Today we compare the witch-bonafides of the Sanderson sisters (from the film "Hocus Pocus") and the Spellman family (from "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"). Two different paths for transforming people into black cats! An all-witch musical revue! False devils and so much more!

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Hocus Pocus
Sabrina the Teenage Witch

01 — The Sandersons & The Spellmans

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Darkness and light! Let’s discuss the magical ladies of the 2016 psychological horror film “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” and the 1985 cartoon (and 2015 comic book) “Jem and the Holograms.” Also: we recorded this in July 2019 so some of it feels quaint and dated in retrospect, the importance of not interrupting rituals, collective unconscious fear, magic magnets, deep fakes, and so much more!
Audio samples:
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans — “Lights Out”

“Clue”

Jem and the Holograms — “Truly Outrageous”

“G.I. Joe”
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23 — Jane Doe and Jem

Dance, magic dance! Today we discuss a pair of our favorite dancing witches from 2018 cinema, Gwen Stacy a.k.a. Spider-Gwen from “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and Suzie Bannion from “Suspiria”. Also: witches from coast to coast, alternative home therapy options, your hair it’s everywhere (screaming infidelities), public vogueing, vaginas where there typically aren’t vaginas, and so much more!
Audio samples:
David Bowie — “Magic Dance”
Married With Sea Monsters — “Face It Tiger”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Thom Yorke — “Olga’s Destruction”
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22 — Gwen Stacy & Susie Bannion

It’s our third annual X-Men XMas special, and we’re going back to high school with our favorite high society mutants with diamond-hard exteriors, Monet St. Croix and Emma Frost, the X-Men otherwise known as M and the White Queen! Also: a variety of all-lady teams, life is hard for diamond girls, the freakiest of deakies, troubles with twins, we’re all wearing halloween costumes all the time, and so much more!

Audio samples:
La Roux — “Bulletproof”
Invader Zim — “Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom”
Rihanna — “Diamonds”
Saturday Night Live — “Church Chat”

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21 — Monet St. Croix and Emma Frost

It’s just like the 1960’s, only not at all! Join us as we discuss the love spells gone awry from the 2016 film “The Love Witch” and the 1958 film “Bell, Book, and Candle.” Also: the police don’t know what a tampon is, Mystery Science Theater 3000, elevated murder porn, “cast that love spell on yourself,” magical Chekhov’s Gun (pew! pew!), shoe-burning feminism, best supporting cat, the two of us basically beg to be fired for talking smack about our industry, and so much more!

Audio samples:
“Fairy Lady Harp Music” from The Love Witch
“Pyewacket Returns” and “Zodiac Blues” from Bell, Book, and Candle
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Lonely Island, “Like A Boss”

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20 — Elaine Parks and Gillian Holroyd

Break out the slap bracelets and dial-in to the party line because we’re talking about ladies from the 80’s. Let’s dig into the MTV maven Emily Aster from the comic book “Phonogram” and the gallant goth Lydia Deetz from the film “Beetlejuice.” Also: pipe wrench fights, making a career out of your senior illustration thesis, fast-forwarding through open knee surgery, guest list etiquette, and so much more!

Audio samples:
Madonna — “Material Girl”
“Take On Me (Literal Video Version)”
Lady Gaga — “Paparazzi”
Danny Elfman — “Main Titles (from Beetlejuice)”
Beetlejuice
Blondie — “Atomic”

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01 — The Sandersons & The Spellmans

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