For the Girls!
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThe gay Diva Podcast is here! Queer people are obsessed with iconic female performers, so hosts Jason Black & Nick Westrate set out to talk to every queer obsessed with a queen. The work of the great Divas is reviewed, classified, culturally contextualized and CELEBRATED. Fandoms collide, learn from each other and grow. Come and Join. Share the love.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe! Diva You Should Know (Re-Air #2)! "Velvet Music"
April 23, 2024 12:29 - 1 hourWe are re-airing some of our favorite series, starting with: A Diva You Should Know! Find our full catalogue at patreon.com/forthegirlspodcast There is one woman who is the GodMother, The Queen, The Patron Saint of Rock 'n Roll: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE! We have been dying to cover this extraordinary Diva for a while and we saved her to round out your Gay Pride Season! So come and learn about this genre defying, electric guitar playing, ball gown wearing Stadium Bride! I bet the history books di...
Phoebe Snow! DIVA YOU SHOULD KNOW (Re-Run #1) "An Intimate Portrait"
April 02, 2024 04:00 - 1 hourWe are re-airing some of our favorite series, starting with: A Diva You Should Know! Find our full catalogue at patreon.com/forthegirlspodcast Phoebe Snow is a Diva You Should Know! So we are going to paint an intimate portrait of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. We lost this genre-defying performer too soon to a the music industry did know what to do with her, and refused to support women properly. So come back to the early 70s as we rediscover the soaring vocals, poetic i...
IMMACULATE! Starring Sydney Sweeney! "Rosemary Beads"
March 29, 2024 20:03 - 1 hourIt's Easter Weekend, Battle Angels, so we are rising from the podcast dead to take you to the IMMACULATE church of Sydney Sweeney. That's right it is time to dive into true horror with this Nun-sploitation flick. We have a new favorite final girl, and we want you to throw on a linen nightgown and run through an Italian field soaked in blood with us. Come for the Hers in Habits and stay for devil-Jesus. We get extremely sacrilegious as we worship our diva, so happy Good Friday! We cover horror...
Merry Cher-mas! "Christmas: The Cher Album"
December 12, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutesMerry Christmas everyone! Let's celebrate with Cher, babe! We review Cher's new Christmas album, "CHIRSTMAS." It is full of bops and bangers and classics, and we go through it all, babe. So hop into your drop top sleigh ride, and get ready to play some f*cking Christmas music. We cover so many divas, Bette and Cher's relationship, our Christmas traditions, and mostly just kiki about one of our favorite ladies to ever do it, the Dark Lady, Loretta, Babe: CHER! Learn more about your ad choices....
My Favorite Murder She Wrote 4! The Christmas Episode! "Wanda-Vision"
December 05, 2023 16:31 - 1 hourWe're back with a special Christmas Episode for everyone! While we are now completely moved to Patreon, we wanted to pop back in to remind you all of what you are missing in Heaven...that is, CABOT COVE! So it is time for you to get PRAYED UP for the holidays. Fly down east with us as we celebrate the holiday season with Jessica Fletcher, Dr. Seth, Sherriff Mort, and special guest stars Amy Brenneman and Sela Ward! This episode teaches us about business, Judges named Amy, slut-shaming, illegi...
The Patreon Migration! "Haunted Guest House"
August 02, 2023 13:25 - 19 minutesBattle Angels! We are moving the podcast in its entirety to our Patreon! So, we are reuniting on here, to tell you about it, the future of the pod, Barbie, the Meg, Haunted Guest Houses and of course a little Shelley Winters. We are back- kind of. Have a quick listen as we chart our new path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hocus Pocus 2! "BooooOOOOK!"
October 01, 2022 18:36 - 1 hourThat's right, the witches are back! Someone lit a black flame candle and brought the two of us out of hell and back to the hell of podcasting! We watched the movie last night with the rest of the global population, and then saved all of our takes for the hot mic. This is an unedited, unvarnished one night only return for us, and one way or another we are gonna find ya, and bring you all the goosies, all the nostalgia, and all the Divas. So strap your Roombas on your feet and get ready to fly ...
