Our new episode in questions: Do you say tighty whites or whitey tighties? What do you call that knife on a stick used for chopping wood? Does Zee fall in love with Cyrus because he’s taking care of him or because it’s objectively hilarious how Cyrus took Jude’s windchime? How many times can we say fentanyl in one episode?  Do you ever write down details of other people’s stories to use in your own writing one day? Is gratitude “classist, or worse”? Should Kathryn try dating a republican “as a social experiment” like Cyrus did? Is Arash a huge dick or actually a compassionate brother? Can everyone just start listening to Hannah about what’s cool NOW rather than waiting for the zeitgeist to catch up in 5 years?????

Took us a minute, but our first Martyr! episode is out now!!! Listen to us absolutely lose our minds over the first seven chapters and do not miss your chance to lol with Hannah at Kathryn wondering aloud who Lisa Simpson is. If you’re into developing parasocial relationships with your podcast hosts, this episode is the one.

Despite the visceral horrors, things get heady as Hannah and Kathryn get into the conclusion of The Guest. And it’s obliteration time, baby! If this were a Spielberg movie, the score would be going crazy. We’ve got molly, sparkly saltwater scrapes, folie a deux, a stray black dog (uh oh), distorted reflections, the end of the pills, and yes, the Labor Day party at last. 

Welcome back for Chapters 4-8 of The Guest. It is NOT gonna be a chill time. Alex is really scrambling to get her basic needs met at this point, but she still manages to deliver a weird and honestly quite disconcerting episode of Summer House as she spirals out of control. And there are more swimming pools!! You KNOW we have a lot to say about it.

This week, we discuss the first three chapters of The Guest—most notably, the mistakes Alex can't stop herself from making, whether 'dazzle' is the right word to describe her plan, and the mini-plot involving Alex floating in the water during a riptide. 

Join us next Monday as we discuss chapters 4 through 8 (we mistakenly said 4 through 7 at the end of the episode). See you then!

Intro/Outro Music: “I Know you Won't Let me Down” by Loving Caliber — Licensed via Epidemic Sound