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Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 108. This past weekend Lorena and I covered New York Comic Con 2019.
We encountered sublime cosplayers, caught up on the latest sci-fi/fantasy movies and television, comic books, artists, and all things Marvel, of course!
This episode focuses on one particular panel that breaks down the Muslim Fandom of the Comic Con world!
Meet the creators of comic books like; The Last Ansaars, and SQUIRE, hear from Hijab Hero cosplayers, and the importance of representation in all comic book mediums.
Enjoy!
We're Totally Fine. It's episode #107 of the Totally Normal Podcast, and we're talking Avengers Endgame Postgame and everything is perfectly not confusing.
We've assembled just as many badass TN women as Peter Parker has new moms so, buckle in for a supersize podcast as Jamie, Nikki, Lorena, Zanib Cassidy and Emily talk about our Endgame feelings.
Things like did Natasha get screwed?
What parts made us cheer?
Why did Marvel take 20 movies to figure out how to write a compelling female character to make us feel something?
What made us cry?
Really poignant comments that even a demi-god can suffer from depression and a mid-life crisis. Where does this leave Loki? and in the end, The Real Hero, the sacrifice and the parts that had us all crying our eyes out.
We love you 3000, Tony Stark, You did good.
And now, here are all of our feels on Avengers Endgame.
Witches and Wizards, we've come to the end of Chamber of Secrets on episode #106 of the Totally Normal Podcast. We've hit the climax of the book and on this episode, Lorena, Jamie Zanib and Emily have figured everything out, kind of.
We don't know why the Hogwarts teachers are slow to act when their brilliant 12 year-old students know everything. Including finding clues that everyone else has missed! The professors are queens of shade however and ready to be rid of Gilderoy Lockhart, I mean who isn't?
Why did Dumbledore not share information pertinent to Harry's survival since he obviously knew how to save him, and what was going on! talk about manipulative.
On the topic of the Basilisk, did you know a rooster could kill it?
Should the puncture wound on Harry's arm from the fang have killed the horcrux in Harry?
Dobby's reward was just perfect and the deliciously evil Lucius Malfoy and his flowing locks of luscious blond hair, swoon!
and finally what other anagrams could we get for Tom Marvolo Riddle?
Tune in and find out!
We'll be back in June for Prisoner of Azkaban so be sure to follow us on all the social with the #TNtalksHP and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Chamber of Secrets.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 105.
We are in the pr-egame now. We're talking Marvel's Studio's Avengers:Endgame with a pre-game podcast and Team Normal is here to break down all of our theories.
Don't worry, we don't spoil the Endgame. We've got overarching questions, theories on who lives-who dies, who stays dead, who defeats Thanos.
Is there time travel?
Is the soul stone done with Thanos?
Who are the terrible people who would even think of spoiling what we have waited eleven years for, and the conclusion of the Infinity saga.
We're all geared up and now into the Quantum realm with Team Normal for Avengers Endgame Pre-game!
It's episode 104 of the Totally Normal Podcast And on Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout we're talking chapters 11-15 of Chamber of Secrets with Jamie, Emily, Lorena & Zanib.
It's a lot to cover like, The Dueling club and How dumb was it that Flitwick, champion dueler, wasn't even involved and Snape literally had to protect the students from Lockhart. But at least the students could learn something...
Hermionie and the polyjuice potion had everything planned to a T! Except, where was the Slytherin common room again?
Why did we never get to see Percy's point of view this year and his love for Penelope Clearwater.
Hagrid's inability to provide decent advice, direction or counseling.
Yet again Lucius Malfoy was right in wanting to remove Dumbledore, and lastly, the thing we most would have loved to have seen in the movies was the Valentines Dwarves, and did Ginny send Harry the valentine? or was it secretly sent by Draco?
Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Chamber of Secrets Chapters 11-15.
It's Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout and on this episode we welcomed Cassidy to Hogwarts and dive into chapters 6-10 of Chamber of Secrets where we get up close and personal with Kenneth Branagh's filmography.
Like between Jamie, Emily and Cassidy, our Kenneth Branagh love/hate game is strong especially when it comes to his portrayal of Gilderoy Lockhart. We also try to figure out how someone like Lockhart can still get away with what he does, even in fiction, and how can Hermione who is smarter than this put up with him.
Emily played HQ Trivia and won 30 whole cents. There was talk of Ghosts and Binn's History of Magic Class and again with the lesson planning and curriculum of Hogwarts and then we went to the afterdark section with a look at Madame Pomfrey fanfiction, Oh Poppy!
Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chapters 6-10.
It's Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout and on this episode we welcomed Cassidy to Hogwarts and dive into chapters 6-10 of Chamber of Secrets where we get up close and personal with Kenneth Branagh's filmography.
Like between Jamie, Emily and Cassidy, our Kenneth Branagh love/hate game is strong especially when it comes to his portrayal of Gilderoy Lockhart. We also try to figure out how someone like Lockhart can still get away with what he does, even in fiction, and how can Hermione who is smarter than this put up with him.
Emily played HQ Trivia and won 30 whole cents. There was talk of Ghosts and Binn's History of Magic Class and again with the lesson planning and curriculum of Hogwarts and then we went to the afterdark section with a look at Madame Pomfrey fanfiction, Oh Poppy!
If you're in to that, Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chapters 6-10.
Calling all She-row's It's episode #102 of the Totally Normal Podcast and we are Talking Marvel Studio's Captain Marvel. We are here to say the future is female and here to stay. And Carol Danvers is not taking any of your crap.
While our That's Normal panel of didn't completely agree on how this movie worked as an origin story for Captain Marvel, and had some pacing issues some loved it, some were just so so, we had a great discussion and broke down every element the film.
From the Skrulls and the Kree to 90's music. As well as our new-found love for Flerkins.
Were Carol and Maria actually girlfriends and not just friends?
Also The real villain of this movie was toxic masculinity as proven by the trolls who tried to sink the film before it even came out. and failed miserably.
What we did agree on, is that Thanos is going to be screwed. So buckle up avengers, April can't come soon enough.
And now, Higher Further Faster Baby, with Talking Captain Marvel!
Well guys, this is it. The LAST A Hangout of Witches for season 1 of A Discovery of Witches.
If you made it through all four episodes with us, THANK YOU ... we have had the best time. If you are just joining us for the first time, GO BACK ... there is a ton to enjoy. And don't despair... A Discovery of Witches is headed to AMC and BBC America beginning April and SO many more folks are going to get clued in to this awesome show.
But you've been here with us all along, you bug nerds, and we love you for it.
If you are still listening to this intro, this is the Totally Normal podcast episode 101 ... and its me Beth, Nikki, Emily a and janna discussing the last two episodes of A Discovery of Witches. ENJOY!
Welcome back, witches and wizards, to episode 100 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
This episode we are diving in to Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout, Chamber of Secrets chapters 1-5.
Join your resident witches as we chat the sociopolitical complexities of House-Elf magic, how disturbing the Dursleys treatment of Harry continues to be, the stupidity of twelve year olds, and why the Floo Network really doesn't make any sense. All this and a Taco Bell parking lot brawl await you in this episode!
And now, let's talk Totally Normal and the Chamber of Secrets.
You are listening to the Totally Normal Podcast episode 99! It's hard to believe we have that many hour long hangouts for you guys to delve into, but we totally do.
This week, it's the third edition of A Hangout of Witches, where we get deep into the fan theories about the events in episodes 5 and 6 of A Discovery of Witches. These episodes had some of the weirdest bits of the whole season, and we all agreed there were some pacing issues with the intensity of that vampire love ... I mean, did Matthew fall in love with her DNA markers OR WHAT? But it's a great prelude to that last episodes of season 1 ... WHICH we will be discussing in the upcoming podcast.
Join us LIVE if you haven't before ... it's the best way to enjoy the discussion. In the meantime, enjoy us in your ear holes, NOT LIVE.
Welcome to the Totally Normal podcast ... this is our 98th episode. And it is a dah-hoozy. You're about to listen to the second edition of A Hangout of Witches, where we get all kinds of ridiculous about A Discovery of Witches, this time: episodes 3 and 4.
There is amazing news that just came out for folks in this fandom, and we have to say: if you haven't jumped on this particular bandwagon, now is the time. This show has blown up and it's about to get into a lot more eyeballs. GET ON IT ALREADY!
