jess Sterling and Stuart cover Schitt’s Creek season 1, episode 4, “Bad Parents,” with the Rose family realizing they barely know one another.
Arcade Pizza frames itself as a new feed built out of the Halo post-show recap channel, with Corey B., Karen from Canada, and JD describing a show about the overlap between video games and media.
Jess Sterling and Stuart recap Schitt’s Creek season 1, episode 3, “Don’t Worry, It’s His Sister,” and focus on the town sign joke, Moira’s Google meltdown, David’s job hunt, and Alexis meeting Mutt.
Rich Filiberto opens Myths and Legends as a Wheel of Time book club with Prez and Taylor Ball, and the trio lays out a reread of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's series.
Corey B and Karen from Canada open with a look at Netflix games, treating it as the odd reverse of the usual TV-to-game pipeline.
Josh Wigler and Mike Bloom host a special episode of Down the Hatch, interviewing Joe Garfine and Ralph Oppel about the 20th anniversary of Lost.