Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast

When two writerly folks gather together to talk about an episode of Daria focused on the intensely personal craft of writing, you can bet we're gonna be pulled in all sorts of tangents. It's time for "The Story of D," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria submits a short story for publication to a literary journal and gets rejected, she's struck with a crisis of confidence. Also: The Fashion Club goes humanitarian! And Helen's making snacks!

This one was a lot of fun, folks. Hope you enjoy!

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Grab your oversized Camp Grizzly t-shirt and dig into your flavorless potato chips, it's time to cover "Camp Fear" on Morgendorks! When Daria goes to a summer camp reunion, it brings back a bunch of memories she was plenty happy leaving behind. Meanwhile, Jane and Trent go on a quest to get Trent's passion for music back, and Helen and Jake clean the garage. With sexy results! Oy.

No cultural context this week because the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine knocked Rob on his ass. It's worth it, though! Get your Fauci Ouchie!

Also, here's that photo of First Lady Grace Coolidge and the First Raccoon, Rebecca: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Grace_Coolidge_and_Rebecca.jpg

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Time to cover "Fat Like Me," this week on Morgendorks! When Sandi—not Stacy, Sandi—breaks her leg and gains a few pounds, it tosses the entire Lawndale High social structure into disarray and gives Daria and Jane a chance to do some good ol' fashioned scheming. It's a ... complicated episode to talk about, and you'll sense how torn we were throughout.

Also, you might get to the beginning of the episode rankings, look at the timer, and wonder why there's still like half an hour to go. Be there for when we look into the inspiration for this episode's title and absolutely lose our shit for a while!

Note: In the interest of getting this one out on time, the final edit's not as clean as we'd usually like. Lots of ums and uhs that might not otherwise be there. Thanks for understanding!

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for a special episode of Morgendorks! This week, we found ourselves honored/privileged/more than a little giddy to welcome Daria character designer, supervising director, and animation guru Karen Disher to the program! Ms. Disher was delightful enough to give us an hour of her time to talk about where Daria's character design came from, what she thinks of the show's continued legacy, the process of animating a weekly television show, what makes the character of Daria tick, and SO much more.

It's a fascinating, funny, and insightful look into a show we adore. No exaggeration: If you listen carefully, you can actually hear Rob's heart beating during the early portions. It was a blast, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Time to crush the relationship roles of the heteronormative patriarchy! Or maybe just poke away at it a bit? It's time for "Sappy Anniversary," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria and Tom's six-month anniversary approaches and he doesn't seem interested in celebrating, Daria's torn: Is this something she cares about? Does she care that he doesn't care? What does it mean?

Relationships are hard, y'all. This one's a very interesting look at Daria's vulnerability, and we had a lot of fun talking about it. We also dig into the dot-com bubble era of the late 90s and early 00s, thanks to some Jake-related hijinks. Enjoy!

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Let's go ahead and mark our entry into season five with some hearty dialogues against capitalism: It's time for "Fizz Ed," this week on Morgendorks! When a cash-strapped Lawndale High turns to cola companies for those sweet, sweet vending machine contract dollars, Daria's forced to grapple with the juxtaposition of her moral objections and her general apathy.

And for our cultural context, we take a look at the controversy surrounding vending machines in schools. Are the health risks acceptable? What about the morality behind treating students like a demographic?

Enjoy!

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Macmillan Publishers | No Logo, by Naomi Klein

Centers for Disease Control | Childhood Obesity Facts

Schoolchildren's Consumption of Competitive Foods and Beverages, Excluding à la Carte | Journal of School Health

Vending Machines Source of Revenue for Schools | Newsday

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When the whip comes down /

All right, y'all, let's wrap this sucker up. The first half of "Is It Fall Yet?" left us with a lot of questions, some concerns, and a whole bunch to look forward to—and here we are. Do Daria and Jane figure things out? Do Daria and Tom? Has Quinn really turned a corner and embraced her own intelligence? There's SO MUCH to talk about, and we're going to dig into all of it. Plus a bunch more.

And for our fan segment at the end, we have some more chat about hair dyeing—as well as some sage advice to our younger listeners on the testing and choices we face in our vulnerable teenage years. Enjoy!

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We've finally arrived at the first Daria movie! This week, we're covering the first half (or so) of "Is It Fall Yet?" The turbulence of the season four finale hangs in the air and Jane and Daria still find themselves on the outs as they head into a summer in which they won't be seeing much of one another. With Daria trying to navigate relationships both starting and crumbling, Jane trying to navigate some surprisingly complex issues at an art commune, Quinn trying to commit herself to reaching her scholastic potential, and our B-Plot Gang all doing their own things, we've got a whole lot to cover.

And if you can hang on for all of that, hang on a little bit more to hear some hair dyeing advice from a friend of the podcast! There'll be more of it in our next episode, as well!

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Season four has been a long and turbulent ride, and it's not about to get any smoother as we roll into its finale, "Dye! Dye! My Darling," this week on Morgendorks! When Jane pushes Daria into a hair dyeing adventure she's deeply uncertain about, things go horribly wrong—and it brings all of the tensions of the previous twelve episodes to a head (heheh). Love! Loss! Betrayal! This episode has it all! Ahhh!

Oh! And for our cultural context (yaaayyy it's back), we look at the classic short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?" What's it about? Why is it relevant beyond just being namedropped in this episode? Find out!

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"The Lady, or the Tiger?" | Frank Stockton 

Instagram Live Chat with Friend of the Podcast Dougystyle

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Hey, sometimes your dad accidentally sets the house on fire and you have to live at a swanky hotel for a few weeks but your sister basically claims the room as her domain so you've gotta go crash with your best friend instead except she's got her boyfriend over and they've been having ~issues~ but also he and you are getting along very very nicely and it makes things extremely complicated. That's just life, y'know? That's living.

"Fire!" really cranks up the tension in a love triangle that has been building all season, and we get some truly wonderful character moments out of it. Lots to talk about here, as you can tell by the runtime.

Oh! Also! Be sure to check out an Instagram livestream between friend of the podcast Dougystyle and yours truly, Rob, on December 9th at 7 p.m. EDT! We'll be chatting about Daria, Daria-related culture, and a bunch more over on his Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/douglasevasick/). Big fun!

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