We have more Hangout of Witches coming your way. Rate and review and tell your friends, witches.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast episode 97 and the VERY FIRST episode of our brand new hangout/pod ... A Hangout of Witches, all about the new show on Sundance Now and Shudder (or Sky One if you're a UK person), A Discovery of Witches.
We have been waiting and anticipating the day when Hangoutlander doesn't take up so much of our time so we could delve in to this very genre, very cool show with all of you.
Tons of our readers found ADOW through two of our biggest, most favorite fandoms: twilight or outlander, so it's a perfect fit for us and for you.
Beth, Nikki, Emily A and Janna dive right into the Thames to jumpstart our conversation. Hope you enjoy. Join us in two weeks for the second edition of A Hangout of Witches where we will talk about episodes 3 and 4! Enjoy!
This is the Totally Normal podcast ... episode 96! It is the very last edition of Hangoutlander for the foreseeable future as Outlander season 4 has come to a regrettable end.
But with every ending there is a new beginning (as our new favorite show, A Discovery of Witches tells us) as we start a brand new show this week The Sycophantic Outlander Positivity Hour Event ... wherein we spend as much time as possible being as Outlander Positive as possible.
It's a good time, and we made it almost 20 while minutes before Hangoutlander came back. Because well ... season 4's finale was not everything it could have been. And we don't say that as crazy book adherents but as real fans who just WANT THE SHOW TO BE GOOD.
If we've said it once, we've said it a million times. We hope you enjoy our final Hangoutlander for this season, and stick around with us next week for A Hangout of Witches
Welcome to the Totally Normal podcast. This is our 95th episode and the 12th episode of season 4 of Hangoutlander!
It's almost over, everyone. Pretty soon we will go back to our regularly scheduled, barely updating podcast.
JUST KIDDING! We still have our Harry Potter hangouts and a new series ... A Hangout of Witches is beginning on Feb 5th (2019)!
That's right, if you are loving A Discovery of Witches, or if you haven't watched yet and mean to, we are going to be breaking it all down on the Lunar New Year like good witches.
But back to Outlander: it's the penultimate episode, Roger is in a hut, and we are mostly bored. BUT there is good stuff too if you don't mind never seeing Jamie and Claire. Heists! Lord John being a snack!
Enjoy me and Nikki with newbie Elise and guest Andee as we talk episode 412, Providence.
Join us Monday 1/28/19 at 9 pm ET for the LAST Hangoutlander of the season!
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 94.
It's another edition of Hangoutlander with Beth and our newest writer who found us thru her love for Outlander, Elise.
We take some time this week getting to know Elise and how she found Outlander and us, and then we had a great discussion about a not great episode If Not For Hope, episode 411.
If you love hit us over the head themes, Claire and Jamie not QUITE getting their own motivations right (thanks, writers), telling instead of showing and totally wooden acting then you might have been into this episode.
But we ... were not. Elise is more gracious than we are, but she's new.!
She'll get jaded along with the rest of us soon enough. Join us soon for the penultimate episode of Season 4! Enjoy!
This is Episode 93 of the Totally Normal Podcast!
Holy Moly! We are so close to 100 episodes of this podcast!
This is the audio version of our live Google Hangouts. If you’re missing out on being online with us LIVE during our YouTube hangouts, you are really missing out on the bulk of the fun of #Hangoutlander!
This episode is our MEGA Hangoutlander where we talk about Outlander Episodes 408-410. Talking to you all online about it while we were chatting was the highlight for us- you make it hilarious and fun.
Join us each Monday at 9 pm ET. We tweet out the link before so follow us @Thats_Normal.
And just hop on and join us (PS: Sometimes we give away some swag!)
Welcome to Episode 92 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
Team Tardis, it's the New Year's Special of Doctor Who on Tardiscuss! Not a Christmas Special but a New Year's Special called Resolution that had nothing to do with time except the short-sightedness of people in the 9th century. Bring on the nerds because Lorena brought the Skaro history books! Everyone banded together to protect Graham because he is the best thing ever and cannot be harmed. We get awesome music cues from Segun Akinola. and we finally meet Ryan's dad! Carrying a microwave and Laura defends it while Emily cries plot device.
Either way, find out what we rated this episode.
Team Tardiscuss will be back in a few weeks for a bonus Q&A episode, Have something you want to talk about? a burning team tardis question? Hit us up on the socials with the #Tardisccuss and we'll get to as many of your fan theories, AND questions as we can.
Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. And now, into the TARDIS for Resolution. Happy 2019 everyone!
Welcome to Episode 91 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout.
Potter-Fam, we've made it to the end of book one. We're covering chapters 11-17 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. On this episode we talk about the character flaws of beloved half-giant Hagrid and eleven-year olds having to shoulder his dragon drama, the sadness of Harry seeing his extended family in the mirror of erised, how the Malfoys were not wrong about some of the stupid stuff that was allowed to go on at Hogwarts. Were the challenges teachers put in place too easy if first years and logic could solve them?
And then we got in deep, real deep-- like,
How did Quirrell Sleep with Voldemort on the back of his head,
is there Centaur fanfic?
and how bad did it smell under that turban. Really, we went all in on this episode.
Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials to find out when we'll be back with Book 2 The Chamber of Secrets, and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chapters 11-17.
Welcome to episode 90 of the Totally Normal Podcast. It's Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout! On tonight's episode it's your ladies Emily Jamie and Lorena talking about chapters 6-10. Very pivotal parts of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Starting with the Journey from Platform 9 and 3 /4 to the Sorting Hat, the Potion's Master and Halloween. These five chapters were stuffed with tons of new character introductions.
Since we were on the Hogwarts Express, we talked all about wizard sweets and Emily took one for the team and tried Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Jamie talked flying lessons and brooms and wants to bring back the flying carpet. And Lorena dishes on her love for Molly Weasley but makes a strong argument for Percy being a Slytherin and not a Gryffindor.
We'll be back in the new year with the last seven chapters of so watch for that on the socials. Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chapters 6-10.
One of our more serious and heated conversations came on the heels of the Bree and Roger episode of Outlander. Down the Rabbit Hole took adaptation seriously ... and for most of us, in the wrong direction. But don't worry ...getting tartan serious also means getting boozy and ridiculous. Hope you enjoy this live convo where we explore the age-old Outlander question: WHY, writers? WHY did you do this?
We hope you enjoy this convo. Because of the Holidays, we will NOT be having Hangoutlander on 12/24 or 12/31. Happy Holidays and we can't wait to catch up on ALL the Outlander we're missing because some executive thought it was a good idea to show two shows while everyone is totally disconnected from pop culture and the internet...
Until then.. Catch us at http://Thats-Normal.com/Outlander
Welcome to episode 88 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
It the season finale of Doctor Who and on TARDIScuss Laura, Lorena & Emily talk about The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos. It might have been a season finale but everybody lived!
That said Fam, while the episode had lots of Doctor Who elements, you can be sure the ladies talked about everything from what was up with the mist? Who were the Ux? The return of dun. dun. dun. lazy writing? We did get a fist bump, Graham will always be the better man, perhaps because we had some issues with lazy writing, there weren't enough hills to die on. Judge for yourself.
Team Tardiscuss will be back in 2019 for the New year's episode and a bonus Q&A. You have something you want to talk about? a burning team tardis question drop us a line. Was there something bugging you this season? hit us up on the socials with the #Tardisccuss and we'll get to as many of your fan theories, questions and issues as we can.
Also, subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, into the TARDIS for The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos.
Welcome to The Totally Normal podcast episode 87: Hangoutlander 406 where we get tartan serious about all things Blood of my Blood, the 6th episode of Outlander season 4. Whether you love Willie or hate him, empathize with Lord John or feel a little Claire about him, you have to admit that this was a good episode for our favorite characters. Torturing Jamie emotionally is everyone's favorite pasttime it seems. So we hope you enjoy our very live convo. Find all out Outlander coverage here: https://Thats-Normal.com/outlander
Welcome to episode 86 of the Totally Normal Podcast. It's our first Harry Potter bookclub! It's Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout episode 2 and we're dissecting chapters 1-5 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. This episode includes Jamie, Emily, Lorena & Zanib as we take a Kwikspell question about patronuses then talk all things Big D, not just Dudley, but Dursley parenting, Dumbledore decisions and Diagon alley. We talk our love of Hagrid, and call for justice.
Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Chapters 1-5 of The Sorcerer's Stone.
It's episode 85 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
And this week on TARDIScuss – Laura, Lorena & Emily talk about another great guest star, portals, the anti-zone and a conscious universe.