Bette Midler's "For the Boys!" - "We Remember You"
November 22, 2021 05:00 - 2 hoursWe’re back! For the 30th Anniversary of FOR THE BOYS we are giving it the full FOR THE GIRLS treatment. That’s right, girls, it’s a holiday special episode where we celebrate Bette Midler’s 1991 War Epic, update you on the past present and future of this podcast, and give you all the Diva News! So light a goddess candle and get ready to Billy-A-Dick down to the U.S.O as we go through every 20th Century American war, all of Bette’s period fashions, the Make-up, the vocals, and the Antifa-Divas...
P!nk! "The Greatest Escape!"
June 22, 2021 17:52 - 1 hourWe're late, we know, but let us make it up to you by taking you into the greater Alecia Moore-iverse! That's right, it is time to touch the hem of the Punk-inspired-singer-song-writer-Pop-Rock-Icon: P!nk! It's time to PARTY, you perfect under-dogs! So get ready as we cover the documentary of her tour: What I Know So Far! We are coming with doc and album reviews, Diva News and Podcast announcements that will make us all cry! We are in full summer celebration mode of our emotional, honest, true...
Eartha Kitt! with Alexandra Billings! "The Church of the Divas"
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourThis week we talk about the most fascinating woman in the world, Eartha Kitt, with the most brilliant professor in the world, Alexandra Billings! So meet us in Katie's corner for some deranged and delightful Diva dish. We talk icons, transformation, wigs, the 80s, plagues and bazoomabs! Come and learn why queer people are the Phoenixes of the human experience, how to become sadistic women, and all about navigating chaos. We talk Eartha, Bette, Madonna, Cher, Barbra, Mae West and Judy - it is ...
Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight!" *From Our Patreon!*
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourThat's right For the Girls, we are coming at you with a God Tier Album Review of Whitney Houston's 1990 I'm Your Baby Tonight! This episode already aired on our Patreon, so come and see what all the exclusive fuss is about! So hop onto your Nippy-cycle and get ready for Origins, trampoline choreography, 90s shame, self titled albums, and the beginning of the Bobby-era! Don’t try to sing along because it’s Whitney. Everyone just RELAX because Whit is going to explain Monogomy, exorcise a demon...
Doris Day! with Christopher Logan! "The True Illusive Chanteuse"
June 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourCome down to the Easy Listening sections, friends, as we defend the great Diva of Classic Hollywood: Doris Day! We have a guest superfan, Chris Logan, all the way from London to celebrate Calamity Jane, America's Sweetheart, the great voice of her generation, Doris! So join us in reconsidering this unsung Diva who hasn't been properly been given her due. We cover her virginal reputation, Rock Hudson's thighs, the 650 songs she recorded, the dogs, the dogs and the dogs, and the "Almost indepen...
The Pointer Sisters! "Super Powers"
May 25, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourIt's Diva You Should Know Week and we are celebrating the truly virtuosic genre-shifting multitudes of Ruth, Anita, Bonnie and June Pointer! Come with us through the Quartet of the 70s, the Trio of the 80s and the musicology of one of the most important music groups in history. We are worshipping these underusing superheroes this week as we review our favorite tracks, discuss their eclectic bop-filled library and cleanse our algorithms with this perfect music. Come for the hits, stay for the ...
Cate Blanchett! with Jakob Plummer! "The Gift"
May 18, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourAll Bow Down to the Queen of Cinema, Cate Blanchett! This week we grovel at her feet with superfan, Jakob Plummer. We are writing long letters on our typewriters about Jasmine, Carol Aird, Charlotte Grey and Veronica Guerin! We analyze her royal work, her villain work, her elf work and her everywoman work as we swim through the fearless and versatile waters of the reining Ice Queen of the Movies. So get ready to bop through the many Gifts and the greatest hits of this singular, trail-blazing,...
