Finally, a Gossip Girl episode title based on Cars (2006).

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Go Sip, Girl recommendations: 
PigsPrettyPicks (vintage shop on Instagram)
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
The Sopranos (streaming on HBOMax)
Who Am I? (new Pale Waves album)
Frasier (streaming on Hulu) 

Iowa finally makes a guest appearance in Gossip Girl!


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Go Sip, Girl recommendations: 
Hannibal (available on Netflix)
Weird Science (YouTube)
If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (BBC, available on YouTube)

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Go Sip, Girl recommendations: 
Dance Church
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Cass and Els actually talk about Gossip Girl this time! 
The pals get vulnerable discussing the complexities of adoption, Hooter's, and the Venga Boys. They also ask the question "Who the hell is watching both In the Realm of the Senses and Gossip Girl?" 

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Go Sip, Girl recommendations: 
The Venga Boys
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Too Many Cooks (Adult Swim, YouTube)
A Crime to Remember (Investigation Discovery, on Hulu)
Solving the mystery of Stonehenge

We're baaaaaack! 
Spotted is back and this time, it's personal! Cass and Els talk about how hot Rufus looks in sweaters, cybering with strangers in chatrooms, which chipmunk from Alvin and the Chipmunks they would marry, and whether the Simpsons ripped off Gossip Girl (the answer may surprise you!). I promise we also talk about Gossip Girl! Really, we do! 

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Go Sip, Girl recommendations: 
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Holes (2003)
The Wicked + the Divine (Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie)
"The Good Life," Sammy Rae & The Friends (available on Spotify)

Right before the Big Quarantine, the girls are joined by Eric Moore (comedian, musician, sweet friend) to chat about cartoons, rural white people ruining words, and our impending pandemic doom. But in a fun way! 

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Recommendations: 
Ed, Edd, n Eddy (Cartoon Network, 1999 - 2008)
High Fidelity (Hulu, 2020 - )
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Little Women (2019)
Better Vision - Boy Rex (streaming on Spotify)
Assassination Nation (2018)

"I frequently have to remind myself I'm watching Gossip Girl, not Citizen Kane."

We're back, baby! The gals are joined by comedian Alex Collyard, guest of our lost episode 109, for a do-over. We're talking therapy, we're talking private investigators, we're talking about how much we hate Aaron. 

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Recommendations: 
Live - Tig Notaro
Love is Blind (Netflix)
BRIDEY (streaming on Spotify)
Greener Grass (streaming on Hulu)

Cass and Els are joined by Sarah Black (comedian, host of podcast Please Save Me) to chat about our new dad, Cyrus Rose, Jenny's bad business sense, and the definitive list of the only musicals white, rural high schools and community theatres should ever be allowed to do. 

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Recommendations mentioned in this episode: 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Villainous (board game from Ravensburger)
BestDressed (YouTube)

Cass and Els are joined by actor, comedian, and Democracy lover and protector Zak Kinnaird to talk about Instagram oopsies, big time crushes, the last impact of Dreamworks' Trolls, and, most importantly, remind you to register to vote!!

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Recommendations mentioned in this episode: 
Trolls: The Movie 
American Factory
Doja Cat, "Cyber Sex" 
Schitt's Creek
Malcolm in the Middle
Sincerely, Chicago
Voting! 

Cass and Els are joined by comedian, writer, and dear friend Brigid Neary to talk about hot Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt takes, Josh Hutcherson's health, and what if Chuck Bass was Jim Halpert. 

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Recommendations mentioned in this episode: 
ManRepeller.com
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
The Circle (Netflix)
The 1975, "Sincerity is Scary"
No Dogs in Space (Spotify)
The Stooges