"It's like we say in St. Olaf—Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy." On this week's episode,...

September 2, 2025 You cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it. Ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love......

Hockety pockety wockety wack! Odds and ends and bric-a-brac! In revisiting this classic Disney animation from 1963, Tracie found that the...

August 19, 2025 "To die would be a grand adventure!" Emily is delighted to welcome her dear childhood friend--and lifelong Peter Pan...

August 12, 2025 Though it's now consistently named #1 on IMDB's top 250 list of classic movies, Frank Darabont's 1994 film The...

August 5, 2025 I have my eyes... I have my cunning... and I have my strength. This obscure sword-and-sorcery fantasy film from the early...

July 29, 2025 Draw me like one of your French girls... This week, Emily finally introduces Tracie to the pop culture juggernaut Titanic,...

July 22, 2025 It was a run-by fruiting! Revisiting the beloved 1993 Robin Williams film Mrs. Doubtfire this week was a reminder to Tracie...

July 16, 2025 Two things I love to do: fight and kiss boys! This week, Emily revisits another of the silly Pygmalion movies from the Guy...

July 8, 2025 So, what would you little maniacs like to do first? This week, Tracie takes a deep dive into Weird Science: yet another of...

July 1, 2025 Welcome to Earth. The 1996 Roland Emmerich-helmed film Independence Day was one of the touchstone movies for Emily's...

June 24, 2025 25 cents per day, plus expenses. No case too small! Adam Gwon, Emily's childhood friend and award-winning musical theater...

June 17, 2025 This is no dream! This is really happening! On this week's episode, Tracie and Emily are delighted to welcome award-winning...

June 10,2025 They're heeeeere! In a moment that would echo through the 42 years that followed, Tracie and Emily's father let the girls...

June 3, 2025 May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one. When Tracie first encountered the fan-favorite...

May 27, 2025 What was sundered and undone shall be whole–the two made one. On today's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Emily...

May 20, 2025 All my life I've been waiting for someone and when I find her, she's... she's a fish. When Tracie and Emily saw the 1984...

May 13, 2025 Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy? Emily and Tracie always assumed their father loved the 1986...

May 6, 2025 "Where are the people who know where the people are?" On today's episode, Tracie introduces Emily to the 1990 Barry Levinson...

April 29, 2025 “We say who; we say when; we say how much.” This week, Emily takes a deep dive into Pretty Woman, the 1990 blockbuster...