You Are Good

It's strange calling yourself. In which we, along with our very best pal Chelsey Weber-Smith, unpack Mullholland Drive and mourn and pay our respects to our spiritual Daddy David Lynch. THERE IS AN EXTENDED CUT OF THIS EPISODE ON PATREON AND APPLE PODCAST SUBSCRIPTIONS! Chelsey Weber-Smith / American Hysteria online : https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/ MULHOLLAND DRIVE - An Interpretation by Guest...

There is a dead man on the other end of this effing line, and fortunately it's not Sarah, Alex, or our sassy pal Miles Klee. Come along, gang, as we unpack the Michael Mann's MANNsterpiece Heat. Miles Klee at Rolling Stone : https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patr...

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully." In which we unpack the meaning of life—and the meaning of Harold and Maude—with Miranda Zickler and Eve Lindley. Miranda Zickler is the producer of this very show, a member of Kuinka, a member of Magpie Cinema Club and the quee...

Honey, you know us, we don't really believe in marriage; now Botox on the other hand, that works every time. In which we unpack our feelings about Sex and the City: The Movie with the marvelous Eve Lindley. Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patr...

"You should try running a country for a day. It's not all making war and smashing dissidents, you know. It's hard work." In which Sarah and Alex, joined by Eve Lindley, watch The Beautician and the Beast, which asks: What if Mr. Sheffield were a widowed dictator instead of a widowed Broadway producer? Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible...

We'll make a man out of you! In which we unpack gender, seeing ourselves in popular media, and Mulan (1998) with Livia Tsang and Eve Lindley. There is an EXTENDED CUT of this episode over on Patreon and Apple Podcast Subscriptions! This chat was a delight. I can't wait to hear your thoughts! You can find Livia online here: https://www.liviatsang.com/ We talk about all sorts of things in this episo...

Don't come at us with all your weird little man logic! In which Sarah, Claire Comstock-Gay, and Sophie Rae Lichterman get cozy and unpack The Other Woman! You can find Claire online here : https://clairecomstockgay.com/ You can find Sophie and Cool Zone Media online here : https://www.coolzonemedia.com/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon...

Happy New Year! We're taking the week off, but worry not! There's a brand new episode ready over in bonus land! We'll be back with y'all next week! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture We LOVE Magpie Cinema...

And we blamed it on the Santa Anas; we don't even know who the Santa Annas are! In which we embark upon an Ephron Christmas and spend a day with our kind of people by way of watching Mixed Nuts. This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://lin...

"Legend has it, when the Santa Anas blow, all bets are off." (The Santa Anas are literally blowing as I write this description!) In which Carolyn, Eve and Alex fall in love with falling in love. You can find Eve online here: https://www.instagram.com/eveclindley/ Carolyn's record ! https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us...

“Life is pain. Get used to it.” In which we unpack the heroine's journey and The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel James and Carolyn Kendrick. You can find Samuel online here: https://www.therealsamueljames.com/ Carolyn's record ! https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/yo...

Let us just say: We were deeply unhappy, but we didn't know it, because we were so happy all the time. In which we unpack L.A. Story with the delightful Eve Lindley. Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive...

In which we embark upon an incredible journey, deconstruct Homeward Bound, and defy death many times over with the absolutely fabulous J.V. Hampton-VanSant. J.V. can be found here: https://about.me/jvhamptonvansant This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be fou...

"You are a human affront to all women and I am a woman." In which we get cozy in a mountain of Autumnal sweaters and revel in When Harry Met Sally... with Ilana Kaplan. Ilana can be found here: https://ilanamichellekaplan.com/ Nora Ephron at the Movies can be found here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nora-ephron-at-the-movies-a-visual-celebration-of-the-writer-and-director-behind-when-harry-met-sal...

Repeat You Are Good guest Niko Stratis and You Are Good co-host Alex Steed just launched The OC, Again. It's a rewatch show about The OC, of course, but also about music, popular culture and politics in the mid-2000s. This is the first episode! California, here we come. Rate. Subscribe. Tell your friends.

You're so cool! In which Alex and special guest host Niko Stratis discuss True Romance—and how our relationship with the movie has shifted over time—with the marvelous Eve Lindley. Alex then has a conversation about Quentin Tarantino's "fetish for blackness" with podcaster / columnist / musician Samuel James. There is an EXTENDED CUT of this conversation available on Patreon and Apple Podcast Subs...

We say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. If you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be. In which we meet up for coffee Stan Mikita's Donuts and talk Wayne's World with our delightful friend Candace Jane Opper! Candace Jane Opper can be found online here : https://candacejaneopper.com/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who support...

"He's gone! He's gone from here! The evil is gone!" In which Sarah and Alex head back to a 1978 Haddonfield, Illinois, by was of John Carpenter's Halloween. Check out A Massive Seance, which is coming to Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles! https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Check out Magpie Cinema Club's fabulous version of Season of the Witch: https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub Check...

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? We talk folk horror, Black Philip, girlhood and The Witch with Melanie Zanetti! Find Melanie online here ! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their rendition of S eason of the Witch on Bandcamp ! You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's forthcoming...

Has it ever occurred to you that part of being a parent is tryin' to kill your kids? In which we attempt to understand car culture and Stephen King's / John Carpenter's Christine with Adrian Daub. Adrian and his book The Cancel Culture Panic can be found online here . You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's new record HERE ! This episode was made possible with and by your support! Thanks to everybody...

There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie! In which we go back to slasher school and revisit Scream with the incandescent Chelsey Weber-Smith. Chelsey's American Hysteria can be found online here . Magpie Cinema Club's cover of Red Right Hand and all their other songs can be streamed HERE ! https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub Corn Telethon stream...

"Any religion without love and compassion is false! It's a lie!" In which we shuck some Children of the Corn with Miranda Zickler. Miranda can be found online here . Carolyn Kendrick's The Devil's Nine Questions is now streaming ! You can pre-order her new record here ! Magpie Cinema Club rules! There is an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts! Speaking of which, th...

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like." Y'all remember Garden State? Let's talk about Garden State with Niko Stratis and Chelsey Weber-Smith! Niko can be found online here . Chelsey's American Hysteria can be found online here . Magpie Cinema Club's cover of New Slang and all their other songs can be streamed HERE ! https://linktr.ee/magpiecinema...

"The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." In which we unpack The Hand that Rocks the Cradle with our fabulous friend Megan Burbank. Megan's website can be found here . CW: sexual assault, pregnancy loss, suicide, murder, medical misconduct There is an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts! Speaking of which, this episode was made possible wit...

"Here lies Walter Fielding. He bought a house, and it killed him." In which we see what's behind these walls, and unpack The Money Pit, with our friend Sarah Archer. Sarah's website can be found here . Her Substack can be found here . This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs /...