If you’re a regular listener, you may remember us expressing careful optimism at the news that Chloé Zhao was set to direct an entry to the MCU. Well, Eternals is finally here and you can consider our hopes dashed. Two special returning guests are joining Anita on this episode of the podcast: game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief;  and CEO of Sweet Baby Inc, Kim Belair. Together Anita and our guest try to answer: In a film with no dearth of talent, how did Eternals go so wrong?

Time Stamps:

6:20 - Main discussion on Eternals

50:28 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Kim on the deck-building game Monster Train
• Teddy on the game Unpacking developed by Witch Beam
• Anita on the movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• Batman Returns episode of FFR with Kim as guest - https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-69-batman-returns-and-ebony-goes-missing/

Follow Teddy:

• twitter.com/teddydief
• twitter.com/ofkband
• instagram.com/ofkband
• twitch.tv/ofkband
• www.ofk.cool

Follow Kim:

• twitter.com/bagelofdeath
• instagram.com/bagelofdeath
• twitter.com/sweetbabyinc
• instagram.com/sweetbabyinc

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

After two separate polls, our Patrons have finally granted Ebony’s wish and selected The Manchurian Candidate (1962) for discussion. In Anita’s absence, Ebony is joined by not one, but two! very exciting special guests: Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Kishonna Gray, as well as writer and bon vivant, Paul Spencer. Join us for a lively discourse on this classic political thriller.

Time Stamps:

6:45 - Main discussion on The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

44:26 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Paul on the books Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill and Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family by Charles Bowden
• Kishonna on recent conversations on Twitter surrounding charging for speaking engagements in academia
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• Twitter thread regarding honorariums - https://twitter.com/Sakiera_Hudson/status/1455997334639218701?t=xgudFto89nkiCHw7nFdasQ&s=19

Follow Kishonna:

• twitter.com/KishonnaGray

Follow Paul:

• You can’t. But go ahead and tweet your The Shining questions for Paul at Ebony (@ebonyaster) and she’ll pass them along ;)

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic has finally hit theaters and HBO Max. Anita and Ebony are on hand with special guest—writer, producer, and Lynch-Dune-stan—Jordan Crucchiola to take it apart. There have been several film adaptations of Dune, and Villeneuve’s version has a lot going on that we are excited to discuss. Let’s get to it!   

Time Stamps:

50:28 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Jordan on the series I Know What You Did Last Summer and the film The Voyeurs both on Amazon Prime Video
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• Carolyn’s Letteboxd review of Dune - https://letterboxd.com/carolynmichelle/film/dune-2021/
• Middle Geeks podcast episode on Dune - https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/10/25/the-middle-geeks-episode-31-dune-review/
• The Whole Movie Podcast episode with Blake Lively - https://crucchiola.podbean.com/e/the-blakethrough/

Follow Jordan:

• twitter.com/JorCru
• Aughtsterion Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aughtsterion/id1540688394
• Disaster Girls Podcast - twitter.com/disaster_pod
• The Whole Movie Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-movie-podcast-the-neon-demon/id1530757200

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

The podcast returns for our Spooky Season finale with a viewing of the 1982 slasher classic Slumber Party Massacre featuring horror super-fan and friend of Feminist Frequency, returning special guest Jessica Zollman. Listen in to join us on this wild ride via the ultimate “thriller killer driller” iconic slasher movie.

Time Stamps:

8:37 - Main Discussion on Slumber Party Massacre

43:56 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Jessica on The Batman
• Anita on Tom Holland casting in the Uncharted movie
• Ebony on the IATSE strike and Netflix walk-out
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• https://twitter.com/StorySlug/status/1297996912822493196?s=20 (which Jess initially saw shared by Ali Barthwell right after the Batman trailer dropped: https://twitter.com/wtflanksteak )

Follow Jessica:

• www.jayzombie.com
• instagram.com/jayzombie

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

This week the podcast is taking a step away from October’s spookier fare so that we can discuss the latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, with returning special guest, game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the 25th entry to the franchise is also the last that will star Daniel Craig as the titular, not-so-secret-identity, super spy. While it can be argued (and will be on this podcast) that Daniel Craig’s turn as Bond has been a divergence for the franchise from the start, No Time To Die promises to be something radically different from a film series built around male power fantasies. Is it? Listen in for our (somewhat differing) takes.

