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The Stages of MNEpisode 12: The Stages of MN exclusive look at the Full schedule for Twin Cities Horror Festival 14!Welcome to Episode 12 of The Stages of MN. A weekly show about the live theatrical experience.
Todays episode is sponsored by Theatre in the Round Players the longest running theatre in Minneapolis! Check out there upcoming season, purchase multi-show flex packages or single tickets on their website https://www.theatreintheround.org/
On this episode: The Stages of MN first exclusive! I talk with Nissa Nordland and Duck Washington the Artistic and Executive Directors of the Twin Cities Horror Festival (TCHF) where we reveal the full schedule for the 14th annual TCHF!!!! You can learn more...
2025-09-1739 min
Planeswalk With UsZendikar - Aftermath of AkoumJoin Zach, Scott, and Toast, as we continue our exploration into the massively impactful events of Zendikar. We are in a slightly more modern era now as we cover the events that happen around the plane in the aftermath of the true release of the Eldrazi. In this episode we focus on the forces who are gathering in an attempt to save Zendikar from this scourge, and get introduced to someone who is aiming for the opposite.
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2024-01-101h 08
The Deep House ShowExclusive Shades of Deep House September Mix Part 2 by ObiWan SA 17 September 20231. Jamie Lewis feat. Billie Brown - Wish I Didn't Miss You (Nikos Diamantopoulos Mix)
2. Hallex M Feat. Mike City - She Speaks (DJ Spen Vocal Remix)
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7. Honeysweet - I Put A Spell On You (Honeycomb & Vega Mix)
8. Moon Rocket Feat. Paula...
2023-09-181h 34
@goryach mp3tiparadiomix #94 📻Sufle, BURRY SOPRANO – YanımdaThoj, Otta – HopelessNissa Seych – Convince MeKILLTEQ, Velchev, D.HASH – If YouImanbek – LocaVicetone – Barcelona NightsAlex Velea, Antonia – Tranquilo PapiDJ Dark, Mentol – Calm DownNina Chuba – Tracksuit VeloursTiscore – When You Look At MeGeorge Ezra – Green Green Grass (Majestic Remix)JKRS, Allergic, hauxey – LordlyDisco Gurls – If U Had My Luv (Extended Mix)Poylow, MAD SNAX, PYLW – Down & DirtyFedde Le Grand, 22Bullets – DownMalik – Relax, Take It EasyFederico Scavo, Tello – CaimaneraClaydee, ALMA – Mamma Mia
2022-06-181h 38
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.xx | Is It College Yet? (Part Two) | 9.9.21Hey. Let's take a few hours and talk about endings.
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2021-09-092h 15
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.xx | Is It College Yet? (Part One) | 8.26.21Well, here we are. It's time for Daria to wrap itself up once and for all—and very nearly time for us to put this retrospective series to bed. It's the first half of our coverage of "Is It Fall Yet?," this week on Morgendorks! College application season has rolled around, and everybody's trying to figure out where they'll end up. Some will be thrilled! Some, disappointed! Some ... confused? Also, Quinn has a friend with a drinking problem. And Mr. O'Neill's getting married. Look, there's a lot going on.
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2021-08-261h 38Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.13 | Boxing Daria | 8.5.21Rob's been waiting three god damn years to talk about this episode, and it's finally here: It's time we covered "Boxing Daria," this week on Morgendorks! When a discarded refrigerator box brings back some troubling emotions from her early youth, Daria's left questioning her understanding of, well ... just about everything. It's a wildly interesting, introspective, and reverent episode, and we truly hope our discussion did it justice.
Enjoy!
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2021-08-051h 48Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.12 | My Night at Daria's | 7.22.21As they said in the '90s: Let's talk about sex. It's time for "My Night at Daria's," this week on Morgendorks! When Tom falls asleep at Daria's house it ends up creating a rumor that he and Daria are sleeping together—which leads Daria to feel pressured to actually start sleeping together. But what if you're just not in that mindset?
Also, Jake has a sushi parasite.
Just a note that Rob's connection was a little wonky throughout recording, so occasionally there's some crosstalk/delay in reactions. Nothing severe, but hey.
Episode Ra...
2021-07-221h 31
Stephano Rossi In The MixWORLD OF MUSIC MIXTAPE #47-2021-SUMMER EDITION-MIXED BY STEPHANO ROSSITRACKLIST:
AMI feat. Tata Vlad - Enigma
Tripp ft. Johnny Apollo & El Chapo - No Cap (Intro Dirty)
Favourite - 24KGoldn x Justin Bieber Type Beat 2021 Guitar x Radio
Boechi x G Bro - johnny
Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale - No Hands (Dibs & MGM 'See You Again' Edit)
Sickick - Talking to the Moon (Bruno Mars Remix)
Rubi Rose - Twork
KyleYDG Feat. TooSix - Drop It
Cardi B x Ayo & Teo - Press x Rolex (Arman Aveiru Blend)
DaBaby - Ball If I Want To
2021-07-115h 36Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.11 | Prize Fighters | 7.8.21The Fourth of July has come and gone, but we get into the spirit by celebrating two proud American traditions: wildly excessive amounts of processed meat and the brutally exploitative postsecondary education complex! It's time for "Prize Fighters," this week on Morgendorks! When scholarship application season kicks into gear, it sends Daria into direct competition with a few of her classmates. Whole lot of conflict throughout this one, and we had a really good time with it!
Also, Jake bought too many hot dogs. Oh, Jake.
Note: Rob's microphone/connection got a little weird for...
