Well, Here We Are

Hannah loves museums. Suzanne really likes them. So, does this mean that you have to like them to? Hannah says no. And Hannah is smart so we should all listen to what she says. MMMMMKAY?   Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License . Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it . Link goes to a donation platform on o...

Friend of the pod Elyse Creelman, personal trainer and founder of Train Resilient , discusses how her training philosophy has changed over the past decade and the questions she asks her clients to consider. What does it mean to stay curious about movement? Why does our motivation matter? And how do we keep carving out space for grace through it all? This episode contains a swear (just one...and it...

It's Oscar season, which means critics and movie fans are embroiled in debates about what makes a film (or performance) Oscar worthy. Hannah & Suzanne give you the definitive answer. NO NEED TO LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE. Also, we fail to mention at any point that the Academy Awards are scheduled for March 27, 2022. WRITE THAT DOWN.   Close, But No Cigar: The Bimodal Rewards to Prize-Seeking  ...

Hannah & Suzanne are in search of a new trash movie favorite. Will their little racoon hands ferret out a golden trash nugget in the form of 1996 John Woo film (the most Nicolas Cage movie to *not* have Nicolas Cage in it) Broken Arrow ? Can a movie be both deeply homoerotic and heteroerotic at the same time, all while not containing any nudity or smooches? And what is John Travolta's acc...

Hannah believes that "Persuasion" is the finest of Jane Austen's work. Can Suzanne be ... persuaded ... to also endorse that point of view? They discuss four major successful and attempted persuasions throughout the book and what Jane might be suggesting about the purpose and nature of influence. They also somehow manage to go almost the entire episode before discussing perhaps the...

In this episode of Suzplaining, Suzanne introduces Hannah to the cultural analysis lens of a postfeminist sensibility. What makes Kelly Clarkson, in our eyes, a postfeminist icon? Are we postfeminist icons? And what do romantic comedies, plastic surgery, and Amy Coney Barrett have to do with any of this? Come for the clickbaity title and stay to count how many times Hannah & Suzanne say things...

**This episode contains brief descriptions of violence that occurred on January 6, 2021.   On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists, many of them armed, stormed the US Capitol to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power as the 2020 presidential election results were in the process of being certified by Congress. Aaron Fritschner, deputy chief of staff for a Virgnian member of Congress, joins the pod t...

Hannah & Suzanne watch 12, that's right! 12! , made for TV Christmas movies, because they love Christmas and all of you, but kind of hate themselves. In doing so they meet 12 Christmas busy business women who only like business (John Mulaney™). The business of these ladies might technically be baking or advertising but their real business is falling in love. In this episode, Hannah &...

What do The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The British Museum, and the clothing company Everlane all have in common? At one time or another, Hannah and/or Suzanne have added them to the "Well, Here We Are" enemies list. What is the state of this list? Who is actually on it? And does anyone deserve to be removed from said list?   We also welcome back to the pod Karen Feagin (from &q...

Can a challenge really be considered a failure if you learned things along the way? In the second installment of their 30 Day Challenge series, Hannah & Suzanne try to better their mental health in these cold, rainy months, and are unsurprisingly completely surprised by what they encounter during the challenge. Come for the tantalizing, snack sized podcast episode which only contains 2-ish thi...

In a very spoooky episode of Hansplaining, Hannah takes Suzanne through the facts, figures, and fallacies of the European witch hunt craze. How is it that everything from storms, to the death of the elderly, to curdled milk began to be attributed to witches? And what are the 3-ish reasons that someone might confess to being a witch during this time period? Warning: Suzanne shares her friend's...

On October 5th, 2021, approximately 60,000 film and television crew members, as part of their labor union IATSE, authorized a labor strike in the event that contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down. A strike date was set but the strike never came as IATSE reached a tentative deal with the industry this past weekend. Why did IATSE authorize a str...

"We all need a blanket. Me, and you, and Stinkpot." It's cozy season aka fall (in the northern hemisphere) so Hannah & Suzanne introduce you to their three autumnal alter egos: the nostalgic self, the Instagram self, and their By Myself. What is it about fall that inspires so much delight and so much ire? Come for their semi-nuanced take on how nostalgia is commodified and stay...

