Podcast appearances and mentions of annette wierstra

The party finishes off a battle, goes through a portal, and meets a dog who’s good at charades. Mikah Sargent with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Kathy Campbell.

We kick off a new short adventure with Mikah Sargent in the DM chair! He challenges the party (Eunomia Helldew, Valeria Shatterbone, Bibimbap Sauerbraten, Sheila Sheila Bobeila Banana Fana Fofeila, and Priscilla) to locate a Unicorn. But it can’t be as simple as that, can it? (No. Of course it can’t.) Mikah Sargent with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Kathy Campbell.

We kick off a new short adventure with Mikah Sargent in the DM chair! He challenges the party (Eunomia Helldew, Valeria Shatterbone, Bibimbap Sauerbraten, Sheila Sheila Bobeila Banana Fana Fofeila, and Priscilla) to locate a Unicorn. But it can’t be as simple as that, can it? (No. Of course it can’t.) Mikah Sargent with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Kathy Campbell.

This episode of Agents of SMOOCH is a spoiler-light mission to convince you to watch the most Canadian of mystery shows: Murdoch Mysteries. This series, set in the 1890s to 1910s, is 18 seasons long and still going. We discuss the series’ ability to be serious and light-hearted, tackle social issues and zombies while staying true to itself. And - of course - we delve into the many romantic entanglements. We give no mysteries away and hope that by the end, you will be drawn into the world of Detective Murdoch with us. AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT! This is the last episode before we go into the summer break. We will be back in the fall. Until then, stay safe, Agents! Annette Wierstra with Amanda-Rae Prescott.

This episode of Agents of SMOOCH is a spoiler-light mission to convince you to watch the most Canadian of mystery shows: Murdoch Mysteries. This series, set in the 1890s to 1910s, is 18 seasons long and still going. We discuss the series’ ability to be serious and light-hearted, tackle social issues and zombies while staying true to itself. And - of course - we delve into the many romantic entanglements. We give no mysteries away and hope that by the end, you will be drawn into the world of Detective Murdoch with us. AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT! This is the last episode before we go into the summer break. We will be back in the fall. Until then, stay safe, Agents! Annette Wierstra with Amanda-Rae Prescott.

Once again, it’s “Inestimable,” a show that answers the question: how many? how big? and, never, why???? On this episode, host Glenn Fleishman tortures guests Brian Hamilton, Liz Myles, Jason Snell, and Annette Wierstra about how many things fit inside other things, the Top 100 Billboard chart, sewage, movie math madness, and which came first. Scorekeeper Tony Sindelar abetted. Glenn Fleishman and Tony Sindelar with Brian Hamilton, Lizbeth Myles, Jason Snell and Annette Wierstra.

Once again, it’s “Inestimable,” a show that answers the question: how many? how big? and, never, why???? On this episode, host Glenn Fleishman tortures guests Brian Hamilton, Liz Myles, Jason Snell, and Annette Wierstra about how many things fit inside other things, the Top 100 Billboard chart, sewage, movie math madness, and which came first. Scorekeeper Tony Sindelar abetted. Glenn Fleishman and Tony Sindelar with Brian Hamilton, Lizbeth Myles, Jason Snell and Annette Wierstra.

Time is ticking away, and our heroes don’t have much time to save Candlekeep from certain destruktion by … rocket ship tower? Will they make it? Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

Time is ticking away, and our heroes don’t have much time to save Candlekeep from certain destruktion by … rocket ship tower? Will they make it? Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

More than a year later, our players (virtually) come together again to try to save Candlekeep Library! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

More than a year later, our players (virtually) come together again to try to save Candlekeep Library! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

The Austenheads return. For today’s mission, we return to Austen with the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. This movie is packed with stars, beautiful scenery, and romance…and add in a flatulent horse. But we must also delve into inheritance laws and what is wrong with Mansfield Park. Annette Wierstra with Amanda-Rae Prescott, Sandra Wong, Shelly Brisbin and Moisés Chiullán.

The Austenheads return. For today’s mission, we return to Austen with the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. This movie is packed with stars, beautiful scenery, and romance…and add in a flatulent horse. But we must also delve into inheritance laws and what is wrong with Mansfield Park. Annette Wierstra with Amanda-Rae Prescott, Sandra Wong, Shelly Brisbin and Moisés Chiullán.

