If Pod-O-matic had an eclectic designation you'd definitely find Trick's there. So, bear with us as we try to fit in to this ill fitting suit. While you wait, spend some time at our tavern of tunes and get educated and entertained...no tipping please, but be sure to "heart" each episode. Farrell and Trick
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Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit.
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Welcome to Bungholes and Rabbit Holes, a new podcast from the creators of Whiskey Biz Podcask, Rob, Devo and Victor. We review whiskeys and staying true to the name, we go down plenty of rabbit holes along the way. If you are interested in learning more about whiskey, how certain whiskeys taste, or love hearing guys discuss random topics or people who do stupid things, you are in the right place. Thank you for checking us out. We hope you will join us in our podcasting journey.
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Video Game News, Twitter Drama, Stupid people on tiktok, and we end it off by announcing who the A-hole of the month is.
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Welcome to Loser Leaves Wrestling! Run by pro wrestling weirdos Redd Jefferson and Mohit Jaswal. We post reviews, podcast clips (Loser Leaves Podcast), and general chit chat about professional wrestling. The channel is currently focusing on All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and NXT (WWE).
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Deep Thoughts about Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Send us a Text Message. We’re not bad…we’re just drawn that way! In this episode, Emily brings her deep thoughts about a marvel of innovation and animation: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? This 1988 film, a self-conscious mashup of three different animation studios’ styles and the film-noir of the Chinatown films, is a unique vehicle for a conversation ab…
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What the 'ell is going on, well it's another Random Act of Music and this one is the best one yet (IMO) but you might think "What the 'ell?" and you'd be right! Intro - Everybody's Gonna be Happy (Kinks cover - Kinky Music) – Larry Page Orchestra, Looking for Lewis and Clark (Final Wild Songs) – Long Ryders, Everybody Loves A Fire (self-titled albu…
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Episode 166: Random Acts of Music - The "K's"
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"This edition is more than O.K.... Oh, K's, it is the artists whose name begins with the letter "K" ? O.K. then it' IS the "K's" and it is a lot more than just OK, it's Okie Dokie!" ~ Anon (by request). The playlist is: Intro: Austin Boogie (Texas) – Kouichi and Friends, Beatle Break: Soldiers of Love (Squarehead Stomp) – Kaisers, Chicago 60616/It’…
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Deep Thoughts about Dirty Dancing (Patron Exclusive) TEASER
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Send us a Text Message. Now I had the time of my life…revisiting this classic! In today’s special patrons-only bonus episode, Tracie dives deep into the unexpected hit film Dirty Dancing. Join the sisters as they unpack Eleanor Bergstein’s very intentional and subversive storytelling that made abortion integral to the plot (which surprised the heck…
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Episode 165: Random Acts of Music "The I's and The J's!
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This week we combined two letters, the Is and the Js, into a combo Podcast. While the "Is" were pretty slim pickings, the "Js" were a plethora of artists that ranged from blues, country, folk, rock, and more! But, in the end, this is the playlist we ended up with: (Remember it's: Name (Album) - Artist) Intro: G.I.T.W. Part II (Self-titled Album) - …
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Deep Thoughts About Event Horizon with Scott Kenemore
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Send us a Text Message. Hell is only a word… This week on Deep Thoughts, the sisters welcome best-selling horror novelist (and Emily’s fellow Kenyon alum) Scott Kenemore to discuss the 1997 cult classic Event Horizon starring Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne. The wide-ranging discussion moves from the meaning of cosmic horror to the importance of i…
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Episode 164: Random Act of Music "H"
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This episode of Random Act of Music really packs a punch for "get up and move it" music . So get up and dance to these lesser known artists from the Trick's Synthetic Music vault with all the extras I've come to love! This episode of "Random Act of Music: The H’s" includes: Intro: Loggy’s Theme Part I (Loggy Land ) – Henry Road, Chi Chi (I Believe …
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Deep Thoughts about the Addams Family
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Send us a Text Message. They’re subversive and they’re kooky, whimsical, sweet and spooky…The Addams Family! snap, snap On today’s Deep Thoughts, Emily overthinks The Addams Family–specifically the 1990s era films starring Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston as Gomez and Morticia. The sisters examine how The Addams Family uses horror tropes and subversi…
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Episode 163: Random Act of Music - Gee Whiz Wally!
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This week we examine the lesser known offerings from artists whose name begins with the letter,"G." Intro: Congo Mombo (Cool, Calm, Collected) – Guitar Gable, Guitar Slim (Things I Used to Do) – Guitar Slim, Featured Artist: Garland Jeffreys – They Call Me Fortune and Fame (Grinder’s Switch), Wild In the Streets (Ghost Writer) – Garland Jeffreys, A…
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Deep Thoughts about the Spice Girls
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Send us a Text Message. I really really really wanna zig-a-zig-AH! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily delve into the global phenomenon of the Spice Girls. Tracie explains how she saw the inevitability of Spicy world domination while living in London in 1997 and decided to embrace the manufactured pop group’s grrl power, despi…
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Episode 162: The 3,000 Mile Road Trip!
