Kicking & Streaming
Do you and your friends speak in movie quotes? Do you trade Spongebob memes back and forth with your loved ones? Do you have to rely on the ”Are You Still Watching?” message to let you know it’s time to bathe and stop procrastinating? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, come hang out with us every other week!
Media can play a huge role in shaping who we are. Sometimes it makes us idolize Jeff Goldblum as a sex symbol. Sometimes a lack of representation makes you feel invisible. As hosts, siblings Carie and Ross will analyze this phenomenon by breaking down a favorite movie or television show and how the sights, sounds, and messages of media have followed our generation throughout our lives. So pour your favorite beverage, relax, and explore how our shared experiences with movies and television messed us up as a generation. There will be laughter, there will be sadness, and THERE WILL BE discussions about homosexual subtext in children’s animation.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 327
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [PATREON TEASER]
Lil Onions, this week we are giving you a sneak preview of what's going on over on the Patreon here at the end of the year! We're covering Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the R…
JFK or: How I Learned Oliver Stone is Unhinged (Pt.2)
HO BOY. Here we GO. TRIGGER WARNING FOR GUNSHOTS and a lot of other really upsetting nonsense this week, lil onions. Today, we are blessedly closing out our coverage of Oliver Stone's truly unhinged …
JFK or: How I Learned Oliver Stone is Unhinged (Pt.1)
This week, we are cracking open one of the most frustrating nuts in American history through Oliver Stone's historical dramatization, JFK (1991). We're so tired we can't even see straight, y'all. Ros…
[REBROADCAST] The Iron Giant or: How I Learned to Choose My Own Path
Sorry we're missing out on the aforementioned National Treasure coverage this week, but Ross and I have reorganized our November lineup so we can bring you something even BETTER: a special preview of…
Halloween or: How I Learned Not to Turn My Back on Michael Myers
This week, lil onions, we are fudging the timeline as we discuss John Carpetner's signature film, Halloween (1978). Carie expresses a great deal of love for one of our original scream queens, Jamie …
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: or: How I Learned Sondheim Was a Genius
TRIGGER WARNING FOR ALL THINGS HORRIBLE--Whether its SA, murder, or cannibalism, there are all manner of things to be wary of here--HOWEVER the siblings are in there wheelhouse today! We're talking a…
Hide and Seek or: How I Learned to Question EVERYONE
Who's ready for some unhinged folie a deux, lil onions? This week the siblings unpack one of their mysterious faves from childhood, Hide and Seek (2006) Robert DeNiro is in a confusing paternal role…
Scooby Doo or: How I Learned to Solve a Mystery
Rawg? Rhere? To kick off spooky season, the siblings are breaking down a staple favorite from their childhood, Scooby Doo (2002). In addition to the wonderful nostalgia that is the live-action film, …
[PATREON PREVIEW] The Haunting Of Hill House: Steven Sees a Ghost (Pt.1)
[PATREON PREVIEW]
WE'RE OFF THIS WEEK, FAM, however that doesn't mean the fun has to stop. If you haven't subscribed to our Patreon yet, folks, this is a preview of the long-form you can find over th…
Bee Movie or: How I Learned to Seize the Means of Production
This week, the siblings unpack one of the most wild enigmas of meme culture, Bee Movie, starring Jerry Seinfeld as a hive worker bee who is not satisfied with the status quo. Ross gets giddy about Ba…
Looney Tunes Back in Action or: How Daffy Got His Groove Back
This week the siblings crack open the nutcase of a film that lost over $12 million at the box office, Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Carie shows some love for the insufferable Daffy, Ross handholds us…
Lady in the Water or: How I Learned M. Night Can Be Petty
This week Ross breaks down one of his favorite films starring one of his favorite actors that Carie is all too happy to dump upon, Lady in the Water (2006). Ross can't stop talking about the James Ne…
James and the Giant Peach or: How I Learned the Concept of Chosen Family
This week is CORE for one of our hosts, lil onions. We kick off Ross' September Birthday Month with one of the VHS favorites, James and the Giant Peach (1996). Ross weeps almost instantly from the mu…
The Never-Ending Story or: How I Learned Cope with Horse Death
This week, Carie and Ross cover the movie that inspired an entire generation of Dungeons and Dragon players, The Never-Ending Story (1984). Carie gets sad about the prospect of never having time to r…
Stranger Than Fiction or: How I Fell in Love with Will Ferrell
Who wants to start their Monday off with a little meta existential crisis? This week Carie puts a begrudging Ross through one of her favorite movies about writing, Stranger Than Fiction (2006). Carie…
Dead Poet’s Society or: How I Learned the Importance of Poetry
TRIGGER WARNING this week, y'all. We are pulling into the Deva-Station as we unpack Dead Poet's Society (1989). Carie gets an earful from Ross, who had never seen the movie before and was not properl…
The Pagemaster or: How Learned Not to Trip in Libraries
This week, Ross gets dust blown off his brain by Carie's first selection for birthday month, The Pagemaster (1994). Carie establishes her birthday month theme of movies about relationships with liter…
The Sandlot or: How I Learned Who Babe Ruth Was
[REBROADCAST] It's HOT out there, lil onions! Who's ready to think about playing baseball in the hot sun????
This week, the siblings break down a classic American summer film, The Sandlot (1993). The…
Secondhand Lions or: How I Learned to Ask Old People Questions
This week we close out July with the darling story of a young man named Walter spends a summer with his estranged maternal uncles and his life is changed forever. Ross can't stop thirsting over the b…
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape or: How I Learned About Content Misery
Ross is mad, lil' onions. This week we're diving into What's Eating Gilbert Grape, a film about how a young man with a turbulent family life manages to scrape together an existence in the middle of n…