No Story Is Sacred

It’s a fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode Pippin and Brendan talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons ! Mostly because they’re the only one’s who’ve played it. New Horizons is available on the Nintendo Switch. Content warnings for strong language, references to home ownership, discussion of spiders. We reference or spoil: Animal Crossing: New Horizons , Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp...

In this episode we discuss the 2012 film The Cabin in the Woods. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or Hulu .  Content warnings for strong language, gore, violence, misogyny, college age kids dying by the droves, sexual content, depictions of rural Americans as creepy, discrete mathematics, and the siblings being jerks to Pippin about her legitimate and understandable dislike of horr...

In this episode we discuss the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or Netflix . Content warnings for strong language, discussions of violence, and references to child slavery. We reference or spoil: Patrick Explains The Mask of Zorro (And Why It’s Great) , Zorro universe , The Scarlet Pimpernel , Batman universe , Robin Hood universe , Spider-Man: Into th...

In this episode we play an artificial intelligence driven text adventure. You can find it at https://play.aidungeon.io/ Content warnings for strong language, violence, mass casualty incidents, character death, Brendan going blue to a delightful degree, and inappropriate Bugs Bunny jokes. While we reference slightly the current state of world affairs, it is not mentioned outright and is not dwelled...

In this episode we discuss the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or Netflix . Content warnings for strong language, discussion of dead bodies, discussion of “daddy” and infantalism kinks, references to colonialism, and too much information about antique cars no one cares about except Kat. We reference or spoil: Ford v. Ferrari , The Court Je...

In this episode we discuss the 2000 video game Final Fantasy IX. You can buy it online on Steam , Amazon or Nintendo Switch . Content warnings for strong language and conversations surrounding death. We reference or spoil: Final Fantasy I , Final Fantasy VII , Final Fantasy VIII , and the works of William Shakespeare . The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com . Don’t forget to...

In this episode we discuss the 2003 film The Core. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or iTunes . Content warnings for strong language, inappropriate levels of Boston pride, Benji’s dog collar, and even worse sex jokes than usual. We reference or spoil: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure , John Mulaney ‘s Kid Gorgeous , John Mulaney’s New in Town , Star Trek (200...

It’s a fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about time travel! Content warnings for strong language, time travel, and a wild idea of what can reasonably be defined as a “mini” episode. We reference or spoil: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells , The Zybourne Clock , “ A Hazy Shade of Winter ” by The Bangles , The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , “ It’s My Party ” by Les...

In this episode we discuss the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or iTunes . Content warnings for strong language, discussions of self-harm, referenced parent death, and deep Catholic wonkery. We reference or spoil: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown , the Catholic Apocrypha , the First Council of Nicaea , La Femme Nikita , Mission: Impossible , the Knights Templ...

It’s a new year, which calls for a new story! In this episode we discuss ghost stories, because Kat asked us to. Content warnings for strong language, ghosts, ghost romance, ghost nipples, death, and faster than light travel We reference or spoil: Ghostbusters franchise, all art is political, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , “ The Dreadful Ghost ” folksong, Richard Siken “ what is a ghost ” poem”...

In this episode we discuss the 2013 film Snowpiercer. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or Netflix . Content warnings for strong language, cacannibalism, trains, drug abuse, capitalism, industrialist metaphors, social class metaphors, revolution!!, institutional child abuse, bugs, and bad train puns. We reference or spoil: That Chris Evans worth the UTI post , Avengers: Infinity War , Th...

Stuff happened and we weren’t able to record an episode for this week. Unwilling to leave you without this week, we’re rereleasing our episode about the 2016 movie Passengers . You can rent the movie online from Amazon , iTunes , or YouTube . Content warnings for abusive relationships, suicide, strong language, and violence. We also reference or spoil: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Sleeping Beauty , T...

In this episode we discuss the 2005 film Constantine. You can watch it online on YouTube , Amazon or Hulu . Content warnings for strong language, suicide, body horror, literal spiders, a lot of sex jokes, and being super Catholic on main. We reference or spoil: Jacking Gehenna by Mirabella, Hellblazer comics, Star Trek: Voyager ‘s “ The Chute “, The Good Place , Friends ’ episode...

