Summary:   "Not a Chris." This week we discuss the Netflix traumedy series Dead to Me. Also discussed: James Marsden, the "Evil Matriarch" trope, and Lisa pitches her idea of having Real Housewives-style sports reunions.     Show notes:   Who is Brené Brown?   Dead to Me trailer 9 Lingering Dead to Me Questions Season Two Needs to Answer (Vulture) What is Chekhov's Gun?   James Marsden IMDb     Recommendations:   Lisa: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (book)   Andrea: Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata (podcast)   Music credits:    "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

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Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist.

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