Episodes
Giant Robots, Giant Monsters, and the fragile science of the Human Heart
One of Valerie’s all-time favorite films. For Susan a first encounter with the beloved mecha-monster genre — and an education in the strange, heartfelt sincerity that makes this world of steel and seawater so special.
Hot Women hot women?
Susan and Valerie try to make sense of annihilation, transformation, self-destruction, and what it means to be changed by grief (and/or an alien fungus).
Is your mom in there with you?
We revisit the 1973 classic and talk possession, mother-daughter bonds, and the importance of having an advocate.
Keep Hitting that Q!
Valerie and Susan dive into The Wolf Among Us, a gritty detective game set in a sordid world of fallen fairytales. Strippers, severed heads, glamours, and moral choices—plus the pros, cons (and stress) of sharing a story across generations, one quicktime event at a time. Updates on cats and bras, and some well-earned smugness about ribbons that work like ripcords. We know our scary fairy tales—all the good moms make sure of it.
How to think you’ve committed a murder and get away with it.
Susan and Valerie discuss The Witch Elm by Tana French — a mystery about memory, privilege, and a dead kid in a tree. Also: unreliable narrators, cousin solidarity, hoodie string murder, and what makes a book worth finishing.
Valerie and Susan talk about little boys defending family in Antlers — a horror movie about grief, abuse, loyalty, and when to know it’s time to let go. We talk Wendigos, creepy child actors, trauma metaphors, and the deep emotional hooks that got us. Also: tacos, The Last Unicorn, and whether or not coal comes from dinosaurs. (It doesn’t.)
Pandorum – Our First Episode
It’s not our first recording, but it’s the first time we felt like we might be figuring things out. We don’t stick to the media storyline (a pattern that quickly became our MO), but we do lay a lot of groundwork about who we are and how we relate to media. If you decide to listen—thanks for learning alongside us.