Talking Fast: A Gilmore Girls Podcast

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover ALL of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, episodes "Winter," "Spring," "Summer," and "Fall," in a super-sized recap fitting of the over-stuffed revival installments. Both Suzanne and Alexis have a host of complaints and critiques to share, along with a few compliments. Get involved in your local community and help resist IC...

This week Alexis and Suzanne answer your questions about Gilmore Girls, podcasting, academia, and their friendship. They also drop the news about what they'll be doing next in the podcasting world. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indivisible⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , the  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Party for Socialism and Liberation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 22, "Bon Voyage." Suzanne tracks her tear count across her recap of a lovely and sentimental series finale. Alexis appreciates the episode as a whole, especially its bookend ending that mirrors the pilot. Both are happy to end Season 7 on a good note (with the revival lurking ominously in the background). Get involved in your local comm...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 21, "Unto the Breach." They ponder the decision for Logan to propose to Rory when they apparently never talked about marriage. They reminisce about their graduations, and Alexis's preparation for graduating with her doctorate. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 20, "Lorelai? Lorelai?" They continue to praise the end of the season as having stronger episodes than the rest so far. Alexis finds Rory's finals crash out relatable as she wraps up her PhD. Alexis lists some karaoke songs, and Suzanne reveals herself to be a huge Whitney Houston fan. Finally, both share sadness and frustrations ab...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 19, "Just Like Riding a Bike." They discuss things that actually worked well in this episode, which was more than usual for season 7! Suzanne gets into specifics about Charles Dickens adaptations and Alexis questions just how innocent car shopping can be. They are both huge fans of Paris succeeding at everything. Get involved in your lo...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 18, "Hay Bale Maze." What a creative title! (That's a preview of the first point they make in the episode). Suzanne is over Logan as his tech-bro-ness in this episode is the final straw, while Alexis is Logan's ambivalent defender. Overall, they're both happy that the hay bale maze brings some excitement and iconic visuals t...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 17, "Gilmore Girls Only." They discuss the rehashing of the Emily versus Mia plot. Alexis is dissatisfied with how Lane is sidelined in her own birth episode and Suzanne is fed up with Logan. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indivisible⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , the  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Party for...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 16, "Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?" Alexis is ambivalent about the episode but finds bright spots in the scenes with an April appearance and Lane being rolled across town. Suzanne reflects on the musical Joseph's Technicolor Dream Coat and fits in a reference to another favorite, Fiddler on the Roof. Both Alexis and Suzanne ponder...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 15, "I'm a kayak, hear me roar." They both enjoy the touching moments between Lorelai and Emily, but are underwhelmed by many other things in the episode. Alexis talks Top Chef and Suzanne talks Stonehenge, on brand. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indivisible⁠⁠...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 14, "Farewell, My Pet." They honor Chin-Chin's memory, defend Michel and point out that he deserves better friends, and relish in Rory's light-hearted, bookish crush. Things get a bit heated when Suzanne and Alexis debate whether or not the hot TA looks like Christopher. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE a...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 13, "I'd rather be in Philadelphia." Alexis leads through a very familiar episode, complete with Luke being Lorelai's supportive non-boyfriend. Suzanne discusses Cormac McCarthy and Alexis appreciates Logan's dapper fit. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like  ⁠⁠⁠⁠In...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Gilmore Girls Season 7 Episode 12, "To Whom It May Concern." Both co-hosts are flabbergasted and frustrated by the Jackson and Sookie vasectomy/pregnancy storyline. Some fun tangents are taken amidst the general woes of discussing Season 7 including brief talk about recent seasons of The Traitors and Industry. Get involved in your local community and he...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 11, "Santa's Secret Stuff." Suzanne finds the episode tolerable but Alexis finds the Lane pregnancy intolerable. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like ⁠⁠Indivisible⁠⁠ , the ⁠⁠Party for Socialism and Liberation⁠⁠ , and others! Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to hel...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 10, "Merry Fisticuffs." They do their best to find silver lining (Liz and newborn baby Doula) amidst the overall depressing episode (more Chris and Lorelai problems). Plus, Alexis and Suzanne celebrate the reveal of Rory and Marty's secret, finally putting that tormented plot to an end. Get involved in your local community and help...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 9, "Knit, People, Knit!" They start out by addressing the state of the world and encourage people to get involved. Alexis is sick of Marty and Suzanne is sad that April and Luke may be separated. Get involved in your local community and help resist ICE and fascism! Look for organizations like Indivisible , the Party for Socialism and Li...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 8, "Introducing Lorelai Planetarium." Suzanne appreciates the Luke and April storyline and Alexis compares Logan and Christopher. Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people throughout the world who are without food! Donate to help feed those suffering the forced starvation of genocide in Gaza with the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This episode Alexis and Suzanne go over their top ten shows, movies, books, and music from 2025! They discuss Andor, Sinners, Abbot Elementary, and Heated Rivalry and more! Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people throughout the world who are without food! Donate to help feed those suffering the forced starvation of genocide in Gaza with the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Palestine Chil...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 7, "French Twist." They try out a new episode format to try and get through Season 7, send feedback! Suzanne speculates there was a Woody Allen inspiration for the lack of coherent timeline for the episode and Alexis is frustrated with clunky setup for Lucy and Olivia. Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 6, "Go, Bulldogs!" This episode was a struggle to get through. Both Alexis and Suzanne were fed up with Lorelai and Luke's random date. Alexis even asks if the new writers are, in fact, anti-Gilmore Girls . Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people throughout the world who are without food! Donate to help fee...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 5, "The Great Stink". They both disliked Rory's behavior and question whether the writers' room is actually anti-woman because of how they pit women against each other. Suzanne gives another etymology lesson and Alexis is sick of characters talking about talking. Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people th...

This week Alexis and Suzanne discuss Season 7 Episode 4, "S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous." Suzanne does a surprising about turn on Christopher and Alexis talks about Foucault like a real English major. Donate to the ⁠⁠⁠World Central Kitchen⁠⁠⁠ to help feed people throughout the world who are without food! Donate to help feed those suffering the forced starvation of genocide in Gaza wit...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 3, "Lorelai's First Cotillion." Alexis starts off with some blasts from the past and tells us what people were saying about the new season back in 2006. Suzanne admits that she loves cheesy ensemble rom-coms from the mid 2010's but also doesn't understand the need for the mini Lorelai. And Alexis doesn't understand why L...

This week Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 2, "That's what you get, folks, for making whoopee." They agree that this is definitely not one of their favorite episodes. Suzanne's only bright spot is TJ's reappearance and Alexis also appreciates Liz's return. They both have plenty of Friday Night Dinner complaints, especially the terrible storyline for Lane. Donate...

This week, Alexis and Suzanne cover Season 7 Episode 1, "The Long Morrow." They talk about some of the differences they noticed with the new show runners. Alexis is annoyed with Rory and Suzanne is anti-surveillance. Welcome back for Season 7! Donate to the World Central Kitchen to help feed people throughout the world who are without food! Donate to help feed those suffering the forced...