Brack & Forth

TW: Sexual Assault Medill Mate Mittie Golding (@MittieGolding) joins the pod for an Oscars preview ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. There are also many, many tangents along the way and the shared feeling of missing movie theaters. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

This is it. The Ultimate Vine Bracket. No more vine brackets.... unless???

Medill Mate Jonathan Mills (@JonathanDMillsy) joins the pod to decide which exotic pet would be the most interesting to have with some reminiscing of old PBS Kids shows. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

It's the final bracket before the ultimate vine bracket. Get ready.

Almost there.

Lauren Bentley and Cara Mostaccero return to the pod to discuss the best way to eat potatoes along with Cara's choice of condiment and the Netflix documentaries that are crazy. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler joins the pod in-person to decide Best Vines pt. 6 and discusses chemistry.

Maddie Fanton returns to decide the worst Bachelor/Bachelorette season since 2017. A Kansas basketball update and directing the word "like." Review, rate, like and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emily Flynt (@EmilyFlynt14) joins the pod for the first time to break down the best Marvel franchise outside of Black Panther, our shared love of Elizabeth Olsen and NU alums Kathryn Hahn and Meghan Markle. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler returns for Best Vines pt. 5, talks about John Mulaney and Oprah and laughs about the latest SpaceX rocket to blow up. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Medill Mate Madison Williams (recurring) joins the pod to debate the best dessert, talk about her love of Blue Bell and gets a live Northwestern Basketball update that is initially wrong (Medill F). Like, rate, review, subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler returns for part 4 of the best vine series and talks about which vines have TikTok energy and listens to a rant about how great WandaVision is. Like, review, rate and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Dave Stewart joins the pod to decide the best destination city and where the listeners should go to once it's safe to travel again. We also talk about death because of course we do. Like, rate, review and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler returns to the pod amidst a boil water notice (which was lifted immediately after this recording) to discuss more vines in part 3 of the series and discuss our former teacher who has been on our mind as of late. Like, review, rate and subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Maddie Fanton (@maddief_98) rejoins the pod to discuss the best musical DCOM but a tangent on HSM and great vines follows. Rate, subscribe, review and like. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Resident Italian Cara Mostaccero joins the pod to discuss which pasta is the best, future serial killers and her teaching small children. Like, subscribe, rate and review. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Medill Mate Ashton Pollard (@AshtonPollard7) joins the pod to talk about the weirdest athlete nicknames, our love for Laura Rutledge and her daughter and her recent prop bet winnings. Like, subscribe, rate and review. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler returns to the pod for pt. 2 of the Best Vine series to determine which vine is the best. Topics also discussed includes the amazing food that is a kolache and the underrated film First Man. Rate, review, like, subscribe. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Medill mates Madison Williams and Julia Atkins join the pod to decide the weirdest college mascots, their own high school and college mascots and what they learned in high school science classes. Rate, subscribe, like and review! Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Long time friend Lauren Bentley (insta: @lauren_bentley99, twitter: @LBentley99) joins the pod for the first time to decide which restaurant has the best bread. Lauren introduces her dog Pearl, helps brainstorm future brackets and pleas for Olive Garden or Texas Roadhouse to sponsor the pod. Like, rate, subscribe and review wherever you get your pod. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Emma Tyler returns to the pod for pt. 1 of the recurring bracket "best vines." Topics also discussed include tax returns, TV shows, class and Erma. Like, rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Fellow Kansas alum Maddie Fanton (@maddief_98) joins the pod to break down the best female-led 2000s Disney movies. A brief update on Kansas basketball interrupts the bracket, but a winner is chosen. Like, subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcast and follow on twitter: @rachelmgaylor

Rachel Gaylor and friends Christina Nguyen and Jamie Nguyen discuss the best breakfast food, how white women love Costco and make a plan to go to New Zealand in 2025. Christina and Jamie also teach Rachel a new word in Vietnamese that perfectly describes hash browns. Like and subscribe for new episodes weekly. Follow on twitter @rachelmgaylor

In Episode 0 of Brack & Forth, Emma Tyler and I introduce the listeners to the concept of the podcast and decide via bracket which word in the English language is the worst.