Episode 57: What to Watch Next TV Bracket
Sometimes when you’re having trouble figuring out how to narrow down your choices, you do a bracket. Well, you do that if you’re Anna. Alene likes to ask everyone she knows what they think. In th…
Thu 02 Mar 2017
Episode 56: Romantic Christmas Movies
We’ve spent our time over the past few months watching loads of Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies — ALL FOR YOU. Links The Worst Bestsellers: Episode 36–The Mistletoe Promise The Federalist:…
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Episode 55: Tarot with @MarianLiberryan
For this episode, we brought in small medium at large Kaite Stover (Twitter, Instagram) to tell us all about tarot. By the end, even skeptic Anna was convinced. Links Tarot (card meanings) Decks Ka…
Fri 03 Feb 2017
Episode 54: Song Covers with @AmandaStretch
In this episode, we talked about cover songs, because Hamilton Mixtape. We brought in @AmandaStretch, a librarian and musicologist, all the way from Japan to lend our conversation gravitas. Also,…
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Episode 53: Movie Advisory and Best of 2016
In this episode, we talk about movies we’ve seen since our last movie advisory (episode 35), share our picks for best of 2016, and squeal over what we’re looking forward to in 2017. Links Movie Adv…
Thu 05 Jan 2017
Episode 52: Fandom Nail Polish
At the intersection of pop culture and fingernails, it’s fandom nail polish! We brought in polish expert Angie and nail wrap aficionado Renata (of Worst Bestsellers fame) to help Anna make sense of…
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Episode 51: Gilmore Girls “A Year In The Life” with @Nerdista
We have a lot of thoughts about the Gilmore Girls! Paula (@Nerdista) joined us to complain lovingly about the most recent episodes. Links Mental Floss: 22 Things You Might Not Know About Gilmore Gi…
Thu 08 Dec 2016
Episode 50: Comfort with Carolyn
We made it to fifty episodes! In this very special post-election installment of Bellwether Friends, we talked to founding Friend Carolyn about comforting pop culture (and food) to consume when we’r…
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Episode 49: Musicals with Rebecca
In this epic episode, we discussed musicals with musical theater major Rebecca for nearly two hours! There were some differences of opinion (*cough* Sondheim *cough*) but we all parted as friends…
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Episode 48: Book Buzz Fall 2016
In this episode, we bring you our picks from the publisher book buzz we attended in October 2016. Fiction! A surprising amount of nonfiction! Plus our usual obsessions. Prepare to be interested i…
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Episode 47: Audiobooks with @Nerdista
We talked with our friend Paula (aka @Nerdista) to talk about a variety of hot topics and burning questions related to audiobooks. Anna had some trouble managing with twice the normal number of A…
Thu 13 Oct 2016
Episode 46: Take My Wife with @amydieg
In this episode, we discuss Take My Wife (starring Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher) with @amydieg of @jointhegirlgang. The jury is still out as to which of us is butcher. Links: Take My Wife seeso …
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Episode 45: Comedy Hour with Shayera Tangri
Shayera Tangri joined us from the other coast to discuss funny books, movies, television, and other humorous pop culture. Much pun was had by all. BuzzFeed: 21 Puns BuzzFeed: Clever Jokes Punderdome …
Thu 15 Sep 2016
Episode 44: Star Trek and Bullet Journaling, Oh Myyy!
In this episode we discuss Star Trek (TV and movie iterations) and the organizational tactic/life-wrangling practice known as the bullet journal. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Links Star Trek Memory Al…
Thu 01 Sep 2016
Episode 43: Olympics Nostalgiafest
Just in time for the Closing Ceremonies, we were joined by Anna’s sister (@semisponge) to discuss Olympics past and present, uniform fashion, rooting hierarchies, and more! Links Katarina Witt Kristi…
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Episode 42: Firefly, Deadpool, and Arcade Games with Amy!
For this episode, we took advantage of a visit from Amy Diegelman (aka @amydieg aka half of #jointhegirlgang aka WTF is America aka Panels contributor) to watch Firefly and Deadpool, plus spend a mor…
Thu 04 Aug 2016
Episode 41: We Love Historical Romance!
For this episode, we talked with Cory Eckert (aka @helenstwin aka Joint Chief of Storytime Underground) for a discussion on historical romance tropes, types, and favorites. We apologize in advance fo…
Thu 21 Jul 2016
Episode 40: 2 Classic Movies and the TBR Challenge
For this episode, we watched the 1944 classics Arsenic and Old Lace and Gaslight. After a brief digression into the mysterious ways of straight people, we introduced a new segment: The TBR Challenge!…
Thu 07 Jul 2016
Episode 39: Persuasion Deep Dive
In this Especially Long Episode, we bring you a discussion of Jane Austen’s best work (come at us), Persuasion, featuring Margaret and Sophie of Two Bossy Dames and Ally of the Girl Gang. The discuss…
Thu 23 Jun 2016
Episode 38: X-Men X-Stravaganza!
For this episode we brought in outside X-Perts Kait and Renata of the podcast Worst Bestellers. There might be some spoilers for the plot of the new movie X-Men: Apocalypse, but it will be hard to fi…
Thu 09 Jun 2016
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