Who The Hell Are We?

Melanie and Ed discuss Douglas Sirk's 1954 movie starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, and recommend books with a spirituality theme. Melanie also takes a road trip! Send podcast comments and suggestions to MelandEd@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Melanie and Ed continue movie therapy with WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956), plus a discussion on books about Bad Girls with a capital B.  Send podcast comments and suggestions to MelandEd@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

Melanie and Ed are still recording remotely, but perhaps not much longer...Chicago is slowly opening! COVID relocation research (house porn) is discussed and Imitation of Life (1959) is deliciously dissected. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

A Summer Place; Doctors, Dinners and Drives; Pride Month book selections...and Gone With The Wind Revisited. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Lockdown grooming; books of summer; Cabin in the Sky. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Still podcasting remotely, Melanie and Ed talk about friendships, books about friendships, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and FAN MAIL! Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Melanie and Ed police COVID compliance; straight men grocery shopping; victory gardening reboot; Sunset Boulevard. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Pandemic friends and family check-in roles; book recommendations; theater audition memories and new green screen project; BORN YESTERDAY with Judy Holiday. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

A short peek behind the curtain... Send comments and show topic suggestions to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Still podcasting from home, Ed and Melanie talk about the first things they will do after the world reopens. Also: Kids on harnesses; The Postman Always Rings Twice; End shares his Noir Special cocktail recipe.  Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Melanie and Ed fight through sheltering-at-home internet bandwidth issues to talk about dreams, Melanie's date night, and DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

(Day 4,723)  Stress shopping and stress cooking; Mildred Pierce on the screen and on the page; Shout-out to indie booksellers and authors! Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Melanie and Ed "call it in" again...discussing books, movies, and life sequestered at home. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Ed and Melanie welcome their first-ever podcast guest...Oscar-nominated actress, critically acclaimed author and awesome fosterer of kittens, QUINN CUMMINGS!  Quinn gives her patented "Bad Advice" to Mel and Ed; The Trio discusses THE WOMEN (and Hollywood breasts, again). Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Send questions for Bad Advice: http://www.quinncummings.c...

Still on lockdown, Melanie and Ed muse about what life will be "on the other side" of the Covid19 crisis; In-depth DARK VICTORY movie snarking; Podcast fan mail and (more) Bette Davis breast talk.  Send comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Send comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

More remote shenanigans:  Ed's virtual birthday party (and non-virtual hangover); Sheltering cooking and C.A.R.E. packages; Bette Davis's breasts (continued).  Send comments and suggestions on how to help each other out to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show! PS Fill out your 2020 Census Form!

Skype podcast => Melanie and Ed open for Reba McEntire; Ed's Beer run and Bette Davis's breasts. Send comments and suggestions on how to help each other out  to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Still PodSkyping while hunkered down. Layoffs hit home, hubby hypochondriac, and Ed learns to ZOOM!  Send comments and suggestions on how to help each other out  to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!  

Illinois now officially under stay-at-home order until April 7th. Melanie and Ed highlight bookstores creatively serving customers, and authors with new books debuting during these challenging times.   Send comments and suggestions on how to help each other out  to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Latest social-distancing podcast from Melanie and Ed. Realization sets in that this will be a long healing process for the country and the world. Books and movies to lift your spirits; Melanie's NYT word puzzle addiction and Ed's crafts come out of the basement.  Send comments and suggestions to help each other out  to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

Special coronavirus edition podcast...Melanie and Ed maintain CDC-recommended social distance via Skype. Melanie self-identifies as a Hausfrau, Ed tours his workspace and of course, toilet paper.  Send comments and show topic suggestions to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

"Chomp Movies" with eye-candy; Restaurant loudness and hotel bars; WITT Radio and Folk Alley; Melanie and Ed backstage memories; Loud (and quiet) books. Send comments and show topic suggestions to melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!

"The most fun I've ever had writing a book," says podcast co-host Melanie Benjamin describing THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE. In this bonus "Behind the Book" episode, Melanie talks about her delicious novel about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s—and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.