What Were They Thinking?
Hosted by Brendan and Nathan · What Were They Thinking? | Age of Radio
4.6from 83 ratings
- 509
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 83
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 546K
- YouTube views
About What Were They Thinking?
Nathan and Brendan discuss truly awful movies while trying to keep their sanity in tact. Full disclosure: We may be in love with the movies we deem terrible. New episodes uploaded every Thursday! Logo created by Mariah Lirette. Theme song by Taylor Sheasgreen of the Motorleague.
- Publisher
- What Were They Thinking? | Age of Radio
- Category
- comedy · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 29 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 29 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 509 episodes have a transcript.
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mini-Episode: Hollywood Presidents
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15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mini-Episode: Odd Couples
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Mini-Episode: Hollywood Presidents
Published 29 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Absolutely. I really liked Dave. with Kevin Kline. Fantastic. Also, President Schwarzenegger from The Simpsons. Yeah, that one is the safe one. I just thought it was weird that he just wasn't Rainier Wolfcastle. It is weird because he is basically Rainier Wolfcastle in that movie. Right. Yeah. I always thought... Okay, correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe it's just because he has such a presence in this movie. But has Morgan Freeman not played the president more than once? I can only think of him in Deep Impact. Deep Impact. Maybe they just had such an effect on me. No, but he's been in President Adjacent. […]
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- Joshua Kotsabasakis
- Britany Sparrow
- Hunter Sampson
- Emma Wilkes
- Jason MacLeod
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 545,639
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 72 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.7 / 5
- 11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 92 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 90
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Brendan and Nathan host the show. Published by What Were They Thinking? | Age of Radio.
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