And All in all the crazy things that make up episode 9 of Doctor Who - "It Takes you Away." The ladies have figuratively traveled to Norway and found a couple of hills and cliffs to jump off of or die on and Lorena gets on her soapbox with some frogs and explains why she is so frogging mad at some lazy writing.
Be sure to follow us with the #tardiscuss on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, into the TARDIS for It Takes You Away.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 84! Today on HangOutlander, we discuss Outlander Episode 405: Savages.
I’m Nikki Pierce and I’m joined by Heidi, Beth, and Bekah and we’re so excited about this episode… whY you wanna know? Well, cause we really, really liked it! And if you’ve been listening to HangOutlander for any amount of time, we know we have high standards.
We pretty much have nothing bad to say about the episode, so instead we talk about Rik Rankin’s silly fan drama. Plus we discuss THE BIG REUNION between Jamie and Murtagh. Talk about the perfect surprise.
Join us next week when we discuss Outlander Episode 406, Blood of My Blood. Thanks for listening.
Welcome to Episode 83 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
This week on TARDIScuss – Laura, Lorena & Emily dive into the fantastic life of companion Bradley Walsh, Doctor Who dreams, and discover "Send to all" before covering episode 8 of season 11, The Witchfinders. an episode both written and directed by a woman... Only the fifth time in series history this has happened.
We talk witches and sexism, noble ladies with axes, and private prisons, and the foppish delight that was Alan Cumming as King James the first.
Join us as Laura relishes in Jodie's pronunciation of "mud" and Emily attempts to explain why she didn't really like this episode. And as always, the Pendle Hill we'll die on.
Be sure to follow us with the #tardiscuss on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, into the TARDIS for The Witchfinders.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 82. This week we're covering Hangoutlander 404- Outlander Season 4, episode 4, Common Ground!
This week SPOILER ALERT- we enjoyed the episode. Sure, we had complaints, but we had things we loved too, We EVEN HAD NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BRIANNA! And of course talk about the Outlander drama- it wouldn’t be Outlander without drama. This week it's the Native actor who happens to be a wife beater.
GET READY FOR NEXT WEEK. A few of us have already watched Savages and it is sooooo good. We can’t want to talk!
Find all our Outlander coverage over at: http://thats-normal.com/outlander
It's Episode 81 of the Totally Normal Podcast. and It's the first episode of Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout!
In our first episode Jamie, Emily, Lorena & Laura dished out our Harry Potter credentials and talked the movie that has the whole wizarding world wondering WTF. Yes, the Crimes of Grindelwald. Lorena our lone Slytherin is joined by the other three Ravenclaws on a totally intellectual bend as we try to dissect the 47 different plot lines, talk about the things we liked, the OMG moments, the biggest reveals and of course Yumbledore. Our Harry Potter and the Totally Normal Hangout will be a book club where we will do a re-read of the Harry Potter Books. Join us back here on December 6th where we will add fellow TN contributor and Gryffindor Zanib to the panel to talk all things Harry Potter.
Be sure to follow us with the #TNtalksHP on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, Let's talk Harry Potter with the Totally Normal Hangout: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Welcome to Episode 80 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
It TARDIScuss Time and on Episode 7 -- Emily, Lorena & Laura talk about Kerblam! A great discussion on the character traits of Jodie Whitaker's portrayal of the doctor, is she savage or compassionate, prompted by a great comment from a listener, then onto The Kerblam Man. And as always, our episode hills we'll die on. This week Emily rants a little more about packages while Laura and Lorena get mad at the system.
Be sure to follow us with the #tardiscuss on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, into the TARDIS for Kerblam!
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 79! Today on HangOutlander, we discuss Outlander Episode 403: The False Bride… and we deduce who the false bride actually is… did you figure out?! Did you have to Google it?
I’m Nikki Pierce and I’m joined by Emily, Courtney, and Amy. We cover the Frasers love of Americana, dental work, THE BOOTS, and we head to Scottish Burning Man for a little swooning over Roger… and then a little raging over Roger.
Settle in and enjoy.
We’ll see you next week for Episode 404, Common Group… aka Fixer Upper: Fraiser’s Ridge! Bye!
Thanks for listening. Remember we do this each Monday at 9 pm ET on You Tube with the podcast to follow a few days later. Catch all our Outlander coverage here https://thats-normal.com/outlander
Welcome to episode 78 of the Totally Normal Podcast.
On TARDIScuss episode 6 Emily, Lorena & Laura talk about the emotional Doctor Who episode -- Demons of The Punjab, the partition of India, why poppies always make us cry, and how Graham is quite possibly the best companion of all time. Join us as we relive every heartbreaking moment of this powerful episode and hear some truly fascinating stories from Laura.
As always we cover the hill, nay a mountain that we will die on, spoilers: it’s how crap US public education is. Be sure to follow us with the #tardiscuss on all the socials and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes. And now, follow us into the TARDIS for Demons of the Punjab.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast episode 77: Hangoutlander 402 DO NO HARM
Well, guys— this week was a tough episode… As you know, Do No Harm dug talked a lot about slavery and enslaved people and had an especially difficult ending.
We want to acknowledge first and foremost that we are so completely aware of the fact that Hangoutlander is normally a group of 3 or 4 white women discussing Outlander. That’s always been a problem to us and something we discussed long before this episode- we are aware that there is not much diversity among the writers and commenters on our team. But we were extra aware this week knowing we were going to have a discussing about slavery.
Beth did a great job with her recap of DO NO HARM and I encourage you to read it if you haven’t yet here: https://thats-normal.com/2018/11/top-ten-moments-from-outlander-episode-402-do-no-harm/
She let the voices who should have the stage to discuss this episode do so. And we were thrilled when our friend La'Shay took us up on an invitation to join us on Hangoutlander this week. La'Shay is an avid Outlander Fan, a book reader, she’s lived in Scotland, and she’s a woman of color.
We loved hearing La'Shay’s take on the episode- what she he loved, what didn’t work for her and what she wishes they had done differently. It was great to have a new voice on Hangoutlander and another book reader to outnumber Bekah and Julie who can’t remember anything from the books.!
Thanks for listening. Remember we do this each Monday at 9 pm ET on You Tube with the podcast to follow a few days later. Catch all our Outlander coverage here https://thats-normal.com/outlander
Hi and welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode # 76. This week on TARDIScuss, Laura is back and joins Lorena and Emily to discuss The Tsurunga Conundrum, Episode 5 of Season 11 of Doctor Who.
This week the ladies talk about the sadness over no Christmas Episode and literally come up with 10 great examples that the BBC cannot steal. also we talk about What is a Pting and as always our episode hills we are willing to die on.
Make sure to subscribe on itunes and let us know what you think in the comments. And now Follow us into the TARDIS as we break down this weeks Episode The Tsurunga Conundrum.
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This is another edition of the Totally Normal podcast, and we are back with the fourth season of Hangoutlander - the reason 87% of you are here in the first place.
This is our live hangout where we talk about America the Beautiful ... the song AND the episode of Outlander. We might even sing. A bit. A little bit.
But seriously, Outlander is back and we are here to discuss all the things - new characters, old characters, brand new villains and the same old problems like (wigs) and (representation).
Hope you enjoy Beth, Nikki, Julie and Amy get drunk and get tweed serious about our favorite show.
And if you watch live with us on Monday nights at 9pmEST you can join in the conversation and win cool stuff. Seriously.
About halfway through you'll hear one of twitter followers LAY US OUT with the best tweet of all time. That could be YOU. In the meantime, enjoy us not-live. BYE!
Visit us at Hangoutlander.com
This week on TarDISCUSS, Emily and Lorena are joined by sock puppet Laura, filling in for regular Laura. Which is a good thing because, well, spiders. We're talking about "Arachnids in the UK" Season 11, Episode 4 of Doctor Who.
Team Tardis has made it’s way back to earth and the ladies break down all things eight-legged including which spiders were bigger- Harry Potter or the ones on this show. And.. as always.. we share the episode hills we’ll die on.
Join us for your arachnophobic fun, subscribe on iTunes and let us know what you think in the comments!
Today on In the Waterweeds, we're rereading Drums of Autumn parts 11 and 12 aka the end. We’ve made it- Finally!
Beth, Nikki, Amy and Janna cover all your fav moments from the end of the book including Brianna giving birth, Grandsire Jamie, Claire, some mohawks, Roger the Priest and the awful and terrible story line of Stephen Bonnett. Gross
We’ll chat about the upcoming adaptation of book to screen of the 4th season of Outlander that started 11/4!.
