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Jen & Meg
We are a podcast of the geeky pop cultural persuasion. Two intellectually curious and geekily inclined BFFs discuss stuff we like (and don't) and play silly games. Hilarity often ensues.
We love movies, TV, books, comic books, games, conventions, fanfiction, t-shirts and general geekery.
Follow us on twitter at @indoorswomen and on tumblr at indoorswomen.tumblr.com
Our intro and outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
After over six-and-a-half years, about 120 episodes, and A LOT of fangirling, it’s time for Indoorswomen to say goodbye. Yes, this is the final episode of Indoorswomen!
For our finale, we play a game (of course), answer listener questions, tackle some mini topics and tropes, reminisce about our favorite moments, explore the journey our podcast has taken, thank some particularly awesome Home Koalas, bare our souls to each other, say a heartful farewell to the podcast, and then finally, we leave you with our Not-So-Random Random Recommendations.
Be sure to stay subscribed—you never know when new content might show up in the feed!
THANK YOU to everyone who has listened, and special thanks to:
Priscilla instagram.com/pribasilio
Angela P twitter.com/Angela2BPecked
Lady Pod Squad twitter.com/LadyPodSquad
Jaslyn & Ellen (High Expectations) soundcloud.com/highexpectationspodcast
Vanessa & Carolyn (Not Another X-Files Podcast Podcast) notanotherxfpod.libsyn.com
Diana & Polina & Ryan (Happily Ever Aftermath) heamcast.libsyn.com
Heidi (Vibrant Visionaries) vibrantvisionaries.com
Justine (The Cutaways) thecutaways.com
Amanda (Amanda’s Picture Show A-Go-Go) amandaagogo.com
Lj (Bygones: The Ally McBeal Podcast) patreon.com/bygonespodcast
Jen & Rachel (One Person’s Trash Is Our Treasure) onepersonstrashisourtreasure.com
Josh & Melissa (The One With Podcast) friendsrewatchproject.libsyn.com
Josh & JB (Views from the Back of the Class) viewsfromthebackoftheclass.podbean.com
Nikki & Rosanna (6 Degrees of Wiki) 6degreesofwiki.libsyn.com
Heather & Liz (Nerdy Bitches) nerdybitches.com
Bridget & Ginny (Radaptations) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radaptations/id1125749571
Sunni & Brandi (Book of Lies Podcast) bookofliespodcast.com
Katie (Thank Fucking God It’s Friday Podcast) tfgifpodcast.com
Claire (Dragons, Sexy Robots & Adventures) dsrapodcast.com
Morgan (The FrankenPod) thefrankenpod.wordpress.com
Kate (All The Good Dogs Podcast) pupsnpopculture.libsyn.com
Alysa (Best Forevers) friendswalysa.com
Allyson (Art History for All) arthistoryforall.com
Kristin & Wil (So... I’m Watching This Show) youtube.com/soimwatchingthisshow
Carolyn (Beyond 6 Seconds) beyond6seconds.com
Mariah (600-Second Saga) 600secondsaga.com
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Miss us already? You can find Meg on Pod Appétit and Jen on NostalgiaFiles
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
Hello there folks! Today we are chatting about The Witcher TV show as well as the Undressing the Witcher podcast. And we had so so many thoughts that we had to split the episode in half. Please enjoy part II!
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
Hello there folks! Today we are chatting about The Witcher TV show as well as the Undressing the Witcher podcast. And we had so so many thoughts that we had to split the episode in half. Please enjoy part I - spoilers start at about the 21 minute mark (despite the spoiler warning much earlier in the episode) Find us on twitter at @indoorswomen
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
Welcome to another installment of Women Who Stare At Tropes. This time we’re talking about—time! Time loops, to be exact.
Groundhog Day, Palm Springs, Edge of Tomorrow, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, Happy Death Day, Russian Doll... The list goes on and on, kinda like a day on repeat!
We also follow up on our 2021 Pop Culture Resolutions and wrap up the episode with our Random Recommendations, Arcane and Pivoting.
And we have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT**
After almost six and a half years of recording Indoorswomen, we’ve decided that it’s time to sunset our little pop culture podcast.
But we’re not at the end yet! Before we say goodbye, we want to hear from you. Got any Wed, Bed, Behead suggestions? Mini topics for us to discuss? Questions about our podcast or pop culture?
Let us know! Hit us up on social media or send an email to indoorswomen@gmail.com. We’ll answer your questions and more in our final episode(s).
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Our favorite (and not so favorite) ballet movies! Featuring Birds of Paradise, Center Stage, Black Swan, Save the Last Dance, Dance Academy, and MANY OTHERS.
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Hi all - Here is take 2 - I uploaded this rerun last week and apparently... it didn't actually upload!
Given the recent release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit our exploration of the Spidey franchise thus far.
Spider-Man! That oft-rebooted, web-slinging, friendly neighborhood superhero. We’re talking about the many Spidey franchises, from the Tobey Maguire era to Spider-Man: Far From Home, and everything in between.
We wrap up the episode with our Random Recommendations: The Hate U Give and Red, White & Royal Blue.
And thanks to Diana of the Happily Ever Aftermath Podcast (www.heamcast.libsyn.com) for our mini-discussion topic: Which artist’s body of work would we take credit for?
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re back with more Franchise Flops!
In this episode, we chat about Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005)—two Marvel movies not marvelous enough to make it into the coveted ranks of the MCU.
We also play a game of Gender Swap and end the show with our Random Recommendations: The Other Two and Dungeons & Daddies: Not a BDSM Podcast.
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Today we talk all things VAMPYRE! Covering Dracula, What We Do in the Shadows, Buffy, Ann Rice, Anita Blake, True Blood and many more!
And of course, the return of SPOOKY SCENARIOS! A choose your own adventure story with a spooky twist.
Random Recs this week are Midnight Mass and Mexican Gothic.
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
Today we bring you a very special episode of Movies we Missed: 90s movies we both missed! We are here to discuss Reality Bites, Empire Records, and Before Sunrise. As always, when we break down movies, plot spoilers may exist.
Our game this week is pop culture homework. Tune in next episode for a discussion of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Ring!
Random recommendations this week are Lovecraft Country and Enola Holmes.
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
Marvel Phase 4 is rolling right along, and we’re trying our darnedest to keep up!
In this episode, we’re chatting all about Loki and Black Widow (yes, there are spoilers). Talking points include: Sylki, the Florence Pugh Supremacy, and Superhero Fatigue (?)
Our Random Recommendations are Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Pokemon Unite.
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Why do time travelers love Rachel McAdams so much? We watched The Time Traveler’s Wife, About Time, Doctor Strange, and Midnight in Paris to get to the bottom of this peculiar typecasting. Yep, it’s an episode all about Rachel McAdams, romance, and time travel—what’s not to love?
(Special shout-out to Jaslyn of the High Expectations Podcast for convincing us to watch About Time.)
We also play a game of Fictional Five and chat about our fave sci-fi crushes.
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Hi listeners! We are back and chatting about Magic Systems. Hard, soft, and in-between, these are the rules of magic in a given franchise. Join us as we discuss A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and even a little Star Wars and Star Trek!
Then, enjoy our random recs: Hacks & Psycho Goreman!
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We’re wigging out over Greta Gerwig!
In this episode, we explore Greta Gerwig’s work as an acclaimed director, screenwriter, and actress. We take a deep dive into Little Women, Lady Bird, and Frances Ha, including some of their shared themes.
Plus, we start the show with a game of TV Tropes Roulette.
This week’s Random Recommendations are Happy Endings on Hulu and The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re getting outdoorsy! In this episode, we discuss pop culture of the great outdoors, including wilderness adventure tales, explorations of the natural world, and real-life survival stories. Now we’re super prepared in the event of getting stranded on an island—thanks, pop culture!
Plus, we start the show with a mini-topic: Which TV shows lasted too long?
And as always, we end with our Random Recommendations. This time we’re recommending The Leftovers and The Unhoneymooners.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Jaslyn from Up in Ten Club: upintenclub.podbean.com
LJ from Bygones: The Ally McBeal Podcast: bygonespodcast.podbean.com
Kelly from Throwback Bookstack: www.blubrry.com/throwback_bookstack
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Our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa
We’re back in the Twineplex to talk about twin movies! Twin movies are two films with similar plots released around the same time.
In this episode, we’re on a collision course with Deep Impact and Armageddon. (Watch out for spoilers!)
Plus we play a game of Gender Swap and recast Hamilton and The IT Crowd.
Don’t miss our Random Recommendations at the end of the episode. This week, we recommend a murder mystery subscription box, Hunt a Killer, and the A24 film First Cow.
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In this episode, we’re turning in our pop culture homework! Meg assigned the Mystery Show podcast (hosted by Starlee Kine), while Jen put Stargate: Atlantis on the syllabus. Did we give each other’s assignments a passing grade? Listen to find out.
We also play a game of Fictional Five, and as always, we end with Random Recommendations. This week’s recs are Girls5eva and The Witcher.
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Today's episode is about authors with a ton of film and TV adaptations. Let's chat about Alexander Dumas, Stephen King, Michael Crichton, & Phillip K. Dick. All dudes, but check out our previous adaptations episodes for some excellent female authors.
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Still thinking about WandaVision? So are we!
Be sure to listen to Part I of our WandaVision discussion and then join us here for Part II (there will be SPOILERS).
In this episode, we talk about WandaVision’s many compelling characters like Pietro, Agatha, and White Vision. Plus, thoughts on the show’s themes, witchy fingers, and just how silly Doctor Strange looks (you know, the important stuff).
And finally, we conclude our two-parter with Random Recommendations. This time we’re recommending Raya and the Last Dragon and Search Party.
