Snark Squad Pod

Our very occasional podcast returns with an episode we recorded last summer. Time is fake! Fortunately, our dear friends Sam & Jessica have accepted our invitation into DCEU purgatory and now there's no going back for them or us. But this movie was very popular & now you can find out if we agreed with last summer's general consensus. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Last summer we invited our friends Rich Camillucci and Nick Jenkins back to talk about Black Widow. This is before any subsequent movies came out, so it's possible we've formed some new opinions since then, but that's for another episode! Find us all on Twitter: Nick: twitter.com/ngjenkins Rich: twitter.com/ripcami Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Hey we're alive! Who can even say where we've been. What really matters is that this annual podcast episode is a tradition we cherish, so here we are. Find us on Twitter: Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Things we love: book adaptations & pretending time has no meaning. We were not big fans of the grisha books (neither of us managed to read all 5 that this show is based on) but we wanted to talk about this show anyway, so we asked two of our good friends who *are* fans to come chat about it with us. Find us all on Twitter: Paige: twitter.com/minimalbookie Sam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomes Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Our pals Rich Camillucci and Nick Jenkins are back to talk about the MCU's expansion into television with WandaVision. It was a nice break from the MCU, but here we all are again, like we never really left. Find us all on Twitter: Nick: twitter.com/ngjenkins Rich: twitter.com/ripcami Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

PART 3 of 3 of our DCEU marathon! We have reached the end and are closing out this project with Aquaman, Shazam, Birds of Prey, and Wonder Woman 1984. We had some disagreements over rankings but universal agreement that this was the most enjoyable batch of movies for the entire project. We had lots of feelings about big action set pieces, terrible wigs, and villains who maybe didn't get punched enough. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

PART 2 of our 3 part DCEU marathon! We decided to give Justice League its own episode mostly because we weren't entirely sure where else to put it, but it turns out to be a whole lot of nothing. In spite of being a whole lot of nothing, we had plenty to say about nonsensical character motivations, people who seem to be in different movies, and a deeply underwhelming villain. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

When we were making our way through the MCU the elephant in the room was always whether we were ever going to talk about the DC movies on the podcast. There was a brighter time when we loved ourselves more and we said "No ❤️" but that time has passed and now here we are. We asked two of our friends to join us on this 3-part journey, and for some reason they agreed? In this first episode we are discussing Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In ~*the before*~ we might have been a bit more hesitant to choose a ten year old book trilogy with no known adaptations in the works, but guess what time means nothing now! This was our Discord book club pick back in May, so this episode is a long time in the making. Our friend Chelsea returns to the podcast to help us discuss Karou and chimera and angels and Laini Taylor's writing. Find us all on Twitter: Chelsea: twitter.com/anoutlawlife Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In a rare move: we are actually returning to a show for the second season! Less surprising, of course, that it's *this* show, an adaptation of a beloved book series that we also dedicated three whole podcast episodes to. Join us as we get excited about Lyra & Will finally being together, form the Ruth Wilson stan club, and lament the presence of all other adults. Find us on Twitter: Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptor Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

We watched the Netflix chess show! And had a lot of feelings about it! Find us all on Twitter: Taylor: twitter.com/itsradishtime Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

HELLO AGAIN IT IS US! WE HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEPTHS OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S TRADITION! (healwayswavesatthegate) This episode is a little chaotic so please join us as we try to... remember things. Thanks to Stefan Chin for our theme music: www.twitter.com/pilocrates Find us on Twitter: Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In search of cheap serotonin in these dark times, we watched the Netflix movie Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown. The movie is adapted from the first book in a middle grade series, which only one of us actually read first. Find out whether we charmed by this movie, himbo Sherlock, Enola's breaking the third wall, and her mother's commitment to the feminist agenda TM. Find us all on Twitter: Paige: twitter.com/minimalbookie Maureen: twitter.com/maureenkeavy Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In this episode, we are joined by Lainey Kress to discuss season one of Motherland: Fort Salen, a Freeform show that asks what if the Salem Witches became the US Army. We all pretty much enjoyed that bonkers premise, though we also have a lot of questions, a short wish-list for season two, and strong opinions on the astrological signs of fictional characters.

