Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Podcasts

The coverage is thin and mostly indirect. Rather than examining the Academy itself, these podcasts meet it through Oscar nominations, ceremony reactions, winners and arguments over which films deserve recognition. Expect awards-season conversation, not a sustained investigation of the organisation.

Before and after the ceremony

Pop Culture Happy Hour offers the clearest two-part entry point. 2026 Oscars Guide and What's Making Us Happy brings its warm, collaborative critics’ panel to the run-up; Our 2026 Oscars Recap returns after the results. The appeal is the group’s willingness to qualify a take or push back without turning every disagreement into combat.

Pete and Hannah's Watchlist: is looser and more conversational. What's Next Oscar chat sits alongside The Countdown of The Best Picture Winners, suggesting a mix of current awards talk and retrospective ranking. This is a good fit for listeners who prefer enthusiastic disagreement and film-history tangents to a formal industry briefing.

For an annual check-in with minimal ceremony, Did You Do Your Homework? | A Pop Culture Podcast has Episode 157: The Oscars and the more exuberantly titled Episode 166: The Oscars, Baby.

Industry access or fan reaction

The Business (KCRW) gets closest to a trade-facing perspective with Oscar winners victory lap: Autumn Durald Arkapaw & Joachim Trier. Its measured interview style is better suited to listeners interested in the people around an awards result than in a rapid recap of the show.

At the opposite temperature, Horror Hour with the Hannas: A Horror Movie Review Comedy Podcast tackles Bonus Episode: Oscar Nomination Reactions. The duo’s quick, irreverent rhythm makes this the livelier option when nominations are prompts for taste arguments rather than objects of solemn appraisal.

There is also outright parody. You Hate Movies answers the awards calendar with The 2026 You Hate Movies "Haties" Awards and its previous edition, The 2025 You Hate Movies "Haties" Awards. That is the obvious lane for listeners who would rather hear a rival ceremony than defer to the real one.

Where to start

Begin with Pop Culture Happy Hour’s 2026 Oscars Guide and What's Making Us Happy for an accessible overview, then follow it with Our 2026 Oscars Recap. Choose The Business (KCRW)’s Oscar winners victory lap: Autumn Durald Arkapaw & Joachim Trier for the industry-facing conversation, or You Hate Movies’ The 2026 You Hate Movies "Haties" Awards for the comic counterprogramming.

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