Indoorswomen

In this episode, we kick off with our annual tradition: some spoooooky scenarios for your Halloween pleasure. Then, we talk zombies: both speedsters and shamblers, both lacking and retaining humanity, both hilarious and scary. The discussion features (relatively) spoiler-free discussion of 28 Days Later, Zombieland, The Walking Dead, iZombie, and others. Bonus: some history of the zombie concept! Never say we didn't teach you anything.

Tweet your favorite zombie culture to @Indoorswomen to join the conversation!

For those interested in zombie math, here is a link to that article (pdf download link):When zombies attack!: Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection

Lastly, we wrap up with random recommendations: This week they are:

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

The HBO documentary "Spielberg" - a must see for fans of the movies or the man.

For more Halloween fun, follow our hashtag #octoberflix and share your favorite movies, TV, and other Halloween pop culture!

Our lovely intro/outro music is, as always, "Highscore" by Krackatoa

Join us for Trek Talk! We boldly go into the world of CBS's new series Star Trek: Discovery. Talking points include: Is Klingon romance logistically possible? What's up with those gross unwrapped fortune cookies? Could there be more lens flare?! We also share our thoughts on the other Star franchise, like the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer and From a Certain Point of View. Oh, and Blade Runner 2049! As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

(Tweet at us if you understand why this is our episode title! Bonus nerd points!)

It's our parody episode! Spoofs and references abound as we discuss our favorite franchises, our favorite franchise parodies, and our favorite parody franchises. Whew. I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue! Highlights include Airplane! and other Leslie Nielsen vehicles, Bill Murray extravaganzas, and, of course, Spaceballs, Galaxy Quest, The Princess Bride, and Enchanted.

Bonus: The game this week is fictional five and the category is creature feature!

As always, our fabulous intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa

Space: The final frontier, where no one can hear you scream, and a great setting for pop culture!

In this episode, we're talking all things space. Space travel, space tropes, spacemen, etc. Plus we're offering tons of space-related pop culture recommendations along the way, from Sunshine to Moon and just about every franchise with "star" in the name.

We also play a game of TV Tropes Roulette and end with our random recs.

As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

Catch you later, home koalas! (It's a thing we're trying to make happen, like "fetch." Listen to hear more.)

Hi, all! It's rerun time again, but with a BRAND-NEW BONUS INTRO! Tune in to hear Meg's mini fall TV preview. Enjoy and keep an ear out for new episodes coming your way soon.

Original Show Notes:

Robots! We love 'em. In real life and especially in pop culture. Join us as we talk all things robot, droid, cyborg, and AI, from lovable WALL-E to the not-so-lovable T-800. Beep boop.

Share your robo-thoughts with us on Twitter (@indoorswomen)!

As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

Correction: When Jen refers to the E.T. "DVD", she of course means "VHS tape" because DVDs weren't invented yet. #old

Hey guys, it's summer and we have had a lot of reruns lately so we are super excited to bring you some brand new original content! We are discussing our favorite summer movies and books! What gives us that front porch sitting, toes in the water, sun and sand and fun and friendship feeling? Answers include Judy Blume novels, sci-fi romps, and summer blockbusters like Jaws and Independence Day.

A discussion of summer movies wouldn't be complete without our (gushing) review of the adorable Spider-man: Homecoming! Plus, our random recs: MST3K: The Return and Rick and Morty!

Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!

<3 Jen & Meg

P.S. As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa

Hi all! We have another re-run for you guys today. It's one of my favorites and I hope you enjoy it. I recorded a short BRAND NEW BONUS INTRO for this episode in which I give a couple of new random recs. Enjoy and we will see you in a couple weeks.

<3 Jen

Original Show Notes:

Hi everyone! Today we have some new excitingness for you! We introduce a segment called "Strength of Character" where we discuss our favorite characters from any medium or genre and explain why we love them. Our definition of "strength" is not "most kickass" nor even "most likeable". Instead, we want to identify those characters that keep us coming back to the same shows, films, and books over and over and what makes them so intriguing. First nominees: Capt. John Yossarian and Lorelai Gilmore. How's that for variety?

Next up, we discuss retrofuturism! Flying cars, floating homes, robot butlers, and nuclear powered everything. Why were these tropes so popular? What are our favorite pop culture representations? We wrestle with the complicated concepts of viewing the future from the past, viewing the past from the future, and viewing both simultaneously from the present. We also discover we both experience nostalgia for a future that never came to pass with our discussion of Tomorrowland. Plus, discussions of classic and modern science fiction and visits to the World's Fair and colonies on Mars.

Last, we have our random recommendations, wherein Meg chats about her long-term love of Project Runway and Jen discusses her newly minted passion for Bob's Burgers.

As always, our intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

Thanks for listening!

Jen and Meg are on summer vacation (jk we're both up to our eyeballs in work), so it's rerun time! We bring you: Never Judge a Book by Its Movie (Or a Graphic Novel by Its Adapted TV Series?)

In this episode, we ask ourselves the age-old question: which to consume first, the book or the movie? The answer may surprise you! In our discussion, we relate our experiences with various forms of adapted media including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, superhero movies and comics, Game of Thrones, Gone Girl, Harry Potter, and more!

We also play the hit card game "Geek Out" and try to stump each other with trivia!

Stay tuned for our random recs: The "My Dad Wrote a Porno" podcast and Westworld. Spoiler: They are awesome.

As always, our amazing intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

The thrilling conclusion to listener questions! (For now...We had too much fun to not do this again sometime.)

Which adaptations deserve do-overs? Which TV shows could we have totally written better? What are our Enneagram types? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out.

Plus, we've got random recommendations re: railroads and romance.

As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We Are Highscore" by Krackatoa.

You've got questions, we've got answers! The Indoorswomen open up the mailbag and tackle those hard-hitting questions. Like, what's so great about pop culture anyway? How did we meet? And, are we a Hamilton or a Burr?

We'll get to even more questions in the upcoming Part II.

Marry, Sex, Kill is also back by popular demand. Spoilers: One of us beds Gollum.

As always, our lovely intro/outro music is "We are Highscore" by Krackatoa