A Lot More Nuanced

Brittany & Lindsey bring their first guest, CARLEY, on the podcast to recap CXG Season 1, Episode 11: That Text Was Not Meant for Josh! They talk Carley & Brittany lore, clogging, locking yourself out or leaving the house unlocked, & all the pop culture! They also review themes of accountability, the lengths we go to to be seen, and whether Josh is an Android or iPhone user.

Show notes:

• Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast
• Once On This Island
• Clogging
• Steve Monroe
• Somebody Somewhere TV show
• Fresh Air interview with Jeff Hiller
• Pluribus
• SpongeBob Opposite Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Iveaww5WM
• Phubbing: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12538237/
• Info on parts work
• Info on S2 of Jury Duty
• Dropout TV
• Taskmaster
• The Traitors
• Top Chef: Carolinas
• Slayers, Every One of Us book

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Lindsey & Brittany recap and review CXG Season 1, Episode 10: I'm Back at Camp with Josh! After checking in on astrological influences, they explore themes around feminism, gender dynamics, and the awkward butterflies and vulnerability of adolescence. They also talk about their love of slang, etymology, innuendo, and the importance of a good party spread.

*Please note, there are at times be some audio problems in this recording. Apologies!

Show notes:

• "Dive Bar" astrology podcast
• Ms. Rachel potty training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKsou9UmfY
• Booby Moon weaning book: https://penguinbookshop.com/book/9780473581503
• Amusement/water parks: Kings Island, Emerald Pointe
• Judy Blume interview on "Fresh Air", including conversation on Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171654623/judy-blume
• Tristan & Isolde film: https://www.amazon.com/Tristan-Isolde-Blu-ray-James-Franco/dp/B06WGRK9KT
• Murderbot: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/murderbot/umc.cmc.5owrzntj9v1gpg31wshflud03
• Sinners film: https://play.hbomax.com/movie/2a072173-2bac-43ba-9933-10eba021ed96
• Mon Rovîa: https://www.instagram.com/monroviaboy/?hl=en

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Brittany & Lindsey review CXG Season 1, Episode 9: I'm Going to the Beach with Josh and His Friends! (aka the Party Bus episode). Along the way they talk about Mercury retrograde, give hot takes about listening to music, the central relational paradox, and how it's painful to look at the painful stuff.

Show notes:

• Current Mercury Retrograde: https://www.almanac.com/content/mercury-retrograde-dates
• Reddit thread on difference between stockings, tights, & pantyhose
• Entertainment Weekly review of episode
• Passive Progressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AugZd7fvv_8
• Quick info on the central relational paradox: https://www.bloomingtoncenterforconnection.org/2024/10/the-central-relational-paradox/

Other pop culture mentioned: Taylor Swift's You're on Your Own Kid; Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar on Me; The Pitt; The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle; Fourth Wing; St. Denis Medical; and The Burbs

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Lindsey & Brittany return to finish out their review of CXG Season 1, Episode 8: My Mom, Greg's Mom, and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves! After they check in, they review their Counseling, Supervision, and Self-Disclosure segments. Things get really theoretical in this one! They explore individuation, Erikson's developmental stages (linked below), how we make career decisions, parenting, DBT, and all of Lindsey's unread text messages.

Show notes:

• Quick explainer of Erikson's developmental stages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XxFmXkD8M8
• Summary article about Punch the Monkey: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/punch-monkey-japan-macaque-why-do-mother-animals-abandon-offspring
• Tweet slide deck about Punch: https://www.instagram.com/read_receipts/p/DU3RUDSjmyc/
• Harry Harlow study: https://www.simplypsychology.org/harlow-monkey.html

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Brittany & Lindsey review Season 1, Episode 8 of CXG: My Mom, Greg's Mom, and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves! They explore themes around growing up and family of origin. Also they accidentally test out a new format for the show too; today's episode is ONLY the episode review, and part 2 will land next week focusing on Counseling, Supervision, & Self-Disclosure! We hope to hear your thoughts on this :)

Show notes:

• We were unable to link the article on Rachel Bloom talking about "Sexy French Depression" - it's behind a paywall!
• Circle of Security training
• Vella Lovell announces pregnancy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTs9yj4krTg/
• Bad Bunny SuperBowl performance: https://youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?si=zspi4ZPUyzEFOO13
• Winter Olympics: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule
• Nancy Guthrie: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/21/us/nancy-guthrie-case-updates
• Abbott Elementary: https://abc.com/show/e4f28254-2fc4-4cc1-b9bb-eee0564c178e

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Brittany and Lindsey have been trapped inside with littles due to all the winter weather while somehow still working all the jobs, so they have not gotten to watch CXG in what feels like forever! They also don't have all their audio equipment and totally forgot corrections from the last episode. But they still made time to record about pop culture, parenting, stage moms, hopes for February, and the incomparable Catherine O'Hara.

