It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC. Good morning and happy day before Christmas again, everybody.

It's an all call-in show today. No politicians, no other newsmakers, no experts,

no other guests, you are the experts, you are the guests. And for this next stretch,

you are the culture critics. We're inviting you to call in now with your best or worst of

2025 in any genre of entertainment or the arts.

212-433 W-N-YC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2, call or text.

Movies, TV shows, books, plays, musicals, art exhibits, podcasts, social media,

influencer feeds, sports as entertainment,

maybe the remaking of the Mets the last few weeks is your worst entertainment pick of 2025,

you name it.

Give us your favorite picks.

Give us your biggest pans.

You can call or text 212-433.

WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92. I will mostly leave the pans, the worst-ofs, to you,

and just give a few examples of some bests that others have thrown some critical bouquets at

to get your juices flowing as your calls start to come in.

Let's see.

Anyone remember when White Lotus and Severance were coming out at the same time last winter?

It was kind of like the Barbenheimer of Prestige TV.

People have put it, all right, maybe not quite that level of cultural impact. It was kind of like the Barbenheimer of Prestige TV.

People have put it, all right, maybe not quite that level of cultural impact.

But maybe they were too very talked about shows that people had a lot of opinions about in either direction.

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