Snark Squad Pod

This week we are joined by Ceri Riley to discuss the Netflix original film The Half of It. This coming of age dramedy was a combination of a number of story elements that felt pretty calibrated for us to love it and we loved talking about it almost as much as the movie itself. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter...

This episode was recorded about a month ago and our decision to re-read The Hunger Games was made well before we had any notion of being quarantined. We decided to do a big group re-read of The Hunger Games on our Discord server in anticipation of the upcoming release of the prequel novel. We invited our friend Sam (@democracydiva) back on the show to talk to us about all things Hunger Games. We t...

While we already did an episode on Jane Austen's Emma around this time last year, as fans of Austen's work we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about Autumn de Wilde's colorful new adaptation of the classic novel & pick two more friends to discuss all things Emma with. Find us on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiJocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twit...

After making our way through the entire MCU, we finally watched a DC movie! And a villain one, no less! Find out if this movie was too Not For Us to be enjoyed or if we somehow managed to have fun anyway in this week's episode. Find us all on Twitter:Jessica: twitter.com/antiscianNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on...

As big fans of the His Dark Materials book trilogy, we were, of course, excited and nervous about the BBC/HBO adaptation. As we try to sort through all our many (many, many, many) feelings about the show, we are joined by our good friend Jocelyn who has loved the books since she was a child. (And also had many, many, many feelings.)Find us on Twitter:Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptorNicole: twitter....

After years of trying to get Nicole to play a video game and share her love of The Witcher, Marines was rewarded with a Netflix adaptation. To sift through all of our feelings about this first season of The Witcher, we are joined by author and fellow game-fan Susan Dennard & our friend Deboki. Find us on Twitter:Susan: twitter.com/stdennardDeboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweene...

Happy new year! Join Marines & Nicole as they once again take a look back on all the things they watched and read in the previous year, including some favorites (and least favorites) that never made it onto the podcast. Find us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

The current Star Wars trilogy has now come to an end and this is a big moment for this podcast as we have chosen to make this trilogy our entry point into the world of Star Wars. We invited our friend Matthew Gaydos to be our resident Star Wars expert as we tried to sift through our feelings about this movie. Find us all on Twitter:Matt: twitter.com/matthewgaydosNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMari...

It's the holiday season & while family stories are everywhere, we decided to talk about some of our favorite (and least favorite) families of choice. We are joined by our go-to trope friend & important member of the Snark Squad Found Family, Ceri Riley. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snar...

The Hulu series Dollface follows a woman named Jules (Kat Dennings) trying to reconnect with her female friends after a breakup & a weird cat lady fairy godmother character. This was another piece of content that felt very made for us, but did it work? Our friend Deboki joins us once again to help us try to answer that question. Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitte...

We did not go opening weekend, but we did make our way to the theater to see this Elizabeth Bank directed entry to the larger Charlie's Angels franchise, and we asked a longtime friend (and Snark Squad recapper!) to join us in talking about it. Find us all on Twitter:Jessica: twitter.com/antiscianNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksqu...

Months ago Nicole & Marines were at Disney World with some other friends and while standing in line to ride Pirates with dear friend Lainey Kress, someone decided it might be fun to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find out if it was, indeed, "fun" to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find us all on Twitter:Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwi...

In her first big part after Game of Thrones, our dear Khaleesi gets to unleash her full goofball energy in this Christmas movie where stars as a woman whose life is a bit of a mess. This is one of those movies that got on our radar because our corner of Twitter was buzzing about it as soon as the first trailer came out, and we were trash for it so we knew we'd have to do an episode on it. We asked...

We watched the Netflix adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad plays. The only part of that sentence that sounds like us is "Netflix" so of course we had to phone a friend for help. Our wonderful and wise friend Devyn Hinchee brought her actual expertise in Shakespeare to talk about how this film works as both a movie and an adaptation. Find us all on Twitter:Devyn: twitter.com/devynmhincheeNicole: tw...

Spoopy season continues an extra week for us as we have invited our dear friends Ceri Riley and Lainey Kress to help us talk about our favorite and least favorite apocalypse stories and apocalypse-related tropes! Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyLainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast...

This week we are revisiting Erin Morgenstern's 2011 debut novel The Night Circus. Our friend (and noted Night Circus fangirl)Samantha Lane joins us as we try to unpack the mysteries of this fantastical circus and the magic competition that brought it into being. Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomesNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/sna...

Every now and then we find ourselves discussing how a work was intended to be read and whether or not we care so this week we just made the whole episode about that. Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are doing a little a Halloween celebration by sharing an episode of Cooler Than Homework on the DCOM classic Halloweentown. Find us on Twitter:Nicole: www.twitter.com/sweeneysaysMatt: www.twitter.com/matthewgaydosMarines: www.twitter.com/mynameismarinesCeri: www.twitter.com/cerileywww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Politician is a show about Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) who is, as the title suggests, a politician, it is his primary identity. The show is Ryan Murphy's first show to be released after his big Netflix deal. Each season follows Payton through a new campaign cycle, starting with is race for student body president here in season one. We are joined to wade through this mess of a show by our dear fr...

Hustlers features an all-star cast of badass ladies playing strippers who, in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, devise a creative con for making money. We are joined to talk about this found family story by Claribel Ortega who is an author and the co-host of the Write Or Die podcast. Find us all on Twitter:Claribel: twitter.com/Claribel_OrtegaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/...

In honor of the arrival of fall we are joined by our Cooler Than Homework co-hosts (Matthew Gaydos & Ceri Riley) for a a very special topical episode, in which we talk all things school media. Our favorite fictional school dances, the schools we wish we could attend, and the high school tropes we hate. Find us all on Twitter:Matthew: twitter.com/matthewgaydosCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitte...

With the HBO adaptation on the horizon, we decided to go back and read Alan Moore's Watchmen – the podcast's first graphic novel episode. Also for the first time Garrett Robinson joins us to talk about the big themes, the stories within the story, the alternate history of the book, and so much more. Find us all on Twitter:Garrett: twitter.com/GarrettAuthorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: tw...

This week we are discussing the (probably) complete series of Fleabag, which consists of only two 6 episode seasons, but manages fit a lot into that very short amount of time. We are joined by our friends Deboki & Marie Ann to talk about the feelings this show gave us. Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiMarie Ann: twitter.com/MFdezSilvaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: tw...

This week our friend Eric Silver of Join The Party & HORSE joins us to talk about his favorite things in media, from his love of structure to reality competition shows. Marines gets to talk about Fast & Furious, Nicole gets to talk about The Challenge – it's a big day for everyone. Find us all on Twitter:Eric: twitter.com/el_silveroNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarine...

At long last the Fast & Furious franchise makes it way onto the podcast with its first spinoff. The Rock's Luke Hobbs & Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw hate eachother but must find a way to work together to save the world. We are joined this week by avowed Fast & Furious fans Rich & Lainey. Find us all on Twitter:Rich: twitter.com/richcamiLainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/myname...