I Hate This Show: Recent Episodes

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In a sleepy short episode Heather finally defines what it means to CONSUME WHAT CONSUMES YOU. Plus at about four minutes in something falls off the roof...probably a racoon... Impermanence, obsession, and the way action cures fear are all hit on in this episode. Thanks for hitting play!

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Discuss, ponder, and absolutely trash the big questions around media and life with Heather and Morgan.

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. It also applies to life: we hate it and we love it. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Our first-ever guest Nóra talks on her experience as an X Files and Twin Peaks fan in Budapest, Hungary. Check out how we met, the shared experiences we have over getting way too deep into obsessions and how we've felt after getting out on the other side of them. At the end Nóra graces us with some beautiful Hungarian words. Duolingo isn't sponsoring this podcast (yet) but they sponsored the few extra Hungarian words Heather knows.

X Files in Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWGUTd_5pk

Always learning: experimenting with new music on this episode. Intro by DSTechnician and outro by Slicebeats from Pixabay.

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I HATE THIS SHOW: Discuss, ponder, and absolutely trash the big questions around media and life and The X Files with Heather and Morgan.

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. It also applies to life: we hate it and we love it. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Have you seen Zoolander, and do you think the author of the Twilight series would go to Emo Nite with me? We talk about David Duchovny's Vanity Fair interview covering his career from Twin Peaks to The Bubble and also about the great music that has come out of the Twilight Series and tangentially Stephanie Myers. We show our Texas roots and also touch on Texas water parks, the Reba Show, and country music. Yee haw. 

Duchovny's Vanity Fair interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-y2ucPVA6A

Discuss, ponder, and absolutely trash the big questions around media and life with Heather and Morgan.

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. It also applies to life: we hate it and we love it. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Join Heather and Morgan as they talk about The X File's S1 Ep12 "Fire" , Top Gun Maverick, men in tuxes, and the moves they've both made just this past week. 

Follow the show Instagram (AKA Heather's burner account) @ih8thisshow 

Discuss, ponder, and absolutely trash the big questions around media and life with Heather and Morgan.

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. It also applies to life: we hate it and we love it. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Curious about how other cultures do nerd things? In this short and sweet episode Heather talks about her experience at the Play Azur Festival (think Comic Con or a k-pop fest) in Nice, France. You're going to hear the interesting similarities and differences between European/French fan culture vs. American fan culture. It's a unifying and universal experience to be a nerd. And all in just 10 minutes - check it out! Allez!

Discuss, ponder, and absolutely trash the big questions around media and life with Heather and Morgan.

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. It also applies to life: we hate it and we love it.  Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Tune in to find out about kitchen sponge aliens, early season 1 X Files Budgets, and more.

This is Heather's last episode before returning to the United States! And she is writing this description with only a few hours left to pack her suitcase! Wild times! 

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. We hate it and we love it.  Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

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Where we've been since our last episode, 6 months later! 

You'll hear us talk about:

• Where we've been (hint: baguettes)

• Pride and Prejudice, FRESH the Hulu Movie

• Feeling successful after finishing a show

• Praise to OG X Files fans

• BuzzFeed quiz

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who love the show they're watching. We hate it and we love it. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you.

Good luck out there.

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Thanks for checking out our PILOT episode of I HATE THIS SHOW - media, life, existentialism and a LOT of The X Files. Get our intros, Morgan's first impression of TXF as a newbie, skeptic vs. believer, how we got into the show, The Simpsons trash talk, Scooby Doo, New Girl, and how The X Files can be a comfort show. 

We were one mic short for this episode....only up from here. 

~Life's a stage and this podcast is sitting in the front row~

• What's The X Files got to do with all of life?

• What's it all for? Why watch media? Is this escapism? Who wrote this show and why do I hate it?

+If life is just a stage, will I get to premier on Netflix, Hulu, or YouTube?

I HATE THIS SHOW is an expression used with both sincerity and humor by fans who actually - despite their best efforts - love the show they're watching. In this podcast it applies to television, movies, bad days, good days, and the human condition. We hate it and we love it: the two go hand in hand. Join your hosts Morgan and Heather as the dive deep into media and life and try not to drown. Trust no one, the owls are not what they seem, and consume what consumes you. Good luck out there.