SMNTY Classics: Alien Edition!

Today we shine a light on the work of Amal Azzudin and the Glasgow Girls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this classic, Anney and Samantha delve into Madeline Miller's 2018 novel Circe. Join us for discussion of goddesses, witches, myths and feminism. And turning men into pigs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

We're back with another spoiler filled Spoiled Saturday with Across the Spider-Verse! You might say it's a canon event. In this classic, we travel the multiverse delving into the discussions happening around Gwen Stacy and queer and trans representation, toxic fandom, animation, ... Show More

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey are unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality as they rewatch Ridley Scott’s science fiction horror classic ‘Alien’ starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, and Harry Dean Stanton. Producer: Craig Horlbeck ... Show More

This week, the Meatballs have their first real guest! Sammi Sweetheart joins to talk her return to Jersey Shore, the infamous alien prank, and what she’s been up to since leaving the show back in the day. Tune in next week to hear what crazy dreams Snooki was talking about…This e ... Show More

The girlies bring you a classic chatty episode exploring emotional labor, free speech, and that one cartoon sound effect that plays when someone slips on a banana. Even more digressions include: secret Mormon influencers, why Coachella sucks, and a follow up on a crucial mailbox ... Show More

<p>Our month of 3s comes to a close with David Fincher's <em>Alien 3 </em>(1992), which may take the prize for most convoluted production history. Here to help us make sense of the Assembly Cut (<strong>not</strong> the theatrical cut) is returning guest Sade Sellers (see previou ... Show More

This week, the fellas are back discussing Alenka Zupančič's Problemi essay, 'Lying on the Couch'. How does the psychoanalytic framework allow us to make sense of culture and lying, what is the asymmetry of a truth and a lie, and what did we think of the new Beatles song? Mike is ... Show More

On today's tapes...>> The Wall << A young girl has a nightmarish vision… but she’s definitely not sleeping.>> The Danger << She’s got to get out of there… now.>> Dog Man << Monsters followed him as a child, but now he’s an adult… and they’re still there. 

Comedian and writer Samantha Irby (Wow, No Thank You; Meaty; Shrill) creates a Golden Record full of artifacts that she hopes the aliens will find life-changing. She also expresses her thoughts on what she would do with Henry Cavill in inappropriate public settings. Sam's Artifac ... Show More