Stuff Mom Never Told You

We all scream for Scream - the original and the 2022 requel. Anney and Samantha lay down the rules and talk feminism, final girls, the horror movie-metaverse, mothers, and toxic fandom in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, podcaster and friend of the show Jo Piazza offers a future cheese plate while discussing her upcoming book The Sicilian Inheritance and her podcast Under the Influence. We chat about family history, murder, motherhood, and the influence of the internet, good and bad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Anney and Samantha's catastrophic anxiety corner, the Halloween equivalent of a pumpkin puking its innards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

V. Castro's 2021 coming of age novel Goddess of Filth explored ancient goddesses, friendships, sexuality, faith and identity. We dig into the story and the themes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're talking about the inspiring works of Indigenous climate activist Yurshell Rodriguez Hooker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha are baaacckkk! With a follow up on their trip to LA and their whirlwind tour of haunted houses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For centuries, girls and women have used food on Halloween to divine any clues about the identity of their future spouse. Anney and Samantha bite into past Halloween soothsaying traditions like snap-apple and nut-crack night. We also take a quick look at gender differences in costuming and why they matter in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it came out in 1996, the horror movie Scream touched on a real anxiety around violence in media. Bridget Todd lays out the commentary this film had on media and tech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friend of the show Joey stops by for a very special happy hour about Comic Con and cosplay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the finale of Part 1 of Terminus, Tilda and Madison get some answers, confront their past, and a monumental decision is made. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sally, the Ragdoll from 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, resonated with a lot of people. We piece together her history, and talk about the good and the bad of this character. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Samantha prepares for SMNTY's upcoming trip to some haunted houses, we unearth some data around people love and hate them, and if there is a gender divide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get your Swoodies and religious trauma here! In this special classic Book Club episode, we discuss two short stories: Lose Now, Pay Later, and The Problem of Susan, while digging into issues around weight, fad diets, and women and religion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our Halloween Edition of FMF, we discuss the recent horror movie Sissy, and discuss toxic friendships, the dark side of wellness and the cultivated lies often present on social media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney recaps her recent trip to the Last of Us Haunted House, and teases a trip she is taking with Samantha to the West Coast version. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts of the new podcast On Theme Yves and Katie join us to talk about the show and why Black storytelling is so important. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warsan Shire is an accomplished advocate and poet that has published works and worked with Beyoncé. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every now and then, a post goes viral hating on childless women at theme parks. We break down a recent, famous example, and chat about what is going on here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this classic episode, SMNTY kicks off a new fiction segment with the twisted tale of nostalgia, conspiracy, grief, and most importantly, candy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yves is back to talk to us about Susie King Taylor, the first Black American army nurse and the first Black American woman to publish a memoir about her experiences during the Civil War, among other things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With birthdays come reflection. We share some of our own thoughts on getting older. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the long awaited finale of our miniseries on religion, we discuss religion and trans people, and the harm caused by Christian Nationalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we are celebrating the works of Colombian ecologist Angela Maldonado. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We open up our virtual mail box and talk about fandom, identity, names, and a bunch of random other things with messages from our listeners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dim your lights, pump up the volume and gather round for part two of our look into the women of urban legends in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.