GLEEwind

Like the titular purple pianos, we have been gutted, torn and used, but we're back to deliver new music!

Join us as we embark on our season three journey and discuss the premiere "The Purple Piano Project"! Senior year looms on McKinley High, as the Glee club is shuffled with new additions (transfer Blaine! Sugar Motta!) and departures of old favorites (Dark Quinn is here! Also Sam apparently moved?) But anything they can do, Lindsay Pearce can do better.

We also honor Naya Rivera, and disgrace Matthew Morrison's career choices.

We discuss:

3x01: The Purple Piano Project
Written by: Brad Falchuk
Directed by: Eric Stoltz

• Lea Michele and Zandy Reich Name Their Newborn Son Ever Leo
• See first look at Matthew Morrison as the Grinch in NBC's new musical special
• Singer/Actress Riley (Amber Riley) Delivers Her Debut Self-Titled EP ‘Riley’ Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid & The Single “BGE”
• ‘The Prom’ New Trailer: Streep, Kidman, and More Dazzle in Ryan Murphy’s Big Netflix Musical
• Impeachment: American Crime Story star Sarah Paulson drops first look at her Linda Tripp
• Outro Song: Vibeology - Paula Abdul 

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Is this the real life? Is this Glee-ality?

We have come to the end of the road in our journey through the first season of The Glee Project. Was this trip filled with laughs, some memorable characters, and an overall good addition to the Glee lore? Perhaps yes. Do the final results make any sense whatsoever? You be the judge of that. Alex and Lindsay give us everything, Sam and Damian give us nothing, they all win something and yet it feels like we all lost.

Also, keep sending us your thoughts on Naya Rivera before the recording of our season three premiere!

We discuss:

The Glee Project
1x10: Glee-ality

• Glee Star Jenna Ushkowitz Is Engaged to Boyfriend David Stanley: 'A Million Times Yes'
• Kevin McHale Said That He Accidentally Gave His Boyfriend Salmonella By Undercooking Chicken Sausage
• Tony Winner Ali Stroker Set for Lifetime Holiday Movie
• "Ratched" Finally Has A Trailer And It Looks Like A Campy, Creepy, Dreamy Nightmare
• Elle Fanning to play woman convicted in texting suicide case for Hulu series
• Outro Song: Show Off - The Drowsy Chaperone Original Broadway Cast

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Are you believable? Are you generous? Are you ready for a new episode?

We’re almost at the end of the road, as the top five contestants are forced to prove two skills that are only once again just tangentially related to Glee. Hannah develops a mid-season crush, Ryan Murphy insists on gaslighting us about Damian, and Lindsay doesn’t know the words. We also guess the prices for our favorite Glee cameos, and Jorge jeopardizes any future work opportunities with Ian Brennan.

We discuss:

The Glee Project
1x08: Believability
1x09: Generosity

• Emmys 2020: List of Nominations
• Netflix Debuts First-Look Photos & Premiere Date of Ratched
• Disney+ Tackling Adaptation of Broadway Musical 'Once On This Island'
• Outro Song: Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

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Oh don’t say the assignment this week is Sexuality… 
The assignment this week is Sexuality!

The contestants sexy skills are put through the test under decidedly unsexy situations like messy food fights, gay panic, and… breaking a commitment to the Lord? Cameron has a really tough week as Samuel seems to effortlessly thrive, and Ryan Murphy decides he will get what he cannot have. 

We also honor the life of Naya Rivera. Please send us any thoughts you have about how she or her work on Glee impacted us via Twitter or email.

We discuss:
The Glee Project
1x07: “Sexuality”

• So Many Elphabas United for This Epic 'Defying Gravity' Performance
• Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Prom’ Does Small L.A. Shoot Starting This Week
• Outro Song: Sorry - Naya Rivera ft. Big Sean

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Grab a dictionary and look up the word “tenacious”!

This week we welcome our first Glee Project guest, as writer and media academic Myles McNutt joins us to discuss 1x06: “Tenacity”, as well as examine the whole show on a different light. Who are exactly the homework assignments benefitting? Why is the final panel fundamentally misconstrued? Was Alex Newell bullied into wearing a wig? We also go into the Golden Age of TV reviewing, Max Adler’s judging talents, and the physics of slushees. 

We discuss:

The Glee Project
1x06: “Tenacity”

• The Glee Project Review by Myles McNutt
• ‘American Horror Story’ Spinoff ‘American Horror Stories’ Officially a Go at FX
• Outro Song: Supercut - Lorde

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Get out your dancing shoes and make sure your duet partner is ready!

