Snark Squad Pod

Our friend Jenny Trout is back as we discuss all three aired seasons of NBC's fantasy comedy The Good Place. Find us all on Twitter:Jenny: twitter.com/Jenny_TroutNicole: 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 trying something a little different and asking a friend about their favorite media and tropes. Jess Moro is a book blogger and reviewer whose love of reality TV and romance novels brings a new perspective to the podcast. Find us all on Twitter:Jess: twitter.com/jesswithanansNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com...

Netflix recently released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch an "interactive film" in which the audience makes choices for the main character, Stefan, as he tries to adapt a choose your own adventure book into a game. We asked Rachel Calderon Navarro & Ceri Riley to join us on this adventure. Find us all on Twitter:Rachel: twitter.com/reellovepodCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMari...

Forgive us for the impossibly clunky title, but today we are continuing our journey through the MCU! Now that we have reached Phase 3, rather than discussing all 10 movies (2 of which are still unreleased) we are breaking it into parts. Today we are discussing Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, Spider-man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok. We are joined once a...

This week we are discussing the 2013 novel Vicious by V. E. Schwab. Two brilliant friends in college discover they can give themselves superpowers. But things go terribly wrong and they go from friends to enemies, each bent on the other's destruction. We are joined for this tale of anti-heroes by Kat O'Keeffe. Find us all on Twitter:Kat: twitter.com/kat_tasticNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines...

To celebrate a whole year of making this podcast, Mari and Nicole look back on all the many things they've discussed on this podcast, the things they loved that didn't quite make it into an episode, and answer some questions from Twitter. Find us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

In our 50th episode and last of 2018, we are discussing the 8 episode HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend. We are joined once again by Max from Well Done Books, who discussed the book with us in episode 41.In anticipation of the upcoming HBO adaptation, this week we are discussing Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend. Published in 2011, the book is the first of four...

This week we are doing another topical episode (voted on by our patrons!) and sharing our many feelings on spoilers, spoiler discourse, and whether identity constitutes a spoiler. A note that this episode contains spoilers! There are significant endgames spoilers for: The Sixth Sense, The Fault in Our Stars, the Divergent series and the Harry Potter series. There are mid-story spoilers for: Crazy...

This week we are joined by our cartoon pals, Sam Schultz and Ceri Riley to discuss the Netflix reboot of She-Ra! We had lots of thoughts about Adora & her friends, that sweet theme song, and animated horses. Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/slamschultzCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameisma...

We have reached the end-ish of our journey through George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Book 5 is not the last book, but it's the last book that's currently published. It's also the longest, and we had some feelings about that. But of course, what is dead may never die, so you'll hear from us again early next year with some more asoiaf content when we read the novellas. Support the...

Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) recently to the big screen. Directed by Fede Álvarez and starring Claire Foy, this is an adaptation of the 4th book in the Millennium series, the first not written by Stieg Larsson. The tone of this movie was quite different from either its Swedish or David Fincher predecessors. Find out whether we think that's a good thing. Find us all on Twitter...

Coming of age stories, chosen ones, and superpowers – it was kind of inevitable that we'd discuss Cloak & Dagger. This show narrowly lost a Twitter poll to be a podcast topic a month ago, so we dediced to do it anyway. We are joined once again by Ceri Riley for this latest teen TV show installment in the Marvel universe. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysa...

We are resuming our journey through the MCU with the 6 movies of Phase 2 - Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man. We are joined again for this mostly-better-but-still-mixed-bag batch of movies by our dear friends Nick Jenkins and Rich Camillucci. Note: This episode was recorded prior to Stan Lee's death, so...

This Halloween Netflix brought Sabrina Spellman to a new generation, with a (loose) adaptation of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's much spookier comics: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. As voted on by our patrons on Patreon, we are discussing the 10 episode first season. Because the series is a cousin, of sorts, to Riverdale, we are joined by two of our dear Riverdale-watching friends, Taylor Behnke an...

Happy Halloween! We're celebrating by revisiting an old staple of the blog: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We gathered two friends of the site, Jenny Trout and Samantha Lane, to discuss the three Halloween episodes of the show – Season 2's "Halloween", Season 4's "Fear Itself", and the Season 6 episode "All The Way."Find us all on Twitter:Jenny: twitter.com/Jenny_TroutSam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomesNi...

In anticipation of the upcoming HBO adaptation, this week we are discussing Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend. Published in 2011, the book is the first of four Neapolitan Novels, and follows the deep but complicated friendship of two young women in Naples, Italy. Helping us dive into this story this week is Max from Well Done Books. Find us all on Twitter:Max: twitter.com/maxwdunnNicole:...

Thanks in part to a Twitter poll, this week we are discussing the first season of the Netflix cartoon The Dragon Prince. We are joined again by our friend Ceri Riley as we discuss the 9 episode first season. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

This week we continue our journey through George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series with book 4. Dorne! The Iron Islands! The Vale! With only one published book left, we were a little surprised to find that this was a mixed bag, filled with some of our favorite moments – and least favorite. Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/demo...

This week we went on a wild and weird journey with the Netflix miniseries Maniac. Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the 10 episode series follows Emma Stone and Jonah Hill as they enter a very bizarre drug trial. We're joined this week by dear friend of the podcast Silvia Roma as we try to unpack our many feelings about this show. Find us all on Twitter:Silvia: twitter.com/silvia717Nicole: twitter.com/sw...

This week we are discussing a film chosen for us by a BookNet Fest supporter. We asked our friend Nick Jenkins of Reel Bad to join us as we try to decide what worked (and what very clearly did not) about The Meg, an action movie about, well, a dinosaur shark, starring Jason Statham. Find us all on Twitter:Nick: twitter.com/ngjenkinsNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarine...

This week we are talking about all things Pride & Prejudice – Austen's original novel, attempts to adapt the story, and why it endures. (And our favorite couple-that-wasn't.) This episode is particularly special as it is our first ever live episode, recorded on September 7, 2018 at BookNet Fest in Orlando, FL.Special thanks to Arthur and Alicia for their on-site help with this episode:Arthur: twit...

This week we are very fortunate to have Katie from the booktube channel ChapterStackss joining us to discuss the HBO adaptation of the Gillian Flynn novel of the same name Sharp Objects. Find out how we felt about all of the twists and turns and powerful performances. Find us all on Twitter:Katie: twitter.com/chapterstackssNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter....

Neon! Spandex! Wrestling! We are joined by Matthew Gaydos of I Love It! podcast to talk about the Netflix original series GLOW.Find us all on Twitter:Matt: twitter.com/matthewgaydosNicole: 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 discussing the recently released film Crazy Rich Asians, based on the Kevin Kwan novel of the same name. We are joined by Ceri Riley and Stefan Chin to talk about the the cast, the outfits, and all our feelings about this opulent romcom. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyStefan: twitter.com/itsmestefanchinNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameisma...

We are joined once again by podcast regular Ceri Riley to talk about the two season Disney XD show Gravity Falls. Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.