Comparing Notes

Upon reaching the pinnacle of 100 episodes, it's time for Rose and Liz's closing arguments. They walk you through the greatest wins and defeats, some of their favorite episodes, and say goodbye one last time. Thank you so much for listening and being part of Comparing Notes! Find Rose: @roseglaeser Find Liz: @lizzy_phillips +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

If it's in a word, or in a look, you can't get rid of…Too Many Glaesers! Cousin Rachel, experienced hobbyist creeps us into our 100th episode with the 2014 Australian horror film The Babadook. But is this one grief-stricken creeper or is this Babado(ok) a Baba-don't? +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Rose's uncles join the fray, as we continue with our theme Too Many Glaesers! Phil Glaeser, Benevolent Overlord of Comparing Notes (having once built studio space for us to record in), and Joe Glaeser, Austin's President of the Lone Star Curling Club, help us investigate 2002's Minority Report.  But is this one sci-fi crime thriller that brings us peace and harmony or are we in the minority? +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

How many Glaesers are Too Many Glaesers? Rose's brothers continue this month's theme! Stephen Glaeser, professor at University of North Carolin's business school, and Michael Barton, full time dad and part-time full time IT guy, join us as assets to infiltrate 2015's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.  But is this one spy caper we wish would stay undercover or is it espionage excitement? +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

It's the beginning of our new theme Too Many Glaesers, and Rose's sisters are starting us off strong! Environmental Researcher Lily Glaeser and cinephile and Dog Mom Daisy Bunting join us to discuss 1986's Highlander. But in a world where there can only be one, is this one gathering to skip? Find Lily at: Google Scholars +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Don't be late to the final episode of our March Madness theme! Returning guest, Chicago-based illustrator and visual artist, Marcin Zeglinski helps us fall down the rabbit hole to discuss the 1951 Disney animation Alice in Wonderland. But what happens when even the Comparing Notes podcast succumbs to madness?    Find Marcin at:  Instagram @poduski   +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

What's more mad than James Bond in space? Why, our March Madness episode of Moonraker of course! Max Phillips, veteran sound mixer currently working on SNL, joins us this week to discuss the 1979 film Moonraker. But does this moon leave us feeling blue or are we just luna-tics in love with it?  Find Max at: Instagram @fakemaxwell Website  octopostaudio.com

This week Comparing Notes presents an episode from the very talented podcast, Better Movie Club. Rose and Liz along with Austin, Leah, and Andrew make the most American film "National Treasure" even better. Take a listen!   Find Better Movie Club at:  Instagram @bettermovieclub Website www.bettermovieclub.com Facebook bettermovieclub   +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

We're halfway through our March Madness theme, and it feels like a dream. Speaking of dreamy, Better Movie Club hosts Leah Morse, Austin Weiford, and Andrew Farley join us to discuss the 2010 film Inception this week. But is this a nightmare or a beautiful slumber?    Find Better Movie Club at:  Instagram @bettermovieclub Website www.bettermovieclub.com Facebook bettermovieclub   +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

LA comic book writer Aaron McGrath goes nuts this week as we continue our March Madness theme with Alan Moore's 1986 comic book Watchmen. But should we care who watches the Watchmen, or is it time to let these retired heroes die sans pension plan? Find Aaron at:  Instagram @madebymcgrath Website madebymcgrath.com +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

We're going crazy for our newest theme March Madness, and driving us into our first debate is LA film industry veteran, current NYC lawyer, and former 90s teen Joe Kern to discuss the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy. But is this just too crazy a drive or one for the century?  +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

It's the closing ceremony for our Icy Victories theme, and Chicago-based female filmmaker and co-founder of Amos Porter Productions, Zoey Danielson, skates us to the finish line with the 2005 film Ice Princess. But is this just a physics force that loses momentum or a crowning achievement?  +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Rayna Mohrmann, TV Development Assistant at Warner Brothers Studio, takes us back to this infamous 90s Olympics as we debate the 2017 film I, Tonya. But is this a wild ride that should be awarded or (triple) axed?  +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

It's an Icy Victory whodunnit debate this week as book Instagrammer Andy Bailey skis us through a murderous caper with the 1931 Agatha Christie novel The Sittaford Mystery. But is this an easy downhill ride or a sandbag snooze fest?   Find Andy at:  Instagram @AndyCanRead  +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

