No Story Is Sacred

It’s the fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about some of our favorite tropes!

Content warnings for strong language, bad accents, catholic on main, and so many Taika Waititi namedrops.

We reference or spoil: Alexa, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!, XFiles, “Amazon Alexa will be able to mimic deceased loved ones’ voices”, “Shots” by LMFAO, Car Talk, Chris Evans’ accent, Taika Waititi and Chris Evans’ Lightyear interviews, Taika Waititi on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Avengers, Thor, Dungeons & Dragons, the curtains are blue, Critical Role: Exandria Unlimited, Daredevil, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Wreck-It Ralph, “Quit Playing Games” by The Backstreet Boys, “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey, “Waterfalls” by TLC, “No You’re Thinking Of” Twitter meme, Star Wars, Clerks, Late Night with Seth Myers “Corrections”, Fate/Zero, Star Trek, whoever saves one life saves the world entire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Terry Pratchett‘s Feet of Clay, Ms Marvel, Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, Martha Wells‘ Murderbot Diaries, The Mandalorian, Eternal Darkness, Avengers: Endgame, Portal, Final Fantasy 9, The Tick, Shadows of the Empire, Knights of the Old Republic, Spy x Family, South Park underpants gnome, The Incredibles, The Cryptid Factor podcast, Barry, Leverage, Gravity Falls, Schitt’s Creek, Brandon Sanderson‘s The Way of Kings, “it doesn’t matter how many “pretend to be dating” fics i read” tumblr post, Bo Burnham‘s “Content“, “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand.

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we finally discuss the 1995 film Clueless. You can rent it from Amazon, YouTube, or iTunes.

Content warnings for strong language, nonconsensual kiss, attempted sexual assault, gun robbery, r slur (referenced), disordered eating (quoted), not respecting consent, as well as Stories of Our Youth and Our Weird Fuckin Vibes

We reference or spoil: Hades, Our Flag Means Death, Eternal Darkness, William Goldman‘s The Princess Bride, Jane Austen‘s Emma, The Martian muppets, Seventeen Magazine, Judd Apatow filmography, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Rudd’s Mac and Me prank on Conan (including the most recent time on his podcast), The Good Place, Rat Pack, Ska (music genre), No Doubt album “Tragic Kingdom“, Swing Revival (music genre), Some Like It Hot, Sparticus, Scrubs, 10 Things I Hate About You, Mean Girls, Booksmart, She’s All That, Harry Potter film franchise, Noxzema, OJ Simpson trial, The Mummy, My Fair Lady, FoxTrot (comic), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tumblr (social media), “I like your shoelaces” meme, Spiders Georg, “The Cat Came Back” (song), “We’ve all seen the existential mushroom post“, the existential mushroom post, “a children’s hospital“, “do you love the color of the sky“, tulip bulb mania, West Side Story, Shakespeare‘s Romeo and Juliet, Ender’s Game, AI ethical bot that used Reddit as learning data, John Vornholt‘s Starfleet Academy: Capture the Flag, the Bechdel Test, John Mulaney‘s New in Town, Brooklyn Nine-Nine: “ska will never die“, Polygon video “I fixed Fallout’s music by creating a totally new genre | Unraveled”, Avatar the Last Airbender, X-Men: Origins, and Daredevil (2003 film)

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode, Brendan, Pippin, and Alex talk about what they’ve been watching and reading lately.

Content warnings for strong language, eye trauma, body horror, breaking the fourth wall, and references to gossip that we refuse to elaborated on .

We reference or spoil: The Nanny, Hades, Our Flag Means Death, Eternal Darkness, Clueless, “All Out of Love” by Air Supply, Paul Rudd, Ant-Man, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Ugly Sonic, Galaxy Quest, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, “Too Much Stereo” by The Urge, The Sound of Music, “Happy Together” by The Turtles, Parks and Rec, Schitt’s Creek, The Mageworlds, The Jeffersons theme song, Pokémon, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, isekai, the plagues of Egypt, Wheel of Time, “In Too Deep” by Sum 41, Discworld series in general and Small Gods specifically by Terry Pratchett, comic about Discworld fans from tumblr, The Simpsons, the boots theory of economics, Good Omens TV show, AI: The Somnium Files and a stream of playing it, 999, Virtue’s Last Reward, Saw, The Book of Henry, and L.A. Noire.