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The 3,000 Mile Road Trip from Texas through Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri and back through Arkansas to Texas... that's a lot of windshield time and a lot of good (and varied) music. This is just a sample: Texarkana Bound - Peppermint Harris' North Little Rock Blues - Dixie Tabernacle, Memphis and Arkansas Bridge - …
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Episode 161: F's, Your a Random Act of Music!
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After a little hiccup, it's here and we are speeding things up a bit to get through the TSP vault of forgotten record before Christmas... 2025. So enjoy this Random Act of Music as we "F" you! Intro: Stompin' at The Bar (On the Run) – Five Outsiders, Country Boy (self-titled album) – Fuzzy Duck, Featured Artist: Whose Ol' Funky Drawers Are These (L…
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Deep Thoughts about Pee-Wee's Playhouse with Mallory Henson
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Send us a Text Message. That’s so funny I forgot to laugh! On this week’s episode, Emily and Tracie welcome Mallory Henson to talk about her reverence for the TV show Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Mallory introduces the sisters to the path Paul Reubens took to develop the character of Pee-wee Herman and how the show recreated the joyful chaos of a child’s m…
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Episode 160: The Big E's has no "Big E!"
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There is no Elvis, Presley or Costello, but we do have plenty of big E's on this week's edition where we roll out plenty of tunes from great artists with E! The E's are: Intro: Dream Starts (Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera) - Elmer Gantry, The Bream Are Still Biting in Ferriday (self-titled album) - Eric Quincy Tate, Saturday Night ( Best Of ... ) - Ea…
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Send us a Text Message. Party Time! Excellent! [Extended guitar solo] On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily revisits the most important cultural touchstone of the late 20th century: Wayne’s World. In addition to introducing an entire generation to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, this film presented a surprisingly complex characterization of Tia…
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Episode 159: Random Acts of Music - The D's
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This week we delve into the world of cover tunes as Trick's "covers" the letter D. While not intentional, sometimes it just works out that way (we did mix in some originals to keep you guessing). . . So join Trick and Duke for a deep dive into the D's of the Vault of Forgotten Tunes. Random Acts of Music are: Intro: Peter Gunn Theme (Henry Mancini …
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Episode 158: Random Act of Music - C's
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Random Act of Music The "C's" featured artist is Chris Rea and his multi disc album "Blue Guitars" that traces the music of the blues from its African roots, through the Delta, Texas, Chicago, etc. to the Sounds of Soul, Jazz, and more. It is well worth seeking out! Intro: Guitar Polka (Free Range Chcken) - Country Rockers, One Horse Town (Organic …
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Deep Thoughts about Superman: The Movie
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Send us a Text Message. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an unreasonable hatred for Hackensack, New Jersey! This week, Tracie brings her Deep Thoughts about the 1978 film Superman: The Movie. From the way this film helped legitimize comic books and superheroes as a valid art form to the huge influence Christopher Reeve’s Superman still has on our cu…
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Send us a Text Message. REDRUM! REDRUM! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily breaks down the horror masterpiece, The Shining. The sisters walk through the ways in which Shelley Duvall’s portrayal of Wendy Torrance is an unexpected feminist icon, how Kubrick created an intentionally incoherent film while abusing his actors (except for 6-ye…
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Episode 157: Another Random Act of Music!
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This episode continues our Random Acts of Music series with the "B" artists from our vault. While they are "B"s there aren't any B sides, just killer cuts, thus, The Killer B's! Beg Your Sweet Pardon (Baldwin & Leps) - Baldwin and Leps, Walking Green Algae Blues (In A Wild Sanctuary) – Beaver and Krause, California Blonde (Easy Beats in Modern Time…
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Send us a Text Message. HEY YOU GUY(Girl)S! On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Tracie revisits a classic of GenX childhood: The Electric Company. This children’s sketch comedy program with an all-star cast (Morgan Freeman! Rita Moreno! Bill Cosby?) showcased the wonderful ways that informal education can be intentional, subversive, funny, and validating…
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Episode 156: It's A Random Act of Music!
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Today Trick's Synthetic Podcast launches a new series of podcasts digging through the vault of tunes to alphabetically feature lesser known artists in the collection. This week we begin with the "A's." Random Act of Music - A's are: Song (Album) - Artist Something Happened To Me ( Ambergris) - Ambergris, Layfayette (Spacedust and Ocean Views) - And…
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Deep Thoughts about Veronica Mars with Joanna Church
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Send us a Text Message. “This face right here is my over the moon face.” This week, Tracie and Emily welcome Joanna Church to share her Deep Thoughts about the television show Veronica Mars. Between trying to recap the telenovela-sounding plot to Tracie (coma babies! children switched at birth! a school bus that drives off a cliff and explodes!), J…
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Episode 154: Celebrating Leon Russell's Birthday!
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Today is Leon Russell's birthday, born April 2, 1941 in Lawton, Oklahoma. You'll probably heat many of his songs today, but we head in a totally different direction by showcasing his talent shared with other artists as a sideman. Happy heavenly birthday, Leon. Leon on the side Part One: 10 Save The Last Dance For Me - Mary Kay Place 9 Further Along…
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Send us a Text Message. Looking good, Tracie! Feeling good, Emily! On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Emily analyzes Trading Places, the film that taught her what a short sale is, how a bookie works, and that she is most definitely a money nerd. While the film offers a pointed critique of capitalism and racism, it undercuts its own message with the trul…
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Deep Thoughts about Michael Jackson's Thriller
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Send us a Text Message. It smells like the funk of 40,000 years in here! In today’s episode,Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the iconic and groundbreaking 1983 music video for Michael Jackson’s Thriller. From the way the mini film subverts expectations to the meaning behind the horror tropes it relies on to how to contextualize Jackson’s immen…
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Deep Thoughts about The Fifth Element
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Send us a Text Message. It mu5t be found…it being a realistic portrayal of women For this episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily dives into the valiant, vulnerable, and very very sexist portrayal of “perfection” in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element. Milla Jovovich’s Leeloo is the poster child for the trope of Born Sexy Yesterday, wherein a childl…
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The Texas music outlaw movement of the early 70's was a seismic shift in country music that left a lasting change in the world of country music. This week we salute Texas birthday month with an all Texas cast of musical outlaws: Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)- Johnny Russell, The Original Outlaws: Whiskey River - Willie Nelson, Honk…
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Deep Thoughts about Journalism in Pop Culture with Jon Shorr
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Send us a Text Message. Good night and good luck and you stay classy, San Diego! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome media studies professor (retired) Jon Shorr to talk about how pop culture has conditioned us to think about journalism, reporters, and “the news.” From Lois Lane to Woodward and Bernstein to Mary Tyler M…
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Texas Rocks musically, but if you're from Texas that's already a known fact! Rock is just one facet of the vast, complex state that loves its music in many different flavors. Enjoy this glimpse into Texas rock... Texas In My Soul (Intro) - Tex Williams, Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly and The Crickets (Lubbock), The Sprague Brothers (Witchita Falls) Ba…
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Deep Thoughts about Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Send us a Text Message. We are the sisters who say Ni! Bring us…a shrubbery. On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily dig into a source of both sisters’ understanding of what is funny, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. After 49 years, this film remains super funny, because it subverts our expectations. With minimal plot, despite the pur…
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Deep Thoughts About Back to the Future TEASER
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Send us a Text Message. Great Scott!! A time traveling oedipal complex masquerading as family entertainment? This special patrons-only bonus episode of Deep Thoughts takes a closer look at the film that ensured the DeLorean’s ongoing cultural relevance: Back to the Future. From the erasure of Black culture and ambition to some truly weird sexual po…
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Send us a Text Message. Ooh, my little pretty one…who was really going to be somebody by age 23 On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Tracie revisits the film of Generation X: Reality Bites. Despite passing the Bechdel test with flying colors, the story of documentary filmmaker Lelaina (played by Winona Ryder) not only seems to pre…
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Deep Thoughts about Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Send us a Text Message. Let’s do the time warp agaaaaaain! (Except with ongoing enthusiastic consent this time, mkay?) This week, Emily and Tracie talk aboutthe beloved 1975 film Rocky Horror Picture Show. From its influence on culture, fashion, music, and film to its catchy AF songs, there’s a lot to love in this genre-bending gender-bending mashu…
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Deep Thoughts about The Breakfast Club
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Send us a Text Message. Don’t you…forget about misogyny…Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t! On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie takes another look at the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Though this classic Gen X teen movie passes the Bechdel test and explicitly names the prude-or-slut trap of female sexuality, it also treats Claire and Allis…
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Send us a Text Message. AS IF! This week on Deep Thoughts, Emily re-examines her favorite movie from high school: Clueless. Not only did this film kickstart Emily’s Paul Rudd appreciation, but it also provided her with some lovely examples of teen girl friendship, healthy father/daughter relationship dynamics, and how to apologize. But it’s not all…