100th Episode: Part Two! Pat Resnick on 9 to 5!
May 12, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourOur 100th Episode extravaganza continues with the screenwriter of 9 to 5, Patricia Resnick! And she knows from Diva. So come gab with us about her work on The Cher Show, Robert Altman films, and Better Things. Pat came with Diva stories and tells tales of Lucille Ball, Shelley Winters, Stephanie J Block, Glenn Close, Ruth Gordon, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Bette Bette Bette Bette and Bette. Come hear tales of dancing with Nancy Reagan, creating this iconic film and building a ...
9 to 5! with LaToya Morgan! "Skinny & Sweet"
May 11, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourOUR 100th EPISODE IS HERE! And we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than inviting back returning champion, LaToya Morgan, to discuss one of all of our favorite films: 9 to 5! We are here to worship the divas Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Patricia Resnick, Ann Roth, Elizabeth Wilson, Peggy Pope, Marian Mercer, Esther Sullivan and Roxanne Bonilla-Giannini in this all too prescient classic from 1980. So throw on your work kimono, catch that elevator, and get ready to murder th...
My Favorite Murder She Wrote 4! "BooYah!"
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourOpen the Book of Cabot Cove and unleash an episode of Biblical proportions! That's right we are going back to paradise to learn and preach the theology of JB Fletcher. This is our fourth installment of this series and this time we study Season 4, Episode 7: "If It's Thursdays, It Must Be Beverly." So get ready to go to the beauty shop, reunite with Evie Simpson, hear about naughty kitties, Lotharios, Salmon mousse and of course, God herself. We are taking you back to the church of Angela Lans...
Some People's Lives! "The Gift of Love"
April 27, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourWelcome to our second Bette Midler Album Review! That's right, we are going back to the well this week to dig for some gold. So come and celebrate the 7th studio album from our goddess: Bette Midler! This is our next-step-Bible filled with nostalgia, herstory, Marc Shaiman, Dionne Warwick, Diane Warren, Janice Ian, Jennifer Lewis, and Adult Contemporary Charts. So come and find your joy as we dive into the Grammy for Female Pop Vocal Performance, the 90s, Los Angeles fantasies and Leggings! W...
Nomadland! with Chris Feil! "SaVANnah Guthrie"
April 20, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourIt's Oscar week and we have invited critic, podcaster and Oscar savant, Chris Feil from This Had Oscar Buzz to join us at the altar of the Nomads! That's right, it is time to stan for our divas: Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Linda May and Swankie!!! Tear up those lesson books, kids, because we are talking about art this week. We three matinee ladies are sitting by the fire discussing Community and Solitude, Fran's career, Chloe's meteoric rise and Linda May's Oscar campaign. So grab your 7 g...
Nina Simone Book Club! "To Be Free"
April 13, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourBook Club!!! We read Nina Simone's autobiography: I Put A Spell On You, and are coming at you with one queer ass book report! How many times can we say "Singular?" Well, take a listen and find out as we etch our new knowledge onto the Mount Rushmore of Divas. We travel from North Carolina to Barbados, from New York to Paris and Liberia to learn about the life and legacy of this complex, beautiful, century shifting virtuoso. We let her own words and story re-contextualize how we listen to her ...
Lady Gaga! with Ben Yahr! "The Electric Chapel"
April 06, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourClaws Out, Claws Up, it's time to worship the Mother Monster herself: Lady Gaga! We have her superfan and internet lip-syncing sensation, Ben Yahr, with us this week to break down everything about the Fame Monster. So grab your freak flag and get ready to plant it on planet Chromatica. We are building the ultimate outlet for your coven of Monsters. We are analyzing, rhapsodizing, and immortalizing this free woman, songwriter, performance artist, actress, provocateur, activist and beacon for t...
Meet Me in St. Louis! "We Need to Talk About Tootie."
