Dr. Waffle & Friends

By Sourdough Media

An essayist and a memoirist walk into a podcast. Poignant hilarity, and some chat about the writing process, ensues.

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

Dr. Waffle & Friends episodes:

September 13, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.1: Who In the World Do You Think You Are?
Welcome to Season Three of Doctor Waffle & Friends! It’s a whole new recipe, containing 50% more Friends! Beginning with this episode, our new format will alternate episodes in which Dr. Waffle reads an essay and is interviewed by a Friend, and episodes in which a guest writer reads an essay and is interviewed by Dr. Waffle.
In the first episode of the new season, Dee shares an essay about Jesus Christ Superstar, and is interviewed by her (spunky) bestie Trish Tilburg. Dee and Trish discuss parental record collections, Broadway musicals, their childhood relationship to religion, Broadway musicals, political activism, and Broadway musicals. Dee confesses an embarrassing secret regarding Broadway musicals.
TAGS: Jesus Christ Superstar; Christianity; Rodgers and Hammerstein; 2024 Presidential election
Spoilers for Hamilton, Les Misérables, and the New Testament
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com

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58min
August 16, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.10: Ready to Be Strong
In this episode, Tania’s story cues us up to FINALLY talk about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and we share favorite moments, relationships, and themes. We also discuss watching TV with friends, TV you have to pay attention to, and people who talk during TV shows. And we say farewell to a friend of Dr. Waffle and make room for new friends.
TAGS: Thirtysomething, The Bear, Dark, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffering the Vampire Slayer
Major spoilers for every aspect of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Watch Tania and friends perform I Love a Podcast and Faith
Listen to the Santa Barbara episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES attaniaisrael.com

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54min
July 12, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.9: Sweet Truth
In this episode, Dee shares her lifelong obsession with candy bars, and she and Tania discuss the Great American Candy Bar Hierarchy, milk vs. dark chocolate, the dynamics of sharing dessert, judgmental waiters, recovered memory, and so much more.
TAGS: Cadbury; Snickers; Zagnut; New Zealand; attachment theory
Spoilers for Thelma and Louise and The Mill on the Floss
Take the candy bar interiors quiz here
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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51min
June 14, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.8: Facing the Fracture
In this episode, Tania reads an excerpt from her forthcoming book and she and Dee discuss stress about politics, political parties, political polarization, Canadian politics, Mississippi politics, and dislike of talking about politics.
TAGS: Facing the Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation
Spoilers for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election
Find out more about Facing the Fracture, including a link to pre-order, here.
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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May 10, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.7: Ted Bundies I Have Known
In this episode, Dee reflects on the nature of good and evil and she and Tania discuss serial killers, Prince, and elementary-school musicals.
TAGS: serial killers; Serial; Undisclosed; S-Town; Civil War; Prince; Trader Joe’s; fava beans; Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist; James Brussel; Malcolm Gladwell; Michael Hobbes; If Books Could Kill; Manichaeism; Buddhist causes and conditions; Sigmund Freud; “Mourning and Melancholia”; Purple Rain; “I Hate Emily Chase”; David Sedaris
Spoilers for Titanic and Under the Cherry Moon
Read the snarky Malcolm Gladwell essay about Tania’s grandpa here
Read the original essay about Eleanor Hunt here
Read the David Sedaris essay about throwing his family under the bus here
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES attaniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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1h 1min
April 12, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.6: Fairytale, Nonfiction
In this episode, Tania reads a love story, and we chat about limerence, COVID, FOMO, and keeping the spark alive.
Tags: Love and Limerence by Dorothy Tennov; Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel; The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Spoilers for “Modern Family”
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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51min
March 08, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.5: I Always Think There's a Band
In this episode, Deanna talks—a lot—about the The Music Man, and then she and Tania discuss musicals, con artistry, repressed sexuality, billiards vs. pool, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ikea furniture, and so much more.
Tags: Meredith Willson, The Music Man, Pirates of Penzance, Lithuania, South Park
Spoilers for The Music Man, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Deanna says she still can’t remember what drum solo her father recorded on his prize record, but there is some archival evidence that he performed “The Downfall of Paris” to great acclaim as a 14-year old.
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Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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49min
February 09, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.4: Fragile
In this episode, Tania shares a story that might be a poem, and we chat about bisexual haiku (#biku), The Big Lebowski, men’s vulnerability, the challenges marginalized people have recognizing their own privilege, and patriarchy.
Tags: Eve Sedgwick; Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market; Battle of the Sexes
Spoilers for Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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55min
January 12, 2024 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.3: Trivia Pursuit
In this episode, Dee recalls* when she was the subject of a memory experiment, and we chat about trivia, game shows, Leonard Bernstein, feline song lyrics, and Tania’s crush on Alex Trebek. [*See what we did there?]
TAGS: Jeopardy!; What’s My Line
Spoilers for Episode #8004 of Jeopardy!
Link to Tania’s uncle’s appearance on What’s My Line?
Link to Rob’s appearance on Jeopardy!
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Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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50min
December 15, 2023 Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.2: Always the Bride
In this episode, Tania answers the age-old question, “Have you ever been married?” We talk about Jewish weddings, Vegas weddings, green card weddings, secret weddings, same-gender weddings, and David Sedaris.
TAGS: The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings; J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words
Spoilers for “The Office”
All about Mormon polygamous sects in British Columbia
Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.
FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
EMAIL us at [email protected]
PODCAST WEBSITE
Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com
Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com
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56min

FAQs about Dr. Waffle & Friends:

How many episodes does Dr. Waffle & Friends have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.