Jun 2022

The Apollo

The Apollo is a documentary that explores the historical and cultural significance of Harlem’s landmark theater of the same name. Brittany and Ronald unpack some of the most memorable performances highlighted in the film and discuss the role the Apollo has played in Black culture ... Show More

39m 50s

May 2022

George Carlin’s American Dream

George Carlin’s American dream is a two-part documentary that follows the life and work of legendary comic George Carlin, dubbed the “dean of counterculture comedians.” Brittany and Ronald talk with co-directors Judd Apatow and Mike Bonfiglio about Carlin’s trajectory from variet ... Show More

41m 9s

May 2022

The Lady and the Dale

The Lady and The Dale is a docuseries about the trans woman who tried to revolutionize the auto industry with a three-wheeled car at the height of the 1970’s gas crisis. Brittany and Ronald discuss the life and story of Liz Carmichael, and how the haunting legacy of transphobia m ... Show More

48 m

May 2022

Introducing HBO Docs Club

HBO presents HBO Docs club, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on a wide variety of titles from the HBO Documentary Films unit. We wanted to give you access to the fourth episode, where hosts Brittany Luse (For Colored Nerds) and Ronald Young, Jr. (Solvable) discuss 'Mommy Dea ... Show More

50m 39s

May 2022

Gypsy Rose Blanchard - Munchausen by proxy or Killer?

Hello friends! Hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. Today we talk about Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mom Dee Dee. Its a very interesting, sad, weird, strange, wtf, story. Seriously. Would love to hear what you think about the case . I know this is a long one, i tried m ... Show More

33m 37s

Apr 2018

Gypsy Rose Blancharde

Gypsy Rose Blancharde was a girl who had been told by her mother Dee Dee all her life that she was sick. Her mother even put her in a wheelchair from a very young age. There was one problem with all of this, Gypsy wasn't sick and she could walk just fine. This charade continued f ... Show More

1h 16m

Jun 2017

5: Mommy Dead and Dearest

Late on the evening of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde laying facedown in a pool of blood from the stab wounds that had killed her several days earlier. There was no sign of her teenage daughter, Gypsy Rose, who, acc ... Show More

45m 27s

Jan 2024

Who's Afraid of Gypsy Rose?

The girlies dissect the case of America's newly freed sweetheart, Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Julia puts her PhD studies to use and guides us through the history of Munchausen by proxy, opening up an exploration of why people make themselves and others sick, and how the "bad mom" trope ... Show More

1h 17m

May 2021

Ted Bundy Was a Skims Baby

This week, the ladies got their little rat brains into a true crime/psychoanalysis crossover after watching the documentary "Crazy Not Insane." They discuss serial killers, dissociative identity disorder, Internal Family Systems therapy, and the unsettling Skims pop-up shop in Th ... Show More

1h 17m

Jun 2022

The Twisted Story of Gypsy Rose - June 14 2022

June 14th: Dee Dee Blanchard Killed (2015) How much love is too much love. On June 14th 2015 a woman who everyone thought was a super mom was killed inside her home by a daughter who was loved, and cared for, far too much. Enough that it became both smothering and extremely dange ... Show More

21m 21s

Aug 2022

The Petite Jasmine Tragedy

A mother loses custody of her kids to her violent and abusive ex. Did the government go one step further and effectively sanction her murder? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

44m 47s