I Can't Stop Thinking About...

Oh yeah, we're talking about plants again. Well, Kate is. Kenzie is new to the convo, and we're leaf-ing the door open for you, too! Join us as we talk about our current plants, wishlist plants, and mourn those we've lost along the way. Hopefully you'll be inspired to get a leafy friend by the end of this episode. Heads-up, we're going to be taking a hiatus from the pod for a while. Our lives have gotten much busier than expected and, while we love doing this, we don't have much time for it anymore. We hope to return at some point, so hopefully you'll see us in your podcatcher in the future! :)

Salve! Ever wanted to solve a mystery in Ancient Rome? Well boy oh boy, have we got the game for you! This week we're talking about a new favorite of ours, The Forgotten City! Join us as we go through this Roman whodunnit and try our darnedest not to break The Golden Rule. Wanna win a copy from us? Details in the episode! (Through end of Feb 2022) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yep, we're talking about music finally! Time to find out WAY too much about our psyches through the medium of music. Specifically, our Spotify Wrapped's from 2021. So strap in and listen along as we realize just how different our music tastes really are. Who is the resident sad girl? Who listened to almost exclusively comedy albums last year? Find out on today's episode! Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/icsta --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

New year, new season! Our dear Lady Lauren has blessed us with more of our favorite fantasy Surprise Dad & Daughter duo! Join us as we discuss our thoughts on all that this new, and a times controversial, season has to offer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The thrilling conclusion to our Christmas One-Shot (and our final episode of 2021)! Join us for Christmas themed puzzles, more drunkenness & kleptomania, and find out: will Keith let us fight Santa? Happy Holidays, y'all!

Nothing says "The Holoiday Season" quite like some fantasy bullshit. Join us for another dive into Dnd with our resident Dungeon Master, Keith! This time with a new dynamic and dysfunctional duo searching for the true meaning of Christmas...maybe? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What're we Dune? Not much how about you? This week, in honor of the recent movie's release, we're launching into the behemoth IP that is Frank Herbert's Dune with the help of a friend of the pod and resident sci-fi nerd friend. So climb aboard your giant sandworm and let cruise through Dune together. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

There's something on the horizon...it's the long awaited Animal Crossing update! We're diving back into one of our early pandemic obsessions and talking about the most recent installment of the Animal Crossing series as well as seeing where it all started. So let's go catch some bugs, terraform an island, and pay off a whoooooooooooooole lotta debt. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Scott! Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Rocky! Kate! Kenzie! That's right, we're doing the Time Warp this week! This week, we're diving in to the chaotic movie musical that is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hold on to your tighty-whities and get ready to blast off into space... literally! We'll talk about what happened behind the scenes, our appreciation for both Tim Curry and Meatloaf, and some extra fun-fact tidbits! Get ready, everybody; it's time to make a man. (And happy 1 year anniversary to this pod!) Article Kenzie mentioned: https://www.tor.com/2012/10/31/the-astonishingly-sensical-plot-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/ Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/icsta --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky! They're all together ooky... Kenzie and Kate! Just kidding, it's definitely the Addams Family. This week, we're diving into the Halloween/spooky season classic -- The Addams Family (1991)! We'll talk Addams Family as a whole, but we'll get into all of the chaos on set and in the story of this Fester-filled film. (Sidenote: can you believe how old the Addams Family is?) So, sit back, relax, and let Thing or Lurch know if you need anything while you join us on this adventure! Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/ICSTA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Don't you dare light that candle! This week we're talking about the quintessential 90s, Disney halloween flick Hocus Pocus! In continuing our venture into the "spooky, not scary" genre we cover the story of the iconic Sanderson Sisters and a sassy cat's (and some kids we guess) attempts to thwart their plan for immoral immortality. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

