Did You Do Your Homework? | A Pop Culture Podcast
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Love YA! Holidate
January 07, 2021 18:23 - 43 minutes - 80.1 MBIt's the end of the holiday season, so for a last hoorah Martha and Maren check out the 2020 Netflix original, Holidate (dir. John Whitesell; starring Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, and others).
Episode 94: Top 10's of 2020
January 01, 2021 01:32 - 1 hour - 145 MBIt's that time of year - time to look back at this trashfire year and focus on the stuff that brought us joy. Martha and Pete each bring 10 things to the table to share and discuss.
Love YA! Dash & Lily
December 23, 2020 19:40 - 1 hour - 125 MBMartha and Maren do something a little different for this ep and discuss the Netflix mini series, Dash & Lily. Released in 2020, starring Austin Abrams and Midori Francis, and periodically directed by Fred Savage, does this show kindle our festive impulses or leave us cold? Tune in to find out...
Episode 93: Co-Produced by COVID
December 16, 2020 23:29 - 1 hour - 113 MBEven in the face of the pandemic, people have kept creating art. Pete and Martha take a look at some of the projects people have developed in this time of COVID, and ask whether or not they would have come to be without the backdrop of quarantine. Homework for the episode: Host (2020), dir. Rob Savage; ActBlue hosts a live tableread with the cast of The Princess Bride
Love YA! Happiest Season
December 09, 2020 19:59 - 57 minutes - 105 MBIt's the holidays and our streaming services are DELIVERING. To kick off December, Maren and Martha talk about the lesbian rom com everyone's analyzing: the 2020 Hulu original Happiest Season.
DYDYH E092
December 07, 2020 02:37 - 1 hour - 116 MBWe go outside of our genre box to discuss some non-Western, non-Euro based genre fiction. Homework for the episode: City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (2017), The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008)
Love YA! Enola Holmes
November 27, 2020 19:51 - 50 minutes - 93 MBIt's a fun romp for your holiday weekend! Maren and Martha enjoy the fluffy adventure Enola Holmes, a 2020 Netflix original directed by Harry Bradbeer and starring Millie Bobby Brown, Helena Bonham Carter, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, and Louis Partridge.
Episode 91: Interpreting the Classics
November 20, 2020 17:57 - 1 hour - 130 MBThere have been a lot of late 19th century, early 20th century works of literature adapted for modern cinema recently. Pete and Martha put some of the most recent offerings under their microscope and hash out what works, what doesn't, and how Martha would have improved on the 2020 Netflix adaptation of Rebecca. Homework for the episode: Rebecca (2020, dir. Ben Wheatley), Little Women (2019, dir. Greta Gerwig) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020, created by Mike Flanagan)
Love YA! Ghost Town
November 12, 2020 16:25 - 58 minutes - 108 MBHonestly, telling you this episode is about the 2008 movie Ghost Town, directed by David Koepp and starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, and Tea Leoni, is burying the lede: what really happens is Maren and Martha hash out what does and does not make a romantic comedy.
Episode 90: Folk Horror
November 04, 2020 22:05 - 56 minutes - 103 MBYou: Halloween was four days ago. We, intellectuals: It's never too late to get spooky. Pete and Martha delve into the wild and wonderful world of folk horror, discussing an early example (The Wicker Man [1973], dir. Robin Hardy) and a sample from the recent resurgence (Midsommar [2019], dir. Ari Aster). Why DO so many people get killed in the woods? Come with us to find out...
Love YA! Hocus Pocus
October 29, 2020 19:55 - 50 minutes - 92.5 MBIt's just a bunch of hocus pocus...Maren and Martha get down with the spooky season by watching this perennial kid's Halloween classic. Released in 1993, directed by Kenny Ortega, and starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, and more.
Episode 89: Failed Oscar Bait
October 24, 2020 20:39 - 1 hour - 127 MBWhat makes a movie awards bait fodder? What happens when you have a movie that perfectly checks of all of the boxes but still falls flat? Why do most Oscar bait movies suck so bad? Pete and Martha get into all of this and more on today's episode discussing J. Edgar (2011, dir. Clint Eastwood) and Mary, Queen of Scots (2018, dir. Josie Rourke). Next week: Folk horror! Homework: The Wicker Man (1973, dir. Robin Hardy) and Midsommar (2019, dir. Ari Aster).
Love YA! Always Be My Maybe
October 17, 2020 21:40 - 51 minutes - 93.8 MBWe're back! Sorry for the hiatus, folks. To help us all alleviate some of the constant negativity we're dealing with, Maren and Martha decided to take a lowball and discuss a movie they both loved. In this ep we're talking the 2019 Netflix romcom Always Be My Maybe, directed by Nahnatchka Khan and starring Ali Wong and Randall Park.
Episode 88: The Old Testament
October 10, 2020 22:08 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWe're back after a short hiatus! Pete and Martha take a look at some Biblical media and Old Testament adaptations. Why don't people make more movies about the weird stuff? Homework for the episode: NOAH (2014, dir. Darren Aronofsky), The Prince of Egypt (1998, dir. Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner).
Episode 87: Sticking the Landing with Catching Up David
September 10, 2020 13:45 - 1 hour - 194 MBIt's a massive crossover episode as your DYDYH hosts join forces with the hosts of Catching Up David to talk about trilogies Sticking The Landing. We're looking at Return of the Jedi and Return of the King to talk about if––and how––two major cinematic trilogies were able to pull off that tricky final installment.
Love YA! The Bling Ring
September 02, 2020 23:30 - 53 minutes - 98.6 MBGen X meets Millennial culture in this crime satire by Sofia Coppola. Based on the article "The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales and originally published in Vanity Fair in 2010, The Bling Ring examines our obsession with fame and pop culture through the lens of a group of teens who systematically burgled some of Hollywood's finest. At least, it thinks it does. What is The Bling Ring doing, exactly? Join Maren and Martha's discussion on this 2013 film to find out.
Episode 86: The Rashomon Effect
August 27, 2020 16:55 - 1 hour - 113 MBThis is what happened...or is it? Pete and Martha take a look at the Rashomon Effect in film, starting with the titular film. Homework for the episode: Rashomon (1950, dir. Akira Kurosawa), Hero (2002, dir. Yimou Zhang), The Handmaiden (2016, dir. Chan-wook Park)
Love YA! Plus One
August 19, 2020 20:34 - 43 minutes - 79 MBWedding season continues with a viewing of the 2019 rom com Plus One, directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer and starring Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid. Catch us next ep for the 2013 teen thriller The Bling Ring, streaming on Netflix!
Episode 85: The Gothic
August 12, 2020 21:22 - 1 hour - 119 MBLet's get spooky! Pete and Martha dig into Gothic stories, starting with Edgar Allan Poe and working up to Guillermo del Toro. Some day Pete will stop letting Martha pick purely self indulgent topics, but today is not that day. Today's homework: Select works by Edgar Allan Poe; Jane Eyre (2011, dir. Cary Fukunaga); The Devil's Backbone (2001, dir. Guillermo del Toro).
Love YA! Selah & the Spades
August 05, 2020 22:41 - 54 minutes - 98.9 MBMaren and Martha are here for you to discuss the 2019 Amazon original Selah & the Spades. This is usually when Martha would write something snappy for the description, but she's feeling pretty tapped out right now! Pretend this is cleverer than it is.
Episode 84: Media Catchup
July 30, 2020 16:57 - 1 hour - 112 MBPete and Martha take a moment to recap some of the best stuff they've read, watched and listened to so far this year, including reminiscing about the last time they could go to the movie theater. Remember movie theaters? Those were the days.
Love YA! Palm Springs
July 24, 2020 15:13 - 47 minutes - 87.5 MBOur newest ep is a little outside of our normal oeuvre, but we think you'll dig it anyway. We're looking at the brand new Hulu rom com Palm Springs! GIANT SPOILER ALERT for Palm Springs! You will definitely want to watch the movie before listening to us break it down.
Episode 83: Afrofuturism
July 16, 2020 16:20 - 1 hour - 150 MBOn this episode, we explore the rich and varied world of Afrofuturism: what it means, some foundational works, and the future of the movement. Homework for the episode: The Archandroid (2010, Janelle Monae); Dawn (1987, Octavia E. Butler) and Brown Girl Begins (2017, dir. Sharon Lewis)
Love YA! A Wrinkle in Time
July 10, 2020 21:31 - 55 minutes - 101 MBIt's a brand new episode of Love YA! Things start out a little rocky because Maren and Martha both needed their coffee, but we get rolling pretty quick. We're here to discuss the book-to-film adaptation A Wrinkle in Time.
Episode 82: Racial Education for White Educators
July 02, 2020 17:01 - 57 minutes - 105 MBPete and Martha take their jobs as educators seriously, which is why they've committed themselves to beefing up their own education on the systemic racism and racial experiences of BIPOC in America. Listen to their discussion on what they're consuming and how they're recommending materials to the people they work with and for. Also: Black Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter, and All Cops are Bad. Just, you know, for emphasis.
Love YA! Skate Kitchen
June 29, 2020 20:28 - 48 minutes - 89 MBSorry for the late ep! Martha and Maren watch and mostly enjoy the 2018 based-on-real-people skateboarding adventure Skate Kitchen. Check out their real life counterparts on Instagram!
Episode 81: A Tale of Adaptation
June 19, 2020 19:16 - 59 minutes - 110 MBOn May 31 and June 1, 1921, white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the Greenwood District of Tulsa. This district, colloquially referred to as Black Wall Street, was a prosperous district populated by mostly black residents due to Tulsa's harsh segregation laws. The massacre was instigated by the alleged assault on a white woman by 19 year old Dick Rowland, and by the end, an as-yet-unnamed number of people were killed. Original death reports numbered 36; it is likely hundreds of pe...
Love YA! What A Girl Wants
June 10, 2020 18:58 - 50 minutes - 92 MBIt's a throwback episode this week on Love YA, with Maren and Martha digging up the 2003 "gem" What A Girl Wants. We discuss Amanda Bynes' ouvre, the highs and lows of this early aughts film, and Colin Firth's distressing lack of shirtlessness.
Episode 80: The Great Influenza
June 03, 2020 19:21 - 59 minutes - 109 MBIn an effort to make sense of *all of this*, Pete and Martha take a crack at The Great Influenza, the 2004 examination of the Spanish Flu by John M. Barry. Additional reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/americas-response-to-coronavirus-pandemic-is-incomprehensibly-incoherent-says-historian-who-studied-the-1918-flu/2020/05/22/1906391a-7b53-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
Love YA! The Half of It
May 28, 2020 01:30 - 57 minutes - 106 MBWe have a brand new one for you! The Half of It is a brand spanking new Netflix Original, written and directed by Alice Wu and starring Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire.
Episode 79: Real Stories, Adapted
May 21, 2020 16:57 - 49 minutes - 90.2 MBPete and Martha do a deep dive on one story: The Big Short, the 2010 expose of the 2007 financial crisis that was then adapted into the lightly fictionalized 2015 film directed by Adam McKay. We get mad! You should too!
Love YA! Book Smart
May 13, 2020 19:52 - 45 minutes - 83.3 MBWe take a break from streaming originals to watch Olivia Wilde's 2019 girl-centric comedy Book Smart, which Maren has never seen! Did she like it? Listen to find out...
Episode 78: Celebrating the Underdog
May 07, 2020 16:47 - 48 minutes - 88.5 MBWhy exactly do we find underdog sports stories so captivating? It's lowkey Martha's favorite genre of movie, and Pete still finds a way of subverting the assignment for his own purposes. The homework for the episode: Moneyball (2011, dir. Bennett Miller) and Miracle (2004, dir. Gavin O'Connor).
Love YA! The Space Between Us
April 30, 2020 00:37 - 45 minutes - 84 MBHey, the sound quality of this one sucks and we're sorry! We debated not posting it, but the chances of us being able to re-record it are pretty much none, so here it is with caveats. Something funky is going on with Maren's audio, and hopefully this won't be true in the next ep. Anyway, we discuss the big budget flick The Space Between Us, which wasn't based on a YA boo but sure does feel like it!
Episode 77: Isolation
April 22, 2020 17:44 - 43 minutes - 79.6 MBWe take a look at how characters in film deal with isolation, since, you know, we're all in that boat. Spoiler alert: some people handle it NOT WELL. Homework for the episode: The Thing (dir. John Carpenter) and Moon (dir. Duncan Jones)
Love YA! Be Somebody
April 15, 2020 16:22 - 40 minutes - 73.6 MBGood morning! Maren and Martha are back to help ease your mind and guide you through these wild teen rom com waters. Today, we're discussing the Netflix offering Be Somebody.
Episode 76: Quarantine Media
April 08, 2020 18:18 - 55 minutes - 101 MBIt's the flipside to our last episode! Pete and Martha bring you a few choice pieces of media to help us all process the pandemic and our personal quarantines. Homework for the episode: Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant, and the 2011 Steven Soderbergh film Contagion.