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Today we’re talking about WandaVision! This popular Disney+ miniseries follows the Scarlet Witch and her Synthezoid sweetie, starring in their own meta-sitcom. What is WandaVision all about, why did it set the internet abuzz, and what are its implications for the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe?
We had A LOT of thoughts on WandaVision. So many that we had to break up our discussion into two parts!
Join us here for Part I (there will be SPOILERS) and a game of Wed, Bed, Behead.
We’ll be back in two weeks with the thrilling conclusion of our WandaVision discussion, so stay tuned!
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With our WandaVision episode on the horizon, here is our spoilerific discussion of Avengers: Infinity War, which is where Wanda and Vision's story ended, or so we thought...
Original show notes:
After a rousing game of TV tropes roulette, we dive back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a review of the latest installment. Spoilers abound! You've been warned! Or, if you haven't seen it, skip forward to our random recs: Fargo and Unreal! (both now on hulu)
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Previous show notes:
Hi all! Today we are chatting about Strong Female Characters. What does that mean? Who are they? (Everyone from Buffy to Ripley to Arya) Who aren't they? (Princess Buttercup and a myriad of sexy lamps and "leading ladies") Who are our favorites? Plus, we play your favorite game and ours, Wed/Bed/Behead (formerly Marry/Sex/Kill).
Bonus: Instead of totally random recs to wrap up, we discuss the movie Us (spoiler-free, which is a challenge!)
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We've got an all-new episode about EVEN MORE adaptations coming your way soon! In the meantime, enjoy this encore of our previous adaptations episode.
Original Show Notes:
At long last, we’re revisiting adaptations!
In this episode, we explore adaptations that are as good as or even better than the original. These are films and TV shows that somehow improve upon books that we already enjoy. Spoilers for the following: Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Big Little Lies, The Martian, Annihilation, and Call Me By Your Name.
Plus, we start the show with our thoughts on the Oscars and the 92nd Academy Awards.
Stay tuned to the end for our Random Recommendations: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) and Horse Girl.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Radaptations Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radaptations/id1125749571
Today we are talking about media on the move. Remember traveling? Well, some day we are going to be able to do that again. And in the meantime, we can reminisce and plan the perfect assortment of books, movies, etc. to accompany our travels.
What do you like to watch/read/listen to on planes, trains, and automobiles?
Random recs this week are Bunny by Mona Awad and Middleditch & Schwartz!
As always our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa.
We’re back with a brand-new topic: Franchise Flops. You know, those films that tried to jump-start beloved properties yet never even made it off the ground.
In this episode, we chat about Matthew Broderick’s box office bummer, Godzilla (1998).
Plus, we play a game of Geeky Ice Breakers. And as always, we end the episode with our Random Recommendations; this time it’s Apple TV’s Ted Lasso and YouTubers Lindsay Ellis and Jenny Nicholson.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi all! We are back from our holiday hiatus to bring you fictional presidents! The good, the bad, the... well, none of them are ugly. Join us in a little political escapism while we discuss fictional presidents in movies like Air Force One, Dave, The American President, Idiocracy, and Independence Day and shows like VEEP, House of Cards, Commander In Chief, and The West Wing. Who are your favorite fictional presidents and which superlative would you give them?
Also we are revisiting our pop culture resolutions and making new ones! What are yours?
Our random recs this week are Possessor, Derry Girls, and Bridgerton!
Special shout out to Justine Gendron of Pod Appetit! Justine, please feel free to put "she sure can edit shit!" on your resume!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa.
What? Netflix hasn't made the Christmas Prince sequel we pitched yet?! Well, maybe next year... In the meantime, enjoy this rerun of our exploration of the absolutely bonkers Christmas Prince trilogy.
Original Show Notes:
Put on your Converse and pack your bow and arrows: We’re headed to Aldovia! In this very Christmassy episode, we explore the wacky, wintry, WTFy?! world of the Christmas Prince franchise.
And since we’ve been good fangirls all year long, we present Santa with our pop culture wish lists.
Stay tuned to the end for our festive Random Recommendations. This week, Noelle and “Cozy Little Christmas” are making us jolly.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, home koalas!
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
One Person’s Trash Is Our Treasure (OPTIOT): onepersonstrashisourtreasure.com
Here is a rerun for you from November 2016!
Original Show notes:
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We decided to release this early so you can listen in airports or while making pies.
We start off by inducting Lucille Bluth and CJ Cregg into our little Hall of Fame in the segment “Strength of Character”.
The Main Event: We have experienced (or will experience) so much amazing culture this November! We take a deep dive into Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Arrival, as well as chat about Gilmore Girls, The Grand Tour, and The Crown.
Plus, we continue our Pop Culture Traditions from last year and mention more seasonal entertainment including episodes of The West Wing and New Girl, and the seasonal podcast Til Death Do Us Blart.
As always, our intro/outro music is “We are Highscore” by Krackatoa.
An oldie but a goodie! In this time of turmoil, let's give thanks all month long! Here is our original Thanksgiving Special with tons of recs for Thanksgiving TV episodes.
Original show notes:
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! In this episode, Jen and Meg discuss our favorite episodes of Thanksgiving television and other pop culture traditions!
These favorites include episodes of the following:
Friends
Gilmore Girls
Gossip Girl
MST3K
Bonus: We get a little loopy at the end and fail at doing New Zealand accents.
As always, our amazing Intro/Outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
It’s Halloween time again!
As we do every October, we’re bringing you a very spooOooky episode. Spooky scenarios! Spooky pop culture homework! Spooky recommendations!
This time, we’re talking about the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Ring. Plus, a peek at Host and Spontaneous as our Random Recs.
And be sure to listen to Jen’s brand-new podcast, NostalgiaFiles! Jen and her brother explore pop culture of the 80s and 90s that made them who they are today. You don’t want to miss it!
Shout-outs:
NostalgiaFiles Podcast: nostalgiafiles.com
Intro/Outro Music:
"We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Today we bring you a very special episode of Movies we Missed: 90s movies we both missed! We are here to discuss Reality Bites, Empire Records, and Before Sunrise. As always, when we break down movies, plot spoilers may exist.
Our game this week is pop culture homework. Tune in next episode for a discussion of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Ring!
Random recommendations this week are Lovecraft Country and Enola Holmes.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It has become a tradition this time of year to re-run last year's Halloween Spooktacular! Enjoy! Hope you are getting into the Halloween Spirit!
Original show notes:
All our favorite things are back! Spooky scenarios that sync up in unexpected ways (and give you Goosebumps), a lively discussion of all kinds of witches, and spooky recs!
It's a Witchtacular Spooktacular, covering everyone from the Sanderson sisters, to the many faces of Sabrina Spellman, to The Witch, a movie that made Jen sleep with the lights on.
Enjoy, and Happy Halloween, everyone!
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Welcome to another installment of Women Who Stare at Tropes! This time, we’re talking about Ironic Spaceship Names (i.e., why you shouldn’t name your starship Icarus or Titanic). Ah, hubris.
We also play a game of Fictional Five, and as always, we end with Random Recommendations. This week’s recs are The Empty Bowl podcast and Netflix’s Warrior Nun.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today we celebrate our 100th episode with an epic session of Wed, Bed, Behead, sourced from our listeners!
For our main event, we are updating some old classics, modernizing, and recasting them! Because we all know Hollywood has no new ideas!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re back in the Twineplex to talk about twin movies! Twin movies are two films with similar plots released around the same time.
In this episode, we’re on a collision course with Deep Impact and Armageddon. (Watch out for spoilers!)
Plus we play a game of Gender Swap and recast Hamilton and The IT Crowd.
Don’t miss our Random Recommendations at the end of the episode. This week, we recommend a murder mystery subscription box, Hunt a Killer, and the A24 film First Cow.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Enjoy our discussion of relatively recent documentaries we enjoyed:
Spaceship Earth
Behind the Curve
Apollo 11
The Biggest Little Farm
and all things Fyre Festival
And stick around for random recs of Devs and Never Have I Ever!
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
In anticipation of a new milestone we have coming up, here is a rerun of our 50th anniversary special!
Original show notes:
It is our 50th episode! Thank you everyone for listening. And a particular thanks to those of you who submitted topics for this episode. Today we are talking New Year's Resolutions, brand new Marry/Sex/Kills, and listener submitted topics like the top pop culture of 2017, shows featuring the over-50 crowd, world-building, fancasts, and My Little Pony.
Special shout-outs to
@optiot
@dsrapodcast
@3SippingSisters
@JoshSolbach
#LadyPodSquad
As always, our lovely theme music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa!
Find us online at @indoorswomen and indoorswomen.com!
Happy 50th!!
In anticipation of a new documentary episode, here is our first!
Bonus: Wonder Woman discussion!
Today we are chatting about documentaries! Stick with us, because even if you aren't a fan of the usual documentary fare, we are sure you'll find something to like in our choices about unusual competitions (Somm, Barista, King of Kong), or blowing the lid off the MPAA rating system (This Film is Not Yet Rated), or chronicling the life of one of our favorite characters/actors (For the Love of Spock).
And stay for our gushing review of Wonder Woman!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Here’s a topic we’ve been wanting to explore for a while: Twin movies! Twin movies are two films with similar plots released around the same time.
In this episode, we dive into Dante’s Peak and Volcano, both explosive films from 1997. (Spoilers abound like molten lava.)
We also play a game of Fan Cast, choosing the performers we’d love to see in our imagined adaptations of Borderlands and Sex and the City.
