The Deviants Podcast

The Holdovers

We are holding you over this week with The Holdovers. Let us know what you would like to see next

Poor Things

Adaeze and Taiwo discuss Yorgos Lanthimos's latest Academy Award winning film, Poor Things!

Mea Culpa

Adaeze and Taiwo watch Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa to see what all the hype (or should we say hate?) is about!

Love is Blind Part 2

Adaeze and Taiwo continue their discussion of this season of LIB with our two remaining couples, Clay & AD and Jimmy and Chelsea.

Love is Blind Pt1

Taiwo and Adaeze get together and discuss the first 3 couples of Love is Blind! 

All About Love

Taiwo and Adaeze read bell hooks. ever popular All About Love and discuss the things they love, the things they disliked, and how this book just may change their lives.

The Book Of Clarence

This week, we took on the biblical...satire? Parody? Recreation? Reflection? We were so committed to the bit that we decided to bring it to you on a Sunday.  

Rye Lane

American Fiction

Wonka

Come with me and you'll be in a world of Pure Imagination! Or at least a world of Timothee Chalamet and a host of other stars! Join us as we walk the streets of *insert generic city* in .....Europe and discuss Wonka and all its whimsy...or perhaps lack there of?

Mean Girls *(The Musical)* 2024

The Color Purple

It's the first full episode of The Deviants and this time we're bringing you the first installment in the Battle of the Movie Musicals! This week we watched The Color Purple starring Fantasia, Halle Bailey, Taraji P. Henson and *checks notes* Ciara???? Join us and special guest/ resident The Color Purple Historian (and conspiracy theorist) Jess Money as we discuss the ins and outs of this film adaptation of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's tragically triumphant tale. 

The Deviants Podcast - New Year, New Us!!!

NEW EPISODES OUT OF FRIDAYS!!! It's the new year, that means it's time for a rebrand. Right? That's what that means...RIGHT? Welcome to the beginning of the next chapter of the podcast. Hopefully it's our best one yet. We continue to be a work in progress, and we hope you stick with us as we continue to grow. In this new era, we are allowing ourselves the freedom to watch and read whatever moves us. As always, we will be taking recommendations. So, feel free to send us your suggestions.

Best. Christmas. Ever!

This. Was. Unhinged! Listen to us try to muddle through the plot of this Brandy (and Heather Graham) Christmas vehicle.  This movie has everything! Christmas Newsletters Three precocious kids Clingy college ex Freaky Deaky Sex A barely discussed dead son A solar powered hot air balloon and Last but not least Santa hijinks involving previously stated balloons

Candy Cane Lane

We are coming at you on this Christmas morning with Candy Cane Lane. This wacky and (family friendly?) Christmas movies has us asking questions like Why is Nick Offerman British? Is counting calculus? Whose fetish did this movie satisfy? Listen to this episode to find out if any of these questions get answered.

A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: The Movie!

And now we're back! From outer space! Woops I meant from our regularly scheduled break! (Plus a day or so). The second book we ever read and discussed for the podcast was A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins when it was released in 2020. So of course, we had to watch the movie now that it's out in theaters! Thank goodness the strike is over huh?  Join us as we discuss the similarities and differences between the book and movie and the merit of the movie itself. And as we as...

Against the Loveless World

Happy Thanksgiving Deviants! And this Thanksgiving we are grateful to be back and for authors highlighting the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. This week we read and discuss Susan Abulhawa's 2019 Novel Against the Loveless World.  A poignant story about a Palestinian woman held as a prisoner in an Israeli prison and how she got to be there. Join us as we discuss the beauty of the novel and share our thoughts on the current conflict.  Palestine will be free. 

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The week we are once again taking up the mantle as the C-Presidents of the Tiffany D. Jackson Fan Club! And as Co-Presidents, this October we are bringing you Tiffany's (yes we are on a first name basis!) spookiest read to date, The Weight of Blood. Join us as we read this Carrie retelling and discuss all things Maddy, Kendrick, Wendy, Jules and the rest of the headline making events in the small town of  Springville, Georgia. And find out why Racism (tm) might just be the scariest part of ...

