It Gets Better!

About It Gets Better!

It Gets Better is a movie podcast in which Liz Charboneau tries to rescue her film-bro friend Brian Abrams from the depths of esoteric Euro-trash cinema by making him binge one aggressively mainstream film franchise at a time (no Marvel). She wants him to feel something for the popcorn fare millions already love. His resistance is, to say the least, formidable. Logo by John Mathias

Publisher

Brian Abrams and Liz Charboneau

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 May 2025

Latest episode

18 May 2025

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 May 2025

   The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

   We've finally reached the finale of Season 1 and the end of the Twilight Saga. Liz and Brian are back in Oscar winner Bill Condon's world to explore demon babies, haunted dolls, Brian's inability to pay attention, missing Anna Kendrick, and vampire Good Trouble to say goodbye to this campy masterpiece.

2. 

   18 May 2025

   The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)

   In episode four, Brian finally has something nice to say about these movies! The duo dives into Oscar-winner Bill Condon's masterpiece by exploring the accidental feminism of Bella Swan, how Brian would call the police if he saw a vampire, Edward's virginity, and body horror.

3. 

   18 May 2025

   The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

   In episode three, Brian is about to give up on this whole project because he can't believe this series will ever get better. They explore abstinence-only propaganda, the Star Wars prequels, childhood fears, and what a bad boyfriend Edward is.

4. 

   18 May 2025

   The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

   In episode two, Liz and Brian continue down his exciting Twilight saga watch by celebrating a partially Edward-free movie, learning about werewolves, delving into Christian theology, and lamenting that Brian has never been a 14 year old girl. All normal things for a movie for teens.

5. 

   18 May 2025

   Twilight (2008)

   In Season One of It Gets Better!, Liz and Brian sink their teeth into the Twilight saga: a franchise overrun with hormones, eyeliner, and jumbo-sized blueberry muffins. There is much discussion over vampires and werewolves, and a whole lot of pain.In this first episode Brian discovers Twilight (2008) has a lot more to do with 9/11 than he ever thought possible.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

8,235,793

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

31

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.