Stay tuned to the end for our Random Recommendations. We spotlight Bon Appétit’s Gourmet Makes and The Lodge.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Pod Appétit: A Bon Appétit Fancast: podappetitpodcast.com
Every Bon Appétit: Gourmet Makes Video, Ranked - Vulture: vulture.com/article/best-bon-appetit-test-kitchen-videos-ranked.html
In lieu of our regularly scheduled episode, we are participating in #PodcastBlackout in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
We see #PodcastBlackout as an opportunity to amplify Black voices within the indie podcasting and geek communities, including the following:
Books of Lies
bookofliespodcast.com
brandifleeks.com
Books of Lies is a true-crime podcast, but without the murder. This show focuses on real-life frauds, scams, pyramid schemes, and more.
Views from the Back of the Class
viewsfromthebackoftheclass.podbean.com
Views from the Back of the Class podcast covers all things nerd, including movies, TV shows, and deep, deep dives into Marvel and DC comics.
For Your Reference
fyrpodcast.com
For Your Reference podcast is hosted by a couple who shares their hot-takes and a whole lot of banter on classic and contemporary TV, movies, and pop culture in general.
Black Girls Do Stuff Too
blackgirlsdostufftoo.com
Black Girls Do Stuff Too reminds listeners that Black girls watch, eat, read, and try stuff too! Offering critique and discussion of movies, TV, comics, and all things lifestyle.
Unfriendly Black Hotties
theblackhotties.com
The Unfriendly Black Hotties give global takes on higher ed, books, fashions, culinary arts, and “whatever the hell else they feel like.”
The Sartorial Geek
sartorialgeek.com
The Sartorial Geek is a community for the geek in everyone, with a focus on pop culture, girl power, and unique stories by cool people, for cool people. In addition to a podcast, The Sartorial Geek has a blog, a print magazine, and a boutique with fashionable, nerdy merchandise.
Geek Girl Strong
geekgirlstrong.com
Geek Girl Strong is an inclusive health-coaching and wellness community for EVERY body, focusing on helping girls and women realize that they are the superheroines they thought they would only read about.
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Just what you needed, more Keanu! He is a balm for the soul in uncertain times.
Here we explore some of his romances, some more successful than others. For this episode, we watched A Walk in the Clouds, The Lake House, and Destination Wedding.
Random recs this week are a Mad Men re-watch and the Oh No Ross and Carrie podcast.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa.
Keanu Reeves! Whoa.
Join us for a two-part Keanu-Thon as we explore what makes Keanu Reeves such an iconic performer. Part I is all about action, featuring Point Break, Speed, and John Wick: Chapter 1. (Spoilers, obvs.)
Plus, we play a game of Wed, Bed, Behead, and we leave you with a whole bunch of online learning recommendations.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs & Resources:
With a Pencil Podcast: theringer.com/with-a-pencil
Pups n PopCulture Podcast: pupsnpopculture.com
MasterClass: masterclass.com
Lynda.com (aka LinkedIn Learning): lynda.com
Khan Academy: khanacademy.org
Crash Course: youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Zooniverse: zooniverse.org
The Great Courses: thegreatcourses.com
EduHam at Home: gilderlehrman.org/programs-and-events/eduham-home
Take 2! Apologies if you received a half-episode last week. We had some technical difficulties!
Today we are talking about space westerns! The good, the bad, the morally ambiguous. Chat with us about Cowboys & Aliens, Firefly, The Mandalorian, and Cowboy Bebop.
And then stay tuned for some random recs! Staying in with Emily and Kumail will keep you sane during this time, and Warcraft III: Reforged will give you something fun to focus on!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa.
Today we offer you some escapism in these times when getting out of the house is difficult!
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We’re getting outdoorsy! In this episode, we discuss pop culture of the great outdoors, including wilderness adventure tales, explorations of the natural world, and real-life survival stories. Now we’re super prepared in the event of getting stranded on an island—thanks, pop culture!
Plus, we start the show with a mini-topic: Which TV shows lasted too long?
And as always, we end with our Random Recommendations. This time we’re recommending The Leftovers and The Unhoneymooners.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Jaslyn from Up in Ten Club: upintenclub.podbean.com
LJ from Bygones: The Ally McBeal Podcast: bygonespodcast.podbean.com
Kelly from Throwback Bookstack: www.blubrry.com/throwback_bookstack
It’s time for pop culture homework again! (Emphasis on home. Stay home during this pandemic, people!)
Jen watched Ex Machina for the first time, while Meg read the webcomic Check, Please! Spoilers for both abound.
We also play a game of Gender Swap by recasting the roles for Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Three Men and a Baby.
And finally, we wrap up with our Random Recommendations: the latest film adaptation of Emma and Carnival Row.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today we are exploring the concept of invisibility as well as assigning each other pop culture homework for next time. We chat about The Invisible Man (book and movie), Invisible Man (book by Ralph Ellison), Hollow Man, Sue Storm, and episodes of the X-Files, Buffy, Fringe, and Eureka.
Random Recs include P.S. I Still Love You and Love is Blind. We are all about the love.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
At long last, we’re revisiting adaptations!
In this episode, we explore adaptations that are as good as or even better than the original. These are films and TV shows that somehow improve upon books that we already enjoy. Spoilers for the following: Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Big Little Lies, The Martian, Annihilation, and Call Me By Your Name.
Plus, we start the show with our thoughts on the Oscars and the 92nd Academy Awards.
Stay tuned to the end for our Random Recommendations: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) and Horse Girl.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Radaptations Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radaptations/id1125749571
It's pop culture rants time! We cover everything from poor phone etiquette to the cult of dark and dramatic to poor archaeology!
Bonus: our random recs both relate to disney parks! Iconic Eats and The Imagineering Project!
As always our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re wigging out over Greta Gerwig!
In this episode, we explore Greta Gerwig’s work as an acclaimed director, screenwriter, and actress. We take a deep dive into Little Women, Lady Bird, and Frances Ha, including some of their shared themes.
Plus, we start the show with a game of TV Tropes Roulette.
This week’s Random Recommendations are Happy Endings on Hulu and The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
In this episode, we explore some classic favorites on Disney Plus: Swiss Family Robinson, The Parent Trap, and Flight of the Navigator.
We also revisit our pop culture resolutions from 2019 and set some new goals!
Random recs this week are Orphan Black and Knives Out.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Note: the wrong mic was being used on Jen's computer and it brought with it some audio issues. Thanks for your patience!
In anticipation of our 2020 pop culture resolutions, here is 2019's New Years episode! Includes a rundown of 2018 media we were immersed in at the end of that year.
Bad Times @ El Royale
Spider-Man into the Spiderverse
Bodyguard
Aquaman
Adam Ruins Everything
Killing Eve
The 100 Baby Sims Challenge
Felicia Day's Twitch
Alpha Star playing Starcraft II
Killing Eve
A Study in Scarlet
You
Plus, New Years Resolutions and Last Year's Failures!
And... what we are looking forward to in 2019!
Our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Put on your Converse and pack your bow and arrows: We’re headed to Aldovia! In this very Christmassy episode, we explore the wacky, wintry, WTFy?! world of the Christmas Prince franchise.
And since we’ve been good fangirls all year long, we present Santa with our pop culture wish lists.
Stay tuned to the end for our festive Random Recommendations. This week, Noelle and “Cozy Little Christmas” are making us jolly.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, home koalas!
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
One Person’s Trash Is Our Treasure (OPTIOT): onepersonstrashisourtreasure.com
It’s officially the holiday season! And because it’s the holidays, we couldn’t quite find the time to record a new episode. But look for shiny new content under your tree soon, and in the meantime, enjoy this encore discussion of Christmassy Tim Burton movies.
Original Show Notes:
What's this? What's this? It's our ode to some of our favorite Tim Burton movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, and the unusual blending of creepiness, humor, and Christmastime. Plus, our new adventures this year and a few good recommendations for you guys!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is We Are Highscore, by Krackatoa.
Dogs dogs dogs! Who are our favorite pop culture dogs? We discuss childhood favorites including The Call of the Wild, Where the Red Fern Grows, Beethoven, The Fox and the Hound, 101 Dalmatians, The Incredible Journey, Homeward Bound, and more!
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re back for another round of “Movies We Missed.” This time, we’re covering two Audrey Hepburn classics: Roman Holiday and Wait Until Dark. There will be spoilers!
Also, we get adventurous with a game of Gender Swap, recasting the roles for The Mummy and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Random recommendations this week are the Office Ladies Podcast and Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It's time for our annual Halloween Spooktacular!
All our favorite things are back! Spooky scenarios that sync up in unexpected ways (and give you Goosebumps), a lively discussion of all kinds of witches, and spooky recs!
It's a Witchtacular Spooktacular, covering everyone from the Sanderson sisters, to the many faces of Sabrina Spellman, to The Witch, a movie that made Jen sleep with the lights on.
Enjoy, and Happy Halloween, everyone!
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi all! It is our podcast's 4th birthday and our 83rd traditionally-numbered episode! We decided to celebrate by talking about movies from our birth year. 1983 was, as it turns out.... not the greatest year for movies, but we do have a few gems to share with you.
Please enjoy our chat focusing on Return of the Jedi, War Games, MANY Stephen King adaptations, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and a little Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Random recs this week are Brittany Runs a Marathon and Borderlands 3.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is We are Highscore by Krackatoa.
We are adventuring a lot this month, so here is a bit of an early fall treat for you - last year's Halloween Spooktacular!
We bring back everyone's favorite game, Spooky Scenarios!! Plus, all the ghosts!! Scary, funny, sweet, we cover them all!
Random Recs this week: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell and The Haunting of Hill House.
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We’re getting outdoorsy! In this episode, we discuss pop culture of the great outdoors, including wilderness adventure tales, explorations of the natural world, and real-life survival stories. Now we’re super prepared in the event of getting stranded on an island—thanks, pop culture!
Plus, we start the show with a mini-topic: Which TV shows lasted too long?
