Should We Keep This?

Special: Fight Club & Fargo

For our final 90s special episode, we’re taking a turn towards dark comedic violence with Fight Club and Fargo. Are we going to discuss the glorification of mental illness, pregnant police chiefs, and flushing condoms down the toilet? Oh gee, you betcha. Don’t cha think we’re good at Minnesota accents? And remember: the first rule of Gina’s social media is... well, you know the rest. We’re taking a summer break, but we’ll be back in your ears soon with the 2000s!

Special: Clueless & 10 Things I Hate About You

We couldn’t get through the nineties without doing an episode about high school coming of age movies adapted from classic English literature, so this week we’re talking about Clueless & 10 Things I Hate About You. Join us for all the tropes: clique-splanations, drunk teens getting concussions, and daughters calling their dads “daddy.” This may be our very first episode in which both Steven and Gina change their minds about the movies. You won’t wanna zop this one away, folks.

Special: Boyz N The Hood & Thelma and Louise

Okay listeners. We usually try to keep our thoughts on the movies out of the episode descriptions but this week we’re bringing you a PSA. If you have not seen Boyz N The Hood or Thelma & Louise, stop what you’re doing and Watch. Those. Movies. Seriously. Go. Do it. Did you do it? Good. Now tune in for a ‘90s take on gentrification and sexual assault. Plus, bitcoin metaphors.

We’re bringing you another special episode this week with Edward Scissorhands and Rushmore. Join Gina and Steven, aka Bookhands and Mughands, as we try to get to the bottom of some crucial questions: why is Miss Cross so overqualified for her job? Does Edward Scissorhands fit the born sexy yesterday trope? Where did all that ice come from?!? If you’ve ever had an intense crush on your teacher or artfully cut a dog’s hair, this episode is for you!

Special: The Matrix & The Fifth Element

It’s time for some sci fi action adventure in our latest 90s special episode, with The Matrix and The Fifth Element. Join for the genre-bending innovation, and stay for the magic of true love’s kiss. Believe it or not, but these two movies are basically...the same movie. Well, aside from some different takes on what the future holds (a reliance on dial up internet? The objectification of every woman working in the service industry?). Tune in! Boring podcasts are a plague, and we are the cure.

Special: Rush Hour & Space Jam

We believe we can fly, because this week we’re talking about Space Jam and Rush Hour! Ever wondered what happens when you make a movie based on a series of commercials? What does Rush Hour have to do with the launching of Rotten Tomatoes? And most important of all... is Space Jam a documentary??? We’re answering those questions and more as we continue our series of special episodes dedicated to 90s movies. Tune in as we try to figure out what to do with the movie that put Jackie Chan on the Hollywood map. Turns out, it’s not as simple as it may seem.

Special Episode: Pulp Fiction. Oh yeah! Gina and Steven are kicking off their 90s Bonus series with none other than Quenton Tarantino’s seminal film, Pulp Fiction. Do we keep it? Between the helpless female characters, homophobia, glorification of heroin, and—oh yeah—white people saying the N word (so many white people. So many N words) perhaps you can guess.

Decade Wrap: 1990s

This week we’re saying goodbye to the ‘90s: the decade of scrunchies and beanie babies, the decade of Disney’s resurgence and disaster movies, the decade of the ever-widening gap between top-grossing films and Oscar winning ones. Join us for trivia (a real close competition!), pitches on how we’d remake some ’90s movies (Star Wars Ep 1 without racism! Forrest Gump but it’s all about Jenny!) and our predictions as we look ahead toward the many franchise movies of the 2000s. But before we go there, we’re busy getting you more special episodes devoted to some of our favorite problematic ‘90s movies. Stay tuned and tune in!

Join us for the last year of the 90s, also known as the year of the little blond boys. Listen as Gina and Steven discuss the bland menswear, racist stereotypes, the world’s longest rat tail, and the fact that Nabooians democratically elected a 14 year old. Progressive, but also... not a good idea. *Mobile Episode recorded while practicing social distancing during COVID-19. Stay safe!