Everyone and Their Sister

In a rare remix, this week we once again dive into special edition based book cover drama. As long as there's no end to publishing cash grabs, we'll still have content! Join us in defence of cover artists as we discuss all the ways companies failed designers, authors, their employees, third-party licensing agreements and more. It's an anti-capitalist break down of the state of books as fast fashion, and we've got loads to say about it. Mainly, don't buy covers you don't like!

There are some things we need to get off our chests! This week we are discussing the deranged films: They/Them, Beautiful Disaster and Saltburn. Steph breaks down the cover controversy of the SteamyLit edition of Bride by Ali Hazelwood and we discuss the epidemic of illustrated covers in romance.

We are back from the brink and discussing our favourite finds of 2023. Steph once again reaches a new level of nerd with her pick, Blue Eye Samuari. Nat is obsessed with They Cloned Tyrone and perhaps the only person who has seen it? And Cristina is begging for an affiliate link with her love and adoration of Dimension 20.

This week Cristina, Nat and Stephanie run through their failed 100th episode idea, and throw in a round up of notable books they read during one specific week this summer. Exciting. It's the perfect time to load up your not-goodreads book tracking alternative (we're fans of The Storygraph personally) and get ready to grow your TBR even more. Join them at the end for a brief chat on how horny teen movies are nowadays (jealous) and a little dash of what we're looking forward to coming up.

We go back to our roots while answering the Controversial Book Tag created and popularized by Booktube. We discuss love triangles, flashbacks, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers and of course Adam Driver.

This week we definitely haven’t run out of ideas as we dive into the Freakout Tag courtesy of BookTube. Steph talks through her rarely given 5 star reads, Nat chats through the perils of judging a book by it’s cover without reading the description, Cristina looks forward to the latest Chuck Tingle, and every single one of us have massive book disappointments we get into it. Join us for the highs, the lows, and the 10 minute aside about Adam Driver.

This week Cristina and Nat use any excuse to pretentiously talk about attending TIFF by forcing Steph to watch The Blackening so we can review it. Normally we’d summarize a little of what we get into here, but actually we just talk about how much we loved it for about 30 minutes, So if you’re reading this now, just go ahead and rent it now, and come back to listen when you’re done, because you’ll also want to just spend some time revelling in how good it really is.

Come join us in our Barbie World! In anticipation of the new Barbie movie, we are talking about books that will get you in the Barbie mood. We are of course talking romance in all genres: paranormal, contemporary, fantasy, and YA. Was Steph completely unhinged in her picks? Let us know, she’s just Steph. 

Books Mentioned:

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 

Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole 

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins 

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Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake 

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 

I Don’t Know Where You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-star by Judy Greer 

Song: Charli XCX - Speed Drive

This week we examine the depths of some of the most "we're not sure" television shows to try to understand if they're actually good, or do we just have bad taste? Join us in dissecting Emily In Paris (spoiler alert, this one is just bad), Daisy Jones and The Six, The Endgame (yeah, we've never heard of it either), Evil and The Society. We may never have an answer to the question "Is it actually good?" but we certainly have the opinions to spend an hour talking to ourselves about it.

Whether you hated or loved season 3 of Ted Lasso, you probably need to listen in on how we would've rewritten this season like we're scriptwriting experts or something. And we are. We would've made that throuple happen. And that's the only thing that matters. Roy x Keely x Jamie 4ever!

Oh sisters. Hold onto your mental health, because this week we're pulling up as armchair therapists. That's right, we're talking about the good, the bad and the unending cringe of Netflix's latest addition to their reality show universe. We dive deep into why everyone who would agree to to do this needs to be single and in therapy, make wild accusations that can only come from highly edited producer interference, and of course, fall deeper and deeper in love with Mal. Join us on this journey of second hand embarrassment, but whatever you do, don't watch this show!

Dear listeners, this episode is sure to be the talk of the ton! Your favourite gossip mongers are all ablaze about Queen Charlotte, Lady Danbury and the emotional turmoil caused by right hands, Brimsley and Reynolds. Join us as we ask the most important questions on everyone's minds: When will Season 3 of Bridgerton be released? Will we get anymore queer storylines? And most importantly, how did the Queen and King not make a single hot son out of 17 children?

And remember Sisters, we're not back because we never left!

Attention Dear Listeners, 

The social season is back upon us and we are ready with our season 2 review! In this episode, Nat breaks downs the Bollywood easter eggs she found in this season, Cristina fantasies about the unmet potential of Lady Whistledown/Penelope and Steph goes feral for Anthony Bridgerton. 

