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Category: Potpourri
Ep 050: Terrorist Vanity Project (“GI Joe” S01E51)
Chelsea and Andy continue our in-depth and serious exploration of the depiction of punk and rock music in popular media — with a cartoon created to sell action figures. Joined by Very Special Guests Garrett and Lane Nobriga of the LA-based metal band Altered Revelations, we tackle the tough questions: Is there really only one terrorist org in the whole world? What is the third girl’s name? And how does 50 Cent factor into all this? And we’re finally able to utter that immortal phrase: Yo, Jo(seph Campbell)!
Ep 049: Snack On This! (the Miles remix episode)
This is a VERY SPECIAL very special episode of Hugging and Learning! Miles steps out from the control-room booth with beats-a-plenty as Andy and Chelsea take a brief and well deserved sabbatical. Enjoy 30 minutes of uninterrupted mashups and mixes followed by a little bit of hugs and learns for good measure.
Ep 035: Feminist Kimpossible Agenda : Part 2! (“Kim Possible: So the Drama” TV Movie)
Even more KIM POSSIBLE goodness with Very Special Guest Mary Chieffo! Let’s do this!
Ep 034: Feminist Kimpossible Agenda : Part 1! (“Kim Possible: So the Drama” TV Movie)
Call us, beep us, if you wanna discuss Kim Possible with us! Join Chelsea, Andrew, and our Very Special Guest Mary Chieffo to discuss the Kim Possible TV movie that taught us many valuable lessons: don’t trust good-looking men, dating is harder than saving the world, and all robots will eventually turn on us. Whether you ship Kim/Ron, desperately want to know Dad Possible’s first name, or don’t actually know what any of this means — you’ll love this episode and our chat with Mary.
Ep 032: The International Episode (“ER” S09E01)
ER was a 331-episode-long action movie where the stakes were always life or death, the romances were slow-burners, and the crash cart was never where you needed it to be, dammit. Join Chelsea, Andrew, Miles, and Very Special Guest Mary Hollis Inboden as we dive deep into the Season 9 opener of the medical drama, complete with amputation, outbreaks, trauma, and sexy quarantine times.
Ep 030: It’s Horrifying (“Punky Brewster” S02E16)
It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for — Chelsea, Andrew, Miles, and Very Special Guest Chris Yule (from the Finish It! Podcast) get trapped in a huge refrigerator. Luckily, they’ve all previously learned, and forgotten, CPR. Will Cherie be okay? Should Allen start therapy immediately? Is Jeremy Reams disappointed in the creative license taken with his original vision for this episode? All this will be tackled, and much, much more.
Ep 029: Sun Preparedness Class (“All Summer In A Day” TV Movie)
We’re back for Season 2 of the podcast, and kicking it off with a PBS movie that scarred child Andrew for reasons that will quickly become apparent. From the mind of science fiction master Ray Bradbury comes a tale that some (intelligent) people would argue is too bleak for children. Do you agree? Strap on your green poker visor and some sunscreen, and join the gang on Venus for five minutes of sun followed by a lifetime of regret.
Ep 028: The Bonusode! (A Very Special Hugging & Learning)
Did you think we’d disappeared? We would never! We’re never gonna give you up, let you down, run around, OR desert you! Instead, we’re gonna answer your burning questions, rank our favorite snacks, and much, much, more to tide you over until Season 2 starts next week! Cowabunga!
Episode 023: Ho- Ho- Holy Shit: The Christmas Megasode (“He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special”)
There are 125 toys in the extant He-Man/She-Ra universe, and dammit if almost every one of them isn’t on some nonsense in this very special Christmas episode. Strap in, folks, it’s going to be a long and delirious ride as Chelsea and Andrew jingle all the way through Christmas in Etheria. How does one explain Santa to a Trollan-Etherian immigrant? Exactly whom are we keeping He-Man’s secret identity secret FROM? Who lives in Castle Greyskull besides 8 action figures? We wish the answers to these questions were simply distilled, but they just aren’t, so let’s hop on our Battlecats and hunt for these holiday answers together.