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourHop onto the Nostalgia Trolley, Friends of Judy, as we go back to 1944 Hollywood and 1903 St. Louis to celebrate one of the great movie musicals of all time: Meet Me in St. Louis! Just in time for Easter we are ready to worship any resurrection of the work of Divas: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremmer and Marjorie Main! We are coming with the earm worms, so grab your gin, meet us in the bathtub and get ready for origins, confessions, Chintz, thirst and us being the mos...
Tina Turner! with Benjamin Degrèse! "TITAN"
March 23, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourThe day has finally come to honor, celebrate and worship the Goddess of Rock: Tina Turner! And just in time to prime you for this weekend's upcoming TINA Documentary, we welcome her superfan, Ben, who runs the Tina Turner Blog and wins every contest involving Tina, so don't even try to. Get ready to do the Pony, shake your manes, and steam up those windows. Put on your shortest dress, and start to strutting, because we are going to tell you about the bad things gay kids do, give you Whatever ...
Drop Dead Gorgeous! "We Did It!"
March 16, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourWe're Back with a Diva Filled SEASON 3 PREMIERE! This week we present to you the "Mount Rose Sara Lee Cosmetics For the Girls Podcast Drop Dead Gorgeous DIVA Pageant!" Don't cry out loud, we are searching for Kiki's EGOT as we reclaim this Diva stuffed classic in the named of Y2K Camp. So throw some vaseline on your teeth, grab a cardboard box of VHS tapes and meet us on the swan float, babies. We are going to worship Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Allison Janney, Ellen Barkin, Amy Adams, Br...
Miss Piggy!"Slay Pig!" *In Syndication!*
March 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourEnter the Diva Supreme, America's Greatest Superstar, the one the only MISS PIGGY! Moi better be ready, because we are going to try to cover the influence, the impact, the import of the greatest actress, singer, personal trainer, international icon, Miss Piggy. There aren't even enough adjectives to start this episode, so just download it. We cover Piggy's film career, romance and political impact. We cover Billionares, And MacDowell, Fair Queens, and Fergie! So exile that self-doubt, grab yo...
Working Girl! "Let The River Run" *In-Syndication*
March 02, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour"Working Girl" Rewatch! Take the Staten Island Ferry back to 1988 with us to celebrate Melanie, Sigourney and Joan. This is an Origins episode where Jason and Nick continue mining their nostalgia til death. Worship the hair, the eyeshadow, the shoulder-pads, and the Reaganomics of this classic comedy. These ladies teach us mergers & acquisitions, flawless fashions, and the value of female friendships. Let the River Run! (We are In Syndication! That's right it's time for Re-Runs, friends, so s...
Nancy Wilson! "Hard Bop" *In-Syndication*
February 23, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourCome to the schoolhouse children, because there is a Diva you should know named Nancy Wilson! This week we worship Sweet Nancy, the girl with the honey-coated voice. We go back to the Cocoanut Grove to fly through 70 albums over her prolific and criminally under appreciated career. So come fire walk with us back to the 60s with us as we take a hard bop through Ohio, New York City, Los Angeles, and get drunk in San Francisco listening to Pop, R&B, Broadway and JAZZ. You don't know How Glad We ...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe! "Velvet Music" *In-Syndiaction*
February 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourThere is one woman who is the GodMother, The Queen, The Patron Saint of Rock 'n Roll: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE! We have been dying to cover this extraordinary Diva for a while and we saved her to round out your Gay Pride Season! So come and learn about this genre defying, electric guitar playing, ball gown wearing Stadium Bride! I bet the history books didn't tell you that Rock was invented by a queer black woman did they? Well that's because all the history books are WRONG. So come for the hers...
