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WE ARE BACK FROM THE DEAD! Rising like the bloody corpse of your favorite vocalist after they’ve been stabbed and stabbed and stabbed by a clown, Honey This Podcast makes its triumphant return! As we discuss at the outset, this episode is a bit cobbled together with some reflections on the tour from mid-August as well as some thoughts on fascism from before the tour even launched (terrible audio i...

*tap tap tap* Hello? Is this thing on? We’re BACK with hot, fresh updates from the When We Were Young Festival and a raucous celebration of Miss Black Parade’s 18th Birthday. Topics include being juice famous, casino grime, Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We’re Famous, the people’s princess Geoff Rickly, barricade dedication, ten or eleven swords, the Polka King of Waterbury, Connecticut, Girl, So C...

Hey gang, it’s goth dyke Trixie and Katya here to bring you a VERY overdue episode about illness and disability in Part 2 of our Angels in America episode! We’ve got a lot of reading this week, from revisiting Angels in America to Susan Sontag to Eli Clare. We’re exploring metaphors of illness and cure and how they work in Angels in America and in the Black Parade. Topics include,: Susan Sontag’s...

We are back and we’re answering asks from July! Sorry for the delay, we are busy guys but we love bringing you this podcast! This episode we talk about the barbie movie, gender babies shitting in their god damn diapers, a thrilling guest appearance from the spider on Maren’s ceiling, a call for filmmakers, Frank Reverb Sale, command-f-ing Frerard, the Byronic poet, a quick trip to AO3, new music o...

Frantic cuts! Title cards! 2 hours of Give ‘em Hell on a loop! This week we’re reviewing beloved fan resource and seminal documentary Life on the Murder Scene. We’re talking about truth and documentaries, the archetypical rockstar, and how this film shaped early fan lore and community. Topics include: wild guesses as to when the film was released, Paris is Burning, A Hard Day’s Night, atmospheres...

LOOK UP! Prepare the way! Welcome to PART ONE of our angels episodes! This week we talk about angels and how they factor into world religions, MCR, and the play Angels in America. We are NOT theology students but we ARE drawing some unexpected connections to dig into the connections between religion and queerness in MCR. Topics include: Frank’s reverb sale, angel droppings, translating ancient Heb...

We are THRILLED to present our first bonus episode! Our ask box is stacked full of amazing comments and questions from you, dear listeners, and we’ll be releasing some special episodes to keep the conversation going and respond to our asks! Topics include: Team Jacob, draculoids, TV All The Television, the wikipedia page for gobstoppers, alien gender, fantastic shittiness, the other jewel thief, K...

Do you like D&D, Audrey Hepburn, and Fangoria? Have you ever felt… curious? This week we’re diving into the extensive collection of MCR’s music videos and exploring the power of feminine characters and the narratives the videos shape about masculinity. We’ve got crisp and clean new audio, so tune in to hear us review each video and dig into the lore behind its making. Topics include: getting h...

One hour episode dissecting Millions when? One hour episode dissecting Millions NOW! In this special bonus ep we are digging into the glittery scuzzy glammy world of Hesitant Alien. We’re talking about the band breakup, liminality, and fame, and we’re dissecting a song which is certainly and unequivocally about jewel thieves. Topics include: Our tin foil hats, dreams, the Gerard “she”, longing and...

Welcome to the first day of Gender Studies 101! In this episode your esteemed professors take you through foundational gender theory texts: we’re talking about Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, Leslie Fienberg, and Michel Foucault. We’re also wading through the discourse about how we talk about Gerard’s gender, and what does it actually mean to be trans anyway? We also respond to some of our Tumblr as...

It’s our LONGEST and SPOOKIEST episode yet! This week we talk about our favorite movie monsters, vampires and zombies, and discuss queer themes in horror movies. We dig into how these monsters were represented in film in the 70s and 80s and how they went on to influence vampires and zombies in My Chemical Romance.  Topics include: fanfiction in 2105, “the gothic”, groaning and boning, monster...

That's right, the long awaited affect theory episode is here and we are terrified that our former college professor might listen. This episode we talk about collective effervescence at concerts, online vs in person bodily experience, and what even is affect theory anyway. Topics include: woo-woo theory, why we're scared of this episode, haunted houses, Durkheim time, time travel, multiple versions...

OUTFIT ALERT! They’ve done it again. Gerard Way knows how Joan of Arc felt, and in this episode we break down how her life, death, and canonization shape the way faith, nationalism, and gender nonconformity work in MCR. Topics include: a brief political and religious history of 15th century Europe, The Crucible, girlboss Joan, the modesty of being burned at the stake, the squid interview, our cano...

We are BACK from our massive cross-country road trip to see American Rock Band My Chemical Romance perform live and in the flesh in the year 2022. In this episode we recap our queueing and touring experiences and share some of our plans for upcoming episodes of this show! Topics include: 20 questions, unhinged hyperbole, intimate eye contact with Ray Toro, queue tips, barricade poutine, My Chemica...

We're bringing you breaking news on the category 5 gender event in Nashville. We're shedding real tears for queer joy. Gerard Way wore a cheerleading uniform. Topics include: the patron saint of making it to MCR shows, pleats, reading the text, Judy B in the room, Maren attempts cheerleading, Fangoria, the Madonna/whore complex, the awe/horny cycle, Natasha Lyonne, our shared history as gleeks, ho...

And we’re back! We’re having a sticky boy summer and gearing up for the US tour, and we’ve got some hot fresh analysis in the meantime. This episode we focus on legacy, queer time, and living forever (and we FINALLY talk about Danger Days). Topics include: Eddie Munson, afterlives, cheers thanks for the venom, Hanif Abdurraqib, basting the rotisserie chicken of My Chemical Romance, the AIDS crisis...

WELCOME BACK! This week we DIY our own critical gender theory with a focus on the Demolition Lovers. Who are they? How many different ways can we read them? What’s up with all the mirrors? Topics include: pride month shenanigans, weekend waffle report, the MCR extended universe (MCREU), liminality, Rocky Horror, theory that’s kinda bullshit maybe not, desire, death to gender, bringing the writer i...

Your humble podcast dads discuss Notes on Camp (1964) by Susan Sontag and what is camp about MCR. Topics include: glamor that has rolled around in the dirt, la Sagrada Familia, The Great Rock Opera of the 2000s, wilting hand gestures, basic subtraction, the Pro Rev public kiss-in, the yassification of emo, pure melodrama, the Blood music video, making the serious frivolous, and our favorite m...