2021-07-081h 11Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.10 | Aunt Nauseam | 6.24.21Batten down the hatches, the Barksdale sisters are in town! It's "Aunt Nauseam," this week on Morgendorks! When Helen's niece gets ready to file for divorce, it ends up bringing the Barksdale sisters together again ... but not in a good way. Turns out they only exist to destroy one another? This is an episode that is somehow both busy (there's a friggin' D plot, y'all) and repetitive, and we get a little lost trying to figure out what that means for our episode rankings.
That said, there's some truly lovely sisterly bonding in here for Quinn and...
2021-06-241h 05Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.09 | Life in the Past Lane | 6.03.21Let's take a trip back to the 1950s! Or Maybe let's not, because it looks like our tour guide is a real turd. It's time for "Life in the Past Lane," here on Morgendorks! When Jane hooks up with a guy who's obsessed with the "timeless" style of the 40s and 50s, she falls into it herself—much to the dismay of Daria. Also, Upchuck's a magician now! So that's cool, I guess. Whole lot to chat about with this one, with a ton of cultural context mixed in throughout. Enjoy!
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2021-06-031h 36Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.08 | One J at a Time | 5.20.21How's Quinn gonna get through this episode? "One J at a Time," of course. Actually, let's talk about Quinn and her characterization throughout this one, because we have some, er, concerns. Same with Helen, actually. And why is Daria so afraid of Tom meeting two people he's already met?
That said, there's a lot to love in this one, and we talk through every bit of it—including maaaaybe one of the best Jake plotlines of the entire series? Whole thing's a mixed bag but a really fun ride. Enjoy!
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2021-05-201h 34Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.07 | Art Burn | 5.6.21Let's take a dive into the world of art recreations and frivolous lawsuits! It's "Art Burn," this week on Morgendorks! When Jane gets hired by a local scumbag gallery owner to paint recreations of famous works to pay off gazebo debts, she's conflicted: Getting paid for art is awesome, but just how much time and energy can you dedicate to painting someone else's work before you've kinda forgotten what being an artist meant to you in the first place?
This one's a little ... weird. It just feels like an odd episode, for reasons we'll explore. Also, we...
2021-05-061h 21Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.06 | Lucky Strike | 4.15.21Time for another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're covering "Lucky Strike." When the teachers of Lawndale High finally decide they've had enough of their criminally low salaries, they go on strike—and it throws Daria into a pretty awkward spot when she's ... kinda ... strong-armed into being the replacement Mr. O'Neill. Not sure how we feel about Daria "Once Sparked a Socialist Riot" Morgendorffer suddenly not being on the side of the worker, but we'll talk about it. This one was a lot of fun!
Why Are People Who Cross Picket Lines Called "Scabs"? | Matt Soniak, Mental Fl...
2021-04-151h 08Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.05 | The Story of D | 4.1.21When two writerly folks gather together to talk about an episode of Daria focused on the intensely personal craft of writing, you can bet we're gonna be pulled in all sorts of tangents. It's time for "The Story of D," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria submits a short story for publication to a literary journal and gets rejected, she's struck with a crisis of confidence. Also: The Fashion Club goes humanitarian! And Helen's making snacks!
This one was a lot of fun, folks. Hope you enjoy!
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2021-04-011h 17Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.04 | Camp Fear | 3.18.21Grab your oversized Camp Grizzly t-shirt and dig into your flavorless potato chips, it's time to cover "Camp Fear" on Morgendorks! When Daria goes to a summer camp reunion, it brings back a bunch of memories she was plenty happy leaving behind. Meanwhile, Jane and Trent go on a quest to get Trent's passion for music back, and Helen and Jake clean the garage. With sexy results! Oy.
No cultural context this week because the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine knocked Rob on his ass. It's worth it, though! Get your Fauci Ouchie!
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2021-03-181h 17Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.03 | Fat Like Me | 3.4.21Time to cover "Fat Like Me," this week on Morgendorks! When Sandi—not Stacy, Sandi—breaks her leg and gains a few pounds, it tosses the entire Lawndale High social structure into disarray and gives Daria and Jane a chance to do some good ol' fashioned scheming. It's a ... complicated episode to talk about, and you'll sense how torn we were throughout.
Also, you might get to the beginning of the episode rankings, look at the timer, and wonder why there's still like half an hour to go. Be there for when we look into the inspiration for...
2021-03-041h 25Morgendorks: A Daria PodcastSpecial Episode: An Interview with Karen DisherWe interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for a special episode of Morgendorks! This week, we found ourselves honored/privileged/more than a little giddy to welcome Daria character designer, supervising director, and animation guru Karen Disher to the program! Ms. Disher was delightful enough to give us an hour of her time to talk about where Daria's character design came from, what she thinks of the show's continued legacy, the process of animating a weekly television show, what makes the character of Daria tick, and SO much more.
It's a fascinating, funny, and insightful look into a...
2021-02-2554 minMorgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.02 | Sappy Anniversary | 2.18.21Time to crush the relationship roles of the heteronormative patriarchy! Or maybe just poke away at it a bit? It's time for "Sappy Anniversary," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria and Tom's six-month anniversary approaches and he doesn't seem interested in celebrating, Daria's torn: Is this something she cares about? Does she care that he doesn't care? What does it mean?
Relationships are hard, y'all. This one's a very interesting look at Daria's vulnerability, and we had a lot of fun talking about it. We also dig into the dot-com bubble era of the late 90s and...
2021-02-181h 10Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast5.01 | Fizz Ed | 1.28.21Let's go ahead and mark our entry into season five with some hearty dialogues against capitalism: It's time for "Fizz Ed," this week on Morgendorks! When a cash-strapped Lawndale High turns to cola companies for those sweet, sweet vending machine contract dollars, Daria's forced to grapple with the juxtaposition of her moral objections and her general apathy.
And for our cultural context, we take a look at the controversy surrounding vending machines in schools. Are the health risks acceptable? What about the morality behind treating students like a demographic?
