Welcome back to another episode! We appreciate you tuning in as we discuss What's Love Got to Do with It. We'll discuss the Masterclass of acting that Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne displayed, tease our top 50 Actors list, what this film means to the culture, domestic violence, best scenes, quotes, and much more. We appreciate you for tuning in, be sure to subscribe to our Linktree and television feed!
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 36
Welcome back to another episode! Join us this week as we break down 2010's rom-com Our Family Wedding. This week we'll get into the themes of healthy racism, marrying into a family, forming your own identity within your family, and more. We'll also discuss best scenes, best quotes, scene stealer, and the rest of our normal categories. As always, we appreciate your support. Thank you for listening and enjoy! Love!
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 35
Welcome back to another episode! Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as we discuss the 1992 classic Juice. We'll discuss whether or not Juice is a hood movie, the incredible acting debut of Tupac Shakur, a big revelation for Bishop's father, why this film should be shown in every middle school, best scenes, and more. As always, we appreciate you so much for tuning in. Remember to follow us on Instagram @theculturegardenpodcast. Love!
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 34
Welcome back and Happy New Year! Thank you for tuning in to another episode, this week we'll have a discussion about the Best Man Final Chapters mini-series. This episode wasn't structured like our usual format, we just had a free flowing conversation to try and cover all 8 episodes of the series. We hope you enjoy the conversation, thank you as always for watching and listening. Love!
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 33
Happy Holidays everyone! Welcome back to another episode, this week we'll be discussing Malcolm D Lee's 2013 film The Best Man Holiday. Join Rich @krich513, Skool @skool513, and Rachel @RaaaaayP as they discuss what the characters have been up to since the 1999 original, best scenes and moments, allowing your friendships to grow with time, and much more. Thank you as always for listening and tuning in, we appreciate it so much. Love!
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 32
Just wanted to take a little time and throw out some predictions before the premiere of The Final Chapters. Let us know if you agree, or if you have some wild predictions of your own. We'll be back on Thursday to discuss The Best Man Holiday. Appreciate y'all, can't say that enough!
Dec 21, 2022•23 min
Welcome back for another episode! Join us as we discuss 2007's holiday classic This Christmas. We'll break down the incredible ensemble cast, discuss the nostalgia around the film, Rich's love/hate relationship with the Director, best scenes, and more. We hope you enjoy this episode and we truly thank you for your continued support. Love! @TheCultureGardenPodcast @Skool513 @RaaaaayP @krich513 #ThisChristmas #ReginaKing #IdrisElba #DelroyLindo #LorettaDevine #ChrisBrown #BlackFilm #Holidays #Chri...
Dec 15, 2022•58 min•Ep. 31
Welcome back to a new episode! We'll be discussing Malcom D. Lee's 2002 film Undercover Brother, a cult classic. This episode is about as goofy as this movie, don't take it too seriously lol. Thank you for your support, please remember to share, comment, and rate. Love! @theculturegardenpodcast @krich513 @skool513 @RaaaaayP
Dec 08, 2022•46 min•Ep. 30
Welcome back to another episode! Join us as we discuss the 2010 film Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah, Common, and Paula Patton. We'll discuss our first experiences with the film, question who the target audience is, the incredible job by Dana Owens, along with best scenes, moments and other categories. As always we appreciate you listening. Be sure to subscribe, share, and review. Love! @theculturegardenpodcast @krich513 @skool513 @RaaaaayP
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 29
Welcome back to another episode! We're joined by special guest D Good to discuss 1993's Carlito's Way. A lot of life lessons in this film, along with a lot of things that Carlito could have prevented. We'll discuss best scenes, things that bother us, Rich's confusion on the plot of the movie The Mexican, and much more. We had a lot of random fun recording this, we hope you enjoy! Thank you as always for listening and supporting. Love!
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 28
Welcome back to another episode! We appreciate you joining us as we discuss Ryan Coogler's 2018's culture shifting Black Panther. With the upcoming release of the sequel, we wanted to give flowers to the original film and honor the late, great Chadwick Boseman. We'll discuss the iconic cast, best scenes, if there should be more sympathy for Killmonger, and much more. Thank you as always for listening and watching, please remember to subscribe, rate and review. Wakanda Forever!
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 27
Welcome back for another episode! This week Rich & Ray P are joined by special guest Bryan (House Party, No Country For Old Men) as they discuss 2002's cult classic Drumline. Is this movie a classic? Is it a good movie? Is it as good on your 30's as it was in. your teens? We take a look into all those questions and more. As always we appreciate you for your support, please remember to subscribe, rate and share. Shoutout to Skool! Love!
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 26
Welcome back for episode 25! We decided there's no better time than the quarter century mark to discuss a Denzel movie, so why not start with Training Day. We discuss the incredible performance by Denzel, if Ethan Hawke was the most important element to this film, the story of corruption and making your own rules, and so much more. Thank you as always for continuing on this journey with us. We hope you enjoy. Love! Instagram: @theculturegardenpodcast
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 25
Welcome back to another episode! We appreciate you joining us as we discuss the Hughes Brothers 1995 film Dead Presidents. We'll be breaking down some of the themes in the movie, black veterans in Vietnam, the confusion on the direction of this film, a strong performance by the cast, the Cutty dilemma and much, much more. Tune in to the early portion of the episode as we also discuss the rules to our first ever giveaway. Please remember to rate us, comment, subscribe and share. As always, we app...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 24
We've made it to the finale! We appreciate you for tuning in each week, we've finally reached the moment where we crown the best episode of Martin. Join us as we sort through the 12 finalists and make one cohesive list to cap off our Martin conversation. We appreciate all of you for joining us on this ride, please remember to subscribe, share, comment and rate. We'll be back with Rachel and our normal movie schedule next week. Love! @theculturegardenpodcast
Oct 13, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We're almost at the finish line! 132 episodes down and we're narrowing down to our finalists for the best episode ever of Martin. This episode we'll discuss the legacy of Season 5, backdoor pilots, awards the show won, and of course our top 5 episodes of the season. As always we appreciate your support, please remember to subscribe, share and comment. Love! Follow us on Instagram @TheCultureGardenPodcast
Oct 06, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome back for another episode! We're joined by special guest Bryan to discuss the 2008 Best Picture Winner, No Country For Old Men. A description for the episode won't be enough, just watch and enjoy!