And as always, we end with our Random Recommendations. This time we’re recommending The Leftovers and The Unhoneymooners.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Jaslyn from Up in Ten Club: upintenclub.podbean.com
LJ from Bygones: The Ally McBeal Podcast: bygonespodcast.podbean.com
Kelly from Throwback Bookstack: www.blubrry.com/throwback_bookstack
Cats: unfairly maligned by pop culture or true villains of the animal kingdom? In this episode, we explore how our furry feline friends are represented in media and wonder why they get a bad rap. Topics include cat tropes, witches’ familiars, cat shapeshifters, cartoon kitties, cat-like aliens, and much more. Listen meow!
Plus, we play a rousing game of Wed, Bed, Behead, and we wrap up with our Random Recommendations: Alias and Fever Dream by Of Monsters and Men.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Shout-outs:
Kate from Pups n PopCulture: pupsnpopculture.com
Justine from The Cutaways Podcast: thecutaways.com
Toonces the Driving Cat: youtu.be/5fvsItXYgzk
In a perfect world, the tenure of a television show would solely depend on how much we love it and its potential for greatness. Unfortunately network bigwigs, scheduling gaffes, actors’ whims, and shakey pilots often get in the way. In honor of shows underappreciated in their time, our topic today is TV shows that ended too soon PART II!!! Because why not?
Today we start off with some fancasting of our fave fun novels! Meg casts "Red, White, and Royal Blue" and Jen casts "Succubus Blues"! Read them and let us know how you would cast your movies!
Then, on our main topic, we cover Hannibal, Everything Sucks, Deadwood, Trophy Wife, Santa Clarita Diet, and Party Down, plus some honorable mentions of TV shows that weren't given a fair shake.
Random recs this week are Final Space and Evvie Drake Starts Over.
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We are super excited to bring you a sequel to this episode later this month so we thought we would share our original episode for you here! What are some of your favorite TV shows that ended early?
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In a perfect world, the tenure of a television show would solely depend on how much we love it and its potential for greatness. Unfortunately network bigwigs, scheduling gaffes, actors’ whims, and crappy pilots often get in the way. In honor of shows underappreciated in their time, our topic today is TV shows that ended too soon (that aren’t Firefly). Since we talk about Firefly a lot, we thought we would exclude it from this discussion.
Today, we lament the cancellation of Better Off Ted, Almost Human, Selfie, and Freaks and Geeks, and explain why they had so much potential and their cancellation was a travesty.
Plus, the return of Marry, Sex, Kill!
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is “We are Highscore” by Krackatoa
Spider-Man! That oft-rebooted, web-slinging, friendly neighborhood superhero. We’re talking about the many Spidey franchises, from the Tobey Maguire era to Spider-Man: Far From Home, and everything in between.
We wrap up the episode with our Random Recommendations: The Hate U Give and Red, White & Royal Blue.
And thanks to Diana of the Happily Ever Aftermath Podcast (www.heamcast.libsyn.com) for our mini-discussion topic: Which artist’s body of work would we take credit for?
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Wait, didn't we rerun this episode last summer? Yes, we did, and we're doing it again! Because now is the perfect time to chill out with our favorite summertime media. Also discussed in this episode: Spider-Man: Homecoming! Brush up before you see Far From Home.
Original Show Notes:
Correction: When Jen refers to the E.T. "DVD", she of course means "VHS tape" because DVDs weren't invented yet. #old
Hey guys, it's summer and we have had a lot of reruns lately so we are super excited to bring you some brand new original content! We are discussing our favorite summer movies and books! What gives us that front porch sitting, toes in the water, sun and sand and fun and friendship feeling? Answers include Judy Blume novels, sci-fi romps, and summer blockbusters like Jaws and Independence Day.
A discussion of summer movies wouldn't be complete without our (gushing) review of the adorable Spider-man: Homecoming! Plus, our random recs: MST3K: The Return and Rick and Morty!
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
<3 Jen & Meg
P.S. As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Hi, home koalas! We're bringing you some all-new random recommendations followed by an encore presentation of our shark episode.
(Ever notice how the word "shark" kinda looks like a little shark? Anyway, on with the show!)
Original Show Notes:
SHAAAAAAAARK!!!!
Inspired by The Meg and Shark Week, today we are talking sharks in pop culture. We discuss these and some of our favorites: Jaws, The Shallows, Sharknado, and some shoutouts to random sharks in pop culture.
But, before we get to the sharks, we have a special presentation! Jen interviews Meg about her new book and her thoughts on writing. Red Tea, a murder mystery set in Japan, was recently published, and Meg answers all of Jen's hard-hitting questions (that maybe don't hit that hard). Buy it here: Red Tea by Meg Mezeske
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hey Home Koalas! We are bringing you a spoilerific reflection/rant about Game of Thrones today (rantflection?). We talk characters, plots, book vs show, and that finale.
First off, we start out with a game of fan cast and cast the graphic novel Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley, and Red Tea by our very own Meg Mezeske.
If you want to miss GOT spoilers, skip ahead after our game to the last five minutes, where we do our spoiler-free random recs: Booksmart and What We Do in the Shadows (TV).
Do you have thoughts and want a shout-out on an upcoming episode? Email us at indoorswomen@gmail.com.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Poor James Marsden—his girl always falls in love with someone else. We watched The Notebook, Enchanted, Superman Returns, and the X-Men franchise to explore this peculiar typecasting.
In This Episode…
Meg pulls a Ron Burgundy, Jen pulls a John Travolta, James Marsden’s prowess in bed is questioned, and more!
Game:
Fictional 5
Random Recommendations:
Dead to Me
Wine Country
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today's episode is a spoilerific jaunt into Avengers: Endgame and some predictions for the last season of Game of Thrones. We start out with a game of TV tropes roulette and we will warn you when the spoilers are coming! Stick around for some prescient tropes, some singing, and a little bit of crying!
Our lovely intro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa. Our outro music is something a bit special this week.
Trilogies! Join us as we talk about what makes a good trilogy, why some trilogies fail, and which trilogies are our favorites.
In this episode:
Meg has a message for Domhnall Gleeson, and Jen schools BuzzFeed.
We recast the leading roles for Fight Club and Titanic in a game of "Gender Swap."
Shazam! and Schitt’s Creek get our stamp of approval during random recommendations.
And more!
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi all! Today we are chatting about Strong Female Characters. What does that mean? Who are they? (Everyone from Buffy to Ripley to Arya) Who aren't they? (Princess Buttercup and a myriad of sexy lamps and "leading ladies") Who are our favorites? Plus, we play your favorite game and ours, Wed/Bed/Behead (formerly Marry/Sex/Kill).
Bonus: Instead of totally random recs to wrap up, we discuss the movie Us (spoiler-free, which is a challenge!)
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Of course we had to have a Captain Marvel episode! Join us as we chat about what made this movie so marvelous (and why we love Flerken).
Plus, we discuss what our ideal superpowers would be and who we think is worthy of wielding Mjölnir.
Stick around for our random recommendations: Dumplin’ and the Things I Found Online podcast.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi Home Koalas! Today Meg & Jen discuss serial characters, or characters played by multiple actors. How does this play with continuity or play with our minds? And who are our favorites?
Bonus: random recs include "Isn't it Romantic" and "Russian Doll"
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It’s Oscars time again! To celebrate the 91st Academy Awards, we’re bringing you this Oscar-filled episode.
We discuss two classic Best Picture winners we had never seen before: The Godfather and Casablanca.
You can also time travel to the past with us as we share some thoughts on how the 2019 Awards might play out (we recorded before they aired, what can we say?)
Plus, we play a game of Fictional Five and wrap up with recommendations for David Tennant Does a Podcast With… and Kentucky Route Zero.
Shout-outs:
One Person’s Trash Is Our Treasure
Amanda’s Picture Show A Go Go
The Mafia Minute
Oh hey guys! Here's what you missed while we were on hiatus:
Bad Times @ El Royale
Spider-Man into the Spiderverse
Bodyguard
Aquaman
Adam Ruins Everything
Killing Eve
The 100 Baby Sims Challenge
Felicia Day's Twitch
Alpha Star playing Starcraft II
Killing Eve
A Study in Scarlet
You
Plus, New Years Resolutions and Last Year's Failures!
And... what we are looking forward to in 2019!
Our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Orgasm! OK, now that we have your attention:
For episode 69 (nice), we’re talking all about Fifty Shades of Grey. We even defend the trilogy a little, shock!
We also play a game of Marry, Sex, Kill, because of course we do. (And we newly dub the game Wed, Bed, Behead.)
Our random recs are The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Great British Baking Show.
You’ll want to stick around for the bloopers at the end, trust us.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It's that time of year again, folks! Time for our annual Halloween Spooktacular!
We bring back everyone's favorite game, Spooky Scenarios!! Plus, all the ghosts!! Scary, funny, sweet, we cover them all!
Random Recs this week: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell and The Haunting of Hill House.
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Podcast school is back in session, and we’re ready to report on our assigned homework: Happy Death Day and NBC’s Hannibal.
For extra credit, we play a game of Gender Swap by recasting Star Trek (2009) and Crocodile Dundee.
Stay after class (or until the end of the episode) to hear our recommendations for Over the Garden Wall and Miss Sherlock.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today we are talking pop culture proms!
We all know the tropes of a high school dance, often the climax of a classic teen flick.
You crown a queen
You give a speech
There’s a dramatic reveal
Someone plays a nasty trick
Someone murders everyone in a blaze of hellfire
You know, prom stuff!
We talk favorite speeches, best dresses, and best themes. Mentions include 10 Things I hate About You, Carrie, Buffy, Never Been Kissed, Mean Girls, Pretty in Pink, and more. Stay tuned for our random recs from three episodes ago: To all the Boys I've Loved Before and Crazy Rich Asians.
