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Fake news, oppressive patriarchy, and an overall impending sense of doom: Join us as "Aunt" Kelly Anneken & Molly "Ofmitchell" Sanchez discuss this and more in Red All Over, a podcast that explores The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu, Alias Grace on Netflix, the works of Margaret Atwood and (weirdly) not current events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Kelly + Molly are back to do a little quarantine check-in and plug their latest online projects. They chat about what they're reading, what they're watching and what they're doing for self care, plus offer their take on the Handmaid's Tale S4 trailer. Catch Kelly Anneken's Lack of Variety Hour on Saturday, August 29 at 8 ET/5 PT and subscribe to Mo…
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Kelly + Molly reunite for a special, pandemic episode of Red All Over! They chat about what they've been up to since their final episode, what they're reading/watching/listening to as they shelter in place, and go deep on the Hulu documentary Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power. They also cover the opposite of negging, Tiger …
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Kelly + Molly give a proper sendoff to Aunt Lydia, Agnes Jemima, Daisy/Jade/Nicole, Bekah and all the rest as they cover the satisfying ending of a very uneven book. There's an Action Offred surprise appearance, even yet still more Aunt names, beeping vaginas, cheese salad, longing for the ambiguity of the Handmaid's Tale book ending, the Nellie J.…
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Kelly + Molly recall problematic times with Margaret Atwood, among other things, in their third recap of The Testaments. They get into it about character zodiac signs, Elisa Lam, grotesque descriptions of old men, the Bluebeard, how to correctly pronounce 'crayons,' winter ovesters, the truth about Santa Claus, Commander Judd's R. Kelly contraband,…
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Get in loser, we're joining Mayday! Kelly + Molly are back to discuss yet still more Testaments-related topics such as telling the four Founders apart, being dead as a donkey, wondering who would hurt a pearl, the consisten badassery of Quakers, Carvel ice cream cakes, determining which character is the stupidest, Margaret Atwood's weird body shami…
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Pull up your dollhouse! It's time to talk about The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize nominated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Our verdict? Parts of it, real good! Kelly + Molly encounter the inevitable Professor Snape comparisons, discuss how to correctly cite Bible verses, explore Pearl Girls and the concubine cut into twelve pieces, com…
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Blessed be the finale, Redheads! Kelly + Molly's hearts grew three sizes as they watched The Handmaid's Tale S3E13. It's a strong finish to an uneven season, so they take the opportunity to get real pedantic about "mayday," worry about Gilead secret slime action, come up with a Steven Universe name for June + Janine, spot some Lush shampoo outside …
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It's stress on stress on stress in The Handmaid's Tale S3E12, but Kelly + Molly are thrilled because their podcast inspired a woman to dump her wack ass boyfriend. They're begging for a Thug Life mashup for this episode, clocking textbook examples of dramatic irony, encouraging everyone in Gilead to just take a hit of that medicinal marijuana, read…
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Birth control is not yet a collectors item in this recap of The Handmaid's Tale S3E11 and Kelly + Molly are explaining some jokes that happen with their faces. Sweet baby and friend of the pod Yahlin Chang wins MVP for writing this season in a genuinely stressful episode with clearly defined stakes. They're not buying Whitford's excuses for the thi…
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Say yes to the scone with our recap of S3E10 of The Handmaid's Tale! Kelly + Molly are occasionally jackasses, but today they're bringing musical research that will blow your socks off (Mozart fans: ready your pitchforks). After a brief discussion of the show's ongoing failure to engage with race, they lose their minds over dessert-based semaphore,…
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Yikes P. Bikes, this episode scores five "yi-yi-yi-yi-yis" as Kelly + Molly connect the dots to baby first hospitals, solitary confinement and heartbeat bills. We're not a commander-friendly podcast as we watch Handmaid's Tale S3E9's drama unfold in a radical, experimental free-range hospital in Gilead. There are shades of Black Mirror's "San Junip…
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Kelly + Molly are rooting for torture in this recap of The Handmaid's Tale S3E8, which contains the long awaited Aunt Lydia flashback! Don't be mad, Gilead made them this way. They're begging June to leave Carol/Natalie alone, feeling bored by everything in Boston, stanning hard for Ann Dowd's gorgeous looks, trying to figure out contemporary goths…
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Get down with medicine in this recap of The Handmaid's Tale S3E7. Kelly + Molly are honestly shocked that it took this long to get an episode called "Under His Eye" and they're rolling out the red rope as they get into it about being Team Carol, the show's conservative fans, their wild excitement about Gilead restaurants, all the beverages by Sobe …
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The Swiss are giving a ball and everyone's invited (except Nick). Kelly + Molly recap The Handmaid's Tale S3E6 and are thrilled to report that Meloni Watch has ended! They take a spin on the Handmaid's Express, celebrate a great bootist, fail to recognize almost any Washington DC landmarks, break down the Quiverfull movement, speculate about Gilead…
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Kelly + Molly briefly host a fruit fan podcast and a The Best Years of Our Lives podcast before they pick apart the least believable part of The Handmaid's Tale S3E5. They demand a backstory arc for Amanda Brugel, explain how there's only two types of men (plus OT Fagbenle), fire up the slut signal, gush over Yvonne Strahovski wearing pants, interr…
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Live from the past, it's Kelly + Molly (with a recap of The Handmaid's Tale S3E4)! In what passes for a "breather" episode of this show, Gilead gets strict again, we finally see some boys (who be likin' dinosaurs), the once and future Rory reunites with Clea Duvall and her woke baby, Fred wants Serena Joy to ask him to the Sadie Hawkins dance, Katy…
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Cue up your "Whit's Greatest Hits" mixtape and get ready for the Transformers/Handmaid's Tale crossover you didn't know you wanted. Kelly doesn't know her own age and Molly's too jaded to be shocked, but like stalwart Marthas, they're really good at multitasking in this recap of S2E3. They've got some notes on the soundtrack (more Dido, Britney Spe…
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We're at def con YIKES in this recap of The Handmaid's Tale S3E2 and even Molly's Martha face blindness can't put a damper on the joy of finally getting FACE BUTTER (kinda) and other treats straight from Margaret Atwood's novel. She and Kelly raise a glass of Serena Joy's Skinny Chardonnay as they call Jesus a couch surfer, muse on the mysteries of…
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The Handmaid's Tale is back, so Kelly + Molly are here to guide you through the valley of the shadow of death (jk nothing bad ever happens in Gilead). They give a well-deserved shoutout to their hookups at Hulu, LOL at June's profane bible verses, debate the way to make a perfect season opener, enjoy a very short Whitford Watch 2019, imagine a post…
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Kelly & Molly are back with a special Galentine's/Palentine's Day treat! They breakdown the 2001 girl power classic Legally Blonde and dish about SF's Darwin Cafe, internet friends and brunches, whether they actually like The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu, getting drunk on broth, nail techs in different area codes, Warner's two dads, the Final Destinatio…
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Blessed day, Redheads! We've got a special bonus for you--all the exciting deets from Kelly's encounter with the sardonic goddess and Handmaid's Tale scribe herself, Maggie Atts! Yadda yadda Facebook, yadda yadda Apple Podcasts, yadda yadda Venmo. See you in 2019! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Kelly & Molly discuss their current birth control methods in an effort to avoid the actual content of the episode, their final explainer episode about the real-life inspiration behind The Handmaid's Tale book, film and Hulu adaptation. They cover Bigfoot documentaries, numbers as a tool of the patriarchy, real-ass citations, looking out for sex wor…
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Kelly & Molly prepare for what's sure to be an uplifting Season 3 of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu with their fourth installment of Gal's Guide to Gilead. This time, they dig into the real-life inspirations for the novel and tv show while making an unfortunate number of Smash Mouth references, dissing the the tourism of the macabre, bemoaning the und…
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Kelly & Molly handle the flotsam and jetsam of The Handmaid's Tale in this grab bag episode. They get into bad Spanglish, how to partially like books, Molly's lack of geography skills, the merits of reality tv, identifying primary and secondary sources, the semantics of the Colonies, human male seahorses, and Making a Martha. Don't forget to show u…
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Kelly & Molly are back and more fueled by mac n' cheese than ever! In the second Gal's Guide to Gilead Handmaid's Tale explainer ep, they talk Gilead and its diminishing returns, epigraphs vs epigrams, Kentucky hags, Naomi Osaka, fertility-destroying caviar, Hulu series newspaper easter eggs, the Wayne Enterprises Christmas party, cunnilingus train…
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Kelly & Molly, cite their sources--thoroughly--from the comfort of a spacious new couch! In their first explainer episode, they put the Handmaid in The Handmaid's Tale with info from the original novel, the Hulu adaptation, and the sardonic Margaret Atwood's own words. They also spend an absurd amount of time talking about Lindsay Lohan's farewell …
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Kelly & Molly crack open the prize bucket to bring you sweet zaddy Dennis Quaid in 1998's cinematic masterpiece The Parent Trap. They dish about Nancy Meyers and her thrice-divorced 45-year-old children, Bruce Springsteen appropriating gay hookup culture, boat law, peak Lindsay Lohan, various basterdizations of the Salem Witch Trials, the surprisin…
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Kelly & Molly get in a few last audible high fives, self-care horns, and Johnny Gunman jokes in their supersized recap of The Handmaid's Tale S2E13. They keep things relatively civil while discussing the finale in all its glory: searching for Gilead's version of McCall's, ascribing meaning to flowers, praising Elisabeth Moss' #1 line reading in the…
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Kelly & Molly give Kesha a shoutout in their recap of the penultimate episode of The Handmaid's Tale S2. They tell what the deal is about maternity giraffes, gym symbolism, hope chests, breast milk negotiations, putting a bell on Fred Waterford, Cancer season v. Scorpio season, their ideal Shannon shoutout from the Hulu show, beersplaining, Alexis …
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Kelly & Molly bite into the juicy tomato that is The Handmaid's Tale S2E11 (which is also an unexpected Holly Hunter documentary). They suggest that the writers' room leave the Margaret Atwood impressions and take the cannoli, dish about sperm, remind the Redheads that they are not doctors, raise money for big teacher sweaters, make a Ferris Buelle…
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Kelly & Molly renew the torture porn debate in their recap of The Handmaid’s Tale S2E10, which ranks pretty low on the fruit cup scale. They also get into it about poison pussies, whether Jesus likes Sex and the City, nylons, womansplaining sports, the Commander’s false chivalry, Handmaid gerrymandering, anger potting, and Eden’s cootie catcher. Yo…
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Kelly & Molly use their extremely limited French vocabularies to praise The Handmaid's Tale S2E9, a stunning return to form for the Hulu series. Whitford Watch and Fallgate/Jumpgate continue as they discover the #1 reason men should watch The Handmaid's Tale, applaud Dorothy Fortenberry's excellent writing, support Max Minghella at Nick's Battle of…
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It's difficult like 3 PM on a Monday afternoon as Kelly & Molly recap one of the season's weaker episodes. They cast Nick as a member of the Jets from West Side Story, declare St. Paul to be trash, critique Serena and June's coworking space, diss gluten-free Commanders, disagree about the symbolism of the red pen, debate the plural of "clitoris," m…
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Kelly and Molly are as disappointed by S2E7 of The Handmaid's Tale as they were by Meghan Markle's wedding dress. There are plenty of bright spots in the episode as they sound off on pansexual Lando Calrissian, Molly's Stromboli Bruce Miller impression, bringing back sexy Joseph Fiennes, the dystopian level of cozy in Gilead, infinite chances for n…
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Kelly & Molly take a ride on the Magic School Bush in their recap of The Handmaid's Tale S2E6. The new all-time upsettingness champion of the series prompts the gals to wonder where women would be if we stopped being afraid of each other, make a lot of Rambo references, invent Babbl (Gilead's search engine), call out Max Minghella's terrible acting…
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Time to say Alias Grace with Kelly & Molly in this S2E5 recap of The Handmaid's Tale. There's plenty to podcast about: a hymn named Cat Stevens, the show's diverse representations of faith, team-building gossip, Max Minghella's audition for Green Day, the state of mental health in Gilead, an update on Whitford Watch 2018, sending Alexis Bledel to S…
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Kelly & Molly are two dames like no other as they step up to the vault for this recap of The Handmaid's Tale S2E4. Along they way, they offer commentary on March Sadness, learn how babies get dimples, recommend some rosé substitutes, applaud Elisabeth Moss' Grinchy face acting, plan to eat veggies and outlive men, get spooked by the creepy VC Andre…
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S2E3 of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu's got jokes! But not as many as your messy co-hosts Kelly & Molly, who are crackin' wise on June's fire hazard/shrine, spoilers for mother!, the return of Shhh!, ham-fisted metaphors (get it?), straws of plastic and hay, ice road truckers, serial killer boards, and driving hands. Also, seriously, when is Samira W…
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Kelly & Molly need a tuna melt because they're so stressed out by the premiere of The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 on Hulu. They confirm that 9/11 was not an inside joke, comment on the muzzled Handmaidibal Lecter look, discover 4 bonus stages of grief with Elisabeth Moss' face acting, continue Doofy Guardian Watch 2018, auto-tune their pants, wonder i…
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Your favorite non-creepy best friends Kelly & Molly are here to break down brutally hilarious S2E2 of The Handmaid's Tale and warn you about the Gilead-esque dangers of FOSTA-SESTA. They chatter about truck lids, armpit pheromones, whether Hulu or Netflix exist in this dystopia, a number of Marisa Tomei shockers, the return of body horror, and comp…
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Strap on your speculatin' bonnets, Kelly & Molly are here to break down the latest trailer for Season 2 of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. In the process, the gals unsuccessfully attempt to do math, bask in the glory of their April Fools' prank, introduce Unbroken Hymen McGee, pit Handmaid funerals against teddy bear picnics, wish Connie Britton was in…
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Kelly & Molly crash the PaleyFest LA 2018 Handmaid's Tale panel where moderator Debra Birnbaum quizzed Hulu showrunner Bruce Miller and executive producer Warren Littlefield alongside actors Madeline Brewer, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, OT Fagbenle, Yvonne Strahovski, and Amanda Brugel. Lots of speculation about our upcoming journey into Gilead, ou…
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Kelly & Molly are back with a belated Galentine's/Women's History Month kickoff episode! They weave subliminal messages into their discussion of 2001's overlooked masterpiece Josie & the Pussycats and get into some sloppy facts, hymen trampolines, R. Kelly's One-Man Gilead, dressing business slutty, all the fake bands they wish they had started, th…
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Join Kelly & Molly as they dissect every teaser, trailer, & word out of Bruce Miller's mouth in their discussion about the upcoming second season of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. A big shoutout to Molly's mankeeper Mitchell for producing this episode & providing real time feedback (i.e. laughter). Don't forget to rate & review the podcast on iTunes,…
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