This week we are joined by Ceri Riley to discuss the Netflix original film The Half of It. This coming of age dramedy was a combination of a number of story elements that felt pretty calibrated for us to love it and we loved talking about it almost as much as the movie itself. Find us all on Twitter: Ceri: twitter.com/ceriley Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This episode was recorded about a month ago and our decision to re-read The Hunger Games was made well before we had any notion of being quarantined. We decided to do a big group re-read of The Hunger Games on our Discord server in anticipation of the upcoming release of the prequel novel. We invited our friend Sam (@democracydiva) back on the show to talk to us about all things Hunger Games. We talked about our history with the series, PTSD, whether or not it holds up, the fashion, and so much more. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/democracydiva Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

While we already did an episode on Jane Austen's Emma around this time last year, as fans of Austen's work we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about Autumn de Wilde's colorful new adaptation of the classic novel & pick two more friends to discuss all things Emma with. Find us on Twitter: Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptor Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

After making our way through the entire MCU, we finally watched a DC movie! And a villain one, no less! Find out if this movie was too Not For Us to be enjoyed or if we somehow managed to have fun anyway in this week's episode. Find us all on Twitter: Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

As big fans of the His Dark Materials book trilogy, we were, of course, excited and nervous about the BBC/HBO adaptation. As we try to sort through all our many (many, many, many) feelings about the show, we are joined by our good friend Jocelyn who has loved the books since she was a child. (And also had many, many, many feelings.) Find us on Twitter: Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptor Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

After years of trying to get Nicole to play a video game and share her love of The Witcher, Marines was rewarded with a Netflix adaptation. To sift through all of our feelings about this first season of The Witcher, we are joined by author and fellow game-fan Susan Dennard & our friend Deboki. Find us on Twitter: Susan: twitter.com/stdennard Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Happy new year! Join Marines & Nicole as they once again take a look back on all the things they watched and read in the previous year, including some favorites (and least favorites) that never made it onto the podcast. Find us on Twitter: Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

The current Star Wars trilogy has now come to an end and this is a big moment for this podcast as we have chosen to make this trilogy our entry point into the world of Star Wars. We invited our friend Matthew Gaydos to be our resident Star Wars expert as we tried to sift through our feelings about this movie. Find us all on Twitter: Matt: twitter.com/matthewgaydos Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

It's the holiday season & while family stories are everywhere, we decided to talk about some of our favorite (and least favorite) families of choice. We are joined by our go-to trope friend & important member of the Snark Squad Found Family, Ceri Riley. Find us all on Twitter: Ceri: twitter.com/ceriley Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

The Hulu series Dollface follows a woman named Jules (Kat Dennings) trying to reconnect with her female friends after a breakup & a weird cat lady fairy godmother character. This was another piece of content that felt very made for us, but did it work? Our friend Deboki joins us once again to help us try to answer that question. Find us all on Twitter: Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

We did not go opening weekend, but we did make our way to the theater to see this Elizabeth Bank directed entry to the larger Charlie's Angels franchise, and we asked a longtime friend (and Snark Squad recapper!) to join us in talking about it. Find us all on Twitter: Jessica: twitter.com/antiscian Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Months ago Nicole & Marines were at Disney World with some other friends and while standing in line to ride Pirates with dear friend Lainey Kress, someone decided it might be fun to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find out if it was, indeed, "fun" to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find us all on Twitter: Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglainey Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In her first big part after Game of Thrones, our dear Khaleesi gets to unleash her full goofball energy in this Christmas movie where stars as a woman whose life is a bit of a mess. This is one of those movies that got on our radar because our corner of Twitter was buzzing about it as soon as the first trailer came out, and we were trash for it so we knew we'd have to do an episode on it. We asked our friends Sam & Rachel, co-hosts of the podcast Reel Love, to help us sift through our feelings about it. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Rachel: twitter.com/rachel_cav_nav Reel Love: twitter.com/reellovepod Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

