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A lighthearted but literary analysis of tropes in media hosted by two queer people with arts and humanities degrees. Heavy references to TVTropes, obscure horror novels, and mental health. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

WTRN: The Radio Network


    • Oct 31, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    We Interrupt This Broadcast...

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 22:18


    GOOD EVENING, LISTENERS. THANK YOU FOR TUNING INTO WTRN: THE RADIO NETWORK, YOUR HOME FOR NEWS, VARIETY, AND LOCAL INTEREST. WE WOULD APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT WE FEEL WE'VE eärnĕḏ it. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: FIONA NICKIE/ERIN FIND TENDERLY BOUND BOOKS AT: https://instagram.com/tenderlyboundbooks?utm_medium=copy_link OR AT: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tenderlyboundbooks FOR ALL YOUR JOURNAL NEEDS. TODAY'S MUSIC IS The Last of Me BY Kaylie Groff. BACKING TRACKS PROVIDED BY UPBEAT: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/gypsy-jaxx License code: I9UEUULDDYU82D3M Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/grotto License code: 1DHDW2VDUUYDVWTL Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/jump-jive License code: S08CWBWMRQZNULUO SEE YOU LATER! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    OCTOBER MADNESS: The Bracket Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 86:59


    Trick or treat? We picked TRICK, and played it on ourselves. This is technically a “minisode”. We probably haven't mentioned it before, but GB is a little interested in science and the bastards who do it. Hope you like basketball and getting horny, we know we do. Sit back, relax, and enjoy no rules just right science. A VERY special thank you to our SPONSORS: Fiona Nickie/Erin And keep your dials tuned to WTRN, we've got one more holiday episode headed your way. Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Depends Where Jim Henson Puts His Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 45:48


    548 tropes, and room for many more. Digs hates bells, Annalee is getting locked in the attic. ...In That Order No Immortal Inertia Belly Mouth For Doom the Bell Tolls Madwoman in the Attic Creepy Cleanliness Horror Hippies Ghostapo Skeleton Crew Made from Real Girl Scouts "Join Us" Drone Creepy Children Singing Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Muppet- wait no this is wrong. Why- hang on-

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 45:15


    Look, I was going to talk about muppet cannibalism but why the FUCK is Annalee giving the tropes??? I don't feel safe- Sapient House ​​Chasing a Butterfly Fashion-Victim Villain Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

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    They're Cutie Marks NOT Ass Tattoos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 38:56


    In which we discuss Digs' desire to wear a uniform and report to someone taller than him, personal anecdotes, carnal desires and their conditions, and My Little Pony (the best show ever made I am joking can you imagine oh my god). The Bully That's an Order! Horror Hunger Hemo Erotic Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    To Only Those Who Read the Whole Title. Listener, you are now part of this. There is no fourth wall. Come into our pillow fort or we'll drag you in by the ankle, kicking and screaming. If you don-

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 41:20


    In which we discuss Annalee playing god with Digs' life, taxes and how to avoid them, the undeniable eroticism of the Toy Taker from the Island of Misfit Toys, the 4% of our English listeners, and Annalee's threats to Digs' life. Keeper of Forbidden Knowledge The Good Old British Comp Closed Door Rapport The B Grade Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    On Air/In Air Misery

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 51:45


    In which we discuss how travel has declined, gruesome headlines, Annalee's capitalist fetish, and no, hold on, go back. Annalee wants to fuck rich men in top hats so bad it's not even funny. CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of school shootings, Colombine, and WWII. Cool Airship If It Bleeds, It Leads Signature Headgear Saved by Canon Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Ten Minutes of Yelling About American Treaties with the Greys was Removed for Your Sake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 39:18


    In which we discuss King Arthur's Australian Blacksmith, shagging Shaggy Rogers, and school internet history. CW: Digs yells at Annalee in this one. This was about aliens and he wasn't really mad. We lowered the volume. Possession Implies Mastery Alien Abductees Fight Back > The Harkness Test Extended Disarming From: @arbitrary_knell Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Twitter to hurt Digs --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    GREEN KNIGHT SPECIAL: What If A Weird Guy Showed Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 47:55


    In which we discuss THE GREEN KNIGHT, directed by David Lowrey, and starring Dev Patel's gorgeous face and tight ass body. Spoilers ahead, for the MOVIE. If you haven't read the 14th-century poem that's on YOU. Tropes: Antagonistic Offspring Cool Sword Named Weapons Find Autumn! Twitter Web Series Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    We Talk Too Much About Feet In This One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 43:39


    In which we discuss hot scientists (aren't they all), how to pick fights with historical ghosts, Digs' rambunctious sleep habits, and feet. Both of our feet are mentioned at least once in this one, so... do with that what you will.  Gambit Pileup  Motherly Scientist Angel Unaware Talking In your Sleep  Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Bringing Uranium to School (not clickbait, also don't do it)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 40:59


    In which we discuss how to deflect creeps in public, Annalee's plan to murder Digs (Black Butler Themed) and choke him out while he's dressed as the Oncler (sexy), and some friends of the show intervene. Gamer Chick [S] ==> Game Girl Song YOU! Exclamation Denouement Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Fourth of July Special: We are sorry, Mr. Henson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 14:44


    A comprehensive list of the only good things the United States has ever done. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Did You Forget That You're Color Blind?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 44:57