Show notes:

• Catherine O'Hara's Death
• Schitt's Creek: https://www.hulu.com/series/schitts-creek-a2e7a946-9652-48a8-884b-3ea7ea4de273
• Best in Show (also on Netflix): https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/best-in-show/umc.cmc.7bgketmgwuy6hbtux2oux2ojz
• Info on new Ted Lasso season
• New Girl: https://www.hulu.com/series/new-girl-42850dbc-0f98-4d8a-a09a-3427ee8085e5
• Glow, by Megan Bryant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34448690-glow
• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women: https://www.kate-moore.com/the-radium-girls
• Becoming the People Samin Nosrat interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-small-good-thing-with-samin-nosrat/id1519965068?i=1000744963641
• Slow Horses: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWIAQJMHr0GoA/lists/LH2a2sWdB1w8/

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Lindsey & Brittany review Season 1, Episode 7 of CXG: I'm So Happy That Josh is So Happy! Although they're both in the midst of all things winter/toddler illness (and possibly cursed again), they make time to talk neutral-to-big opinions on things like Twilight, rice, Dr. Phil, dining room tables, and just how hard it can be to do something like starting therapy.

Show notes:

• The Twilight Saga: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/series/twilight-saga-series/_/N-2k2t
• The Walking Dead: https://www.netflix.com/title/70177057
• Shakespeare in Love review: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shakespeare_in_love
• More info on Dr. Phil's background from Maintenance Phase's "Oprah v. Beef Pt. 1": https://maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/episodes/12810208-oprah-v-beef-part-1-the-rise-of-veggie-libel
• Speechless TV Show: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/speechless/umc.cmc.7344h4rx43m3v5snp0atyeqqa
• "How Depression Can Affect Sexual Health": https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/how-depression-can-affect-sexual-health/
• Author Riley Sager: https://www.rileysagerbooks.com/
• Game Changers series (including Heated Rivalry) by Rachel Reid: https://www.rachelreidwrites.com/books
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-nightingale-kristin-hannah/1119169484

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Brittany & Lindsey review Season 1, Episode 6 of CXG: My First Thanksgiving with Josh! Despite a few audio glitches here & there, they talk about the theme of belonging, exploration in young adulthood, and generally the pressure & expectations of the holiday season. They also reflect a little on the joy of the podcast in the past few months!

Show notes:

• Throwing spaghetti at the wall: https://digest.jennchen.com/throwing-spaghetti-at-the-wall/
• Vanishing twins: https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/multiples/vanishing-twin-syndrome/
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWispEM3900
• Dina's birds on Superstore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-hREku_Lw8
• Lea Michele's journal, You First: Journal Your Way to Your Best Life: https://www.amazon.com/You-First-Journal-Your-Best/dp/0553447319
• The Madonna/Whore Complex: https://www.modernintimacy.com/the-psychology-of-the-madonna-whore-complex/
• Brief history of FaceTime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W9UFkLt1FU
• Billy Joel's "Piano Man": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
• Netflix history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix
• Stranger Things: https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281
• The Pitt: https://www.hbomax.com/shows/pitt-2024/e6e7bad9-d48d-4434-b334-7c651ffc4bdf
• Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle: https://blue-house-books.com/item/3Czr8TaWU9_HXwF0JJ7uIg

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Lindsey & Brittany review Season 1, Episode 5 of CXG: Josh and I Are Good People! They talk about how much they love Father Brah, how hard it is to allow others to have different narratives about you, altruism, gender roles, Internal Family Systems, and the nuance of what it means to be a "good person". Also, snails.

Show notes:

• TV Show "What I Like About You": https://tv.apple.com/us/show/what-i-like-about-you/umc.cmc.4979qlddit7lpf6meqedpnnbs
• "Butterfly Kisses" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwlAdEnT-do
• Strangers Drowning by Larissa MacFarquhar: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/307790/strangers-drowning-by-larissa-macfarquhar/
• TV Show "The Good Place": https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/the-good-place
• Wicked by Gregory Macquire: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wicked-gregory-maguire?variant=42754185134114
• Information about Internal Family Systems (IFS): https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/internal-family-systems-model-outline

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With the hecticness of the holidays and continued sleep deprivation from tiny humans, Lindsey & Brittany take a break from CXG analysis to talk about their shared favorite fairytale: Beauty & the Beast. Lindsey was able to see the live musical earlier this year, so they talk about how it compares to the classic Disney movie & generally about fairytales and love. They also consider which Disney princess Rebecca is and which Disney princes might match which of her romantic heroes.

Note: Brittany talks over Lndsey at one point, but the narrative Lindsey does not buy into is that Beauty & the Beast is about Stockholm Syndrome - they come back to this a little later!

Show notes:

• Beauty & the Beast The Musical: https://beautyandthebeastthemusical.com/
• Beauty & the Beast the Disney Movie: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-97babebc-7013-455a-b377-aa3d7a6e79c1
• Handheld Beauty & the Beast game Brittany had: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQz7bo31RI
• "Something There" from Beauty & the Beast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH5Apx81RFM
• The Outsiders movie with Rob Lowe: https://tubitv.com/movies/589279/the-outsiders
• The Outsiders DPAC: https://www.dpacnc.com/events/detail/the-outsiders-2025
• Queer Eye Las Vegas season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXmaWuVeLbU
• Superstore: https://www.hulu.com/series/superstore-727810b8-e54b-4f01-9381-a79ab5661bf7

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