Obsessed: A Podcast About Your Hyper-Fixations

Today on the pod we are doing a deep-dive into FANDOM!! We discuss fandom etiquette, the beauty of fandom community, why we will NEVER stop reading fanfiction, why fandom sometimes turns toxic, and what exactly fandom means to us. We LOVE being fangirls (for life!!) and we love everything about fandom: the good, the bad, the absolutely unhinged! All of it!! Fandom 4 ever. Get more at http://backdr...

Y’all. We are once again…GOING BACK TO DA PITT! But this time it’s EXTRA special because we are joined by actress Ambar Martinez who plays Nurse Kim Tate!!! Screaming!! We chat with Ambar about being visited by a newsie ghost, what’s it’s like being on the #1 hit show on TV, being a real-life ER Nurse, and why when it comes to acting, the role that’s meant to be yours will be YOURS!!! We also have...

This week we are traveling to our emotional support cursed island, WIDOW’S BAY!!!!!! Join us as we talk about the incredible first season, all of the exciting theories, our favorite moments and characters, and why the show is essentially PERFECT. We love a spooky funny cozy show!!!! PATRICIA FOREVER!  Hear the bonus Pitch a Fic at http://backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

This week we are joined by our dear friend, astrologer, drag artist, and writer, Brigham Mosley! We had such a magical conversation with Brigham, who graciously read our birth charts!!!! We discuss obsession’s role in astrology, how our birth charts actually make us amazing comedy/business partners, and so much more!!!! Want to book a reading with Brigham? Follow them on IG: @brighammosley and rea...

This week, Katherine and Nina explore the power of fandom, the joy of fan fiction, and the chaotic beauty of being a little too into something. Get more at http://backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the pod, Katherine welcomes Nina into the vibrant, romantic world of K-Dramas! Katherine dives into her absolute favorite K-Dramas of all time, introduces Nina to her complex K-Drama spreadsheet where she’s been tracking shows for YEARS, and why the shows are so damn addicting. We cover our favorite tropes, favorite K-Drama actors, and the power of world-building, Plus, Katherine make...

Today on the pod Nina introduces Katherine to her all-time comfort movie: the 2005 House of Wax!!!!!!! We talk the PALPABLE sexual tension between two characters who are supposed to be twins, the iconic Paris Hilton death scene, and we even pitch a sequel!!!! This was truly a blast to record and we hope you all go forth and watch this important piece of cinema. Get more at http://backdrop.fm Learn...

Today’s episode is ICONIC. Because we’re going back. Back to the PITT!!!!!! Is anyone even surprised anymore? We sure aren’t. Today we’re doing another installment of PITCH A FIC and this time it’s all KINGDON, BABY! Yes, we know we’re sick. But we also know we’re correct. Because it’s real - KINGDON IS REAL AND WE DECLARE IT SO. We pitch the most epic of fanfics, rife with tropes galore. Also, we...

Today’s episode is such a blast and honestly CATHARTIC!! We’re talking about embarrassing stories that have happened to us that we STILL obsess about to this day. We cover everything from middle school bullies, the tangled web of an elaborate lie, immaculate conception, and more!! Get more at http://backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is anyone surprised we're talking about The Pitt again? LOOK, WE ARE FINE. WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. Yep, that's right, this week we are back to dive into a recap of the second half of season 2! We cover everything from Robby's mental health crisis, Dr. Al-Hashimi's emotional ending, the power of bonding over karaoke, and THAT KINGDON BREAKROOM SCENE OF COURSE! We're already screaming. Plus, we pi...

This week we're talking VISION BOARDS!! We dive into why we believe in the power of manifestation and visualizing, catching the big fish (aka finding your true north), how we see time, the craziest things that have come true from our own vision boards, and so much more!! Get more at Backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is one for the books!!! This week, Nina and Katherine start the convo off chatting about Nina’s movie, artistic north stars, and the power of David Lynch. Then you better buckle up, because we go IN on two iconic ships that we are most definitely going down with. First, we discuss how both of us became Kingdon shippers (Mel King and Frank Langdon from The Pitt - yes, we’re talking The...

SURPRISE!!!! We're dropping a little gift into your feed. This is the original Pitch a Fic, born directly out of our hot priests episode, and it's a Backdrop.fm bonus that we are now setting free!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Katherine takes Nina through her childhood obsession of the iconic manga series Cardcaptor Sakura — specifically the TV show iteration — from the all-female artist group CLAMP. We discuss how the trope of the magical/chosen one speaks to us ALL, the friendship and yearning of Sakura and Syaoran Li and so much more!! Get more at backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

This week we are discussing one of our favorite tropes in TV and film - The Desperate Father. We cover why we're drawn to this trope, and talk about our fav dads on the brink from Twilight's Charlie Swan, to the Mandalorian, to The Last of Us' Joel Miller and more. There's so many we didn't even get to, we might have to do more!!! Enjoy! Get more at backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

This week we're diving into our mutual obsession of NEWSIES!!! Vital to our evolution as Professional Fangirls, Newsies really was one of the pieces of pop culture that started it all! We discuss our favorite songs, our fave characters, the hotness of Bill Pullman, and the everlasting genius of Kenny Ortega. Enjoy! Get more at https://backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

It’s Pitch a Fic part 3 y’all! Yes, so many fanfics live inside our brains that we are doing a THIRD installment! Katherine pitches an EPIC Kylo Ren/Rey aka Reylo fic that may just get Nina to FINALLY come on board with the pairing! Nina revisits an abandoned Spot Conlon/Newsies fic from her youth - will she finally finish it?? Join us for an hour of true fangirl delusion! Get more at backdrop.fm...

This week we take a journey. A journey to a certain Kastle…..Katherine introduces Nina to her current hyper-fixation ship, Frank Castle and Karen Page from Marvel’s Daredevil/Punisher/Daredevil Born Again universe. (Frank Castle + Karen Page = Kastle). We cover why we’re so drawn to the darkness/light trope, the power of the YEARN, the insane chemistry these two have, Kastle fanfic must-reads, and...

WE BACK IN THE PITT, Y’ALL!!!!!! A joyous day!!! For today’s ep, we talk about the first half of season 2 of HBO’s iconic “The Pitt.” So. Much. Is. Happening!! We discuss the return of Langdon, Robby’s cold shoulder to his previous BFF, new cast additions and of course that Mohabbot moment that left us screaming! The Pitt writers are FEEDING us and honey, we got a big ol Pitt-sized appetite. Enjoy...

Hello Obsessies!! This week’s episode is a little different than our usual. We’re joined by actor Dakota Lustick as he details his intense pandemic hyperfixation on a totally forgotten background astronaut in the 1998’s iconic piece of cinema, Armageddon. We dive deep into how his obsessive search for this ghost of a character led to a mind-blowing, real-life encounter on the streets of Hollywood,...

Welcome to part 2 of PITCH A FIC! In this episode, we dive into two more fanfics we haven't written (or in Nina's case, haven't finished writing). Nina pitches Katherine her Narnia fic that's been left abandoned in the fic wasteland that is her old fanfiction.net account (spoiler: it's Peter Pevensie/OC), and Katherine pitches an EPIC Karen Page/Frank Castle fic. LET US KNOW IF THESE NEED TO BE WR...

GET READY FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EPS EVER, and it’s only part 1! In this ep, we pitch fanfics to each other!!! Including a Titanic time jump and a "Heated Rivalry" and "Wake Up Dead Man" crossover you absolutely won’t see coming. Should we write these? Is Ao3 in need of these fics? We have a blast talking about these fanfics that exist only in our head… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Forgive me Father for I have SINNED!!! This week on the pod we break down one of our favorite tropes - the hot priest! We discuss some of our fav fictional priests rom Fleabag, Father Peter from Ballykissangel, Father Hill from Midnight Mass, Father Ralph de Bricassart from The Thornbirds, and Father Jud from Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man, why the trope calls to us, and the power of the trope. Trut...

Sick of talking about Heated Rivalry? Well honey, we sure aren't!! Today we're all about this tiny little show that no one has EVER heard of. Yes, we are the first podcast hosts to EVER talk about the sensation that is HEATED RIVALRY! We cover our favorite moments, how psychotic a fandom can get, and how much we love this show! Let's all go to the cottage together! Get more at https://backdrop.fm...

In this episode we do a deep dive into the idea of "perfect communities" - do they exist??? Would you want to be part of one? We get into the hidden flaws of places designed to be pefect, our favorite fictional communities, and where this yearning for an ideal community comes from. We also bring it back to how niche obsessions create important communities!! Get more at backdrop.fm Learn more about...