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• In case you missed it, we are on Subjectify Media now.
• Episode 37 of Not About The Weather has a great explanation of what exactly happened and why we’ve got a new website.
• Our fun facts are themed: what’s your favorite Halloween TV special? The winners include Buffy, Supernatural, Stranger Things, How I Met Your Mother, and Boy Meets World.

• Interestingly, all our Americans are newbies today, and our superfans are the international hosts.
• Kendra had not heard of this movie til two weeks ago.
• Karen was expecting scarier - like The Craft!
• Danielle had seen a famous scene on Tiktok which both set the scene and did not prepare her at all.
• Natalie saw this movie in the cinema in the 90s.
• Is this a feminist movie? Kind of. It’s very women supporting women, but also weirdly women versus women. Starting with the whole Maria Owens situation.
• Pro tip: don't curse your own family line, it goes against the biological imperative.
• So much happens in the first 20 minutes. Some hosts expected the set up of the first 20 minutes to be the whole movie. But no.
• The aunts casting a love spell on Sally might be well meaning but it’s creepy as hell.
• Natalie’s theory is that they are breeding her to keep the family line going. Gross.
• The Faith Hill “This Kiss” scene is a pretty huge pop culture moment.
• Everyone in this movie has a lot of hair and it is wonderful.
• Should Gilly, the romantic, have gotten the chance at true love?
• Was Jimmy a vampire. No. Well, maybe. Well, no. But. Maybe?
• The newbies did not expect the sisters to be murderers.
• Let alone double murderers.
• Was the whipped cream disgusting or inspired?
•  If you don’t make your own necromancy ingredients, store bought is fine!
• Gary the Cop shows up chasing Jimmy down for Jimmy’s crimes, so he doesn’t seem to be concerned about harm befalling Jimmy.
• But he does have to uphold the law, and these women are not good at covering up crimes.
• Did Sally, like, make Gary with her spell?
• Is the Owens curse objectively real? Is it naive to just not believe in it?
• If you claim that it’s down to belief only, then Sally killed her husband by believing in it.
• Karen wasn't expecting to be thinking about the theoretical workings of magic this hard for this movie.
• It’s called Practical Magic! You didn’t think we may discuss the practicality of magic?
• Are soul bonds ethical? What about free will?
• Natalie has read a Supernatural AU of Practical Magic featuring Dean and Sam as the witches and Cas as the cop.
• But seriously, Sally’s spell. Is it Google Maps or The Sims? (Just go with it.)
• Natalie delivers some tea about soulmate compatibility. Depressing or inspiring? You decide. Karen is very upset.
• Just when you thought this movie was over, it is not over!
• The climax depends on reaching out to all the women who hated them and drawing back the fear curtain.
• This movie fits into every category. Horror? Romcom? Family drama? Sure.
• This movie is quite famously full of queer themes, even though it isn’t about lesbians.
• There’s some chat about why fictional incest is a trope here too. (Just go with it.) We look at why media is incapable of showing intimacy between people without coding it the same way romantic intimacy is coded.
• A real witch put a curse on this movie. It’s an extreme cult classic in so many ways! 
• Favorite scenes.
• Favorite lines.