Why do time travelers love Rachel McAdams so much? We watched The Time Traveler’s Wife, About Time, Doctor Strange, and Midnight in Paris to get to the bottom of this peculiar typecasting. Yep, it’s an episode all about Rachel McAdams, romance, and time travel—what’s not to love?
(Special shout-out to Jaslyn of the High Expectations Podcast for convincing us to watch About Time.)
We also play a game of Fictional Five and chat about our fave sci-fi crushes.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
SHAAAAAAAARK!!!!
Inspired by The Meg and Shark Week, today we are talking sharks in pop culture. We discuss these and some of our favorites: Jaws, The Shallows, Sharknado, and some shoutouts to random sharks in pop culture.
But, before we get to the sharks, we have a special presentation! Jen interviews Meg about her new book and her thoughts on writing. Red Tea, a murder mystery set in Japan, was recently published, and Meg answers all of Jen's hard-hitting questions (that maybe don't hit that hard). Buy it here: Red Tea by Meg Mezeske
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
I'm vacationing so you guys get a dose of my thoughts on pop culture + vacation. Lots of rambling, very few actual recommendations... -Jen
And then our re-run about nostalgia culture!! Original show notes:
Today we are talking about nostalgia. Reboots, remakes, and callbacks to other eras dominate our movies and prestige television. We are here to talk about the phenomenon, our favorites, and what makes us feel nostalgic.
As usual, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
You guessed it. We’re talking about parallel universes in pop culture—alternate dimensions, bizarro worlds, multiverses, you name it. If there’s an evil goateed counterpart of a beloved character, we’ve got it covered. Fringe, Buffy, Futurama, and more!
Plus we fan cast adaptations for a couple of our favorite books (both Polish fantasy novels, coincidentally), and we share our random recommendations (Back and Movies with Mikey).
Stay tuned to the end for our off-the-cuff Fringe AU coffee shop fanfic (it's awesome, trust us).
Our awesome intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We are talking pop culture BFF's today (or BROTPs if you are so inclined). Tell us your favorite platonic pairings on twitter! Ours run the gamut, from Scrubs to Buffy to Anne of Green Gables!
Plus a return of your favorite game (and ours), Marry/Sex/Kill!
@Indoorswomen
Dinosaurs have been leaving their footprints across pop culture for over a century! In this episode, we talk about some of our favorite dino depictions, franchises, characters, and tropes.
Topics include: Is Godzilla a dinosaur? How is Dr. Ellie Sattler so badass? And, should Dwayne Johnson be in every movie? (Yes.)
Minor spoiler warning: We rag on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom more than we planned to. Sorry not sorry. (No major plot details revealed.)
We also play a game of Would You Rather? Fandom Edition. And we wrap with our Random Recommendations: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell and Felicitations!, a Felicia Day podcast.
Stay tuned to the very end for bloopers.
Our awesome intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
New Intro!
Meg introduces an encore presentation of our episode all about summertime pop culture. Plus some quick takes on 2018 summer movies she's looking forward to.
Original Episode 42 Show Notes
Correction: When Jen refers to the E.T. "DVD", she of course means "VHS tape" because DVDs weren't invented yet. #old
Hey guys, it's summer and we are discussing our favorite summer movies and books! What gives us that front porch sitting, toes in the water, sun and sand and fun and friendship feeling? Answers include Judy Blume novels, sci-fi romps, and summer blockbusters like Jaws and Independence Day.
A discussion of summer movies wouldn't be complete without our (gushing) review of the adorable Spider-man: Homecoming! Plus, our random recs: MST3K: The Return and Rick and Morty!
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
<3 Jen & Meg
P.S. As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Two amazing Netflix series have new seasons out! Both The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Arrested Development are amazing and hilarious and we wanted to chat about them! Don't worry, no spoilers for the new seasons so feel free to listen on! Don't forget to play Fictional 5 with us and check out our random recs!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We invited the hosts of our sister podcast, One Person's Trash Is Our Treasure (@optiot), to chat about the classic "beauty and the beast" trope.
What makes fictional interspecies romance so interesting? Who are some of our favorite couples? Was there ickiness lurking below the surface of The Shape of Water? Let's just say, things get hairy in this episode (and scaly, and alien, and... )
We also played a wild game of Marry, Sex, Kill and wrapped with random recommendations. This episode's recs are Hush, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Tully, and Netflix's Lost in Space.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Listen to Rachel and Jen on OPTIOT!
After a rousing game of TV tropes roulette, we dive back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a review of the latest installment. Spoilers abound! You've been warned! Or, if you haven't seen it, skip forward to our random recs: Fargo and Unreal! (both now on hulu)
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
OTP = One True Pairing
Our shipper hearts have a lot of feels about fandom OTPs! Join us as we talk about some of our favorite fictional pairs: what sends us in search of fanfic, why we love two (or more) characters together, and who we'd start a ship war over.
We also play a game of "Gender Swap" as we recast Star Wars and James Bond.
Stay tuned to the end for our random recommendations: The Invitation and Switched at Birth.
Special shout-outs: So I Married a Movie Geek (@MovieGeekCast), Cutaways Podcast (@CutawaysPodcast), Bad Feminist Film Club (@BadFemFilmClub)
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
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Who are those characters we admire, that we aspire to be like? They are varied, and wonderful, and flawed (just like us!), and we are happy to share them with you. Please share yours as well! We need more fictitious role models in our loves. Stay tuned at the end for our random recommendations of A Quiet Place and Ready Player One. Plus, outtakes at the very tail end of the episode!
Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt... Who is the #1 Chris?
Join us for The Great Chris-Off! It's the least objective examination of which semi-interchangeable white actor named Chris is Best Chris. We pit the Chrises against one another in a head-to-head, bicep-to-bicep competition.
Listen to find out who we crowned the King of Chrises.
We also chat about a few Chris-free recommendations: Santa Clarita Diet, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and Love, Simon.
Our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Join us on a journey through the twisty, loopy, timey wimey tropes of traveling through time. We talk mechanics and, of course, our favorite pop culture. Tune in for random recommendations of some Netflix originals (Everything Sucks and Terrace House: Opening New Doors) and shout outs to other podcasts where you can find our voices!
Check out: @NotAnotherXFPod @HighExPodcast and @JoshSolbach for more details!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Of course we had to have a Black Panther episode! We explore the characters, the costumes, the music, and all the things we loved about this near purrfect superhero movie. There will be SPOILERS.
Also, we talk about some of our favorite ships from the shows Bones and Halt and Catch Fire.
Stay tuned to the end for our random recommendations, Rabbit Cake and Annihilation.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
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Hi guys, today we chat about superheroes we would sleep with and 80s movies we missed the first time around! We are chatting about the bildungsroman classic "Stand by Me" and the quotable, irreverent cult classic "Heathers"!
Stay tuned afterword for some random recs. This week, the Netflix series "Altered Carbon" and some wonderful webcomics (Check Please, Wilde Life, & The Dreamer).
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
We can be basic, and that's okay!
In this episode, we tackle what it means to be a "basic bitch," how basicness applies to pop culture, and why we embrace popular media.
We also weigh in on the 2018 Oscar nominations. Who do we think will take home the Academy's little gold men?
Stay tuned to the end for our random recs: Dark and One Day at a Time.
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Check out this episode!
New Intro:
Jen takes us through some of her current pop culture (and real life) obsessions of the moment: Ballet and Roller Derby! Get ready for some fun pop culture recommendations and discussion of their real-life counterparts.
Episode 31 Show Notes:
Hi all! We were so excited to be back in the recording studio (aka our respective homes) after a month away! We kick off our return with a new Strength of Character segment, inducting The Office's Michael Scott and The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Mary Richards into our little Hall of Fame.
Our main event today is Pop Culture Completism. What is it about someone that makes us want to pursue all of their work? Do we do this? Do you?
We talk about directors and writers (Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Charlie Kaufman, Wes Anderson), authors (Donna Tartt, Neal Stephenson, Rainbow Rowell, JK Rowling), and actors (Ewan McGregor, Dan Stevens), plus many more!
Tweet at us (@indoorswomen) with your thoughts on completism!
Bonus ending feature: our Oscar predictions! We fearlessly predict some of the bigger awards, even though we aren't caught up on our movie watching. Tune in next time for Oscar commentary.
As always, our fabulous intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It is our 50th episode! Thank you everyone for listening. And a particular thanks to those of you who submitted topics for this episode. Today we are talking New Year's Resolutions, brand new Marry/Sex/Kills, and listener submitted topics like the top pop culture of 2017, shows featuring the over-50 crowd, world-building, fancasts, and My Little Pony.
Special shout-outs to
@optiot
@dsrapodcast
@3SippingSisters
@JoshSolbach
#LadyPodSquad
As always, our lovely theme music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa!
Find us online at @indoorswomen and indoorswomen.com!
Happy 50th!!
Happy Holidays, everyone! We have a Christmas re-run for you with special bonus content! In our first Christmas special, we talked pop culture traditions! Favorite Christmas movies and TV specials, to be precise. Our gift for you this year is a brand new intro wrapper with more traditions including Christmas rom-coms, movie-going, Doctor Who specials, and mildly offensive Cajun accents! Jen and a very special guest (her husband Mike) talk about integrating traditions in a new family dynamic and enjoying each other's holiday pop culture.
Follow us on twitter (@indoorswomen) or visit our website!
Just like Fox Mulder, we can't stop talking about aliens. ET, Xenomorphs, Vulcans, you name it.
Why are there so many aliens in pop culture? What are some of our favorite depictions of aliens? Which alien tropes could we live without?
(Disclaimer: We don't actually talk about the X-Files in this ep, oops!)
We also play a game of "Strength of Character," featuring two quippy ladies: Elizabeth Bennet and Buffy Summers.
