Indoorswomen

It's the long-awaited sequel to our last podcast on Sherlock! We address comparisons between Sherlock and Doctor Who, favorite episodes, and we tackle the age-old question of "Benedict Cumberbatch: handsome or lizardy?"

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

It's no question that the Indoorswomen are big Sherlock Holmes fans and we are particularly fond of the modern-day adaptation "Sherlock" (BBC/PBS). We are, in fact, such big fans, that we had to split this episode into two parts due to excessive yammering. See you in two weeks for the (not so) stunning conclusion.

Today we are discussing "Elementary, My dear Watson", and other things Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes never said. We are talking modern Sherlock adaptations, primarily the BBC show, the fourth series of which premiered this week. What do we like and dislike about these modern imaginings? What are our theories? What are our favorite episodes? And, the most important question of them all: is Benedict Cumberbatch handsome?

P.S. CPR was invented in 1956 and became a prominent life saving device in the early 1960s.

Note: if you haven't seen the BBC/PBS Sherlock adaptation, this episode contains some spoilers. Also, GO WATCH IT!

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

What's this? What's this? It's our ode to some of our favorite Tim Burton movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, and the unusual blending of creepiness, humor, and Christmastime. Plus, our new adventures this year and a few good recommendations for you guys!

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

Ok, we won't have rap battles, but we do appreciate them. This week's podcast is about musicals! Musicals, if you don't know, are plays in which, to quote Mack from the movie Sabrina,"the actors periodically dance about and burst into song". We discuss our favorites, live shows we have attended, movie and television musicals, and we devote some serious time to the musical phenomenon, Hamilton. We tried not to sing too much. But there is a little singing.

We ask the big questions: Listen to the soundtrack beforehand or wait? Live performances or Movie adaptations? Just what makes musicals so enjoyable anyway?

Big mentions include Hamilton, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Disney Musicals, Once More With Feeling (the Buffy Musical), Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Smash, and Book of Mormon. Special feature: reminiscences about our high school's performances of The Music Man, Oklahoma!, and Grease.

If you are a musical theater lover or novice, you might find something in here for you!

Extras: Geek news about amazing new trailers and collaborations plus our random recs: Yuri!!! on ICE and Crash Course on Youtube.

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

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We decided to release this early so you can listen in airports or while making pies.

We start off by inducting Lucille Bluth and CJ Cregg into our little Hall of Fame in the segment "Strength of Character".

The Main Event: We have experienced (or will experience) so much amazing culture this November! We take a deep dive into Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Arrival, as well as chat about Gilmore Girls, The Grand Tour and The Crown.

Plus, we continue our Pop Culture Traditions from last year and mention more seasonal entertainment including episodes of The West Wing and New Girl, and the seasonal podcast Til Death Do Us Blart.

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

Today 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

Halloween: we love it! Explore Halloween pop culture with us. First up, Spooky Scenarios, in which we take each other on Halloween pop culture themed "choose your own adventures" that may or may not end in doom. Spoiler: some do

Next up, our favorite Halloween movies, TV episodes, tropes, and adventures! Plus, candy! Our tribute to horror movies, psychological thrillers, Tim Burton classics, zombies, horror comedies, childhood favorites, and more! Plus our ode to Halloween episodes of The Office, Brooklyn 99, Community, Parks and Recreation, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Share your favorite Halloween pop culture traditions with us on twitter @indoorswomen and make sure to mention your favorite candy!

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

Thanks for listening!

In a perfect world, the tenure of a television show would solely depend on how much we love it and its potential for greatness. Unfortunately network bigwigs, scheduling gaffes, actors' whims, and crappy pilots often get in the way. In honor of shows underappreciated in their time, our topic today is TV shows that ended too soon (that aren't Firefly). Since we talk about firefly a lot, we thought we would exclude it from this discussion.

Today, we lament the cancellation of Better Off Ted, Almost Human, Selfie, and Freaks and Geeks, and explain why they had so much potential and their cancellation was a travesty.

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

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!

Audio note: Jen is going to try and find a less clicky mouse!

Today we report on our pop culture homework! How did Meg respond to Veronica Mars? What did Jen think of Dark Matter? Then, we move on to Fall television of the current year: The Good Place, The Exorcist, Frequency, and Riverdale: what are our predictions? What will we be watching this year?

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

Thanks for listening!