This week we continue our recap of season one of the Glee Project with 1x04: Dance-Ability and 1x05: Pair-Ability, which sees contestants go into the world of dance and duets. Alex talks the talk but can't dance the dance, Lindsay steals the spotlight by breaking the morals of another contestant, and #Skadooshgate.

However, we start by acknowledging the recent developments in Lea Michele's career. You know what we're talking about.

And we urge our listeners to get involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, and show your support in any way you can: amplifying Black voices, donations, or showing up to protests (and getting tested afterwards).

We discuss:
The Glee Project
1x03: "Dance-Ability"
1x04: "Pair-Ability"

• Samantha Marie Ware Accused Lea Michele Of "Traumatic Microagressions" On The Set Of "Glee"
• More Costars Of Lea Michele Have Come Forward To Criticise And Defend Her, With One Calling Her "Absolutely Awful"
• Ways to Help the Black Lives Matter Movement
• Everyone Wants In On Ryan Murphy's ~Potential~ "Glee" Reboot Starring Lea Michele, Beanie Feldstein, And Ben Platt
• Outro Song: 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

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Time to us in Universal City Walk with your giant insecurity signs!

This week, we continue our dive into The Glee Project as we combat bullying with glam rock in 1x02: “Theatricality”, and expose our biggest fears in public in 1x03: “Vulnerability”. Some of the contestants keep making an impression, some contestants keep getting lost in the mix, and one contestant leaves her mark in the Reality Show Hall of Fame. Also, Idina Menzel apparently had two free hours.

We discuss:

The Glee Project
1x02: “Theatricality”
1x03: “Vulnerability”

• Ali Stroker to guest-star on The Bold Type season 4
• Lindsay Pearce, Nikki Blonsky, Laura Leigh Turner & More Join Instagram Live Concert to Benefit The Actors Fund
• Watch Hairspray stars from Broadway, movies, more sing the musical's feel-good finale
• Outro Song: Normal Fucking Rockwell - Lana del Rey

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No better time to start a new project than during quarantine!

This week, we take a sidestep from Glee as we watch the first episode of the 2011 reality TV spinoff show “The Glee Project”, which aimed to find a person that would inspire Ryan Murphy to write a 7-episode arc. We’re introduced to a dozen of aspiring McKinley student, from the instantly iconic Alex and Lindsay, to Matheus, the cute man we love, and Cameron, the cute man we hate. Darren Criss guest judges. Someone performs Sweet Charity. We are instantly in.

The Glee Project
Season 1, Episode 1 “Individuality”

• Lea Michele Is Pregnant! Actress Expecting First Child with Husband Zandy Reich
• #StarsInTheHouse #58: GLEE Cast Reunion
• Watch Matthew Morrison Channel His GLEE Teacher Self for Ukulele Performance
• Amber Riley | Let It Go (Frozen) | Disney Family Singalong
• Darren Criss Performs 'I Wanna Be Like You' - The Disney Family Singalong
• Ryan Murphy’s ‘Hollywood’: TV Review
• Heidi N Closet & Jackie Cox's “Kill The Lights” Lip Sync | S12 E10 | RuPaul’s Drag Race
• These Are 'Celebrity Drag Race's Episode 3 Celebs
• Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles Take The Stage | 2020 Spirit Awards
• Outro Song: Raining Sunshine - Miranda Cosgrove

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We’re back and maintaining social distance guidelines!

This week, we go back to the summer of 2011, where crowds were still allowed and Gleeks everywhere gathered for the release of the 3D Concert movie. To discuss that feat of filmmaking, we invited movie buff and Oscar expert Chris Feil, obviously. Chris joins us to discuss the actors staying in character through a national arena tour, the true crime style that was embedded into it, and we wonder if Gwyneth Paltrow remembers being part of this at all.

The Glee 3D Concert Movie
Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen

• Matthew Morrison to Cover Classic Disney Songs on New Album: Exclusive
• Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Prom’ Film Shuts Down Production Over Coronavirus Concerns
• Listen to Chris’ podcast “This Had Oscar Buzz”
• Outro Song: Country Strong - Gwyneth Paltrow

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Start spreadin’ the news!

In the season two finale “New York”, the New Directions finally make it to the Big Apple for Nationals. Will Mr. Schue follow his Broadway dreams (and do we even care)? Can a haircut solve all of Quinn’s problems? How exactly did Kurt and Rachel manage to break into the Gershwin? The answers to all these questions, plus our rankings of best and worst episodes, and our top 10 musical numbers of season 2!

2x22: New York
Written and directed by: Brad Falchuk

• Outro Song: I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) - Hercules (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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