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30 Rock aficionado Jaden Baum joins us to talk about her favorite episode of Tina Fey’s iconic sitcom! Ellie fawns over a Baby Jessica reference, Jaden talks 30 Rock politics, and Catherine finally gets the chance to bring up the hit musical television series, Smash.








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Catherine's favorite New Yorker, Julie Coleman, comes on the pod to chat about Seinfeld. We discuss what members of the Seinfeld gang we identify as, Julie and Ellie swap subway horror stories, and Catherine explains why she might be the reincarnation of Charlie Chaplin. 





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The end-of-2020 celebration continues! This time, Catherine brings her three favorite episodes of TV that she watched in 2020: Normal People: Season 1, Episode 10 (3:39); Ozark: Season 3, Episode 9 (17:45); and Love on the Spectrum: Season 1, Episode 3 (37:17). Catherine discusses the best hug in TV history, explains her attachment to a family who launders money for a drug cartel, and threatens to up and move to Australia.

This episode discusses themes of mental illness. 

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We’re celebrating the end of the garbage fire that was 2020 by talking about our three favorite episodes of TV that we watched in 2020. Ellie’s up first to talk about Killing Eve: Season 1, Episode 5 (4:54); Dave: Season 1, Episode 5 (23:45); and The Americans: Season 1, Episode 1 (35:44). We discuss Ellie’s love of: iconic facial expressions of a psychopathic assassin, amazing mental health representation, and Keri Russell’s hair.

This episode discusses themes of mental illness and sexual assault. 

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Ellie's parents, Louis and Kathy Hoffman, join us for a double episode discussion of Star Trek (3:50) and The West Wing (27:34)! We unpack the similarities between 1969 and 2020, discuss why Kathy wishes America could be like The West Wing, and learn about Ellie's love of "random dialogue."







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This week, one of our favorite people ever, Alyssa Mulé, brings us HBO's Rome! Catherine and Alyssa prove their worth as classical historians, Ellie recounts the time they prayed to Venus in an Uber, and we shout out some of our favorite people: Mark Zuckerberg, Augustus, Jesus, and more.

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This week we are going back to middle school! The lovely Lydia Paris brings us the season 2 finale of PEN15. We discuss how the show "weaponizes cringe," Lydia's love of theater kid humor, and Ellie and Catherine's mutual appreciation for Jeopardy.




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This week we welcome writer and comedian Alex Friedman (@kosherhotdogz) to discuss Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso! We ruminate on whether Jason Sudeikis is a listener of the pod, Alex reveals her love for Jimmy Gibbler, and Ellie talks about the show's connection with improv. 



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It’s our 10th episode!! This week Catherine brings on her favorite episode of television: Black Mirror's USS Callister. We have a deep and nuanced discussion of how Ellie forgot Catherine's birthday, Ellie counts how many times she has cried this week, and Catherine finds out that she might be a science fiction lover. 



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The witty and sardonic Zoe Braccia joins us to unpack the pilot episode of Schitt's Creek. We discuss Zoe's love of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy, Catherine's obsession with the show I Wanna Marry Harry,  and why Ellie is slowly turning into an old man. 



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