Sit back, relax and try not to think about the problematic elements of this story!
We’ll see you for Hangoutlander- every Monday Night this Fall
Get ALL our Outlander coverage here: http://thats-normal.com/category/outlander/
Hi and welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast, episode 72! This week on TARDIScuss Emily, Lorena, and Laura discuss the third episode of the new season of Doctor Who entitled, "Rosa".
The ladies break down this week's episode, including what important things they missed last week, the intense and powerful theme of this week’s episode and what Doctor Who hill they're willing to die on.
Join us as we discuss one of the most intensely emotional Doctor Who episodes to date.
Please make sure to subscribe on iTunes, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Visit us at http://thats-normal.com for more!
This is another edition of In the Waterweeds - discussing Outlander Book 4, Drums of Autumn, part 9 & 10.
Bree and Roger officially "reconnect" in America, and then begin a Benny Hill sort of misadventure, complete with pirates, Stephen Bonnet, a rape (why?!), Brianna meeting Jamie for the first time, Roger meeting the in-laws in a field and then getting beat up and sold. And of course it all centers around a massive (and weak plot point) misunderstanding.
We also spend a lot of time talking about being a Cooper or barrel maker!
Enjoy this episode of In The Waterweeds.
Hi and welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast, episode 70! This week on TARDIScuss Emily, Lorena, and Laura discuss the second episode of the new season of Doctor Who entitled, "The Ghost Monument".
The ladies break down this week's episode, including what important things they missed last week, the newest Barbie being released from Mattel (and how we each feel about it), and what Doctor Who hill they're willing to die on.
Join us as we delve deeper into what's already becoming a great season of one of our favorite shows!
Please make sure to subscribe on iTunes, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Hey everyone and welcome to the Totally Normal podcast! This is a very special episode because not only is it episode 69--oh yeah!--it's the first ever Totally Normal podcast about Doctor Who, called TARDIScuss.
This week Emily, Laura and Lorena discuss the first episode of the new Doctor Who season, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth." This episode of Doctor Who marks a historical moment because in the show's 55-year history, this is the first time the lead has been played by a woman.
Join us as we break down this thrilling element of the show, along with all the new things that come with a new series and showrunner.
It's our first time doing the live broadcast, so prepare yourself for technical difficulties as we soldier through. Think of it as our regeneration phase ;)
If you like what you hear, join us live Tuesdays at 8:30 Eastern for TARDIScuss. Be sure to check out all our Doctor Who content at thats-normal.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest from That's Normal. Allons-y!
This is another edition of In the Waterweeds - discussing Outlander Book 4, Drums of Autumn, part 8.
In this section, Roger tracks Bree through time and continents. Enjoy our discussion on why this particular part of the book moves so quickly, why that is, AND what is missing.
Also - Nikki is with us this week! I
In other podcast news, keep a look out for a brand new live hangout show from our Doctor Who fam, TARDIScuss will also be out this week sometime after their live hangout.
In the meantime, enjoy part 8 of Drums and this edition of In the Waterweeds.
HEY ALL!
This is In the Waterweeds- our Drums of Autumn Boozy Book Club Style read-along that we record while drinking and post on the internet for posterity.
If you want more from That's Normal, go to Thats-Normal.com where we post multiple times a day. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Thats_Normal.
Coming at you SOON: Updates from New York Comic Con, MORE IN the Waterweeds and NEW Live Hangouts (For Dr. Who and So much more!)
So stay tuned. We hope you subscribe and rate and review us (as long as you think we’re pretty and awesome)
We will see you soon!
This Totally Normal Podcast is a little different as it’s an author interview with Victoria Schwab aka V.E. Schwab at San Diego Comic Con! You’ll hear the ‘con’ in the background during this short interviews.
Listening to Victoria talk about her novels and up coming books made us remember how much we LOVE her books. If you’re unfamiliar with them, she wrote The Near Witch, The Archived, The Villains Series (the first book is Vicious) and The Shades of Magic Series.
We talk to Victoria about the graphic novel prequel that she is writing for The Shades of Magic Series called Steel Prince. It’s not coming out until April, 2019, but we cannot wait for you guys to read it!
If this is your first time being introduce to Victoria, check out this episode. She’s SO great and you’ll want to read her books!
Catch ALL our book coverage over at http://thats-normal.com/books.
This is another edition of In the Waterweeds, our deep dive into the Outlander books. This episode is parts 4 and 5 of Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon where we discuss slave culture in her books, ALL the detail, plus a little bit about Season 4 of Outlander on Starz because the first trailer of the new season dropped the day we recorded this!
We hope you enjoy this episode! Join us LIVE on You Tube every 2 weeks for In the Waterweeds, or a few days after here on the podcast.
Join us on twitter using #inthewaterweeds
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Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 64 and our first foray back In The Waterweeds. This is our Outlander book read-a-long as we discuss Drums of Autumn in preparation for Season 4 of Outlander on Starz. This week we're discussing the Prologue and parts 1-3.
We talk about the characters and how they mesh or don't mesh with the actors on the show, and our perception of what the show will be like in Season 4. We mostly cover what we like about the books themselves like, Book Jamie and how we TRY to relate to Brianna but how that sometimes doesn't work out.
We hope you enjoy this episode! Join us LIVE on You Tube every 2 weeks for In the Waterweeds, or a few days after here on the podcast
Next time we'll be covering parts 4 and 5 of Drums of Autumn.
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Enjoy this episode!
We recorded this podcast, NO LIE, sitting on a bed at San Diego Comic Con this past July. If you don't believe us, you GOTTA watch the video of this convo! Find it here!
Shockingly, this is not our first hotel interview with our author besties- though it might be the first time on the bed!
This past SDCC was a great excuse to catch up with our fav romance authors, talk about how their lives have changed in the past 5 years and rave about the latest book you guys are going to love: Josh and Hazel's Guide to not Dating-- coming out on 9/4! Find it on Amazon Here.
This book is like OLD SCHOOL C&LO, not that we haven't devoured everything SINCE Beautiful Bastard but this feels like C&Lo of yesteryear. It's fresh, it's so them, it's so 2018. We can't wait for you guys to read this one!!
We talk about their other projects- those upcoming and those from the past few years, as well as if we'll EVER see C&LO books on the big or small screens!
Catch all our book coverage at thats-normal.com/books and we'll be online talking books with the hashtag #TNBookClub
We're back with Episode 62-- our SDCC Edition! If you missed SDCC this year, we break down all the important panels, our best celeb sightings, our favorite moments and surprises.
Plus we break down the latest Outlander Trailer which coincidentally aired right before we recorded this!
Please make sure to subscribe, and we'll see you over at thats-normal.com!
We were joined LIVE for a That's Normal Boozy Book Club #TNBookClub with author Sarah Maclean. We LOVEEEEE Sarah here at Thats-Normal.com, and so we are thrilled that one of our FAVORITE romance authors agreed to join us live to discuss her books (including her upcoming WICKED AND THE WALLFLOWER - https://amzn.to/2M3y6QO), other romance books on all our minds, the available Dukes left in England and what booze we all prefer on a nice June evening (spoiler: It was Rosè)
If you don't know Sarah, get ready to fall in love. If you do know her, get ready for confirmation you have the best taste in authors you are best friends with in your head.
But first: A brief history of That's Normal's history with Sarah MacLean: https://thats-normal.com/2018/06/a-brief-history-of-sarah-maclean-here-on-tn/
Make sure to get Sarah's latest book WICKED AND THE WALLFLOWER here: https://amzn.to/2M3y6QO.
And visit us at http://thats-normal.com/books for so much more book talk!
Welcome to Episode 60 of the Totally Normal Podcast! Today we’ll be discussing Avengers: Infinity War. I’m Nikki and today I’m joined by Jamie, Emily, and Lorena.
In this episode, We’ll cover WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!?!??!! And plots points, and conspiracies, and theories, and Loki… just lots of Loki.
Have a theory on how this will all play out? Send it to us… we’ve got 11 months to figure this thing out.
Until then… enjoy and we’ll see you next time!
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 59 Hangoutlander 313. THE END.
That is not the name of the last Outlander episode of the season, but I'm calling it THE END anyway.
We did it! We survived 13 episodes back to back (with one week break) of Outlander! We survived Season 3 and leaving Scotland! We survived multiple attempts of unnecessary Rape! We survived Claire and Jamie being CONSTANTLY torn apart! We survived, we did it!
