About this episode

Kevin Jacobsen and guest Nick Ruhrkraut discuss the 2025 Oscar race for Best Actress and the performances of the nominees.

This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back Oscar Wild cohost Nick Ruhrkraut to discuss the 2025 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Jessie Buckley won for her performance in "Hamnet," beating Rose Byrne in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," Kate Hudson in "Song Sung Blue," Renate Reinsve in "Sentimental Value," and Emma Stone in "Bugonia." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Buckley. 0:00 - 10:34 - Introduction 10:35 - 39:08 - Rose Byrne 39:09 - 1:12:00 - Kate Hudson 1:12:01 - 1:46:30 - Renate Reinsve 1:46:31 - 2:14:21 - Emma Stone 2:14:22 - 2:45:05 - Jessie Buckley 2:45:06 - 3:34:04 - Why Jessie Buckley won / listener questions 3:34:05 - 3:37:48 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261 ! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter , Instagram , and Bluesky Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Jacobsen

Guest: Nick Ruhrkraut

Topics covered

• 2025 Oscars
• Best Actress
• film performances
• Oscar race
• nominated performances

Keywords

• 2025 Oscars
• Best Actress
• Jessie Buckley
• Oscar Wild
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hamnet, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Song Sung Blue, Sentimental Value, Bugonia

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