Light Treason

Ep 178: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs the NYT Magazine's interview with Nicholas Cage and series on the Summer of Scammers and Allison recs Once Upon A Time In Hollywood In bad news: El Paso mass shooting and white nationalist terrorism (and Trump grinning like an idiot and giving a thumbs-up while Melania holds a mass shooting orphan), Dayton mass shooting, Missouri man causes panic entering a...

p 177: Erek (@erek_smith) helps field some Patreon recs/questions about This Podcast Will Kill You and if improv can help us respond to microaggressions and recs Cutthroat Kitchen, I Learned Nothing, and Gouge Oa, while Allison recs The Lighthouse trailer, the last season of Orange Is The New Black, Sugar Rush, Derry Girls season 2, The Menendez Brothers: Erik Tells All, Orville Peck, and Ariana G...

Ep 176: Allison recs the Mr. Rogers trailer, Blown Away, Stormyz's Vossi Bop, Chance The Rapper's The Big Day, and anti-recs Casey Affleck's fantasy about all the bad ladies being gone, The Hateful Eight, Big Little Lies' finale, and Secret Obsession (but like, in a fun way) In bad news: US-born teen detained for weeks by CBP says he was told "you have no rights," Supreme Court says Trump can use...

Ep 175: Erek (@erek_smith) talks about his new podcast Bass'd On A True Story (@bassedpod) and recs Pup's Morbid Stuff, while Allison plugs her show at UCB Hell's Kitchen tomorrow July 22 at 6 PM and recs: the new trailer for It, Top Of The Lake, The Terror season 1, and the new season of Queer Eye, and anti-recs the Cats trailer. What's your earliest memory of watching something on TV or in a mov...

Ep 174: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) shares a story about Megan Rapinoe and recs Trapped, while Allison recs Instant Hotel, The Last Czars (kind of), I Love You, Now Die, anti-recs The Handmaid's Tale, and they have a long convo about Midsommar (ALL THE SPOILERS) In bad news: Mike Pence takes a little fascist vaycay at a border concentration camp, Carla Provost proves women can break the glass ceili...

Ep 173: Allison's Catholic guilt blames her for the L.A. earthquakes and she recs: The Heavens, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stranger Things season 3, Good Omens, Killing Eve season 2, and Big Little Lies In bad news: Trump's dumb tank parade, Judge is nice to a teen accused of rape because he came from a "good family," Trump admin said it wouldn't put citizenship question on the census and then Tru...

Ep 172: Faith (@bohemianfaith) recs Pose and Bisexual Horizons and Allison talks about Targetgeddon and recs watching Seth Meyers and Rihanna get drunk, E. Jean Carroll's brave testimonial about Trump raping her, the Doctor Sleep trailer, Big Little Lies, Handmaid's Tale (kind of), Outlander (kind of), and Los Espookys, and asks: What's in the suitcase? No episode next week due to Allison being in...

Allison shares a story about the kids from Stranger Things and reads Patreon questions/recs about Game of Thrones and Gentleman Jack. Also, recs for: When They See Us, Fleabag, Handmaid's Tale (SPOILERS), and Outlander In bad news: An expert on concentration camps says that's exactly what the U.S. is running at the border, Joe Biden doesn't know how to healthily interact with women and girls, the...

Ep 170: Rachel (@realslimchada) and Chloe (@itsthechew) rec: Fleabag, LP, Esti hummus (caramelized onion), and anti-rec the corporatization of Pride, while Allison recs: this viral How To Make An Old-Fashioned video, Always Be My Maybe, Black Mirror (kind of), and When They See Us Introducing....JOANY!!! In bad news: YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies, Joe Bid...

Ep 169: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Gotham by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace and Ma (no spoilers), and Allison recs: Nailed It, Riverdale season 3 (kind of), Chernobyl, and the Game of Thrones doc In bad news: Robert Mueller is fucking done with all of us, the future of abortion in Missouri remains shaky, and Trump just dismantled one of the last major protections keeping transgender people safe (g...

Ep 168: Allison discusses the Game of Thrones finale (mostly spoiler-free) and recs Veep's finale, Barry, and the new Westworld trailer. Allison's Patreon supporters can hear her bonus episode of Game of Thrones with The Struggle Bus's Sally Tamarkin! In bad news: Sexism! Washington Post freaks out that Elizabeth Warren was paid a reasonable fee for providing legal services and videos of Nancy Pel...

Ep 167: Allison discusses the upcoming last episode of Game of Thrones and recs: Tuca and Bertie, new albums from Megan Thee Stallion, The National, and Carly Rae Jepson, and Chernobyl and Oscar At The Crown Allison's Patreon supporters can hear her bonus episode of Game of Thrones with The Struggle Bus's Sally Tamarkin! In bad news: Alabama passes the most restrictive abortion law in the country,...

