# The Canon (podcast)

The Canon was a weekly audio podcast on Earwolf which began airing on November 3, 2014 and ended on July 16, 2018. Each week, Devin Faraci and Amy Nicholson, of MTV News, discussed films they believed to be worthy of The Canon. The Canon is a list of films that the audience votes to decide whether it is one of "the greatest films of all time", similar to the Western canon. Some episodes compare two films head-to-head.
Due to an allegation brought against Faraci of sexual assault, Nicholson and Earwolf mutually agreed to put the podcast on an indefinite hiatus. Nicholson appeared on an episode of fellow Earwolf podcast Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period and confirmed that she would be bringing back The Canon in "early spring" 2017. In an announcement on April 10, 2017, Amy said Devin "won't be coming back for this version" but that "when and if he is ready to come back, the door is open." The Canon returned on April 17, 2017, featuring Nicholson and a different co-host for every episode.

## Format

At the beginning of the podcast, Devin Faraci and Amy Nicholson tell whether last week's film was voted to be added to The Canon. They then introduce the film of the week, typically with some background information and a brief bit on the film. For the rest of the podcast, Devin and Amy discuss whether the film should be in The Canon; typically, the hosts pick opposite positions on its being added. After the podcast, listeners can go and vote on the film's being included in The Canon, on The Canon forum.

## Episodes

| # | Date | Guests | Movie(s) | Description |
| 1 | November 4, 2014 | n/a | Goodfellas | |
| 2 | November 14, 2014 | n/a | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| 3 | November 17, 2014 | n/a | Romeo + Juliet | |
| 4 | November 24, 2014 | n/a | Jerry Maguire | |
| 5 | December 1, 2014 | n/a | Star Wars vs. | |
| 5 | December 1, 2014 | n/a | The Empire Strikes Back | |
| 6 | December 8, 2014 | n/a | Inception | |
| 7 | December 15, 2014 | n/a | The Lion King vs. | |
| 7 | December 15, 2014 | n/a | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | |
| 8 | December 22, 2014 | n/a | It's A Wonderful Life | |
| 9 | December 29, 2014 | n/a | The Grand Budapest Hotel vs. | |
| 9 | December 29, 2014 | n/a | Guardians of the Galaxy | |
| 10 | January 5, 2015 | n/a | The 400 Blows | |
| 11 | January 12, 2015 | n/a | Forrest Gump | |
| 12 | January 19, 2015 | n/a | The Shawshank Redemption | |
| 13 | February 9, 2015 | n/a | Clerks | |
| 14 | February 16, 2015 | n/a | E.T. vs. | |
| 14 | February 16, 2015 | n/a | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| 15 | February 23, 2015 | Jeremy Smith | Blow Out | |
| 16 | March 2, 2015 | n/a | Blade Runner | |
| 17 | March 9, 2015 | Amber Benson | The Nights of Cabiria | |
| 18 | March 16, 2015 | n/a | There's Something About Mary | |
| 19 | March 23, 2015 | Matt Gourley | Casino Royale (2006) | |
| 20 | March 30, 2015 | Kumail Nanjiani | Alien vs. | |
| 20 | March 30, 2015 | Kumail Nanjiani | Aliens | |
| 21 | April 6, 2015 | n/a | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | |
| 22 | April 13, 2015 | n/a | Annie Hall vs. | |
| 22 | April 13, 2015 | n/a | Manhattan | |
| 23 | April 20, 2015 | Karina Longworth | The Godfather | |
| 23 | April 20, 2015 | Karina Longworth | The Godfather Part II | |
| 23 | April 20, 2015 | Karina Longworth | The Godfather Part III | |
| 24 | April 27, 2015 | n/a | Saturday Night Fever | |
| 25 | May 4, 2015 | n/a | Pretty In Pink | |
| 26 | May 11, 2015 | Joe Lynch | Evil Dead II | |
| 27 | May 18, 2015 | n/a | The Sound of Music | |
| 28 | May 25, 2015 | n/a | Mad Max: Fury Road vs. | |
| 28 | May 25, 2015 | n/a | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | |
| 29 | June 1, 2015 | n/a | Do the Right Thing | |
