You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Google Podcasts.
Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: And The Winner Still Is… a retrospective Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor.
Season 8 of The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast has begun under way! Pop Break film editor (and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Critic) Marisa Carpico and Pop Break senior writer Matt Taylor return to discuss all the potential 2026 Oscar hopefuls… and begin a bold new pivot into a fully EGOT podcast.
In the latest episode of the “transitional period” Matt Taylor and Marisa Carpico talk about the Grammy race. Listen to find out their…complicated…feelings for this award show and they think of the current frontrunners. And more importantly: stay tuned for a lot of Lady Gaga talk.
The 2025 Grammy nominees will be announced on November 7, 2025 and the awards ceremony itself will air on February 1, 2026.