Episodios

  • Episode 158: The Best Television Shows of 2025

    Episode 158: The Best Television Shows of 2025
    Dec 18 2025

    In this episode of Welcome To The Party Pal hosts Michael Shields and Ryan O’ Connell share their choices for the best television shows of 2025. Join in on a journey that whisks listeners to Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics, quarries in Delaware County, galaxies far far away, a frantic ER in Pennsylvania, the 1880 Republican National Convention, and beyond.


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    1 h y 12 m
  • Episode 157: Eddington

    Episode 157: Eddington
    Dec 15 2025
    This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal dissects Eddington, the neo-Western thriller written and directed by Ari Aster, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Emma Stone. Set in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, the film examines the political and social turmoil caused by the contested mayoral election fought between Sheriff Joe Cross and Mayor Ted Garcia. Join in as hosts Michael Shields and Douglas Grant brave a heated, rural New Mexican town in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic to break down one of the most compelling films of 2025.

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    37 m
  • Episode 156: Predator Badlands

    Episode 156: Predator Badlands
    Nov 28 2025
    This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal dissects Predator : Badlands, the science fiction action film and the seventh installment in the Predator franchise. The film was directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi star in leading roles. In the film, Dek, a young Yautja exiled from his clan, crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt. Struggling to survive, he forms an unlikely alliance with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, as they face off against an apex predator. In this episode hosts Michael Shields and Douglas Grant journey to the emphatically dangerous planet of Genna with Dek, Thia, and the loveable and dangerous Bud in an episode that celebrates not only Badlands but the entire Predator franchise.

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    29 m
  • Episode 155: Frankenstein

    Episode 155: Frankenstein
    Nov 19 2025
    This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal delves into Frankenstein, the gothic drama film produced, written, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature, while Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz play supporting roles. The story follows the life of egotistical scientist Frankenstein whose experiment in creating new life results in dangerous consequences. Join in on an episode where hosts Michael Shields and Ryan O'Connell whisk listeners off to Geneva, Switzerland, Ingolstadt, Germany, and the Arctic Circle in a hunt for the Creature.

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    38 m
  • Episode 154: Task

    Episode 154: Task
    Oct 23 2025
    This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal journeys to Delaware County, Pennsylvania to celebrate the crime drama, HBO hit Task, created and written by Brad Ingelsby. It stars Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, countless bottles of Yuengling, hoagies, and the Dark Hearts. In it, Philadelphia-based FBI agent Tom Brandis is put in charge of a task force investigating a string of violent robberies against stash houses run by outlaw motorcycle gangs. Join in on an episode that tips its Eagles hat to two of the best acting performances of the year, and an unforgettable season of television.

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    51 m
  • Episode 153: Alien Earth

    Episode 153: Alien Earth
    Oct 3 2025
    This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Alien : Earth, the FX / Hulu television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rhysadle, and Timothy Olyphant. In this episode hosts Michael Shields and Douglas Grant dissect the fascinating, xenomorph-heavy first season, one that gifted the world with the beloved parasitic eye-alien, Species 64.

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    39 m
  • Episode 152: Welcome To The Party Pal — The Best Movies of The 21st Century

    Episode 152: Welcome To The Party Pal — The Best Movies of The 21st Century
    Aug 5 2025
    Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the best movies of the 21st century in an episode based on The New York Times list of The Best Movies of the 21 Century. Join in as hosts Michael Shields and Ryan O' Connell evaluate the quality of the list and also offer their picks for the ten best films of the last 25 years, a decade and a half brimming with brilliant filmmaking.

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    42 m
  • Episode 151: The Bear, Season 4

    Episode 151: The Bear, Season 4
    Jul 16 2025
    Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the fourth season of the comedy-drama television series The Bear which premiered with all 10 episodes on June 25, 2025, on FX on Hulu. Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo return as showrunners for the season, and Jeremy Allen White reprises his role as Carmy Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the chaotic kitchen at his deceased brother's sandwich shop. Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, Matty Matheson, and Edwin Lee Gibson return from the previous season as the supporting cast. Join in as hosts Michael Shields and River Jordan highlight why the fourth season of The Bear finds Storer and Co. at the top of their game.

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    42 m
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