We Stan Together

Shane O'Neill (The New York Times) joins the classroom to discuss journalism in media. Caitlin and Lauren each discuss unloved May-December romance journalism movies and we make Shane pitch shows based on headlines based on breaking news. The Bagel Brunch Buzz? Get into it! A big announcement about the future of We Stan Tog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Vatter (XOXO Riverdale) joins Caitlin as a guest professor to discuss MTV's long-running cult hit The Challenge. Bill Shaefer (Quality Time) is our guest as we interrogate the changing landscape of the show, Jenna's cousin's dad's bakery, THE Betrayal and who our ultimate partners would be! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam (Watch What Crappens) join the classroom to discuss Bravo! We have them draft more B-List actresses to Real Housewives, pick their Below Deck fantasy charter and cast NBC primetime drama Sisters with Real Housewives. Caitlin guides the group through the mind-bending world of Real Housewives book titles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glo Tavarez (Late Night, noted Virgo) joins the classroom to discuss the best season, Virgo season. Caitlin talks about the Virgo window characters that raised Millennials, Lauren thinks Keke Palmer should be elected Queen of Virgos and Glo is concerned about the bullying Kevin Jonas is experiencing from his brothers. Weirdly, the show addresses theories of Julia and Eric Roberts' falling out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Yang (What's Eating You?) joins the classroom to discuss food movies. Caitlin finds Nothing But Trouble disgusting, Lauren is inspired by Sarah Michelle Gellar's Simply Irresistible, Bryan plays Breaking Chef and Help The Yelp, and can the three of them buy Rainforest Café? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We loved this Mariah Carey Christmas-tastic episode so much, we're dropping it again with guest king of summer on Fire Island, Matt Rogers!  Matt Rogers (Fire Island, I Love That For You, Las Culturistas) joins the classroom to emancipate our knowledge of Mariah Carey. Caitlin compares Mariah to Dolly, we torture Matt's knowledge of Mariah's Japanese B-Sides, Matt casts Mariah's Kennedy Center Honors performances, Lauren is convinced that Mariah will win an Oscar and Matt pitches Mariah as Mama Rose in a Gypsy set in the modern music industry! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren and Caitlin pod sans-guest in an ep all about summah fun. Lauren laments the dearth of summer TV seasons, Caitlin stans Back To The Beach and they pick their dream celeb fantasy Below Deck guests if they were the primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Sweeten (SiriusXM) joins the classroom to talk about all things GAMES! Jason gives us the elevator pitch for Dungeons & Dragons, Caitlin thinks Kramer and Newman playing RISK showed us their true character, Lauren desperately wants someone to play the game from TheNew Girl and we unearth a gaming moment in Britney Spears' history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We revisit the Best of We Stan Together agnature game, Pitchfire. Featuring past guests Lauren Lapkus, Latisha Di Venuto, Steve Jeanty & Andrew Barlow, Tai LeClaire, Lisa Kleinman & Casey Jost, Chriss Shackelford, and Khalia Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Cohen & Sabrina Cartagena (real newlyweds IRL!) join us to discuss newlyweds in the media. Caitlin worships at the altar of MTV's Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, Lauren wants to convince us Gwyneth Paltrow's Hush is underrated, and we dive into the multiple pop culture costume changes at Ben and Sabrina's wedding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonterri Gadson (The Upshaws) joins the classroom to discuss family sitcoms. Jonterri's talks about her career inspiration Malcolm In The Middle, Caitlin wants to see more extended family chaos on television and Lauren apparently stans the Munsters. Learn what “The Shadow” means to Lauren. You'll never guess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mykal Kilgore (A Man Born Black) joins the classroom to discuss duets! We share our bizarre meet cute with Mykal, Lauren encourages the reboot of Celebrity Duets, Caitlin loves women dueting about cheaters and Mykal reveals his dream duet partners. We finally decide which Powerpuff Girls correlate to which Boyz II Men member. Caitlin maybe made a factual error in her game, but be cool about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Khalia Davis (Bay Area Children's Theatre) joins the classroom to discuss Golden Girls, the best show ever. Caitlin recounts all the cast's Emmy wins, Lauren casts a reboot -- with added sexual tension! We play Golden Hallmark and Did You See Sophia after Khalia shows us her collection of Golden Girls shirts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gianmarco Soresi (Hustlers, Comedy Central) joins the classroom to discuss Strippers in Film. Lauren reveals Channing Tatum canceled their Zoom meeting, Caitlin thinks it's time for Striptease 2 and Gianmarco designs Hustlers: The Musical! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.W. Crump (Pod Ledom, Fakerz Dozen) steps in as sub-pop culture professor with Caitlin and they discuss Fast Casual Restaurants in media from Breadstix to Central Perk to whatever the hell that fake brunch spot is on Sex And The City! J.W. thinks every show needs to think about the restaurant tie-in before they even premiere, Caitlin loves Always Sunny's dedication to Guigino's RIP and somehow, someway they pitch what a Raven-Symoné video game would look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hot off the news that she's developing the film Jodie with Tracee Ellis Ross, Grace Edwards (Insecure, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) joins the classroom to discuss MTV icon Daria. Caitlin thinks the parents are criminally underrated, Lauren pitches a Mystik Spiral spin-off and we ponder: did Trent invent Pete Davidson? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Kate Wiles (The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries) joins the classroom to discuss the adaptations of Jane Austen in pop culture. Lauren sets us strait on the Lost In Austen, Caitlin bemoans Northanger Abbey's and Mary Kate champions the 2005 Pride & Prejudice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WB Madness concludes with the crown jewel of the WB, Dawson's Creek. Emily Longeretta (Variety, Reality Rundown) joins the classroom to discuss dating while a Creek fan, interviewing cast members, how the characters would fair on the Challenge and Lauren's brilliant idea for a reboot called Capeside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a truly wild episode, Lauren and Caitlin open the line for the stan stans to call on and voice all their opinions on The WB. Julie Harrison-Harney (Turnbuckles Pod), Sarah Beling (freelance writer), Kate Vatter (XOXO RiverPod), Jessica Carabajal (OKC Celebrity), and Sydney Hollis (The Sydney Hollis Show) join the pod and we touch on old WB commercials, the professors of Gilmore Girls, ponder whether Popular good, 7th Heaven, Michigan J. Fox's sex appeal, shipping Khloe and Scott, and selling ads at a Chattanooga WB affiliate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing with WB Madness with the first WB sitcom we're discussing Sabrina The Teenage Witch with the wonderful Aaron Porchia (Marriage Shit). Caitlin thinks Sabrina was capstone for Millennials, Lauren goes on a wild student housing rant, we play “Salem or John Waters” and ponder a universe where Sarah Michelle Gellar was cast as Sabrina (can you imagine!?) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing with WB Madness with one of the crown jewels of Michigan J. Frog's empire, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. No primary guest this week as Caitlin and Lauren take voice memos from the We Stan/Buffy fam, including Liz Tegart, Elena Skopetos, Stacy Kulow, Juan Leon, Victoria Edel, Emily Duke, Lauren Ashley Smith, Katy Swan and Nicole Drespel. Caitlin makes Lauren make the ultimate choice in a game she's not prepared for.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by Dolly Parton's rejection of her Rock N Roll Hall of Fame nomination and the declaration that her husband is a “total rock n roll freal,” Caitlin and Lauren try to learn more about rock n roll: who is rock and is rock cool? Devon Ivie (Vulture), Doug Widick (Succession), Monique Moses (Astronomy Club), and Woody Fu (JFL) take the stage to help our journey through rock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing our journey through WB Madness, Chrissy Shackelford (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) joins the classroom to discuss coming of age, college drama Felicity. Lauren takes us on the butterfly effect of what if Scott Foley was cast as Ben, Caitlin ponders Felicity's many bad decisions, and we look at Felicity at Forty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: The is the first of our new series WB MADNESS, in which we will be dissecting a different WB show each week. This week, Bobby Hankinson (Kweendom) join the classroom to discuss One Tree Hill, the show that spanned 9 seasons but is somehow still underrated. Our two Tutor Girls take you through the most emotional moments of OTH, Bobby plays “Did It One Tree Happen?” and Lauren compares One Tree Hill to Henrik Ibsen, like you do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Harrison-Harney, Jon Rineman and Tommy Rico join the classroom to discuss an underrepresented We Stan topic: wrestling! Lauren aspires to start a tag team and Caitlin reveals secret connections to Jake the Snake and Ric Flair. Listen to their new wresting podcast Turnbuckles on iHeartRadio!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexis Pereira (Vulture, The President Show) joins the classroom to discuss Saturday Night Live. Caitlin talks about SNL's allowing celebs to make fun of themselves, Lauren wonders if SNL if a good place to work, we cast Alexis's All-Stars and we reveal Lorne listens to every podcast recording in real time. Caitlin plays some long clips, but they're funny.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ireland native John Purcell (Some Very, Very Upsetting News) joins the classroom to discuss Hollywood's best and worst attempts to portray Ireland. Lauren thinks Ireland is the most romantic place on Earth, Caitlin loves Pierce Brosnon and actually has a reason to bring it up this time, and John has met every Irish celebrity. How does the UCB episode of Gossip Girl come up, do you thin? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Lauren remembers she Stan's music, Caitlin discovers a new Bravo darling, and pop culture queen  Anne  Victoria Clark (Vulture) joins the classroom for a deep dive into the world of Matt Berry! Oh, and someone call Drew Barrymore because Lauren has a pitch she needs to hear! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Ashley Smith (Smith Sisters Live, A Black Lady Sketch Show) joins Caitlin as a guest professor to provide an introductory class on Sister Wives, the long-running but underrated TLC reality show about polygamy. We discuss which children are VIPs, are undying devotion to eldest son Loga, Meri's catfish, does Janeelly still have sex with Kody and is Robyn evil or misudnerstood? