Episodes

Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood. In which we discuss the 1980s, existentialism, nonconformity and Donnie Darko with our dear friend Maris Kreizman. Maris: https://www.mariskreizman.com/ Magpie Cinema Clu...

Shark still looks fake. In which River Butcher joins us, Doc and the gang to save Marty and comatose Jennifer's future kids from themselves. We're talking Back to the Future II, buttheads!

Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told us that if we didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt our brain. In which we go Back to the Future with River Butcher. River: https://www.riverbutcher.com/ Magpie...

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person... Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth." In which we talk camp, queer baiting, noms de plume and Velvet Goldmine with Eve Lindley and Crystal!

Founding You Are Good producer (and present You're Wrong About producer!) Carolyn Kendrick is going on a West Coast Tour to promote her record Each Machine. Alex will accompany to manage the tour and sell merch and zines. Please come on out and say hello if we're passing through your next of the wo…

We suppose now you wish that you had fed the rest of us to the dogs. In which we visit our old pal Hannibal in Italy.

It's strange calling yourself. In which we, along with our very best pal Chelsey Weber-Smith, unpack Mullholland Drive and mourn and pay our respects to our spiritual Daddy David Lynch.

There is a dead man on the other end of this effing line, and fortunately it's not Sarah, Alex, or our sassy pal Miles Klee. Come along, gang, as we unpack the Michael Mann's MANNsterpiece Heat . Miles Klee at Rolling Stone :...

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully." In which we unpack the meaning of life—and the meaning of Harold and Maude—with Miranda Zickler and Eve Lindley.

Honey, you know us, we don't really believe in marriage; now Botox on the other hand, that works every time. In which we unpack our feelings about Sex and the City: The Movie with the marvelous Eve Lindley.

"You should try running a country for a day. It's not all making war and smashing dissidents, you know. It's hard work." In which Sarah and Alex, joined by Eve Lindley, watch The Beautician and the Beast, which asks: What if Mr. Sheffield were a widowed dictator instead of a widowed Broadway produc…

We'll make a man out of you! In which we unpack gender, seeing ourselves in popular media, and Mulan (1998) with Livia Tsang and Eve Lindley.

Don't come at us with all your weird little man logic! In which Sarah, Claire Comstock-Gay, and Sophie Rae Lichterman get cozy and unpack The Other Woman!

Happy New Year! We're taking the week off, but worry not! There's a brand new episode ready over in bonus land! We'll be back with y'all next week! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.pa...

And we blamed it on the Santa Annas; we don't even know who the Santa Annas are! In which we embark upon an Ephron Christmas and spend a day with our kind of people by way of watching Mixed Nuts.

"Legend has it, when the Santa Anas blow, all bets are off." (The Santa Anas are literally blowing as I write this description!) In which Carolyn, Eve and Alex fall in love with falling in love.

“Life is pain. Get used to it.” In which we unpack the heroine's journey and The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel James and Carolyn Kendrick.

Let us just say: We were deeply unhappy, but we didn't know it, because we were so happy all the time. In which we unpack L.A. Story with the delightful Eve Lindley.

In which we embark upon an incredible journey, deconstruct Homeward Bound, and defy death many times over with the absolutely fabulous J.V. Hampton-VanSant.

"You are a human affront to all women and I am a woman." In which we get cozy in a mountain of Autumnal sweaters and revel in When Harry Met Sally... with Ilana Kaplan.

Repeat You Are Good guest Niko Stratis and You Are Good co-host Alex Steed just launched The OC, Again. It's a rewatch show about The OC, of course, but also about music, popular culture and politics in the mid-2000s. This is the first episode! California, here we come. Rate. Subscribe. Tell …

You're so cool! In which Alex and special guest host Niko Stratis discuss True Romance—and how our relationship with the movie has shifted over time—with the marvelous Eve Lindley.

We say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. If you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be. In which we meet up for coffee Stan Mikita's Donuts and talk Wayne's World with our delightful friend Candace Jane Opper!

"He's gone! He's gone from here! The evil is gone!" In which Sarah and Alex head back to a 1978 Haddonfield, Illinois, by was of John Carpenter's Halloween.