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Deep Thoughts about Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Send us a Text Message. That [imperialist, whip-wielding archeologist] belongs in a museum! On today’s Deep Thoughts, Tracie takes on a pillar of her and Emily’s childhood: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The sisters talk about what’s great (the soundtrack, the cinematography, Marion Ravenwood’s badassery), what’s not so great (the i…
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Deep Thoughts about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Send us a Text Message. Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination…and capitalism This week, Emily shares her deep thoughts about the 1971 classic film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She loves Gene Wilder’s funny and menacing portrayal of Wonka that still manages an undercurrent of sweetness, and the cinematography is a maste…
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Deep Thoughts about Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern TEASER
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Send us a Text Message. It takes a special person to impress a dragon. In this bonus episode, Tracie shares deep thoughts about the science fiction and fantasy novel series the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. From her early exhilaration of discovering fantasy novels with female protagonists to her current discomfort upon realizing the essen…
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Deep Thoughts about Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Send us a Text Message. Slay it with me: other girls are awesome! For this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome Kate Moody, aka The Money Librarian, to share her analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Kate introduces Emily (a Buffy virgin) to the world of vampires, Hellmouths, and why all librarians love Giles. With Kate’s analy…
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Deep Thoughts about So I Married an Axe Murderer
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Send us a Text Message. It’s like Sputnik! Spherical, but quite pointy at parts! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Tracie unpacks the good, the bad, the poorly aged, and the likely-to-make-a-vegan-queasy about the underrated 1993 comedy So I Married an Axe Murderer. The sisters discuss how important changes in gender politi…
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Deep Thoughts about A Christmas Story
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Send us a Text Message. You’ll shoot your eye out! On this very special holiday episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily and Tracie take a deeper look at the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story. The sisters discuss what is relatable in the sweet, funny tale of 9-year-old Ralphie’s quest for the coveted Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot range model air rifle, b…
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Send us a Text Message. You remind me of the babe…the babe with the power… Join us this week as Emily shares her deep thoughts about the 1986 film Labyrinth. She and Tracie talk about the myriad and surprising sexual metaphors throughout the movie, how the film may not pass the Bechdel test, but still offers a feminist response to dealing with an a…
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Deep Thoughts about Battlestar Galactica
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Send us a Text Message. Epic space battles + philosophy and ethics + human drama + Cylons = KICKASS TELEVISION On this week’s episode, Tracie shares her Deep Thoughts about the 2004-2009 reboot of Battlestar Galactica. She tells Emily how she got sucked into the show and resurfaced weeks later, a la Portlandia, how the story undercut its own femini…
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Deep Thoughts about The NeverEnding Story
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Send us a Text Message. The Nothing, depressed horses, and dead moms–The Neverending Story! (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh…) For this week’s episode, Emily shares her deep thoughts with Tracie about the 1984 film The Neverending Story, a childhood favorite with seriously dark undertones. She talks about how the original story was written as an anti-author…
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Send us a Text Message. Crime solving devil–it makes sense! Don’t overthink it… This week’s episode was supposed to be recorded at LuciCon in sunny Schaumberg, IL, but Covid put a damper on our plans. (Sad trombone sound). Instead, Tracie and Emily talk all things Lucifer together, from how Emily discovered the show because of her appreciation for …
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Send us a Text Message. The Trash Heap has spoken! NYEAH! This week, Tracie takes a deep dive into Fraggle Rock, the 1980s children’s TV show that Jim Henson hoped would bring about the end to war (really!). The Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and Silly Creatures of Outer Space (not to mention an anthropomorphic pile of trash) taught children how to reso…
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Deep Thoughts about Anime with Lynette Davis
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Send us a Text Message. From Dragon Ball Z to Sailor Moon, Studio Ghibli to Death Note, anime is a major hole in Emily and Tracie’s pop culture knowledge. So they were delighted to welcome writer, spiritual director, mental health peer advocate, and self-professed Blerd (Black nerd) Lynette Davis on the show to share her experience of being an anim…
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Deep Thoughts about The Monster at the End of This Book
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Send us a Text Message. Hello, everybodeee! There’s no monster at the end of this bonus episode–just a lot of overthinking about a beloved children’s book. Listen as Emily and Tracie take a deep dive into the charming and oddly subversive 1973 classic The Monster at the End of this Book, starring lovable, furry old Grover. Emily explains how Grover…
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Send us a Text Message. The truth (about casual sexism and gendered violence) is out there! In today’s episode, Emily grapples with the troubling implications of her first fandom. She shares with Tracie how writing, directorial, and payment decisions on the The X-Files did Gillian Anderson and Dana Scully dirty, why her head-canon is that Mulder an…
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