Our team was full this week to discuss the last episode of the season. We get into Outlander DRAMA (like conservative fans telling actors who don't care to stay out of politics), what we REALLY thought of the episode (feelings we were mixed or as Bekah said "I was watching it....") and our hopes and dreams for Season 4.
Just because Outlander is done for the season does NOT mean we're going anywhere. Next week we're back with Boozy Book Club (Monday 12/18 at 10 pm ET) and we' have a lot of Outlander coverage and posts planned over on Thats-normal.com to get us through Droughtlander.
Thank you for listening this season! We loved your comments, your thoughts, even when you disagreed, and we'll be BACK with more Outlander sooN!
See you on the web! (and next week on the podcast again...!)
Welcome back to the Totally Normal Podcast!
On this week's episode of HangOutlander - we'll be discussing Outlander 312: The Bakra
Our panelists include Nikki, Bekah, Beth, and Heidi.
The witch is back! And so are the powdered wigs, a Chinese man at a party, a seer, Geillis Duncan, and the purchase of a slave... it was a real blood bath! Heh.
Next week is the season finale of Outlander, join us for the live show or back here on the podcast when we discuss Episode 313: Eye of the Storm!
Enjoy!
We Missed you! You aren't going crazy- there wasn't a Totally Normal Podcast for Outlander 310. But we're back discussing Episode 311 UNCHARTED which is NOT called Turtle Soup, despite the internet once telling us it was.
We didn't hate the episode. We didn't love it. But we're almost done Season 3! So Join us next week for the penultimate episode of Outlander and one week closer to DROUGHTLANDER!
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
If we sound tired it's because we just finished a great convo with Bekah, Heidi and Julie as we discussed this week's episode of Outlander: The Doldrums.
To be honest, it was not the most exciting episode for us, but somehow we stretched our convo into an hour and had an amazing chat happening online with those listening live on Twitter using the hashtag #Hangoutlander and from the HILARIOUS You Tube Commenters!
From confusion to the setting of where the port was, to feeling a bit icky about Fergus and Marsali, the convo was all over the place. Plus @Purelyamuse on Twitter gave us our mantra that we're adopting for the Show:
Let's Willoughby the Hell out of the Rape Culture on Outlander
Thanks for listening! We love your hate AND love comments!
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
Hi guys! Welcome back to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 55! This is HangOutlander and we're discussing Episode 308 The First Wife.
On the podcast today is me, Nikki along with Beth and Heidi
We jump right into Jamie and Claire's lovers quarrel and of course Leery to decides to bust in on a good thing. No thanks to jenny who called her. cause of COURSE we talk about Jenny who according to Beth might just be a Rodan and Fields consultant because she;s that annoying. I think Claire deserves it just a bit though!
Anyway, enjoy and we'll see you next week for Episode 309 The Doldrums! Head to HangOutlander.com for more info and Thats-Normal.com for everything Outlander and beyond.
This week on the Totally Normal Podcast #54, we're bringing you something totally different.
Just Kidding. It's exactly the same as always, and we're talking OUTLANDER episode 307: Cream of Mint.
It's a delicious milk-based soup with a minty tinge.
No it's not. But it IS a great place to hide a body!
Our crew this week was small but loud-- Beth, Bekah and Emily chatted with EVERYONE on the internet as we discussed how most of us did NOT love this episode.
Come out Outlander- bring us the Jamie and Claire we love!
Join us next Monday LIVE at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST as we count down yet another week of Outlander without turtle soup (That episode airs Nov 26)
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
Thanks for listening!
Thanks for joining us for The Totally Normal Podcast Episode 53. We are diving STRAIGHT into a discussion of the most highly anticipated episode of Outlander Season 3: A. Malcolm i.e. The Print Shop Episode!
Since this episode aired, it has sparked a BONFIRE of controversy in the fandom. It's almost like fans forgot those sex scenes from Season 1 played on a tv at KFC!
We still have SO many thoughts about this episode, and we're glad you're here with us to discuss it.
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
If you join us live, you might win some Outlander SWAG!
Thanks for listening!
With The Totally Normal Podcast Episode 52, we're bringing back fan favorite BOOZY BOOK CLUB! This is no show recap. This is NOT Outlander. This is the OG Totally Normal Podcast, our online book club where we read 2 books in a month and then get together on the internet to drink and discuss them! For each book we give from 1-5 Wine Bottles of Approval!
This month we read One of Us is Lying, a YA thriller by Karen M McManus and What Happened by HBIC Hillary Rodham Clinton.
If you'd like to join Boozy Book Club, find us on Goodreads.
Or for special access to polls and quizzes and discussions about current and future books we plan to read, Join our group on Facebook!
Use #TNBookClub online to discuss books with us!
We'll be back LIVE Monday 10/23 ready to discuss Outlander Episode 306!
During The Totally Normal Podcast 51 we talk BRI and actually find a few things about this episode we LOVE (LAST TEN MINUTES, LAST TEN MINUTES!) Check out our conversation with Bekah, Nikki, Julie and Heidi who did our Outlander Recap on Thats-Normal.com this week!
Reminder that there is no new Outlander episode THIS WEEK, so we'll be back with Hangoutlander Monday 10/23 at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PST on you Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
Join us Monday night October 16th (unlike the date Bekah says in the intro) for BOOZY BOOK CLUB! We'll be Live on You Tube at 10 ET / 7 PST.
The Totally Normal Podcast Episode 50 is here! We made it to 50 Episodes!
This podcast covers Hangoutlander, Outlander Episode 304: Of Lost Things. Our panel included Nikki, Beth, Tiff and Amy, and we discuss how this episode might possibly be the BEST episode yet in season 3 and it’s definitely in contention to be one of our favorite Outlander episodes EVER.
We discuss the adaptation from book to film and we thank Starz for changing that problematic scene with Geneva and Jamie!
Plus we discuss about how Willy looks NOTHING like Jamie- the awesome Isobel and well... some of the less great moments. And we get real REAL about our Outlander expectations!
Thanks for listening!
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
Totally Normal Podcast Episode 49: HangOutlander 303 - All Debts Paid
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
We're talking Episode 2 of Season 3 of Outlander! Join our team from Thats-Normal.com as we discuss the good bad and the ugly.
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during the season at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode #47 Hangoutlander 301— we are back with the First live recap episode of Outlander Season 3.
We have to be honest- we recorded this almost 2 weeks ago and have completed FAILED at getting this podcast up in time. We are so sorry!
But back when we recorded this, Bekah and Nikki were together on one couch in LA and joined on camera with Beth and Julie- the gang was back together again! It was like we were just sitting on one of our beds at Comic Con, albeit less drunk on Bud Light than one of us was back in July. Spoiler: That was Bekah.
This chat is probably the most love you’ll ever hear us give Outlander— on Hangoutlander anyway!
Speaking of Outlander love- our website http://Thats-Normal.com is killing it with Outlander coverage lately, especially as we’ve been rolling out Nikki’s videos and coverage from her set visit last Fall of Outlander in Scotland. Yes— in case you missed that… We got to visit the Outlander set in Scotland!
Catch all our Hangoutlander coverage at Hangoutlander.com and join us LIVE every Monday night during Outlander Season 3 at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PST on You Tube. Find the schedule at links here.
We still have a lot of thoughts and feelings and gossip about the incredible week that was San Diego Comic-Con 2017! We talk Outlander (of course), along with Harrison Ford, Vikings, The Gifted, ConMan, Stranger Things and everything in between.
Visit us at http://thats-normal.com for more!
In the meantime, Subscribe and RATE US on iTunes or watch us on YouTube.
We are so sorry it's been so long since our last podcast!
This is really an important podcast if you read American Gods with us or watched it on Starz this Spring.
Our team is Beth, Amy, Danelle, Courtney and newcomer Nikki L. as we get into the first season of American Gods- what didn’t work, what worked SO well and our expectations for season 2. We have some amazing theories (maybe spoilery) towards the end of this podcast that we discuss.
We will be back with more podcasts SOON!
In the meantime, Subscribe and RATE US on iTunes or watch us on You tube.
Follow our American Gods Coverage online.
This is our FINAL Episode of In The Waterweeds where we cover chapters 53- 63 of Voyager from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series.
Our discussion panel includes Bekah, Beth and Amy. Oh, and we discuss what is going ON in the Fandom- including the latest Teaser Trailer and drama with costume designer Terry.