    In which we discuss EMAILS, Groundhog Day Ragers, Digs' Moulin Rouge betrayal, Color Blind: the Podcast, Bill Cipher Volume Warning, getting buried alive (NOT CLICKBAIT), and Annalee flexes the fact that she CAN sing. Like for real. Musical Episode Pink Girl Blue Boy Stuck in a Chimney Buffy Video Essay: https://twitter.com/TvWritersStudio/status/1368282249192370176?s=20 WTNV Fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1650692 Colors aren't Real: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91138/how-see-colors-dont-exist Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Let Me Cut Your Hand Off, and THEN We Can Kiss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 49:08


    In which we discuss intimate sexual xenomorphs, the Republican Nightmare, Dr. Annalee Lecter, hand in unlovable hand becasue you only have one, and HAIL DELPHINIDAE! Humans are not the Dominant Species The Pioneer Not Helping your Case Up Close with the Monster Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us! genreblindpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    You Were NOT on the Titanic: Happy Titanic Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 43:27


    Please excuse Digs’ ROOMATE in the background BANGING POTS AND PANS LOUDLY. She was WARNED to GET OUT and she DID NOT LISTEN. We are taking STEPS to remove her from THIS FLESH REALM but for NOW, you must SUFFER. WARNING: after Digs says “Titanic” there is a muffled scream in the background from Annalee’s computer. The moment passes quickly and is addressed in the show. In which we discuss live streaming cannibalism (for money), stabbing logistics, getting dipped in the River Styx, Percy FUCKING Jackson, w-wings, boat lust, and tw//SPN. Dying as Yourself Happily Ever After Living Ship Trope Suggestors: NightAngel000 Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe @treeindisguise --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    I Just Wanted Somebody to Kill Wesley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 43:14


    In which we discuss disrupted airwaves, broken brunette detectives, identical twin supremacy, Wesley PrincessBride’s misogyny, dream-induced anatomy math with Digs, and Irish Catholic MILFS. If It’s You, It’s Ok Single Target Sexuality Always Identical Twins Twincest My Name is Inigo Montoya Betty and Veronica Betty and Veronica Switch Stray Dog TikTok Bed Wed Behead provided by: @atomanelli Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe @aleigh37154 @betweenstageandscreenpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Minisode: There's Only One Bed FOR REAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 23:59


    In which YOU ASKED, WE ANSWERED. Here is There is Only One Bed, but for real this time. We do not talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Willy Wonka or anything that isn’t raw sexual tension. Tag us in your TiOOB fanart, we want to see your ship depravity. There is Only One Bed Sleep Cute Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    I Would Let God Manhandle Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 41:16


    In which we discuss Death the Kid, Roy Mustang, Homestuck, Disney Villains, and- wait. Is this just a Tumblr episode? God fucking dammit. Also, Digs did a little bit of the editing so buckle up for some GARBAGE. Tropes: Angst Wangst Finger Snap Lighter Uptown Girl Final Girl/Boy Music Anti-Recommendations Ghost Stories - Narcissistic Cookbook In a Week - Hozier The Past is a Grotesque Animal - of Montreal Christmas Unicorn - Sufjan Stevens Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Minisode: Sidekicks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 27:32


    In which we discuss sidekicks. No really. That’s it. Sidekicks Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    An Above Average Amount of Human Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 42:20


    In which we discuss Charlie (the one with the chocolate factory)’s grandparents’ fear of the Devil, how humanist theory comes at the price of early aughts bullshit, the Frankenstein/Bennet Estate, Annalee and Digs reenacting the end of NBC’s Hannibal, and how fuckable The Little Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe is. Tropes: There is Only One Bed Enemies to Lovers/Rivalry as Courtship Children in Tow Trope Suggestors: NightAngel000 Abigail Olshin Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    I've Built Another Weapon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 43:42


    In which we discuss our undying (lol) love for Quincey Morris, Taako Taaco (y'know, from TV?), dodging the furry bullet, magic boys with blue eyes, Digs eating a cheese stick like a serial killer, and sex as directed Baz Luhrmann. Spotlight Stealing Squad Housewife Science Destroys Magic Want us to break up with your partner for you? Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe More from WTRN: The Radio Network: Between Stage and Screen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Pro Earth, Anti Dolphin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 40:33


    Content Warning for less than consensual dolphin/human relations and a mention of the Axis Powers. In which we discuss a rock opera about Megaman, crow supremacy, how much we hate dolphins,  and James Whale’s crimes against Henry Clerval. Tropes Discussed: The Coats Are Off Robot War Anachronistic Clue Kinda Busy Here Research Dolphin Romance Dolphin Crime Razia’s Shadow Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Email us: genreblindpodcast@gmail.com More from the WTRN: The Radio Network: Between Stage and Screen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Holding Hands Professionally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 51:51


    Content Warning! This one’s a little death/body heavy so please take care if this is a sensitive topic. In which we discuss cold, damp, erotic corpses; tuberculosis as an improv bit; the terrifying (and gay) expanse of the sea; and faces that are begging to be slapped. I’m Cold, So Cold Pretend We’re Dead Hello Sailor Slap Slap Kiss Handshake Refusal Web Series Here Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Or, Follow Us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe Or, Support Us! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

    Dear Reader, Have You Ever Gone Down Dark Stairs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 63:08


    In which we discuss Coyote Peterson, Jack from The Magic Treehouse and his severe anxiety, and The Tale of Despereaux. Tropes Discussed: - Genre Blindness - Code of Honor - Video Game Caring Potential - Obviously Evil - High School - Psychopathic Man-Child - Excited Kids Show Host - Hypno Trinket - Interactive Narrator - Risking the King Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

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