The Oscars Death Race Podcast

Season 2026

Latest episode

[S2026E1] The Oscars Death Race Podcast Returns - Best Picture Contenders / AFI-NBR Recognition / Golden Globe Noms

[S2026E2] The Longlist Winners and Losers - Sirat's Ascension and Ann Lee's Last Will and Testament

  • This week, we go over the longlists announced for the 98th Academy Awards, and talk about where to find the films as well who the big winners and losers are

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[S2026E3] Blockbuster Best Picture Contenders ft SlightAstro (Sinners, One Battle After Another, Wicked For Good)

  • This week we kick off our Best Picture Previews with the big blockbusters this year vying for a slot among the 10 - Sinners, One Battle After Another, and Wicked: For Good. Joining us is special guest SlightAstro, mastermind behind the race tracking site deathracetracking.com

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[S2026E4] The Academy's Favorite Directors ft Jeff Bulmer (Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet)

  • This week we continue our preview of Best Picture contenders by looking at films from directors who the Academy seem to favor - Bugonia by Yorgos Lanthimos, Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro, and Hamnet by Chloe Zhao. We are joined by Jeff Bulmer of Classic Movies Live and ContraZoomPod. Also apologies for the audio issues in the second half of the episode on my side.

Check out Jeff's shows here

* Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gothenburgtown/

* Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG

* Contrazoompod: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rdhbCzOpccrSUJG7taoYn

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[S2026E5] It Was Just Neon's Sentimental Agent - ft Alex Atienza

This week we continue our preview of Best Picture contenders by looking at the top 3 international films from Neon - Sentimental Value, It Was Just An Accident, and The Secret Agent - with my friend Alex Atienza of Filament Film

Check out Alex at the links below

* Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza/

* Alex's new short film: https://letterboxd.com/film/chilmark/

* Filament Film: https://www.instagram.com/filamentfilm

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[S2026E6] A Very Last Minute Nomination Prediction Episode - ft ContraZoomPod

On this very last minute episode of the podcast in the wee hours before Oscar nominations day, I am joined by Dakota of ContraZoomPod to go over our predictions for who will get nominated for each category of the Oscars this year! For any procrastinators in making their picks, this one's for you!

Visit Dakota' website for all things ContraZoomPod!: https://contrazoompod.com/

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Music from https://filmmusic.io "Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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