Can I Just Say
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsCan I just say… that this is a podcast about stories we love. A joyous in-depth discussion of characters and themes in movies, television, and literature and how they are meaningful for us.
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CIJS 37: Daenerys Targaryen Panel - Con of Thrones 2019
November 25, 2019 14:36 - 50 minutesThis week on Can I Just Say, the last of our dispatches from 2019 Con of Thrones. We discuss fate and destiny for one who is so powerful, our shifting experiences of “Dracarys” the end of Season 8, and conquering vs ruling. Daphne’s co-panelists: Quinn Howard on Twitter: @IDEASOFICE_FIRE and on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ Casey Zuccarelli on Twitter: @BlueEyedQueenn and on the Vassal of Kingsgrave Podcast: VOKpodcast.wordpress.com Kev (Bridge 4) o...
CIJS 37: At Journey’s End: Daenerys Targaryen Panel - Con of Thrones 2019
November 25, 2019 14:36This week on Can I Just Say, the last of our dispatches from 2019 Con of Thrones. We discuss fate and destiny for one who is so powerful, our shifting experiences of “Dracarys” the end of Season 8, and conquering vs ruling. Daphne’s co-panelists: Quinn Howard on Twitter: @IDEASOFICE_FIRE and on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ Casey Zuccarelli on Twitter: @BlueEyedQueenn and on the Vassal of Kingsgrave Podcast: VOKpodcast.wordpress.com Kev (Bridge 4) o...
CIJS 37: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – At Journey’s End: Daenerys Targaryen
November 25, 2019 12:48 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, the last of our dispatches from 2019 Con of Thrones. We discuss fate and destiny for one who is so powerful, our shifting experiences of "Dracarys" the end of Season 8, and conquering vs ruling.
CIJS 36: At Journey’s End: Theon Greyjoy Panel - Con of Thrones 2019
November 11, 2019 14:22This week on Can I Just Say, Elizabeth was on a fascinating Con of Thrones panel looking at the arc of Theon Greyjoy from start to end of Game of Thrones. Greyjoy or Stark? Theon’s story ends up being one of the most interesting and heart wrenching story in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire. Petra on Twitter: @PLHalbur and her writing on Watchers on the Wall: https://watchersonthewall.com/author-bio/petra/ Kyle on Twitter: @AzorAhype and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AzorA...
CIJS 36: Theon Greyjoy Panel - Con of Thrones 2019
November 11, 2019 14:22 - 53 minutesThis week on Can I Just Say, Elizabeth was on a fascinating Con of Thrones panel looking at the arc of Theon Greyjoy from start to end of Game of Thrones. Greyjoy or Stark? Theon’s story ends up being one of the most interesting and heart wrenching story in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire. Petra on Twitter: @PLHalbur and her writing on Watchers on the Wall: https://watchersonthewall.com/author-bio/petra/ Kyle on Twitter: @AzorAhype and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AzorA...
CIJS 35: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – At Journey’s End: Theon Greyjoy
November 11, 2019 12:12 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBElizabeth was on a fascinating Con of Thrones panel looking at the arc of Theon Greyjoy from start to end of Game of Thrones. Greyjoy or Stark? Theon's story ends up being one of the most interesting and heart wrenching story in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire.
CIJS 36: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – At Journey’s End: Theon Greyjoy
November 11, 2019 12:12 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBElizabeth was on a fascinating Con of Thrones panel looking at the arc of Theon Greyjoy from start to end of Game of Thrones. Greyjoy or Stark? Theon's story ends up being one of the most interesting and heart wrenching story in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire.
CIJS 35: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – The Common People and the High Lords’ Game
October 24, 2019 15:13 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, the second panel dispatch from Con of Thrones: Daphne talked with Michael Monaco from Maester Monthly, as well as Luka Nieto and David Rosenblatt from Watchers on the Wall. We talked about power dynamics of the Common Folk who rose to be in the spheres of the Noble Families in the worlds of A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones and our favorite examples of those types of characters, including Melisandre, Varys, Davos and others.
CIJS 35: Queendom Panel - Con of Thrones 2019
July 19, 2019 13:15 - 54 minutesThis week on Can I Just Say, the first panel dispatch from Con of Thrones. In a sequel to last year’s Queendom panel, Daphne joins Kristine Kippins, Lauren Sarner, and Kim Renfro to discuss women and politics in Game of Thrones. You can find Kristine on twitter here @kippinsk And her podcast, Your Watch Begins Kim on twitter: @kimrrenfro Her writing for Business Insider And Kims book: The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones Lauren on twitter: @LarenSarner Lauren’s writing for the NY Post ...
CIJS 34: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – Women and Politics in Game of Thrones
July 19, 2019 11:18 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, the first panel dispatch from Con of Thrones. In a sequel to last year's Queendom panel, Daphne joins Kristine Kippins, Lauren Sarner, and Kim Renfro to discuss women and politics in Game of Thrones.
CIJS 34: Game of Thrones Season 8
June 10, 2019 22:02 - 2 hoursThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Season 8 of Game of Thrones, for a long long time. Kristine Kippins is back and we are also joined by Petra Halbur who writes for the Game of Thrones dedicated site Watchers on the Wall. Daphne is a bit salty and Elizabeth is (as always) sweet. To listen to our Season 7 discussion: click here You can find Kristine here @kippinsk And Petra here @PLHalbur Check out Watchers on the Wall and sign up for Con of Thrones And you can listen to the podcast Yo...
CIJS 34: Game of Thrones Season 8 with Kristine Kippins and Petra Halbur
June 10, 2019 22:02This week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Season 8 of Game of Thrones, for a long long time. Kristine Kippins is back and we are also joined by Petra Halbur who writes for the Game of Thrones dedicated site Watchers on the Wall. Daphne is a bit salty and Elizabeth is (as always) sweet. To listen to our Season 7 discussion: click here You can find Kristine here @kippinsk And Petra here @PLHalbur Check out Watchers on the Wall and sign up for Con of Thrones And you can listen to the podcast Yo...
CIJS 33: Game of Thrones Season 8 discussion with Kristine Kippins and Petra Halbur
June 10, 2019 15:39 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Season 8 of Game of Thrones, for a long long time. Kristine Kippins is back and we are also joined by Petra Halbur who writes for the Game of Thrones dedicated site Watchers on the Wall. Daphne is a bit salty and Elizabeth is (as always) sweet.
CIJS 33: Game of Thrones Season 7 with Kristine Kippins
April 08, 2019 21:56 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we look back at Season 7 of Game of Thrones, in our excitement for Season 8. Kristine Kippins joins Daphne for a continuation of our Con of Thrones panel discussions and a preview for our 2019 panel. We discuss Being the Dragon, leadership styes, bending knees, and who will bring the balance of The Force to Westeros (if anyone can) You can find Kristine here @kippinsk And listen to Podcasts of our Panels from 2018 Con of Thrones: CIJS 18: Women in Game of Throne...
CIJS 32: Game of Thrones Season 7 discussion with Kristine Kippins
April 08, 2019 14:02 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we look back at Season 7 of Game of Thrones, in our excitement for Season 8. Kristine Kippins joins Daphne for a continuation of our Con of Thrones panel discussions and a preview for our 2019 panel. We discuss Being the Dragon, leadership styes, bending knees, and who will bring the balance of The Force to Westeros (if anyone can)
CIJS 32: Bull Durham - 1988 Film
March 18, 2019 21:49 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we enter the church of Baseball and find that we believe in belief. If you love something enough it can be profound. Annie and Crash are two of the most fascinating and fun characters you will ever meet, and Daphne proves that you don’t need to know anything about baseball to love this film. Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPod...
CIJS 31: Bull Durham
March 18, 2019 04:54 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we enter the church of Baseball and find that we believe in belief. If you love something enough it can be profound. Annie and Crash are two of the most fascinating and fun characters you will ever meet, and Daphne proves that you don't need to know anything about baseball to love this film.
CIJS 31: The Favourite with Guest Lindsey Romain
February 20, 2019 13:32 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, Lindsey Romain of Nerdist joins us to discuss The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos. We chat about shooting, dancing, women in power and men throwing fruit. You can read Lindsey's writing here and find her on twitter here Elizabeth Minkel was a guest on our other podcast, Fathoms Deep, and discussed The Favourite on her podcast, Fansplaining https://www.fansplaining.com Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. ...
CIJS 30: The Favourite
February 20, 2019 13:23 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, Lindsey Romain of Nerdist joins us to discuss The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos. We chat about shooting, dancing, women in power and men throwing fruit.
CIJS 29: Moonstruck
January 29, 2019 14:03 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1987 film, Moonstruck. We howl at the moon and break our hearts and go to the opera. We both loved this story of a woman's self-discovery, set in NY but also in a modern fairy tale based on love, family, beauty, and wolves….
CIJS 30: Moonstruck - 1987 Film
January 28, 2019 22:40 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1987 film, Moonstruck. We howl at the moon and break our hearts and go to the opera. We both loved this story of a woman’s self-discovery, set in NY but also in a modern fairy tale based on love, family, beauty, and wolves…. Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-mail us at ...
CIJS 28: Begin Again
January 15, 2019 08:29 - 1 hour - 30 MBIt is time to plug in our splitter and wander around New York listening to our playlists and talk about this delightful film that defies tropes and is truly a pleasure to watch.
CIJS 29: Begin Again
January 14, 2019 21:33 - 1 hourIt is time to plug in our splitter and wander around New York listening to our playlists and talk about this delightful film that defies tropes and is truly a pleasure to watch. Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-mail us at [email protected] Music - Me and Billy Barnum by Josh Woodward. Free download: w...
CIJS 28: Impromptu - 1991 Film
November 05, 2018 21:29 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, the 1991 film, Impromptu. When discussion of darling film about the 1830’s art world in Paris and a fabulously gender fluid writer (George Sand played by Judy Davis) becomes a grand sweeping debate of arts place in society, democracy, cultural norms. Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-ma...
CIJS 27: Impromptu 1991
November 05, 2018 15:44 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, the 1991 film, Impromptu. When discussion of darling film about the 1830's art world in Paris and a fabulously gender fluid writer (George Sand played by Judy Davis) becomes a grand sweeping debate of arts place in society, democracy, cultural norms.
CIJS 26: Little Women 1994 Film
October 15, 2018 21:49 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1994 film, Little Women. Gentlemen of the press. Hear! Hear! We so enjoyed the March family... enough to want to be a part of it (but not in quite the same way as Laurie)
CIJS 27: Little Women - 1994 Film
October 15, 2018 20:25 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1994 film, Little Women. Gentlemen of the press. Hear! Hear! We so enjoyed the March family… enough to want to be a part of it (but not in quite the same way as Laurie) Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-mail us at [email protected] Music - Me and Billy Barnum...
CIJS 25: A Room with A View Film – 1985
September 25, 2018 02:53 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1985 Merchant Ivory film, A Room with a View. The wonderful Louise Barnes from Black Sails joins us for: Beauty! Joy! And the eternal Yes!
CIJS 26: E.M. Forster's A Room with A View - 1985 Film
September 24, 2018 19:43 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1985 Merchant Ivory film, A Room with a View. The wonderful Louise Barnes from Black Sails joins us for: Beauty! Joy! And the eternal Yes! You can find Louise on Twitter @LBarnesBoraine and Instagram @LouiseBarnesBoraine and our Black Sails interview with Louise on Fathoms Deep here – spoilers for all seasons of Black Sails – watch Black Sails, already 🙂 Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love...
CIJS 24: E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View
September 10, 2018 20:35 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss E.M. Forster's A Room with a View - introspection or the lack thereof, bathing, piano, and fate all wrapped in some of the most beautiful prose. We so enjoyed ourselves! Next episode we discuss the film with actress Louise Barnes.
