Podcast Episodes

You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah

Season 6 Episode 12

Brenna and Joe are working on our Mitzvahs as we discuss Fiona Rosenbloom's 2005 book You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah and its 2023 Netflix a…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Mailbag 23: Alanna Recommendation / Imogen Consolation

Episode 23

We're responding to mail from listeners Aimee, who has an Alanna-inspired contemporary recommendation, and Victoria, who is drawing on lessons from I…

2 years, 6 months ago

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

Season 6 Episode 11

Brenna and Joe return to Panem for The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, directed by franchise regular Francis Lawrence.

While…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Mockingjay Part 2 feat. Alex Heeney

Season 6 Episode 10

We're wrapping up Mockingjay which means our resident The Hunger Games expert Alex Heeney of Seventh Row is back!

We're closing out the back half of S…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Mailbag 22: Cursive

Episode 22

Brenna and Joe gush over new listener Chantal's cool grandmother (reader of Harlequin romance novels), then sidestep into a conversation about cursiv…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Reservation Dogs S03

Season 6 Episode 9

Brenna and Joe bid a sad farewell to S03 of Reservation Dogs. We spend a lot of time discussing the use of elders, the unique portrayal of the effect…

2 years, 6 months ago

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There's Someone Inside Your House

Season 6 Episode 8

Brenna and Joe wrap up another Spooky Season with Stephanie Perkins' 2017 slasher novel There's Someone Inside Your House and Patrick Brice's 2021 Ne…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Goosebumps feat. Paul Farrell

Season 6 Episode 7

We're still on the gateway horror track with a look at three R.L. Stine texts and Rob Letterman's 2015 film adaptation, starring Jack Black (again!)

G…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Season 6 Episode 6

Spooky Season continues as Brenna and Joe tackle Alvin Schwartz's collection of folklore urban legends, as well as André Øvredal's 2019 adaptation.

We…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Love and Monsters (2021)

Season 6 Episode 5

Spooky Month continues, but we're moving away from scares into drippy monsters!

Thankfully Michael Matthews's Love and Monsters features plenty of co…

2 years, 7 months ago

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