On this week's episode of Material Concerns, Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long check-in and some Old Man Yells at Cloud, the segment where they complain about stuff—and boy do they deliver! Join them over on Patreon at <a href="https://patreon.com/ohwitchplease" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/ohwitchplease</a> for Part II, full of even more complaints, some Oops All Oops, and to see if Gaby got engaged last weekend!!Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at <a href="https://instagram.com/ohwitchplease!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/ohwitchplease!</a> Or check out our website <a href="https://ohwitchplease.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ohwitchplease.ca</a> (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift</a>!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

On this week's episode of Material Concerns, Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long check-in and some Old Man Yells at Cloud, the segment where they complain about stuff—and boy do they deliver! Join them over on Patreon at patreon.com/ohwitchplease for Part II, full of even more complaints, some Oops All Oops, and to see if Gaby got engaged last weekend!! Support Material Girls To learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift! Music Credits: “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020 Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of Material Concerns, Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long check-in and some Old Man Yells at Cloud, the segment where they complain about stuff—and boy do they deliver! Join them over on Patreon at <a href="https://patreon.com/ohwitchplease" rel="noopener noreferrer">patreon.com/ohwitchplease</a> for Part II, full of even more complaints, some Oops All Oops, and to see if Gaby got engaged last weekend!!Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at <a href="https://instagram.com/ohwitchplease!" rel="noopener noreferrer">instagram.com/ohwitchplease!</a> Or check out our website <a href="https://ohwitchplease.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">ohwitchplease.ca</a> (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift</a>!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Material Concerns: The Complainasode Pt. I

It's fall 2026 and it seems there is no better time to take a look at the hit television series, Andor, and Hannah Arendt's concept of “the banality of evil." Marcelle begins this episode by considering the means by which evil becomes banal, routinized, and bureaucratic. She then leads us in a discussion about the way oppressed people under authoritarian rule are incorporated into the process of the regime’s management. Does this seem relevant... or rather, ZEITGEISTY? We thought so! Join us for an episode that may leave you feeling sick to your stomach (like Coach) OR motivated to prep for revolution (also Coach). To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at <a href="https://instagram.com/ohwitchplease!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/ohwitchplease!</a> Or check out our website <a href="https://ohwitchplease.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ohwitchplease.ca</a>. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode!Material Girls is a show that makes sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Works Cited “Adolf Eichmann.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2018. <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann.</a> “Andor.” IMDb. September 21, 2022. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/</a>. Arendt, Hannah. 2006. Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil. With an Introduction by Amos Elon. Penguin Books. Butler, Judith. 2011. “Hannah Arendt’s Challenge to Adolf Eichmann.” The Guardian. August 29, 2011. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil</a>. “Department of Government Efficiency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government</a>. Elon, Amos. 2006. “Introduction.” Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt, Penguin Books, pp. vii–xxiii. Marsh, Walter. 2025. “By Calling a Genocide a Genocide, Andor Just Made Its Most Political Point Yet.” The Guardian. May 7, 2025. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet.</a> “Nielsen Media Research.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research</a>. Porter, Rick. 2025. “Streaming Ratings: ‘Andor’ Concludes With No. 1 Overall Ranking.” The Hollywood Reporter. June 12, 2025. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/</a>. “Streaming Media.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">.</a> Music Credits “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