Time Stamps:

44:37 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Ebony on the film The Descent (2005) written and directed by Neil Marshall
• Teddy on copyright conversion
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Follow Teddy:

• twitter.com/teddydief
• twitter.com/ofkband
• instagram.com/ofkband
• twitch.tv/ofkband
• www.ofk.cool

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

We’re back from break, and just in time for spooky season! Joining Anita and Ebony is returning special guest—writer, mental health advocate, video game designer, and friend to Feminist Frequency—Dave Proctor, to take a look at Wes Craven’s somewhat bizarre entry to his horror empire, 1991’s The People Under the Stairs. This film was a divergence for the “Master of Horror” both in its tone and topic—a self-aware horror comedy dealing with disenfranchisement, white Christian moralism, and Reagan era social and economic politics in an utterly over-the-top way. Listen in to hear our take on the good, the bad, and where this movie fits into the horror genre as a whole. 

Time Stamps:

11:15 - Main discussion on The People Under the Stairs

43:27 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Ebony on the Netflix series Squid Game
• Anita on the Netflix series Sex Education
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT
   

Links Mentioned:

• twitch.tv/femfreq

Follow Dave:

• twitter.com/blankdave
• twitter.com/mightyyell

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq

Great Scott! We’re firing up our flux capacitors and heading back in time to talk about 1985’s Back to the Future. Recent listeners will remember our special guest from our last episode—game designer, director, musician, and friend of the podcast, Teddy Dief. Chosen by our Patrons from a group of time travel films, Back to the Future (produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Robert Zemeckis) is far more problematic than many of us remembered. Listen in to our discussion as we interrogate how a movie so culturally iconic and beloved presents so many issues. Or else, just tune in to hear Teddy give us some A+ Marty McFly impressions.

Time Stamps:

4:53 - Main discussion on Back to the Future

41:53 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Ebony on the problems with some progressive responses to anti-abortion/anti-choice rhetoric
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• https://twitter.com/graceduginski/status/1433606469577060357?s=21
• https://feministfrequency.com/ffr-89-time-travel-and-feminism-with-annalee-newitz-2/

Follow Teddy:

• twitter.com/teddydief
• twitter.com/ofkband
• instagram.com/ofkband
• twitch.tv/ofkband
• www.ofk.cool

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram

Frequent listeners will know that Anita has been dying (not) to talk about The White Lotus from writer, actor and director Mike White. On this episode, she and Ebony are joined by video game designer, creative director and singer, Teddy Dief, the discuss the HBO series centered around wealthy white vacationers in Hawaii and the staff catering to their every whim.

Time Stamps:

7:55 - Main discussion on The White Lotus

40:32 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Ebony on the comic Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez
• Teddy on the graphic novel On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and also on being frustrated with dating apps
• Anita on the book American Hippo: River of Teeth, Taste of Marrow, and New Stories by Sarah Gailey
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Links Mentioned:

• https://www.vulture.com/article/the-white-lotus-episode-one-recap-arrivals.html

Follow Teddy:

• twitter.com/teddydief
• twitter.com/ofkband
• instagram.com/ofkband
• twitch.tv/ofkband
• www.ofk.cool

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram

Anita and Ebony are joined by author, journalist and podcaster Annalee Newitz to talk about the highly anticipated second season (that almost didn’t happen) of Tuca & Bertie. Two years and a hundred episodes of this podcast ago, we talked about the first season of this show and have been pleased to see this season offers even more weird delights from its off kilter bird world, and continues to charm and move audiences with its bracing honesty, sincere compassion, and lots of boob jokes.

Time Stamps:

9:42 - Main discussion on Season Two of Tuca & Bertie

52:25 - What’s your Freq Out? * SCIENCE EDITION *

• Annalee on who believe in evolution
• Ebony on the mysterious sex life of eels
• Anita on the film The Hunger (1983)
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT
   

Links Mentioned:

• https://twitter.com/danielradosh/status/1429447309528604672?s=24
• https://robineisenberg.com/
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925987
• https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_cooke_no_one_can_figure_out_how_eels_have_sex/transcript?language=en
• https://screenrant.com/bojack-horseman-tuca-bertie-same-universe/

Follow Annalee:

• ouropinionsarecorrect.com
• nytimes.com/column/annalee-newitz
• twitter.com/annaleen
• annaleenewitz.com

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram

Anita and Ebony are joined on this episode of FFR by special guest Charlie Jane Anders— writer, podcast host, event impresario and one of the founders of io9, a website devoted to science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related news. She’s the author of several books of speculative fiction and “inspirational weirdness,” including Victories Greater Than Death, The City in the Middle of the Night, and All the Birds in the Sky. She’s here today to hold our hands as we try to wrestle with creativity in times of crisis, the subject of her new book, Never Say You Can’t Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories. 

Time Stamps:

4:56 - Main segment

51:39 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Ebony on the series Reservation Dogs on Hulu
• Charlie Jane on the novel Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
• Submit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUT

Follow Charlie Jane:

• Never Say You Can’t Survive - bit.ly/NeverSayYouCantPreorder
• twitter.com/charliejane
• charliejane.com
• instagram.com/charliejaneanders

Follow Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram