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100th Episode!!! We can’t believe it! This podcast has always been part educational, part free therapy and part hang out session with your host’s Catherine and Carmen, and we’re so glad you choose to join us! To honour our 100th episode your hosts have each picked a secret topic to cover, and to make it extra fun we haven't even told the other what it is. 100th Episode!!!

Some of the best mainstream explorations of grief and revolution have come out recently, brought to you by the House of Mouse. This week we’re discussing the politics in Andor, a Star Wars series and grief and loss in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Side note: Your hosts cannot and will not be held accountable for thirsting for the actors, we’re only human!

Cryptozoology is what you get when you combine myth, pseudoscience and folks who just have too much time on their hands - And we absolutely love it. Join us as we discuss everything from the Loch Ness Monster to Mothman and share our own cryptozoological theories! Happy Halloween!

Folklore is what you get when you mix fear of the unknown with the desire to get your kids to behave. This week we’re discussing folklore - specifically Latin American and Afro Caribbean folklore courtesy of your favourite Mexican and Jamaican hosts! Hairy hands and weeping women and duppies, oh my!

Spooky season is upon us so we are delving into Demons. Join us as we discuss demonology, exorcisms and investigate what we think demons actually are. Cause for the record: Demons aren’t real… but maybe sage your home just in case.

Your hosts are hilarious, honest and riddled with chronic pain - so today we’re gonna talk about it! Join us and our lovely guest as we discuss living with chronic pain, navigating doctors and diagnosis and what we do to feel better. It’s not a bummer, we promise.

Listen, it's been a scary time with new and old diseases popping up everywhere. So to help assuage (and maybe confirm) some of our fears we have brought in Kaitlin, our resident Science Lady (with a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology) to talk Covid, Monkeypox, Polio and more!

We’re Marvel Stans, we admit it. But we’re Critical Marvel Stans so give us some credit! This week we are discussing Queer and POC representation in the MCU. We use the Thor franchise as our barometers for change and get into the triumphs and many many failures of representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This week we are honouring the passing of Nichelle Nichols, the icon, the queen, the GOAT. One of the most influential actors of all time her mark on both science and science fiction can’t be overstated. Plus Catherine subjects Carmen to the classic Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror.”

Single childless women are statistically the happiest people so why are we dating again? Join your hosts plus two special guests as we discuss modern dating apps, dating in the pandemic, new horror stories and more!

Happy Pride folks! This year we are discussing our favorite instances of queercoded characters and queerbaiting couples. If we’re honest this is a long time coming. The list is truly endless so join us for a great time!

It’s Pride Month so we’re getting our queer theory on and tackling the gayest of the supernatural creatures: Vampires. Join us as we go over the very queer orirings of modern vampire stories and discuss the queer metaphors at the heart of vampire fiction.

As May is your host’s Birthday Month we’ve decided to talk Birthday traditions. Our own, the history and the culture of Birthdays. Happy Birthday all year round from your favourite Taurus and Gemini duo.

Marvel Phase 4 is endless and while we’re absolutely here for it, it can’t be denied it’s getting to be a lot. Join us as we get into our Marvel Phase 4 wishlist plus our reviews of MoonKnight and Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse of Madness.

Emo is back, some say it never left, but let’s not pretend it hasn't always been a bit embarrassing. Join us as Carmen tries to explain her deep and abiding love of emo music plus we get into the scene’s problematic side. Darken your clothes and strike a violent pose and let's get into it.

The Oscars are like the Applebees of entertainment, an outdated relic slowly fading into irrelevance. But while they're still here let's dive into why. Join us as we discuss the Oscars' many mistakes and controversies plus we name our top “Should Have Won An Oscars” Awards.

Batman is unquestionably one of the greatest cultural icons of our time. Whether you see him as the world's greatest detective or a billionaire who beats up poor people in his fursona, he’s important. Join us as we discuss our issues with Batman, our favorite Batman films and our top 3 Batman villains. Batman - More like Bad-Man right? We’re not sorry.

Listen we’re all going through it so we thought it was a good time to do a catch up episode and share how we’re doing, what we’re looking forward to and what the hell this podcast is anyways!

Behind every black male revolutionary is a better, less problematic black woman doing the real work. This episode we are highlighting some of our favourite historical black and/or queer badass revolutionaries and activists. We discuss how women and queer people’s contributions are treated in revolutionary movements and the trash behaviour of certain important men. It’s black history month - learn your history, fight the man, listen to our podcast.