It's fall 2026 and it seems there is no better time to take a look at the hit television series, Andor, and Hannah Arendt's concept of “the banality of evil." Marcelle begins this episode by considering the means by which evil becomes banal, routinized, and bureaucratic. She then leads us in a discussion about the way oppressed people under authoritarian rule are incorporated into the process of the regime’s management. Does this seem relevant... or rather, ZEITGEISTY? We thought so! Join us for an episode that may leave you feeling sick to your stomach (like Coach) OR motivated to prep for revolution (also Coach). To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode! Material Girls is a show that makes sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Works Cited “Adolf Eichmann.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2018. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann. “Andor.” IMDb. September 21, 2022. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/. Arendt, Hannah. 2006. Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil. With an Introduction by Amos Elon. Penguin Books. Butler, Judith. 2011. “Hannah Arendt’s Challenge to Adolf Eichmann.” The Guardian. August 29, 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil. “Department of Government Efficiency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government. Elon, Amos. 2006. “Introduction.” Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt, Penguin Books, pp. vii–xxiii. Marsh, Walter. 2025. “By Calling a Genocide a Genocide, Andor Just Made Its Most Political Point Yet.” The Guardian. May 7, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet. “Nielsen Media Research.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research. Porter, Rick. 2025. “Streaming Ratings: ‘Andor’ Concludes With No. 1 Overall Ranking.” The Hollywood Reporter. June 12, 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/. “Streaming Media.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media. Music Credits “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020 Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's fall 2026 and it seems there is no better time to take a look at the hit television series, Andor, and Hannah Arendt's concept of “the banality of evil." Marcelle begins this episode by considering the means by which evil becomes banal, routinized, and bureaucratic. She then leads us in a discussion about the way oppressed people under authoritarian rule are incorporated into the process of the regime’s management. Does this seem relevant... or rather, ZEITGEISTY? We thought so! Join us for an episode that may leave you feeling sick to your stomach (like Coach) OR motivated to prep for revolution (also Coach). To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at <a href="https://instagram.com/ohwitchplease!" rel="noopener noreferrer">instagram.com/ohwitchplease!</a> Or check out our website <a href="https://ohwitchplease.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ohwitchplease.ca</a>. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode!Material Girls is a show that makes sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Works Cited “Adolf Eichmann.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2018. <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann." rel="noopener noreferrer">https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann.</a> “Andor.” IMDb. September 21, 2022. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/</a>. Arendt, Hannah. 2006. Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil. With an Introduction by Amos Elon. Penguin Books. Butler, Judith. 2011. “Hannah Arendt’s Challenge to Adolf Eichmann.” The Guardian. August 29, 2011. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil</a>. “Department of Government Efficiency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government</a>. Elon, Amos. 2006. “Introduction.” Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt, Penguin Books, pp. vii–xxiii. Marsh, Walter. 2025. “By Calling a Genocide a Genocide, Andor Just Made Its Most Political Point Yet.” The Guardian. May 7, 2025. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet." rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet.</a> “Nielsen Media Research.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research</a>. Porter, Rick. 2025. “Streaming Ratings: ‘Andor’ Concludes With No. 1 Overall Ranking.” The Hollywood Reporter. June 12, 2025. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/</a>. “Streaming Media.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media." rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media." rel="noopener noreferrer">.</a> Music Credits “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Andor x The Banality of Evil

We simply could not pass up an opportunity to discuss queer filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's latest horror, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. To make sense of the film and its engagement with sex, identity, femininity and transness, we dig into the history of gender representation in slasher films and spend most of the episode thinking through The Gaze, a concept coined by English art historian John Berger (in his 1972 book Ways of Seeing) that was later picked up by feminist film theorists. Hannah and Marcelle consider how cinema, and the experience of both watching and being watched, reinforces and potentially destabilizes sex differences — and further, ask how Schoenbrun's work as a trans filmmaker plays with that relationship in ways previously sidelined by theorists and other artists, alike. If you haven't seen Camp Miasma, no worries! There are no spoilers in this episode. All you really need to know is that the movie stars bicons Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder and that is probably 90% of the reason our team was really into it. *** Works CitedClover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations 20 (1987): 187-228. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507</a>. Doyle, Jude. “Notes on Camp: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026).” The Jude Doyle Newsletter Experience 29 August 2026. <a href="https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/</a>. “Jane Schoenbrun.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun</a>. Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen 16, no. 3 (1975): 6–18. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6</a>. “Ray Blanchard.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard</a>. Steinbock, Eliza. “Towards Trans Cinema.” In The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, edited by Kristin Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Kaplan, and Patrice Petro. New York: Routledge, 2017. 395-406.  *** Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

We simply could not pass up an opportunity to discuss queer filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's latest horror, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. To make sense of the film and its engagement with sex, identity, femininity and transness, we dig into the history of gender representation in slasher films and spend most of the episode thinking through The Gaze, a concept coined by English art historian John Berger (in his 1972 book Ways of Seeing) that was later picked up by feminist film theorists. Hannah and Marcelle consider how cinema, and the experience of both watching and being watched, reinforces and potentially destabilizes sex differences — and further, ask how Schoenbrun's work as a trans filmmaker plays with that relationship in ways previously sidelined by theorists and other artists, alike. If you haven't seen Camp Miasma, no worries! There are no spoilers in this episode. All you really need to know is that the movie stars bicons Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder and that is probably 90% of the reason our team was really into it. *** Works Cited Clover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations 20 (1987): 187-228. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507. Doyle, Jude. “Notes on Camp: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026).” The Jude Doyle Newsletter Experience 29 August 2026. https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/. “Jane Schoenbrun.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun. Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen 16, no. 3 (1975): 6–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6. “Ray Blanchard.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard. Steinbock, Eliza. “Towards Trans Cinema.” In The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, edited by Kristin Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Kaplan, and Patrice Petro. New York: Routledge, 2017. 395-406. *** Music Credits: “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020 Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We simply could not pass up an opportunity to discuss queer filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's latest horror, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. To make sense of the film and its engagement with sex, identity, femininity and transness, we dig into the history of gender representation in slasher films and spend most of the episode thinking through The Gaze, a concept coined by English art historian John Berger (in his 1972 book Ways of Seeing) that was later picked up by feminist film theorists. Hannah and Marcelle consider how cinema, and the experience of both watching and being watched, reinforces and potentially destabilizes sex differences — and further, ask how Schoenbrun's work as a trans filmmaker plays with that relationship in ways previously sidelined by theorists and other artists, alike. If you haven't seen Camp Miasma, no worries! There are no spoilers in this episode. All you really need to know is that the movie stars bicons Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder and that is probably 90% of the reason our team was really into it. *** Works CitedClover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations 20 (1987): 187-228. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507</a>.&nbsp;Doyle, Jude. “Notes on Camp: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026).” The Jude Doyle Newsletter Experience 29 August 2026. <a href="https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/</a>.&nbsp;“Jane Schoenbrun.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun</a>.&nbsp;Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen 16, no. 3 (1975): 6–18. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6</a>.&nbsp;“Ray Blanchard.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard</a>.&nbsp;Steinbock, Eliza. “Towards Trans Cinema.” In The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, edited by Kristin Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Kaplan, and Patrice Petro. New York: Routledge, 2017. 395-406.&nbsp; *** Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma x The Gaze

Baby's back! Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long, Canadian-forward check in and a very important (and also Canadian) Consumer Retorts. Join us on Patreon for Part II and plenty of BoCo (bonus content, just a new thing we're trying out).Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at <a href="http://instagram.com/ohwitchplease" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/ohwitchplease</a>! Or check out our website <a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ohwitchplease.ca</a> (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift</a>!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Baby's back! Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long, Canadian-forward check in and a very important (and also Canadian) Consumer Retorts. Join us on Patreon for Part II and plenty of BoCo (bonus content, just a new thing we're trying out). Support Material Girls To learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift! Music Credits: “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020 Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Baby's back! Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long, Canadian-forward check in and a very important (and also Canadian) Consumer Retorts. Join us on Patreon for Part II and plenty of BoCo (bonus content, just a new thing we're trying out).Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at <a href="http://instagram.com/ohwitchplease" rel="noopener noreferrer">instagram.com/ohwitchplease</a>! Or check out our website <a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ohwitchplease.ca</a> (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift</a>!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Brought to You by the Common Loon Pt. I