Love is Blind....er

Payback's A Witch

In our official Spooky-Oooky Halloween kickoff episode we discuss LAna Harper's sapphic, magic novel Payback's a Witch!

Legendborn!

The one where the gang finally talks about Legendborn by Tracy Deonn!  It took a couple of weeks (and a surprise episode!) but we finally got to discuss all of our thoughts about Legendborn! Did we hate this book? Did we love this book?  Was this book a warm hug? Who did we want Bree to end up with? Did those within The Order like to live? Did we make the crazy choice to record this AFTER a bonus Jonas episode (yes!)? For all other answers, and for questions you didn't even know we had, yo...

Love Is Blind: A Pyramid Of Toxicity BONUS EPISODE!!

Love is patient, love is blind, love is toxic, and unkind...that's how that goes right? This we bring you a bonus episode so long, it MUST be the director's cut. This week, we bring you 2 episodes for the price of one. We are deep diving into the first episodes of Netflix's Love Is Blind. And we have important questions like... 1) You know it's still yelling even though you're keeping your voice down right? 2) What exactly is the current state of heterosexual love? 3) Are solo cups the champ...

Textual Deviants October Reads & We Read the Worst Book Ever!

We're back with a special announcement episode of Textual Deviants! Join us as we discuss our spooky-ooky and spooky-lovely(?) October reads, Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper and Weight of Blood by podcast Author fave Tiffany D. Jackson!  Oh. You thought we were going to be discussing Legendborn? If there's one thing we've told yall, it's that we are a liars and frauds. And also, WE ARE SO SORRY BUT LIFE IS SO DIFFICULT AS ACTORS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE STRIKE AND FIND A NEW JOB POST GRAD. ...

Suffer the Children - Craig DiLouie

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Return of Them Bitches That Read a.k.a Textual Deviants! Now let me tell you a little about two girls who are in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike. Yes, the industry is still on strike and so are we. So we are back with our first read in a long time and we're not sure if we remember how we used to do this, but we sure as hell are gonna have fun trying to figure it out! For today's episode we read Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie and the descript...

SAG's on Strike and So Are We?

Hello again everyone! We're back from an unannounced hiatus that was necessary for many reasons! Travel, family, and the havoc that general late-stage capitalism is wreaking on our chosen industry! As the title has probably made you aware, SAG and the WGA is on strike! Now what does that mean for us? You'll have to listen to find out! Join us as we talk through reasons for the strike, where we stand (hint hint: we ain't no scabs), and a pivot or maybe rather a return to our roots! Plus bo...

High School Musical

We're back on our DCOM shit with the iconic HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! Who says we have to let it go? And let it go, we did not. Raise your hand if this movie change the course of your life and is the whole reason that you became an actor.......Oh.....Just Taiwo? Cool. Cool cool cool. AnYwAy join us as we discuss some very important questions like Whose vocals are we listen to? Zac Efron or Drew Seeley? Who is/are the real villain(s) of this movie? How is every single song a bop? And WHY ARE SH...

Across the Spiderverse

We hope you are enjoying our lengthy episodes. What can we say? We have a lot to say. This week, we are joined by an extra special guest, Hannah Wolff, as we dissected the newest installment in the Spider-verse. In this episode, we ask important questions like "who loved this movie the most?" "Which Spidey would you be, and why is it Hobie?" "Why are these animations so damn good at acting?". Along with  (Courtesy of) our extra special guest this week, we have RESOURCES!!!! Feel free to chec...

The Little Mermaid 2023

WE'RE BACK!!! And longer than ever! Did you miss us? Of course you did. And we missed you too. This week, we are returning from our unplanned haitus with the newest and most highly anticipated Disney release of the year. In this episode, we learn some animal facts, we discuss the societal issues, and we flex and sprain our long resting podcast muscles. We are excited to be back with this one, and we cannot wait to hear your thoughts.