Ep 166: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Chernobyl and The People's Republic of Walmart, while Allison recs Adam Sandler's SNL, Vampire Weekend, the new trailers for It and Spider-Man: Far from Home, Bringing Down The House, and anti-recs Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, and they discuss bitter, washed up hacks Allison's Patreon supporters can hear her bonus episode of Game of Thrones with The S...

Ep 165: Allison talks about Burger King's dystopian marketing campaign, answers a Patreon question about seeing movies alone, and discusses Avengers: End Game (NO SPOILERS), Game of Thrones (BIG OL' SPOILERS), and how Arya is not a Mary Sue Recommended reading: The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence Men Have No Friends And Women Bear the Burden In bad news: Trump repeats lie that doctors "execute" newb...

Ep 164: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show to talk Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and Allison recs Avengers: End Game (NO SPOILERS), Game of Thrones (SPOILERS), The Magicians finalé (SPOILERS), and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson The online hangout for Allison's $10/month+ supporters is TODAY @ 7 PM ET In bad news: Joe Biden is running for president, Trump thinks General Lee was o...

Ep 163: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Jeopardy while Allison recs: The GoT premiere (SPOILERS), Beyoncé's Homecoming, Billie Eilish, SNL (and BTS), and The Heavens by Sandra Newman Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: The full redacted Mueller report and the crowdfunding to rebuild Notre Dame proves money exists to f...

Ep 162: Erek (@erek_smith) recs What A Time To Be Alive and I Learned Nothing, while Allison recs: Old Town Road, the new Star Wars trailer, Killing Eve, SNL with Kit Harington, The Runaways, and It Could Happen Here Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: Bret Easton Ellis is an even bigger asshole than you previ...

Ep 161: Your baby bird is flying solo again! Recs for: the Joker trailer, the Twilight Zone reboot pilot which is available on YouTube, Sandra Oh on SNL and in Killing Eve, and an anti-rec for the OA season 2, and what superhero would you be? Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: Creepy Uncle Joe, the U.S. is tr...

Ep 160: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs US (SPOILERS), The Sound Of My Voice, and Between on Netflix, and Allison recs season 2 of the OA and the Madeline McCann doc Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: Robert Mueller's investigation resulted in indictments and guilty pleas from 34 people and three companies bu...

Ep 159: Allison flies solo! Recs for: Us (no spoilers), the Stranger Things Season 3 trailer, Queer Eye, Shrill, and an anti-rec for The Inventor Allison's Patreon supporters can watch her short Hum right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/hum-2019-25509854 In bad news: J.K. Rowling's shitty fan fiction of her own work, teachers shot with plastic pellets during active-shooter trainings, Chick-fil-...

Ep 158: Faith (@bohemianfaith) joins the show to help answer Patreon questions/read recs for: Kim's Convenience, a better ending for Lost, how witches are responding to Trump, and their fav vegan meals, recs Virginia Woolf, and Allison recs Pen15 and shares a beautiful St. Patrick's Day story In bad news: Terrorist kills 49 Muslims in New Zealand mosque attacks, the bizarre defense of Chelsea Clin...

Ep 157: Rachel (@RealSlimChada) recs David Keenan and Léon and Allison recs Captain Marvel, Leaving Neverland, Solange and Hozier's new albums, and shouts-out Luke Perry In bad news: R. Kelly's tantrum, Paul Manafort is sentenced to less than four years in prison while Jussie Smollett faces 16 felony counts, and Meghan McCain's white lady tears In good news: JPMorgan backs away from private prison...

Ep 156: Meredith @(MeredithLClark) joins the show to rec You Bet Your Life and Allison answers a Patreon question about The Umbrella Academy (it's an anti-rec for Allison!) and recs The Magicians In bad news: Green Book wins the Oscar for Best Picture, Michael Cohen's testimony was a moment for grandstanding and little else, CPAC tries to rebrand abortion as infanticide, Dianne Feinstein unloads o...

Ep 155: Katey (@khealywu) recs My Cat From Hell and Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver, while Allison recs Russian Doll and Abducted In Plain Sight, and they give their 2019 Oscar predictions In bad news: Jussie Smollett allegedly lied about hate crime, the first mammal goes extinct from climate change, and Bernie is running and we're about to relive 2016 In good news: Thousands of young people stage m...

Ep 154: Erek (@erek_smith) recs The Dropout podcast and Allison recs The Man In The High Castle, Russian Doll, and Winky the dog, and anti-recs Velvet Buzzsaw and the dumbest pen of all time In bad news: The confusing girl-power message of the Grammys, Trump declares a national emergency to get his wall, the wild attacks against Ilhan Omar, and Ryan Adams is canceled for being a creepy predator In...