Subscribe and RATE US on iTunes even though we are in NO WAY as good as S-town.
Follow our Outlander Coverage online and Join our chat on TN's Boozy Book Club on Goodreads!
Thanks for listening this season! Stay tuned for more Totally Normal Podcast coming SOON!
Welcome back to the Totally Normal Podcast, this is Episode 6 of In The Waterweeds where we cover chapters 40-52 of Voyager from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series.
Yes, you heard that right, we’ll be discussing TWELVE chapters, Part 8 is called ON THE WATER and it’s a real doozy folks.
We’re talking constipation and herbs and sea sickness and acupuncture and a 15-year-old marrying a 30-year-old. It’s all incredibly thrilling.
Today’s discussion panel includes Nikki along with Beth and Julie.
Enjoy and we’ll see you next time for Part 9… THE FINAL CHAPTERS! YESSSS! We’ll be discussing chapters 53-63! Join us LIVE on You Tube on April 10th at 10 pm.
Subscribe and RATE US on iTunes even though we are in NO WAY as good as S-town.
Follow our Outlander Coverage online and Join our chat on TN's Boozy Book Club on Goodreads!
Thanks for listening!
It’s episode 42 of The Totally Normal podcast, and the 5th edition of our live hangout, In the Waterweeds where we discuss Diana Gabaldon’s third outlander novel Voyager before season 3 of the Outlander series airs on Starz in September.
This conversation is the perfect marriage of our Boozy Book Club and our Outlander chats and if you're just joining us, make sure you start at the beginning with In the Waterweeds 1
This convo is all about the trauma that happens when Laoghaire comes back on the scene and what it means for Claire AND what it means for US as readers emotionally! And we dive into why Diana did some of the things she did in this section of Voyager.
Join our team Beth, Bekah, Nikki and Karen as we really get in the waterweeds with Voyager!
Subscribe and RATE US on iTunes because last we checked, the only rating was a 1 star who didn't like "6 Drunk outlander Analysts" WHAT?!
Also, join us next time on March 27th at the same Totally Normal time - that’s 10pmEST/7PT - LIVE for the next edition of In the Waterweeds on Part VIII of Voyager - Chapters 40-52
Follow our Outlander Coverage online and Join our chat on TN's Boozy Book Club on Goodreads!
Hey guys! It’s episode 41 of The Totally Normal podcast, and the 4th edition of our live hangout, In the Waterweeds where we get deep …. so deep … in the slippery waterweeds of Diana Gabaldon’s third outlander novel Voyager.
This time we are getting ever so super romantical with the big event of Voyager - the reunion between Jamie and Claire in A. Malcolm Printer’s print shop. We have thoughts about Willoughby, Jamie’s forthrightness, the plethora of hijinks and of course … reunion sex.
Join Beth, with Bekah, Courtney, and Karen as we navigate these tangly waterweeds. (We've officially grossed ourselves out with that innuendo.)
Also, join us next time on Feb 27th at the same Totally Normal time - that’s 10pmEST/7PT - LIVE for the next edition of In the Waterweeds on Part VII of Voyager - back to Lallybroch.
We’ll have much more to talk about, including the newest Outlander news - the season 3 premiere happening in SEPTEMBER of 2017. Yikes. Thanks so much for listening, everyone! Subscribe and enjoy!
Follow our Outlander Coverage online and Join our chat on TN's Boozy Book Club on Goodreads!
Welcome back to Episode Three of In The Waterweeds where we re-read Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager, book 3 in the Outlander series. This week we're joined by Nikki, Karen, Amy and Julie who happen to be the biggest Willie and Geneva fans we could find.
JUST KIDDING!
This week we covered Parts 4 and 5 or chapters 12-23. We spent about half of this on the troublesome Geneva chapters and Claire’s preparations to head back in time and Nikki learned that of all the people in the Outlander books, she wants to hang out with the Abernathy’s.
Next time we’ll be reading parts 6 and 7 aka chapters 23-39… and we've got one word for you: PRINT SHOP! Join us Monday February 13th at 10 pm EST LIVE on You Tube!
Enjoy and see you next time!
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Welcome back to Episode two of our Podcast In the Waterweeds where we revisit Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager, the third book in the Outlander series. We’re re-reading the book before the new season of Outlander starts this spring!
This week we’re joined by the biggest Lord John Gray fans we could find: Nikki Pierce, Beth Thorne, Julie Perino and Courtney Morse. JK they’re writers at That’s Normal and were forced to be here to talk about JAMMF.
We cover chapters 7-13 in this episode including, but mostly just a bunch of chapters about J - A - I - L and the hijinks that Jamie gets himself into by going on ambiguities with Lord John and playing chess in his private chambers. Sounds like doing HARD TIME TO US. CHECK MATE.
Join us January 30th for Episode 3 of In The Waterweeds where we discuss Part 4, Chapters 14-17 The Lake District AKA THE G-WORD.
Enjoy and see you next time!
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This is episode One of our brand new series In The Waterweeds - where we revisit and re-read Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. This is the very beginning (it’s a very good place to start after all)!
Today we are joined by fellow Caitriots, Hueghligans and all around Davey Hollywood fans: Nikki, Beth, Amy and Karen! Ok, they’re just Outlander fans and they’ve been kind enough to join us on this journey back through the stones as we re-read the third book in the Outlander series: Voyager.
Today’s chat covers parts 1 and 2 which includes chapters 1 through 6 aka BP or before prison, or when Jamie’s living in a cave and Claire’s in the 50s and the 60s and we’re back to the 18th century. With all the jumping around who needs stones to time travel, we have the pages of Voyager!
Thanks for listening! Email us, tweet us, yell at us with your comments and definitely Join us next time when we dive into Part III or as Diana calls it “When I am Thy Captive” and as we call it: Chapters 7-13 on January 16th!
See you then Sassenaches!
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Welcome to the Totally Normal podcast where getting drunk and talking about books is totally normal.
For Boozy Book Club our September books were Gayle Forman’s Leave Me and Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.
One was the adult debut of one of our favorite Young Adult authors, and one is the highly acclaimed fantasy novel that we are super anticipating coming to our TV screens and laptops on Starz next year.
Amy and Beth were joined by Hangout newbies: Courtney and Danelle. We had a great time trying to figure out why we just couldn’t relate to Gayle Forman’s protagonist Maribeth and why American Gods is totally and completely indelible.
We hope you enjoy this Boozy Book Club and join us for the month of October as we read Melina Marchetta’s newest Tell the Truth Shame the Devil and The Regulars by Georgia Clark.
We will see you Tuesday, Nov 1st at 10pm EST for another live Hangout.
View us here LIVE!
Join our Book Club on Goodreads!
This podcast is only 3.5 weeks late. Sorry about that.
In August for our Boozy Book Club we read one of our most favorite books EVER: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. Most of us read it TWICE and stayed up all night to read it.
Check out our chat about The Hating Game plus Arcana Rising by Kresley Cole and join us for our NEWLY RESCHEDULED Book Club on Tuesday 9/27 at 10 pm EST.
View us here LIVE!
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It's the #Hangoutlander Season finale! We were so excited to come together this past Monday night to discuss the finale of season 2 of Outlander, partly because it's exhausting to talk about Outlander week after week with only one break, but also because.. it was the finale! There was so much to discuss and that we did!
There were some varied opinions on our team which included Bekah, Nikki, Beth and Julie from That's Normal, plus Kyle from Hypable.com AND a very special guest and TN reader, Joanna. We definitely disagreed on some of the ways the finale fell short and on things we liked, but overall we thought it was a decent finale that was missing some key elements that, to be honest, were probably missing all along this season. Namely Jamie and Claire! We watch the show because we fell in love with their love while reading the books. And overall we just feel that the show has been lacking.
Beth wrote an incredible post this week that you should check out that talks about Putting down the book and looking at the TV show for what it is:
http://thats-normal.com/2016/07/putting-book-outlander-season-2/
Just because Outlander is over does NOT mean that the Totally Normal Podcast is over or that Hangoutlander is over!. Stay tuned as we bring you more podcasts (live from comic con anyone?) and we'll be back with Hangoutlander during the break between now and season 3- we have a lot to talk about preparing for Voyager.
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Thank you so much for listening and participating with Hangoutlander this season!
Hey there! In this episode of the Totally normal Podcast, we discuss the penultimate episode of Season 2 of Outlander: Hail Mary. We were joined by some of our absolutely favorites in the fandom- the ladies from My Outlander Purgatory and Andee who blogs for TV after Dark.
