Good Not Great

I just wrote a lovely, long intro and it got deleted! So here is a rundown of the topics we discuss on today's pod: New York Fashion week Staten Island ferries Old Navy had a 1994 party Tamia sings stranger in my house How do u not know that aubreay oday is in danity kane and they sing damaged? No one followed making the band 3 more than we did. Are people getting fired at SNL? Alex Morgan - o...

We back everyone and happy to be here! In case you didn't know we went on vacation together! Because we are a part of the same family! Since we've been gone there has been a lot of news. Ben and Jen - it's officially over - did you guys hear? It's sad! Jill thinks Ben Affleck might be a miserable person in general, who's to say? Sabrina Carpenter put out a great album - serious...

Hello friends! We are here to discuss the 1999 film DICK - a very patriotic movie that is a great double feature with Now and Then. In case you didn’t know what it’s about: it’s about Watergate.  When did you first hear about Watergate? God bless Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams or else this movie would be much worse. Do you feel that you don’t know much about Watergate or Nixon? Don’t worry, p...

On August 19th, 2024 the first ever Love Island USA reunion was aired. Please listen along as an insane 34 year old shares her every thought, feeling, and opinion as she watches along. Jillian doest not endorse the statements made in this podcast episode.

Welcome to the second Olympics pod in a row! But first, Ryann is still traumatized by the ghost in the woods from when she was five year olds and wants to know if Jillian's friends share her interests. Then we're off to Paris! Discussing the track small talk, the US men's and women's basketball team and then Ryann apologizes for waxing poetic about the US women's soccer team fo...

Saoirse got married! to Jack Lowden! Congrats! Sophia Bush can be annoying but get off her back you guys ok! We love the Olympics! Jillian answers some of Ryann's burning basketball questions, we discuss the rising stars of the 2024 Summer Games (shout out New England's own Ilona Maher and Steve Nedoroscik), and Jillian also teaches Ryann how rugby works! Also Candace Cameron Bure, ya burn...

The democrats and Peacock are in cahoots! Jillian would advise against Ryann being on Love Island because she is no fun. Love Island USA SPOILERS begin at 2:50 and end around 19:00 (yikes, lots of talk). Jillian gives an update on Sean Kingston's legal issues (he is Anna Delvey) then during a quick Kardashian aside Ryann drops her fork on the ground loudly (spoiler alert). We then give some Ol...

Welcome back everyone, we're both feeling sick! Thank goodness Jill had a bevvy of topics to discuss as Ryann only consumes Love Island USA now. John Mulaney and Olivia Munn got married and had an amazing witness! Love Island continues and has incredible glam teams. Vanessa Hudgens had a baby, mazel tov! Lena Dunham drops out of the Polly Pocket movie, #gasp, #spilledmilk. The only other cultu...

Happy birthday America! Nothing says American independence more to us than 1995 film, Now and Then! But before we get into all of that how do you all pronounce the word mauve? Anyway back to Now and Then - did you know that Demi Moore was a producer on the film? Get that bag, older! Samantha. Come along with us as we discuss the Vietnam War (slightly), which is the (correct) best song on the sound...

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Good not Great! Episode 75 of all time to be exact. Jill kicks us off by letting us know that Freaky Friday 2 is filming! We hope Lindsay and Jamie Lee are getting a nice bag. Ryann goes off on a quick One Tree Hill tangent and then lets Jillian know all about Love Island USA Season 6. Ryann would like to be buried in Soul Ties when she dies. Jill thinks...

Happy Summer everyone! No dogs allowed on the beach!! Ryann explains what 'AITA' means to Jill then gives her a scenario that involves getting the shoobies out of her town. Then we discuss the 2024 Tony awards! Ryann takes it all back, Daniel Radcliffe deserved that Tony award! Justin Randall Timberlake charged with a DUI in Sag Harbor! We share our thoughts with no strings attached. Does...

Welcome back GnGers! Do you guys get sucked in by the Sephora birthday gift, or just Ryann? Jillian gives us an update on Halsey's health and we discuss some of her tunes (what isn't about Matty Healy these days?) Also I meant anagram not acronym when discussing Ashley to Halsey. Sabrina Carpenter has put out another song of the summer?! And had her boyfriend, Barry Keoghan, act in her mus...

Double stuf Oreos are the best food of all time! The only recent pop culture Ryann consumed was the film Iron Claw which is perhaps one of the saddest films of all time! Did Zac Efron work out his face off? Our thoughts are with our queen Jennifer Lopez who cancelled her upcoming This is Me Now tour, we love you JLo. We have a quick aside about upcoming broadway musical: Oh, Mary! Ryann also watch...