Happy Black History Month 2022! We are kicking it off with black characters in sci-fi and fantasy! Join us for a discussion on the importance of inclusion and diversity - plus it’s time for another powerpoint night where we each rate our Top 5 Black Fantasy and Sci-fi faves.

Listeners, you may not be in a cult but you may be dangerously close to one! Join us for part 2 of our series on cults where we dissect cult-like fads and try to decide where they belong on the cult scale. In 10 years when there’s a true crime documentary on the latest cults you’ll be able to say you heard it here first!

Listeners, we hope you’re not in a cult but if you are, this may be the episode for you. Join us for part 1 of our series on cults where we discuss the psychology and hallmarks of these dangerous groups. Trust us when we say that if a charismatic weirdo tells you you're special you should run.

We’re back on our Marvel Bulls*hit. But listen, Spidey is the top hero and in honour of “Spiderman: No Way Home” we’re here to celebrate him. Join us as we discuss the web slinger’s weird tropes, the geriatric casting decisions, and our No Way Home predictions. Plus our top Spiderman movies and Spiderman villains.

Listen, like it or hate it Anime is one of the biggest and most varied art forms around. Wanna see one about teenage ninjas? Got it. Flamboyant skateboarders? Sure. A highschool romance? It's there. Join us as Catherine attempts to explain Anime to Carmen - the genres, the tropes and how you can love a show despite the racism, fatphobia and sexsim. Plus Carmen rates Catherines top 10 anime husbands.

Winter is around the corner and we’re all gonna be putting on some weight and that’s… totally normal? Diet culture these days has gotten completely out of control and we’re gonna talk about it. We’ll discuss our personal relationship with dieting and weight gain, fad diets, plastic surgery, marketing, flat tummy teas and more.

You better boo-lieve we love horror movies. Or we try to but we get a little screamish. Join a pair of certified scary cats as we discuss our favourite Monsters, Horror Movies, Horror tropes and the racism of early horror films. It’s a spook-tacular time cause scary movies are a ghoul's best friend.

Catherine loves Disney animated movies and Carmen… well, lets say she’s seen them. Yes, we’re back on our BS talking about Disney. Join us as we discuss, argue about and rate the Disney Renaissance films - that’s The Little Mermaid to Tarzan. Don’t worry we’ll be calling out the racism. Expect a lot off off key singing.

From meth mouthed Richard Ramirez to lazy-eyed Ted Bundy, serial killers always seem to have swarms of groupies. Do we get it? Barely. But we’ll try to break it down. Join us for a discussion where we try our hardest to understand serial killer groupies. Why do they exist and what the hell is wrong with them?

Bad boys are everywhere these days and we love them - but if we don’t start critiquing them properly we’re in for a whole mess. Draco Malfoy, The Notebook, Bakugou, Telenovelas, Kylo Ren - we touch on all types of media. Join us as we discuss: who deserves a redemption arc, how bad boys influence toxic patterns and what characters aren't really bad boys at all.

Celebrities aren’t immortal but we sure treat them like they are. Spoiler alert: death comes for us all. Join us for a discussion about celebrity deaths - how they affect us, how we grieve and what we can learn from them. Plus we touch on twitter mobs, disrespecting the dead and who we’re dreading seeing go.

If you know us you know we love to discuss societal norms. Join us for a conversation about gender, gender norms, gender expression and sexism. Spoiler alert: we reveal that gender is mostly dumb and made up and society is a nightmare.

Boomers, Gen-X, Millennial, Gen-Z - we all act like generations define us but do they even really matter? Join us, a couple of Millennials, as we discuss Millennials and Gen-Z - the slang, the trends, the outlooks and the online fights appear to be a white woman culture war.

When Covid19 began millions of people learned the importance of washing their hands. Our question is, what the hell were they doing before? Join us as we discuss examples of historical filthiness, put people's unwashed butts on blast and generally gag at unhygienic habits.

As is typical for us we're going to spend this episode railing against colonialism by discussing how colonization changed the landscape of queer identities. But seeing as that's kind of a bummer we will also be talking about our favourite queer movies (44:30), favourite should-have-been-queer movies, share some controversial gay opinions and generally have a gay old time! Happy Pride!