THIS IS HALLOWEEN...season. We're celebrating of the spookiest month of the year by exploring the spookiest movies we know starting with the cult classic The Nightmare Before Christmas! This movie sparks some debate with its dueling holiday themes of Halloween and Christmas so we're here to settle the score. Kat and Kenzie go head to head to figure out: is this a Halloween flick or a Christmas film? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the Motherlobe, interns! We're jumping back into our brains to talk about this long-awaited sequel, Psychonauts 2! During this wonderfully empathetic and hilarious journey, we'll be talking about the origins of the Psychonauts, the mysteries of the Aquato Family, and the questionable presence of a non-psychic mailroom clerk. Put your goggles on and get ready to dive in, gang! Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/icsta --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you tired of your regular 9-5 grind? Wish you could drop it all and go take over your dead grandpa's plot of land (that he possibly haunts) in an obscure tiny middle-of-nowhere town? Well boy oh boy do we have news for you! This week we get cozy with one of the coziest of cozy games: Stardew Valley. Join us in our virtual lifestyle change from employee to farmer as we talk about all the love, small-town scandal, and insanely difficult fishing that the valley has to offer! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pack your bags, gang, we're going to summer camp! That's right, we're joining Raz and the other Psychonauts in training at summer camp to talk about this 2005 cult classic game. It's time to finally figure out what's going on in everyone's brains. Strap in and hold on to your brains as we take you through this wildly mental adventure. Big emphasis on holding on to your brains, guys. Seriously. They could slip out of your nose at any second! Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/icsta --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

CW: Gore and death. Season 2 may not be out yet BUT we do have some new Witcher content to cover! Before there was a sultry white-haired world, there was his equally sultry mentor/father figure Vesemir. We're covering good ol' uncle Vesemir's story as it's told in The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as well as making our own predictions of how this Netflix Original Anime film will play into the new season of Lauren Hissrich's The Witcher series! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yes, it's ANOTHER video game episode! What can we say? We love us some good games. This week we're taking a smooth, cozy ride on Stella's boat as we talk about the wonderful world of Spiritfarer. Maybe bring some tissues because this one might hit you right in the feelings bone. But in a good way! We're all gonna feel our feelings, and everything is gonna be O-A-K! Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/icsta --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Maybe royal life isn't all its shaped up to be in the kingdom of Davern. This week we're talking about the game Yes, Your Grace (2020); a game full of love, war, references, and a lie detecting chicken. What more could you ask for? Join us as we go over this indie gem brimming with difficult decisions that gave us just the right amount of anxiety. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Listen up, everybirdie! We're goin' to St. Pigeonation's, and we WILL find love, dammit! So strap in for a rollercoaster of emotions, ranging from pure adoration to pure horror, as we soar on the wings of love into this unconventional bird-centric dating sim. Well, it starts as a dating sim, at least. Who know where we'll end up? Better hang on tight because this is gonna be a wild one. Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/ICSTA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

*TW: General horror/dark themes, sexual assault, murder, gore, etc.* What a provocative episode title, eh? But don't let this marketing fool you! This week, we're diving into the 2009 cult classic Jennifer's Body, which is MUCH more interesting and better than its marketing ever suggested. What can we say? We're a women run podcast who love fictional women written by women. We're still not impressed by Jennifer's hovering, though. Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/ICSTA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hot people + Prosthetics = Love(?) Let's find out! This week we're covering Netflix's new dating show, Sexy Beasts, where they beg the question: could you fall in love with someone while they were dressed as a demon or a member of the animal kingdom? Come along for this, at times, over-sexual safari as we see if conventionally attractive people can find a sexy beast of their own when they can't rely on their good looks to bolster their chances. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're back in action, and Kenzie has returned from the wild west of filmmaking! This week we're talking Space Jam: A New Legacy, the sequel to the original Space Jam! Have either of us seen the original Space Jam? Nope. Will that stop us from talking about it? Not. At. All. So grab your basketballs and favorite Loony Toon because we're transporting ourselves deep into the Warner Brothers Serververse! But keep an eye out for Don Cheadle! (Seriously, we're worried about him. Is he okay?) Twitter: @ICSTAPodcast Patreon: patreon.com/ICSTA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