Enjoy!
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2021-01-281h 10Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.xx | Is It Fall Yet? (Part Two) | 1.14.21When the whip comes down /
When they nuke the town /
When dead clowns can't clown /
We'll still be freakin' friends.
All right, y'all, let's wrap this sucker up. The first half of "Is It Fall Yet?" left us with a lot of questions, some concerns, and a whole bunch to look forward to—and here we are. Do Daria and Jane figure things out? Do Daria and Tom? Has Quinn really turned a corner and embraced her own intelligence? There's SO MUCH to talk about, and we're going to dig into all of it. Pl...
2021-01-142h 04Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.xx | Is It Fall Yet? (Part One) | 12.31.20We've finally arrived at the first Daria movie! This week, we're covering the first half (or so) of "Is It Fall Yet?" The turbulence of the season four finale hangs in the air and Jane and Daria still find themselves on the outs as they head into a summer in which they won't be seeing much of one another. With Daria trying to navigate relationships both starting and crumbling, Jane trying to navigate some surprisingly complex issues at an art commune, Quinn trying to commit herself to reaching her scholastic potential, and our B-Plot Gang all doing their own...
2020-12-311h 45Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.13 | Dye! Dye! My Darling | 12.17.20Season four has been a long and turbulent ride, and it's not about to get any smoother as we roll into its finale, "Dye! Dye! My Darling," this week on Morgendorks! When Jane pushes Daria into a hair dyeing adventure she's deeply uncertain about, things go horribly wrong—and it brings all of the tensions of the previous twelve episodes to a head (heheh). Love! Loss! Betrayal! This episode has it all! Ahhh!
Oh! And for our cultural context (yaaayyy it's back), we look at the classic short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?" What's it about? Wh...
2020-12-171h 41Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.12 | Fire! | 12.3.20Hey, sometimes your dad accidentally sets the house on fire and you have to live at a swanky hotel for a few weeks but your sister basically claims the room as her domain so you've gotta go crash with your best friend instead except she's got her boyfriend over and they've been having ~issues~ but also he and you are getting along very very nicely and it makes things extremely complicated. That's just life, y'know? That's living.
"Fire!" really cranks up the tension in a love triangle that has been building all season, and we get some...
2020-12-031h 32Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.11 | Groped by an Angel | 11.12.20And lo it descends from on high, like a celestial being, or perhaps maybe just a bird that hit a skyscraper window: It's another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're looking at the deeply unfortunately titled "Groped by an Angel." When Quinn starts believing hard in guardian angels, it's up to Daria to keep her eyes from rolling out of her head—but a party at Brittney's is about to test Quinn's faith. It's a weird episode that actually led to a lot of fascinating discussions!
We also eschew our normal cultural context for some fan mail th...
2020-11-121h 13Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.10 | Legends of the Mall | 10.29.20It's time for what probably amounts to the first and only Halloween episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're fortunate enough to be looking at "Legends of the Mall." When the Fashion Club gets lost in the wrong part of town and Jake, Trent, Daria, and Jane soon suffer a similar fate, we get a look into some of Lawndale's folklore—in the form of URBAN LEGENDS! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
Our cultural context is just us shooting the shit about urban legends for a while, because we both love the topic so much. This thing wa...
2020-10-291h 35Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.09 | Mart of Darkness | 10.15.20It's time for Morgendorks season four episode nine, "Mart of Darkness," or, as it may more widely become known: That Episode Where Rob was on Prednisone. This episode only looks shorter than most of the others we've done lately. Hoo, boy. ANYWAY: When Lawndale's new warehouse store sucks everybody into its vortex, our intrepid heroes must find their way through two hundred aisles of savings and what historians will refer to as The Sample Station War o' 2000.
No cultural context this week because we got some wonderful fan mail we wanted to dig into. Thank you, yet...
2020-10-151h 16Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.08 | Psycho Therapy | 10.1.20October's here! And so is another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're looking at "Psych Therapy," wherein Helen's work is offering her the chance at a big promotion—but it comes at the cost of having to get her entire family psychologically evaluated. Meanwhile, Jane starts a webcam that offers a 24/7 glimpse into her life. Huge invasion of privacy vibes coming off of this one, folks ...
... which means it's appropriate that our cultural context this week focuses on Jennicam, a somewhat forgotten piece of internet history that presaged livestreaming, reality television, social media, and so much more. It...
2020-10-011h 40Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.07 | Of Human Bonding | 9.17.20Fire up the hot air balloon, it's time for a new episode of Morgendorks! This week we're looking at "Of Human Bonding," wherein Daria gets some not-quite-quality time with Jake and Helen gets some equally questionable quality time with ... the Fashion Club? Okay, let's see how that goes.
We don't have a cultural context this week, unfortunately, but as you can see by the length of the episode we still had plenty to say. Although a solid, like, thirty minutes of it is just Rob ranting about Jake. So there's that.
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2020-09-171h 16Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.06 | I Loathe a Parade | 9.3.20Time for another Morgendorks! This week: "I Loathe a Parade." It's Homecoming time at Lawndale High, which can only mean one thing: Daria goes on a toilet paper run and stumbles across both a parade and the long-forgotten Tad Gupty, who can't find his parents, so she ends up escorting him around, but she also runs into Tom, who decides to tag along, and then they start getting along way more than usual and it's a weird vibe and also Upchuck's driving a swinger mobile. Such a quaint yearly tradition.
In the wake of the tragic death...
2020-09-031h 25
Product HiveMentee Training — Panel with Bonnie Bronson, Nissa Farley, Gil Lee, and Mike BairdThe Product Hive Mentorship program provides a great opportunity for mentees to learn from mentors how to be better UX Designers and PM's.
