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We've come to the end (for the moment) of our drawn-out conversation on Westerns, and we hope you have had as much fun as we have! To cap everything off, we're talking about the Neo-Western - the Western set in modern times, with more cars than horses but just as many cowboy hats. Homework for the episode: No Country for Old Men (2007, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) and Hell or High Water (2016, dir. D...

Hail and well met and apologies! Life got the better of us, but we finally have a new episode for you. Maren and Martha watched the 2020 Jane Austen adaptation Modern Persuasion (dir. Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki) and critics agree: that certainly was a movie they watched.

It's still Westerns month, and on this episode, Martha gets to fully wallow in the nexus point of several of her interests: critiquing masculinity, cowboys, and the films of Kelly Reichardt. Pete is a general good sport about all of it. Homework for the episode: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone) and First Cow (2020, dir. Kelly Reichardt)

Sorry this one's a little late! It's time to get the summer started with a solid summer teen film hiding a pretty dark secret. Today's movie is the 2021 Netflix original, Caught By A Wave (dir. Massimiliano Camaiti)

Yeehaw! It's the start of Westerns Month over here at the DYDYH Ranch. Too much? Probably! We're kicking the summer off with our first episode all about Westerns; specifically, about how Westerns engaged with the idea of a vanishing Frontier. Homework for the episode: Deadwood, episodes 1-5 (2004, created by David Milch), and The Wild Bunch (1969, dir. Sam Peckinpah)

Can you believe we talk about Desperados (2020, dir. LP) for almost a full hour and never get into the actual title? Shameful.

Look, it's really all about family. And Corona. Homework for the episode: Furious 7 (2015, dir. James Wan); Firefly 1.08, "Out of Gas" and 1.13, "Heart of Gold" (2002)

Girl, put your records on, because we got a new teen dance movie to discuss! Maren and Martha watch the German Netflix original, Into the Beat (2021, dir. Stefan Westerwelle).

Martha and Pete talk about how archival footage is used in two recent movies that both deal with the same time period: "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Judas and the Black Messiah". How are the primary source materials woven into these fictionalized depictions of historical events? Are they effective? Let's talk about it!

We accidentally did a miniseries on Groundhog Day scenarios, and we hope you have enjoyed them! For the final one (for now), we're looking at the 2018 Netflix original, When We First Me (dir. Ari Sandel).

Look, the original schedule had this episode dropping right after Easter, what do you want from us? Pete and Martha look at some New Testament storytelling, which is really about 90% tellings of the Passion of the Christ. Specifically, we're looking at The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese) and the live musical performance of Jesus Christ Superstar (2018, dir. David Leveaux and...

Today Maren and Martha take on the 2021 teen Groundhog Day Scenario flick, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (dir. Ian Samuels).

Pete and Martha finish their list of their Top 100 Media! Ranked lists are nonsense but we did our best.

Sorry this one's a little late, life and the holidays happened! Maren and Martha are hashing out the 2020 Netflix original, Love, Wedding, Repeat. Where they charmed or turned off? It sure was a movie we watched!

Can you believe we've been doing this for 100 EPISODES already? Dang! In celebration, Pete and Martha put their heads together to create the Top 100 List of Pop Culture. This list is difinitive and no more lists need to be made. This is Part 1: 100-51.

Netflix has a hot new YA adaptation all ready for us - we're serving up some MOXIE. Maren and Martha discuss performative allyship, activism, the ennui of being a teen and Clark Gregg.

We've all been in isolation for a YEAR, is it really that strange that we're all obsessed with sea shanties? Pete and Martha "celebrate" the anniversary of COVID driving us all inside by taking to the seas and discussing sea shanties, the Age of Sail, and fishing town thrillers. Homework for the episode: Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, dir. Peter Weir; Blow the Man Down (2019,...

Martha takes another stab at this Netflix original. Did she enjoy it? Only one way to find out... Today we're talking about the 2018 film Set It Up, directed by Claire Scanlon and starring Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell.

Have you ever wanted to spend a whole podcast episode listening to two nerds get down and dirty with their (arguably) favorite franchise? Have I got the show for you! Interviews referenced: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-fallen-worlds-of-philip-pullman https://www.ttbook.org/interview/his-dark-materials-author-philip-pullman-consciousness-all-things https://highprof...

Well, friends, we did it. At episode 40, Maren and Martha talk about the final movie in the trilogy that, if not STARTED it all, definitely contributed to the inspiration for this very podcast. We're talking the final adventures of Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kovinsky in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021, dir. Michael Fimognari).

We continue our exploration of food and comfort and why we just love to watch people cook so much. In this nonfiction episode, we're talking about the Netflix original series, Chef's Table and Salt Fat Acid Heat.

Sorry this is so late, friends! Blame the world! Maren and Martha take a look at a newish Netflix original, Love, Guaranteed (2020, dir. Mark Steven Johnson). It's nice to see Rachel Leigh Cook working! Maybe not in this so much, though. Warning: we do not say nearly as much about Cook's amazing wardrobe as we should have.

Will Pete ever stop letting Martha get away with fully self-indulgent episodes? Not as long as the homework is this fun. We start a discussion on our culture love affair with food and cooking by looking at two cartoons that celebrate food in all its glory: the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille (dir. Brad Bird and JenPinkava) and the 2015 anime series Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (dir. Yoshitomo Yonetani...

Today's discussion is THE PROM, the 2020 Netflix musical helmed by Ryan Murphy. Is Murphy's highest and best use directing teens in large scale dance numbers? There's no way to be sure.

Everything sucks, so why not talk politics? Pete and Martha can't help themselves, and examine the good, bad and the ugly of pop culture portrayals of politics. Homework for the episode: Wag the Dog (dir. Barry Levinson, 1997); The West Wing, episodes 2.4 ("The Midterms," 2000), 4.6 ("Game On," 2002), 7.17 ("Election Day: Part II," 2006).