Wallowing in the Shallows

Rebecca and Tori chat the 1998 Kirk Jones film, 'Waking Ned Devine." We discuss community, morality, and our mutual love of Maurice.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Podcast Jazz Bossa Nova Acoustic Guitar Good Mood Music | by Denis-Pavlov-Music on Pixabay

Clip

Kev Walsh | Waking Ned Devine (1998) BluRay | 17 Dec 2024 | YouTube

Sound Effects

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Explicit

We somehow wander into a discussion of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Lolita. By default, adult topics are addressed.

Sources

• Alex Rollins Berg | The Weirdest 90s Comedy You've Never Seen: Waking Ned Devine | 30 Aug 2024 | YouTube
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• Waking Ned Devine (1998) Characters, Themes & Settings
• Waking Ned Devine
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• David Kelly (actor) - Wikipedia
• Ian Bannen - Wikipedia
• Satellite Awards - Wikipedia
• Waking Ned - Wikipedia

Rebecca and Tori chat their next Recommended By flick from the Criterion Collection, 'The Watermelon Woman.' We discuss issues related to the social construct of 'race,' queerness, identity, and white privilege and gatekeeping.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Sound Effects

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Clips

Minnie Riperton clip: Minnie Riperton - Topic | 7 Aug 2018 | ‘Lovin’ You’ | YouTube

'The Watermelon Woman' | Criterion Channel

Explicit

We talk about sex, bay-bee.

Sources

• Sapphic Underground | Lesbian Film Review: 'The Watermelon Woman' | 4 Jun 2020 | YouTube
• Wussy Mag | Queerhouse: 3 Facts 'The Watermelon Woman' Teaches Us about Queer History | 10 Jun 2020 | YouTube
• Fandor | 'An Interview with Cheryl Dunye' | 5 Jun 2018 | YouTube
• Criterion | Cheryl Dunye Interview Clip | 21 Sep 2020 | YouTube
• Fish Jelly Film Reviews | The Watermelon Woman Movie Review | 23 Feb 2023 | YouTube
• You Have Been Watching Films | 'The Watermelon Woman - The Significance of Queer Black Representation' | 12 Jun 2022 | YouTube
• The Watermelon Woman - Wikipedia
• Zeinabu irene Davis - Wikipedia
• Compensation (film) - Wikipedia
• Zeinabu irene Davis

Rebecca and Tori chat about the recent Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Oscar Best Picture nominee, 'Hamnet.' Spoiler alert: we love it!

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Podcast Jazz Bossa Nova Acoustic Guitar Good Mood Music | by Denis Pavlov Music from on Pixabay

Sound Effects

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Leaves Rustling in Wind: Sound Effect by storegraphic from Pixabay

Hamnet Clip

Zhao, Chloé and Maggie O'Farrell. 2025. Hamnet. Directed by Chloé Zhao. Los Angeles: Focus Features. Streaming on Fandango, February 2026. [1:03.45-1:05.04]

Sources

• Lucas Blue | 7 Dec 2025 |A Breakdown of All Symbols, Themes, and the Ending of Hamnet | YouTube
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• Jessie Buckley - Wikipedia
• Hamnet (film) - Wikipedia
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• BBC | Church Courts
• Shakespeare's Family: Overview Of The Shakespeare Family

Rebecca and Tori don't chat, we dive deep into Ousmane Sembene's 1966 classic, 'Black Girl.' This is the next installment of our Recommended By series based on the Criterion Collection Closet Picks. In this podcast, we get political as we discuss colonialism, post-colonialism, economic slavery, racism, and abuse.

For the first time, we are spoiler-free for the first 25-ish minutes because we encourage you to listen to us for the spoiler-free segment, go watch the film if you haven't seen it, then come back and listen to the rest of the podcast. We were so engrossed in our conversation that we forgot to pick both our Shining Star and Spotlight Scene.

PS: We mention in the podcast that two of the characters don't have names. It was only in editing the podcast that we found out they do. Our bad.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Movie Clips

Benjamin James | 21 Feb 2020 | Black Girl (1966) | YouTube

Sound Effect

Countdown | by freesound_community from Pixabay

Restricted Sources

"Senegal." In Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023, edited by Tom Lansford, Jorge Brown, Jack Covarrubias, David Harms Holt, and Robert J. Pauly, Jr., 1523-1535. Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press, 2023. Gale eBooks (accessed February 16, 2026). https://link-gale-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/apps/doc/CX8521500175/GVRL?u=wash_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=bd4c4fb9.

Klein, Martin. "France's African Colonies." In Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450, edited by Thomas Benjamin, 490-493. Vol. 2. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. Gale eBooks (accessed February 16, 2026). https://link-gale-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/apps/doc/CX2587300177/GVRL?u=wash_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=757682b4.

"Senegal." In New Encyclopedia of Africa, 2nd ed., edited by John Middleton and Joseph C. Miller, 383-395. Vol. 4. Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008. Gale eBooks (accessed February 16, 2026). https://link-gale-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/apps/doc/CX3049000597/GVRL?u=wash_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=39b4b36d.

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Rebecca and Tori chat about Blake Edwards' 1963 classic, 'The Pink Panther,' and its follow-up, the 1964, 'A Shot in the Dark.' In our most spoiler-free episode to date, we discuss Peter Sellers' life, scenes that made us laugh the most, what didn't age well, and what was ludicrous. We kind of sing too.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Podcast Jazz Bossa Nova Acoustic Guitar Good Mood Music by Denis-Pavlov-Music on Pixabay

Movie Clip

ctpatant | A Shot in the Dark | 27 Jan 2012 | YouTube

Sources

• Cato Fong | The Pink Panther Wiki | Fandom
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Rebecca and Tori celebrate the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth by chatting about the 2001 flick, 'Evolution.' We discuss some high points and some low points, overuse a couple of catch-phrases, and question some of the science.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Smooth Criminal clip: Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (Official Video - Shortened Version) | 2 October 2009 | YouTube

Evolution clip: UltraScheiben | EVOLUTION Seann William Scott Bird Calling | 27 Aug 2012 | YouTube

Sources

• Seann William Scott - Wikipedia
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We're re-releasing our episode for 'Best in Show' in honor of Catherine O'Hara.

We'll be back next week with a new episode!

Rebecca and Tori chat about their second recommendation from the Criterion Closet Picks, 'Black Narcissus.' Recommended by director Edgar Wright, we discuss British colonialism, emotional repression, and the many mirror representations between characters.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Podcast Jazz Bossa Nova Acoustic Guitar Good Mood Music | by Denis-Pavlov-Music | Pixabay

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | by Maksym Dudchyk Music | Pixabay

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Movie Clip

Shout! Studios | Black Narcissus Full Movie | 13 Nov 2025 | YouTube

Sources

• Matte painting - Wikipedia
• Filmboards | Black Narcissus
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• Jean Simmons - Wikipedia
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Rebecca and Tori chat the 1942 classic film, 'Casablanca.' We cover some production history as well as character development and plot points. We chat some about the continuing relevance of the film.

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

Sound Effect

Typing: from Pixabay

Movie Clip

Raindog's House of Oddities | Shocked that Gambling Is Happening - Casablanca (1942) | 16 Jun 2022 | YouTube

Sources

Casablanca Documentary. Warner Bros. Pictures, presenter, Julius J Epstein, Philip G Epstein, Howard Koch, Hal B Wallis, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, et al. 1942. Casablanca. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Pictures. http://digitalcampus.swank.com/0011026.

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Rebecca, Tori, and returning guest host, Louise, chat the 1995 movie, 'Persuasion.' We can't believe it took us this long to get around to Austen!

Music

Apache Rock Instrumental | by Sound Atelier; licensed from Jamendo

Shining Star Flourish: Sound Effect by u_it78ck90s3 from Pixabay

Spotlight Flourish: Sound Effect by StudioKolomna from Pixabay

'Persuasion' clip

Mistress of Pemberley | "Frederick Wentworth's Letter (full scene) - Persuasion (1995) ES/PT-BR | 15 Dec 2024 | YouTube

• On the power and effects of Gowland's lotion, in cutaneous eruptions, and, for restoring the skin to its natural state, ... Prepared only by Thomas Vincent, and his son-in-law, Robert Dickinson, ... 1793 : Vincent and Dickinson (Bath, England) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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• Gowland’s Lotion & Syphilis | Jane Austen at The Republic of Pemberley