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 23
Welcome back for another episode of our "Best Episode Ever" series! Today we'll be discussing Season 4 of Martin, the impact it made, and of course our top episodes to move on to the finale. Thank you as always for watching and listening! Please remember to subscribe, share, like, and comment. Love!
Sep 29, 2022•36 min
Welcome back for another episode of our "Best Episode Ever" series! Today we'll be discussing Season 3 of Martin, the impact it made, and of course our top episodes to move on to the finale. Thank you as always for watching and listening! Please remember to subscribe, share, like, and comment. Love!
Sep 22, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@Skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as they discuss the 2019 film Queen & Slim. One of the trio believes this is the worst film they've ever seen and that's all you'll need to know about this entertaining episode. Please remember to subscribe, share, rate, and comment. Most importantly, thank you for listening!
Sep 19, 2022•48 min•Ep. 22
Martin fans, this is for you! Welcome to a special series from The Culture Garden podcast! Join us as we take an almost impossible journey of answering a simple question: What is the best episode of Martin all-time? Each week we'll break down a season as we begin the search for the best episode. We'll provide some honorable mentions before ranking our top episodes from the season. Each #1 episode will move on to the finale to have the final conversation of crowning the best episode ever. We appr...
Sep 15, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Martin fans, this is for you! Welcome to a special series from The Culture Garden podcast! Join us as we take an almost impossible journey of answering a simple question: What is the best episode of Martin all-time? Each week we'll break down a season as we begin the search for the best episode. We'll provide some honorable mentions before ranking our top episodes from the season. Each #1 episode will move on to the finale to have the final conversation of crowning the best episode ever. We appr...
Sep 08, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome back for another episode! Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@Skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as they discuss the 2006 cult classic ATL. Topics include ATL and what it meant to the culture in 2006, the film overachieving, relatable coming of age moments, and much more. This is a fun episode and it was good to go down memory lane and re-visit the days when life was more simple. As always, thank you for listening and for your continued support. It always helps when you like, listen, subscribe ...
Sep 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 21
Welcome to episode 20! Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@Skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as they have a discussion about Martin Lawrence's directorial debut, A Thin Line Between Love & Hate. Many topics will be discussed, including whether this film is a classic, flaws throughout the movie, Lynn Whitfield's performance, and who the victim was. There will also be the normal categories like Best Scenes, Best Quotes, Scene Stealer, and more. As always, this podcast is nothing without you, the vie...
Aug 26, 2022•57 min•Ep. 20
Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@Skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as they dive into the 2000 classic Love & Basketball. We discuss the legacy of the film, in depth portrayal of the woman athlete, new perspectives on the film as an adult, and if Monica and Q are really relationship goals. We'll also get into our favorite categories such as Best Scenes, Best Quotes, Scene Stealer, and more. As always we thank you for listening and loving movies as much as we do. Please remember to subscribe, lik...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
Join Rich (@krich513), Skool (@skool513) and Rachel (@RaaaaayP) as they break down the 1996 classic Set It Off. We'll review the groundbreaking impact of the film, the power of 4 black women in the box office, the breakout role for Queen Latifah, trivia, best scenes and more. We're excited to have this discussion with you, please be sure to like, subscribe and share. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @theculturegardenpodcast. Much love!
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 18
Welcome back for a bonus episode of The Culture Garden Podcast. Rich and Skool are joined by Chaz, aka Boogie, to discuss John Singleton's Shaft (2000). We'll discuss the legacy of the movie, the ties to the original Shaft, the brilliant acting of Jeffrey Wright and Christian Bale, among other things. This will be the last audio only episode, our YouTube page is coming next. Thank you for your continued support, please remember to Subscribe, comment and share. Rachel, what up?!
Jun 28, 2022•55 min•Ep. 17
What’s the word good people?! Thanks for joining us for another episode as we break down a modern day love story, Really Love. We discuss the origins of the film, the similarities to Love Jones, and what this movie will mean to the younger generation. We’ll also go through our categories and discuss what the true love story is in this film. Please remember to subscribe, rate us, and share. As always, we appreciate the love!
Apr 08, 2022•49 min•Ep. 16
Before the Oscars aired, we made plans to record an episode to highlight wins for The Culture. Then the slap happened. We're tired of the story too, but we had to discuss it since it happened. Shoutout to Will, Questlove, Samuel L Jackson, Shayla Cowan, Will Packer, and Beyonce. We'll be back next week with a romance film.
Apr 01, 2022•34 min•Ep. 15
Welcome back for another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week we have a bonus episode that we recorded back in 2020 discussing Head of State. We touch on all of your favorite categories, go on a deep dive about what inspired Chris Rock to make this movie, provide trivia, discuss the Great Bernie Mac, and much more. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, listen and share. Most importantly, thank you for listening and supporting. All love!
Mar 25, 2022•47 min•Ep. 14