December 2018 – Hugging and Learning : The Podcast

Ep 024: Nothing Feels Special (“Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” S04E01)

Posted on December 29, 2018January 4, 2019 by Chelsea

Sometimes, Very Special Episodes are not about drugs, or bigotry, or teen sex. Sometimes, they’re about cross-promotion and visits from Very Special Guests. It’s important that you know which kind of VSE you’re going into when you sit down to watch. Otherwise, you might end up waiting constantly for something bad to happen in your own one-man production of “Waiting for Soleil (Moon Frye).” Join a very nostalgic Chelsea and a much-less nostalgic Andrew as they plunge deep into the secret world of a teen witch and her mortal friends and family. Thunderclap!

Episode 023: Ho- Ho- Holy Shit: The Christmas Megasode (“He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special”)

Posted on December 27, 2018December 29, 2018 by Chelsea

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.

Episode 022: The 90s Are What’s Wrong With You (“My So-Called Life” S01E15)

Posted on December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 by Chelsea

Is My So-Called Life the definitive voice of its generation, a mopey soap for teens, or something else entirely? Chelsea and Andrew have very different opinions. Join our two intrepid hosts, Miles, the luminous Claire Danes, and The Ghost of Female Pop Vocalists Past as they discover if there’s really no place like home for the holidays. Do the Chases believe in God? Why is Brian Krackow so pissy at the holidays? Won’t someone feed Rickie — he looks so cold! I don’t know, I wasn’t even, like, there, LEAVE ME ALONE I CAN’T TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, MOM.

Episode 021: Comes With a Rap Sheet (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” S03E19)

Posted on December 13, 2018December 17, 2018 by Chelsea

Now this is a story all about how Carlton ended up going from the world’s most low-rent prom to the substance abuse ward in the blink of his tweaked-out eye. Intrigued? Join Chelsea and Andrew as they examine why even CONSIDERING using drugs will put your entire family in grave danger. Uncle Phil will be extremely disappointed if you don’t.

Episode 020: Torkelsons of Anarchy (“The Torkelsons” S01E14)

Posted on December 5, 2018March 26, 2019 by Chelsea

The stakes are high and the sentences are long here in Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. Join Chelsea, Andrew, and first-ever podcast guest Noel, as they ride the roller coaster of a teenage heartbreak-induced makeover. Will Dorothy Jane find love easier to navigate as a blond? How long has Callie Kimbrough actually been in high school? And what could Ruth Ann and Steven Floyd have done in season 1 to avoid getting written off for season 2? When the sun comes up, we will discuss all.