Trial by Content

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The Best Movie About Revenge Mar 23, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the best movie about revenge is. They start by discussing the concept of revenge in cinema (7:33). Then, they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (28:23). Later, they reveal their picks for the best movie about revenge (48:17), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:08:09).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What's the best movie about revenge? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

You can send your picks for next week’s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to TrialByContent@gmail.com. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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The Best Movie With a Number in Its Title Mar 16, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the best movie with a number in its title is. They start by discussing the movie that inspired the debate, ‘65’ (11:20). Then, they give out some category awards and go through pretrial dismissals (20:11). Later, they reveal their picks for the best movie with a number in the title (44:59), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:03:36).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best movie with a number in its title? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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The Worst Song to Win Best Original Song at the Oscars Mar 09, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate what the worst song to win Best Original Song at the Oscars is. They start by discussing the history of the category and some of their favorite winners (3:49). Then, they lay out the rules of the debate and go through some pretrial dismissals (23:20). Later, they reveal their picks for the worst Best Original Song winner (40:35), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (57:38).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What was the worst song to win the Best Original Song Oscar? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever—The Final Mar 02, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna finish their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever! They start by revealing the winners from the best slow-zombie movies poll before giving out their “Georgie Romeros: Awards for the Living Dead” from the eight films in the Trial Royale bracket (1:35). Next, they read some listener emails that highlight a handful of zombie flicks that just missed the bracket as well as their own toughest cuts (54:20). Finally, they briefly discuss the final four remaining zombie films (67:55).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best zombie movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced on the next episode!

You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to TrialByContent@gmail.com. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial By Content’ topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Production: Kai Grady and Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round Two—Slow Zombies. Feb 16, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna continue their Trial Royale for the best zombie movie ever with some slow-zombie movies! They start with a little zombie history lesson (13:49) before going through some pretrial dismissals (26:29). Later, they go through the four movies they chose to represent slow-zombie movies on this week’s poll (40:20).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What's the best slow-zombie movie ever? The top two choices will move on to the final round and face off against the best of the fast zombies division! You can vote at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winners will be announced on the next episode!

You can send your picks for the next topic and a few sentences to support your pick to TrialByContent@gmail.com. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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Trial Royale: The Best Zombie Movie Ever. Round One—Fast Zombies. Feb 09, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna begin the first ever Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they’ll be pitting zombie movies against each other to determine the best zombie movie ever. First up is the fast-zombies division.

They start the pod by talking about zombie media in general (5:12) before going through some pre-trial dismissals and giving out some awards (27:38). Later, they discuss the listener submissions chosen to be in the fast-zombies division of the poll (37:35).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What's the best fast-zombie movie ever? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

You can send your picks for next week’s topic and a few sentences to support your pick to TrialByContent@gmail.com. You can also submit suggestions for future ‘Trial by Content’ topics. Is there a great pop-culture debate that you’d like us to settle? Send it on over!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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Worst Movie Twist Jan 26, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna discuss the worst movie twists of all time. They start the pod by talking about twists and spoilers in general (4:22). Then, they give out awards and go through some pre-trial dismissals (24:28). Later, they reveal their picks for the worst movie twist (40:19), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (55:20).

Now it’s up to you to decide! Which movie had the worst twist? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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The Best Post-‘Game of Thrones’ Career Jan 19, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate which actor has had the best post-‘Game of Thrones’ career. They start the pod by discussing one of the candidates in the debate, Pedro Pascal, and two of the shows he stars in: ‘The Last of Us’ (5:24) and ‘The Mandalorian’ (23:07). After that, they go through some other actors who just missed the cut for the debate (30:09). Later, they reveal their picks for the actor with the best post-‘Game of Thrones’ career (50:06), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (1:00:42).

Now it’s up to you to decide! Which actor has the best post-‘Game of Thrones’ career? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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The Best Airplane Movie Jan 12, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the best airplane movie. First, they discuss Gerard Butler and the type of movies he’s known for, including the inspiration for today’s debate—his new movie ‘Plane’ (6:34). Then, before getting into the debate, they go through some pre-trial dismissals (15:51) and talk about the history of airplane movies (22:33). Later, they reveal their picks for the best airplane movie (37:52), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to add to the final poll (51:19).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What is the best airplane movie? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

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The Big Movie Bet of 2023 Jan 05, 2023

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This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna place their bets for what will be the biggest movie of 2023. First, they discuss the terms of the bet, and the metrics they’ll use to define “best” (7:14). After that, they play “Boom, Bust, or Bumped” with some upcoming superhero movies, and talk about some pre-trial dismissals (16:39). Later, they each reveal their top three guesses for the biggest movie of 2023 (38:30), before reading some listener submissions and choosing one to be added to the final poll (1:02:31).

Now it’s up to you to decide! What will be the biggest movie of 2023? You can vote for the winner at TheRinger.com, on The Ringer’s Twitter feed, and in the Spotify app, where you’ll find ‘Trial by Content.’ The winner will be announced next week!

Hosts: Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller

Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga

Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal

Theme song and other music credits: Devon Renaldo

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