Dar Williams! "I Am the Others" *IN-SYNDICATION*
February 09, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourAll Hail the Coffeehouse Queen, Dar Williams! Jason & Nick dive deep into Dar's first two albums, The Honesty Room & Mortal City,and, their poetic adolescences, teenage car accidents and seasonal depression! We're so glad you finally made it here to our 13th Episode! We hope we're aging well and that you will come and sit in the Honesty Room with us as we laugh and cry in the church of this goddess folk-singer-songwriter-diva. (We are In Syndication! That's right it's time for Re-Runs, frien...
Aretha Franklin's AMAZING GRACE! "GO TO CHURCH!" *In Syndication*
February 02, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourThe new documentary of Aretha Franklin's live recording of her gospel album, Amazing Grace, is nothing short of a miracle. Just in time for Easter, Jason and Nick head to Church to learn at the feet of the Queen of Soul. This is the episode where we beg you to stop listening to this podcast and go to the movies, listen to Aretha, convert to Christianity and praise everyone involved in making this joyful noise! (We are In Syndication! That's right it's time for Re-Runs, friends, so sit back, ...
Madeline Kahn! with Michael Cyril Creighton! "Chicken Video" *In Syndication*
January 26, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutesMadeline Kahn was the Queen of Comedy and this week we talk to her biggest fan, Michael Cyril Creighton! Feel the flames...just around your face as we float through the glorious career of Hollywood's saddest and sweetest clown. Madeline has inspired Michael's career and life in the fullest way, and there are few fans we have met more devoted. Join us in hailing Mrs. White, Trixie, Eunice Burns and all of the delectable creations of this singular actress. (We are In Syndication! That's right i...
Steel Magnolias! "Legends Only" - IN SYNDICATION -
January 19, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourJason and Nick do a deep dive into one of the great "Chick Flicks" of all time: Steel Magnolias! Come celebrate female friendships, 6 divas in their prime, perfectly calibrated emotional monologues, historic one-liners and 80's fashion. Legends Only Please. We are still on Re-Runs! New episodes start in March, but until then, flashback to baby Jason and Nick in their 4th episode, flashing back to their moldy VHS collection from the 80s. That's right, it's time to go back to the HAUS OF ROBERT...
Barbra Streisand! with Thomas Jay Ryan! "Rainbow Road" - IN SYNDICATION -
January 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourShe's The Greatest Star: Barbra! We interview Thomas Jay Ryan on how the Streisand chip was implanted in his young brain, and we analyze Barbra's music, movies and magic. This controversial beauty never begged for love, and neither will we! Come learn a new vocabulary from Brooklyn's hometown Diva. Give It To Me, NOW! (We are In Syndication! That's right it's time for Re-Runs, friends, so sit back, relax, smash that download button and enjoy one of our earliest episodes! We will be back with ...
The Retrospective: "Lightning in a Bottle"
December 29, 2020 21:14 - 1 hourIt's time to look back before we can move forward, so get ready for a montage as we bop through our favorite episodes, lessons, guests, foibles and of course DIVAS of the last two years of For the Girls Podcast! Get ready for Flashbacks as we question ourselves and each other about the last two years. This is a podcast for Battle Angels this week, come down memory lane to celebrate fandoms of Phoebe Snow, Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Mary Kay Place, Trisha Yearwood, Diane Keaton, Annie Lennox...
Victor/Victoria! "Emancipated"
December 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourAll Hail the wholesome virtuosic gender bending English icon Julie Andrews! This week we dive deep into the 1982 classic Victor/Victoria and explore everything it taught our little queer hearts, celebrate the Lesley Ann Warren of it all and delve into the delicious depths of this Blake Edwards masterpiece. So throw on a diamond studded poncho and meet us down at Ches Luis for a bit of Jazz, a bit of 80s Oscars snubbery, and a bit of Liza. We are putting the C, H, I and C into Chicago this wee...