This episode on Mentee Training gives recommendations on how to be a better mentee.
The answers you receive are only as good as the questions you ask. Articulate valuable insights to your mentor by asking yourself some of the following questions:
- What do you feel are your personal strengths?
- Which of these strengths are you looking to focus on in your professional development over the next 6...
2020-08-2455 minMorgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.05 | The F Word | 8.20.20By failing to get this episode out on time, did we succeed? We'd like to think so. It's time to talk about "The F Word," this week on Morgendorks! When Mr. O'Neill assigns his class to purposefully fail at something, it throws everything into disarray. Brittany's unpopular! Kevin sucks at sports! Jane's a ... cheerleader? This one waits two acts before going off the rails entirely.
And for cultural context, we talk about the risk-averse (or is it risk-aware?) behavior of the Millennial generation. Is it that they don't want to embrace failure, or is it that they...
2020-08-201h 06Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.04 | Murder, She Snored | 7.30.20Pull out your magnifying glass and dig deep into that reservoir of televised crime dramas, it's time for "Murder, She Snored," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria falls asleep to a knockoff "Charlie's Angels" episode, the dream sequence that unfurls runs the gamut of crime drama references from the past forty years—all in the service of solving the mystery of THE MURDER OF KEVIN THOMPSON.
It's a weird one, folks, and one of us loved it a whole hell of a lot. Won't say which one, but, hint: It's the one who's maybe now a big da...
2020-07-301h 20Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.03 | A Tree Grows in Lawndale | 7.16.20Let us leave behind these earthly confines and take to the air majestically, like Kevin off the back of a motorcycle into the Tommy Sherman memorial sapling. It's time to look at "A Tree Grows in Lawndale," this week on Morgendorks! When Kevin gets into a motorcycle accident and is left unable to play football, he sinks into a deep depression—taking the entire town of Lawndale with him.
And for our cultural context, we look at how the success of your local high school football team may actually, in fact, have an impact on your property va...
2020-07-161h 00Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.02 | Antisocial Climbers | 7.2.20Time for the cast of Daria to answer the call of the wild—and time for us to cover "Antisocial Climbers," this week on Morgendorks! When a class trip up a mountain gets stranded in a blizzard, the whole gang finds themselves stressing over what might become of them. Quinn, particularly, because there's a good chance the group draws and quarters her. Why? Find out with us!
Also, we dive into the tragic and harrowing story of the Donner Party—a real-life example of westward expansion gone wrong that has inspired a huge amount of our media over...
2020-07-021h 11
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast4.01 | Partner's Complaint | 6.11.20Can't believe we're already at season four, but here goes: It's time to talk about "Partner's Complaint," this week on Morgendorks! When the rift between Daria and Jane—you know, the one we thought was smoothed over at the end of last season—drives them to partner up with other people for an economics project, our B-Plot Gang gets some much-needed airtime. Parts of this one are stunningly relevant even twenty years later, and it's worth checking out.
And for our cultural context this week, we spend some (nowhere near enough, because that podcast would never actually end...
2020-06-111h 09
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.13 | Jane's Addition | 5.28.20And just like that the curtain falls on Daria season three with "Jane's Addition," here on Morgendorks! When Daria, Jane, and Trent come together (kinda) to work (kinda) on a multimedia project (kinda)—and it coincides with a cute new guy monopolizing Jane's time—it begins to pull on the threads of Daria and Jane's friendship. Crushes will end! New crushes will begin! Rob will stun us with his complete inability to work with a German accent! All of this, and more!
And in our cultural context, we dive briefly into the ways in which the technological revo...
2020-05-281h 19
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.12 | Just Add Water | 5.14.20It's time to hit the high seas and hold an ill-fated casino night, here on Morgendorks! This week: "Just Add Water." When Ms. Li demands everybody attend the school's newest fundraising activity—a casino night aboard a luxury liner—it gives the entire Morgendorffer clan a brand spanking new setting for their litany of regular issues. But what's that on the horizon? AVAST! THE TRASH BARGE APPROACHETH.
Speaking of trash barges, we're going to dive into the absolutely insane and wonderful story of the Mobro 4000, a barge that just wanted a home for itself and its 3,100 tons of L...
2020-05-141h 06
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.11 | The Lawndale File | 4.30.20Are you ready to tackle the menace that is SPACE COMMUNISM? If you aren't, that's cool, because I don't think Lawndale is either. Time to talk about "The Lawndale File" on Morgendorks! When shady government types come to Lawndale High and talk about rooting out individuals acting suspiciously, paranoia grips the town. Are communists among us? What about aliens?! And why is Quinn suddenly dressing like she did back in "Quinn the Brain"?
All that, plus a dive into the anti-communist roots of science fiction in American media! ... woo!
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2020-04-301h 11
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.10 | Speedtrapped | 4.16.20Time for another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're talking about "Speedtrapped." When Jane and Mystic Spiral find themselves stuck in a dusty southwestern town's jail, Quinn and a newly licensed Daria are tasked with riding in to the rescue. It feels a whole lot like a plot you'd expect on a show with a slightly older cast—and also Lawndale is nowhere near the American southwest—but, hey, here we are.
And for our cultural context we dive just a little bit into some of the references this particular episode makes to the American southwest—and how su...
2020-04-161h 11
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.09 | Jake of Hearts | 4.02.20And so it was that on one of the last nights of The March that Wouldn't End, we entered into The Recording Session that Wouldn't End to talk about "Jake of Hearts," and things fell off the rails more than a few times. Podcast archaeologists who dig this episode up years and years from now will use it in their case studies to talk about the impact of global health crises and quarantines on the human psyche. There's also a fair amount of heart surgery discussion, soooo, uh, sorry about that.
We also try something a little...
2020-04-021h 39
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.08 | Lane Miserables | 3.18.20And fresh off a nearly one-month break (thanks so very much, car accidents and illness), we're back with "Lane Miserables," here on Morgendorks! When the surprisingly massive immediate Lane family all comes home at once, Jane and Trent find themselves without any room—so they end up living with the Morgendorffers. It's an odd duck of an episode. It also has some interesting things to say about parenting?
Speaking of which, in lieu of our cultural context we dig into Daria's (the show's, not the character's) take on parenting. Also, Rob talks about horses and The Matrix fo...
2020-03-191h 00
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.07 | Daria! | 2.20.20And so we come to the point that it seems so, so many shows came to in the late 90s and early 2000s: LET'S HAVE A MUSICAL! This week on Morgendorks, we're looking at "Daria!" When a hurricane threatens Lawndale, Daria and Jane have the deep misfortune to find themselves stuck on the Lawndale High roof. Will they survive? What will become of Lawndale? Who has the worst singing voice? Find out all of this, and more!
(It's Mack. Mack has the worst singing voice.)
We also dive a bit into the theory behind musicals...
2020-02-201h 10
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.06 | It Happened One Nut | 2.6.20Yo. Let's talk about nuts. It's time for "It Happened One Nut," here on Morgendorks! When a career aptitude test shakes some of Lawndale High's finest, Daria ends up getting a job alongside Kevin at the local mall's peanut distribution specialist, It's a Nutty Nutty Nutty World.
We also spend some time talking about Baby Nut, because how were we supposed to avoid that?
And for our cultural context, we dive into the nostalgic mystery of the dyed, bright-red pistachio. Why did we dye pistachios? And what does it have to do with the Iran...
2020-02-061h 05
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.05 | The Lost Girls | 1.23.20Some folks want to be forever young, some folks want to please those who want to be forever young, and some just want to be left alone. It's time for Morgendorks! This week, we're looking at "The Lost Girls." When Daria's unknowingly entered into and wins (naturally) an essay contest, she "gets" to spend a few days alongside Val, a prominent teen magazine magnate and pop culture ... eugh, I guess the word would be influencer? Holy cow.
For our cultural context, we take a bit of a dive into Jane Pratt—for whom Val is a thinly ve...
2020-01-2356 min
Ukulele Is The New BlackHow Ukulele Changed our Lives in 2019This episode is a celebration of all those people I talked to in 2019. Every one of them told me how ukulele had changed their life, and I’ve put all those reasons together in one place. I’ve scored this episode with a lot of music featuring ukulele. Most of it was recorded specifically for this episode with the help of my friends, but there are a few songs which I recorded during 2019, including one live performance. Thank you so much to all the guests who appeared in this episode: Paul Marsh Khristina Joy Sandra...
2020-01-2037 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.04 | Daria Dance Party | 1/9/20New decade, new episode of Morgendorks! That's how it works. This week, we're taking a look at "Daria Dance Party"! When Quinn is tasked with forming and running the dance committee to plan an upcoming event at Lawndale High, it rapidly ends up becoming Jane's problem—but she grabs the bull by the horns. Also: A quarrel between lovers threatens to rip the B-Plot Gang apart! What happens next? Find out ... well, you can find out basically anywhere. This show is two decades old. But we'd prefer if you found out with us, this week on Morgendorks!
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2020-01-091h 09
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.03 | Depth Takes a Holiday | 12.12.19Hoooo boy, it's finally time to talk about "Depth Takes a Holiday," this week on Morgendorks! Daria's visited by the personifications of St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day, who implore her to help them round up the disgruntled personifications of Halloween, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day and bring them back to Holiday Island through a dimensional portal behind one of Lawndale's Chinese restaurants.
Y'know, when we put it like that, it really sounds kinda fun. Also: FAN MESSAGES! YAY!
Two things of note for this episode: One, we don't have any cultural context this time...
2019-12-121h 06
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.02 | The Old and the Beautiful | 11.28.19Welcome back to Morgendorks! First and foremost: Thank you all yet again for your patience, support, and well-wishes over the past few months. It has meant the world, and y'all remain absolutely awesome.
Anyway, on to business: This week we're looking at "The Old and the Beautiful," wherein Ms. Li decides some mandatory volunteer work is just what Lawndale High needs, and Daria ends up reading to some elderly folks—which leads to her getting some sage wisdom from Brittany, of all people.
And in our cultural context, we look at this whole "mandatory volunteerism" th...
2019-11-281h 10
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast3.01 | Through a Lens Darkly | 9.26.19It’s time for Morgendorks! We squint and hesitantly shuffle into the extraordinarily blurry future of season three with “Through a Lens Darkly,” wherein Daria decides to try contacts instead of her iconic glasses—and immediately struggles with questions of vanity and identity. Come for the Daria commentary, stay for Rob and Nissa’s Bespectacled Adventures!
For our cultural context this week, we’re digging into just how glasses impact the way others view us and come to be a part of our own identities. From “She’s All That” to modern psychology, we run the gamut!
Also, stick...
2019-09-261h 01
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.xx | Season 1 and 2 Retrospective | 9.12.19As we come to the end of the second season, it's time to take a look back and think about where we've been—so join us for a special retrospective episode of Morgendorks, where we discuss the highs and lows of Daria's sophomore effort (and how it compares to the first season)!
We also share some awesome stuff that our fans have said and done over the past week or two. Seriously, we cannot thank our community enough. Y'all are wonderful.
This was a fun and kinda loopy one, folks. Rob's basically frenetic by the en...
2019-09-1245 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.13 | Write Where it Hurts | 8.29.19It's time to explore the recesses of Daria's writerly mind, with "Write Where it Hurts," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria receives a special assignment from Mr. O'Neill to write a short story about people she knows, she runs headlong into a gnarly case of writer's block. Meanwhile, Helen's doing everything she can to help her daughter out—and running into blocks of her own.
We also take a look at moral fiction—a partial focus of this episode. Tune in to see how cantankerous we can get when talking about John Gardner's take on what art actu...
2019-08-291h 08
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.12 | Pierce Me | 8.15.2019Time to hit the local piercing parlor and adorn our bare midriffs with a nice little chunk of 90s nostalgia with “Pierce Me,” here on Morgendorks! When Daria goes and does something silly (read: gets her belly button pierced) for a boy (read: Trent), it makes her re-examine a few things. Also: Quinn and Helen in a mother-daughter fashion show! It’s an episode packed with wonderful character interactions, and we enjoyed the hell out of it.
And for our cultural context, we dive a bit into the navel piercing phenomenon of the mid-90s! Where did it ori...
2019-08-151h 06
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.11 | See Jane Run | 7.18.19See Daria. See Jane. See Jane Run. See Daria lose her ish. Lose your ish, Daria, lose your ish! Or maybe don't? It's weird. It's time for "See Jane Run," here on Morgendorks! When a mix of libido and family pride convinces Jane to join the Lawndale High track team, Daria's left in the dust—and it does not go well for her at all. It's an interesting episode with a few really odd notes, and we had a lot of fun with it.
And for our cultural context, we look at the under-the-table perks of being a...
2019-07-1857 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.10 | Fair Enough | 7.4.19Gather thine woolen fabrics and ready thine legs of turkey, it's time for "Fair Enough," here on Morgendorks! When the Lawndale High Library collapses in on itself and Ms. Li can't find the funds to fix it outright, the school throws a Renaissance fair to raise money. It also strongarms everybody into participating. What follows is a tightly written romp that has a little something for everybody. Dainty garlands! Jousting! Ferris wheels! Weaponized turkey legs! It's all here.
Also, for our cultural context, we take a brief and refreshingly light glimpse into the history of the Renaissance...
2019-07-051h 01
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.09 | Ill | 6.20.19It’s time for splotchy redness and the questionable misplacement of enema bags, as we cover “Ill” this week on Morgendorks! When Daria’s stricken with a bizarre rash, she ends up in the hospital—while Jane tries (and kinda fails) to cover for her. What’s behind the rash? How were that many women in one bathroom stall? What happened to poor Mrs. Sullivan? We don’t have all the answers, or even many, but we’ll give it a go anyway.
Also, for our cultural context we take a dive into the epidemic of teenage anxiety. It’s wa...
2019-06-2058 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.08 | Gifted | 6.6.19You can take the girl out of Lawndale, but you can’t make her think her present company is any less idiotic. It’s time for “Gifted,” here on Morgendorks! When Daria and Jodie get selected to tour a prestigious prep school, the duo learn all too quickly that while the greener grass on the other side may be smarter and destined to one day run the world, it’s also much more likely to be a smarmy ass about it. Also: Quinn and Jane! Together!
We also take a deep and disheartening dive into the elephant in the roo...
2019-06-0655 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.07 | The New Kid | 5.24.19What happens when you take someone who basically wandered out of a long-abandoned bomb shelter with no contact from the outside world and drop them into Lawndale? You get an episode of Daria like “The New Kid,” which we’re covering this week on Morgendorks! Ted’s been homeschooled his whole life and is pretty sheltered as a result. He’s so sheltered, in fact, that Daria’s rather hum-drum life seems downright tempting. Even more interestingly, she’s developing something of a crush on him. It’s a whole thing.
We also take a dive into homeschooling’s...
2019-05-241h 20
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.06 | Monster | 5.9.19Grab your camcorder and remember to rewind your VHS rentals, it’s time for Morgendorks! This week we’re taking a look at “Monster,” wherein Daria and Jane are tasked with making a movie for a class assignment—and they decide Quinn is just the right subject matter for the bleak, existentially galling piece they’re aiming to produce.
We also take a dive into the camcorder fad that plays a central role to this particular episode! What had everybody carrying around these bizarre, inconvenient devices? Why were they at every birthday party for, like, twenty years?
Links...
2019-05-0947 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.05 | That Was Then, This is Dumb | 4.25.19It’s time for hippies, the flea market, and the California Raisins, as we cover “That Was Then, This is Dumb,” on this week’s Morgendorks! Helen and Jake have some friends from their old hippie days visiting for the weekend, and they’re bringing that 60s lifestyle with ‘em. Meanwhile, Daria escapes to the flea market, where she helps Trent and Jessie unload some vintage vinyls.
For our Cultural Context, we dig yet again into hippies—but this time, taking a more in-depth look at the social and political importance of the movement. What did it really mean to...
2019-04-2554 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.04 | I Don't | 4.10.19Wedding bells are ringing, Daria’s wearing a toga, and Helen is megadrunk—which means it’s time for “I Don’t,” on Morgendorks!
When the sister Helen has been competing with her entire life announces her daughter is getting married in a lavish ceremony funded entirely by the mother Helen has been ignored by her entire life, it goes … poorly. Drunk Helen! Horny minister! Luhrmann! AUNT FREAKING AMY! WOO!
And for our Cultural Context, we dig into sibling psychology. Does it matter what order you’re born in? The answer: Yes! And also no. Maybe? We’re not...
2019-04-111h 03
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.03 | Quinn the Brain | 3.28.19Slap on some all-black clothing and don your favorite beret, it’s time for “Quinn the Brain” on Morgendorks!
When Quinn pens an essay most English teachers would consider borderline felonious, Mr. O’Neill instead sees it as a tremendous expression of one young woman’s anger and anxiety—and Quinn becomes the school brain! But then … what becomes of Daria?
It’s a sneakily wonderful episode, and we had a lot of fun with it. We hope you do, too!
And for our Cultural Context this week, we look at Juliette Gréco: the French ic...
2019-03-2845 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.02 | The Daria Hunter | 3.14.19GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING MORGENDOOOORKS
It’s time to pay bizarre tribute to the Vietnam War films that defined an era, as this week we cover “The Daria Hunter”! Lawndale High sends its students out on a paintball field trip, and it only takes one short afternoon for war to make everybody a monster. It’s a weird episode (get used to hearing that) for a number of reasons, but we’ll do what we can to make sense of it.
Also, we take a deeeep dive into Hollywood’s efforts to grapple with depicting the Vietnam War, how Vie...
2019-03-141h 09
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast2.01 | Arts 'n' Crass | 2.28.19Time for another Morgendorks! This week, we’re covering “Arts ’n’ Crass.” When Jane drags Daria into a poster contest about student life at the dawn of the millennium, it’s all working out splendidly—until they bump heads with Ms. Li and Mr. O’Neill about what constitutes acceptable speech in a school setting.
Where do Daria and Jane draw the line? (Spoiler: Right through their painting, it turns out) Can Helen be any more badass? (Spoiler: No) And is Ms. Li’s depiction just a liiiittle bit racist? (Spoiler: Uh … we really don’t know for sure)
We al...
2019-02-2847 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.13 | The Misery Chick | 2.14.19Tonight, on a Very Special Episode of Daria … it’s time for “The Misery Chick,” here on Morgendorks!
When Lawndale High football hero Tommy Sherman meets his untimely demise at the hands of a rogue goalpost, the school is thrown into depression and disarray—and one by one, everybody seems to be turning to Daria, the ‘misery chick,’ for help. Everyone except Jane, anyway.
It’s a really great episode of television, and we had a lot of fun discussing it! We also take a dive into the ‘very special episode’ trope, of which the examples range from...
2019-02-1452 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.12 | The Teachings of Don Jake | 1.31.19LET’S ALL GO TO THE WOODS AND TRIP BALLS!
It’s time again for Morgendorks! This week we’re looking at ‘The Teachings of Don Jake,’ wherein Jake confronts his troubled future by digging into his troubled past, Jane and Trent are trapped at a family reunion, and the Morgendorffers inadvertently go on one more trip than they’d planned for their camping weekend.
We’re also going to take a deeeeeeep dive into how the Baby Boomers are portrayed versus how they actually are, the reason behind the trope Helen and Jake represent, and the buzzin...
2019-01-3144 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.11 | The Road Worrier | 1.17.19The 90s are alive and well in Lawndale! Take a dive with us into The Episode that Launched a Thousand Fanfics, “The Road Worrier”! When Daria and Jane decide to tag along with Trent and his bandmate Jesse to Alternapalooza, get get an in-depth look at just how our favorite teenage misanthrope’s psyche holds up to indignity after indignity in front of the Mystik Spiral frontman she’s crushing on hardcore.
Courtesy of Nissa, we also get a thorough schooling on just what the hell the alternative movement even was—and where it came from in the first...
2019-01-1746 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.10 | The Big House | 1.3.19When Quinn and Daria both get nabbed breaking curfew, they’re forced to answer to the authorities: the authorities, in this case, being Helen and Jake, who appear to have binged a little too much courtroom television. The punishment? The girls are grounded for a month. But Helen and Jake are about to find out the hard way that the costs of running such a punitive criminal justice system far outweigh the benefits.
(Brief aside: Breaking curfew isn’t much of a surprise for Quinn, but what was Daria doing out so late? Who was she with? We n...
2019-01-0339 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.09 | Too Cute | 12.20.18It’s time to look hard and disapprovingly at the bizarre and kinda gross world of teenage plastic surgery, as we dive hard into “Too Cute” in this episode of Morgendorks! When a Lawndale High girl with her eyes set on getting into the Fashion Club goes out and gets work done on her nose, it sets off a fad that sucks Quinn in—and fills her with some of that old high school chestnut: horrendous, world-shattering insecurity.
We end up looking into the statistics a bit to get a grasp on just how prevalent this sort of thing...
2018-12-2053 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.08 | Pinch Sitter | 12.6.18Quinn's got a babysitting gig, but she's also got her own things going on—including a new obsession with the Deena Decker time management system—so she ropes Daria into doing it instead. Problem: These kids are weeeeird. We're back on track with characterization this week, but how fun is the episode overall?
Also: Nissa dives into the connection this episode seems to be making between the tragedy at Jonestown and folks like Deena Decker.
Links:
Interview with Tim Collins, inventor of the V-Chip
Brief History of the V-Chip Invention
Ou...
2018-12-0644 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.07 | The Lab Brat | 11.22.18It's time for a rather slapdash look at operant conditioning, as we dive headlong into the (deeply problematic) episode, The Lab Brat! When Daria gets saddled with Kevin (and Brittany with Upchuck) as her lab partner in a psychiatry experiment, we're treated to a milieu of horrendous misogyny and bizarrely unfamiliar takes on characters we thought we knew.
Also! Join us as we leap into a tangent and explore the somewhat tumultuous history of high school psychology courses! It's fun! We promise!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some brief discussion of sexual assault in the...
2018-11-2248 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.06 | This Year's Model | 11.8.18We didn't get enough gross predatory behavior from the last episode, so we're back at it again with This Year's Model! When some modeling talent scouts invade Lawndale High and have a bunch of teenage girls thinking they could be the Next Big Thing in modeling, Quinn's hooked—and Daria's just kind of along for the ride.
Lots of talk about modeling and its impact on vulnerable or impressionable youth in this episode—as well as some super not-cool jokes the writers slipped in.
FTC | Look Out for Modeling Scams
Outpost Daria Reborn
2018-11-0847 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.05 | Malled | 10.25.18For the youth of America in the 1980s and 1990s, all roads led inexorably to the mall. Daria's finding that out the hard way in this week's episode, wherein the opening of the Mall of the Millennium has (nearly) all of Lawndale abuzz—and Daria, despite her best efforts, is dragged into spending the day there on a field trip.
We talk a whole lot about mall culture in the United States! What made the mall such a huge part of the American experience? What were our own experiences? What's the current state of things? (Hint: Not gr...
2018-10-2551 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.04 | Cafe Disaffecto | 10.11.18When Lawndale's Internet cafe gets broken into, something new must rise up from the ashes—and some unlucky souls from Lawndale High will be the ones to raise money for it. Join us as we: Get an unpleasant glimpse into Mr. DeMartino's home life! Watch in horror as Daria and Jane maaaybe get ready to leave a woman to die! FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT GRADE QUINN IS IN!
Yeah, we're excited. We also take a deep dive into the phenomenon that is the Internet cafe, as well as the demographic complexities of late-90s Internet and computer ac...
2018-10-1149 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.03 | College Bored | 9.27.18When parental peer pressure (of all things) convinces Helen that Daria and Quinn need to start thinking about their college prospects—and yes, we will be going into whether it's way too early for them to be worrying about such things—the family ends up taking a trip to the campus of Helen and Jake's alma mater, Middleton. Naturally, things get out of hand quickly.
Also: How old is Quinn? More importantly, how old is she perceived? Is the show's handling of her a little gross?
We spend a lot of time this episode talking abou...
2018-09-2753 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.02 | The Invitation | 9.13.18Few things are quite as inevitable as The High School Sitcom Party Episode, and Daria knocked hers out nice and early. When Daria helps Britney complete an art assignment, she earns herself an invitation to a huge party at Britney's parents' house. Jane (and Helen's insistence that Daria watch over her sister) convince her to go, despite her reservations—and much to our delight, because otherwise we never would have been introduced to THE AMBUSH OF CERAMIC TIGERS.
That'll make sense, I promise.
We'll also be taking an in-depth look at just why every high sc...
2018-09-1350 min
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast1.01 | Esteemsters (Pilot) 8.30.2018In our second episode, we're taking an in-depth look at "Esteemsters," the official Daria pilot! When the Morgendorffer family moves to Lawndale, Daria finds herself in her new high school's self-esteem class. Thankfully, she also finds herself a new partner-in-crime. It's our introduction to the bizarre and interesting cast of characters we'll be dissecting over the next five seasons—but how does it fare as a pilot?
Join us as we take a beat-by-beat look at the episode, and the self-esteem movement that gave rise to media like Esteemsters in the mid-to-late '90s. We'll also be reviewing...
2018-08-301h 22
Morgendorks: A Daria Podcast0.0 | Sealed with a Kick (Unaired Pilot) 8.16.2018In our pilot episode of Morgendorks, we look at the unaired pilot of Daria, "Sealed with a Kick"! When Daria borrows a pencil from Kevin and he takes it as a symbol of her unrequited devotion, she's forced to retaliate by breaking his brain (y'know, more) and ruining his relationship with Brittany. It's a lightning-quick five-minute pilot, but we thought there'd be no better place to start.
Speaking of "no better place to start," you'll get to meet your hosts! Us! Rob and Nissa! We're affable! Sometimes. We'll explain why we're doing a Daria podcast, why now, an...
2018-08-0535 min
This Week In WellnessTWG 261 : My Fight against Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) with Nissa LeeJust imagine while you are travelling around Australia at 24 years of age and then you start to lose your balance, eyes start to twitch and other weird symptoms begin to show up. Then you discover that you are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.)! In this episode, you will hear how Nissa Lee spends the last seven years fighting back against MS and how she was able to overcome her challenges that come along with MS. You can also find her at >www.nissaleenaturopathy.com and www.inspirationalhealth.com.au for more information. Be sure to check out this inspi...
2016-07-1030 min
Unspoken Realms PodcastEpisode 21 - Nissa's Origin: HomeEpisode 21 of the Unspoken Realms podcast, featuring Nissa’s Origin: Home by Kimberly J. Kreines and Adam Lee, the fifth and final planeswalker origin story written for the final core set, Magic Origins.
2016-05-0253 min
Diamond Cut Girls' PodcastDiamond Cut Girls Radio - Episode 7 S.O.S.SOS Support Our Sisters. Nissa Salas, Jennifer Nicole Lee & Danny J talk the Dallas Fitness Model Factory and how the Dallas JNL Fusion Gym & Body FX products get people back into health and back into shape. These 3 women are industry leaders and stand out because of their amazing ability to be positive and to help other women. JNL's personal philosophy is that there is room at the top for all to succeed and she is bringing others with her. Listen in on trade industry secrets to gaining momentum in your health and your life.
2013-06-3047 min
Unni Greene's PodcastBody FX Corporate Call with JNL, The Diet Diva, and three super fitness motivatorsThe highly anticipated BodyFX Corporate Call will feature none other than Body FX Spokes model and world famous fitness guru Jennifer Nicole Lee, fitness and nutrition expert, Unni Greene, The Diet Diva, and JNL FUSION Master Trainers, fitness experts and top leaders, Gysenia Gonzalez-Avila , Trisha Kessler Constantine and super weight-loss success story Nissa Salas. These super dynamic women will inspire and motivate you as they share their own formula for success. Cliff Layton, Director of Marketing and greeting by Shawna Beleza Fields!Reserve your own spot on MY TEAM to change your life!
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2013-03-2939 min