Grab Bag Collab

*Episodes will be released early and ad-free on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page on Mondays and then will be released in it's very own Why Is Amy In The Bath? general feed on Fridays, wherever you get your podcasts.*

In 2021, two journalists started an investigation to answer what seemed like a simple question: Why does the actor Amy Adams do so many bathing scenes? From the beginning, we suspected a conspiracy — Is Amy, who has never won an Oscar, doing all these bathtub scenes because they offer the opportunity for the kind of dramatic acting that earns the biggest, goldest prizes? This is the story of how Brandon R. Reynolds and Gabby Lombardo opened the tap on the secret history of bathtubs in cinema. They could not imagine what would come bubbling up.

From Grab Bag Collab and Because It's True Productions, the 6-part series "Why Is Amy in the Bath?" looks at the deeper meaning of bathing across 1,500 films. We talk to the writers, actors, and set designers that bring bathing scenes to life onscreen, and the film wonks who will help us unpack the conspiracy. It takes us into some very weird places: wellness and Calgon commercials, hit thriller novels, consumer trends, sex in America, and the way nostalgia traps us in an endless now. Alternately a warm soak and a bracing blast of cold, "Why Is Amy in the Bath?" will leave us all a little cleaner in heart and mind.

For early and ad-free episodes, bonus content: like extended interviews, chats about film and bathing, and "Bathtub After Dark" specials, become a subscriber: www.patreon.com/GrabBagCollab. You won't be disappointed.

To talk tubs with us, email [email protected]. Follow our substack at becauseitstrue.substack.com, where we talk more about our research and the secret history of the movies. For our curated lists of tub films, find us at letterboxd.com/amybathpod.

Hi friends! It’s Mel Barrett, the host of The In Between Podcast, coming at you with a very big announcement.

On Tuesday, January 14th at 5:45 pm EST, Ellyn Marsh from I Think Not and Rabia and Ellyn Solve the Case, and I will be co-hosting a live event on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon for our “Behind the Scenes” and up tiers about my first season of TIBP, Live Free or Die. The first season of the pod, if you haven’t listened yet, is all about the Pamela Smart Accomplice to Murder Trial that happened in New Hampshire in 1990 AND  Pam’s new legal fight taking place as I speak with you right now.

We’ll have a special guest joining us–someone at the very center of this case–and we’ll be talking about the new appeal as well as answering any burning questions you have about the case and Pam Smart herself. Audience participation is encouraged. I’m telling you now, you don’t want to miss it.

Preaching, revivals, and drug use.

Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who committed history's most notorious crimes, shedding light on the psychological factors that shaped their paths. With a suspenseful twist, the identities of these individuals won’t be unveiled until the end of each episode. ‘The Catalyst’ will unravel the complex narratives behind these disturbing cases and try to understand what triggered them.

The Catalyst is a true-crime podcast published every other Friday exclusively to patreon.com/grabbagcollab.

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Grab Bag Collab is happy to announce our next quarterly podcast, What Makes Me Well with Asatta Jones, launching on the GBC Patreon on January 1st!

If you’re like Asatta Jones, you know that most people are searching for ways to be well.

You also know that the picture of all encompassing wellness looks different for everybody. You’ve probably asked yourself before “Who or what helps person X do what they do?”

Join Wellness Communicator and Yoga teacher, Asatta Jones as she interviews guests to discover their individual recipes for their well-being and what they do to maintain it.

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A podcast about secrets hosted by Daisy Eagan.

This episode was originally published on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page on November 1, 2024.  New episodes of Dear Daisy are published on the Patreon page every other Friday.

In this episode, we hear from a listener who has written in before and has an update to share and another listener who is feeling overwhelmed with health issues and the people who just don't understand what it's like.

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A Swimming Pool, Hearse and Thrift Store

Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who committed history's most notorious crimes, shedding light on the psychological factors that shaped their paths. With a suspenseful twist, the identities of these individuals won’t be unveiled until the end of each episode. ‘The Catalyst’ will unravel the complex narratives behind these disturbing cases and try to understand what triggered them.

The Catalyst is a true-crime podcast published every other Friday exclusively to patreon.com/grabbagcollab.

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. 

New episodes will be published weekly on Wednesdays on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page. 

In this debut episode of The In Between, host Mel Barrett takes you back to May 1990, when Gregg Smart was brutally murdered in the condo he shared with his young wife, Pamela Smart. Just down the road, a 15-year-old Mel listened closely as her family and neighbors confidently discussed the case: Pamela, they believed, had manipulated her 16-year-old lover into killing her husband. Now, thirty-four years later, Mel revisits what she was told back then, questioning the narrative that has lingered in her hometown. In this gripping episode, Mel begins her journey of breaking down the case and invites you in to make up your own mind, while she challenges decades of conviction and doubt.

Tune in as Mel digs deep into a case that forever changed her community. 

A podcast about secrets hosted by Daisy Eagan.

This episode was originally published on the Grab Bag Collab Patreon page on May 31, 2024.  New episodes of Dear Daisy are published on the Patreon page every other Friday.

This episode contains a letter about the workplace and a boss's intentions and another with a secret about poop.

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*Debuting on October 16th exclusively to the Grab Bag Collab Patreon. Episodes will publish weekly on Wednesdays. 

May 1990. New Hampshire.

Gregg Smart had just been murdered in the condo he shared with his young wife, Pamela Smart, and just down the road, your host, Mel Barrett, was fifteen years old and absolutely believed what her family and neighbors were telling her: Twenty-two-year-old Pamela Smart used her sixteen-year-old lover to murder her husband. Now, thirty-four years later, Mel questions what she was told. Breaking down the case in real-time and speaking candidly with the people of New Hampshire, the legal team and the woman her people are convinced is guilty, Pamela Smart.

To this day, the people of New Hampshire are split right down the middle when it comes to the question: did she do it? Did she conspire with her teenage lover to kill her husband? Or is she also a victim of an unfair justice system that railroaded her? 

There is no in between for anyone in the state of NH. It’s completely black and white. In this first season of The In Between Podcast, Mel has made it her mission to find the grey areas, while not falling down the rabbit hole of the Pamela Smart true crime fandom nor the vitriolic dark spaces of the people who want to hang this woman in the town square. 

U.S. Air Force, Stalking, and Camping Trips

Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who committed history's most notorious crimes, shedding light on the psychological factors that shaped their paths. With a suspenseful twist, the identities of these individuals won’t be unveiled until the end of each episode. ‘The Catalyst’ will unravel the complex narratives behind these disturbing cases and try to understand what triggered them.

The Catalyst is a true-crime podcast published every other Friday exclusively to patreon.com/grabbagcollab.

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.