In this episode we discuss the 2002 anime Princess Tutu. You can watch it online on Amazon or Hulu . Content warnings for strong language, abuse and abusive relationships, dance fights, and continually saying “Swan Lake” when we actually mean “The Nutcracker” We reference or spoil: Edgar Allen Poe ‘s “ The Raven “, The Nutcracker , Swan Lake , Night on Bald Mountain , John Mulane...

It is another 5th Wednesday! This time, while we are all off Trick-or-Treating, we have for you an audiobook of “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton (listen to our episode about the short story) that was recorded and edited by Kat for our patreon ! So take a load off, and ponder the existence of barbaric kings, barbaric princesses, tigers just trying to make it in this tough w...

In this episode we discuss the 1955 movie The Court Jester. You can watch it online on iTunes , Amazon , or Youtube . Content warnings for strong language, discussions of rape, rape culture, and gaslighting. We reference or spoil: The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe , Robin Hood , lower deck stories , “there was only one bed” trope , Hamlet , NSIS: The Producers , Joker (2019) and associated...

In this episode we discuss an original tabletop campaign idea by Brendan, “Escape from Flavor Town.” Content warnings for strong language, slight reference to the sexual assault allegations against Mario Batali, and terrible puns. We reference or spoil: Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives ; Dungeons & Dragons ; Six-String Samurai ; Curse of Strahd D&D campaign; Shakespeare ‘s Hamlet ;...

In this episode we discuss the 2016 television show The Good Place. You can watch it online on iTunes , Amazon , or Netflix . Content warnings for strong language, philosophy, and mentions of clam chowder. We reference or spoil: “ Hell is other people .” – Jean-Paul Sartre , “ Hell Is the Absence of God ” by Ted Chiang , The Twilight Zone episode “ Five Characte...

In this episode we discuss the 1988 movie A Fish Called Wanda. You can watch it online on iTunes , Amazon , or Youtube . Content warnings for strong language, discussions of violence, animal abuse and death, sexism, homophobia, implied incest, and enthusiastic fangirling of Kevin Kline We reference or spoil: Reservoir Dogs , Leverage , The Shape of Water , John Wick , Much Ado About Nothing , Mont...

In this episode instead of four siblings talking about A Fish Called Wanda, three siblings discuss the video game franchise The Legend of Zelda. Various games are available at all major retailers . Content warnings for strong language, references to giant spiders, being Catholic on main, and discussions of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey time travel shenanigans, violence, death, and a brief foray into b...

In this episode we discuss the 2015 movie 50 Shades of Grey. You can watch it online on iTunes , Amazon , or Youtube . Content warnings for strong language and discussions of sexual content, unsafe sexual practices, relationship abuse, stalking, violations of social and expressed boundaries, physical and sexual child abuse, and rape. We reference or spoil: Master of the Universe , Pride and Prejud...

It’s a fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about conventions! Content warnings for strong language and embarrassing childhood stories. We reference: International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions conferences, World Science Fiction Convention , Noreascon , Return to Oz , and Readercon The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com The post Minisode...

In this episode we discuss the 1966 movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. You can watch it online on iTunes , Amazon , or Youtube . Content warnings for strong language, discussions of sex work and sexual slavery, failures in disability representation, mysogyny, fat-shaming, and kink shaming Greek gods. We reference or spoil: The Producers , Blazing Saddles , Law and Order: Special...

In this episode we discuss the 2003 movie What a Girl Wants. You can watch it online on Netflix , Amazon , or Youtube . Content warnings for strong language, discussions related to Electra complexes, racial and socioeconomic differences, and American opinions of British politics. We reference or spoil: The Princess Diaries , William Douglas-Home ‘s “ The Reluctant Debutante “, Ja...

In this episode we once again play a game of our own devising called “Wheel of Tropes.” We use random TV Tropes , results from Rory’s Story Cubes , story titles from “ The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection “, edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow , and entries from Diana Wynne Jones ‘s The Tough Guide to Fantasyland to create a new story...