Mrs. Santa Clause! "The Many Names of God"
December 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourMerry Christmas, ladies, it is time to get right with the Lord and learn her many names: Angela, Jessica and Mrs. Anna North Clause! Hop in our sleigh as we fly you back to 1996, 1910 and eternity in the CBS made for TV Jerry Herman Musical: Mrs. Santa Clause! Missed this one? Don't worry, we didn't and we are taking you through Angela Lansbury's every divine movement as the newly liberated Wife of Santa. Angela becomes a labor organizer, feminist revolutionary, child psychologist and savior ...
Country Christmas Carols! "Dark Sided"
December 01, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourWelcome to the Christmas Castle where we worship all the Country Christmas Divas. You better be ready to pin the tail on the Baby Jesus because this week is brought to you by Dolly, LeeAnn, Faith, Trisha, Loretta, Wynonna, Naomi, and R E B A! Get ready to enter The Three Club and maybe even The Four Club as we get you into the Christmas spirit, have political realizations and drive you to the Mall. We are innocuous, ambiguous, and ubiquitous this week, kids, and coming at you with origins, Di...
All About Eve! with Mark Harris! "Little Miss Evil"
November 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourIt's time for Diva The Movie, also known as All About Eve! We welcome writer and film savant, Mark Harris to dive deep into our fandom of this 1950's World of Women! Come celebrate Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe and the Thelma Ritter of it all. We define camp, get to the bottom of 50s gay coding, and ride it real bumpy though the wit, rhythm, furs and bon-mots of magnificent Margo, conniving Karen, illusive Eve and brilliant Birdie. We are so Thankful for this iconic f...
Al About Eve! with Mark Harris! "Little Miss Evil"
November 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourIt's time for Diva The Movie, also known as All About Eve! We welcome writer and film savant, Mark Harris to dive deep into our fandom of this 1950's World of Women! Come celebrate Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe and the Thelma Ritter of it all. We define camp, get to the bottom of 50s gay coding, and ride it real bumpy though the wit, rhythm, furs and bon-mots of magnificent Margo, conniving Karen, illusive Eve and brilliant Birdie. We are so Thankful for this iconic f...
Audra McDonald! with Kristen Griffith-Vanderyacht! "Barnes & Noble"
November 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourWelcome to the cult of Audra, honies! Dust off your TONY Awards to get in the door because this episode is for LEGENDS ONLY. We welcome host of Netflix's The Big Flower Fight, Kristen Giffith-Vanderyacht to swim in the luscious and magical waters of his diva: Audra McDonald! So get your Mom to drop you at Barnes and Noble and meet us in the CD Section because we are going back to Broadway this week to gush over this living legend's career on stage, screen and in the recording studio. So tribe...
Queen Latifah! with Alex English! "Auntie"
November 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourBow down, because we are spitting straight bars this week as we worship the original multi-hyphenate, the Friple threat, the Judge, Jury and Executioner: Queen Latifah! Comedian Alex English is our guest and we dive deep into his fandom of the Jersey Girl, the Feminine Teacher, the Lady MC, Dana Owens! So get ready for some order in the court as we fan out over her reign. We dive deep into Set It Off, Living Single, Bessie, the albums and the celebrity of one of our most enduring stars. So ge...
Songs of Protest, Songs of Peace! "VOTE!"
November 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourBattle Angels Assemble! It is Election Week and we are bringing you a Diva filled playlist to give you solace, courage, fortitude, inspiration and ignition as you march, stand or wait to VOTE tomorrow. We know that the Beth Army can't wait to vote this monster out of office, and you know the Divas will be with you in spirit every step of the way. So come along as we listen carefully to Dolly, Mavis, P!nk, Melanie, Roberta, Tracy, Martina and Nina as they sing songs of Liberation. A clear blue...
The Witches! "Grand High Angelica"
October 27, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourHappy Halloween, Witches! Get ready for some Satanic Panic, because we are flying back to 1990 to celebrate the Grand High Witch of Movie Halloween: Angelica Huston in THE WITCHES! We all know kids smell like dog shit, so warm up your little voice because we are going to sing the praises of the truly grotesque and joyous witches of Roald Dahl and Jim Henson's imaginations. Set your VCR tracking to spooky, and cuddle up with your grandmamas and your chocolate bars. We are working only with the...
