'Peacemaker' Season 2 Midseason Awards. Plus: James Gunn!

House of R

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

They made a vow to pod, no matter how many realities they have to visit. Mallory Rubin is joined by Ben Lindbergh to hand out their midseason awards for 'Peacemaker' Season 2. Come for the Eagly talk, stay for the alternate-dimension takes. Later, James Gunn pops by for a chat with Mal on 'Peacemaker' Season 2, Episode 5; possible Season 3 theme song choices; the larger DCU; and more! (00:00) Intro (05:14) Opening snapshot (13:13) Most Important Eagly Moment (22:09) Best Fight Sequence (24:22) Favorite New Character (30:31) Most Compelling Relationship (37:07) Most Amusing Sequence (41:36) Most Touching Moment (46:26) Most Creative Use of an Alternate Reality (51:54) Most Innovative Use of a Gunnverse Regular (01:04:22) James Gunn on Episode 5 (01:12:14) James Gunn on the 11th Street Kids (01:19:02) James Gunn on the emotion of the story (01:23:05) James Gunn on animals (01:30:18) James Gunn on S3 theme song suggestions (01:35:22) James Gunn on the DCU (01:45:04) James Gunn on Lex Luthor (01:48:01) James Gunn on Batman Host: Mallory Rubin Guests: Ben Lindbergh and James Gunn Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, John Richter, Cameron Dinwiddie, Kevin Cureghian, and Belle Roman Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:12.2	And welcome to House of Art.
0:14.0	A Ringerverse podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:16.8	I'm Mallory Rubin and joining me today before we close the quantum unfolding chamber.
0:23.3	He's got to hurry in.
0:25.1	Cheeto dust on his fingers and all.
0:28.0	It's Ben Lindberg.
0:30.9	Hi.
0:31.7	How are you?
0:32.3	Great to be here.
0:33.5	I cherish podcasting with all my heart.
0:37.8	No matter the cost.
0:39.6	Exactly.
0:40.7	Even if I have to come into the studio for it.
0:43.1	I'm willing to pay that price.
0:44.6	Yeah.
0:44.9	Look at you.
0:45.6	You're here.
0:46.2	You're not only here.
0:46.9	You're here in person.
0:47.8	You went to the New York office.
0:49.0	You have this beautiful wood paneling behind you, a lovely wall like some succulence maybe perhaps a candle
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