Next Door Villain

Episode 1 of 5 in our mini series about Batman villains. We discuss Poison Ivy and her passion for empowering plants to take back the earth from humans. 

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He's sexy, he's suave, and he's incredibly misogynistic. Don Draper may be an anti-hero on Mad Men but he's a villain to a lot of people in his life. In this episode we discuss his tragic backstory and offer some of our own advertising pitches on his behalf.

A bonus episode about Ursula the sea witch from Disney's The Little Mermaid. We share a short story sent to us by Inés Alegre.

Poor unfortunate souls... have the luxury of being graced with magic by the world’s greatest sea witch. Listen as Joe and Tiana discuss one of Disney's greatest villains, Ursula, the sexiest octopus under the sea and obsess over her iconic song.

Bonus episode featuring a short story written by Inés Alegre from Medusa's perspective. The piece is titled, "I Am a Monster," and is performed by friend of the podcast, Krysta Hovendon.

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This week we discuss Greek Mythology’s most complicated, snake-haired villain, Medusa. And better yet, enjoy our discussion with the best person to talk about Medusa with - special guest Liv from the podcast Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! We dive into Medusa’s intense backstory, her appearance in today’s current events and pop culture, and all around bad-assery. It’ll be so shocking, you’ll be frozen to stone. The poem at the end of the episode was written and performed by Nick Davis.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Apparently everyone is because he is one of the most notorious villains in children’s literature. Listen as Joe and Tiana discuss why the wolf has such a bad reputation.

Special thanks this week to Angela Ferrari for inspiring this episode. She is a children’s book author, illustrator, and podcaster in Maine. Check out her podcast Story Spectacular for original children’s stories and find more of her work at storyspectacular.com

Home Alone is the story of a sadistic child who attempts to torture and murder a couple of lowly criminals. This week Joe and Tiana empathize with the infamous Wet Bandits aka Sticky Bandits aka Harry and Marv.

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We all go a little mad sometimes…. but maybe not quite like Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Considering his mental state, is Norman fully responsible for his actions? Joe and Tiana explore this question and more, while also wondering, what’s up with all the birds?

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