AKA "we're all cons here": this is the episode where we break the wall between our perceived realities and what is actually happening in the world. WE ARE ALL CONNING EACH OTHER. Since the influx of specials on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and more, we figured we'd take a bit of a dive into the cons and scams that are being talked about. Strap in for a wild ride, because maybe we feature half our listener base this episode to replace Steph. Or maybe Chenise and Marina conned their way onto the podcast, who knows? We dive into all the fan faves: The Dropout, Worst Roommate Ever, Parasite, Caroline Calloway, The Shrink Next Door, The Puppetmaster, Inventing Anna, Tinder Swindler, and more.

CW: This episode features conversations around death, murder, emotional and physical abuse, and in some cases forms of torture.

Clips featured in this episode are fan edits for Heya by Outkast and a live Post Malone cover of Return of the Mack.

Clothes maketh the man. This week Cristina, Nat and Steph all gag over the greatest and most iconic costumes put to film. Cristina embraces her love for Cinderella's ball gown, Nat bleeds gold for Bajirao Mastani and Steph talks imprinting and what it means to be a working woman in her eyes. Suit up folks!

A reality TV episode in podcast-form that follows some of the least affluent women in audio, as they enjoy watching others' lavish lifestyles, people being terrible and exploitative and competing for non-prizes. Throughout the episode, these HouseGuests carefully lay out what trash TV really encompasses, and how all reality TV is carefully constructed and scripted, in spite of the unpredictable moments. Put on your muumuus, house slippers, and get out your delicious spread while you feast on whatever this meme-able behaviour really is, Pooja.

Special credit goes to Asa Soltan Rahmati for the very creative use of her song Tehrangeles.

Strap in for a wild ride, Sisters. In this episode, we forget we're recording and just go on 20,000 tangents. Find out our most anticipated books, TV shows, and movies for 2022 (sort of). We are as predictable as ever, sequel queens. We forgot to include our most anticipated Ray Nicholson tiddy appearance of 2022, but we can talk about that another time IN DEPTH. A two-parter. One for each—

This special episode is dedicated to the wedding couple of the season: Dajora. We were inspired to run through our favourite weddings on film, and while 27 Dresses didn't make the cut, we still made sure to give our boy James Marsden a quick minute. Wedding bells are ringing and you can drown them out by listening to this episode!

Buckle in folx, because you've got the green light to join us for a wild ride. This week, Cristina, Nat and Steph work through the jumbled mess that is their feelings on the show sweeping pretty much every nation. We talk the semantics behind Squid Game, the perfect timing of it's release, the appropriation of capitalist messaging by corporations, and most importantly, just how hot the guy who slaps Seong Gi-Hun around is.

Throw on your spectacles, theydies. Join Cristina, Nat and Steph as they work through three of their favourite examples of The Female Gaze, while reminding everyone multiple times that none of us went to film school (and we're proud of it dammit). We dive deep into whose watching who in Fleabag, a 30 minutes retrospective on Candyman, and the fabulous and not-so-fabulous emancipation of Harley Quinn. 

What makes the enemies to lovers trope so enjoyable? Steph deep dives into her own psyche as we discuss our favourite enemies to lovers romances. Steph confesses not only her love for Sherry Thomas but her hard-on for heroes who do the bare minimum by fully loving their kids. Nat tells us about the sapphic epistolary romance we should have read already, This is How You Lose the Time War, and Cristina talks about the warm and cozy romance between Ben and Leslie from Parks & Rec (we love a wholesome enemies vibe).

Alright sisters, fair warning, we get spicy this episode. Turn your volume down and your love of Abba up. In the midst of our discussion about the surprise gems from books that just go "meh", we go from Breaking Dawn Part 2 to Vampire Academy, we start at Paddington 2 and take a sharp turn into the Mamma Mia Cinematic universe, and just when you think we've landed safely in the territory of The Room and The Disaster Artist, we take a giant U-Turn back into the land of Mamma Mia. 

You're Welcome or we're sorry.

We are back in theatres and this week we tackle Shangi-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings! Cristina fell in love with leading man Simu Liu, Steph lusted after daddy Tony Leung and Nat was so overcome at the sight of Ben Kinglsey, she had to make sure she wasn't hallucinating. This is the most glowing review of a Marvel product we have ever produced. 

