--- description: Find out why "Fighting in the War Room" is on TIME's list of the 100 best podcasts of all time. title: 'Fighting in the War Room' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt000739da7cf74c72/6998c8757323af1ab42bcb51/Best-Podcasts-2025-Fighting-in-the-War-Room-031.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 23, 2025 # Fighting in the War Room Debating movies and more by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent  **_Pop Culture_** _Fighting in the War Room_, like many other pop-culture podcasts, covers new releases and helps its listeners decide how to spend their precious viewing time, whether that means making their way to movie theaters for a particular film or bingeing a new series at home. But _FITWR_ also stands out from other similar podcasts because it lives up to its name. The hosts, longtime friends and cultural critics Katey Rich, Matt Patches, David Ehrlich, and Dave Gonzales, don’t placidly agree with one another. They argue over the quality of shows and movies, and not in polite, soft NPR tones. They challenge each other to justify contrarian takes on _Dune: Part Two_ or a passionate addiction to the mobile game _Marvel Snap_. If you care about pop culture, these roving and lively conversations should be part of your weekly rotation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303076/fighting-in-the-war-room/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303076/fighting-in-the-war-room/"},"headline":"Fighting in the War Room","datePublished":"2025-07-23T11:20:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:52:39.142Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303076/fighting-in-the-war-room/","keywords":["podcasts","list","Podcast","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt000739da7cf74c72/6998c8757323af1ab42bcb51/Best-Podcasts-2025-Fighting-in-the-War-Room-031.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"creator":"Eliana Dockterman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt000739da7cf74c72/6998c8757323af1ab42bcb51/Best-Podcasts-2025-Fighting-in-the-War-Room-031.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/podcasts/","name":"podcasts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303076/fighting-in-the-war-room/","name":"Fighting in the War Room"}}]}] ```