All fandoms are garbage and we should delete the internet. This week we are continuing our dive into fandom but this time we're exposing fan culture for the dumpster fire it is. We're talking sexism, racism, gatekeeping, toxic fans - you name it. Plus we rank the absolute worst fandoms. Spoiler - Star Wars wins.

We’re here with our review of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier! We ask the hard questions like did this show explore racism honestly enough and when will Marvel let Sam and Bucky kiss? Prepare yourself for a discussion of historic and systemic racism, American imperialism, revolutionaries and handsome men flirting.

We're here with our review of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier! We ask the hard questions like did this show explore racism honestly enough and when will Marvel let Sam and Bucky kiss? Prepare yourself for a discussion of historic and systemic racism, American imperialism, revolutionaries and handsome men flirting.

How you choose to perceive the world is arguably the most important part of life on this floaty rock in space. Join us for a conversation about how we view the world and how our personal philosophies shape us, helps us and stress us the eff out. Featuring hits like: ethics, activism, anarchy, morality, prison abolition, toxic instagram hustlers, internalised capitalism and sunny nihilism.

How you choose to perceive the world is arguably the most important part of life on this floaty rock in space. Join us for a conversation about how we view the world and how our personal philosophies shape us, helps us and stress us the eff out. Featuring hits like: ethics, activism, anarchy, morality, prison abolition, toxic instagram hustlers, internalised capitalism and sunny nihilism.

This episode we're diving into another one of our nerdy passions: Doctor Who. Join us as we discuss our favorite episodes, companions and monsters as well as the weird racism, sexim and homophobia that permiates the show. Don't EXTERMINATE us, we're just the messengers.

This episode we're diving into another one of our nerdy passions: Doctor Who. Join us as we discuss our favorite episodes, companions and monsters as well as the weird racism, sexim and homophobia that permiates the show. Don't EXTERMINATE us, we're just the messengers.

It’s a magical tale of a woman dealing with the tragic loss of her Easy-Bake Oven… I mean Husband. Oh, and it's a meditation on grief too. Join us for this spoiler filled review of Wandavision, Marvel’s latest attempt to make is cry. ‘What is grief if not love persevering’ how dare they.

It's a magical tale of a woman dealing with the tragic loss of her Easy-Bake Oven… I mean Husband. Oh, and it's a meditation on grief too. Join us for this spoiler filled review of Wandavision, Marvel's latest attempt to make is cry. ‘What is grief if not love persevering' how dare they.

It's Black History Month so we're talking about… Black History Month. We know we're creative. Join us for an informal discussion of racism, Black History in Canada, our Black History Month experiences and how we can all benefit from and improve the month. My god why is it in February?

It’s Black History Month so we’re talking about… Black History Month. We know we’re creative. Join us for an informal discussion of racism, Black History in Canada, our Black History Month experiences and how we can all benefit from and improve the month. My god why is it in February?

There's nothing wrong with singing The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song with your full chest. A lot of people like to pretend they're too cool to watch cartoons but not us. We’re talking about cartoons and why it's okay for adults to enjoy them! Join us as we discuss our favourite nostalgic animated shows, animated movies, the best theme songs and kink shame Bronies.

There's nothing wrong with singing The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song with your full chest. A lot of people like to pretend they're too cool to watch cartoons but not us. We're talking about cartoons and why it's okay for adults to enjoy them! Join us as we discuss our favourite nostalgic animated shows, animated movies, the best theme songs and kink shame Bronies.

Listen what can we say about the USA? A lot apparently. This is an informal breakdown of recent American Politics by two impolite racialized Canadian women so buckle up and get ready for some unfiltered opinions. We dive into the Alt-Right, the Proud Boys, the Evangelical Christians, the Manosphere, Conspiracy Theories, American Imperialism and the cult around sad old twice impeached Trump. We also question if white inherited trauma exists and beg for the return of critical thinking,

Listen what can we say about the USA? A lot apparently. This is an informal breakdown of recent American Politics by two impolite racialized Canadian women so buckle up and get ready for some unfiltered opinions. We dive into the Alt-Right, the Proud Boys, the Evangelical Christians, the Manosphere, Conspiracy Theories, American Imperialism and the cult around sad old twice impeached Trump. We also question if white inherited trauma exists and beg for the return of critical thinking,