Love is a many splendored thing, but the stories about it aren’t always as splendid. AJ Knox and Julia Skott try to figure out if they can make chick flicks and romcoms better - or make them weird.
LATEST EPISODE • It’s ABBA time with this many-faceted Australian bouquet.
Musical May! And it’s ABBA time with this many-faceted Australian bouquet.
May 3, 2021 • 51 minutes • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
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For our pod-birthday, AJ watches this cult classic for the first time and hopes that people will stop yelling at him about it.
Among the things that got cut for time: The history of snake oil, medieval superstitions about supernumerary fingers, and actual R.O.U.S-es.
April 27, 2021 • 57 minutes • For our pod-birthday, AJ watches this cult classic for the first time and hopes that people will stop yelling at him about it. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Self-confessed Steve Martin aficionado AJ discovers a gem that he has somehow missed. Julia ponders picking up the tuba.
April 20, 2021 • 51 minutes • Self-confessed Steve Martin aficionado AJ discovers a gem that he has somehow missed. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
This movie made us happy - and hungry. (Seriously, there is quite a bit of deleted material that is just about restaurants and food.) We also talk a bit about the crap AAPI people have to deal with both in and out of Hollywod.
April 12, 2021 • 52 minutes • This movie made us happy - and hungry. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Julia confesses to having a butt for radio; AJ starts to wonder if he misses LA. Also, Janeane Garofalo is awesome.
April 6, 2021 • 59 minutes • Julia confesses to having a butt for radio; AJ starts to wonder if he misses LA. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Or “You made your bed, and now I’m going to eat crackers in it.” Time for a possibly subversive classic with a lot of layers.
April 1, 2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute • Time for a possibly subversive classic with a lot of layers. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Antony Johnston pops in for a discussion of a movie that is both darker and funnier than we maybe expected. (Accordingly, there is a generous amount of talk about illicit substances.)
March 22, 2021 • 1 hour, 18 minutes • Antony Johnston pops in for a discussion of a movie that is both darker and funnier than we maybe expected. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox with Antony Johnston
Two young people meet, and bond over jazz and Shaw. Two slightly older people meet, and bond over a movie they both liked.
March 15, 2021 • 51 minutes • Two young people meet, and bond over jazz and Shaw. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Why did Julia dub this movie “Flashdance in reverse”? Also: A lot of gender politics, not enough fun costumes, and quite a bit of not-family-friendly confusion and sputtering.
March 8, 2021 • 56 minutes • A lot of gender politics, not enough fun costumes, and quite a bit of not-family-friendly confusion and sputtering. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox
Glenn Fleishman came on to talk about a movie that is all over the place. And time.
March 2, 2021 • 1 hour, 14 minutes • Glenn Fleishman came on to talk about a movie that is all over the place. And time. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox with Glenn Fleishman
Sometimes you don’t want to paint with just pink or blue. You need the whole rainbow. (This episode contains some frank discussion about some ways that society makes life horrible for queer and trans kids.)
February 23, 2021 • 1 hour, 1 minute • Sometimes you don't want to paint with just pink or blue. You need the whole rainbow. • Julia Skott and AJ Knox