NST Picks: The best of 2025 (and our best arguments)
Our favorite music, movies & TV of 2025.
Hey y’all,
2025 is coming to a close, which means it’s time for our second annual end-of-year wrap-up. Thank you for taking this journey with us. We’re stoked to be recognized by The Atlantic, Apple Podcasts, and Esquire as one of the best shows of the year. Below, you’ll find links to everything we reference in this episode, along with an NST-curated playlist in Devan–Noah–Manny order.
(Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Others)
Best Music
Manny
Lorien Testard (Expedition 33 Soundtrack) — Flying Waters - Rain from the Ground
Noah
Michael Hurley — Broken Homes and Gardens
Skinhead — It’s a Beautiful Day, What a Beautiful Day
Devan
Bon Iver — SABLE, fABLE (The isolated strings from If Only I Could Wait — below— give me goosebumps every time)
Djion — Baby
Lorde — Virgin
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Addison Ray — Addison (Addison’s team needs to write fr00dle a check for single-handedly keeping Diet Pepsi alive)
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Nourished by Time — The Passionate Ones
Best Movies
One Battle After Another (Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Noah
Peter Hujar’s Day (Directed by Ira Sachs)
Manny
No Other Choice (Directed by Park Chan-wook)
Devan
Sorry Baby (Directed by Eva Victor)
Best TV Shows
Manny
Common Side Effects
Devan
Hal & Harper
All the boys
The Chair Company
The Rehearsal (Season 2)