And we wrap up by sharing our random recommendations: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Coco!
Our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hint: does contain Thor spoilers! If you want to skip those, go ahead and listen until we get to the Thor discussion and then skip forward to 32:00 where we talk about something completely different!
Thor: Ragnarok, what did we think? Why is it so much better than other Thors of the past? Which Thor haircut is our favorite?
Later: Adventures in L.A. with the #LadyPodSquad, including meetups, putting faces to voices, a visit to a creepy museum, and a Disneyboundingtrip to Disneyland!
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Today we attempted to give you a Stranger Things episode with a Thor chaser, but we talked too long about both so now you get a full episode on each! Lucky you!
Starting off with the Netflix original TV series Stranger Things, we talk changes, references, characters, and why this franchise is so near and dear to our hearts. Spoilers for Season 2 abound, so make sure you are caught up on the series!
Bonus: enjoy a special intro by the ladies of the High Expectations podcast. Follow them here: @highexpodcast
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
In this episode, we kick off with our annual tradition: some spoooooky scenarios for your Halloween pleasure. Then, we talk zombies: both speedsters and shamblers, both lacking and retaining humanity, both hilarious and scary. The discussion features (relatively) spoiler-free discussion of 28 Days Later, Zombieland, The Walking Dead, iZombie, and others. Bonus: some history of the zombie concept! Never say we didn't teach you anything.
Tweet your favorite zombie culture to @Indoorswomen to join the conversation!
For those interested in zombie math, here is a link to that article (pdf download link):When zombies attack!: Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection
Lastly, we wrap up with random recommendations: This week they are:
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The HBO documentary "Spielberg" - a must see for fans of the movies or the man.
For more Halloween fun, follow our hashtag #octoberflix and share your favorite movies, TV, and other Halloween pop culture!
Our lovely intro/outro music is, as always, "Highscore" by Krackatoa
Join us for Trek Talk! We boldly go into the world of CBS's new series Star Trek: Discovery. Talking points include: Is Klingon romance logistically possible? What's up with those gross unwrapped fortune cookies? Could there be more lens flare?! We also share our thoughts on the other Star franchise, like the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer and From a Certain Point of View. Oh, and Blade Runner 2049! As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
(Tweet at us if you understand why this is our episode title! Bonus nerd points!)
It's our parody episode! Spoofs and references abound as we discuss our favorite franchises, our favorite franchise parodies, and our favorite parody franchises. Whew. I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue! Highlights include Airplane! and other Leslie Nielsen vehicles, Bill Murray extravaganzas, and, of course, Spaceballs, Galaxy Quest, The Princess Bride, and Enchanted.
Bonus: The game this week is fictional five and the category is creature feature!
As always, our fabulous intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Space: The final frontier, where no one can hear you scream, and a great setting for pop culture!
In this episode, we're talking all things space. Space travel, space tropes, spacemen, etc. Plus we're offering tons of space-related pop culture recommendations along the way, from Sunshine to Moon and just about every franchise with "star" in the name.
We also play a game of TV Tropes Roulette and end with our random recs.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Catch you later, home koalas! (It's a thing we're trying to make happen, like "fetch." Listen to hear more.)
Hi, all! It's rerun time again, but with a BRAND-NEW BONUS INTRO! Tune in to hear Meg's mini fall TV preview. Enjoy and keep an ear out for new episodes coming your way soon.
Original Show Notes:
Robots! We love 'em. In real life and especially in pop culture. Join us as we talk all things robot, droid, cyborg, and AI, from lovable WALL-E to the not-so-lovable T-800. Beep boop.
Share your robo-thoughts with us on Twitter (@indoorswomen)!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Correction: When Jen refers to the E.T. "DVD", she of course means "VHS tape" because DVDs weren't invented yet. #old
Hey guys, it's summer and we have had a lot of reruns lately so we are super excited to bring you some brand new original content! We are discussing our favorite summer movies and books! What gives us that front porch sitting, toes in the water, sun and sand and fun and friendship feeling? Answers include Judy Blume novels, sci-fi romps, and summer blockbusters like Jaws and Independence Day.
A discussion of summer movies wouldn't be complete without our (gushing) review of the adorable Spider-man: Homecoming! Plus, our random recs: MST3K: The Return and Rick and Morty!
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
<3 Jen & Meg
P.S. As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Hi all! We have another re-run for you guys today. It's one of my favorites and I hope you enjoy it. I recorded a short BRAND NEW BONUS INTRO for this episode in which I give a couple of new random recs. Enjoy and we will see you in a couple weeks.
<3 Jen
Original Show Notes:
Hi everyone! Today we have some new excitingness for you! We introduce a segment called "Strength of Character" where we discuss our favorite characters from any medium or genre and explain why we love them. Our definition of “strength” is not “most kickass” nor even “most likeable”. Instead, we want to identify those characters that keep us coming back to the same shows, films, and books over and over and what makes them so intriguing. First nominees: Capt. John Yossarian and Lorelai Gilmore. How's that for variety?
Next up, we discuss retrofuturism! Flying cars, floating homes, robot butlers, and nuclear powered everything. Why were these tropes so popular? What are our favorite pop culture representations? We wrestle with the complicated concepts of viewing the future from the past, viewing the past from the future, and viewing both simultaneously from the present. We also discover we both experience nostalgia for a future that never came to pass with our discussion of Tomorrowland. Plus, discussions of classic and modern science fiction and visits to the World's Fair and colonies on Mars.
Last, we have our random recommendations, wherein Meg chats about her long-term love of Project Runway and Jen discusses her newly minted passion for Bob's Burgers.
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Thanks for listening!
Jen and Meg are on summer vacation (jk we're both up to our eyeballs in work), so it's rerun time! We bring you: Never Judge a Book by Its Movie (Or a Graphic Novel by Its Adapted TV Series?)
In this episode, we ask ourselves the age-old question: which to consume first, the book or the movie? The answer may surprise you! In our discussion, we relate our experiences with various forms of adapted media including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, superhero movies and comics, Game of Thrones, Gone Girl, Harry Potter, and more!
We also play the hit card game "Geek Out" and try to stump each other with trivia!
Stay tuned for our random recs: The "My Dad Wrote a Porno" podcast and Westworld. Spoiler: They are awesome.
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
The thrilling conclusion to listener questions! (For now...We had too much fun to not do this again sometime.)
Which adaptations deserve do-overs? Which TV shows could we have totally written better? What are our Enneagram types? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out.
Plus, we've got random recommendations re: railroads and romance.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
You've got questions, we've got answers! The Indoorswomen open up the mailbag and tackle those hard-hitting questions. Like, what's so great about pop culture anyway? How did we meet? And, are we a Hamilton or a Burr?
We'll get to even more questions in the upcoming Part II.
Marry, Sex, Kill is also back by popular demand. Spoilers: One of us beds Gollum.
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Today we are chatting about documentaries! Stick with us, because even if you aren't a fan of the usual documentary fare, we are sure you'll find something to like in our choices about unusual competitions (Somm, Barista, King of Kong), or blowing the lid off the MPAA rating system (This Film is Not Yet Rated), or chronicling the life of one of our favorite characters/actors (For the Love of Spock).
And stay for our gushing review of Wonder Woman!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Robots! We love 'em. In real life and especially in pop culture. Join us as we talk all things robot, droid, cyborg, and AI, from lovable WALL-E to the not-so-lovable T-800. Beep boop.
Share your robo-thoughts with us on Twitter (@indoorswomen)!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hey guys! Today we marvel (heh) at Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, sharing our positive vibes and nitpicking a few tired tropes. We also play Gender Swap, casting a gender-swapped version of Guardians as well as swapping Sherlock and the Avengers!
Share what you think about the movie on twitter (@indoorswomen)!
As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Today we are talking Pop Culture Comfort Food and Pop Culture Self Care. This is the pop culture that makes us feel good, it feeds the soul - the old favorites we turn to in times of stress or sickness. In other words, Treat. Yo. Self.
We delve into Disney (and Buffy) singalongs, books with creased covers and broken spines, period dramas like Downton Abbey, podcasts (of course), and other favorites.
Plus, random recs of recent HBO programming (Big Little Lies, anyone?) and the pocket cast app.
Special shoutouts to our awesome new friends in the podcast community including:
The One With Podcast (@JoshSolbach)
Sipping Sisters (@3SippingSisters)
High Expectations (@Highexpodcast)
Shipping Room (@ShippingRoomPod)
Give them a listen as well!
And, as always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
People still get the "Yo, Dawg" meme, right? Right?!
This episode kicks off our Women Who Stare at Tropes series. We're talking bottle episodes this time around: Buffy, Doctor Who, Angel, Homicide: Life on the Street, Friends, and Sealab 2021, for starters.
Plus, we play a game of TV Tropes Roulette. It's trope-tacular!
What's your favorite bottle episode? Holler at us on Twitter @indoorswomen (or, you know, compose a polite tweet).
And, as always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
You are invited to our virtual slumber party! Meg and Jen, so rarely in the same place at the same time, got to record this in Jen's living room, while having a real-life slumber party. With wine.
We play games (the classic Marry Sex Kill, plus a pop culture version of M.A.S.H.). We also talk 'ships for the first time since our pilot episode. Are you a Bones/Booth shipper? How about Niles/Daphne? Scully/Mulder? Rapunzel/Flynn? Tony/Pepper? Iron Man/Captain America? Shout out to us on twitter: @indoorswomen
And, as always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Last episode, we assigned each other pop culture homework. Now it's time for our pop culture report cards!
We discuss what we thought about Battlestar Galactica and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Especially the important bits of both shows. You know, Avatar's adorable hybrid animals, the Cylons' limited-edition models, and how this all relates to zombie movies somehow.