Stevie Nicks! with Mark Snyder! "Storms"
October 20, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourWelcome witches to the Diva Hall of Fame where we worship the white winged Witch of them all: STEVIE NICKS! It is finally time to cast a spell for this Mount Rushmore Diva, the timeless sorceress, the songwriter Diva supreme with her super fan, Mark Snyder. All we wanna do is talk about Stevie Nicks this week, so cast your spells in honor of the uber feminine Queen of box sets. We are going to be making sure your crystal visions are 20/20. Get ready for the STORM of it all because there is tr...
Practical Magic! "Gay Casablanca"
October 13, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourGather, All Witches on our Island of Spells as we summon the 90s classic, PRACTICAL MAGIC! That's right, Owens Girls, we are whipping out our candle collections and brushing off our powers to conjure Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing and The Diane Weist!!! Welcome to our second Heaven where we eat brownies for breakfast and stir coffee with our minds. October is for curses, kids, so grab Marie Osmond and meet us down at the Witch Motel because we are going to combine our powers...
My Favorite Murder She Wrote! "The Witch's Curse!"
October 06, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourIt's time for part 3 of our favorite returning series: My Favorite Murder She Wrote! That's right, kids, we are sailing back into our personal paradise, Cabot Cove, to kick off the spooky season, and this time, they call the witch Mariah! Come down to the Cabot Cove Community Players where the new woman in town may be too good at her roll as a historic town witch. Draw a Pentagram and summon Eve Simspson to write your name in the book of the beast, we can get as scary as we want because we kn...
The Hours! with Joe Reid! "The Crab Thing"
September 29, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourIt's time to get into all of your fall feelings with the soul searing, Diva stuffed, aughts epic: THE HOURS! This Had Oscar Buzz's host, Joe Reid, joins us to discuss his favorite movie and all 11 Divas in it. So put some rocks in your pockets, grab a pumpkin spice latte and meet us down by the river to celebrate the beginning of the modern Streepasaince, the Kidman Oscar triumph and the Julianne Moore of it all! Get ready for a panic attacks, kids, because this is Swoon the Movie and it is o...
High Fidelity! "Championship Rom Com"
September 22, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourIt's TV Binge time finally! That's right, we watched a whole season of a show that we told you we were going to and we stuck to it with HIGH FIDELITY! Come celebrate this criminally not-renewed Hulu romantic dramedy and it's two Divas: Zoë Kravitz and Da'Vine Joy Randolph! So walk over to the offices of For the Girls Podcast and bring your best vinyl and all of your fandom because we are going to do some culture SHARING. We loved this new indie aughtsy rom-com and want you to watch it to so w...
She's So Unusual! with Mieka Strawhorn! "Cyndi Scat"
September 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourIt's Cyndi Lauper week with D-Listed writer, journalist and Cyndi fan Mieka Strawhorn! We are starting at the very beginning with an album review of the first, the iconic, the never overplayed: "She's So Unusual." So strap a tutu to your head, throw some glitter in the air and get ready to bop like Tipper Gore ain't watchin'! We put on our Prince thongs, play mouth guitars, destroy pool toys and pretend to cry with white girls as we worship this era-defining, activist legend. So get ready to ...
Elaine Stritch! Broadway Baby!
September 08, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourThe time has finally come to discuss the greatest Broadway Diva of them all, Elaine Stritch! This legendary old broad has been on Nick's Mount Rushmore of Divas for decades and we are going to etch her onto yours. So door rings, bells chime, here comes Lainey! We are at Liberty this week kids, so if you are cute and gay, come on down to the Great White Way. We worship this WASP style icon, this actors' spirit, this confessional Diva of the Theatre- so raise your vodka stinger, throw on a say ...