CIJS 25: E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View - book discussion
September 10, 2018 19:06 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View – introspection or the lack thereof, bathing, piano, and fate all wrapped in some of the most beautiful prose. We so enjoyed ourselves! Next episode we discuss the film with actress Louise Barnes. Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-mail us at ...
CIJS 23: Jane Austen’s Emma Adaptations
August 27, 2018 22:07 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1996 and 2009 adaptations of Jane Austen's Emma and we will try not to kill Knightly's dogs....
CIJS 24: Jane Austen’s Emma Adaptations
August 27, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss the 1996 and 2009 adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma and we will try not to kill Knightly’s dogs…. Listen to our discussion of the book Emma Visit the website of the Jane Austen Society of North America Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry Follow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSay E-mail us at [email protected]...
CIJS 22: Jane Austen’s Emma
August 07, 2018 02:52 - 1 hour - 29 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen's Emma, our well meaning and often misguided heroine of a very different sort than we have met up until this point. We talk of responsibility and pride and what may be the true meaning of 'extensive grounds'
CIJS 23: Jane Austen’s Emma - book discussion
August 06, 2018 18:55 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen’s Emma, our well meaning and often misguided heroine of a very different sort than we have met up until this point. We talk of responsibility and pride and what may be the true meaning of ‘extensive grounds’ Listen to the podcast about Austenistan: www.npr.org/2018/07/10/627779858/austenistan This is the article Elizabeth referenced: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/05/jane-austen-emma-changed-face-fiction Listen to our podcast...
CIJS 21: Star Wars: The Last Jedi with Lindsey Romain
July 17, 2018 03:08 - 2 hours - 85.6 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, culture writer Lindsey Romain joins us to discuss Star Wars: The Last Jedi and we had the most fun talking about The Force, the characters, the themes.... and a few things we had not anticipated.
CIJS 22: Star Wars: The Last Jedi with Lindsey Romain
July 16, 2018 14:57 - 2 hoursThis week on Can I Just Say, culture writer Lindsey Romain joins us to discuss Star Wars: The Last Jedi and we had the most fun talking about The Force, the characters, the themes…. and a few things we had not anticipated. Lindsey Romain is a Culture Writer. She is @lindseyromain on twitter and you can see her writing here: https://lindseyromain.contently.com This is the Tom + Lorenzo article about Rey’s costume Daphne mentioned: https://tomandlorenzo.com/2018/07/star-wars-the-force-awaken...
CIJS 20: Pride and Prejudice Adaptations – 1995 and 2005
July 03, 2018 03:09 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, Andrew Dyce joins us to discuss the 1995 and 2005 adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. We had a fantastic conversation, a crazy revelation mid-podcast, and sadly some tech problems and not our usual standard of audio quality (sorry!) We find great enjoyment in professing opinions which in fact are our own.
CIJS 21: Pride and Prejudice Adaptations – 1995 and 2005
July 02, 2018 14:50 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, Andrew Dyce joins us to discuss the 1995 and 2005 adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. We had a fantastic conversation, a crazy revelation mid-podcast, and sadly some tech problems and not our usual standard of audio quality (sorry!) We find great enjoyment in professing opinions which in fact are our own. Find Andrew Dyce on twitter as @andrewbdyce and his writing at SreenRant.com – and especially his piece on the Black Sails finale (SPOILERS) here Listen to ou...
CIJS 19: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
June 19, 2018 03:58 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. We talk about the beautifully flawed characters of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, the choices (or lack thereof) for women of that time, and who we would choose to go to our Ball and who to our dinner party.
CIJS 20: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Novel
June 18, 2018 14:41 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. We talk about the beautifully flawed characters of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, the choices (or lack thereof) for women of that time, and who we would choose to go to our Ball and who to our dinner party. Find our discussion of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility here Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love. Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's Jewelry...
