Eddie Murphy Podcasts

Podcast coverage of Eddie Murphy settles into a few distinct modes: close film discussion, brisk biographical storytelling, vintage television revisits, and broad nostalgia. Dedicated episodes are relatively scarce. Most shows choose one slice and stay there, so the useful question is less “Who has the definitive series?” than “Which angle do you want first?”

The strongest listening comes from five shows, with one of them accounting for two of the six clearly dedicated episodes. Beyond those, Murphy tends to appear inside conversations nominally about another comedian, film, or pop-culture topic.

Start with the films

Triplecast offers the most substantial two-part route. Its “Breakout Eddie Murphy” framing connects TC161 – Breakout Eddie Murphy – “Trading Places” with TC162 – Breakout Eddie Murphy – “Beverly Hills Cop”. That pairing makes it the obvious choice for listeners who would rather examine specific movies than hear a single compressed overview.

The format also creates room for comparison. Instead of asking one episode to cover everything, Triplecast gives each film its own discussion and lets the shared “Breakout” label supply the through-line. It is the closest thing here to a short, deliberately constructed Murphy series.

Matt's Movie Reviews Podcast takes the retrospective route with The Rewind - Eddie Murphy. The show’s usual manner is measured, film-literate, and conversational, often building questions through memories, references, and observations about performance or craft. After Triplecast, that approach makes it a natural next stop for a wider movie-minded look without leaving the language of film discussion.

Biography with some bite

Even the Rich approaches the subject as a celebrity biography in Eddie Murphy: A Raw Talent. Its house style is brisk and informal: one host carries the story forward while the other reacts, jokes, and occasionally stops the narrative to register disbelief or judgment. The result is livelier than a documentary-style chronology and easier to enter cold.

This is the best fit for someone who wants the story shaped into one continuous listen rather than divided by individual works. The tone can move between warm, dry, excited, and serious, but the conversation keeps its momentum. Start here if a narrative spine matters more to you than scene-by-scene criticism.

A television episode and a nostalgia grab bag

That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) narrows the lens to one specific broadcast with Episode 152: Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie (Dec. 11, 1982). The appeal is precision. Rather than attempting a broad retrospective, the episode returns to a dated piece of television and treats Murphy within that programme’s original setting. For listeners interested in vintage TV as an object of review, this is the cleanest match.

In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast goes in the opposite direction. Episode 238: Eddie Murphy In the 1980s, Pepsi's Soviet Navy, Forgotten 1970s Sodas(4-1-2026) places its Murphy segment beside two unrelated nostalgia curiosities. The title tells you exactly what kind of listen to expect: a magazine-style episode with several subjects, not a full-hour deep dive. Choose it for a lighter, more miscellaneous dose of 1980s pop-culture memory.

That contrast matters. The vintage television show offers a tight frame around one programme, while the nostalgia podcast treats Murphy as one stop during a broader wander through the past. Neither duplicates the film analysis or biographical approach above.

How deep does the coverage go?

There is no sprawling sequence of dedicated Murphy episodes across dozens of shows. The available coverage is concentrated and mostly one-off. Triplecast supplies the only clear pair; the other strong options each provide a single doorway.

That limitation is useful when choosing. Film listeners have the most coherent path, biography listeners have one direct narrative treatment, and vintage-TV listeners get one sharply bounded episode. Anyone hoping for a long-running critical archive will find the selection thin.

Where to start

For the strongest two-episode introduction, play Triplecast’s TC161 – Breakout Eddie Murphy – “Trading Places” and follow it with TC162 – Breakout Eddie Murphy – “Beverly Hills Cop”. For a single biographical listen, choose Even the Rich and Eddie Murphy: A Raw Talent. If vintage television is the draw, go directly to That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) and Episode 152: Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie (Dec. 11, 1982). For a looser nostalgia mix, try Episode 238: Eddie Murphy In the 1980s, Pepsi's Soviet Navy, Forgotten 1970s Sodas(4-1-2026) from In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast.

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