To celebrate our 500th episode, we bring you the only TPK recorded entirely in person! It’s an extra-long session recorded around a table, complete with the sounds of dice rolling, soda-pop cans opening, and chairs scraping the floor as people move around. The only way to feel more like you’re there is to watch the 360° version on a VR headset! This episode kicks off another Candlekeep mystery in which N’iss, Naiasa, Valenthe, Merdri, and Quewaris investigate a trembling tower. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

To celebrate our 500th episode, we bring you the only TPK recorded entirely in person! It’s an extra-long session recorded around a table, complete with the sounds of dice rolling, soda-pop cans opening, and chairs scraping the floor as people move around. The only way to feel more like you’re there is to watch the 360° version on a VR headset! This episode kicks off another Candlekeep mystery in which N’iss, Naiasa, Valenthe, Merdri, and Quewaris investigate a trembling tower. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, James Thomson, Jason Snell and Nick Scott.

We are not ready to part from Pride & Prejudice yet, so we have extended our mission to include the 2005 version. This beautifully shot film provides our agents with a sweeping romantic version of the story that we cannot resist. Annette Wierstra with Katie Mack, Sandra Wong and Moisés Chiullán.

We are not ready to part from Pride & Prejudice yet, so we have extended our mission to include the 2005 version. This beautifully shot film provides our agents with a sweeping romantic version of the story that we cannot resist. Annette Wierstra with Katie Mack, Sandra Wong and Moisés Chiullán.

“Doctor Who” is back, and you know what that means: Russell T Davies has once again built a story designed to re-introduce the show and introduce a new companion. Oh, and also this podcast has returned! We discuss Miss Belinda Chandra in all her forms—all hail the queen. Chip Sudderth and Jason Snell with Annette Wierstra.

We are here in praise of Austen’s Pride & Prejudice but also for wet shirts, poorly executed proposals, and good face acting. Join our much overdue mission about BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice. Since this mission was as fun as a ball at Netherfield, it may lead to more infatuated missions about other Austen adaptations. Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk, Erika Ensign and Katie Mack.

We are here in praise of Austen’s Pride & Prejudice but also for wet shirts, poorly executed proposals, and good face acting. Join our much overdue mission about BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice. Since this mission was as fun as a ball at Netherfield, it may lead to more infatuated missions about other Austen adaptations. Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk, Erika Ensign and Katie Mack.

Bette Davis brings the melodrama, right here in the imperial phase of her Warner Brothers career. She’s rich, she’s spoiled. Oopsie. She has a health crisis! Will she become a better person? Will she find love? Will she out-act Humphrey Bogart, George Brent (yeah she will) and Geraldine Fitzgerald? Will your host have a take almost none of the reviews she’s read have? Let’s find out together. Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Nathan Alderman and Micheline Maynard.

Bette Davis brings the melodrama, right here in the imperial phase of her Warner Brothers career. She’s rich, she’s spoiled. Oopsie. She has a health crisis! Will she become a better person? Will she find love? Will she out-act Humphrey Bogart, George Brent (yeah she will) and Geraldine Fitzgerald? Will your host have a take almost none of the reviews she’s read have? Let’s find out together. Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra, Nathan Alderman and Micheline Maynard.

Today’s mission is a slight jump back in time to 2003 to learn How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Does this movie have a ridiculous premise? Oh yeah. Do our Agents care? Not really. We just want to wear some diamonds and find someone to take care of our love fern. Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk.

Today’s mission is a slight jump back in time to 2003 to learn How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Does this movie have a ridiculous premise? Oh yeah. Do our Agents care? Not really. We just want to wear some diamonds and find someone to take care of our love fern. Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk.

The party wraps up their prison adventure, and it’s the moment of truth - do they get out with subtlety, leaving no trace? Or do they leave chaos in their wake? You might be surprised! (Or you might not!) Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

The party wraps up their prison adventure, and it’s the moment of truth - do they get out with subtlety, leaving no trace? Or do they leave chaos in their wake? You might be surprised! (Or you might not!) Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Get your snacks ready and PJs on. Our Agents of SMOOCH have a mission to draft our favourite sleep-over movies. The Agents side-track into important sub-missions such as Instagram pyjamas and the weather and what is needed in an official SMOOCH cocktail and pirates and… This was recorded as a membership episode so it does have some NSFW language. Annette Wierstra with Shelly Brisbin, Amanda McTaggart, Moisés Chiullán, KatyBeth Schmid and Kathy Campbell.

Get your snacks ready and PJs on. Our Agents of SMOOCH have a mission to draft our favourite sleep-over movies. The Agents side-track into important sub-missions such as Instagram pyjamas and the weather and what is needed in an official SMOOCH cocktail and pirates and… This was recorded as a membership episode so it does have some NSFW language. Annette Wierstra with Shelly Brisbin, Amanda McTaggart, Moisés Chiullán, KatyBeth Schmid and Kathy Campbell.

Is there an escape room in this prison? No. Does it practice good cable management? Also no. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Is there an escape room in this prison? No. Does it practice good cable management? Also no. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Is this prison a dungeon? Is the party here to make friends? Did anyone bring a spare corpse? The answer to all of these is “no.” Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Is this prison a dungeon? Is the party here to make friends? Did anyone bring a spare corpse? The answer to all of these is “no.” Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

In our last episode, we couldn’t get enough Star Trek in the Draft. So today’s mission is all about romance in Star Trek. The Agents gave their director some homework and she came prepared. es, this franchise is all about seeking out strange new worlds, but also sexy aliens. Really, a spaceship is just a locked room romance and we are all looking for love in confined spaces. Let’s meet on the holodeck and boldly go where no one has gone before. Annette Wierstra with Jean MacDonald and Shelly Brisbin.

When is a mop not a mop? When our adventurers go undercover and arrive at the prison. It’s big! And cold! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

When is a mop not a mop? When our adventurers go undercover and arrive at the prison. It’s big! And cold! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

The heist planning continues, and our adventurers take on alternate identities! Meet Anders K’aaruuts, Stanley Wilmon, Lexi Shrapnel, Diogenes Mainframe, and of course, K’en. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

The heist planning continues, and our adventurers take on alternate identities! Meet Anders K’aaruuts, Stanley Wilmon, Lexi Shrapnel, Diogenes Mainframe, and of course, K’en. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Happy Valentine’s Day Agents! Today is OUR day. It is also our 5th anniversary and we are celebrating with not-a-draft of One True Pairings (OTPs). This is such a wide and encompassing topic and yet some Agents think that it includes all together too much Star Trek. But at the Agency we like a lotta things so in this not-a-draft there is an OTP for everyone. Annette Wierstra with Jean MacDonald, Sarah Murphy, Kathy Campbell, Shelly Brisbin and Moisés Chiullán.

A new Keys from the Golden Vault adventure brings a prison break, but instead of breaking out, they need to get in! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

A new Keys from the Golden Vault adventure brings a prison break, but instead of breaking out, they need to get in! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Blending classic Disney animals with a mysterious Miayazki forest, “The Wild Robot” is a story of overcoming your programming and not allowing yourself to become trapped in loops of behavior—whether you’re a robot or maybe even a human being. Jason Snell with Brian Warren, Brian Hamilton, Annette Wierstra and Katie Mack.

Blending classic Disney animals with a mysterious Miayazki forest, “The Wild Robot” is a story of overcoming your programming and not allowing yourself to become trapped in loops of behavior—whether you’re a robot or maybe even a human being. Jason Snell with Brian Warren, Brian Hamilton, Annette Wierstra and Katie Mack.

The party crashers rush to rob rich ritualists with stirring music, washroom destruction, a chicken under each arm, and the power of Valeria’s moon-eyed devotion to a very special lady-orc in the thrilling conclusion of our adventure! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

The party crashers rush to rob rich ritualists with stirring music, washroom destruction, a chicken under each arm, and the power of Valeria’s moon-eyed devotion to a very special lady-orc in the thrilling conclusion of our adventure! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

Social norms take as much of a beating as a vicious owlbear, as the party moves from performative combat to gastrointestinal distress (also performative) in a bid to infiltrate offices and…get out their jerky while not sitting in pies. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

Social norms take as much of a beating as a vicious owlbear, as the party moves from performative combat to gastrointestinal distress (also performative) in a bid to infiltrate offices and…get out their jerky while not sitting in pies. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

The team preps for both a stirring performance and a profitable heist, but intra-team conflict and a caged beast stand in their way. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

A ramshackle group of thieves and ne’er-do-wells infiltrate a fancy party to pull off a daring heist but get more than they bargained for when polite society embraces ritualistic violence. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment.

As they complete the Reach for the Stars adventure, the party learns how to kill a piece of architecture (put it in a mini-mall) and has a conversation with a sad, greasy cultist. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.

Another year in the books, and there was a lot to appreciate about the stuff we consumed—movies, TV, books, video games, and more—in 2024. Our most prolific panelists collaborate on a massive list of the stuff we enjoyed over the past 12 months. Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra, Brian Warren, Kelly Guimont, Moisés Chiullán, David J. Loehr, John Siracusa, Dan Moren and Chip Sudderth.