The Cord Cutter Podcast #1: Your Guide To Streaming Entertainment

Unless you haven't been paying attention the the entertainment industry at all in the past few years, you'll know that ditching the cable or satellite subscription (and all those channels you never watch), and streaming your favorite movies and TV shows is the new thing to do. Well, if you're looking to "cut the cord" or just want to make sure you're in the know when it comes to all the possibilities for streaming entertainment, we here at CinemaBlend have you covered. Welcome to a new feature from CinemaBlend: The Cord Cutter Podcast!

Every week, hosts Mick Joest and Adrienne Jones (oh, hey, that's totally me!) will welcome a guest from CinemaBlend to talk about all the trends in streaming, including what's new to stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and other services. This week, we'll meet our hosts, and discuss some basics of streaming entertainment. Read on to get the lowdown on this week's podcast and then listen for yourself above.

0:41 - What is The Cord Cutter Podcast?

2:10 - When was Netflix founded?

2:53 - Life before streaming

3:50 - The cord-cutting revolution

7:03 - The joys of streaming

14:30 - Getting to know your hosts' Netflix history and favorites

20:44 - Game time! One Is A Lie

Now, get in on the fun and have a listen to The Cord Cutter Podcast #1! And, be sure to join us next time when we preview Marvel's The Defenders on Netflix! Don't forget to subscribe to The Cord Cutter podcast on iTunes, right here!

Adrienne Jones
Senior Content Creator

Covering The Witcher, Outlander, Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias and a slew of other streaming shows, Adrienne Jones is a Senior Content Producer at CinemaBlend, and started in the fall of 2015. In addition to writing and editing stories on a variety of different topics, she also spends her work days trying to find new ways to write about the many romantic entanglements that fictional characters find themselves in on TV shows. She graduated from Mizzou with a degree in Photojournalism.