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode, Brendan, Pippin, and Alex discuss the 2002 video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. It was available on the Nintendo Gamecube. It has not been rereleased.

Content warnings for strong language, significant discussion of and reference to mental illness, derangement, and derealization/dissociation as pertaining to the gameworld and gameplay, mentions of formative traumatic media, recollections of a real child feeling significant fear, mentions of police and police ineffectiveness, the inevitable march of time, and rather a lot of discussion of safety standards regarding the handling of cursed books

We reference or spoil: Clueless, Our Flag Means Death, Hamlet, Edgar Allan Poe‘s “The Raven”, H.P. Lovecraft literary universe, literal Biblical descriptions of angels, Bo Burnham‘s Inside, Ghostbusters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The History of the World Part I, Indiana Jones cinematic universe, Hadestown, “Wehadababyitsaboy” Geico commercial , “idk my BFF Jill” phone commercial, Hamilton, Control (video game), The X-Files, The Simpsons, and the Marvel Cinematic and Television Universe

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode, Kat, Pippin, and Alex discuss the 2022 TV show Our Flag Means Death. You can stream it from HBO Max.

Content warnings for strong language, references to murder, gross bodily harm, suicidal ideation and auto-cannibalism, bad accents, historical piracy (and gossip from same), passing references to slavery, bad math, discussions of toxic masculinity, references to sad queer filmography, U-Haul jokes, discussions of queer-baiting and gaslighting, and queer puns.

We reference or spoil: Clueless, Jane Austen‘s Emma, The Star Trek Comedy Album, the 40-orange glaze cake, “Fathom the Bowl” sea shanty, Stan Rogers‘s “Barrett’s Privateers,” Xena: Warrior Princess, the historical Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard, Welcome to Night Vale, The Princess Bride, “Our Prayer” by The Beach Boys, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” by Cutting Crew, High School Musical 2, Bedrooms & Hallways, Kate Beaton‘s “Nemesis” comics, The X-Files, “No Body, No Crime” by Taylor Swift, “Wonderwall” by Oasis, “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac, Will & Grace, Friends, Glee, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler, The Cryptid Factor podcast, Betty and Barney Hill, and the “So. You Wanna Write About Queer Pirates” slide show by Auntie Climactic 

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the video game Hades. You can find where to purchase it on Supergiant Games website.

Content warnings for strong language, casual discussion of death, dysfunctional family dynamics, mythological incest, and a potentially excessive amount of video game jargon

We reference or spoil: Clueless, Venmo, Supergiant Games, Bastion, Pyre, Sunny House, “Developing Hell” Hades youtube documentary, roguelike games, The Hugo Awards, Hades animated trailer, Castlevania (netflix cartoon), Rogue, GDC, Dungeons & Dragons, Going Under, The Odyssey, greek mythology in general, Zagreus, the Furies, Thanatos, Nyx, Hades and Persephone, Sisyphus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Hercules (1997 film), Theseus and the Minotaur, Can you pet the dog?, Orphism, The Folk Process, Hadestown, first person shooters, Doom, Stardew Valley, Persona, platformer game, metroidvania, Metroid, Castlevania (video game), “Castlevania’s Hottest Monster” Polygon video, Shmup, Kermit the Frog, Blackadder, soulsborn, Soulcalibur, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, the tank, tank controls, US News and World Report Best College Rankings, Bryn Mawr, Ocean’s Eleven, and Jason and the Argonauts

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the 1994 film The Shadow. You can rent it from Amazon, YouTube, or iTunes.