Love YA: Emo: The Musical
April 01, 2020 19:57 - 45 minutes - 84.1 MBWe're back! With a movie that we certainly watched with our own eyeballs! Today Maren and Martha are discussing the 2016 Australian movie, Emo: The Musical.
Episode 75: Media in Quarantine
March 26, 2020 16:19 - 46 minutes - 85.8 MBWe're back! Sorry for the unintentional hiatus. The world has been kind of a lot for the last few months, and it hasn't been great for our (Martha) brains. But we've confabbed and reformatted some things, and now we are here again for you in these trying times. Pete and Martha tell you what they've been consuming to keep themselves sane and calm, bring you some recommendations, and let you know what the podcast will look like moving into the future. Twitter accounts to check out: https://tw...
Love YA: P.S. I Still Love You
February 20, 2020 16:42 - 51 minutes - 93.5 MBIt's back, baybee! Maren and Martha get to take a breather from the chaff and get into the much-anticipated sequel to To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Is it as good as the first one? Probably not! Did we still have fun watching? You betcha.
Third Semester, Episode 10: 2020 Oscars
February 12, 2020 20:49 - 1 hour - 131 MBFirst, hear Martha's hilariously misguided predictions for the ceremony. Then, hear Pete, Martha and return guest Lizzie Meyer discuss the ceremony. We chat about the relevancy of the awards, the hits and misses, and how happy we are for Parasite.
Lova YA! After
February 05, 2020 18:35 - 44 minutes - 81.9 MBDisclaimer: neither Maren nor Martha harbors any ill will towards One Direction, fanfiction, or the creators and fans thereof. They do, however, harbor a great deal of ill will towards themselves for making each other watch this movie.
Third Semester, Episode 10: Lost in Translation
January 29, 2020 15:45 - 1 hour - 125 MBJoel Kenyon, podcast extraordinaire, joins us once more for an in-depth look at international film and American adaptations. We achieve a surprising amount of parity on opinions for the materials at hand! Homework for the episode: Let The Right One In (2008, dir. Tomas Alfredson); Let Me In (2010, dir. Matt Reeves); Shall We Dance? (1996, dir. Masayuki Suo), Shall We Dance? (2004, dir. Peter Chelsom); Shadow (2018, dir. Yimou Zhang) Find Joel on 40 Going on 14 and the Sunshine Happy Kpants ...
Love YA! Ice Princess
January 22, 2020 19:34 - 44 minutes - 80.8 MBWe're back with another classic! Maren and Martha take to the ice to discuss the 2005 Disney film, Ice Princess.
Third Semester, Episode 9: Idealizing Bad Men
January 15, 2020 22:34 - 1 hour - 119 MBDid you miss us? We missed you! Your DYDYH crew is back and joined by return guest and wonderful human Sarah Caputo to dig into the big question plaguing us all today: why on earth would anyone actually want to be Darth Vader?
Love YA! The Princess Diaries
January 08, 2020 12:00 - 38 minutes - 70 MBLove YA! The Princess Diaries by Did You Do Your Homework? | A Pop Culture Podcast
Third Semester, Episode 8: Holiday Horror
December 18, 2019 19:07 - 1 hour - 130 MBForget Halloween, Christmas is the true horrific holiday. Return guest Joe Caputo joins Pete and Martha to delve into why Christmas inspires such excellent horror movies, including a side trip into the wild and wonderful world of Northern European Christmas folklore. The homework for the episode: The Nightmare Before Christmas (dir. Henry Selick, 1993), Anna and the Apocalypse (dir.John McPhail, 2017) and Rare Exports (dir. Jalmari Helander, 2010)
Love YA! The Kissing Booth
December 11, 2019 00:52 - 38 minutes - 70.1 MBListen. We all make mistakes. Did Netflix make one with this movie? Who can say. Announcement: Love YA! will be taking a short break over the holidays, but will return with a vengeance in the new year. Have a nice break!
Third Semester, Episode 7: Top Ten Movies of the Decade
December 04, 2019 22:37 - 1 hour - 136 MBIt's our morally obligatory Top Ten Movies of the Decade episode. Edited to correct the missing audio, sorry for anyone who listened to the original and wondered why Martha was talking to herself!
Love YA! Dumplin'
November 27, 2019 16:37 - 48 minutes - 88.6 MBMaren and Martha go deep into body image, Dolly Parton, and the general joys of Jennifer Aniston and Southern hospitality when they discuss the Netflix adaptation Dumplin'.