Is your FYP and Instagram feed full of brightly colored decorations, furniture, and art? Are you finding yourself drawn to funky shaped furniture, maximalism, and painted doors? Boy do we have the episode for you! Today, Marcelle leads us through a conversation all about the “dopamine decor” trend! Through adrienne maree brown’s theory of pleasure activism, she and Hannah unpack dopamine science, homeownership amongst millennials, and why we turn to beauty when the world is hard.Related listening:<a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjZmYjdkMmEwYzE0MzM0NTg5NzgwMDEw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows</a><a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjVmOTBjMTlmYTA0ODIwMDE1YmZjMGEx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Peterson</a><a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjlmOTZjOGI2ODIzNWNhM2JjMzNlODk0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pixar x Affective Economics</a>Works Cited:brown, adrienne maree. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2019.Cancilla, Julia. “The Surprising Science Behind the Dopamine Decor Trend.” ELLE Decor. December 20, 2024. <a href="https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Cullinane, Alice. 2025. “Dopamine Decor: Why People Are Getting a Happiness Hit from Homes.” BBC News. December 14, 2025. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Lee, Ingrid Fetell. “Does Dopamine Decor Really Work?.” The Aesthetics of Joy. March 8, 2024. <a href="https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Mirdamadi, Michael, and Joshua Gordon. “Millennials in the Canadian housing market: An intergenerational comparison.” Housing Statistics in Canada. Government of Canada. May 6, 2026. <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.***Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Is your FYP and Instagram feed full of brightly colored decorations, furniture, and art? Are you finding yourself drawn to funky shaped furniture, maximalism, and painted doors? Boy do we have the episode for you! Today, Marcelle leads us through a conversation all about the “dopamine decor” trend! Through adrienne maree brown’s theory of pleasure activism, she and Hannah unpack dopamine science, homeownership amongst millennials, and why we turn to beauty when the world is hard. Related listening: Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Peterson Pixar x Affective Economics Works Cited: brown, adrienne maree. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2019. Cancilla, Julia. “The Surprising Science Behind the Dopamine Decor Trend.” ELLE Decor. December 20, 2024. https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/. Accessed August 4, 2026. Cullinane, Alice. 2025. “Dopamine Decor: Why People Are Getting a Happiness Hit from Homes.” BBC News. December 14, 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo. Accessed August 4, 2026. Lee, Ingrid Fetell. “Does Dopamine Decor Really Work?.” The Aesthetics of Joy. March 8, 2024. https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/. Accessed August 4, 2026. Mirdamadi, Michael, and Joshua Gordon. “Millennials in the Canadian housing market: An intergenerational comparison.” Housing Statistics in Canada. Government of Canada. May 6, 2026. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm. Accessed August 4, 2026. *** Music Credits: “Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020 Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is your FYP and Instagram feed full of brightly colored decorations, furniture, and art? Are you finding yourself drawn to funky shaped furniture, maximalism, and painted doors? Boy do we have the episode for you! Today, Marcelle leads us through a conversation all about the “dopamine decor” trend! Through adrienne maree brown’s theory of pleasure activism, she and Hannah unpack dopamine science, homeownership amongst millennials, and why we turn to beauty when the world is hard.Related listening:<a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjZmYjdkMmEwYzE0MzM0NTg5NzgwMDEw" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows</a><a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjVmOTBjMTlmYTA0ODIwMDE1YmZjMGEx" rel="noopener noreferrer">Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Peterson</a><a href="https://pod.link/979059619/episode/NjlmOTZjOGI2ODIzNWNhM2JjMzNlODk0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pixar x Affective Economics</a>Works Cited:brown, adrienne maree. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2019.Cancilla, Julia. “The Surprising Science Behind the Dopamine Decor Trend.” ELLE Decor. December 20, 2024. <a href="https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Cullinane, Alice. 2025. “Dopamine Decor: Why People Are Getting a Happiness Hit from Homes.” BBC News. December 14, 2025. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Lee, Ingrid Fetell. “Does Dopamine Decor Really Work?.” The Aesthetics of Joy. March 8, 2024. <a href="https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.Mirdamadi, Michael, and Joshua Gordon. “Millennials in the Canadian housing market: An intergenerational comparison.” Housing Statistics in Canada. Government of Canada. May 6, 2026. <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm</a>. Accessed August 4, 2026.***Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Dopamine Decor x Pleasure Activism

