Episode 101: Robins Hood

In this episode, we tackle Anna’s lifelong obsession, Robin Hood, in all his (her? its? their?) incarnations and formats. Thwip!

Links
A Beginner’s Guide to Robin Hood
Shire Reeve

Robin Hood (2018)
Robin Hood (1973) (soft butch culture)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

This pornstache and soul patch deserve above the title billing

Robin Hood (1991)
Robin Hood (2010)
Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire by Howard Pyle
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1959)
Robin Hood (2006-2009)
Merry Men by Robert Rodi, illustrated by Jackie Lewis and Marissa Louise

Anna Hood

Princess of Thieves (2001)
The Sherwood Game by Esther Friesner
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
Shadow of the Wolf by Tim Hall
Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure by Kekla Magoon
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
Muppet Robin Hood
Hawksmaid by Kathryn Lasky
Lady of the Forest, Lady of Sherwood by Jennifer Roberson

Anna Scarlet

Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk (2019)
Sherwood by Meagan Spooner (2019)
League of Archers by Eva Howard
Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales
Robyn Hood: Riot Girls
Green Arrow
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee
Normans
Robin Hood: The Magna Carta
BBC History: Robin Hood and his Historical Context

Our Cast

Musical Obsessions
Anna: “Postcard” by Jukebox the Ghost; “Divine Hammer” by The Breeders; “All Night” by Walk the Moon
Alene: “Let’s Generalize About Men” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Obsessions
Anna: Robin Hood (duh)
Alene: depression

Episode 27: Hamilton and Best of 2015 Show Notes

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After three months away, we are back to discuss Hamilton (one of us is an expert and one is not) and discuss some of our highlights for 2015. And make an important announcement. Thanks to all our fans for your patience and support.

Links
Hamilton: An American Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda
LMM and This American Life
LMM on Jeopardy!
“Hamilton” is the Very Model of a Modern Fast-Paced Musical
Disney’s Moana
The Wiz Live!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Carol
Magic Mike XXL
Inside Out
Carly Rae Jepsen
Walk the Moon
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Supergirl
The Flash
The Nine Lives of Christmas
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Mr. Fahrenheit by T. Michael Martin

Obsessions
Carolyn: Justin Bieber: “What Do You Mean?”

Anna: Adele: “Hello”

The Princess and the Prix by Nell Stark
A Lego Brickumentary

Episode 27: Hamilton and Best of 2015

After three months away, we are back to discuss Hamilton (one of us is an expert and one is not) and discuss some of our highlights for 2015. And make an important announcement. Thanks to all our fans for your patience and support.

Show notes here.

Episode 18 Show Notes: Serial Killers with @loather

Episode here.

We had a very special guest this episode: Dolly aka @loather aka one half of the Withdrawn podcasting team (@withdrawntweets) talked with us about serial killers and mysteries in general. And . . . Starbucks? Surprisingly, we did not talk about her star cats.

Links
Here’s Why We Love Serial Killers from Psychology Today
Best Fictional Serial Killers from Ranker
“Dead Girls Sold Here” by Anna March for The Rumpus
Circulating Ideas podcast
Patricia Cornwell
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
Thomas Harris
Criminal Minds
Sue Grafton
Shades of London series by Maureen Johnson
Zodiac
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

Musical Obsessions
Dolly: “Earned It” by The Weeknd
Anna: “Shut up and Dance” by Walk the Moon
Carolyn: “Can’t Do Without You” by Caribou

Obsessions
Dolly: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case and “F*ck the Police” by J Dilla and The Book of Strange New Things
Anna: Jem and the Holograms comic
Carolyn: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker and Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Episode 10 Show Notes: Best of the Year and What We’re Looking Forward To

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Introducing our best of 2014 lists, which are both arbitrary and silly (as you might have suspected)! New Year’s resolutions? We should go to more concerts. We should keep better track of things.

Carolyn’s List
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
“Chocolate” by 1975
How to Get Away with Murder
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Lego Movie
True Detective
Walk the Moon‘s album Talking is Hard

Anna’s List
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Big Hero 6
Randoms from Willy Wonka Candy
Lumberjanes
1989 by Taylor Swift
Spotify
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

Looking Ahead to 2015
Prudence by Gail Carriger (Book One of the Custard Protocol)
Star Wars Episode VII Teaser Trailer
Inside Out
The Very Thought of You by Connie Willis
IMDB Watchlist feature

Obsessions

Carolyn
The Flash
Arrow

Anna
Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg
Elfquest
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson et. al

Episode 6 Show Notes: [Scary Halloween Noises]

For our sixth episode, we turned to a convenient national obsession: HALLOWEEN! Warning: meandering conversation ahead.

Links

A list of all the Halloween-related episodes of American TV
Butterick Halloween costume patterns for 2014!
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Gaslight
The Mothman Prophecies
Halloween H20
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Alien
The Terminator
The Shining by Stephen King
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
It by Stephen King
Notebook of Doom series by Troy Cummings
Bunnicula by James Howe
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Paranormal Activity
Final Destination
“It’s decorative gourd season, mother—-ers!”

Obsessions

Anna:
The Game and the Governess by Kate Noble
“Elsie” by Nickel Creek

Carolyn:
“Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon