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Join us as we dive deep into one of the weirdest relics of the '90's-- "Sleepover Party" starring Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Nia's mom, Robin, joins us for a chat about kids' content, child stardom, and PIZZA (P-I-Z-Z-A). Hope you enjoy!

Join us for part two of our descent into Scott Westerfeld's dystopian teen novel! Ada goes all dark Superman and Nia proves how little she knows about Harry Potter, and they somehow find time to talk about Uglies too!

We've got a slightly shorter episode this week-- part one of two episodes examining one of Ada's childhood obsessions: "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld. A dystopian YA novel...BEFORE they were cool B-) We debate space vs. history, the merits of dystopian novel tropes, and the problematic racial implications of a society that's based on a homogenizing surgery to make everyone "pretty." Gettin' deep on this one y'all! Tune in next week for part 2.

Nia has Ada suffer through Broken Bride, a dystopian rock opera by her favorite childhood band, LUDO. There's time travel, dragons, bitchy Superman, and absolutely no subtext!

On our second episode, Ada welcomes Nia to her family's favorite farcical romp, the 1955 musical comedy "The Court Jester." If you wish Robin Hood had fewer songs, more women in power, and the same number of men in tights then this (lively discussion about a) movie is for you! Come for our impression of Danny Kaye's accent work and stay for everything else!

Nia starts us off by welcoming Ada to her world with a rousing discussion of 1997's "Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella." This movie has a STACKED cast-- Brandy Norwood as Cinderella, Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, Whoopi Goldberg as the Queen, Bernadette Peters as the Evil Stepmother, and Jason Alexander as the whacky butler!!!! We get into everything, from the hot hot prince to Jason Alexander's weird accent to the cultural resonance of the film. Join us :--)