Content warnings for strong language, deeply ingrained racism, induced suicide, murder, consent issues, mindreading and manipulation, body horror, medical horror, drug use, asylums for the mentally ill, and Scooby-Doo hijinks

We reference or spoil: Peter Pan, Jim Steinman‘s discography, The Phantom, The Shadow radio show and comics, Iron Fist, Batman lore, Doctor Strange, Dark City, Star Wars Episodes IV and IX, Star Trek Voyager, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Lord of the Rings, X-Men movie, Last Action Hero, Six Degrees of Separation, Cold Comfort Farm, Twilight, Ted Lasso, Edward II, Galaxy Quest, “Changes” by David Bowie, Angel (TV show), Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman vs. Superman, Brooklyn 99, Harry Potter films, Ghost Rider, Critical Role, Superman (1978), Dorothy Sayers‘ Lord Peter Wimsey universe, Dracula, Hellblazer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eddie Izzard‘s Dress to Kill, and Streets of Fire.

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss a story idea by Alex, continuing his Space Ace Detective series! 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of murder and suicide for the purposes of plot, ACAB, very many pseudo-posh big-game-hunter harumphing noises, humorous discussion of Kat’s and Brendan’s future deaths and wakes, and Kat getting the giggles at the eleventh hour.

We reference or spoil:  No Story is Sacred episode “A Body in the Void,” No Story is Sacred episode “The Orphaned Light“, imposter syndrome, Connie Willis‘s To Say Nothing of the Dog, Ted Lasso episode “It’s the Hope That Kills You“, Jupiter Ascending, Madeleine L’Engle‘s A Wrinkle in Time, Dorothy Sayers‘s Murder Must Advertise, Into the Woods, Jenny LeClue (video game), Hardy Boys series, Nancy Drew (character), Looney Toons cartoon “Duck Amuck”, The DaVinci Code, Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Becoming (Part One),” Indiana Jones, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Resident Evil universe, White Fang, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Our Man Bashir“, Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “The Zeppo“, No Story Is Sacred episode “The Book of Henry,” Sherlock Holmes cinematic and literary universe, Game of Thrones, Murphy’s Law of War “No plan survives first contact with the enemy”, Dorothy Sayers’s Have His Carcase, OK Go’s  “This Too Shall Pass” music video, and The Lord of the Rings. 

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the 2017 film The Book of Henry. You can stream it from Netflix or rent it from Amazon or YouTube.

Content warnings for strong language, murder, child abuse in a variety of forms, suicide, unaddressed alcoholism, a deeply underutilized cast that deserved better, and medical advice (we are not medical professionals and can neither prescribe nor diagnose)

We reference or spoil: Doctor Who episode “Blink”, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Rube Goldberg devices, Final Destination cinematic universe, Knives Out, Star Wars Episode IX, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, “Best of You” by Foo Fighters, “Content” by Bo Burnham, Rocky Horror Picture Show, No Story Is Sacred episode “Macbeth”, Criminal Minds, “Amazing Grace“, Mario video games, GoldenEye 007 (video game), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode “Mac Finds His Pride”, Grey’s Anatomy, Harold and Maud, Rear Window, Flowers for Algernon, Good Will Hunting, Memento, Erin Brocovich, Psycho, Saturday Night Lights, Disney‘s Snow White, Gallagher, Hadestown, “save the cat“, Murder on the Orient Express, Ready or Not, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Hamilton, Tough Guide to Fantasy Land, TV Tropes, Evil Overlord Generator

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the 2018 film How It Ends. You can stream it from Netflix. 

Content warnings for strong language, mentions of Joe Rogan, honeypots, California wildfires, the September 11th attacks, and Pippin’s complete and eventually purposeful inability to remember geography.

We reference or spoil: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, emergency go-bags, Mad Max, Cloverfield, flipping of the magnetic poles, Zombieland, Star Wars, Thelma & Louise, Ted Lasso, Mr Rogers and radical kindness, Captain America, Superman, Batman, There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo, Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling, competence porn, The Odyssey, the hidebehind, Kat’s twitter thread about The Blair Witch Project, The Happening, the fair folk, Mortal Kombat, Tam Lin, Thomas the Rhymer, 21 Jump Street, Daredevil, Fast & Furious, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, Rick and Morty, Leverage, Mean Girls, No Story Is Sacred episode “Mythic Quest”, and Gravity Falls.

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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