CIJS 19: The Sisters Stark Panel - Con of Thrones 2018
June 11, 2018 14:28 - 51 minutesSpecial Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – a series of podcasts of Daphne’s panels at the Con. This one is from the Sisterhood of Sansa and Arya Stark panel with Lindsey Romain, Laura Stone, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about loving our Stark girls and how we experience their characterization and arcs as women in the Game of Thrones fandom. Lindsey Romain is a Pop Culture writer @lindseyromain on twitter and you can see her writing here: https://lindseyromain.contently.com Lau...
CIJS 19: The Sisters Stark Panel - Dispatches from Con of Thrones 2018
June 11, 2018 14:28Special Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – a series of podcasts of Daphne’s panels at the Con. This one is from the Sisterhood of Sansa and Arya Stark panel with Lindsey Romain, Laura Stone, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about loving our Stark girls and how we experience their characterization and arcs as women in the Game of Thrones fandom. Lindsey Romain is a Pop Culture writer @lindseyromain on twitter and you can see her writing here: https://lindseyromain.contently.com Lau...
CIJS 18: Women in Game of Thrones Panel - Con of Thrones 2018
June 08, 2018 14:04 - 54 minutesSpecial Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – a series of podcasts of Daphne’s panels at the Con. This one is from the Queendom of Thrones: Women in Game of Thrones panel with Lauren Sarner, Kim Renfro, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about our favorite characters, sexposition, and costuming as female transformation. Stay tuned for more panels to be posted soon! Lauren Sarner is a entertainment journalist who writes about TV for The New York Post https://nypost.com/author/lauren-sarn...
CIJS 18: Women in Game of Thrones Panel - Dispatches from Con of Thrones 2018
June 08, 2018 14:04Special Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones – a series of podcasts of Daphne’s panels at the Con. This one is from the Queendom of Thrones: Women in Game of Thrones panel with Lauren Sarner, Kim Renfro, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about our favorite characters, sexposition, and costuming as female transformation. Stay tuned for more panels to be posted soon! Lauren Sarner is a entertainment journalist who writes about TV for The New York Post https://nypost.com/author/lauren-sarn...
CIJS 17: Sense and Sensibility – 1995 movie adaptation
June 04, 2018 14:21 - 1 hourThis week on Can I Just Say, our Jane Austen discussions continue with the beloved 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. We sing the praises of Emma Thompson, we have a really hard time picking one favorite thing, and we have a great time discussing the relationship between a book and a well done adaptation. Find our discussion of the book Sense and Sensibility here Visit the website of the Jane Austen Society of North America Support us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, b...
CIJS 18: Sense and Sensibility – 1995 movie adaptation
June 04, 2018 13:57 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, our Jane Austen discussions continue with the beloved 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. We sing the praises of Emma Thompson, we have a really hard time picking one favorite thing, and we have a great time discussing the relationship between a book and a well done adaptation.
CIJS 17: Dispatches from Con of Thrones #2 – The Sisters Stark Panel
June 03, 2018 16:12 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSpecial Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones - a series of podcasts of Daphne's panels at the Con. This one is from the Sisterhood of Sansa and Arya Stark panel with Lindsey Romain, Laura Stone, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about loving our Stark girls and how we experience their characterization and arcs as women in the Game of Thrones fandom.
CIJS 16: Dispatches from Con of Thrones #1 – Women in Game of Thrones Panel
May 30, 2018 16:15 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSpecial Episode: Dispatches from Con of Thrones - a series of podcasts of Daphne's panels at the con. This one is from the Queendom of Thrones: Women in Game of Thrones panel with Lauren Sarner, Kim Renfro, and Kristine Kippins where we talk about our favorite characters, sexposition, and costuming as female transformation.
CIJS 15: Sense & Sensibility with Louise Barnes
May 15, 2018 01:33 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThis week on Can I Just Say, we discuss Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility, with Black Sails actress, Louise Barnes... thereby creating possibly the best intersection of beloved stories ever? We discuss the charming Dashwood sisters, the elusive narrator, and our common love of Mrs Jennings.