This is in conversation from Apple News.

I'm Shemitabasu.

Today, a look back at the Year in Culture.

What did you watch or listen to this year that really moved you?

It's a question worth asking at the end of every year as we take stock of what got us talking and thinking.

And when it comes to culture critics, there are two people whose takes I always love hearing,

even if I don't agree with them, and sometimes especially if I haven't seen or heard the thing they're really excited about.

It's a horror movie. It's a musical.

It's a race movie.

It's a history movie. Like, it's all of these things all at once.

And it's a Michael B. Jordan movie. Hello.

That's Anne Helen Peterson and Sam Sanders. Fans got this great Patreon newsletter and a B. Jordan movie. Hello. That's Anne Helen Peterson and Sam Sanders. Fans got this great

Patreon newsletter and a podcast called Culture Study and Sam hosts the Sam Sanders show on KCRW.

They've both been writing about pop culture for years. I asked them to stop by so we could chat

about the best new releases this year in music, film, and TV.

We also asked you, our listeners, to tell us some of your favorite things that came out this

year that you'd recommend.

I think this year has just been a really great year for music.

The riffs, the sludgy abrasive guitars that repeat and mutate.

I love the music, the acting, the costumes.

I watched each episode every week.

I rewatched each episode.

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