| 30 | June 8, 2015 | n/a | King Kong (1933) vs. | |
| 30 | June 8, 2015 | n/a | Jurassic Park | |
| 31 | June 15, 2015 | Noah Segan | Two-Lane Blacktop | |
| 32 | June 22, 2015 | n/a | All About Eve | |
| 33 | June 29, 2015 | n/a | Animal House vs. | |
| 33 | June 29, 2015 | n/a | Revenge of the Nerds | |
| 34 | July 6, 2015 | n/a | Battle Royale | |
| 35 | July 27, 2015 | n/a | Double Indemnity | |
| 36 | August 3, 2015 | n/a | Mission: Impossible | |
| 37 | August 10, 2015 | Bobcat Goldthwait Barry Crimmins | The Candidate | |
| 38 | August 17, 2015 | n/a | Reservoir Dogs | |
| 39 | August 24, 2015 | Sasha Stone | The Hurt Locker | |
| 40 | August 31, 2015 | n/a | Let the Right One In vs. | |
| 40 | August 31, 2015 | n/a | Let Me In | |
| 41 | September 7, 2015 | n/a | Freaks | |
| 42 | September 15, 2015 | n/a | Waltz with Bashir | |
| 43 | September 21, 2015 | n/a | The Searchers | |
| 44 | September 28, 2015 | n/a | The Fly (1986) vs. | |
| 44 | September 28, 2015 | n/a | The Thing (1982) | |
| 45 | October 5, 2015 | n/a | Sunrise | |
| 46 | October 12, 2015 | n/a | Pan's Labyrinth | |
| 47 | October 19, 2015 | Jake Fogelnest | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | |
| 48 | October 26, 2015 | Sam Zimmerman | Cannibal Holocaust | |
| 49 | November 2, 2015 | Peyton Reed Dana Gould | Planet of the Apes | |
| 50 | November 9, 2015 | n/a | The Empire Strikes Back vs. | Rematch of two previous vote losers |
| 50 | November 9, 2015 | n/a | Jurassic Park | Rematch of two previous vote losers |
| 51 | November 16, 2015 | Elijah Wood | The Goonies | |
| 52 | November 23, 2015 | n/a | Rocky | |
| 52 | November 23, 2015 | n/a | First Blood | |
| 53 | November 30, 2015 | n/a | American Beauty | |
| 54 | December 7, 2015 | n/a | Rebel Without a Cause | |
| 55 | December 15, 2015 | n/a | The Decline of Western Civilization vs. | |
| 55 | December 15, 2015 | n/a | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | |
| 56 | December 21, 2015 | Henry Rollins | Apocalypse Now | |
| 57 | December 28, 2015 | | Creed vs. | Best of 2015 |
| 57 | December 28, 2015 | | Chi-Raq | Best of 2015 |
| 58 | January 4, 2016 | n/a | Gunga Din | |
| 59 | January 11, 2016 | n/a | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | |
| 60 | January 18, 2016 | n/a | The Getaway (1972) vs. | |
| 60 | January 18, 2016 | n/a | The Wild Bunch | |
| 61 | January 25, 2016 | n/a | Working Girl | |
| 62 | February 1, 2016 | n/a | Oldboy (2003) | |
| 63 | February 8, 2016 | n/a | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | |
| 64 | February 15, 2016 | n/a | Broadcast News | |
| 65 | February 22, 2016 | Paul Rust | Election | |
| 66 | February 28, 2016 | n/a | Fail Safe | |
| 67 | March 7, 2016 | n/a | Lolita (1962) | |
| 68 | March 14, 2016 | Michael Lerman | Antichrist | |
| 69 | March 21, 2016 | n/a | The Passion of the Christ vs. | |
| 69 | March 21, 2016 | n/a | The Last Temptation of Christ | |
| 70 | March 28, 2016 | n/a | Batman vs. | |
| 70 | March 28, 2016 | n/a | Superman | |
| 71 | April 4, 2016 | n/a | Slacker | |
| 72 | April 11, 2016 | Bryan Cogman | The Adventures of Robin Hood | |
| 73 | April 18, 2016 | n/a | The Lost Weekend | |
| 74 | April 25, 2016 | n/a | Pather Panchali | |
| 75 | May 2, 2016 | n/a | Brokeback Mountain | |
| 76 | May 9, 2016 | n/a | Marathon Man | |
| 77 | May 16, 2016 | n/a | Se7en | |
| 78 | May 23, 2016 | n/a | Boyz n the Hood | |
| 79 | May 30, 2016 | n/a | The Usual Suspects | |
| 80 | June 11, 2016 | n/a | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes vs. | |
| 80 | June 11, 2016 | n/a | Some Like It Hot | |
| 81 | June 13, 2016 | Jonah Ray | Ed Wood | |
| 82 | June 20, 2016 | n/a | They Live | |
| 83 | June 27, 2016 | Film Crit Hulk | Kiki's Delivery Service | |
| 84 | July 4, 2016 | n/a | Re-Animator | |
| 85 | July 11, 2016 | n/a | Boogie Nights vs. | |
| 85 | July 11, 2016 | n/a | There Will Be Blood | |
| 86 | July 18, 2016 | n/a | Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| 87 | August 1, 2016 | n/a | The General | |
| 88 | August 8, 2016 | n/a | A Hard Day's Night | |
| 89 | August 15, 2016 | n/a | Blazing Saddles | |
| 90 | August 22, 2016 | n/a | Pennies from Heaven | |
| 91 | August 29, 2016 | n/a | Labyrinth | |
| 92 | September 5, 2016 | n/a | Stand By Me | |
| 93 | September 12, 2016 | Simon Barrett | The Blair Witch Project | |
| 94 | September 19, 2016 | n/a | The King of Comedy | |
| 95 | September 26, 2016 | Dave Schilling | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | |
| 96 | October 3, 2016 | Eva Faye Anderson | The Bad Seed | |
| 97 | October 9, 2016 | n/a | A Face in the Crowd | |
| 98 | April 17, 2017 | Paul Scheer | Ghostbusters | |
| 99 | April 25, 2017 | Armond White | Sign o' the Times vs. | |
| 99 | April 25, 2017 | Armond White | Stop Making Sense | |
| 100 | May 1, 2017 | Franklin Leonard Kate Hagen | Juno vs. | |
| 100 | May 1, 2017 | Franklin Leonard Kate Hagen | Whiplash | |
| 101 | May 8, 2017 | David Ehrlich | Shakespeare in Love | |
| 102 | May 15, 2017 | Joanna Robinson David Chen | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring vs. | |
| 102 | May 15, 2017 | Joanna Robinson David Chen | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | |
| 103 | May 22, 2017 | Pat Healy | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |
| 104 | May 29, 2017 | Jake Fogelnest | Female Trouble | |
| 105 | June 5, 2017 | Michael Nordine | Eraserhead vs. | |
| 105 | June 5, 2017 | Michael Nordine | Blue Velvet | |
| 106 | June 12, 2017 | Heather Matarazzo | Fatal Attraction | |
| 107 | June 19, 2017 | Justin Chang | Black Orpheus vs. | |
| 107 | June 19, 2017 | Justin Chang | City of God | |
| 108 | June 26, 2017 | Edgar Wright | The Driver | |
| 109 | July 3, 2017 | Ira Madison III | Raising Arizona | |
| 110 | July 10, 2017 | Richard Lawson | Z | |
| 111 | July 17, 2017 | Stephanie Zacharek | Lost in Translation vs. | |
| 111 | July 17, 2017 | Stephanie Zacharek | Marie Antoinette | |
| 112 | July 24, 2017 | Bryan Cogman | Footlight Parade | |
| 113 | July 31, 2017 | Seth Stevenson | Putney Swope | |
| 114 | August 7, 2017 | Alan Scherstuhl | 9 to 5 vs. | |
| 114 | August 7, 2017 | Alan Scherstuhl | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
| 115 | August 14, 2017 | Carina Chocano | The Stepford Wives | |
| 116 | August 21, 2017 | Matt Zoller-Seitz | Seconds | |
| 117 | August 28, 2017 | Tom Reimann & Abe Epperson | Top Gun vs. | |
| 117 | August 28, 2017 | Tom Reimann & Abe Epperson | Minority Report | |
| 118 | September 4, 2017 | Jason Zinoman | Real Life | |
| 119 | September 11, 2017 | Ben Westhoff | Friday | |
| 120 | September 18, 2017 | Alison Willmore | Last Tango in Paris | |
| 121 | September 25, 2017 | Cameron Esposito | The Matrix | |
| 122 | October 2, 2017 | Witney Seibold | The Tingler | |
| 123 | October 9, 2017 | Adam Egypt Mortimer | Martyrs | |
| 124 | October 16, 2017 | Roxanne Benjamin | Suspiria | |
| 125 | October 23, 2017 | Owen Shiflett | The Host | |
| 126 | October 30, 2017 | Kier-La Janisse | The Brood | |
| 127 | November 6, 2015 | Evan Dickson | Back to the Future | |
| 127 | November 6, 2015 | Evan Dickson | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 127 | November 6, 2015 | Evan Dickson | Back to the Future Part III | |
| 128 | November 13, 2017 | Jordan Hoffman | Starship Troopers | |
| 129 | November 20, 2017 | Brett Morgen | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | |
| 130 | November 27, 2017 | Paul Scheer | The Room | |
| 131 | December 4, 2017 | Chris Klimek | The Philadelphia Story vs. | |
| 131 | December 4, 2017 | Chris Klimek | His Girl Friday | |
| 132 | December 11, 2017 | Molly Lambert | Carnal Knowledge | |
| 133 | December 18, 2017 | April Wolfe | American Psycho | |
| 134 | December 25, 2017 | Michael H. Weber | Love Actually | |
| 135 | January 1, 2018 | Graham Skipper | Monty Python and the Holy Grail vs. | |
| 135 | January 1, 2018 | Graham Skipper | Monty Python's Life of Brian | |
| 136 | January 8, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | The Florida Project vs. | Best of 2017 |
| 136 | January 8, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Get Out vs. | Best of 2017 |
| 136 | January 8, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Lady Bird vs. | Best of 2017 |
| 136 | January 8, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | mother! vs. | Best of 2017 |
| 136 | January 8, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Best of 2017 |
| 137 | January 15, 2018 | David Scarpa | The Hustler | |
| 138 | January 22, 2018 | Nate DiMeo | Being There vs. | |
| 138 | January 22, 2018 | Nate DiMeo | Harold and Maude | |
| 139 | January 29, 2018 | David Nadelberg | The Neverending Story | |
| 140 | February 5, 2018 | Russ Fischer | My Fair Lady vs. | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 140 | February 5, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Mary Poppins | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 141 | February 12, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Midnight Cowboy vs. | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 141 | February 12, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 142 | February 19, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Driving Miss Daisy vs. | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 142 | February 19, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Field of Dreams | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 143 | February 26, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Gladiator vs. | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 143 | February 26, 2018 | Russ Fischer | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Oscar Best Picture nominee rematches |
| 144 | March 5, 2018 | Ruben Östlund | Fat Girl | |
| 145 | March 12, 2018 | Dallas Sonnier | The Lost Boys | |
| 146 | March 19, 2018 | Emily Yoshida | Punch-Drunk Love | |
| 147 | March 26, 2018 | Jen Yamato | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | |
| 148 | April 2, 2018 | Andrew Barker | Point Break | |
| 149 | April 9, 2018 | Marc Bernardin | Boomerang | |
| 150 | April 16, 2018 | Jenelle Riley | The Avengers | |
| 151 | April 23, 2018 | Thomas Lennon | The Exorcist vs. | Live from the Overlook Film Festival (nominations not announced in advance) |
| 151 | April 23, 2018 | Thomas Lennon | The Exorcist III | Live from the Overlook Film Festival (nominations not announced in advance) |
| 152 | April 30, 2018 | Christy Lemire | The Breakfast Club | |
| 153 | May 7, 2018 | Lloyd Kaufman | Cry Uncle! | |
| 154 | May 14, 2018 | Andrew Ti | Infernal Affairs vs. | |
| 154 | May 14, 2018 | Andrew Ti | The Departed | |
| 155 | May 21, 2018 | Larry Karaszewski | The Fountainhead | |
| 156 | May 28, 2018 | Kendra Jones | Legends of the Fall | |
| 157 | June 4, 2018 | Adam Egypt Mortimer | Grease vs. | |
| 157 | June 4, 2018 | Adam Egypt Mortimer | Hairspray | |
| 158 | June 11, 2018 | Tom Bissell | The Talented Mr. Ripley | |
| 159 | June 18, 2018 | Alex Schmidt | Caddyshack | |
| 160 | June 25, 2018 | David Fear | Tommy | |
| 161 | July 2, 2018 | Alissa Wilkinson | Grey Gardens | |
| 162 | July 8, 2018 | Benjamin Lee | Scream | |
| 163 | July 16, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Zodiac vs. | Listener nominated season finale |
| 163 | July 16, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Magnolia vs. | Listener nominated season finale |
| 163 | July 16, 2018 | Engineer Sam (call-in show) | Shaun of the Dead | Listener nominated season finale |