We're back and we're eating! Ryann is back from our whirlwind adventures and Sophia Bush led her a bit astray with a taco place recommendation. She also had her human design chart read - oh boy. Dick Van Dyke is not American. Ryann also drove past Kelsea Ballerini's old house. Bradley Cooper is embarrassing at dancing at a Swift concert in Paris. People be living in farms in Pennsylvan...

Welcome to our very special The Challengers episode of GNG. Maybe this movie was good! We hope this makes sense to anyone else other than us! It's just us rambling. MAJOR SPOILER WARNINGS for the 2024 film Challengers starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor, respectively. We give a quick background of Celine Song and her husband Justin Kuritzkes (who wrote Challengers). Jillian edu...

It's our 69th episode everyone!!! And it's also the first Monday in May, 'the superbowl of fashion', the Met Gala everyone! Please suffer through 37 minutes of us discussing how we feel about people's looks and our general psychosis. Pamela Anderson doesn't wear makeup anymore! We go through our best/work dressed thus far of the event and we basically scroll the vogue websi...

You guys all have homework - go see Challengers in the next two weeks. We kick things off with the intersection of Ryann's interests - Sophia Bush coming out as queer and unveiling her romance with former professional soccer player, Ashlyn Harris. We and Brittany Snow don't know much about eating sausages. Kid Cudi is engaged! And Diddy (allegedly) blew up his car one time! MGK and Megan F...

Did somebody order a Love Burger? Well done! Cozy up with us and watch a comfort classic of ours 1998 feature film, Can’t Hardly Wait. We hope you’re not allergic to dancing (or podcasting) as we dive into: is this our favorite Ethan Embry performance? Did Jill and Ryann like high school a little too much? Do you laugh when Denise gets hit with the brownie or not? Does this movie have the best ori...

Starting off the pod with some HOT TALK about Sudafed and a college ER trip! Ryann then presents Jillian (and our dear lovers) with a moral dilemma (like I could ever take the Sam Mewis out of it). We then ponder who is better at being confrontational to friends and business associates. Ryann even had to get confrontational and leave a mean dentist (apologies if I've already told this story to...

Ryann starts the pod off with a RIOTOUS joke! Jill gives us some tea on Andrew Garfield's latest love interest (IRL). Do you know what's going on with Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum? Jenna wants her fair share of the Magic Mike cut! Ryann has some Vanderpump Rules legal questions for Jill (what else is new?) Ariana and Scheana say they're still friends not Lala - I misspoke in that sec...

Surprise! We did record an episode this week! HBD Uncle T! We eat bland chicken and vegetables - no spice, sauce, or nuance for us thanks! We saw the musical Company this week - it was TOO real - about a 35 year old women whose friends are all married and she's single and wants to get married but is scared of commitment - thanks a LOT Stephen Sondheim! Why would you write a play about this? Al...

Happy Friday GnGers! Thanks for your patience while Ryann recovered from the GUTS world tour - she shares her experience about seeing Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo (spoiler alert: hot dogs were eaten.) Jill doesn't really want to talk about Tori Spelling or Kanye West or a bunch of other things, but we discuss Tori and Dean a bit as well as go on a Jennie Garth tangent. Tori announced her d...

This might be the first episode in GNG history where Jillian's microphone is louder than Ryann's! AND we're both eating on the podcast this week! Speaking of eating, want to hear about Ryann's 24 hour stomach virus? No? Well, we're sorry then. The end of awards season makes Ryann physically sick! Who even watches live TV anymore these days? Jillian continues her Barbra Streisan...

We're bringing back the Underrateds! And discussing 2016 film, How to be Single, starring Anders Holm, Allison Brie, Leslie Mann, Nicholas Braun, Rebel Wilson, Damon Wayans Jr, and Dakota Johnson (in that order). Who would realize what AH and AB would come to mean to RM and what Cousin Greg would mean to the rest of the world. Nicholas Braun: child actor, my friends. We need to know how old al...

WARNING: If you have not yet finished Traitors Season 2, there are finale spoilers from 59:00 - 64:00!!! Come on over, come on over baby to episode 61 of Good Not Great!!! Jillian needs to brush up on her Mary-Kate and Ashley iconography! Does anyone else's legs shake when they sit on the toilet?! Ryann reveals a lot of herself at the start of this podcast, is anyone surprised? Over the weeken...