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Episode 5: Supernatural & Religion; or, Eric Kripke Owes Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Some Royalties (Part Two)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 58:00


Join us for part two as we discuss the role of religion in Supernatural through the lens of S1E12: Faith, S2E13: Houses of the Holy, S5E6: I Believe the Children Are Our Future, S5E17: 99 Problems, S5E22: Swan Song as well as Good Omens!

Episode 5: Supernatural & Religion; or, Eric Kripke Owes Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Some Royalties (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 47:34


We're back! Join us as we discuss the role of religion in Supernatural through the lens of S1E12: Faith, S2E13: Houses of the Holy, S5E6: I Believe the Children Are Our Future, S5E17: 99 Problems, S5E22: Swan Song as well as Good Omens!

Bonus Content: Asylum

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 35:19


Check out bonus material from our talk with our guest commenter as Mish and Ginger continue our conversation from part two of episode 4! Using the Willowbrook State School as a case study, we discuss the history of mental health institutions in the United States over the past century or so in connection with the Supernatural episode Asylum.  Please be aware that while we do not go into graphic detail, we do discuss the mistreatment of patients by these institutes.

Episode 4: Americana; or, The Great American Road Trip (Part Two)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 70:21


 Join Rae, Mish, and our guest commenter Ginger for the second part of our discussion looking at what Americana means in relation to Supernatural and how the show draws inspiration from it. In part two of the episode, we explore the show's use of urban legends and the imagery of Americana. You may want to start with part one of this episode, available here. References for this episode are available here. Please see our full list of episodes here.

Episode 4: Americana; or, The Great American Road Trip (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 53:14


 Join us as we explore the concept of Americana and its role in Supernatural! In this three part episode, we will be looking at what Americana means in relation to Supernatural and how the show draws inspiration from it, as well as examining the role(s) of urban legends and road trip culture in the show.   References for the episode can be found on our Tumblr.

Mini Episode: Wyoming

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 51:48


Join Rae, Mish, and a special guest as we discuss our home state's unusual prominence in Supernatural in our first mini episode! This is a standalone 50 minute episode. Please see our full list of episodes here.

Episode 3: Sweet Emotion; or, Best & Favorite Episodes (Part Two)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 57:16


Join Rae & Mish for the second part of our discussion of our favorite episodes! We discuss our favorite meta episodes and dark horse favorites, as well as taking a detour to discuss our experiences with various fandoms. You may want to start with part one of this episode, available here. References for this episode are available here. Please see our full list of episodes here.

Episode 3: Sweet Emotion; or, Best & Favorite Episodes (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 54:37


Join Rae & Mish as we talk about our favorite episodes of Supernatural! To follow in the grand tradition of Supernatural itself we have a gimmick for this episode - we're not telling each other what our favorite episodes are until we start recording! We're going to be just as surprised as you!

Episode 2: Fresh From the Fight; or, Supernatural’s Relationship with Heroism and Independence (Part Two)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 59:51


Join us as we finish our discussion about heroism and independence and talk about whether or not Sam Winchester is a byronic hero. For this episode of our podcast we looked at the following Supernatural episodes: S1E2 Wendigo, S2E9 Croatoan, S3E6 Red Sky At Morning, S3E12 Jus In Bello, and S4E19 Jump The Shark. Part one of episode two can be found here. References for the episode can be found on our Tumblr.

Dreams of the Past Christmas Special

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 87:57


Ho ho ho! Join Mish and Rae as we talk about A Very Supernatural Christmas and also do some (very bad) caroling! We also answer listener questions and have a jolly good time all around. References for this episode can be found at: https://dreamsofthepastpodcast.tumblr.com/references

Episode 2: Fresh From the Fight; or, Supernatural’s Relationship with Heroism and Independence (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 47:38


Join Rae and Mish for episode 2 part one where we discuss heroism, anti-heroes, Western and noir genres, and death of the author! We look at the following Supernatural episodes: S1E2 Wendigo, S2E9 Croatoan, S3E6 Red Sky At Morning, S3E12 Jus In Bello, and S4E19 Jump The Shark. References can be found at: https://dreamsofthepastpodcast.tumblr.com/references  

Episode 1: The Early 2000s & You; or, Supernatural In Context (Part Two)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 44:31


Join Rae and Mish for the second part of DotP Episode 1: The Early 2000s & You to discuss the historical and cultural context of Supernatural! We take a deep dive to look at five Supernatural episodes S1E1: Pilot, S1E4: Phantom Traveler, S1E15: Hell House, S1E17: The Benders, and S2E7: The Usual Suspects. The first part of the episode is also available and we recommend listening to part one before moving on to part two.

Episode 1: The Early 2000s & You; or, Supernatural In Context (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 45:07


Join Rae and Mish for the first part of DotP Episode 1: The Early 2000s & You to discuss the historical and cultural context of Supernatural! We take a deep dive to look at five Supernatural episodes S1E1: Pilot, S1E4: Phantom Traveler, S1E15: Hell House, S1E17: The Benders, and S2E7: The Usual Suspects. Part 2 of DotP Episode 1 will be released at the same time since this is our first episode ever! Please check out part two to join us in the rest of our conversation.

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