While We Were Knitting

This was Monica and Nicole's last regular episode (still friends, our schedules are just getting busier). We were both captivated by the second season of Interview with The Vampire, enjoying the turn…

This month, the penultimate regular podcast, Nicole and Monica watched Elemental, a Pixar movie about two young adults who fall in love in a fantasy city despite their massive differences.

Nicole sp…

This month Nicole and Monica tried to knit in theaters again (spoiler alert, Nicole still struggled) and watched the newest Dune movie, which was full of beautiful visuals and some wild events.

Nicol…

This month Nicole and Monica watched the 1992 romcom about a figure skater and a former hockey player who learn to skate as a pair and have lots of romantic tension on their way to the Olympics.

Nico…

This month Nicole and Monica watched the 2022 AMC series, Interview with the Vampire, which offered plenty of wild rides, melodrama, toxic relationships, and deep enjoyment.

Nicole knit Open Road by…

This month Nicole and Monica watched Pixar's Luca, a coming of age story of a young sea monster off the coast of Italy. Nicole got very excited to know names, only to constantly mess up names, and we…

This month Nicole and Monica watched the second season of Our Flag Means Death, and discussed second season pitfalls, efficiency in storytelling, new characters we loved, and had some cat interruptio…

Back from hiatus, Nicole and Monica watched the 1998 Parent Trap, and discussed 90s hair accessories, parenting choices, and young Lindsay Lohan.

Nicole knit a sample for a steeking class, and Monic…

This month Nicole and Monica watched another movie in theaters, Greta Gerwig's live action Mattel movie, Barbie. We laughed, we cried, we shouted "oh my god!" We had a blast and we had notes. A movie…

This month Nicole and Monica watched Centaurworld, a surprising animated series about found family, insane bits, PTSD, different animation styles, evil blobbiness, and some really great songs. Monica…

This month Nicole and Monica watched the first season of Los Espookys, and had a lot of fun discussing the show that follows three best friends (and a little sister) as they set up a company that sta…

This month Nicole and Monica watched Magic Mike XXL, a movie with a lot of heart and very little plot. It follows a group of male entertainers (read: strippers) as they travel from Miami to Myrtle Be…

This month Nicole and Monica watched the below episodes of Bluey, an Australian show about an anthropomorphic dog family. We talked about life lessons for six year olds and adults, parenting, how bot…

Please forgive some audio issues on Nicole's side. 

This month Nicole and Monica listened to Every Heart a Doorway, a novella written by Seanan McGuire and read by Cynthia Hopkins. It a murder myster…

This month Monica and Nicole watched Top Gun Maverick, the 2022 sequel to the 1986 movie. Both star Tom Cruise (who is insane), as a naval aviator at a special school for special pilots. The sequel m…

This month Nicole and Monica watched Do Revenge, a 2022 high school movie that draws from Strangers on a Train, but takes it up to eleven on plot twists, fashion, emotions, and 90s references. Nicole…

This month Nicole and Monica watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica, an anime with a darker take on magical girl tropes. We talked a lot about storytelling tropes and also feelings. This month Nicole knit…

Nicole and Monica watched Turning Red, a Pixar movie about a Chinese-Canadian girl who's entry into teenhood is complicated by the fact that she turns into a giant red panda. We talked a lot about mo…

This month Nicole and Monica watched season one and two of Fleabag. It's a TV show, written by and staring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, about a messy woman in her early thirties whose life is falling apart …