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 Revisted: Director Deviation (Paul Hoen)

Welcome back to another NOT regularly scheduled episode of Disney Deviants! We know we promised Stepsister From Planet Weird, but hopefully you can forgive us for this deviation, because we got to sit down and talk with the director of the ENTIRE Z-O-M-B-I-E-S  franchise! After a DM to our Disney Deviants Instagram, we saw that Paul had not only listen to our last episode, but that he had was totally game from coming on the podcast to discuss all of the questions, comments, and concerns we...

Director Deviation: Q & A with Paul Hoen Disney Director!

Welcome back to another NOT regularly scheduled episode of Disney Deviants! We know we promised Stepsister From Planet Weird, but hopefully you can forgive us for this deviation, because we got to sit down and talk with the director of the ENTIRE Z-O-M-B-I-E-S  franchise! After a DM to our Disney Deviants Instagram, we saw that Paul had not only listen to our last episode, but that he had was totally game from coming on the podcast to discuss all of the questions, comments, and concerns we...

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

This week we watched the finale of the Disney Channel Original Series Z-O-M-B-I-E-S. This iteration of Disney's new "classic" takes on Aliens, and boooooyyyy, do we have questions. 1) How does one REALLY apply for college? 2) If you replace a whole teenage girl with a pile of junk metal and a screen, and no one is there see it, will it go unnoticed? 3) Who has been led to believe that Zombies, werewolves, and Aliens are real based on this Movie? 4) Is the love story between shrimpy the masco...

Miracle in Lane 2

Guess who's back Back again DD's back Tell a friend! Yes, we are finally back to regularly scheduled programming (give or take a couple of hours) and coming at you with the first DCOM of the year. We have finally reached DCO(BOATS)M. And the we don't mean the kind of boat that helps you float (although our hearts may have taken flight. This week we watched Miracle in Lane 2 which is based on the true story of Justin Yoder, the first child with a disability to race in and win the National S...

The Santa Clauses

We close out our holiday deviations with an oldie (kinda) but a goodie! We watched The Santa Clauses starring Tim Allen on Disney+. Tune in to find out what we think!

The Holiday Sitter

Taiwo and Adaeze are back at it again with a familiar face. That's right, we watched Hallmark's FIRST EVER gay Christmas movie, The Holiday Sitter starring Jonathan Bennett! And ALLEGEDLY the reason for Candace Cameron Bure leaving her Hallmark home for a certain network that shall NEVER be named. Happy Homo-Hallmark holiday season to you all, and to all, enjoy this very joyful episode!

A Christmas Kiss II: Another Christmas Kiss

Taiwo and Adaeze continue their Christmas deviations with a fan request from Esther Sandoval, A Christmas Kiss 2! Or is it Another Christmas Kiss? Clearly the producers didn't know, and neither do we! We couldn't bring you the second movie in what is clearly the ACKU (A Christmas Kiss Universe) without catching all of you up on the first movie, so we make sure to give you a run down on that too. Tune in as we discuss this 2014 classic and give away the award for Worst actor in this week's e...

Falling For Christmas

This week, Adaeze and Taiwo begin their holiday deviations with Falling For Christmas. Lindsay Lohan is back on our screens, but is her appearance taking us back to simpler times? In this Christmas movie, Netflix attempts to come for Hallmark's neck. Bringing about some very important questions like... How many tropes is too many tropes? Is it possible to hold yourself hostage? What do you get when you cross a big city girl and an heiress? And most importantly, are outtakes finally making a ...

How To Build a Better Boy

***This episode contains our upcoming Christmas lineup. Thank you so much for all the wonderful suggestions*** This week, we took a deep dive into a newer DCOM that somehow still feels nostalgic? In How To Build A Better Boy, Gabby and Mae take on a challenge that is almost Pixel Perfect. However, as this experiment comes crumpling around them, we find ourselves asking important questions like 1.  When will The Iconic China Anne McClain grace our screens again? 2. How many military men does...

Rip Girls

This week, we watched Rip Girls. In this classic(?) Disney takes a deep dive into grief...or surfing...or land ownership...or romance...or betrayal...or all of the above?