We are back and hotter than ever, and you won't want to miss our spicy updates from our very-good-and-oh-so-relaxing summer. We chat about the straightest queer show ever (Loki), and the queerest straight movie (The Green Knight), but also in-depth analyses of The Chair (was it actually good?), the Wicked Villains series by Katee Robert, and Milking the Minotaur (I refuse to get this name correct). Better get your towels out to mop up after this listen, Sisters.

Join us for an official meeting of the Ray Nicholson Titty Fan Club with another round of Panic talk, this time featuring friend of the pod, and host of Put A Blurb On It, Ardo. This episode is chock full of Panic spoilers, guesses, hopes and dreams, and virtually no editing. For experienced listeners only.

We are lucky to be joined by Lauren Oliver, the creator and writer of Amazon Prime's Panic. Lauren chats to us about how the book became a show, the emotional backstory of the tiger (it was there the whole time!) and our favourite topic, the devastating appeal of Ray Hall. Let the games begin! 

What are you truly afraid of? Spiders? Heights? A group of horny teenagers getting drunk in the woods to play a game? EaTS going off the air? No matter your fear, you should be listening to our review of Panic, an Amazon Prime show we couldn't get enough of. Congrats, Jeffrey Bezos, you did it. 

Listen to Cristina lecture us (and you!) about what In the Heights could have been. 

It's officially halfway through the Year of the Vaccine and Sisters, we are here to share our favourite quarantine content we've watched in 2021 before we emerge from our beautiful loungewear-fashioned cocoons. We talk about revenge again (best served twice) with Peaky Blinders; Bo Burnham's Inside, which is a cyclical comedy that's so real you'll never escape its commentary; and it really was Wandavision all along.

And we're back (stabbing that is), with this week's episode all about revenge. We've picked our favourite tales of vengence, retribution, and reprisal while we talk about Peaky Blinders, The Crow, and HBO's Oz. These revenge stories reach down and tickle the pettiest parts of hearts and have us rooting for the shadiest people.

Somebody once told me Shrek is a lifestyle and we are all fools not to submit to it. This episode is dedicated to a very special die-hard Sister named Chenise, infamous for killing her favourite shows by cancellation, but should be more known for her love of Shrek. Listen to us yammer on about the brilliance of the Shrek franchise, but also immediately get distracted by discourse on athletes and their pre-game fashion. An episode full of the layers only an ogre can understand.

It's nothing but absolute classics this week, as we close out our series of forcing each other to watch movies with Cristina's choice, the Queen of House Latifah, rightful heir to the 2000's Comedy Throne, unmatched in her range. We laugh, cry and sing together through Last Holiday, Set It Off and Hairspray. Join us this week in offering our time up to the only royal we support.

For round 2 of our actor’s filmography adventure, Steph takes Nat and Cristina back to the past with classic’s starring Reese Whitherspoon. We are discussing Legally Blonde 2, Sweet Home Alabama and Cruel Intentions. Is Cruel Intentions the best teen film ever made? The answer is yes. What's good Sarah Michelle Geller? 

We're doing things a little differently for the next few episodes, Sisters, with dedicated actor episodes! One of us picks an actor and we each watch one of their films (or more). Little did we know in this week's deep dive into Adam Driver's range of movies, we would be taken into what can only be Adam Driver's own unhinged history of film. Tune in to hear about Logan Lucky, Paterson, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and how Adam Driver pulls off every high-waisted pair of jeans. As a little bonus, in case you thought this was a dedicated Adam-Driver-only episode, we talk about every other possible white actor we can instead: Sebastian Stan, Robert Pattinson, Channing Tatum, and Heath Ledger. Is this even an Adam Driver episode?

It's the adaptation we've all been waiting for. This week we are reviewing the newest Netflix release, Shadow and Bone. Join us in loving Jesper, being disappointed by Kaz, and losing our collective minds at Ben Barnes. Daddy Darkling we are ready! 

Ahoy Guvnahs! In this week’s episode, we take a look at the best TV from across the pond. Pull out your tea, crumpets, and biscuits-that-are-cookies while we dive into Misfits, Doctor Who, Derry Girls, and like 4 random American shows because we can’t stop talking.

P.S. Tune in for an exclusive peek at Steph’s deep dark secret binge watch.

Today we are sharing who the real winners of the Golden Globes are and spoiler alert: it’s us! Buckle in as we discuss Law Roach, Emily in Paris and Sonic the Hedgehog.