Episode 2 of Media Meryenda, a side podcast about bits of media we’ve been thinking about! Carla, Marianne, and Jez swap five-song playlists of music they’ve been listening to from then to now. Tune in to find out which songs surprised us, what tunes we liked, and what Marianne really thinks of Jez’ taste in music!

Media discussed:

- Carla (hyperlink)

- Marianne (hyperlink)

- Jez (hyperlink)

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla finish their foray into podcasting poetry. Is this a set about love or about sodas? Tune in and find out!

Media discussed:

- Having a Coke with You by Frank O’Hara (read by Frank O’Hara)

- Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem by Matthew Olzmann (read by John Green for Ours Poetica)

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about the poem, Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem. Listen to the hosts as they talk about intimacy, annoyances, more relationship stuff, and a Sondheim reference. Of course.

Media discussed:

- Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem by Matthew Olzmann (read by John Green for Ours Poetica)

- Company by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about the poem, Having a Coke with You. LISTEN TO THE BONUS EPISODE FIRST! We start this experiment with a poem by Frank O’Hara. Listen as the hosts wax poetic about their favorite parts from the poem and the moments that count in a relationship.

Media discussed:

- Having a Coke with You by Frank O’Hara (read by Frank O’Hara)

- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

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Surprise! We want to talk about our relationship (whether it exists or not) to poetry before we begin any discussions of the sort. This bonus episode will serve as our general introduction to poetry and the spaces it occupies in our lives, both personal and professional. We figured we’d spare you the trouble of having to scrub through an episode to get a recap on our personal standings with poetry of all sorts and have it as a separate episode.

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about Buzzfeed Unsolved. It’s a bit of a somber episode as the hosts talk about veracity, ethics, belief, and creator-consumer relationship with regards to this popular online show. Marianne makes a terrible joke and we want you to know she is both sorry and not sorry for that. She had to get that bit in.

WARNING: We discuss graphic depictions of violence in some episodes of the series. Listener discretion is advised.

[We recorded this a lot earlier in the day than when we usually record so we apologize for any weird background noises. We assure you, these are not from ghosts. - M]

Media discussed:

- Buzzfeed Unsolved (True Crime and Supernatural seasons)

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla close out their Guy de Maupassant story set. They do a closer examination of the two stories as inverts of each other in terms of character, technique, and overall concept. Who knew French literature could be so… morose? Not us. 

(Part 3 of 3)

Media discussed:

- The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

- A Piece of Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about A Piece of String. Our three hosts somberly continue the story set by discussing the protagonist, the rumor, and the mess of it all in this complicated story of accusations and convictions. 

(Part 2 of 3 of the Guy de Maupassant Set)

Media discussed:

- A Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about The Necklace. The hosts talk about being on the outside looking in, detached narration, and a gripping conclusion. The hosts also do not speak a word of French and would like to apologize in advance for all the mispronunciations of every French name. 

(Part 1/3 of the Guy de Maupassant Set)

Media discussed:

- The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

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This week on the podcast: Jez, Marianne, and Carla talk about what they watch on YouTube. Still recorded in 2020 when the world was constantly on fire at all sides, the hosts take a bit of a break and share a few videos that they liked watching. They call each other out on their weirdness and discuss the experience of personalization of YouTube.

Media discussed:

- Marianne (bardcore, Worthikids, Birds of North America, WheezyWaiter, Unraveled on Polygon)

- Carla (JennaMarbles, Morgan Adams, Simply Nailogical, Smosh, Safiya Nygaard)

- Jez (Michael Reeves, You Suck At Cooking, Mike’s Mic, ProZD, Danny Gonzalez, Austin Webber)

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