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Caitlin on Sabbatical there was no one around to reign in Lauren's OBSESSION with Gilmore Girls. So, instead she added fuel to the fire by calling up frequent contributor Chris Lewis (co-host of Shortcomings podcast) to guest lecture. In part two the chaos reigns supreme as Lauren & Chris tackle questions/Hot Takes from Kevin Hines, Megan Oquias, Sara Chase, Paris McCarthy, Erin Fenton, Becky Abrams, Kate Vatter, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Caitlin on Sabbatical there was no one around to reign in Lauren's OBSESSION with Gilmore Girls. So, instead she added fuel to the fire by calling up frequent contributor Chris Lewis (co-host of Shortcomings podcast) to guest lecture. To add more fun to the mix adjunct professors Victoria Edel (PopSugar) and Ariel Gitlin (The Foundation) stopped by to put Lauren and Chris' fandom to the test. This week also has voice memos from Chet Seigel, Rachel Chapman, Kevin Hines, Paris McCarthy, Julie Harney, Latisha DiVenuto and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from New York City's Caveat, Lauren and Caitlin make the case why they should be hired at The Drew Barrymore Show including explaining their love for Scream and Beanie Babies, finding love for Drew with Kenice Mobley, having Pat Regan cast them on Grey's Anatomy and allowing J.W. Crump to subject to a game where their own knowledge is tested. Additional material by Juan Leon, Latisha DiVenuto, Eric Cunningham and Jason Gore.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our favorite games from the first 100 eps with Pat Regan, Laura Canty-Samuel, Ian Lockwood, Nathan Pearson, Latisha DiVenuto, Matt Rogers, Tre'vell Anderson & Jarrett Hill, Lauren Lapkus, JW Crump, Mike Kelton, Tai Leclaire, Lauren Ashley Smith and Corin Wells, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our 2nd annual Christmas Variety from our favorite members of the Stan Stan Family: Ken McGraw, Audrey Stanfield, Ellen Haun, Chris Lewis, Rodney Brazil, Amanda Hunt, Rachel Chapman and Doug Widick! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gabrielle Bluestone (Hype, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened) joins the classroom to talk Celebrity Grifts. Caitlin wonders if she can ethically remain a fan of Suzanne Somers, Lauren thinks Lori Loughlin should be sentenced to being a Real Housewife and is actin the truest grift? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kenice Mobley (Love About Town) joins the classroom to discuss romance on cinema set at the holidays! Lauren aruges While You Were Sleeping is the greatest holiday movie, Caitlin thinks Alfre Woodard and Bill Murray should have ended up together in Scrooged and can we remake Love, Actually for 2021? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Pegram (The Week Of) joins the classroom to discuss the niche world of celebrity mother-daughter duos including playing Celeb Mom or Normie Mom, Caitlin thinks the best celeb mom-daughter duos are the ones who stay in their own lane, Lauren of course brings up Call My Agent and we ask the important question: is Zoey Deutch a famous person? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren & Caitlin had SO much with last year's first ever FanFic Fest that they decided to do it all over again! That's right we've got a whole new batch of totally originally, somewhat troubling, and absolutely hilarious fanfics from: Caitlin Gilbert, Victoria Edel , Rachel Chapman, Shamarah Hernandez, Mike DiFranciso, Benjamin Farha, TheArrrgyle performed by Latisha Di Venuto & of course your hosts: Caitlin & Lauren. Oh, and no episode would be complete without them losing their minds over something they can't stop Stanning this week! So, escape from the Turkey Week Trauma and get lost in this wacky episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate Lauren's birthday we are joined by fellow birthday boy Chris De La Cruz (Story Pirates) to discuss the most important birthdays: celebrity birthdays. Caitlin challenges Chris AND Lauren to a game of “Scorpio or Scorpi-NO,” Lauren regales us with tales of Mariah Carey's Mariah Carey-themed birthday party and Caitlin shoehorns in an X-Files clip to segway into discussing celebs born on the exact same day and we ask the actually most important question: who is the lead of the Spice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former guests Victoria Edel (Gold-Plated Girls) and Ariel Gitlin (The Foundation), who previously recruited Lauren to be a 1D stan, return to the classroom to fangirl out about the one and only Taylor Swift. We play “Romeo Take Me” -- guessing which words are Taylor's and which are Shakespeare's, and “You And Me Got Big Reputations” -- deciphering which Tyalor headlines are real. Ariel explains every Taylor song is about her and Victoria designs the Taylor Swift jukebox musical.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy) join the classroom to discuss the baffling subgenre of cinematic romances set in Autumn. Caitlin champions School of Rock as an underrated romance, Lauren is enraged at the twin girl-death romances Autumn in New York and Sweet November and Lana plays “When Harry Met…” which is about Harry Styles obviously Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juan Leon (Dexter: New Blood) joins the classroom to discuss his passion for horror films. Caitlin thinks more art needs to have the fan engagement of scary movies, Lauren thinks Scream reigns supreme because of the hot killers and we play “Name That Scream Queen!”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Latisha Di Venuto (Girls) joins the classroom to discuss coming of age in the 90s in pop culture, which apparently means watching a lot of stories about growing up in the 50s. Caitlin feels 90s commercials raised us, Lauren wonders why Reese Witherspoon's first movie is so underrated and Latisha plays name that 90s sounds and they talk sharing one communal Nokia phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices