Your Trash Pals

On this episode, Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie lay the scandalous details of how mobile gaming affects their relationship! From Flappy Bird to Elsa’s Pregnancy Doctor Visit for Wart Removal, we dive into the strange world of mobile games that populate our phones.

Also in this episode:

• Wren’s one year old hot takes!
• Contemporary hot takes about Shane Gillis’ SNL monologue
• Van finally settles on a name for his twisted little games section and debuts his new game “I’m Thinking Miku!”
• Non-descript umbrella fetishists
• The future documentary about the Donda Academy

You can find Veronica and Lee’s work at https://www.wisbafolio.com/ and buy Just Roll With It! wherever fine books are sold. You can find Vannotes at www.vannotesbooks.com and Wren at wren.best.

We’ll never mock a mockbuster! On this episode of the podcast, Vannotes and Wren dive into a discussion on The Asylum’s Avengers Grimm, its sequel, and its spin-off The Sinister Squad. We discuss the bonkers nature of Once Upon a Time, actresses trying their best in rented warehouses, and the modern revulsion for Rumpelstiltskin.

Also:

• Age gap relationships…do we stan?
• How does one watch Rupaul’s Drag Race?
• Vannotes’ deep analysis of Hazbin Hotel and missing Tumblr controversies
• Having actual difficult conversations in 2024
• Colleges experiences with 40 ounce brewskies

You can find Vannotes at www.vannotesbooks.com and Wren at wren.best.

On this episode, Trung Le Nguyen gives the pals a definitive TED Talk presentation all about romcoms! From John Hughes to Nora Ephron, Trung lays out the definitive qualities of 80s and 90s romcoms he loves to watch on an airplane.

Also in this episode:

• Van introduces a new little game called The Stankometer…and loses
• Trung and Wren extol the virtues of Charlie Tuna
• Van frets about whether “ren fair pickle guys” were cancelled because of the #MeToo movement
• Trung and Wren plan their trip to Medieval Times

You can find Trung’s work at https://www.trungles.com/ and buy The Magic Fish wherever fine books are sold. You can find Vannotes at www.vannotesbooks.com and Wren at wren.best.

On this guest episode, Vannotes celebrates his birthday by having his BFF and cartoonist extraordinaire Madeline McGrane on the podcast. They talk all about Transformers: The Movie, Van thinking the opening sequence is better than Akira, spoiler Optimus Prime dying to sell new toys, and Orson Welles’ Wisconsin upbringing. They also discuss the genuine goodness of Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer's Transformers comic, coming out now from Image Comics/Skybound.

Also:

• The joy of LinkedIn grind culture
• Connecting with the youth by watching Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss
• Trying to read works of literature!
• A game of Your Pal’s Trash where Van and Madeline try to guess each other’s pop culture faves

Find Madeline McGrane on madelinemcgrane.com and buy The Accursed Vampire wherever excellent graphic novels are sold!

In this special guest episode, the queen of trash Cookie Puss comes on the podcast to talk all about early 2000s MTV reality shows! We discuss our MTV origin stories, adults being mean to teens, and what would be a red flag if we were room raided.

Also:

• Wren watched Spawn for the love of the game
• Van plays a little game all to ask Cookie Pusss leading questions about the Boise drag community
• Wren thinks drag queens put down tarps for camping
• Cookie Pusss LOVES straight people…with money

Find Cookie Pusss on Instagram at @cookie.pusss and come to her signature event Cookie Party!

In this special guest episode, cartoonists Laura Knetzger comes on the podcast to talk about slime! We discuss how EVERYTHING is slime, pearl party shucking, and when to delete the app.

Also:

• Van asks if Wren and Laura want to “play a little game” of Two Truths and an Isekai…and wins!
• 2024 is pronounced to once again be “The Year of the Femboy”
• The secret truth of what’s on our algorithm
• The revelation of our future dark timeline grindset internet personas
• Van and Laura extol the weirdness of Baten Kaitos

See Laura’s work on laurark.com and buy Bug Boys wherever quality books are sold!

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In this episode Wren and Vannotes discuss the tv show American Dad. We talk about the career of Seth MacFarlane, whether Roger is BPD representation, and the comfort of long running television animation with a predictable quality.

Also:

• The Ziwe/George Santos Interview Breakdown and How We Can Come Together as a Country
• Vannotes Reveals That He Doesn't Like Santa and Loves Jesus
• A Discussion of Kwanzaa and Black Holidays in the United States
• A Game of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Christmas Songs!
• Frosty the Snowman - Gay ACAB Icon
• The Page Count of a Friend Fiction About Wren

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Join Vannotes, Wren, and Special Guest Alex Graudins as they chat Baldur's Gate, Studio Ghibli, and deep dive into the world of Disney Descendants.