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, harassment, intimate partner violence, and domestic abuse.   Hannah & Suzanne share yet another SUPER FUN PODCAST EPISODE, GUYS™, this time examining an administrative policy of one of America's most powerful corporations: the NFL and their personal conduct policy. What is the 1-ish thing that rules all other things for...

It's a celebration of female friendship EXTRAVAGANZA. Hannah & Suzanne celebrate two years of friendship by reminiscing about how they met, what their friendship means to them, and then, before things get too sentimental, they shift to discuss one of their favorite fictional friendships: Twyla and Alexis from Schitt's Creek .   What do Hannah & Suzanne remember about the day they...

It's Christmas in August! A totally legitimate and real holiday which Hannah & Suzanne have chosen to celebrate by watching nine-royalty-themed made for TV/streaming Christmas movies. Together they discuss the dating profile of these monarchs, why American women are the best matches for these pseudo-European princes, and why sick children play such a central role to the narratives. At the...

An episode marked by three things: 1) utter chaos, 2) our fascination with the flirtiest Austen hero in existence, and 3) more chaos. This is what happens when we go into a podcast sans detailed outline.   In today's pod, we look at Austen's first written novel (though not her first novel to be published) and discuss the cinematic elements of the book that lend itself well to, what we wo...

In this edition of Suzplaining, Suzanne draws connections between the screwball comedies of the 1930s/40s, long believed to be the pinnacle of the romantic comedy, and more contemporary romantic comedies. What is the foundation of the screwball comedy, and how have the rom-coms of the 2000s/10s adapted those elements to our contemporary courtship context? The conversation is a little funny, a litt...

Please note: This episode contains discussion of abusive practices in the film/tv industry. Though nothing explicit is shared, reports of abuse by both Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein are mentioned. This conversation occurs 18:40 - 28:00.    The hard stuff always goes down easier with a chaser. Which is why in this episode, Hannah & Suzanne dive into the 3-ish fears they have about trying to...

This time around the 'To Fan or Not to Fan' block, Hannah & Suzanne contemplate the wide world of comic books and determine if this universe (and all its sub universes) might be home to their newest hobby. The journey begins by cracking open Book 1 of Ta-Nehesi Coate's contribution to the Black Panther series. They then ask three questions as they consider whether future visits...

Hannah & Suzanne welcome Julie Jones - arts librarian, lover of dogs, and slow fashion enthusiast - to the pod to break down the complicated system of both slow and sustainable fashion. What does it mean to approach fashion and how we clothes ourselves in a sustainable manner? Does it require us to wear linen? Julie's 3-ish things (which bloom sneakily and were maybe there the whole time?...

In this edition of "Stream or Skip?," Hannah & Suzanne tackle the new AMC dark comey starring Annie Murphy (aka Alexis Rose), Kevin Can F**k Himself. Their 3-ish things start with the micro (the show itself) and move out to the macro (are women okay?).   At the end, they provide their assessment as to whether or not the show is streamable or skippable.   Visit us on Twitter or Instag...

In our second Hansplaining episode, Hannah answers a question she's routinely asked by her friends, colleagues, and students: why do babies in medieval and renaissance era look less like babies and more like little men who are about to flee the country for tax evasion? Hannah gives 3-ish reasons why those babies look like that, and along the way Suzanne gives her very spontaneous, very uninfo...

  In August 2019, the New York Times magazine published a special issue called "The 1619 Project." In the two years since the project's publication, discourse has moved beyond discussion of the triumphs of the project (and its creator Nikole Hannah-Jones)  and instead focused on perceived failures. And! We don't like that! Hannah & Suzanne highlight four individuals with ti...

Big things are happening on the pod!  Based on the sound quality, Suzanne is recording from a submarine or something, and  Hannah and Suzanne are finally  talking about  Schitt's Creek !    In a very special episode, they give you 18-ish things they love about Schitt's Creek (both the town and the show). Topics range from excellence in accents from one Moira Rose to the upbeat tragedies...