We had a really great conversation about negativity within our perception of the show (as of late) and in reviews from the fandom. We also discussed Roger and Bree and what they are going to be doing in the finale. And we talked about Jamie and Claire and their lack-there-of a connection this season. Plus we made predictions for the finale and a little bit of season 3.
We hope you enjoy the chat! Watch us instead
Join us July 11th at 10 pm ET for the FINAL Hangoutlander for Season! RSVP here: http://bit.ly/hangoutlander213
This week we chat about the HERSELF of all episodes... Vengeance is Mine written by none other than author Diana Gabaldon herself!
We kept it all in the family this week with TN team: Heidi, Julie, Beth and Nikki
Watch this week's episode here!
Join us same time, on June 27th at 10 pm EST / 7PM PT as we talk about the next episode: bit.ly/hangoutlander212
Wow, we sure can't say Prestonpans, can we?
This week we start out a little differently and talk for about 20 minutes about the Fandom drama happening in the Outlander communities. It's a really great conversation about shipping, proper fan behavior and expectations and we could have talked about this for MUCH longer!
We are joined once again by Laura from Hypable.com
Want to watch us instead: DO THAT HERE
Join us same time, on June 20th at 10 pm EST as we talk about the next episode Vengeance is Mine : bit.ly/hangoutlander211
We opened this episode trying to say "Je Suis Prest." And we failed. One thing was clear- none of us speak French!
We had a great convo this week though it was a smaller than normal crew from That’s normal. We talked about #HatGate- the name we’ve lovingly given our confusion surrounding a recent picture of Sam Heughan wearing what looks to be a photo-shopped cowboy hat.
Then, of course we talked about the episode which was Beth’s favorite of the series. We had some differing opinions on the PTSD edition that we don’t see in the books, and we ended the convo with a real quick chat about how Outlander is going to take over our Sunday nights from this moment forward since they announced both season 3 AND 4 would be made!
Plus this week we gave away a copy of the Outlander Kitchen cook book to a lucky LIVE viewer!
Watch us Live
Join us next week on the 13th at 10 pm EST as we discuss episode 210: bit.ly/hangoutlander210
Hope you enjoy the conversation!
Don't miss this awesome convo with our team from Thats-Normal.com plus Kyle from Hypable.com (a NON book reader) Kyle is always a good time!
Wanna watch us instead?
Join us next week for Hangoutlander 209: bit.ly/hangoutlander209 at 10 pm EST on June 6th
If you love Outlander, if you love Caitriona Balfe and if you hate really bad fake beards, then this is definitely the episode for you.
This live hangoutlander was all about the best season 2 episode to date, entitled Faith.
We were joined by the always hilarious and gracious and awesome ladies from My Outlander Purgatory, Carol and Tracey.
Aaaaaand we all pretty much loved the heck out of this episode. Emotional gut punches and an amazing performances, and that one really awful scene we could have all done without. Also too bad about that beard, Jamie.
Don/t forget to join us next week on TUESDAY night - not Monday - Tuesday May 31st - at 10:00pmEST (because of the holiday - stupid holidays!!!) so mark you calendars special this week because this is THE super contentious shark jumping episode. RSVP HERE
SO MUCH TO CHAT ABOUT. See you then, and in the meantime, enjoy the podcast.
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We're BACK This week with Laura from Hypable and it feels like home!
We were also joined by special guest and TN friend ANDEE (@andeesings on Twitter) and had a great conversation about episode 206.
SPOILER WARNING ABOUT 30 minutes in. We say it in advance, but beware if you haven't read ahead in the books!
Join us next week for Hangoutlander 207 when we're back with the gals from My Outlander Purgatory. Oh it'll be a good one.... RSVP HERE
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CORRECTION: though we say this is episode 26- it's not! It's Episode 27! We are dumb. You already knew that.
This week we were joined by Mary and Blake of Outlander Cast- the popular husband and wife duo who do bi-weekly podcasts about Outlander!
Make sure you do not miss the moment about 34 min and 15 seconds in when we get not one but THREE impressions from the Outlander world . Beth does her Diana Gabaldon, Julie does her best Mary Hawkins and Blake graces us with his best Claire.
We love the interaction we had from the live viewers during this episode. We had some great questions, did a poll that resulted in over 83% loving the episode. it was all in all a great time!
Make sure you join us NEXT WEEK when were back with Laura and Kyle from Hypable. Same time, same place 10 p EST Monday night. RSVP here
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Hangoutlander returns this week with special guests, Ginger and Summer from Outlander Podcast!
These girls have been chatting about Outlander (the books, the show and the fandom) for over 3 years. We loved having them join our panel from TN including Beth, Bekah, Tiff and Julie as we discussed episode 4 of season 2: La Dame Blanche.
Love it or hate it, this episode really moved the plot of this season forward … and by plot we mean Jamie and Claire’s relationship. For all our celebration over the end of the real Droughtlander, there were tough times too: Mary Hawkins’ attack and that crazy three stooges fight scene.
We hope you enjoy our discussion about Jamie’s PTSD, how Outlander handles rape, and what we’d like to see in … season 3?? Already? Yep.
And join us this Monday night, May 9th for another LIVE hangout as we discuss episode 5. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/hangoutlander205
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Welcome to this week’s Totally Normal Podcast Episode #25,
In this week’s podcast we discuss Outlander Season 2 Episode 203, entitled “Useful Occupations and Deceptions.” So you know another episode of lying and trickery and French espionage, probably some lady’s boobs and yes.. another dry spell.
On this week’s podcast we are joined by Kendra and her husband Jordan. Kendra is the editor for the Outlander Cast blog and together they record the Beyond the Stones podcast. Follow them and listen to their podcast they are a blast!
Sitting in for That’s Normal was Beth, Amy, Julie and Nikki.
Shit got crazy in this week’s discussion, there was boxed wine there were about a billion Tweets (thanks everyone for playing along) and ultimately a discussion of WHAT ARE THE PRODUCERS DOING and WHERE IS SCOTLAND? We are all Murtagh and we’re homesick for those bonny shores. Anyway you know how we’re feeling.
On next week’s episode we’ll be joined by Ginger and Summer from the Outlander Podcast. RVSP here
Sit back, relax and let’s get started!
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THIS week join us as we get drunk the Tracey and Carol of My Outlander Purgatory (Spoiler: we are the drunk ones). We were SO thrilled to have the ladies of MOP with us to talk about this episode that none of were all too thrilled about. Somehow we managed to chat and laugh for the whole hour and interact with SO MANY amazing people on Twitter. Make sure to watch LIVE and tweet us #Hangoutlander. We give away weekly prizes!
Join us each Monday through the Outlander season at 10 pm EST for hangoutlander LIVE! RSVP for our next episode with the fab couple from Beyond the Stones: http://bit.ly/hangoutlander203
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We are so excited that HANGOUTLANDER is back! Our crew joined together with Hypable's Laura and Kyle to talk about the first episode of Season 2 of Outlander.
This episode is sponsored by Walker's Shortbread- the ONLY shortbread with Jamie and Claire on the box!
Join us each Monday through the Outlander season at 10 pm EST for hangoutlander LIVE! RSVP for our next episode with the ladies of My Outlander Purgratory: http://bit.ly/hangoutlander202
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Welcome to Boozy Book Club: MOVIE MONTH!
In this edition of Boozy Book Club we're talking about books and books to movies. If you really enjoy book to movie adaptations, then this is a really great episode for you to listen to.
In March we read The Light Between Oceans and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, both of which are heading to the big screen this fall.
The Light Between Oceans stars Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Wiess, and Miss Peregrine's stars Eva Green and was directed by Tim Burton. Both of them look really incredible.
So this month, our book clubbers (Beth, Tiffany, Amy and Anne) discussed how movie adaptations affect our reading of the book. How casting choices affect character as well as delving into which characters we had sympathy for or not.
This hangout was recorded on April 4, which was a big day in TN world as the season premiere for Outlander was happening in NYC, so we had a bit of FOMO going on. In fact, Boozy Book Club will be taking a bit of a podcast/hangout hiatus while we spend the next few months having weekly Hangoutlander episodes to discuss the new season of our favorite show. So get ready for regular podcast updates.
Our first Hangoutlander episode will be Monday, April 11th at 10pm EST. Don’t miss it. RSVP here
And if you love Boozy Book Club, please come along with us this month as we read Fellside by MR Carey. It’s the newest thriller from the author or The Girl with All the Gifts, and while we won’t be doing a live discussion, we will be talking about it on the blog and in our group on Goodreads.
So enjoy our discussion about using lube as frizz ease, missing out on the Outlander premiere and oh yeah … books to movies.
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Welcome to Boozy Book Club: ROMANCE MONTH!
This conversation was recorded on February 29th- that's right, it was LEAP DAY!
We talked about February Book Club Books: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren and The Rouge Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
It was a small crew- just Bekah, Beth and Julie. But we had a great chat together. We stupidly thought we'd talk for just 30 min and get to bed early. WRONG.
We ended up doing a fun FMK (Eff/Marry/Kill) with some of our favorite Christina Lauren characters; We talk about regency romance and how Sarah MacLean writes it differently than other authors we know. And we had a lot of great conversations about some of favorite romance books.
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Mark your calendars for our next Boozy Book Club on 3/28 at 10 pm ET where we'll be reading Books that will soon be MOVIES: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (BEKAH SAYS THE WRONG NAME ON THE PODCAST. WE'VE SINCE FIRED HER*) and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
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*No we didn't, but we did lock her in the dungeon. Tobias is there. She's fine.
We know you're under the impression that we're calm, cool and collected no matter which celebrity we're interviewing, author we're casually chatting with and hot actor we're flirting with over TN's Twitter (@thats_normal - hit it). And that's true. We play it cool.
Until now.
If you've been following us for awhile, you know that Beth has been singing C.S. Pacat's praises for The Captive Prince series for years now, and when we got the opportunity to invite her to join us for #TalkingNormal and the Totally Normal Podcast, we never actually thought it would happen.
But it did.
So listen as Beth, Lindsey and Lauren (of Christina Lauren fame!) fangirl all over C.S. Pacat (Cat!), fall in LOVE with Cat because she's adorable and amazing, and learn behind-the-pen secrets about KINGS RISING and the Captive Prince series.
If you haven't read these books: Spoilers abound. Bekah was around for this chat too as tech-in-charge, and she hasn't read the books. But after listening to the conversation for an hour, there's no way she hasn't moved them up to the very next spot on her TBR list.
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*Read Beth's review of Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat*
It's our first Boozy Book Club chat of 2016!!! This month we're talking about Passenger by Alexandra Bracken and Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning.
AND we discuss the drama surrounding some comments Karen Marie Moning made on Facebook, And if you can continue to be a fan of something, despite what an author may or may not do. And what if you hate some things about a character (ala Jericho Barrons) but... he's just so damn hot you make excuses for his behavior? What do YOU think?
Don't forget to join us on Feburary 29th, 2016 for our next LIVE Boozy Book Club hangout where we discuss our favorite ROMANTIC books: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren and The Rouge Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
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The team is BACK to discuss all our thoughts on Star Wars- The Force Awakens. SPOILERS ABOUND. So if you haven't yet seen the movie
1: What kind of Fan are you?
2: Stay away from this conversation until you've watched it!
Our core Star Wars team consists of Nikki, Beth, Jamie and Natasha and the convo ranges from silly to serious to holding back tears We're looking at you Natasha
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And don't forget to Join us for our next LIVE Hangout on January 25th at 10 pm ET: Boozy Book Club discussing Feverborn and Passenger. RSVP HERE
Welcome to Episode 17 of the Totally Normal Podcast: Holiday Hangoutander: Outlander is coming to town
That’s right, though we don’t have any new Outlander to talk about until April (Oh yeah- it looks like Yahoo confirmed it IS actually going to air in April this week), we thought we’d get together with the ol’ gang to discuss what’s been happening in the fandom, the new teaser trailer that recently dropped and…. well, who needs an excuse to get drunk on the internet and talk about Sam Heughan? NO ONE NEEDS AN EXCUSE.
This conversation was all over the place. From our theories on Roger and Bree, to Outlander Holiday gifts- which BY THE WAY, there are some good options, including our very on That’s Normal store so we added that to the show notes, and FINALLY at the very end, our thoughts on the Teaser Trailer, this is an Outlander conversation you don’t want to miss.
Speaking of stuff you don’t want to miss, our next Hangout is December the 22nd AFTER the crew has seen Star Wars The Force awakens. Our last Star Wars chat was our most popular Hangout and podcast YET (sorry Outlander!) so we’re excited to talk about Star Wars again with you guys!
We hope you enjoy this conversation and, oh yeah, you definitely need to stop on over to That’s Normal to check out our thoughts on the casting of Roger!
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Welcome to Episode 16 of the Totally Normal Podcast where we talk about none other than Star Wars and more specifically Star Wars The Force Awakens, the trailers, the conspiracy theories (those are good let me tell you), the easter eggs, what we’re most excited for ANNNDD WHERE IS LUKE??!!?!
Our panel included the biggest star wars nerds on our team, me, Nikki, Jamie, Beth and Natasha. We even discussed what happens if The Force Awakens is more like The Phantom Menace. KNOCK ON ENDORIAN Wood that’s not true. We’ll see you in December after we've seen the movie.
We hope you enjoy it!
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EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO TWILIGHT!
Last month, Stephenie Meyer surprised the world when she released her 10th Anniversary edition of Twilight and included a completely reworked GENDER-BENT version of Twilight called LIFE AND DEATH.
We invited our author pals Christina and Lauren (@ChristinaLauren) to join the chat with Bekah (@bekahbuttons), Nikki (@itshowtimenikki), Beth (Bethorne) and Tiff (@iamtgar) as we discussed and debated BEAU vs. BELLA, EDYTHE vs. EDWARD and walked down memory lane of what Twilight has meant to us all over the past 10 years!
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Update 10/26/2015- WE ARE SO SORRY WE HAD THE WRONG AUDIO FOR THE LAST PODCAST! IT IS FIXED!
It's the last episode of sense8debate, and nothing is sadder than no more Lito and Hernando until who knows when?
In this hangout, we get busy talking about Will and Riley, and whether or not Riley is the mom of the cluster, and whether or not Will is just got a bit of alpha male rescuing the damsel in distress syndrome. OH, and season 2 ... we really need to know what happens in season 2.
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This week on #Sense8Debate we got real with everyone's favorites from the cluster ... Nomi and Lito. Are they foils? Are the greatest characters EVER? Are they meant to be wholly representative of the LGBTQ community? Whatever your position, you have to love them. At least you have to love that scene in the baths with Wolfgang ... and Will ... and Hernando ... shall we go on?
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Has there ever been a show on any station, at any time, with any cast, whose CANON couples were all 100% perfectly shippable? Not until sense8 there hasn't. But this week we talk about the creme of the crop on canon couples ... Kala and Wolfgang. The Romeo and Juliet, if you will. sigh Real love, y'all.
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Are you totally into Netflix's newest original series, Sense8? WE ARE TOO.
So much so, that we started a brand new recap hangout show, Sense8 Debate, just to fandom all over it. Download the podcast to hear Beth, Jamie, Julie, Katy, Kyle and Lindsey debate who the best sensate really is, whether or not Capheus is pansexual or just VANDAMME-sexual, and the level of immorality in Sun's big decision. Or Watch the Video Next week, you can join us live for our second episode of #Sense8Debate, the one in which we talk about Kala and Wolfgang. It will start a little later than normal at 10:30pmEST, but you can find us at the usual places. You might even hear us without tuning in as we will be the ones completely FLAILING over Netflix's announcement that sense8 is GETTING A SECOND SEASON! Thank Hernando!
Welcome to the Totally Normal Podcast Episode 10: Hangoutlander San Diego Comic Con Edition Our whole TN San Diego Comic Con 2015 Crew got together (minus Karen!) to talk behind the scenes of what REALLY went down at Comic Con this year. We discussed our thoughts on The Outlander panel and what they showed us from Season 2. Julie shared what it was like to interview some of the cast and crew for the first time and we shared other stories (like when we ran into Sam Hueghan on the street) After our Outlander chat we moved into general comic con fun. We dressed up! We threw a party! Katy did so much stuff we could have talkd about it for an entire episode! We hope you enjoy this chat and any jealousy you feel about our amazing Comic Con experience is just encouragement for you to try to come next year- the TN party we're already dreaming about will make it worth it!
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Beth @bethorne
Julie @julep0408
Bekah @bekahbuttons
Nikki @itshowtimenikki
Jamie @thiscitygirl
Katy @katygracesf