Latest Witch please Podcast Episodes
Material Girls: Summer Slowdown!
Material Girls - May 28, 2024 04:54 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're starting a summer slowdown! That means we're still releasing episodes every two weeks, but every other episode will be a Material Concerns episode; an unscripted, more casual conversation between Marcelle and Hannah. They'll talk about how they're doing, what they're up to, research they d...
Dirty Dancing x Nostalgia with Andrea Warner
Material Girls - May 14, 2024 13:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this episode, Marcelle and Hannah are joined by Andrea Warner (she/her), the author of The Time of My Life, an exploration of Dirty Dancing as a deeply feminist film. We begin with a conversation about sexy films that made our younger selves all hot and bothered before heading into the segmen...
Gender Playground Preview: Plans, Trans, and Autonomy
Material Girls - April 30, 2024 14:11 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWitch Please Productions is on Spring Break, so we're taking the opportunity to re-introduce you to Gender Playground, a podcast co-hosted by Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx about the joys of gender-affirming care for kids. This show launched to our Patreon last year and through patron support, w...
Making Worlds Preview: Dimension 20 with Lucia Lorenzi and Clare Mulcahy
Material Girls - April 16, 2024 12:12 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsMaterial Girls is on Spring Break! But don't fret! We unlocked an episode of Making Worlds, our Patreon-exclusive video podcast hosted by Hannah McGregor. Making Worlds is dedicated to the liberatory possibilities of other worlds! In each episode Hannah speaks with a guest (or two) about a sci-...
Material Concerns: Disney Bonus Pt. I
Material Girls - April 09, 2024 14:17 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsLike the serious academics they are, Hannah and Marcelle not only researched Disney in academic journals, they also went to the happiest place on earth! They made custom Theodor Adorno t-shirts, scooped Marcelle's eight-year-old and Gender Playground co-host, Raimi Marx, and wen on their way! In...
Disney x Pinkwashing
Material Girls - April 02, 2024 04:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWhat drove Hannah and Marcelle to go to Disneyland? And what is with all the rainbow Mickey ears? And where does pinkwashing end and real change begin? Tune into this episode about the happiest place on earth to find out! In this episode, Marcelle leads Hannah through a history of the term pinkw...
Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Petersen
Material Girls - March 19, 2024 14:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're thrilled to be joined by Anne Helen Petersen for this episode about the popularity of athleisure! If you don't already know, Anne Helen Petersen (she/her) is the incredible writer, journalist and recovering academic behind the beloved newsletter Culture Study. She is the host of a brand ne...
Gilmore Girls x Normporn with Karen Tongson
Material Girls - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsFor this episode, we're joined by the incredible Karen Tongson, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, English, and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Why Karen Carpenter Matters and Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries. Her newest bo...
Sweet Potato Fries x Food Imperialism
Material Girls - February 20, 2024 05:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsRemember about fifteen years ago when we all went a little nuts for sweet potato fries? What was going on there? Well it turns out, that beloved appetizer was more than a tasty treat circa 2007. In this episode, Marcelle leads Hannah through research about the “orange-flesh sweetpotato” and its ...
Dungeons and Dragons x Ludology
Material Girls - February 06, 2024 05:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsDo you play D&D? Do you have a friend who does, but you don't totally *get* what it is? Did you see the recent film Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and think "wow, that role playing game went MAINSTREAM!?" Then this episode is sure to satisfy your curiosity about this zeitgeisty game! ...
Material Concerns: Wonka and Twilight Bonus Pt. I
Material Girls - January 30, 2024 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsThere was so much more to say about Wonka and Twilight. In Part I of this bonus episode (aka a 'Material Concern' episode), we talk about fatphobia in children's literature, the "representation" of indigeneity in Stephanie Meyer's the Twilight Saga, and so much more. If you enjoy this episode, h...
Twilight x Girl Culture with Jackson Bird
Material Girls - January 23, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsAre you Team Edward or Team Jacob or some secret third option?** Marcelle asks this question only at the very end of the episode, and you know why? Because there is so much more to discuss when it comes to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. And who better to dig into this novel's plot and place in pop...
Introducing Making Worlds with Hannah McGregor
Material Girls - January 16, 2024 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're so excited to announce that our new show, Making Worlds, begins January 25th! This video podcast, hosted by Hannah McGregor (maybe you know them?!?), will be released monthly via our Patreon. In each 30ish-minute episode, a guest will bring Hannah a text that has helped them imagine the l...
Wonka x Antisemitism and Censorship with Leena Norms
Material Girls - January 09, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this week's episode, we're joined by the incredible Leena Norms (she/her) to talk about Timothée Chalamet's latest venture: Wonka. This holiday blockbuster from director Paul King (Paddington, Paddington 2) made many people on the internet cringe even before it's release in mid December. It ...