Bonus: Geek Out! makes another appearance, and we leave you with our random recommendations. Something we don't recommend: naming a drink "Pocari Sweat." Mmmm.
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today's topic is: What pop culture makes us cry? Whether it is joy, sadness, or excitement, what makes us a little misty? Spoiler: we have never cried. Ever. Ok, that's a lie.
We list sad themes, specific moments, crying triggers, and Meg does extensive psychological research to justify being a giant crybaby. From the emotional manipulation of sad music and tense storylines, it basically all makes us blubber. Especially Tom Hanks. Damn that Tom Hanks. It’s the least sad podcast about crying ever! Plus, memes of the past!
Bonus: a discussion of that really long episode of Jimmy Kimmel: the Oscars! We chat about our excitement about Moonlight's win, our horror over the mix-up, and our ambivalence about Jimmy Kimmel's hosting.
Tune in next week for a discussion of the pop culture homework we gleefully assign each other at the end of this episode. It's fun to make people do things.
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi all! We were so excited to be back in the recording studio (aka our respective homes) after a month away! We kick off our return with a new Strength of Character segment, inducting The Office's Michael Scott and The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Mary Richards into our little Hall of Fame.
Our main event today is Pop Culture Completism. What is it about someone that makes us want to pursue all of their work? Do we do this? Do you?
We talk about directors and writers (Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Charlie Kaufman, Wes Anderson), authors (Donna Tartt, Neal Stephenson, Rainbow Rowell, JK Rowling), and actors (Ewan McGregor, Dan Stevens), plus many more!
Tweet at us (@indoorswomen) with your thoughts on completism!
Bonus ending feature: our Oscar predictions! We fearlessly predict some of the bigger awards, even though we aren't caught up on our movie watching. Tune in next time for Oscar commentary.
As always, our fabulous intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi all! We have a re-run for you today: one of our favorite episodes about superheroes! It is also the first episode in which we play "fictional five".
Our main segment is about superhero fatigue, in which we discuss both comic book movie/tv universes but mostly Marvel! Superheroes - passe or here to stay? Superheroes have made the jump from comic book pages to screens big and small. Is the culture saturated? Who are our favorites? Who are we tired of? Also: if we had superpowers, what would they be?
Plus, tangents!
Spoiler: Meg and Jen are not particularly "Superhero Fatigued".
As always, our delightful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
For more details, find us on twitter @indoorswomen and read about the #indoorswomencivilwar
Jen: Team Cap
Meg: Team Iron Man
It's the long-awaited sequel to our last podcast on Sherlock! We address comparisons between Sherlock and Doctor Who, favorite episodes, and we tackle the age-old question of "Benedict Cumberbatch: handsome or lizardy?"
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
It's no question that the Indoorswomen are big Sherlock Holmes fans and we are particularly fond of the modern-day adaptation "Sherlock" (BBC/PBS). We are, in fact, such big fans, that we had to split this episode into two parts due to excessive yammering. See you in two weeks for the (not so) stunning conclusion.
Today we are discussing “Elementary, My dear Watson”, and other things Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes never said. We are talking modern Sherlock adaptations, primarily the BBC show, the fourth series of which premiered this week. What do we like and dislike about these modern imaginings? What are our theories? What are our favorite episodes? And, the most important question of them all: is Benedict Cumberbatch handsome?
P.S. CPR was invented in 1956 and became a prominent life saving device in the early 1960s.
Note: if you haven't seen the BBC/PBS Sherlock adaptation, this episode contains some spoilers. Also, GO WATCH IT!
As always, our awesome intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa!
What's this? What's this? It's our ode to some of our favorite Tim Burton movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, and the unusual blending of creepiness, humor, and Christmastime. Plus, our new adventures this year and a few good recommendations for you guys!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is We Are Highscore, by Krackatoa.
Ok, we won't have rap battles, but we do appreciate them. This week's podcast is about musicals! Musicals, if you don’t know, are plays in which, to quote Mack from the movie Sabrina,“the actors periodically dance about and burst into song”. We discuss our favorites, live shows we have attended, movie and television musicals, and we devote some serious time to the musical phenomenon, Hamilton. We tried not to sing too much. But there is a little singing.
We ask the big questions: Listen to the soundtrack beforehand or wait? Live performances or Movie adaptations? Just what makes musicals so enjoyable anyway?
Big mentions include Hamilton, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Disney Musicals, Once More With Feeling (the Buffy Musical), Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Smash, and Book of Mormon. Special feature: reminiscences about our high school's performances of The Music Man, Oklahoma!, and Grease.
If you are a musical theater lover or novice, you might find something in here for you!
Extras: Geek news about amazing new trailers and collaborations plus our random recs: Yuri!!! on ICE and Crash Course on Youtube.
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We decided to release this early so you can listen in airports or while making pies.
We start off by inducting Lucille Bluth and CJ Cregg into our little Hall of Fame in the segment "Strength of Character".
The Main Event: We have experienced (or will experience) so much amazing culture this November! We take a deep dive into Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Arrival, as well as chat about Gilmore Girls, The Grand Tour and The Crown.
Plus, we continue our Pop Culture Traditions from last year and mention more seasonal entertainment including episodes of The West Wing and New Girl, and the seasonal podcast Til Death Do Us Blart.
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Today we ask ourselves the age old question: which to consume first, the book or the movie? The answer may surprise you! In our discussion, we relate our experiences with various forms of adapted media including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Superhero movies and comics, Game of Thrones, Gone Girl, Harry Potter, and more!
We also play the hit card game "Geek Out" and try to stump each other with trivia!
Stay tuned for our random recs: The "My Dad Wrote a Porno" podcast and Westworld. Spoiler: they are awesome
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Halloween: we love it! Explore Halloween pop culture with us. First up, Spooky Scenarios, in which we take each other on Halloween pop culture themed "choose your own adventures" that may or may not end in doom. Spoiler: some do
Next up, our favorite Halloween movies, TV episodes, tropes, and adventures! Plus, candy! Our tribute to horror movies, psychological thrillers, Tim Burton classics, zombies, horror comedies, childhood favorites, and more! Plus our ode to Halloween episodes of The Office, Brooklyn 99, Community, Parks and Recreation, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Share your favorite Halloween pop culture traditions with us on twitter @indoorswomen and make sure to mention your favorite candy!
As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Thanks for listening!
In a perfect world, the tenure of a television show would solely depend on how much we love it and its potential for greatness. Unfortunately network bigwigs, scheduling gaffes, actors’ whims, and crappy pilots often get in the way. In honor of shows underappreciated in their time, our topic today is TV shows that ended too soon (that aren't Firefly). Since we talk about firefly a lot, we thought we would exclude it from this discussion.
Today, we lament the cancellation of Better Off Ted, Almost Human, Selfie, and Freaks and Geeks, and explain why they had so much potential and their cancellation was a travesty.
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hi everyone! Today we have some new excitingness for you! We introduce a segment called "Strength of Character" where we discuss our favorite characters from any medium or genre and explain why we love them. Our definition of “strength” is not “most kickass” nor even “most likeable”. Instead, we want to identify those characters that keep us coming back to the same shows, films, and books over and over and what makes them so intriguing. First nominees: Capt. John Yossarian and Lorelai Gilmore. How's that for variety?
Next up, we discuss retrofuturism! Flying cars, floating homes, robot butlers, and nuclear powered everything. Why were these tropes so popular? What are our favorite pop culture representations? We wrestle with the complicated concepts of viewing the future from the past, viewing the past from the future, and viewing both simultaneously from the present. We also discover we both experience nostalgia for a future that never came to pass with our discussion of Tomorrowland. Plus, discussions of classic and modern science fiction and visits to the World's Fair and colonies on Mars.
Last, we have our random recommendations, wherein Meg chats about her long-term love of Project Runway and Jen discusses her newly minted passion for Bob's Burgers.
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Thanks for listening!
Audio note: Jen is going to try and find a less clicky mouse!
Today we report on our pop culture homework! How did Meg respond to Veronica Mars? What did Jen think of Dark Matter? Then, we move on to Fall television of the current year: The Good Place, The Exorcist, Frequency, and Riverdale: what are our predictions? What will we be watching this year?
And, as always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Thanks for listening!
Today we explore sorting and choosing factions in pop culture. When does it work? When is it problematic? Primarily, we talk about the sorting processes in Harry Potter and the Divergent series. Note: if you have not read the 3rd Divergent book, Allegiant, there are some spoilers, but we warn you ahead of time.
After that, we assign each other pop culture homework! Meg and Jen each choose a TV show for the other to watch for the first time. Watch along with us, if you like! We will be discussing these in the next episode.
As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Thanks for listening!
Today we are talking about nostalgia. Reboots, remakes, and callbacks to other eras dominate our movies and prestige television. We are here to talk about the phenomenon, our favorites, and what makes us feel nostalgic.
As usual, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
We are back from Comic Con and other adventures, here to give our thoughts on our favorite SDCC moments, panels, moderators, exclusive content, and swag! Additionally, Meg highlights her European adventures and Jen gushes about the new greatest thing ever, the netflix original series "Stranger Things".
As always, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Hello, we are back with original content! In this episode, Meg and Jen discuss tropes in a new game we like to call "TV tropes roulette"! For our main module, we talk about our favorite pop culture sidekicks, from Samwise Gamgee to John Watson to Harry Potter's pals Hermione and Ron, plus a quick shout-out to Star Wars sidekicks the audience can't understand (Chewie, R2D2, BB8, etc). We wrap everything up with a discussion of the Pokemon Go phenomenon!
Next week we head off to San Diego Comic Con and hope to be dropping you a line from the convention! Until then, thanks for listening
As usual, our excellent intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Enjoy our encore of Episode 4:
In this episode we explore modernized adaptations of great literature - both Shakespeare and Jane Austen - and alternative forms of communication and narrative. It's way goofier than it sounds. Also, we paraphrase our segment title "Great Adaptations" from Dickens and then never mention him. Sorry, Dickens!
