The Ridiculous People Podcast

Catch up with the Ridiculous People at the combination recession, pandemic, social uprising. What have you been watching?

This week, we’re taking a break from our regular reviews and chat to highlight films about the Black experience that can help our listeners better understand Black history, Black identity, and what is behind the worldwide protests following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many others. We also discuss a few racist tropes in film and TV history, simplify the police abolition movement, and share some tips on how to talk to your family and friends about race in a constructive way.

Your favorite ridiculous movie lovers believe that films are an important lens that can help us as viewers see things from different perspectives. We hope you are staying safe, speaking out against injustice, and educating yourself about the ways you are complicit in white supremacist systems. We certainly are.

The full list will be published on our Twitter, @ARidiculousPod, as well as on Instagram in the coming week.

#BlackLivesMatter

Alex and Liv give more quarantine binging recs, explore a new flavour of the Love Island franchise, early 2000s girl power movies and trippy existential animation. Be excellent to each other, ridiculous people. Wear masks and stay 6ft apart in public. Support healthcare workers and listen to scientists! #StayHomeStaySafe

Liv and Alex have been in quarantine for almost two months! Send help!! And what are they doing in isolation? Watching movies and TV shows, of course! This is a wild episode. Much like the world, there is no real structure, no logical progression of events...it’s just a long list of all the shit they’ve seen thus far (that they remember.) And they’ve got some pretty spectacular recs. Whether you’re in the mood for a throwback, a classic, or a modern gem, they’ve got you covered. Shoutout to the essential workers and much love to doctors and scientists. Hang in there, ridiculous people!

Our very 1st LIVE show! We took over Spoken Soup in Chinatown NYC! We talked with a panel of hilarious NY podcasters, comedians and TV staffers. It will be a night filled with questions and opinions and a live version of the beloved segment: The Internet Junk Drawer! Take a step away from all the COVID-19 woes and listen to a bunch of insane people yell in a poetry room for two hours!

Guests: Joan Glackin & Sidney Morss from Downballot Comedy; Gabe Pacheco & Sami Hamarneh from Eat Pray Judge; and returning fan-favorite guest Rachel Ciferno!

Thanks to all the healthcare workers, delivery people, caretakers, grocery store employees, transportation laborers, and everyone else on the front lines of this virus. And shout out to all the scientists and researchers working day and night trying to get us out of this mess! Stay safe and if you can, stay inside. You’ll hear from us soon.

Hi all! Boy, s**t's depressing, huh? Everyone staying home? Washing their hands? STAYING HOME?! Good. Hey, here's a fun idea: watch "Pulp Fiction" with Liv and Alex! It'll kill some time and also it's just a fantastic movie!

Shoutout to all the healthcare workers on the frontlines fighting this bug. Thank you, you're heroes.

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Looking for something to do during social isolation or quarantine? How about listening to our podcast?! This week, Liv and Alex talk about their all-girls' Valentine's Day viewing of "Birds of Prey." Then Alex praises Shia LeBouf's healing masterpiece "Honey Boy," and Liv talks about Taika Waititi's "Jojo Rabbit" and the value of making fun of Nazis.

Please send good vibes to our producer and podcast Yoda, Keith, who is in Washington state at the center of the COVID-19 outbreak. All jokes aside, we hope you and yours are healthy and well. If you or a loved one is sick, here are some helpful tips: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html. And if you're an artist whose livelihood is threatened by this pandemic, here are some resources: https://covid19freelanceartistresource.wordpress.com/

Love y'all. You'll hear from us soon.

The Oscars happened! And the independent Spirit Awards! And Liv and Alex are surprising not *that* mad about it! They also talk about the wonderful second season of “Sex Education,” the not so wonderful third season “Sabrina,” and a new favorite internet sensation, Augustus Gloop. NOTE: Skip to 35:27 for non-Oscars related stuff.

Liv and Alex talk about Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece movie “Parasite.” Also included: “Irishman” title talk, why Liv didn’t think “Joker” measured up, controversy around Oprah’s book club pick “American Dirt” and much more!

“Ms. Driver has the range.” - Episode 67

During a week of pure vegetation after New Years, Liv and Alex consumed *a lot* of content. They talk about the wildly underrated Eddie Murphy comeback film “Dolemite Is My Name” and one of Liv’s favorite miniseries of the year, “Unbelievable.” They were disappointed by the confusing Sundance movie “Brittany Runs a Marathon” and Alex was delighted by “The Sack Lunch Bunch.” “Booksmart” was great, but are you stressed out by gotta-get-to-the-party movies? Alex is. Also, prepare for some true Adam Driver stan moments.