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No Place Like ItRevisiting: Lofts, Penthouses and Suites of Gossip GirlThe tour of murder mystery locations had to be postponed so this week we're heading back to early 2000s New York to revisit the homes of Gossip Girl. It's all the same information as our last tour but this time there are a couple new things to learn about Blair Waldorf's penthouse!
2023-11-2524 minNo Place Like ItFairy Tales: Cottage and CastleWhat do the Little Mermaid's and the Sleeping Beauty's castles have in common? What's the deal with the Sea Witch's house? We discuss this and more in the latest episode of No Place Like It! Talia also shares what she thinks is the moral of some fairy tales, and there's a tangent on Gothic windows.
2023-11-1213 minNo Place Like ItWitches' Worlds: The All Souls Trilogy and Practical MagicStories about witches nearly always involve their unique houses and the magic within. Explore the Bishop house in the All Souls Trilogy and the Owens' place in the Practical Magic series. We'll learn about the importance of family history and of having magical spaces for witchcraft.
2023-10-2813 minNo Place Like ItSeasonal Living: the Summer Camps of the MoviesIt’s summertime: children are running wild and staff are falling in and out of love. Summer camps may not be permanent homes but they sure have a lot going on during the short time they’re occupied.
2023-07-3017 minNo Place Like ItSeparate Halves: the Two Staircases of the 90sRemember in The Nanny, Boy Meets World and Full House when all the set layouts had a set of stairs in the front and one in the back? We’re exploring the staircases and how the scenes for each represent the differences between the two halves of the house.
2023-07-0212 minNo Place Like ItNo episode todaySorry folks, no episode today. Forgot I was moving this week but we should be back next week!!
2023-06-2500 minNo Place Like It“As soon I saw it I knew it was home” - Anne of Green GablesToday we’re in 19th century Canada, close to the White Way of Delight, and exploring the relationship between a lovable red-headed little girl and her adopted home in Avonlea.
2023-06-1010 minNo Place Like ItDynamics and Boundaries: Apartment 4D in New GirlLet’s go to LA and hand out with Jess, Nick, Schmidt and Winston in their oddly shaped apartment with 1 strange bathroom! It’s all about the group dynamic and how weird other people’s families are.
2023-05-1312 minNo Place Like ItLeaving the Hobbit-hole: The Hobbit and The Lord of the RingsAlthough The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are about people leaving their homes, the home remains an important part of both stories, anchoring the characters amidst the dangers of their journeys.
2023-05-0311 minNo Place Like ItTaking a break - be back next weekWe are taking a break this week but we’ll be back next week to explore The Shire!
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2023-04-2200 minNo Place Like ItHomes of Highbury: Village Community in Jane Austen’s EmmaIn which we wander through the village of Highbury and take note of the community's interactions.
2023-04-0823 minNo Place Like ItControlling Powerhouse: spaces in SuccessionSecrets, power and disrespect! Ahead of the 4th season of Succession, we're looking at why Logan only talks to his kids one at a time, the importance of the balcony and dissecting the DISRESPECTFUL treatment of other people's spaces.
2023-03-2516 minNo Place Like ItFrench Beaches and Swiss Clinics: Tender is the NightWe're going to the 1920s, first stopping by the French Riviera and then on to Switzerland - and along the way we'll observe Dick and Nicole Diver in their strange and dysfunctional relationship.
2023-03-1114 min2023-02-2513 minNo Place Like ItLofts, Penthouses and Suites: Homes of Gossip GirlRise and shine, listeners! We're in early 2000s New York and we're looking at the homes of the original Gossip Girl TV series.
2023-02-1124 minNo Place Like ItGilded Mansions: Houses in The Age of InnocenceWe're going through some of the houses featured in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, from the fashionably wealthy to the not-so-wealthy and the not-so fashionable. We'll wander along the streets of 1870s New York and see the elaborate accessories that created the Gilded Age.
2023-01-2820 minNo Place Like ItNo Place Like It Official TrailerTake your first step into No Place Like It, a podcast where we explore fictional homes and living spaces with English literature graduate Talia Ulrich. There's no place like home and no home like an imagined place.
2023-01-1402 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 046 – Leprechaun This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan wonder why kids are scared of the stupidest boogeymen. The Leprechaun haunted Ryan for his entire childhood, waiting in dark corners, making it unable for him to pee in the middle of the night. If only he had watched the movie when he was seven years old, and seen how stupid, unscary, unwitty, and half-assed this boring, lazy movie is, he wouldn’t have wasted another second being scared. The Leprechaun can’t even be bothered to turn limericks into dirty rhymes. Nantucket! It rhymes itself! Lepr...
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