Book lovers, we're back from our week-long hiatus. It's been too long. Without further ado (but with so very Much Ado), we present to you Episode Four!Bisoux<audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-54-58" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3?_=58" /><a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3</a></audio><a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3">Download Episode</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Book lovers, we're back from our week-long hiatus. It's been too long. Without further ado (but with so very Much Ado), we present to you Episode Four! Bisouxhttp://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3Download Episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Book lovers, we're back from our week-long hiatus. It's been too long. Without further ado (but with&nbsp;so very Much Ado), we present to you Episode Four!Bisoux<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3</a><a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WitchPlease-20150406-E4ChamberOfWhiteness.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download Episode</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 4: The Chamber of Whiteness

Get ready to level up, Second Years!<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150316-ChamberOfSpoilers.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150316-ChamberOfSpoilers.mp3Download Episode</a>It’s time we stop pretending there won’t be spoilers in this podcast. We’ll do our best to give you ample warning when a spoiler is coming, and we won’t discuss the spoilers at length, so hopefully our listeners reading along with us don’t have the magic ruined for them. But if you are reading along with us—and for the first time—we really want to encourage you to go on and read ahead. xo<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Get ready to level up, Second Years! http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150316-ChamberOfSpoilers.mp3Download Episode It’s time we stop pretending there won’t be spoilers in this podcast. We’ll do our best to give you ample warning when a spoiler is coming, and we won’t discuss the spoilers at length, so hopefully our listeners reading along with us don’t have the magic ruined for them. But if you are reading along with us—and for the first time—we really want to encourage you to go on and read ahead. xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to level up, Second Years!<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150316-ChamberOfSpoilers.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150316-ChamberOfSpoilers.mp3Download Episode</a>It’s time we stop pretending there won’t be spoilers in this podcast. We’ll do our best to give you ample warning when a spoiler is coming, and we won’t discuss the spoilers&nbsp;at length, so hopefully&nbsp;our listeners reading along with us don’t have the magic ruined for them. But if you&nbsp;are reading along with us—and for the first time—we really want to encourage you to go on&nbsp;and read ahead. xo Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 3: The Chamber of Spoilers

We are excited to bring you the second episode!<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150302-E2SophomoresStone.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150302-E2SophomoresStone.mp3Download Episode</a>PS: It’s a Monday, and we’re going to keep releasing on Mondays. If you prefer to listen to Witch, Please on Fridays, you are responsible for securing your own time turner.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

We are excited to bring you the second episode! http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150302-E2SophomoresStone.mp3Download Episode PS: It’s a Monday, and we’re going to keep releasing on Mondays. If you prefer to listen to Witch, Please on Fridays, you are responsible for securing your own time turner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are excited to bring you the second episode!<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150302-E2SophomoresStone.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/WitchPlease-20150302-E2SophomoresStone.mp3Download Episode</a>PS: It’s a Monday, and we’re going to keep releasing on Mondays. If you prefer to listen to&nbsp;Witch, Please on Fridays, you are responsible for securing&nbsp;your own time turner. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 2: The Sophomore’s Stone

Feast your magic-loving ears on THIS:<a href="http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WitchPlease-20150213-E1SortingCeremony.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ohwitchplease.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WitchPlease-20150213-E1SortingCeremony.mp3Download Episode</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Episode 1: Sorting Ceremony

A scholarly podcast about pop culture hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman, produced by Witch, Please Productions.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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