We watched the Netflix adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad plays. The only part of that sentence that sounds like us is "Netflix" so of course we had to phone a friend for help. Our wonderful and wise friend Devyn Hinchee brought her actual expertise in Shakespeare to talk about how this film works as both a movie and an adaptation. Find us all on Twitter: Devyn: twitter.com/devynmhinchee Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Spoopy season continues an extra week for us as we have invited our dear friends Ceri Riley and Lainey Kress to help us talk about our favorite and least favorite apocalypse stories and apocalypse-related tropes! Find us all on Twitter: Ceri: twitter.com/ceriley Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglainey Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are revisiting Erin Morgenstern's 2011 debut novel The Night Circus. Our friend (and noted Night Circus fangirl)Samantha Lane joins us as we try to unpack the mysteries of this fantastical circus and the magic competition that brought it into being. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomes Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Every now and then we find ourselves discussing how a work was intended to be read and whether or not we care so this week we just made the whole episode about that. Find us all on Twitter: Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are doing a little a Halloween celebration by sharing an episode of Cooler Than Homework on the DCOM classic Halloweentown. Find us on Twitter: Nicole: www.twitter.com/sweeneysays Matt: www.twitter.com/matthewgaydos Marines: www.twitter.com/mynameismarines Ceri: www.twitter.com/ceriley www.snarksquad.com

The Politician is a show about Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) who is, as the title suggests, a politician, it is his primary identity. The show is Ryan Murphy's first show to be released after his big Netflix deal. Each season follows Payton through a new campaign cycle, starting with is race for student body president here in season one. We are joined to wade through this mess of a show by our dear from Sam (@thedemocracydiva). Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/democracydiva Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Hustlers features an all-star cast of badass ladies playing strippers who, in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, devise a creative con for making money. We are joined to talk about this found family story by Claribel Ortega who is an author and the co-host of the Write Or Die podcast. Find us all on Twitter: Claribel: twitter.com/Claribel_Ortega Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

In honor of the arrival of fall we are joined by our Cooler Than Homework co-hosts (Matthew Gaydos & Ceri Riley) for a a very special topical episode, in which we talk all things school media. Our favorite fictional school dances, the schools we wish we could attend, and the high school tropes we hate. Find us all on Twitter: Matthew: twitter.com/matthewgaydos Ceri: twitter.com/ceriley Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

With the HBO adaptation on the horizon, we decided to go back and read Alan Moore's Watchmen – the podcast's first graphic novel episode. Also for the first time Garrett Robinson joins us to talk about the big themes, the stories within the story, the alternate history of the book, and so much more. Find us all on Twitter: Garrett: twitter.com/GarrettAuthor Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are discussing the (probably) complete series of Fleabag, which consists of only two 6 episode seasons, but manages fit a lot into that very short amount of time. We are joined by our friends Deboki & Marie Ann to talk about the feelings this show gave us. Find us all on Twitter: Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Marie Ann: twitter.com/MFdezSilva Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week our friend Eric Silver of Join The Party & HORSE joins us to talk about his favorite things in media, from his love of structure to reality competition shows. Marines gets to talk about Fast & Furious, Nicole gets to talk about The Challenge – it's a big day for everyone. Find us all on Twitter: Eric: twitter.com/el_silvero Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

