Cringewatchers

Alencia wants to hear you say it. Show watched: The Good Place, S1 Ep13, "Michael's Gambit" Special Guest: Alencia Johnson https://twitter.com/alenciajohnson Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Leila is binging The Lie That Binds podcast Lori is cringing at Red Scare Podcast Recommended reading: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/10/abortion-history-right-wh...

Leila and Lori are on their own. Show watched: Last Man on Earth S4 Ep 14 “Special Delivery” Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Host only episode! Lori is cringing at the UK scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda Leila is binging Sanditon Find us on Twitter and Instagram: @cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Related readings: The M...

Sabrina is choosing grace. Show watched: The 94th Academy Awards We want to hear from you, take our survey! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoOmxVtE5Vc_2bfPnXIIe3Cxk6ZZ1G1xMuMKJTqrV-oSDLnQ/viewform Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Leila is binging Standing Up (aka Drole) on Netflix https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/arts/television/standing-up-netflix.html?...

Ahead of our season 2 finale, we're rereleasing our live show season opener. Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Sesali wants us all to level up. Episode Discussed: Ted Lasso, Season 2, Episode 8 "Man City" Special guest: Sesali Bowen BUY HER BOOK! Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bad-fat-black-girl-sesali-bowen?varia...

Danielle's got 22 months! Show watched: Singe Drunk Female, S1Ep5 "Sober for the D and V" Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Danielle Tcholakian https://twitter.com/danielleiat Find us on Twitter and Instagram: @cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Related readings: The Unbearable Horniness of Getting Sober https://jez...

Six months into Texas' near total ban on abortion, we are rereleasing this special episode of Cringewatchers, taped in September. *** This is not Texas' first rodeo. For this special episode, we talked to Dr. Liza Fuentes, a senior research scientist at the Guttmacher Institute and Dr. Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation about what's going on i...

River is the sober Che Diaz Show watched: And Just Like That...Ep5 "Painfully Hip" Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: River Butcher https://www.riverbutcher.com/ River's comedy special A Different Kind of Dude is out now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgWBjutaBfw  Binging/Cringing: Leila is binging Alok Vaid-Menon's Book "Beyond the Gender Binary" Lori...

Heather is laughing at your mean tweets about her. Show watched: Kevin Can F**k Himself, S1, Ep1 (Pilot) Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Heather Havrilesky https://twitter.com/hhavrilesky Buy Heather's book! https://bookshop.org/books/foreverland-on-the-divine-tedium-of-marriage Binging/Cringing: Lori is cringing "feminist-baiting" for clicks includin...

Brittany thinks we're all Ediths Show watched: Downton Abbey, S1, Ep6 Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Brittany Luse https://twitter.com/bmluse Binging/Cringing: Leila is binging the second season of Nora from Queens Lori is binging the latest season of Queer Eye NYT profile of Brittany and her podcast cohost Eric Eddings on the relaunch of 'For Colore...

Bassey Hops Across the Pond Film watched: Love Actually Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Bassey Nyambi https://www.instagram.com/bnyambi/ Binging/Cringing: Leila and Lori share binges and cringes of the year Ad: Support your local abortion fund https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker create...

Soraya is team Tom. Show Discussed: Succession, S3 Ep5 "Retired Janitors of Idaho" Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Soraya Darabi https://twitter.com/sorayadarabi https://www.synchrony.com/business-schooled2.html Binging/Cringing: Lori is cringing at travel bans on Southern African countries Leila in binging the podcast Once Upon a Time at Bennington C...

Happy Thanksgiving! And thank you to our new subscribers, we are grateful for you and for all of our listeners. Today we're taking you back to where it all began. Enjoy the first ever episode of Cringewatchers. And if you haven't yet, support us on Patreon for early access to new episodes, invites to live events, shoutouts on the show and exclusive swag www.patreon.com/cringewatchers WARNING: This...

Cleo will not be silenced (but she wouldn’t mind sitting down once in a while) Show (Not Really) Discussed: Netflix' Dave Chapelle: The Closer Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Cleopatra Kambugu https://www.instagram.com/xulaye/ Binging/Cringing: Lori is cringing at that NYT article on interracial dating https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/style/interrac...