Return to Halloweentown

Halloweentown High

Welcome Back to Halloweentown...or the human world? or Canada? This week, we took a journey back to the Halloweentown Cinematic Universe with our guest Tori Potenza. Tori is a staff writer on Movie Jawn, as well as a host of the Killer Bs Podcast. This movie brought us some incredibly important questions like... 1. What does an inter portal permission slip look like? 2. Why do the Cromwell girlies have such bad taste in men? 3. Who will take charge of the iconification (re-iconification?) of...

Under Wraps 2

The gang is back, and so are we! This week, we took on the sequel of Disney's Under Wraps remake

Hocus Pocus 2

Adaeze and Taiwo take on the newest Hocus Pocus installment with extra special guest Emaley Rose.

Under Wraps 2021

How do you say Deja Vu in mummy? actually This week, Adaeze and Taiwo take on Disney ambitious remount of the first ever Disney Channel Original Movie "Under Wraps". This version updates the original, but maintains it's heart. This movie asks important questions like 1. What's a step Dave? 2. How DID that movie end? 3. Where can we find our very own Mummy friend to have and to hold? 4. Is Disney extolling the virtues of Latch Key Childhoods? All that and more in this episode

Alley Cats Strike

It's a cat eat cat world in the competitive world of Middle School (High School?) basketball...I mean bowling.  West Appleton has just won the face off against East Appleton tying up the years long bid competition for the mighty Apple. And now, the deciding contest must take place in a bowling alley. While watching this semi forgotten Disney Channel Original Movie, Adaeze and Taiwo find themselves faced with these nail biting questions: 1. When did bowling fall out of favor with the general...

The Bloods Trials by N.E. Davenport

Textual Deviants is back and better (read: rustier) than ever! In our much anticipated return to our textual roots, we tackle a listener suggestion, The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport and from us to y'all, Mrs. Davenport might have just ate! Don't let the stunning cover or description fool. This is no YA novel, more like Adults ONLY!  We follow Ikenna, our protagonist, (and fellow vaguely Naija gyal!) as she tries her best to figure out who killed her grandfather in the novel with a sci-...

Bad Hair Day

We're back again this week with another fun episode for yall! This week we watched Bad Hair Day starring Laura Marano and Leigh-Allyn Baker, and man. So many questions, so little time! If you've ever craved Disney Channel's version of a buddy cop comedy, look no further! You may ask how does one make an entire movie based on the premise of having a bad hair day and the answer is, you don't!  To find out what we mean, tune in to this week's episode of Disney Deviants - Bad Hair Day!

Where the Crawdads Sing

What's that in the distance? It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a much anticipated return of Textual Deviants! Yes we are giving to you a bonus Jonas (well kinda) Disney Deviation (of the highest order) because this week we watched Where the Crawdads Sing! We were famously divided in our praise and criticisms of the book. Ready to find out where we fall on the movie? *Hint: check Rotten Tomatoes* But to find out our reasons why listen to this week's episode of DIsney Deviants - Where the ...

The Color Of Friendship

This is possibly the realest movie Disney Channel has ever made. And we aren't just referring to the fact that it is based on a true story. Disney really gave us a lesson in apartheid, blatant racism, and iconic 70s looks. TBH, we're not sure which if those was the most beneficial.  T

Teen Beach Movie

Oh we can't stop singing about our triumphant return to Disney Deviants with Teen Beach Movie starring Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton and Grace Phipps! This week we are joined by an extra special guest Chidera Nwoko (@chideranwoko on instagram) to discuss the many questions we had with this one. And trust us, there are LOTS of questions! But one thing for certain, these songs are a banger. Oh Disney, when can we get back to this, huh?  Get ready to go a little surf crazy with u...

Up Up and Away

We apologize for the lateness, but we are both sick as dogs! Now onto our regularly scheduled content! What's that in the sky?  It's a bird! It's a plane! No it's.....Our next Disney Channel Original Movie! That's right! We watched Up, Up and Away this week and it brought us both some black girl joy as we rested up! Check out what we thought about this lesser run DCOM (Hint: <3) in this week's Disney Deviants episode - Up, Up and Away!