Lived It is a new Netflix podcast where we speak to everyday Aussies and Kiwis who didn’t just watch the show or movie everyone’s bangin’ on about - they lived it! 

Join Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos every Tuesday for real stories from real people on a cinematic scale.

Follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And join the conversation at @netflixanz on Instagram and Twitter, and tag #LivedIt.

Seriously we can’t get enough of Netflix rom-coms and specifically ones starring Christina Milian (also of Falling Inn Love fame). This one’s a beachy, musical concoction so imagine yourself enticed by a sultry lover by the pool...

Further reading:

Resort to Love

https://www.netflix.com/title/81076586

Falling Inn Love

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80999781

Work It

https://www.netflix.com/title/81132038

When Harry Met Sally Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmSpCLefjnw

Sex/Life

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80991848

Unreal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOUj7XeUZX8

Insecure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qYxOF7TUs

Offspring

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80118289

The Holiday

https://www.netflix.com/title/70045854

The Parent Trap

https://www.netflix.com/title/16915240

My Best Friend’s Wedding

https://www.netflix.com/title/1154359

The Wedding Singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-TwYB1UQw

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

https://www.netflix.com/title/70084800

When Stella Got Her Groove Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A1Fvc_HD5I

The Princess Switch

https://www.netflix.com/title/80242926

A Christmas Prince

https://www.netflix.com/title/80160759

50 Fifty Dates

https://www.netflix.com/title/60033311

Plus all of our movie date stories — the salacious, the sweet, and the just plain awkward. What even makes a good date movie? Find out in this episode with Alexei Toliopoulos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

The Godfather

https://www.netflix.com/title/60011152

Twins Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG-CQgtcbqg

Tusk Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQJnOn0ru0

Blue Valentine Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aILx69WrRhQ

Marriage Story

https://www.netflix.com/title/80223779

Her Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4

Funny People

https://www.netflix.com/title/70108781

(500) Days of Summer Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0xD41ZAHZc

The Mummy 

https://www.netflix.com/title/20559714

Troy 

https://www.netflix.com/title/60034571

The Da Vinci Code

https://www.netflix.com/title/70035186

The Last Letter From Your Lover made us realise  we just love watching romantic dramas about beautiful people parading across Europe in frilly dresses and linen shirts. Sue us! Also, we dig up each other’s love letter stories, so expect romance aplenty in this episode with Alexei Toliopoulos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

The Last Letter From Your Lover

https://www.netflix.com/title/81030821

Atonement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkVQwwPrr4c

Brief Encounter Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGDCTlVWduk

Before Trilogy Trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QdlHgWgR9A

In The Mood For Love Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWVDZ98AFhI

Moonlight

https://www.netflix.com/title/80121348

The Godfather: Part II

https://www.netflix.com/title/60011663

The Favourite Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYb-wkehT1g

Euphoria Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziMUD0_TTg0

A Ghost Story Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3NMtxeyfk

Pete’s Dragon Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPOamb6d_20

The Green Knight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6ksY8xWCY

The icon, comedian, and Netflix star himself — Rhys Nicholson — joins us to chat all things queer representation in the history of horror, from Frankenstein to Fear Street, and how that representation has changed from subtext to text. All in this episode with Alexei Toliopoulos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

Live at the Athenaeum

https://www.netflix.com/title/81346525

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334749

Fear Street Part 3: 1666

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334750

The Silence of the Lambs

https://www.netflix.com/title/14546747

The Maltese Falcon Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a9YU1SVbSE

Saw

https://www.netflix.com/title/70119356

The Babadook

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/70300205

Frankenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0

Bride of Frankenstein Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYD3-pIF9jQ

The Old Dark House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqhzhNoTKps

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4plqh6obZW4

Halloween

https://www.netflix.com/title/80993029

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqvrgX2Urug

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIPuLdPox_o

The Celluloid Closet Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL_vrb4-6_0

Rebecca (1940) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwneccC52fY

Rebecca (2020)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81002196

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQWf3VyLu9Y

Scream (1996) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWm_mkbdpCA

Goodbye 70s, hello 1666. This episode, we’re journeying back to a time long, long ago for the final instalment of the Fear Street trilogy. We’re talking all things religion and horror, as well as one of the best wigs we’ve seen on screen. Plus, find out which Fear Street movie we’re most likely to die in...

Further reading:

Fear Street Part 3: 1666

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334750

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334749

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Scream soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGPfElSJX6w

Psycho’s iconic strings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TUeUL7EW9M

The Witch

https://www.netflix.com/in/title/80037280

The Apostle Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQe1Kehx110

Sleepy Hollow

https://www.netflix.com/title/60000207

The Exorcist Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDGw1MTEe9k

The Crucible Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUIAxTxrnCcThe Conjuring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejMMn0t58Lc

The Village Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTGyhwvdY6k

Inspired by the Fear Street trilogy, we’re joined by witch expert, critic, and novelist Maria Lewis, who schools us on the history of witches from subversive housewives to rebellious teen occultists (with a bit of Satanic Panic on the way). All in this episode with Alexei Toliopuolos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81325689

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334749

The Wizard of Oz Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njdreZRjvpc

The Craft Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEqB--5ToI

Hocus Pocus Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4e6YQFrt1s

Charmed Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdI43FwKKvg

Buffy Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1v_q6TWAL4

Teen Witch Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33P5zDhsC8

Practical Magic Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uixLkpjPs

The West Memphis Three

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/6/9/22522944/paradise-lost-anniversary-memphis-three-true-crime-documentaries

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIA9yoDfCTs

I Dream of Jeannie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND1MXF-svtQ

Bewitched

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpb4YAAo4Tk

Suspiria Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPs2ExUL_bc

The Witches of Eastwick Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLs1y_KSTKk

The Last Witch Hunter

https://www.netflix.com/title/80052541

Season of the Witch

https://www.netflix.com/title/70126573

The Witch

https://www.netflix.com/in/title/80037280

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

https://www.netflix.com/title/80223989

The Covenant Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJkbm-a-T_U

Suspiria (2018) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY6QKRl56Ok

Night in Werewolf Woods — R. L. Stine

https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Night_in_Werewolf_Woods

Akata Witch — Nnedi Okorafor

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/305219/akata-witch-by-nnedi-okorafor/

We’re doing the time warp this episode, all the way back to the 70s with Fear Street Part 2: 1978. Find out what Fear Street and Back to the Future have in common, hear our scariest childhood ghost stories, and keep unravelling the witchy mystery of the R. L. Stine adaptation with us. 

Further reading:

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334749

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Last week’s episode on Part 1: 1994

https://open.spotify.com/episode/55f1IOCfFfRtcaWCVDGl1P?si=f07ea884a476404e

Back to the Future

https://www.netflix.com/title/60010110

Love

https://www.netflix.com/title/80026506

Community

https://www.netflix.com/title/70155589

Desmond from Lost

https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Desmond_Hume

The Man Who Sold The World — David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33-W9t2q2Q

The Man Who Sold The World — Nirvana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

(Don’t Fear) The Reaper — Blue Oyster Cult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Love Will Keep Us Together — Captain & Tenille

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aU57V6VBW0&ab_channel=fab70smusic

The First Cut is the Deepest — Rod Stewart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE

Friday the 13th

https://www.netflix.com/title/70104894

Sleepaway Camp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9K2ARikYzE

The Burning 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbBCP7VKM-E

Until Dawn

https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/until-dawn/

We’re kicking off Fear Month with a cracker to coincide with the weekly release of the Fear Street trilogy. Here, we chat to R. L. Stine (!!) about scaring multiple generations of kids, his own spooky childhood stories, and being a 90s icon. All in this episode with Alexei Toliopoulos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Goosebumps

https://www.netflix.com/title/70264616

R. L. Stine was scared of everything as a child (A.V. Club)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVl0bRZmoo

Island of Lost Souls Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wWPwz4BAM

The Fear Street garbage disposal scene

https://twitter.com/rl_stine/status/225652378983100416?lang=en

The Lost Girl — R. L. Stine

http://rlstine.com/bookshelf/the-lost-girl

How the first part in a trilogy adaptation of R. L. Stine’s spooky series harks back to iconic 90s teen horror films in all their gory, unsanitised, and often rip-roaring glory. Plus, we decide what a 2021 teen horror soundtrack would look like, all in this episode with Gen Fricker and Alexei Toliopoulos.

Further reading:

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Scream Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWm_mkbdpCA

A Nightmare on Elm Street

https://www.netflix.com/title/70119457

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

https://www.netflix.com/title/60002778

The Faculty Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9HztI9-nY

Urban Legend Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4d1_D90BwU

Final Destination Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/60000393#:~:text=2000%20%7C%20MA%2015%2B%20%7C%201h,is%20not%20so%20easily%20cheated.

Rush Trailer

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258216/

Underbelly Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l5BfUgw4gg

Goosebumps

https://www.netflix.com/title/80049939#:~:text=2015%20%7C%207%2B%20%7C%201h%2043m,Black%2C%20Dylan%20Minnette%2C%20Odeya%20Rush

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover — Sophie B. Hawkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6r-k9Bk6o®