Francisco is taking sex ed to the streets. Episode Discussed: Sex Education, Season 2, Episode 8 Special guest: Francisco Ramirez https://franciscoramirez.com/ Binging/Cringing: Leila’s binging This Way Up Lori is cringing at the memory of Bill Clinton firing Joycelyn Elders Ad: Hot Bread Kitchen https://hotbreadkitchen.org/ Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan karenychan.com Judith Walker created...

Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers WARNING: This episode contains spoilers. Sesali wants us all to level up. Episode Discussed: Ted Lasso, Season 2, Episode 8 "Man City" Special guest: Sesali Bowen BUY HER BOOK! Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bad-fat-black-girl-sesali-bowen?variant=33097783214114 Listen to her podc...

This is not Texas' first rodeo. For this special episode, we talked to Dr. Liza Fuentes, a senior research scientist at the Guttmacher Institute and Dr. Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation about what's going on in Texas, what it means for abortion rights in the U.S. and what people can do to counter and prevent draconian attacks on our right to...

Get your custom Cringewatchers mug by becoming a squad-level member by the end of August! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers WARNING: This episode contains spoilers. Samhita is having a tepid girl summer. Episode Discussed: Mare of Easttown, Season 1, Episode 4 "Poor Sisyphus" Special guest: Samhita Mukhopadhyay https://www.samhitamukhopadhyay.com/ Binging/Cringing: Leila’s cringing at the U.S. men's...

Charlotte wants us to remember the battle for Stalingrad Episode Discussed: Schitt's Creek, Episode 14, Season 6 “Happy Ending" Special Guest: Charlotte Shane, essayist and author of Prostitute Laundry https://twitter.com/CharoShane Binging/Cringing: Leila is binging The Parisian Agency (L'Agence) on Netflix Lori is cringing at the makers of Stillwater ripping off Amanda Knox' life story Tweet thr...

Dr. Phillips is our seatbelt on the emotional rollercoaster of fertility. Episode Discussed: Master of None, Season 3, Episode 4 "Moments in Love: Chapter 4" Special Guest: Dr. Kameelah Phillips Follow her @drkameelahsays on Instagram and check out her practice at www.callawomenshealth.com Binging/Cringing: Leila is binging Physical on Apple TV+ Lori is cringing at a 4th of July post from Mark Zuc...

Angela isn’t easily impressed - but we got pretty close. Episode Discussed: High Maintenance, Episode 2, Season 4 “Trick” Special Guest: Angela Chen, author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex http://www.angelachen.org/ Binging/Cringing: Lori is binging clips of Olympic track star Sha'Carri Richardson's unforgettable hug with her grandma Leila is cringing...

Twanna ponders whether it's ever a good idea to have sex with your ex. Episode Discussed: Insecure, Episode 8, Season 4 “Lowkey Happy” Special Guest: Twanna Hines twannahines.com and everywhere online @funkybrownchick Binging/Cringing: Lori is binging Flatbush Misdemeanors. Leila is binging We Are Lady Parts. We endorse: The Insecuritea Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insecuritea-the...

Janna invites us all to be a little more quartz curious. Episode Discussed: Watchmen, Episode 3, “She Was Killed by Space Junk” Special Guest: Janna Zinzi https://www.jannazinzi.com/ Binging/Cringing: Lori is cringing at Naomi Wolf's antivax shenanigans Leila is binging Two Set Violin https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAzKFALPuF_EPe-AEI0WFFw For more on "The dysfunctional sex of Watchmen" check out...

Rachel and withdrawal are finally getting the respect they deserve. Episode Discussed: Bridgerton, Episode 5, “The Duke and I” Binging/Cringing: Leila’s binging Netflix’ “The One” Lori’s cringing at pearl clutchers at the Grammys Special Guest: Rachel Jones https://twitter.com/rachelj5 Rachel's original commentary on withdrawal: https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2009/does-withdrawal-deserve-...

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers. Reshma just has one question: Who DOES that? Episode Discussed: The Undoing, Episode 1 "The Undoing" (If you haven't watched and are planning to watch The Undoing, we discuss the pilot throughout but then give the ending away around minute 28. If you're ok with mild spoilers, just skip from about 28:00-30:30.) Binging/Cringing: Lori's binging Call My Agent...

A podcast about sex on TV by Lori Adelman and Leila Darabi.