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Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast
Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit.
Episodes
67 episodes
Deep Thoughts about Men in Black
You know what the difference is between you and me? I make podcasting look gooooood.This week, Emily dives into the remarkably subversive 1997 film Men in Black. Despite looking like nothing more than an entertaining summer blo...
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Episode 60
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Deep Thoughts about The Birdcage
Shouldn't you be holding the crucifix? It is the prop for martyrs!The 1996 film The Birdcage offered a revolutionary portrayal of gay love in a mainstream movie. Not only do we see a stable, loving, long-term relationsh...
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Episode 59
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Deep Thoughts about The Nightmare Before Christmas
What's this? What's this? There's overthinking everywhere!This week’s episode of Deep Thoughts takes a closer look at Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (which was actually directed by Henry Selick) to...
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Episode 58
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Deep Thoughts about Jaws
We’re gonna need a bigger podcast…Join the Guy Girls this week as Emily geeks out about the most tightly-written and well-crafted summer blockbuster ever made: Jaws. This film taught us the importance of keeping the monster hidd...
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Episode 57
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Deep Thoughts about The Little Mermaid
Bright young women, sick of swimming, ready to podcast!In 1989, 13-year-old Tracie and 10-year-old Emily got to witness the Disney renaissance in real time when they saw The Little Mermaid in the theater. The Guy girls ...
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Episode 56
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Deep Thoughts about Beetlejuice
I myself am strange and unusual.On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her thoughts about the ghost with the most: Beetlejuice. The Tim Burton film is aesthetically gorgeous, unapologetically bizarre...
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Episode 55
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Deep Thoughts about Blade Runner
All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want.The 1982 science fiction classic, Blade Runner, was a favorite of the Guy girls’ father. Mainstream media critics can’t ruminate about how a loved one’s relation...
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Episode 54
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Deep Thoughts about City Slickers
I crap bigger’n you!The 1991 film City Slickers holds a special place in the Guy sisters’ hearts because of how much their dad loved it. When Tracie and Emily took him to see this film in the theater for Father’s Day, t...
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Episode 53
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Deep Thoughts about Field of Dreams
If you build it, he will come. What better vehicle for the Guy girls to meditate on their relationship with their late father than a movie they once watched with him about a man’s relationship with his late father? With
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Episode 52
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Deep Thoughts about Nightmare on Elm Street
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…Today’s episode of Deep Thoughts gives Emily a chance to finally exorcise the boogeyman of every 80’s childhood: Freddy Krueger. Though neither Emily nor Tracie ever saw the influential 1984 fil...
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Episode 51
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Deep Thoughts about Dune with Jake Cohen
Fear is the mind-killer…On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome their cousin Jake Cohen to talk all things Dune, from Frank Herbert’s influential series of novels to the 1984 David Lynch adapta...
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Episode 50
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Deep Thoughts About Shrek TEASER
Podcasts are like onions…they’ve got layers. In this patron-exclusive bonus episode, Emily takes a look back at Shrek, the charming ogre who entertained her young son. Though the movie is still laugh-out-loud funny at times, those g...
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Deep Thoughts about Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and listen to a podcast once in a while, you might just miss it.This week, Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the iconic 1986 teen movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off–and unfortunately the...
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Episode 49
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Deep Thoughts about The Matrix
Only try to realize the truth: There is no spoon.When Emily brings her deep thoughts about the Wachowski Sisters’ 1999 cinematic masterpiece, The Matrix, the Guy sisters are unable to contain the conversation to under a...
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Episode 48
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Deep Thoughts about The Ren & Stimpy Show
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!This week on Deep Thoughts, Tracie brings nostalgia, laughter, and the unfortunate realization that you really can’t go home again with her analysis of The Ren & Stimpy Show. While creator and tortured...
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Episode 47
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Deep Thoughts about Revenge of the Nerds
NERDS!!!On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her analysis (and horrified shuddering) about the oddly influential 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Though the filmmakers thought they were writing the “gentle a...
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Episode 46
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Deep Thoughts about Dead Poets Society
O Captain! My Captain!Join us as Tracie brings her deep thoughts to the 1989 film Dead Poets Society on today’s episode. Though this beloved film was supposed to be a defense of the humanities (and remember, both Guy Girls were ...
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Episode 45
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Deep Thoughts about Jurassic Park
Hold on to your butts!On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her analysis of the 1993 film Jurassic Park. She describes the thrill of being the target audience for a summer blockbuster (she was 14 when it came out...
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Episode 44
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Deep Thoughts about The Last Unicorn
Magic! Do as you will!Tracie brings her deep thoughts about the 1982 animated film The Last Unicorn, a lesser-known but beloved part of the traumatizing 80s movie canon. With gorgeous animation–the studio went on to become Studi...
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Episode 43
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Deep Thoughts about Four Weddings and a Funeral
In the words of David Cassidy, in fact, while he was still with The Partridge Family, I think I love you…Join us this week as Tracie and Emily revisit the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral that they first saw in the theater ...
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Episode 42
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Deep Thoughts about King Kong with William Patrick Day
Was it beauty that killed the beast? Or was it capitalism…aided by airplanes?On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome Oberlin Professor Pat Day to talk about the ape, the myth, the movie legend: King Kong. Prof. ...
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Episode 41
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Deep Thoughts about Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
We’re not bad…we’re just drawn that way!In this episode, Emily brings her deep thoughts about a marvel of innovation and animation: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?This 1988 film, a self-conscious mashup of three ...
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Episode 40
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Deep Thoughts about Dirty Dancing (Patron Exclusive) TEASER
Now I had the time of my life…revisiting this classic!In today’s special patrons-only bonus episode, Tracie dives deep into the unexpected hit film Dirty Dancing. Join the sisters as they unpack Eleanor Bergstein’s very...
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