*Apologies in advance for the audio issues, Kate's microphone isn't feeling well and didn't handle recording live/in-person very well!* A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Kate finds herself still podcasting without her trusty co-host, Kenzie. But fret not, dear listeners! We DO have a co-host today in the form of Kate's best friend Sagen. And what better to talk about without Kenzie than the thing she really doesn't like? That's right... it's Star Wars time. So sit back and enjoy this long rambly episode about the franchise we love best. We take you through the prequels, originals, and the sequels, as well as touch on some other fun Star Wars media. Is it mostly about the sequels? Kinda. Is it really just a long defense of the The Last Jedi? Maybe! Will you enjoy it nonetheless? Absolutely! Podcasts mentioned by Sagen: Skytalkers: https://open.spotify.com/show/7BM7ob41TeHpM91ukjfu3j?si=znODL6zHRDGlnFDPMoxuQA&dl_branch=1 What the Force: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Lg4VGHj97sIqjqCiHS5ht?si=2P7BRuVsRyOg4LN6xgKOog&dl_branch=1 Intro music: Space Vacuum - A Cinematic Journey by Natureseye on Pixabay --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well, due to some scheduling conflicts, it's Kate's turn to do a solo episode this time! Kenzie is off doing big career things, so I'm here to fly us solo for the next two weeks. What better to talk about on my own than houseplants? So grab your ferns, philodendrons, and any other leafy friends and settle in for a short dive into what it's like to be in the early stages of a houseplant obsession. Don't forget to shoot over your houseplant pics and name suggestions to our twitter!: @ICSTAPodcast

We've talked about the book. We've talked about the movie. Now it's time to talk about the MUSICAL! We watched through this melodious adaptation of The Lightning Thief and sought to answer the question: is it better than the movie? Prepare for puppets, goat legs, and leaf-blowers as we dive into The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical by Rob Rokicki and a book by Joe Tracz. Will it be Riordan approved? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yep we're still on the nostalgia train, and we're making a stop at Camp Half-Blood! This week we're continuing our dive into fantasy books from our younger years (well... Kate's younger years) and looking at Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief. Tune in to hear us talk about the Greek gods, their half-mortal kids, and how Hell is most definitely located in Los Angeles. Maybe we'll figure out who our godly parents are along the way.... Mom? Dad? Are you out there? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

From Cats to Clover, this week we're talking about one of pre-teen Kenzie's Foo-vorites! This Obert Skye original is a Foo-tastic Foo-n-filled adventure full of un-Foo-gettable characters and creatures! Okay, we're done with the Foo puns...Foo now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yeah, you read that right. We're still talking fantasy except for this time it's cats! We're starting a retrospective book club of sorts where we introduce each other to books we grew up with and what's a book like this without a book report! Tune in to hear Kate welcome Kenzie into the world of the Warriors; a fantasy filled with a strange amount of violence, hundreds of cats, and tongue-sharing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hm. We talked game Geralt, but what about Cavill's Geralt? pack your steel and silver sword and join us on this media hopping adventure through Lauren Schmidt Hissrich's adaptation of The Witcher as seen on Netflix. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How about a round of Gwent? This week we're talking about our favorite monster-hunting mutant, Geralt of Rivia, and the installment that really put him back on the map! And yes, we'll be the first to admit it, we've got a thing for 3rd installments. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This game is out of this world...or...galaxy? We're wrapping up our look into this beloved series with a new story in the Mass Effect universe following a new hero! This somewhat controversial successor to the original trilogy left some fans upset, but was all the hate it got warranted? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Legendary Edition has arrived and so has our episode on the final installment of the main trilogy! It's time to wrap up Shep's wild ride and talk about the somewhat controversial end to this much-loved space-faring epic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Who said there's no such thing as a good sequel? Because they definitely have never played Mass Effect 2! We've been brought back to life by Cerberus to continue our celebration of Mass Effect Legendary Edition's impending release. Join us as we collect(ors) our thoughts and reap(er) the consequences of this high-stakes 2nd installment! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In honor of the fast-approaching Mass Effect Legendary Edition, we decided to take our first real venture into this beloved BioWare property. Join us (and our Shepards) as we discuss this, our first trip aboard the Normandy, to find intergalactic love and save the universe from the Reaper threat. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The end* is in sight for Odette and Junior Mint! But what kind of ending will it be? •••This episode contains the songs "Tavern Loop", "Medieval Loop", "Winter Night", "Entertainment", "Battle of the Creek" and "The Cold Battle" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) which are Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Junior Mint and Odette continue from where we left them...more or less. Things haven't exactly gone to plan and their mission is beyond derailed. Will our heroes(?) find their way back on the path or will they be stalled yet again by echoes of their past. Not to brag but we're offering you an episode you can't refuse. • • • Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting - pfranzen Crowd Screaming, A.wav - Inspector J This episode contains the songs "Tavern Loop", "Medieval Loop", "Winter Night", "Entertainment", "Battle of the Creek" and "The Cold Battle"  by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) which are Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

