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In this short and sweet Alt Shakespeare episode, Heather and Rian reconsider ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (1990). Topics include, Heather watched WEAPONS (2025) and Rian is gardening ; this movie could be part of a "movies that are just talking" series (which Rian would hate); Rian admits she also grows weary of Shakespearean language; heart goggles for Tim Roth and Gary Oldma...

Continuing their Alt Shakespeare summer series, this week, Heather and Rian revisit 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999), the meme-able nostalgia romcom. Topics include emotions living under your double chin; teaching is like a reality TV show with a new cast each year and graduation is the season finale; ALICE AND STEVE (2026-) and defining bingeing; introducing children to Flight of the Conchords;...

In this PRIDE episode, Rian and Heather revisit Baz Lurhmann 's iconic, excessive, messy ROMEO + JULIET (1996) to continue their summer series, Alt Shakespeare . Apologies for the issues with Heather's audio. Topics include free trials: an ADHD nightmare; Rian's having a 90s summer: cash and checks only ; Heather resists Rian's attempts to make her fck with the Kardashians via...

Welcome to Season 5 of the I LOVE YOU BUT Davis Sisters Podcast! Heather and Rian celebrate summer with an Alt Shakespeare theme , starting with Orson Welles' bloated opus, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965). In this Mothers' and Fathers' Day Episode , topics include a book about Falstaff; baking misadventures and canned green beans; THE BOROUGHS (2026-); we are NOT THE GOONIES (1985)—we are...

In a hiatus bonus episode, Heather quizzes Rian on famous auteurs (aka directors), trivializing their work with the classic FMK game (fornicate, marry, unalive). Directors subjected to their whimsy include John Waters, David Lynch, Mike Nichols, Amy Heckerling, Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Alfonso Cuarón, and Sofia Coppola.  Season 5 will begin soon! The Davis Sisters will explore Alt Shakespear...

Finally Heather and Rian found a fever dream in EMPIRE RECORDS (1995), a mid-90s time capsule of white middle-class American teens! Topics include Easter Plans, Heathens, and Buddhism; ethical debates of social media; IMPERFECT WOMEN , TRAVEL MAN , and BAIT with Riz Ahmed; this is not a John Mulaney fan podcast, and Rian is not a professional comedian; Rian's best-ever how she wasted time; ca...

Upon rewatch, Heather and Rian found the 90s fever dream of DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999) to be a super problematic. Topics include fragile white feelings and no kings; the Other Heather (and Kyle); Rian hiding money from herself like John Mulaney ; school picture day bribes; Heather's audio book is out !; more time and a DVD player; SPICE WORLD and THE SECRET AGENT and SANCTUARY ; Holy White Gir...

Upon rewatch, Heather and Rian found the 90s fever dream of CAN'T HARDLY WAIT  (1998) to be a nightmare. Topics include a crumpled frog and witchy business ; Wally Pleasant ; wifi (the fifth element); using up all the math; PROJECT HAIL MARY , Heather's unhinged review; paying to watch commercials; THE WEST WING 's hopeful optimism is unwatchable right now; cosplaying M@GA and the s...

 Hey, can you believe we've kept this crap up for three years?* To celebrate you and us, we put together this brief compilation of different soundbites from seasons one, two, and three. For your reference: SEASON 1 EPISODES This is Not a Geography Podcast (Dukes of Hazzard / Three's Company) The Original Incel (Mannequin) Mmmmm Finger Milk (Small Wonder / The Electric Grandmother) Millen...

Heather and Rian give themselves over to the 90s fever dream of ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION  (1997). Topics include apologizing to Ireland; fighting with an ISP; DARK WINDS; BEETLEJUICE; THE BRIDE! ; ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Mother Maya's blessing; Harry Potter, I mean Harry Styles ; chakras (yes, chakras); the High Janeane Garofalo Era ; hoping that your bladder can hold;...

Heather and Rian wrap up the series on vintage capitalism and throw all their whiteness at the legendary SET IT OFF (1996). Topics include THE NIGHT MANAGER and ÉTOILE and Timothée Chalamet ; The Harry Styles Album; the REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS let Rian down; a billion dollars a day; Rian's better because she cried but The Shins are too happy; WUTHERING HEIGHTS and Heather is still th...

The I LOVE YOU BUT podcast presents LASTING IMPRESSIONS: A MODERN PRIDE & PREJUDICE , the audio book , written and read by co-host, Heather, under her pen name, Heather Denton. Following a brief intro and a five-minute sample of the audio book, the Davis Sisters chat about Heather's love letter to Jane Austen ; talk sh-t about other Austen adaptations; and invoke Shakespeare and Chaucer ....

Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and giggle about I ❤️HUCKABEES (2004). Topics include THE BEAUTY and ironic advertising; THE NIGHT MANAGER and the undeniable straightness of Tom Hiddleston ; Olympic Condom Math; are you curling curious?; making it awkward all of the time; Rian's teaching philosophy on a t-shirt; the plarn is back; the cat's secret family; foot...

Heather and Rian present a bonus episode after a beating of a week. Topics include trips to the ER, the Y, and Cracker Barrel, oh my!; emergency contacts; super quick fun, super depressing bonus; Elliot's hot takes on the I HEART HUCKABEES soundtrack; travel; demon smut (aka Charlotte Stein books); not getting sponsors; and even more!   If you like this podcast, please consider offsetting pro...

Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and have a lot to say about Terry Gilliam 's Brazil (1985). Topics include mourning Catherine O'Hara and celebrating the genius of Schitt's Creek ; a text from Emily Gilmore ; powering through Bridgerton ; film dudes and Venn diagrams; Brazil is a Christmas Movie; fast-forwarding from behind a shirt; this is feeling very rea...

Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and are not that into Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), but their teenaged babysitter wasn't allowed to watch it when they did. Topics include Winterpocalypse 2026; having old friends; ambient fascism ; "Who's Afraid of Roger Rabbit"; plarn bathmats for the homeless; but like why do people like this movie?; the only 8-yea...

Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and gush about Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Topics include making friends as an adult; dairy-related conversations; Rain and her ROBH ; fighting buildings; a pristine video rental history ; this movie is a primer for sexual devi@nts; the appeal of sliding ladders; laundry soup; because "melting"; m...

Heather and Rian continue the series on vintage capitalism and try to solve the plot holes of 9 TO 5 (1980). Topics include it was Rian's birthday!; talking sht after soup parties; shout out to the haters; two-hour therapy sessions; stealing bread from the elders; Lily Tomlin's fantasy is the best; this movie radicalized Heather; Foucault and the self-policing of an open office ; the Xer...

In the season four premiere, Heather and Rian kickoff a series on vintage capitalism and relish the millennial excess of JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS (2001). Topics include scrolling to the end of Netflix ; Matthew Rhys , the shy little Welsh boy; the full Jamie Campbell Bower effect; EMDR , setting boundaries, and hating phone calls; capitalism is an untenable virus; we love fake boy bands ; stupid...

In the last of the Holidaze theme , Heather and Rian celebrate their whiteness with WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954). Topics include Little Debbie Christmas Tree snack cakes, eating disorders, and food planning; more Grinch stuff; QUEER and John Waters and please take a shower, sir; a BARBIE rewatch; the whitest Christmas movie ever made; policing Christmas; Mom commentary; Edith Head!; minstrel shows; not...

In the penultimate of the Holidaze theme , Heather and Rian go off about RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964), A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965), and DR. SUESS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966). Topics include having no time for emotions and yet making time for holiday emotional labor; a parenting win; rotating a karate costume like hot dogs in a gas station; cash me outside, the cleane...

Continuing the Holidaze theme , Heather and Rian wax nostalgic about  A CHRISTMAS STORY  (1983). Topics include ADHD Home Depot holiday shopping; hobbling with a tree cane; Sky Mall; bacchanalias, baby; the romance of a white christmas; sumptuous writing and complicated narratives; all those spitty teeth; shiny cowboy costumes; we will never not talk about gender inequity; shouting christmas carol...

Continuing the Holidaze theme , Heather and Rian call shenanigans on MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947). Topics include baking shows and decorating; loving a skeptical child; naming reindeer; going to Denny's after the musical; putting an asterisk next to French Canadians; the uneasy marriage of Christmas and capitalism; fat-shaming; holding space for sneezes; lying to children and old people (and...

In the first of the Holidaze theme , Heather and Rian relish  MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS  (1944). Topics include sleep and gifts; Costco on Saturdays; fun, awkward interactions; just call your mom a sloppy b!tch; HOT FROSTY; the vat of ketchup; a man of many fun hats; showering before dinner; dads and phones; Judy Garland Sad Facts; Pitch Perfect but with old songs; Was Gen X the last interesting genera...

In the final of the Fairytale Fall theme , Heather and Rian revisit SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) on perhaps the worst week to watch a fairy tale. Topics include indispensable kittens; voting as a waste of time; GBBO (we love you, Nelly!); RIVALS; 53% of white women; Brené Brown; depressing and secret conversations; Heather is ready to be informed on; SLEEPING BEAUTY, a story of three middle-aged, unmarr...