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A definitive list of the 7 worst bad tropes in media, and the 3 best bad tropes in media.  Spoilers for: Inside Out, My Girl, Hereditary, Strangers Things s3, Gilmore Girls, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, One Day by David Nicholls, Mockingjay, Romeo and Juliet, Sex Education s3, The 100, The Guest List, The Sanatorium, The Woman in Cabin 10, One by One, The Woman in the Window (2021), Life as We Know It (2010), Love Hard (2021) Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

We revisit the hallowed ground of the Clue mansion to discuss Celina's favorite kind of mystery novel: the closed circle of suspects murder mystery. Many many spoilers ahead—listen at your own risk, or better yet come back after you've read everything on the spoiler list (except for Nine Perfect Strangers. That book was bad). Spoilers: And Then There Were None (book & 2015 miniseries), The Guest List, The Hunting Party, One by One, Nine Perfect Strangers  CW: Sexual assault, racial slurs Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Do you like to wear pants? Do you love to fly planes? Bill Wurtz asks the important questions about pants and planes, and we ask the important questions about Bill Wurtz.  Celina's roommate (and composer of the theme song, and namer of this show) makes his long-awaited debut to tell us more than we ever knew we needed to know about his hero, the internet's sincerest musical memer.  Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

We talk about the many allusions to the myth of Icarus in pop culture, and why everyone is referencing him for the wrong reasons.  Spoilers for: Terminator 2 Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Come for the trivia. Stay for the DEAD-ON character impressions (get it??).  Spoilers for: Clue, Knives Out Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

What is art? What is money? What’s the point of “owning” art? Tess forces Celina to learn about NFTs and Celina loves every second of it! Spoilers for: Doctor Who (Series 7) Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Parasocial Activity welcomes its first-ever guest, Keanu Reeves scholar Emma Nash! Gather round as she waxes poetic on the timelessness of My Own Private Idaho, the romanticism of Speed, and the unstable selfhood Keanu consistently portrays so well. Stay til the end for some bonus takes on Supernatural.  Spoilers for: My Own Private Idaho, Point Break, John Wick, The Fast and the Furious, The Matrix, Something's Gotta Give, River's Edge, Permanent Record CW: sexual assault, suicide, murder, porn Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Do you like musicals? Do you like people who pretend to be mannequins? Then you'll probably like Evening Primrose, Stephen Sondheim's 1966 made-for-TV musical that basically plays like a Twilight Zone episode with singing. Join us as we honor the master by discussing his weirdest project of all. Spoilers for: Evening Primrose, Psycho, The Sound of Music Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

All we wanted for Christmas was a fun and heartwarming lesbian holiday romance movie starring Kristen Stewart. Instead, we got a sad and disappointing lesbian holiday romance movie. But Kristen was still great. Spoilers for: Happiest Season (2020), Underwater (2020) Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Is The Secret History the best novel ever written? Should Ansel Elgort play Henry in the  (nonexistent) film adaptation? Is the pursuit of the picturesque to the exclusion of all else a moral failing? Is Harry Potter dark academia? Can two pals have the same favorite book, but disagree about every aspect of it? Find out now! Spoilers for: The Secret History, The Talented Mr Ripley Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

A tiny Italian shoe and a tall glass of American milk frolic together in the Italian countryside. Celina and Tess try to think of a single queer romantic movie that isn't full of gay angst. Spoilers for: Call Me By Your Name (book & movie), Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Half of It, But I'm a Cheerleader CW: sexual assault, predatory behavior/grooming, cannibalism, pooping NOTE: Some people may not want to listen to us go into the specifics of Armie Hammer's cannibalistic behavior. Those people should skip from 00:50:00 to 00:51:35. Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Celina Siegel Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel

Learn EVERYTHING you need to know about Astrology in just 90 short and fun-filled minutes. After you listen to this, you'll finally fit in. Spongebob is an Aries. Buffy is a Capricorn. Don't worry too much about the 13th sign.  Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess Hotz Edited by Tess Hotz Theme song by Sam Walters Cover art by Celina Siegel