Merry-terial Girls: An Incomprehensible Holiday Bonus
Material Girls - December 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWitch, Please Productions is on break for the holidays! Of course we still wanted to put some fun content out while we’re away from our computers, so we recorded a holiday bonus that features Gaby, Zoe, Hannah, Marcelle and Coach mostly speaking over one another while they attempt to play Mate...
The Night Circus x Reading Ecosystems
Material Girls - December 12, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsOne of Marcelle's favorite books is The Night Circus, so she decided to be brave and do an entire episode about the best-selling fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern. Why brave? Well because sometimes it's hard to think critically about something you love! We all know that. ;) This episode, Marcell...
Bonus Episode: Sitcom and Reframing Israel-Palestine Beyond Security Discourse
Material Girls - December 05, 2023 13:44 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe hit our fundraising goal for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund in October and this is the bonus episode we promised as a thank you for your support. As of today, you, our listening community, have raised $8900 — and our goal was $5000! That’s incredible and we’re so grateful for your resource ...
Blackout Tuesday x Platformization
Material Girls - November 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsAt Material Girls, we’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of using social media for social change and what those calls imply about the role of social media in our collective imaginations. And so, in the spirit of always historicizing, we recorded this episode to look back on the Black Lives Ma...
Patreon Preview: Taylor Swift Pt. I
Material Girls - November 21, 2023 18:49 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about Taylor Swift more — especially as so many of you had great comments, feedback and specific inquiries! We structured this bonus like our usual Patreon-only Q&A episodes, except this time we only answered questions you submitted about Ms. Taylor Allison Swift. We talk Gay-lore...
Les Misérables x Encoding/Decoding with Erin Keif
Material Girls - November 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're so lucky to be joined this episode by Erin Keif (she/her) of the beloved Headgum podcasts Hey Riddle Riddle and Sitcom DnD. If you're a fan of Les Mis, or any musical, you'll appreciate this really special episode that covers Stuart Hall's theory of encoding/decoding, while also getting in...
Taylor Swift x Intimate Publics with Margaret H. Willison
Material Girls - October 31, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsGiven last week's release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), we just had to have Swiftie and Tay-lore expert Margaret H. Willison (she/her) on the show to talk about one of the (if not THE) most influential pop stars of the last decade. We start with a conversation about Taylor as an artist and Margare...
Star Wars x Mass Culture
Material Girls - October 17, 2023 11:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWhy is Star Wars so popular? What were the material conditions that set the first film, A New Hope, up for success in 1977? What can a Marxist critique help us understand about the film? In this episode, Marcelle leads Hannah through a conversation about one of her favorite franchises by first ...
Bridgerton x Reading the Romance with Vanessa Zoltan
Material Girls - October 03, 2023 04:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this episode we talk about Bridgerton with a very special guest — Vanessa Zoltan. We discuss Bridgerton the book series and its move into the mainstream through the Shondaland adaptation on Netflix. Vanessa gives us some insight on romance fiction as a genre and Hannah leads us through theory...
Patreon Preview: Avatar Pt. 1
Material Girls - September 26, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about Avatar more — especially James "horny for the ocean" Cameron. We structured this bonus like our usual Patreon-only Q&A episodes, except this time we only answered questions you submitted about Cameron's blockbuster hit. We talk colonialism, pony tails and doing whatever Coac...
Avatar x Hypermediacy
Material Girls - September 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsDid you love James Cameron's Avatar upon its release in 2009? Have you since watched it and thought, huh, now what were we thinking 14 years ago? Were you critical of it from the start? Baffled by the public's interest in colonialism and hot blue aliens? Then this episode is for you. Tune in fo...
Goblin Mode x the Abject with McKayla Coyle
Material Girls - September 05, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this episode we’re asking why ‘goblin mode’ is so danged zeitgeist-y such that in 2022 it became the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year. Joined by McKayla Coyle (they/them), author of Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck, we dig into the term th...
Queer Eye x Cruel Optimism
Material Girls - August 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWhat makes the Fab Five so fab? In this episode, Hannah leads Marcelle through a discussion of contemporary masculinities and their commodification via pop culture! They talk neo-liberalism, self-care discourse and the interplay of Trump's rise to power and "reaching across the aisle" through en...
Patreon Preview: The Barbie Movie Pt. 1
Material Girls - August 15, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about the Barbie movie! We structured this bonus like our usual Patreon-only Q&A episodes, only this time we only answered questions you submitted about Greta Gerwig's blockbuster hit. We talk mainstream feminism, satire, the limits and possibilities of camp, aesthetics and so muc...
Barbie x Petro-Capitalism
Material Girls - August 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about Barbie! This episode is all about Barbie dolls and way they took over the toy industry in the 90s. We've since recorded an episode about the movie which will be available on our Patreon in the coming weeks. For now, please enjoy this episode that touches on liberal feminism...
Spare x Tender Masculinity
Material Girls - July 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIt's here! Welcome to the first episode of Material Girls, a scholarly podcast about pop culture co-hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman. This show aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (so...
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