It's the opening ceremony of our new theme "Icy Victories". In honor of the Winter Olympics, Dr. Stephanie Solberg takes us to the rink with the 1992 film The Cutting Edge. But is this a gold medal classic or should we put this one on ice?   Find Stephanie at:  Instagram @stephsolberg   +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Local 600 Camera Assistant Andi Romansky rockets us to the finish line of our Space is the Place theme to finish off with a debate on 2019's film Captain Marvel. But is this a super addition to the MCU or does this Marvel film lose its altitude?   Find Andi at:  Instagram @andiiquinn +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Getting lost in space with us, film equipment rentals agent and freelance Grip & Electrician, Rachel Thomas rockets in to discuss the Stargate SG-1 episode “Solitudes”. But is this one cool space romp or did the twist leave us feeling chilled?   Find Rachel at:  LinkedIn Rachel Thomas Instagram @cinema.rat    +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Continuing our space travels, animator Chris Solada zooms in to debate the bolts of the 1999 animated film The Iron Giant. But are we still nuts enough to give this classic a metal or should we let this one rust in peace?   Find Chris at:  Website www.chrissolada.com Instagram www.instagram.com/fuzzpedal   +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Launching us into our newest theme, Space is the Place, we welcome BookToker and podcast host of Books in The Freezer, Stephanie Gahanon, as we debate the 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time. Is it time out for this space drama or does it just get better with age?   Find Stephanie at:  Twitter @booksfreezerpod Instagram @booksinthefreezer TikTok @booksinthefreezer +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Dancing bears, painted wings, and a royal debate on the 1997 animated film Anastasia! Champa Lo, Hmong-French illustrator, joins us for our last work in our “Baby It's Cold Outside” theme. Is Anastasia a lovely waltz through nostalgia or a film we're Russian to finish?   Find Champa at: https://dribbble.com/ChampaLo Champonit.com Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Caitlin Graham, Brooklyn-born actor, writer, and host of the podcast Pop Junction gets us into the holiday spirit as we continue our way through our theme “Baby It's Cold Outside.” Join us as we discuss 2003's Love Actually- but is this holiday classic a film we need to breakup with or will we find that our love for this one “actually is all around”?   @thecaitlingraham (Caitlin's IG) www.caitlingraham.com (Caitlin's website) www.caitlingraham.com/pop-junction (Pop Juncition podcast)  Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

What better way to fight off the winter weather than by getting cozy with not one, but two guest experts? Grace and Wally, hosts of the podcast Charbroiled Chats, warm us with banter as we search for the truth of the episode “Ice” from the X-Files. Did it leave us cold or was its brrrilliance snow joke? Find ChardroiledChats at: Instagram Twitter Facebook charbroiledchats.buzzsprout.com charbroiledchats@gmail.com +++++ Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Picture Car Department veteran Aaron Shore blasts into the podcast with our new theme of “Baby It's Cold Outside.” This week we discuss Iron Man 3, but is this film a strong suit in the MCU or is it just a Stark realization of ironic disaster? @doubleaaprod (Aaron's IG) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

University of Illinois Physics Department graduate student Alex Deich beams into the podcast at warp speed to discuss the Charlie X episode of Start Trek: The Original Series. As we finish our Food Fight theme, we ask- is this sci-fi perfection or are we stuck between a spock and a hard place? Find Alex here: https://deichdeich.github.io/# Fearful Symmetry by A. Zee Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Famed and acclaimed roller derby champion, Bonnie Thunders skates us through the scores and falls of 2009's Whip It, as we continue our Food Fight Theme. Does this film let the good times roll or is it just one wipe-out crash after another? @BonnieThunders (Bonnie's IG) Five Stride Skate Shop (www.fivestride.com) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

First up in our Food Fight theme, we welcome former NYC chef and now story writer, Evan Stark to slice and dice 2007's Ratatouille. Is this a dish sweetly seasoned with nostalgia or a soupper waste of thyme? @themanstark (Evan's Twitter) @starklepony (Evan's IG) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Finishing up our Cults theme, we return with writer, director, and theater educator, Amy Eller to discuss 2020's The Craft: Legacy. Will our first repeat guest leave us spellbound with this homage, or has the magic turned?  Visit Amy Eller @ www.elleractor.com  Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Continuing in our Cults theme, comedy writer and Twitch-streamer, Waren May III signs on to discuss the 2000 thriller The Skulls.  Twitch.Tv/TuSteundGaming @TuSteundGaming (IG) @WarrenGMayIII (IG) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

This week Comparing Notes presents an episode from your and mine favorite improv podcast, Improv is Dead. Rose and Liz guest along side the very funny and very talented Dan White and Tim Lyons. Take a listen! www.improvisdead.com Dan White (@atdanwhite) Tim Lyons (@TimLyons) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Join us on our first installment to spooky season as we kick off our new series “Cults”. Award-winning horror writer and director, Carlen May-Mann takes us on a trip to Sweden as we debate the 2019 film Midsommar.  www.carlenmaymann.com (Website) @snarlen_ (IG) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Final stop on this iteration of "These United States" is Virgina and the 2001 sci-fi psychological thriller, Donnie Darko. Weaving in and out of these worm holes with us is actress and homegrown Virginian, McKenzie Connell.  @mckenzieconnell(Twiter) @mckenzers (IG) Donate to our Patreon Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

This month's theme, "These United States" Comparing Notes finds itself in Tenneesse. And what could be a better summray for today's debate, The Road by Cormac McCarthy than the state motto itself, "agriculture and commerce"? Winding along the highway with us is BookTok Influencer, Brandon Baker! @Baker.Reads (Tiktok) @baker_reads (IG) Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Donate to our Patreon Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Rose and Liz are back at the recurring series, "These United States" with the comic "Y: The Last Man" by Brian K. Vaughan. Guesting is real life breathing man and comic book creator Rich Wojcicki! @RpDub (Instagram) @Rp_Dub (Twitter) Read Deadbeats & Miscreants here: www.rpdub.com/dbmcomic Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Donate to our Patreon Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