At long last the Fast & Furious franchise makes it way onto the podcast with its first spinoff. The Rock's Luke Hobbs & Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw hate eachother but must find a way to work together to save the world. We are joined this week by avowed Fast & Furious fans Rich & Lainey. Find us all on Twitter: Rich: twitter.com/richcami Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglainey Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are taking on some historical spy drama that's really about families and relationships as we discuss FX's The Americans. We are joined by Joey Lewandowski of the Cage Club Podcast Network as we try to make our way through all 6 seasons as coherently as possible. Find us all on Twitter: Joey: twitter.com/soulpopped Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are returning to Philp Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy one last time to finsih the series. Connor O'Brien joins us again as we read The Amber Spyglass, and find out how Lyra, Will, and Mary Malone's journeys end. (This was our book club book for July – join us on our Discord to read our August book Where'd You Go Bernadette!) Find us all on Twitter: Connor: twitter.com/connorbookinit Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are attempting another "definitely not an interview" in which we invite a friend on the podcast in order to chat about their media tastes and preferences. Join us as we learn about Lainey Kress and her love of The Mummy, romance novels, and conspiracy theories. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/snarksquad Find us all on Twitter: Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglainey Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

After the events of Endgame, Peter Parker has to grapple with the loss of 5 years of time, the death of his mentor, and the new expectations thrust upon him as teenage superhero. Even though our little podcast Avengers team stopped at Endgame, we asked two of our Spider-man loving friends – Taylor Simonds & Sam Shultz to join us to talk about Far From Home. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/snarksquad Find us all on Twitter: Taylor: twitter.com/tay_simonds Sam: twitter.com/slamschultz Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Snark Squad is super excited to bring you a... let's call it a crossover event. "Cooler Than Homework" is our new podcast in which four friends make their way through every Disney Channel Original Movie. We're starting with Under Wraps (arguably) the first DCOM and talking about the things that scared us as children and the important lessons we learned from this movie about a group of kids who happen to find a mummy in their neighbor's basement.

Thanks to an upcoming adaptation and a poll from our patrons, this week we read and discussed The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Our friend booktuber Caitlin Vanasse joins us to talk about this dystopian coming of age story and the way it explores questions of identity, the lies we tell ourselves, toxic masculinity, and more. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/caitlinvanasse Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Alternate title: Tessa & Chris + Aggressively Fine Movies. Our friend Kat O'Keefe returns to discuss the Men In Black reboot/spinoff/whatever starring Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth and we wind up having a long conversation about reviews and how to talk about things that are just ok. Find us all on Twitter: Kat: twitter.com/kat_tastic Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

We are back from our week hiatus to discuss one of our favorite kinds of stories: coming of age stories. We are joined by our friend Deboki to talk about some of our favorites, what constitutes coming of age, how trauma is treated in coming of age narratives, and more. Find us all on Twitter: Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week our friend Sam (The Democracy Diva) returns to once again discuss the A Song of Ice & Fire Universe. Now that the show has reached its conclusion, we discuss the final 6 episodes of the series. Find us all on Twitter: Sam: twitter.com/democracydiva Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week we are returning to Philp Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy with the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife. We travel to different worlds and learn more about daemons and dust with the help Amanda McLoughlin and Connor O'Brien. (This was our book club book for May – join us on our Discord to see what we're reading next!) Find us all on Twitter: Amanda: twitter.com/shessomickey Connor: twitter.com/connorbookinit Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

Someone Great is a Netflix original starring Gina Rodriguez and tells the story of Jenny (Rodriguez) as she is recovering from a breakup and preparing to move to San Francisco with the help of her two best friends. We asked two of our dear friends, Silvia Roma and Deboki from okidokiboki to join us to talk about this movie. Find us all on Twitter: Silvia: twitter.com/silvia717 Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com

This week, we take on another book club pick: Daisy Jones and the Six-- a story told in interview format about a rock band in the 70's. We're joined by Kat O'Keefe and Devyn Hinchee. Find us all on Twitter: Kat: twitter.com/kat_tastic Devyn: twitter.com/devynmhinchee Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysays Marines: twitter.com/mynameismarines twitter.com/snark_squad www.snarksquad.com