All aboard! The adventures of Junior Mint and Odette (and Christofer) continue aboard Captain Smith's ship on their way to accomplish the dubious task that was vaguely explained by Ohaku. Where are they going? Why won't anyone give them a straight answer? Is Captain Smith bald? Tune in to find out! ••• Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting - pfranzen Thunder, Very Close, Rain, A.wav - Inspector J This episode contains the songs "Tavern Loop", "Medieval Loop", "Winter Night", "Entertainment", "Battle of the Creek" and "The Cold Battle" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) which are Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We've got our randomized characters and we've got a bat, but will our adventure be a critical success or will we roll a 1 at every turn? Like Bilbo Baggins, we're going on an adventure! Who are our heroes and what the hell have they gotten themselves into? Tune in a find out! This episode contains the songs "Tavern Loop", "Medieval Loop", "Winter Night", "Entertainment", "Battle of the Creek" and "The Cold Battle" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) which are Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We've made the executive decision to become fully-fledged nerds and boy howdy are we excited. This marks the beginning of our latest ICSTA sagas where we set out to lose our D&D virginity...but first a little history and some character creation of course! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Not every thing we do is something worth broadcasting...this week we talk about our guilty pleasures! As we cover topics from TV to weird food choices, you're sure to leave this episode knowing us just a liiiiiittle more than you really wanted to. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Oh boy, have we got an indie gem for you fine folk. In this episode we talk about the ever so charming game Knights and Bikes! Get ready for a chat full of disembodied heads, friendly geese, and (you guessed it) bikes. Freddy Mercury, eat your heart out because no one wants to ride their bikes more than Demelza and Nessa. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The EPIC conclusion of McConaugh-Romcomarama is upon us! We explore the last two movies of the pre-McConanaissance era: Fool's Gold (2008) & Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). Tune in for the grand finale and all the hijinks in-between! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

McConaugh-Romcomarama continues with How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Failure to Launch (2006). We breakdown these 2000s classic to see where they land on out definitive ranking of the films Matthew McConaughey's Romcom period. Will we love them or will these movies let our "Love Fern" die? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

With the state of Texas frozen this week and Kate's internet on the fritz, we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled program to bring you: Kenzie talking to herself about old PC games for 20 minutes! In this brief detour from the McConaugh-Romcom-arama, Kenzie talks about Her Interactive's game series based on the beloved books and her rekindled affinity for them.

Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches and the season of love is synonymous with one man: Matthew McConaughey (early 2000s  Matthew McConaughey to be precise). So sit back, relax, and join us on this first installment of a look into the romcom period of the MCU (McConaughey Cinematic Universe). Thus we begin our task of ranking these feel-good flicks with 2001's The Wedding Planner! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We spun the Wheel of Wow for topics and it brought us right back to the year 2005; the glory days of Webkinz! Join us for this trip back down memory lane as we revisit this surprisingly capitalistic staple of our youth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well, aren't we just all out of order. This week the third installment of the Fable franchise. After powering through the campaign together in COVID safe online co-op mode, we're here to share our thoughts on what it's like to be the revolutionary ruler of Albion and the famed kicker of chickens. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Let's take a trip down memory lane to revisit the educational TV of our childhoods! We revisited our favorite programs from PBS Kids as adults and are here to tell you if they still hold up to our fond memories of them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We threw down the ghostly gauntlet and Emily has taken it up! Join us in this second installment of ghosts where we talk jolly-old (and very haunted) England, a continuation on the ghost of Stagefright, and some steamy ghost fan fiction. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hey there, baby. What's your type? MBTI and ennea-type to be exact! Join us as we delve into the history and the cult of personality...tests. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this not-so-mini mini-episode, we have a casual Christmas chat about our holiday traditions and history including, but not limited to: how Kenzie learned Santa wasn't real, fire-play, dog-sledding(?), and seasonal mollusk feasts. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app