Labor Day has come and gone and with it the end of pool season. Towling off our Adult Swim series is NYC based colorist, Alex Durie. It's up to Alex to determine if the 2018 best picture winner, The Shape of Water, sinks or swims. @ar0b & @alex_durie (Instagram) Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Donate to our Patreon Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

This week Liz and Rose jump into the deep end with our new summertime theme, Adult Swim. Wading through our debate of Ocean's Eleven is guest expert and co-host of Improv is Dead, Tim Lyons. @TimLyons (Twitter) @Lyonheart (Instagram) @improvisdead (Twitter and Instagram)  Listen to Improv is Dead HERE (www.improvisdead.com) Email Comparing Notes @ comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Donate to our Patreon Learn More about our Show Song & Artwork

"It happens all the time in life. We skip right over the Achilles tendon and go straight o the hymen." Co-host Liz perfectly summarizes this episode, this debate, and this week's  indie gymnastics flick, The Bronze. Answering all our burning questions is guest expert Dr. Rachael Huwyler Wiig.  Henry Ford Residency (IG @hfhemimres) comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Competition can feel like life and death. But never as literal when comes to the 2002 teen pyschological thriller, Swimfan. Joining us today to keep us afloat is guest expert and Athletic Trainer, Viviani McKinney!  comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

The hardwork and training is over. Time to showcase what we've got for this serie's theme, Going For Gold! In honor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Rose and Liz will be debating films highlighting some of the games' greatest sports. Including this week's film, Enter The Dragon with guest expert and Hollywood stunt performer, Alec Back! Alec Back's IG: @alec_michael_back comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

A truly unexcepted Unexcepted Minisode. This week Rose shares with Liz the messy and awful process of casting for Will Smith's leading lady of the 2005 rom-com Hitch. comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork Sources: Was race an issue in "Hitch" casting? Wikipedia's List of Interracial Romance Films When Hollywood Films Get Race Themed into the Same Box

The plane has landed, the boat docked, the car is parked. Our Bon Voyage series ends on an epic note with 2017's Wonder Woman. Teaming up with Liz and Rose this week is mother, former camera crane operator, and possibe real life Amazon.... Rachel Alvarado! comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Take a trip with Comapring Notes through time, nostalgia, and questionable accents with Woody Allen's 2011 dramedy, Midnight in Paris. Joining us this week is the very definition of Bon Voyage and worldly traveler, Cameron Addicott.  Cameron Addicott's Website Around The World in 80 Gays comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

This week's minisode is stuffed with factoids about the making and behind the scenes magic of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Psycho. comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Feeling lost? Wander no more with this week's episode, Lost in Translation! Speech pathologist student Yulia bridges the gap between co-hosts Rose and Liz as they debate Sofia Coppola's breakout dreamlike film.  comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

You say hello, we say "Bon Voyage" with this month's theme! This week guest expert Nini Ikhena indulges our wonderlust as we set sail on the most epic film in cinematic history, Jame Cameron's Titanic!  Nini's IG: @niniikhena   Nini's website:  www.niniikhena.com comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

It's the end of "Wedding Season" and with it, the inevitable hangover, so we chose to be super meta with the 2009 wolf pack comedy The Hangover. Bringing feminine floral energy to this masculine debate is Petal Effect's Tobore Oweh. Petal Effect Website: www.petaleffect.com Petal Effect IG: @petaleffect   comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

This week's "Wedding Bells" toll for celebration and sorrow. Liz and Rose go OG gothic with horror writer and literary influencer Sarah Drury. It's a life and death debate when it comes to Mary Shelley's 1818 groundbreaking novel, Frankenstein.  Sarah's TikTok: @Ladybugbooks Sarah's IG: @lady.bug.books   comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Get those nails done and practice your makeup. It's time to say "I do" to the 2011 female-led comedy Bridesmaids. Joining us today is the six-time bridesmaid champion, Art Director, and designer of this podcat's logo Alyssa Liegel!   comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

It's Bond, Mrs. Bond. That's right this month and this week's film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is hearing "Wedding Bells". In attendence for today's unexpected union is a Phildelpdia based florist Jordyn Ruth.  Belovely Floral Co. IG Belovely Floral Co. TikTok Jordyn Ruth IG comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Hollywood Bound wraps up with a dive into the world of street art with the 2010 documentary Exit Thrrough the Gift Shop. Film and television lighting tech, Jay Guffey, joins Rose and Liz as each co-host tries to her best to tag and spray their opinions as intellectual, yet accessible.  Jay Guffey's twitter: @brothersguffey comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

This week Rose and Liz go head to head to head with guest expert and staff writer at The Spool, Sarah Gorr. Listen as three women try to get inside the mind of the 2018 TV show YOU. comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork

Pull down the lap bar and cock the shotgun, this week's Hollywood Bound film is the horror comedy, Zombieland. Taking the wheel this debate is writer and director Brendan Nagle. Who's aim will be dead on, and who's will be dead wrong?  comparingnotes.hello@gmail.com Patreon Show Song & Artwork