There is also a little bit of singing. Very little. Don't worry about it.
As usual, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Indoorswomen will be back with all-new episodes in July, so stay tuned!
The one with the boys in it. Part II. Also known as "Indoorspeople"
We play our favorite game: Marry, Sex, Kill! Disney princes, anime characters, superhero girlfriends and... vehicles?
Stay tuned after that for our random recs and some outtakes from this and the previous episode! Listen to us mess up the intro again and again!
The one with boys on it.
In this episode the ladies play some of our favorite games with some special guests (Jen's brother and husband). These games include:
Scenarios - Meg leads Jen and the boys on a superhero's journey
Name that Flick - A special game for Meg (revenge for scenarios)
Fictional 5 - What 5 fictional historical/period figures are on your list? #AlexanderHamilton was popular
Gender Swap - Taking our favorite franchises and flipping the genders - Dune, Firefly, Silicon Valley, and The Fellowship of the Ring
Corrections: An autocorrect error led Jen to say Melissa McCarthy's name incorrectly. We love you, Melissa! #Donttrustyournotes (also, we know sometimes Wonder Woman can fly, but the version on our superhero team cannot)
Tune in two weeks from now for Part II - Marry Sex Kill, Random Recs, and some funny outtakes!
In this episode, you get the real "old days of radio" experience listening to Jen pick up her glass and drink from it and set it back down repeatedly. Ice clinking! It's like we are on Mad Men! Metal Desk + Podcast = Clink Amplification
We start out playing a new game we dub "Scenarios" - Essentially we each make up a series of geeky/pop cultural scenarios for the other to navigate. It involves Harry Potter and Star Trek!
For the main event, we have Smut Shaming or de-stigmatizing guilty pleasures. We have discussed before that we are adamantly against the concept of “guilty pleasures” - just like what you like and you should not be ashamed of it or made to feel shame because of it. In this segment, we express our love of fanfic and romance novels, defend them from shamers, and explain why they appeal. And, as promised, here are all the books we recommended during the show as well as some extras!
Fanfic book: Textual Poachers by Henry Jenkins
Jen's Romance Recs:
YA sports themed romance: Miranda Kenneally & Simone Elkeles
Urban Fantasy, no explicit sex (fade to black) - Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
Urban Fantasy with sex - Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris (LOTS OF SEX - Laurel K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series)
Urban Fantasy with some sex and lots of jokes - Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
Steampunk Werewolf romance - Soulless by Gail Carriger
Contemporary amusing romance with a relatable heroine - Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Contemporary romance with my kind of guy - Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Historical romance, light - Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James, Nine rules to break when romancing a rake by Sarah Maclean
Historical romance, epic - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon,
Epic Fantasy Romance - Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
M/M romance - Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
YA romance, fairy tales - Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
YA romance, angels and demons - The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
YA romance, contemporary - Stephanie Perkins trilogy - Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the boy next door, Isla and the Happily Ever After
Romance, contemporary, but with interesting structure - anything by Rainbow Rowell
YA comic book, historical elements - The Dreamer
As always, our amazing Intro/Outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa
It is officially Star Wars day and we are celebrating with a tribute to The Force Awakens in particular and Star Wars in general.
Warning: this podcast contains spoilers for The Force Awakens (Episode 7 of Star Wars). If you have not seen it yet, what are you waiting for?
Join our lighthearted discussion of all things Star Wars including:
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What color would your lightsaber be?
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Favorite moments
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Favorite characters
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Special effects
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The Nostalgia factor
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Fan theories
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Looking forward to Rogue One?
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Strong Female Characters/Mary Sue/The Hero's Journey
We start out with a brand new game called "Fictional Five" that makes us feel weird about crushes on animated foxes. Remember, no such thing as a guilty pleasure!
Our main segment is about Superhero fatigue, in which we discuss both comic book movie/tv universes, but mostly Marvel! Superheroes - passe or here to stay? Superheroes have made the jump from comic book pages to screens big and small. Is the culture saturated? Who are our favorites? Who are we tired of? Also: if we had superpowers, what would they be?
Plus, tangents!
Spoiler: Meg and Jen are not particularly "Superhero Fatigued".
As always, our delightful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
For more details, find us on twitter @indoorswomen and read about the #indoorswomencivilwar
Jen: Team Cap
Meg: Team Iron Man
Some geeky news, some silliness, and our creative process. We both write for fun and profit, and have picked up some tips and tricks along the way. Are you mildly curious about writing? Are you an established writer looking for tips to improve your craft?
Our conversation is full of advice from professionals and friends, and peppered with our usual geeky references.
As always, our head-nodding intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Note: we apologize for a few small audio issues - Jen was having microphone/audio troubles, but it is totally listenable (better quality than our old google hangout casts!)
Today we talk conventions (San Diego Comic Con, Denver Comic Con, Fanime, Silicon Valley Comic Con), geek news (Simon Pegg in the Ready Player One movie?).
We also talk a little bit about attending Felicia Day's book signing! Embrace your weird!
The main event for this podcast is our love of Hayao Miyazaki movies. We discuss our favorites: Princess Mononoke and Laputa: Castle in the Sky, particularly their themes and the contrasts between them (and why we recommend them wholeheartedly!).
As usual, our awesome intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa!
Completely unintentionally, we ended up putting together a podcast almost entirely about adult topics. After a rousing game of Marry/Sex/Kill wherein we challenged one another to marry, have sex with, or kill famous and/or fictional men, we move on to our "graphic novels: definitely not just for kids!" section.
Topics include:
Which Star Trek captain would you kill? Marry? Have sex with?
Which failed superhero would you choose?
Bonus: we revisit Meg's crushes through the ages! (It's totally embarrassing!)
Also, we talk about some of our favorite graphic novels: Saga and Sex Criminals! These aren't your kids' comics, my friend!
As usual, our intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
In this episode, we discuss our favorite screenwriters (and usually directors) including Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufman and the Brothers Coen (Joel & Ethan).
We explore themes and favorite movies as well as the latest in geek news and updates on our geek goals!
As usual, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Today Meg and Jen discuss their favorite tabletop games and unique ways to experience them. No matter what your interest - portable mini games, cooperative gaming, family style games, dice, board, whatever, we have you covered with a primer of our favorites.
As usual, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa
In this episode, we reminisce about our favorite video games of yesterday and today!
As usual, our wonderful intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Enjoy our favorite Christmas pop culture! From different interpretations of Dickens to classic Christmas specials to Iron Man 3 to Die Hard, we love it all. Plus, we gush about how much we loved Star Wars. (Still no Star Wars spoilers so no worries)
Two gaffes (both made by Jen): Return of the Jedi came out in May not March (still 7 days before her birth), and Andrew Lincoln and "the guy from Walking Dead" are, in fact, the same guy.
As always, our wonderful Intro/Outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Happy Holidays!
<3 Meg & Jen
Today's podcast has nothing to do with Star Wars. Look for your spoilers elsewhere.
It is about pop culture we enjoyed as kids and "kid stuff" we enjoy as adults. They include My Little Pony, Ducktales, Harry Potter, and our favorite Disney flicks.
As usual, our amazing intro/outro theme is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Find us on twitter @indoorswomen
Editor's note from Jen: Sorry for the phantom clicking. I got a new microphone and it picks up weird noises that my chair makes.
In this episode we explore modernized adaptations of great literature - both Shakespeare and Jane Austen - and alternative forms of communication and narrative. It's way goofier than it sounds. Also, we paraphrase our segment title "Great Adaptations" from Dickens and then never mention him. Sorry, Dickens!
There is also a little bit of singing. Very little. Don't worry about it.
As usual, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! In this episode, Jen and Meg discuss our favorite episodes of Thanksgiving television and other pop culture traditions!
These favorites include episodes of the following:
Friends
Gilmore Girls
Gossip Girl
MST3K
Bonus: We get a little loopy at the end and fail at doing New Zealand accents.
As always, our amazing Intro/Outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Spoiler warning: there is a semi-cryptic Firefly/Serenity spoiler at the end (when Jen tells Nathan Fillion's joke) so skip that if you haven't seen it and feel strongly about spoilers.
Welcome to our third episode! We hope you are enjoying this as much as we are (or even a fraction of that amount is pretty good!)!
This week, the geeky ladies of Indoorswomen discuss television!
Our segments are "TV to fold laundry to" - our favorite police procedurals, reality game shows, and other rewatchables - and "New Fall TV" - we try out Scream Queens, Minority Report, Limitless, The Muppets, and Con Man and give you the scoop on what we liked (and ... didn't).
Thanks for listening!
Our Intro/Outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa!
In which we get better at podcasting.
We are back in our second official episode: Why not Sting?
Meg & Jen chat about their high school nerdery, 2015 movies they are looking forward to, makeups for movies they missed in their past pop culture education, and books about books (so meta). Also, Tom Hiddleston's butt. Because reasons.
Our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Thanks for listening!
This is a short podcast that was originally part of episode 2 (out next week). We figured it was appropriate to release it the same week Rainbow Rowell's book "Carry On" comes out as we discuss her work in general and fanfiction in particular.
I (Jen) apologize in advance for a few audio issues, but it is definitely listenable so listen on!
Intro/Outro Music:
"We are Highscore" by Krackatoa
Welcome to the very first episode of Indoorswomen: a podcast of the geeky pop cultural persuasion. We are 2 longtime geeky BFFs discussing stuff we like. Hilarity ensues.
This episode's topics: TV trends we dig, characters we ship, and our latest adventures
Welcome to our first episode. Feel free to tweet your thoughts at us: @indoorswomen
Our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa