Shows
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1991 Pop Culture: Guns 'N Roses, Bulletboys & Paula Abdrool
The August 1991 issue has a few pop culture topics to go deep on. Guns 'N Roses gets covered with a What Now concert review AND a review of Danny Sugerman's very pretentious-sounding book about them in the brand-new column Read It (though probably don't; it only earns one pip as the month's book bomb). Paula Abdul gets a bomb review of her new album Spellbound AND name-checked as "Paula Abdrool" in the Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter cover Q&A. Otherwise, we get a lot of material we might like more coverage on, like: Siouxsie And The Banshees' Superstition; Ethan...
2026-02-1737 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1991 Slumber Party: Bratmobile, Chaplin & The Deliberate Stranger
We're just back from a nearly two-month break. We took two VERY confrontational quizzes ("Are You A News Moron?" and "Are You An Annoyance?"). We...barely remember how to do this, so please enjoy a basically unedited stream of thought conversation on wedgies, Margaret Thatcher, Antarctica, huffing in an unventilated garage, and much much more!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky📷 @List...
2026-01-2056 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1991 Pop Culture: John Leguizamo, Balthazar Getty & The Whistle That Only Dogs HearPam is on assignment, but Dave and Tara are bravely carrying on without her. What Now brings us such items as the first news blurb Tara probably ever saw about the Texas mom who came up with a murder-for-hire scheme to advance her 13-year-old daughter's cheerleading career to the 1,000,000th update on reigning Sassiest Boy In America Ian Svenonius (LET IT END). Jane admits she can't be objective about R.E.M. generally and Out Of Time specifically, but at least she's right! The Doors is a five-dot pick we're dubious about; Paris Is Burning deserves not just the five...
2025-09-1630 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1991 Slumber Party: Landlines, Rompers & Wild Yam CreamWith Pam out handling a family emergency (everything's okay now!), Dave and Tara bravely handle the Slumber Party on their own. After sharing their results from the "Are You Parent-Tolerant?" quiz, it's on to your calls: one serious one about Pam's massage story, then a lot of silly ones about: other places spooge has unexpectedly appeared; what to try if your nails are weak; that vulnerable feeling when you're wearing a romper and have to pee; and a TRULY horrifying tale of a restaurant trip gone awry. Prepare for an emotional roller coaster -- FOR REAL.
QUICK LINKS
2025-08-1231 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1991 Fashion Etc.: Prom, Rompers & CuticlesIt's March, and that means it's time to start morbidly obsessing on prom, up to and including having a dress rehearsal five days out. All the frippery that fills the special pull-out prom insert feels very un-Sassy, so we hope sponsor Tampax at least paid a truckload of money for both that and a half-reassuring, half-fear mongering insert about periods. (No, your tampon can't get lost inside you...but then again why would they even bring it up unless MAYBE IT COULD?!) Elsewhere, there are tips on nail care, a creative/non-dirty use for an odd sock, photos from Sassy's...
2025-06-031h 08
The Todd Allbaugh ShowThe Best New TV Shows with Tara Ariano (Hour 2)This afternoon, Todd asks us What’s Worse: The Who or Led Zeppelin? We take your calls on these two classic bands.
At the bottom of the hour, we’re happy to welcome Tara Ariano back to the show! She is a prolific television critic known for her previous work on Television Without Pity and current podcast, Extra Hot Great. Today, Tara joins us to talk about some of the best and worst new shows you can watch right now.
Here are some shows recommended by Tara Ariano:
The Righteous Gemstones - This comedy follows...
2025-04-1644 minThe Todd Allbaugh ShowThe Best New TV Shows with Tara Ariano (Hour 2)This afternoon, Todd asks us What’s Worse: The Who or Led Zeppelin? We take your calls on these two classic bands.
At the bottom of the hour, we’re happy to welcome Tara Ariano back to the show! She is a prolific television critic known for her previous work on Television Without Pity and current podcast, Extra Hot Great. Today, Tara joins us to talk about some of the best and worst new shows you can watch right now.
Here are some shows recommended by Tara Ariano:
The Righteous Gemstones - This comedy follows...
2025-04-1644 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sFebruary 1991 Fashion Etc.: Flowers, Hearts & The CandymanPam is still out on assignment, so it's just Dave and Tara this week to talk about all the style contained in the February 1991 issue. Dress in florals, or straight out of a mall store! Dye your hair, for a while or forever! Annoy everyone you know by going overboard with a heart motif! DON'T buy the sketchy products advertised at the back of the issue -- let Karen tell you precisely why! And above all, when you're applying mascara, OPEN YOUR MOUTH. All of this and much much more awaits you in our latest episode!QUICK LINKS
2025-04-0857 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1991 Slumber Party: Waste, Self-Esteem & The Dox OxWe skipped a Slumber Party for the December 1990 issue, so this time we've got two quizzes to take. How wasteful are we, and how high is our self-esteem? Find out who landed in the happy middle, and who ended up in the freak extremes. Then we move on to playing your calls on topics ranging from who got scammed by the How To Get The Guy You Want system, which early 90s movies have a surprising link, and which mascot should rightly represent Pam and her adventures in doxxing. Get a nice big breath of fresh air (not you, Pittsburgh...
2025-02-2549 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Three Types Of CookiesThe tale of "Eat Through Austin," the domestic follow-up vacation to Dave, Pam and Tara's trip to the Big Island of Hawai'i as told on the old podcast Overwhelming Positivity. We'll back next time with more actual Listen To Sassy stuff.
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky
📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
...
2025-01-071h 09
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Tandoori LadyBack in 2009 Tara, Pam and Dave went to the Big Island of Hawai'i. It was a time. We recorded an episode of the Overwhelming Positivity podcast while we were there. A lot happened.
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website
🖼️ Check out this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
🦋 @ListenToSassy on Bluesky
📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
🧑💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
🛍️ Shop the LTS S...
2024-12-241h 49
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1990 Slumber Party: Spacing Out, Chasing Boys & Counting TamponsHow spacy are we? According to Sassy's November 1990 quiz, the answer is "possibly a lot spacier than some of us would care to admit" or "just about as spacy as we thought." Then, because we spaced on our last combined Slumber Party episode, we go back in time to take the September quiz and Rate [Our] Boy-Obsessiveness. (If you predicted that Pam's score would require a whole different scale, good job: you've REALLY been listening.) Then we move on to some of your latest calls, which cover topics including how a driver's ed teacher might work smarter, not harder; how...
2024-10-1554 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1990 Slumber Party: Sisters, Paint & Driver's EdAfter skipping the September 1990 Slumber Party, we're resuming with our results from the October 1990 quiz -- What Kind Of Sister Are You? -- then launching into a bumper crop of your latest voicemails. Why are driver's ed films so horrifying? Can you still get Mad magazine? What's lymph? We figure out SOME of this in this all-new episode!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our website☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site...
2024-08-201h 05
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210Special: A Very 90210 Canada DayWe're off this week but we bring you two Again With Again With This episodes full of Canadianosity.
AWAWT 149: Let’s Watch Kathleen Robertson In Maniac Mansion!
We're heading back to the early nineties (again) with an episode of weird, energetic cross-border fam-com Maniac Mansion, which was loosely based on the videogame -- and starred a young Kathleen Robertson as teen brainiac Tina; Mr. Weir as her dad; and a grouchy styrofoam meteor as the villain of the week. How did Robertson do? And should you watch?
AWAWT 150: Let’s Watch Jason Priestley In The...
2024-07-0127 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1990 Pop Culture: Movie Sequels, James Marshall & The Hothouse FlowersThere's a lot of pop culture in the September 1990 issue that will need revision sooner or later. Like: a report on the cancellation of 21 Jump Street, just weeks before its revival in syndication. And: making James Marshall One To Watch off the strength of one season of Twin Peaks, before he went off the grid. Or: an extensive feature on The Hothouse Flowers, perhaps to justify the expense of whoever paid for Christina to go to Dublin and interview them. And while giving Die Hard 2 a mere 2 stars is, of course, a matter to taste...it's not taste we share...
2024-06-1142 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Fashion Etc.: Boats, Socks & DietsIt's nearly time to go back to school, and Sassy has your wardrobe inspiration. Retro nerd? Cute jock? Merchant marine? It's all possible if you run with Sassy's latest tips. There's also advice on doing your hair and makeup like you didn't try, making perfectly good underwear borderline unwearable, and ads, ads, ads. (Yes, Filippo-Totti is back, THANK GOD.) Turn down your Keith Sweat or MC Hammer albums and listen to all our thoughts on the August 1990 issue's Fashion (Etc.)!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com...
2024-04-2349 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1990 Teen Life: Eastern Europe, Wet Pastrami & Mr. SpermTime for a new issue! Catherine kicks things off with a dark reporting trip to several locations that were, until quite recently, in the Soviet Union. Kim shares the results from a poll of guys' and girls' views, though what we mostly remember is what we thought they looked like in their underwear. Karen walks you through each day of your month as the owner of a female reproductive system. The fiction runner-up is about...talking to pastrami. All this plus Sassy staffers' romantic boyfriends, the return of Help For Him, unorthodox uses for avocados, and much much more! Stop...
2024-03-1955 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Slumber Party: Horse Parking, Cher Impressions & A Mall Security Guard With A SecretSkipping the June 1990 Slumber Party means we're doubling up on the quizzes this time, which is just as well since they're both about half as compelling as usual. Rate Your Sassy Staff IQ? Rate Your Prejudices? Is...everyone okay? Fortunately, everyone who's left us messages since the last time we heard from you is doing great: we're delighted to hear your stories of life in Phoenix during the rodeo, how to use a pot lip balm without greasing up your finger, which smutty book compromised the integrity of your toys, and so much more. Grab a cocktail -- maybe NOT...
2024-03-1256 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Fashion Etc.: Dickies, Curlers & Miss Personality PlusThe July 1990 issue has a lot of ideas about your look. Some are good, like the spread of 40s-inspired swimsuits. Some are weird, like the Making It suggestion that you cut off the collar and cuffs of a buttondown shirt and just tuck them, loose, into a pullover sweater, hoping for the best. Some are simply Not Done anymore, like getting white girl "beach braids" on your visit to the Caribbean. We're telling you about all this and more -- including a bumper crop of all-new ads! -- in the July 1990 Fashion Etc. issue!QUICK LINKS🗒 Ful...
2024-02-2753 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1990 Pop Culture: Bart Simpson, Scott Garrison & Dozens Of RecommendationsFor its July 1990 issue, Sassy COULD just give you five reviews each in Listen Up and Watch It, as usual. But no: they've gone above and beyond to save you from boredom by creating a special pop culture supplement you can tear out and take straight to the video store, record store, bookstore, and library to load up on all the movies, albums, and books Sassy thinks you need to check out. Are some of their recommendations weird or wrong? Sure! But a lot of them are solid; we go through the lists to say which ones we co-sign. All...
2024-02-1336 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Fashion Etc.: Mixed Prints, Sweepstakes & Very Discolored ColorsWe still have a little left to say about Johnny Depp -- he is our cover boy, after all -- but then we get into the fashion (etc.) of the May 1990 issue. The photos for a swimsuit story starring Lou Rawls's model daughter Louann all come out looking brown. Editorial on mixing prints gets mixed reviews. And the blue-green beauty story raises a lot more questions than it answers. We also cover Alice bands, harsh acne treatments, sunscreen, suntan oil, the slow death of Sassy Club, and much more! Put on your Artcarved class ring and get into it!
2023-10-3143 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1990 Teen Life: Pets, Fishbowls & Tortured MomsIt's time to crack open a brand-new (33-year-old) issue of Sassy! A lovely profile of Cara Dunne, a blind Harvard student, is chased by the horror show of Karen's report on volunteering at a vet's office. Kim has the brilliant brainstorm of soliciting stories of her colleagues' teen cruelty to their moms, and THEN reaching out to said moms for comment. Christina goes to Hawaii to interview some world-class surfers about the sport. And the rest of the Teen Life topics are a rich tapestry too: we do a tight ten on the bizarre photo choice for Body Talk; critique...
2023-10-0348 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1990 Slumber Party: Movie Trivia, Nasal Mishaps & The Olive GardenIt's the April 1990 Slumber Party, which means we've gotten into our sleeping bags despite having had WAY too much Jolt Cola. After sharing our results in the Rate Your Movie Knowledge quiz, we're playing your 20+ calls, on subjects ranging from the sound of dot matrix printers, how Jason Priestley's cuteness defies pixelation, and what criteria you must meet to join Dave at The Olive Garden. All this and more in our latest loopy episode!
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in...
2023-09-191h 09
Appointment TelevisionEpisode 340: Flashing back to Citadel episode 4 (w/ Tara Ariano!)Extra Hot Great co-host and TV critic extraordinaire Tara Ariano parachutes into our Citadel series this week, to help us break down exactly what is going on in all these flashback sequences where characters look and act exactly the same way they do in the "present day." This episode moves the season's main story forward by roughly 37 seconds.
2023-07-271h 01
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1990 Slumber Party: Butts, Teratomas & Your Self-CenterednessThe March 1990 quiz dares readers to "Rate Your Self-Centeredness," and we dropped everything to do a deep analysis on life's main characters: us! In fact, because the voicemailbox was a bit empty this time around -- maybe the heat wave fried your phones? -- that we were able to focus on our responses to the quiz for twice as long as we normally do! Then, we flipped over to your calls on topics including Buns Of Steel, a Sassy cameo in Christmas Vacation, how far back our lives on the internet actually exist, among many other concerns. Take a break...
2023-07-2532 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1989 Teen Life: Sobbing, Speculums & Saving The PlanetSassy's first and only double issue kicks off with a classic bummer: the story of teenager Billy Rosebud, whose murder cops only bothered to look into after his own family spent years doing most of the investigating for them. From there, things lighten up, as Karen tells us what to expect from a gynecologist appointment, Christina walks us through a truly cathartic crying fit, and Mary Kaye attempts to help us save the planet. (Whoops.) Plus: a fiction story about a dad's hypocrisy (yes, we know, that's all fiction for teen girls); a stark warning about extended-wear contacts; the truth...
2023-02-2155 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober & November 1989 Slumber Party: NKOTB, Frogs & ToiletsHaving skipped the October Slumber Party episode in late 2022, we're bringing you a SUPER-SIZED installment featuring our results in not one but TWO quizzes: Rate Your Self-Destructiveness from the October 1989 issue, and Rate Your Mall Knowledge from November 1989. Then it's on to several months' worth of calls on such subjects as whether physical therapy is a scam, how to lord a birthstone ring over your haters, Crocs, tarot, Lady Gaga, and what is and isn't necessary when it comes to public pooping. Sorry but also this is partly on you, or at least your fellow listeners!
QUICK LINKS
2023-02-071h 14
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sOctober 1989 Fashion Etc.: Boots, Model Bones & Snapped NecksWhile Pam continues globe-trotting, we are joined by guest co-hosts Megan McCafferty and Kim Reed for a discussion of the fashion (etc.) of the October 1989 issue! We're painting our feet, squinting at boots, sewing crap to the bottom of our blazers...okay, we're only doing some of that -- but we're talking about all of it. Prepare yourself for a deep dive on the "Welcome To Bedrock" fashion story, which instantly finds itself in the top 5 weirdest in the magazine's young life. Plus! Ads, letters, desks, the '20s, and so much more!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Ful...
2022-12-131h 01
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1989 Fashion Etc.: Buttons, Blimps & Horse GirlsWhat's your look going to be when you head back to school this year? Horse girl? All-red Christmas elf? Sticking buttons on all your garments, until they inevitably fall off in a trail behind you? Sassy is here for ALL these ideas! We also learn about tiny jewelry, models so "quirky" they actually look smart, some truly demented ads, and the arrival of a Fashion Editor, at last. Put down your glue gun and listen!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com🖼️ View select scans from thi...
2022-10-181h 07
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Slumber Party: Mellencamp, Moods & Kingpin HatsWas this the right week for us to Rate Our Moodiness, as the August 1989 issue invited us to do? Given what we were dealing with, maybe not! (Content warning: hip talk.) Then we move on to some of your latest voicemails, which cover matters as diverse as John Mellencamp's dating history and cross-country appeal; avant-garde uses for Sun-in; an extremely romantic-sounding job playing piano in the Yukon; and much much more!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE...
2022-09-0647 min
This Had Oscar Buzz209 – A Walk on the Moon (with Tara Ariano)This week, Tara Ariano returns to us to talk about a forgotten and quite lovely independent film from 1999, A Walk on the Moon. The first feature directed by actor Tony Goldwyn, the film stars Diane Lane as a late 1960s housewife who has a sexual awakening with a hippie blouse salesman (played by Viggo … Continue reading "209 – A Walk on the Moon (with Tara Ariano)"
2022-08-291h 31
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sAugust 1989 Fashion Etc.: Jeans, Beads & Boy StuffIt's time for back-to-school shopping, so we're going back to basics, with fashion stories on jeans and sweaters. There's also a suggestion that you sew 1000 teeny-tiny beads on a dress, but who has the time? In the beauty lane, we're learning about traditionally male grooming products and tips and all about kingpin hats, the down sides of manicures, how to match your foundation color AND dig in on a new feature: Zits And Stuff. All this and more is waiting for you!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on Lis...
2022-08-2358 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210Special: Beyond The StarsHow do you make a game about the shows of the Darren Star Universe when one combatant literally wrote a book about his first show, and the other has barely watched it or its spinoff? Tara went back to the TV listings for nights when particular episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place first aired, and came up with a game about OTHER TV episodes that were opposite or around them on their original airdates. Who remembers the most about the TV shows of the '90s? By the end of this episode, we'll all know! ...
2022-07-1829 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJuly 1989 Slumber Party: Social Conscience, Cinema Boycotts & Sun InThe July 1989 quiz invites us to rate our social conscience and then feel very smug about ourselves -- but do we? Then it's on to your calls, which are the usual chaotic mix, careening from the summer movies of yesteryear to the unexpected cautionary tale that is the Harry Connick Jr. vehicle Copycat to the works of Canadian YA author Gordon Korman, with many stops in between. Get into or out of the sun and join us!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.comJOI...
2022-07-1244 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Slumber Party: TV Trivia, Taco Bell & TamponsIt's one thing to test your TV trivia IQ today, when there are hundreds of networks and dozens of streaming platforms. It's quite another to test how well you can recall TV trivia that, at its most recent, is 33 years old -- but your co-hosts bravely attempt it with the June 1989 quiz, Rate Your TV Trivia IQ. (Which of us got a perfect score? The answer won't surprise you.) Then it's on to your latest voicemails, which run the gamut from tales of high school employment, good and bad; beloved YA novel series of yesteryear; one particularly memorable Chicagoland Batman...
2022-05-1739 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1989 Fashion Etc.: Marrakesh, Navy & The Return Of BloomersWant to dress like a John Waters protagonist, but only half the time? Risk abuse in a Muslim-majority country by flouting their standards of modest dress? Find a new way to confound your loved ones with bloomers? Give yourself a migraine with wildly complicated braids? The June 1989 issue is here for you! Our podcast on its fashion (etc.) also covers whether navy is basic; how young the cover model is; the absolute worst photo ever used for a contest ad; and much much more! Take a break from tracing the Bold Hold logo onto a drug store receipt and join...
2022-05-031h 00
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1989 Fashion Etc.: Hats, Blurs & Swamp SwimsuitsIt's a slimmed-down Fashion (etc.) issue this month, but we still find plenty to yell about in the features. Why aren't any of the photos in "Going Fast" in focus? What is aspirational about a swimsuit shoot in a swamp? Who are they trying to kid with this friggin' hat story? All this plus a bunch of new ads, a deep dive on Sassy Club and much much more in our latest episode!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in...
2022-03-0153 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Slumber Party: Accutane, Epilady & Popsicle BrasThe March 1989 issue's quiz invited us to Rate [Our] Social Style, so we did -- and we were all a bit dismayed by the results that came back. Then we get to your latest calls, which run the usual gamut from adding on to previous callers' remarks, sharing hilarious high school memories, and uninhibited musings (thanks, NyQuil)! We love all of you, and we hope you love our latest roundup!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.comJOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOO...
2022-02-0847 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Fashion Etc.: Prom, Pool & Big, Beautiful EyesYour prom is going to be here before you know it, so the March issues of every magazine marketed to teen girls is going to be full of dress inspiration, and Sassy is no exception. But how effective is "Photo Finish" at making its looks seem aspirational? We've got critiques! The issue also tells you how to dress for pool (as in snooker), which blouses will look best with your underwear (???), how to protect your eyes, how a model spends her day, what you should sew on your perfectly good clothes NOW, and so much more!QUICK LINKS
2022-02-011h 09
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1989 Teen Life: Shyness, New Orleans & Period MythsWe spend a lot of time talking about what Tara was doing in March 1989 -- at band camp for what would be the last time -- and then it's another jokefest about REGINA, perhaps because none of us is that excited about discussing a very long and journalistically very questionable article about "Young White Racists." But Karen's advice about "How To Ask The Time Without Hyperventilating" is nearly as contentious! Is it too casual about the struggles of social anxiety, or were (are?) two of your co-hosts maybe too self-conscious for their own good? We do our best to skip...
2022-01-1856 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Spot The SassyWe are off for the holidays but bring you the Listen To Sassy x The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show episode featuring three LTS listeners testing their Sassy and Sassy-era knowledge! Featuring guests judges Tara and Pam!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
👀 Monthly watch-alongs of Sassy-era mo...
2021-12-2853 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJanuary 1989 Slumber Party: Mom Breasts, Swear Loopholes & Period BearsOur callers have a lot to say about our most recent episodes, including talking back to previous callers. The best way to shave legs? Setting makeup with hairspray? We're getting feedback on the feedback! We also discuss the difference between GPAs from 1989 to the present, Afterschool Specials on YouTube, scandalous doings in the Merry Go Round dressing rooms, and so much more -- including a call from a friend of the podcast about the otherwise unmemorable January 1989 quiz, What's Your Sports IQ? Hear all about it in our latest episode!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can...
2021-11-3047 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSpecial: Prove How Well You Know SassyWe've carefully read 11 issues of Sassy so far, but how much information have we actually absorbed? For this special episode, Tara puts her co-hosts' memories to the test in a no-stakes trivia quiz!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
👀 Monthly watch-alongs of Sassy-era movies and TV specials
2021-11-2322 min
Quaid In FullS05E07: The Parent TrapWe're moving into the DILF era for Quaid with 1998's The Parent Trap, which is too long, too loud, and too blithe about the Unsolved Mysteries segment that is this family's narrative...and yet its "welcome unreality" is charming, and so is Quaid. And so is our guest, Tara Ariano, who joined us for a discussion of everything from LiLo charisma wattage to Elaine Hendrix's score-settling hair to whether this is a poppy-fields movie. Turn your Hallmark brains on and welcome Dennis Quaid's teeth back to the podcast: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.
Overall score: 6
...
2021-11-1128 minThis Had Oscar Buzz168 – Never Let Me Go (with Tara Ariano)This episode, Extra Hot Great co-host Tara Ariano returns to us to talk about another much-requested film, 2010′s Never Let Me Go. An adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s incredibly lauded science fiction novel, the film stars a post-nomination Carey Mulligan opposite Keira Knightley and breakthrough Andrew Garfield as clones raised for the sole purpose of harvesting their … Continue reading "168 – Never Let Me Go (with Tara Ariano)"
2021-10-251h 40
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sDecember 1988 Fashion Etc.: Marilyn, Layers & Spa TreatmentsThe fashion (etc.) of the December 1988 issue features one spread inspired by the style of Marilyn Monroe, and another that shows you how to layer to stay both cute AND warm! There's also a story that we might say culturally appropriated the Roma people, except (a) that's not the word in the headline and (b) the interpretation is pretty loose. There are also step-by-step instructions on getting ready for a party, editors' reports on various spa treatments, more Christmas stuff in Sassy Club, a bunch of new ads, and more! It's a gift!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Ful...
2021-10-191h 07
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1988 Slumber Party: Perfectionism, Australian Slang & Deborah NorvilleAre You A Perfectionist? Only you can answer that for yourself (with Sassy's help); after you've finished completing the quiz, you can listen to your co-hosts' results. Then we play your latest voicemails and learn more about acne, salads, the Downtown Choir, what Australians REALLY think of the word "spunk," Deborah Norville, and which of us was owed an apology from one of our listeners. Join us!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖...
2021-09-2842 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sNovember 1988 Fashion Etc.: Suede, Sunflowers & ScentIt's hard to know what the editors think their reader is doing in November 1988, based on the issue's fashion and style content. Is she dressing drably for a job? Visiting the Southwest (again) in suede? Attending a formal girls-only party? Maybe all three in succession! At least the hair story suggests pleasantly un-fussy styles...not that you can really see them in the photos. We also learn about the coming sunflower invasion, how to even out your eyelashes, what perfume is, and much much more! Roll your hair up -- or don't -- and join us!QUICK LINKS
2021-09-2151 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sSeptember 1988 Slumber Party: Best Friends, Narc Facts & Office SuppliesHow Good A Best Friend Are You? We're not sure we totally agree with what ALL the options supposedly tell us, but we do share our results. Then it's time to play your latest voicemails! How did a listener end up with an apartment full of Cineplex Odeon popcorn sprinkles? What kind of glamor was Eric Stoltz serving when he was spotted on the streets of Toronto? Did we accidentally slander Covington, Kentucky? Those questions and more you never knew you had are answered in our latest Slumber Party episode!QUICK LINKS🗒 Full episode notes can...
2021-08-0342 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1988 Slumber Party: Glop, Snail Trails & Being ArtisticThe June 1988 quiz purported to calculate how artistic we are, but not all of your co-hosts are on board with the magazine's methodology -- though we do tell you how we did. Then it's on to playing a selection of your voicemails, covering such topics as Kiwi periods, guerrilla anti-smoking campaigns, Guess Jeans, Beetlejuice, and justice for George Newbern. Get into it!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
...
2021-05-0434 min
The FilmcastEp. 616 - Mortal Kombat (GUESTS: Tara Ariano and Daanish Syed)The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast.
David and Devindra are joined by friends of the show Tara Ariano and Daanish Syed to chat about the good, the bad, and the awkward of the Academy Awards. For the feature review, the cast watches Mortal Kombat, the directorial debut of Simon McQuoid.
Follow Daanish on Twitter and follow Tara Ariano on Twitter.
Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/
Thanks to our...
2021-04-271h 54
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sJune 1988 Teen Life: Geniuses, Breasts & WheelsThe time will soon come (heh) when Sassy can no longer talk about such things, so get your fill (heh heh) of Karen's piece on getting turned on NOW. The issue also tells you everything you need to know about breasts -- or, almost, as Pam informs her moderately horrified co-hosts. Catherine's report on two 11-year-old child geniuses is dark in the moment, and gets darker after she leaves, as you can see in further reporting linked in the show notes. Pam and Tara are enthralled by Elizabeth Mosier's "Wheels," and former Hawaii residents Tara and Dave have some fact-checking...
2021-04-1344 minQuaid In FullS04E08: Something To Talk AboutTara Ariano returns to send Season 4 of QIF out on an ice floe with Something To Talk About, 1995's marriage/family dramedy starring Julia Roberts; directed by Lasse Hallstrom (!); and written by Callie Khouri (!!). What is it about this "Hallmark movie, but with an associates degree" that lets it hold together despite what Tara called "a fundamental 'should this have happened? maybe not?' quality"? Good sister chemistry with Kyra Sedgwick and a couple of relatable town gossips triumph over zyde-faux, flagrant reshoot-wig fouls, and a BS excuse for infidelity; and WE triumph over the early-to-mid-nineties portion of Quaid's...
2021-04-0834 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMay 1988 Slumber Party: Vanity, Threesomes & The Sassiest Girl In AmericaHow Vain Are You? The May 1988 quiz determined our rates (and yours) in a very scientific way! We hear from listeners about the quiz, vintage legwear, the Bill & Ted soundtrack, and other euphemisms for farting, among other topics. Then, as a special Slumber Party bonus, we all fill out the application for The Sassiest Girl In America contest...as we think we would have done in 1988. Get into it!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
2021-04-061h 19
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1988 Slumber Party: Compatibility & Amtrak BangsSassy's second quiz -- How Compatible Are You? -- had SOME of us asking a lot of questions about whether we had actually married the right person close to 24 years ago. Then we fired up the voicemails and took a wild ride through your reminiscences about your first periods, the albums you scammed out of Columbia House, your celebrity encounters, and your most regrettable hairdon'ts. Stretch out on the shag rug and listen!QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND...
2021-03-121h 01
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sApril 1988 Fashion Etc: Prom, Lipstick & Floral Crafts!Let's get to the fashion and beauty topics of the April 1988 issue! Want to know what to wear "holidaying"? To prom? On a first date? You're also going to learn how to kill five hours at home, keep lipstick off your teeth, make a fabric flower, and so much more -- all in our latest podcast! You WILL need an iron.QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questio...
2021-03-091h 03
The FilmcastEp. 608 - Minari (GUEST: Inkoo Kang from The Hollywood Reporter)The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast.Tara Ariano sits in Jeff’s seat for a day while he’s out for surgery. David, Devindra, and Tara chat about the outdated institution that is the Golden Globes. For the feature review, the cast is joined by Inkoo Kang, TV critic at The Hollywood Reporter, to talk about Minari, the latest film by director Lee Isaac Chung. Read Inkoo Kang’s easay on Parasite here and her interview with Minari director Lee-Isaac Chung here. Listen to Inkoo’s podcast All About...
2021-03-022h 05
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1988 Slumber Party: Competition & Baking SodaWe took Sassy's very first quiz -- How Competitive Are You? -- and so can you! It's online and linked right here in the show notes. We each pick one question that particularly resonated with us and discuss it, and then report on our scores. Next, we play some of your calls. A few are about the quiz; a few are about how Sassy first came into listeners' lives; and a few are on subjects we never ever could have predicted, and we love them. Then, we read an email from an O.G. Sassy staffer. Learn more about us...
2021-02-1936 min
Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90sMarch 1988 Fashion Etc: Bandanas, The Boardwalk & Bugle BoyOnce Tara and Pam have described the fashions they were sporting or coveting in March of 1988, we critique the cover, and then get into the fashion stories of Sassy's premiere issue, set on a boardwalk, at an old railyard, and in a palette of creams and beiges. What Next also forecasts coming fashion trends with pinpoint accuracy -- thanks, Michael Kors and Betsey Johnson! The beauty features teach you how to use bandanas and makeup; then About Face tells you about bang trims and hot oil treatments, and Body Talk warns you about gonorrhea, weed, and NutraSweet. After Elise gets...
2021-02-161h 01Quaid In FullS04E02: Postcards From The EdgeEverybody is in 1990 Mike Nichols joint Postcards From The Edge -- and almost everybody's on our episode discussing it! Returning guest John Ramos and first-time longtime Tara Ariano join us to talk about forgotten addiction storylines, if it's possible to miscast Meryl Streep, the Gene Hackman podcast we all long for, acting-legend master classes, and character studies of yesteryear that would be TV shows today. Plus, ONE of us listened to The Dennissance...and another one of us feels pretty guilty that that occurred. Get ready for an endolphin rush in an all-new Quaid In Full.
Overall...
2021-02-0453 min
It's Christmastown096 - The Elf-Developer Trust ContinuumTARA ARIANO and SARAH D. BUNTING take a trip to NORTHPOLE (2014) and: Robots, they're just like us ... Classic Tudyk ... THEME ... Joe E. Tata ... Plugs! ... Sequel book ... No Swank ... "Enough" ... Dina Meyer ... Ridgewood, NJ. 07450 ... Pleasantly surprised ... Accidentally in Love ... Paula Abdul's "Itty Bitty Titty Committee" number ... The Mac Rangers ... Wanting to talk about Fastlane ... Tiffany Thiessen's cooking show ... Cast Rundown and The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Nothing; you get one sproing ... More careful, more expensive ... Authentically cold ... Bailey Madison, SVU ... The John Munch Hallmark Universe ... Hallmark one-timers ... BREAK ... Spot the Angel: Clementine, Santa, an elfiverse ... Journalismism: Dictating to copy desk...
2020-12-021h 17
The FilmcastEp. 590 - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (GUEST: Tara Ariano from Extra Hot Great)The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast.
This week, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Tara Ariano, television aficionado and co-host of podcast Extra Hot Great, to chat about Quibi. Fourteen years after the first Borat movie, the Kazakhstan journalist returns to America for one special delivery.
Check out Tara Arino’s book A Very Special 90210 Book: 100 Absolutely Essential Episodes from TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code.
Learn more about The Dip in Who Framed Roger Rabbit here.
See a shot-by-shot analysis of the final scene...
2020-10-272h 00
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210MP S02.E27: Psycho-TherapyWith Sydney settling into her work managing Lauren's call girl business, Michael can't help getting curious about her little black book, and very quickly finds useful information in it: it seems Dr. Levin, his antagonist at the hospital, is a client! Since Michael isn't going to be able to advance on the traditional path of doing reliably good work, he opts for blackmail instead. Everything in his life sure is falling into place! No further drama on the horizon for him, probably! It's starting to be a problem for Alison, and the therapeutic process, that Dr. Miller is exactly her...
2020-10-121h 00
Extra Hot Great: This Week In TVDoing A Tight Five On The Comedy StoreShowtime's latest docuseries is a deep (maybe too deep) dive on L.A. comedy club The Comedy Store, and first-time guest Brandi Brown -- herself a comic -- is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Emily In Paris, Polar Bear's Café, and Paramount's doc I Am Richard Pryor. CoreyAH challenges us to cast the Hallmark Christmas movies of tomorrow, today! Then, after her successful pitch of "Senegal," Françoise goes back to the Parts Unknown well to pitch us the "Houston" episode. We crown the week's Winner and Loser; then it's on to a...
2020-10-071h 28
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210Special: A Very Special 90210 Book Deleted Entry S02.E19: Fire And IceIn the first of seven entries cut from our book (buy it now!), Tara shares her thoughts on figure skater Tricia and a short con Cindy runs on Brenda's jerk boss Deidre.
JOIN THE AWT CLUB
🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes
💬 Access to the AWT Discord
🚫 Ad free episodes
👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of Tori and Jennie's 9021OMG podcast
NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on AgainWithThis...
2020-09-2407 min
Power-Up With This Inspiring Full Audiobook — Perfect This Weekend.A Very Special 90210 Book by Tara Ariano, Sarah D. BuntingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/201561to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Very Special 90210 Book
Author: Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting
Narrator: Sarah D. Bunting, Tara Ariano
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
Release date: 09-22-20
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 18 ratings
Genres: History & Criticism
Publisher's Summary:
From the creators of the hit podcast Again with This comes a hilarious and substantive 90210 book that is perfect for celebrating the 30th anniversary of the show's first episode. Join Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting as they journey through the top 100 episodes of the series, covering everything from episode rankings to season...
2020-09-2211h 17
The Bones ZoneEpisode 03 - Two Bodies in the Lab (w/ Tara Ariano)TV critic, Television Without Pity co-founder, and Extra Hot Great co-host Tara Ariano joins The Bones Zone this week to chat about Season 1, Episode 15: Two Bodies In a Lab. This episode's astonishingly busy cold open involves the mob, the very sensible dating site Sensible Partners Dot Com, and an assassination attempt. There's also a double agent and plenty of casual goriness - just another week at the Jeffersonian! BONES S01E15: https://www.hulu.com/watch/42427239-ae24-46b3-a69d-3480988f745e TARA ARIANO ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TaraAriano
2020-08-1854 min
The FilmcastEp. 553 - The Rhythm SectionDavid and Jeff debate the differences between a documentary series and reality television. More Slashfilm meetups pop up around the country, fight club style. The cast discusses The Rhythm Section, the latest movie by director Reed Marano, for their feature review.
Read about the origin of EGOT here in the Atlantic.
Thanks to our sponsor this week: Feals.
Become a member today by going to Feals.com/FILMCAST get 50% off your first order with free shipping.
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show...
2020-02-041h 36
The FilmcastEp. 552 - The GentlemenDavid corrects a gross mistake he made about the physiology of the Na’vi. The cast feels nostalgic with Star Trek: Picard. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff takes on The Gentlemen, the latest film by director Guy Ritchie.
Read about the life of a Hollywood Boulevard’s Superman here. Read about how The Gentlemen is a safe space for men here.
Thanks to our sponsor this week: Quip
Go to getquip.com/FILMCAST and get your first re-fill for free!
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check ou...
2020-01-281h 23
The FilmcastEp. 551 - Little Women (GUEST: Melissa Tamminga from Seattle Screen Scene)David goes to Hollywood and meets a very culturally relevant character. For the feature review, the cast plus Melissa Tamminga, writer for @SeattleScreen, discuss Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, the latest reincarnation of the beloved story.
Thanks to our sponsor this week: Pretty litter, Lightstream, Quip
Go to prettylitter.com and use the code FILMCAST for 20% off your first order
Visit to lightstream.com/FILMCAST for additional interest rate discount on your personal loans.
Go to getquip.com/FILMCAST and get your first re-fill for free!
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check out Je...
2020-01-221h 39The FilmcastEp. 550 - 1917David, Devindra, Jeff chat about the latest Oscar nominations, the new Avatar concept car, and new 8k TV releases (spoiler alert: don’t buy one yet). The cast reviews 1917, a historic war epic written and directed by Sam Mendes. To come see David and watch The Tobolowsky Files recorded live, go to filmingtobo.com (please only RSVP if you could make it!) Read Drew McWeeny’s take on the Oscars at his new newsletter Formerly Dangerous.Thanks to our sponsor this week: Hello Fresh. Go to hellofresh.com/SLASHFILM10 and use the code SLASHFILM10 and get ten...
2020-01-151h 49The FilmcastEp. 549 - The Top 10 Films of 2019
Happy New Year! Dave, Devindra, and Jeff rank their top ten movies of 2019. Stay tuned, Jeff's number 5 will shock you!
Check out some important film data in 2019 here.
Thanks to our sponsor this week: Feals.
Become a member today by going to Feals.com/FILMCAST get 50% off your first order with free shipping.
Devindra's Top Ten:
Us
Parasite
Knives Out
Little Women
Hustlers
Once upon a Time in...Hollywood
Midsommar
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
Jeff's Top Ten:
1917
Knives Out
Marriage Stor...
2020-01-072h 23
Culturally Relevant with David ChenThe Top 10 TV Episodes of the Decade (with Tara Ariano)David counts down the top 10 TV episodes of the decade with Tara Ariano from Extra Hot Great and Again With This. Links:Follow Tara on TwitterListen to Tara's other podcasts:Extra Hot GreatAgain With ThisThe Sweet Smell of SuccessionLet me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com.Follow the show on Twitter.Find every episode of the show at CulturallyRelevantShow.com.This episode was produced and edited by David Chen and powered by Simplecast.Special thanks to Patrick and Patryk for their help with this episode.
2019-12-301h 34
The FilmcastEp. 548 - Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerDavid, Devindra, Jeff, and Peter awaken to devote an entire episode to Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, the third installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Are the cast ready for the return of the J.J. Abrams? Or are they reminiscing the last director?
Thanks to our sponsor this week: PrettyLitter
Change your kitty litter today! Go to PrettyLitter.com and use code FILMCAST for 20% off your first order!
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show Dungeon Run. Listen to David’s o...
2019-12-202h 07The FilmcastEp. 547 - Marriage Story + Uncut GemsThis holiday season, David, Devindra, Jeff give the gift of a double-feature. The cast reviews Marriage Story, the latest Netflix film by Noah Baumbach, and Uncut Gems, a crime drama featuring a rough looking Adam Sandler. Thanks to our sponsors this week: 8hours and Feals.
Visit 8hours.com for your hand-picked and exclusive videos on film and television.
Become a member today by going to Feals.com/FILMCAST and you will get 50% off your first order with free shipping.
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show...
2019-12-171h 52
The TV CampfireThe Female Gaze (Live from ATX Season 8)The “male gaze,” largely acknowledged as “the act of depicting women and the world from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that represents women as sexual objects,” has been the dominant viewpoint since the beginning of art and culture -- but what happens when women become the subject instead of the object? This conversation will explore the “female gaze” with writers & directors who are reclaiming female agency by (figuratively and literally) shifting viewers’ perspectives, and telling stories that unapologetically place women and their world view at the center.Panelists: Tanya Saracho (Creator/Executive Producer, Vida)Kim Raver (Executive Producer/Direc...
2019-12-121h 09The FilmcastEp. 546 - The Irishman (GUEST: Melissa Tamminga from Seattle Screen Scene)As 2019 comes to an end, David, Devindra, and Jeff evaluate the merits of "worst of the year" list. For the feature review, the cast plus Melissa Tamminga, writer for @SeattleScreen, discuss The Irishman, the latest crime drama directed and produced by Martin Scorsese. Does the three and half hour Netflix epic live up to its spiritual predecessors Mean Streets and GoodFellas?
Read more about worst of the year lists in this Twitter thread. Read Martin Scorsese's interview with Empire here. Read about the de-aging technology in The Irishman here.
Thanks to our sponsors this week: LightStream an...
2019-12-101h 50The TV CampfireClass Ceiling (Live from ATX Season 8)A look into the depictions of classes in America, and TV’s relationship to the ever-changing definition of the working & middle classes.Panelists:Laura Chinn (Creator/Executive Producer/Actor, Florida Girls)Dee Harris-Lawrence (Showrunner/Executive Producer, David Makes Man)Jenniffer Gomez (Writer, Vida)Gladys Rodriguez (Writer, Vida)Moderator: Tara Ariano (Extra Hot Great)--DISCOUNT for Podcast Listeners:Get 15% OFF of your Season 9 (June 4-7) Badge using the promo code: TVCF2020. Go to ATXFestival.com/Buy-A-Badge and follow links to purchase!For details on THE PITCH C...
2019-12-051h 04The FilmcastEp. 545 - Knives OutJeff is back to defend the Tesla Cybertruck and reconsider the merits of the children’s show PJ Masks. Meanwhile, David and Devindra find themselves watching more mature content such as Honeyland and Servant. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the highly anticipated whodunnit Knives Out. Does Rian Johnson’s latest deliver and surpass the murder mystery genre?
Read why this NYTimes film critic left Knives Out with emotional whiplash here. Thanks to our sponsors this week: Hunt A Killer, TodayTix, and LightStream
Visit HuntAKiller.com/FILMCAST for 20% off your first box.
Go to...
2019-12-031h 40The FilmcastEp. 544 - Jojo RabbitHappy Thanksgiving from Slashfilmcast! David and Devindra review Jojo Rabbit, the latest film by Taika Waititi. Find out whether the mix of humor and drama work well together in this WWII satire. Stay for the after dark as the duo cartalk about Ford, Ferrari, and Tesla.
Read about how James Mangold captured 100mph in Ford v Ferrari here.
Thank to our sponsor this week: Pretty Litter.
Visit Prettylitter.com and use the code FILMCAST for 20% off your first order.
Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D...
2019-11-261h 21Appointment TelevisionEpisode 211: Couples Therapy with Tara ArianoThis week on the podcast, we're joined by an extra (hot great) special guest: Tara Ariano, the founder of Television Without Pity (may it rest forever in peace), editor-at-large of Primetimer, podcaster extraordinaire, and personal joint hero of Margaret and Kathryn. We are, in fact, so excited to praise Tara for her many accomplishments that we barely remember to say her name! In addition to schooling us on the parallels between Lodge 49 and Succession, Tara lets us know if the new Batman-spinoff show Pennyworth is worth it. And then the three of us dig into what we're...
2019-09-1950 min
Culturally Relevant with David ChenBig Little Lies Season 2 Review (with Tara Ariano)David and Tara Ariano review the second season of HBO's hit show Big Little Lies.
Links:
Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
Read Jen Chaney's review of Big Little Lies Season 2.
Follow the show on Twitter.
Follow Tara on Twitter.
Check out Tara's other podcast, Extra Hot Great.
Follow David on Twitter
Find every episode of the show at CulturallyRelevantShow.com.
This episode was produced and edited by David Chen, and powered by Simplecast.
2019-07-2645 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniLinda HolmesFirst Draft Episode #194: Linda Holmes Linda Holmes, pop-culture critic at NPR and co-host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, is out with her debut author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. I loved what Linda had to say about how practicing appellate law helped hone her critical writing; getting used to listening to her own voice; how she manages anxiety and depression, and the difficulty in even acknowledging that she wanted to write a novel. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode I got the good NPR shirt, and the soup-sized mug, when I visited Linda to...
2019-06-251h 05
The Blotter Presents090: The Act and History DetectivesIs Hulu trying to make its own American Crime Story with anthology true-crime series The Act? Maybe; Tara Ariano and I agree they're off to a good start with the eight-part Gypsy Blanchard limited series co-created by Michelle Dean. Good production design, good performances, and a good sense of the claustrophobia in Gypsy and DeeDee's relationship make for a compelling look at a case full of cons.
History Detectives isn't as successful; I thought recent Austin transplant Tara might enjoy an investigation into one of the city's more gruesome chapters, but the show's ponderously didactic tour of...
2019-03-2758 minThe TV CampfireCritics Throwdown (Live from ATX)As these critics can tell you, part of the fun of watching TV (particularly in the digital age) are the discussions and inevitable debates surrounding it. What is the perfect length for an episode, or season? Are time jumps an effective tool, or a hollow plot device? Does a limit exist when it comes to our threshold for subscription services and viewing platforms? Join the experts for an old-school Critics Throwdown as they step away from the tweet-machine to debate the intricacies & future of Peak TV one-on-one.Episode Guests: Maureen Ryan, Sarah Rodman (Entertainment Weekly), Tara Ariano (P...
2018-11-081h 03The TV CampfireFrom the Sound Up: Composing Character Themes (Live from ATX)From the title sequence to the end credits, and everything in between, composers have an indelible impact on the emotional lens through which we view a story. How do you create a sound that captures the essence of a character, or elevates an already-great scrip to the next level? In this conversation, go behind the score with some of TV's most dynamic composer/creator pairs as they discuss how the two roles come together to shape a characters story, and how a show's themes can deepen our connection to the characters we love.Episode Guests: Marshall Herskovitz (t...
2018-11-0157 min
I Hate It But I Love ItBring It On (with Tara Ariano)Grab your pompoms and then set those pompoms aside because you need to execute a HIGHLY athletic and badass move cause we're talking about Bring it On! This week we're joined by very special guest Tara Ariano of Extra Hot Great to discuss this objectively perfect film, touching on the perfection of Gabrielle Union, the parts of this film that haven't aged so well, Kirsten Dunst's extraneous little brother character, and whether or not Missy and Torrance would have been in a relationship (answer: OBVIOUSLY YES). This episode brought to you by Rothy's. Rothy's is the everyday...
2018-08-081h 11
I Love You So Much: The Austin360 PodcastEp. 45: Tara Ariano on ATX Television Fest and the peak-TV landscapeWhy does TV matter so much to us? How is producing or critiquing television different in the peak TV era ? We dig into the joys of television ahead of the ATX Television Fest.Joining us in the studio is Tara Ariano, an Austinite who helped pioneer the TV recap format as one of the creators of the website Television Without Pity and who continues to evolve it with write-ups and podcasts at Previously.tv. ALSO: One of the highlights of the festival this year is a "Felicity" reunion, which got Tolly and co-host Addie Broyles thinking: Why are coming-of-age shows so...
2018-06-0857 min
...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order PodcastSVU: Benson poses as Stabler's hooker & Cragen rescues a monkeyThe SVU team somehow gets involved in an exotic animal smuggling operation. A woman is killed by a tiger, Stabler gets shot, Benson shows off her bra, Kathy wants to leave, and Cragen gets a hug from a $1 million gibbon smuggled in a basketball. We can't even with Tara Ariano from the Extra Hot Great podcast as we talk about SVU S10 E7 "Wildlife."To read a magazine article about how this television episode was made, click here.This episode is inspired by the real international blackmarket for exotic animals.
For exclusive...
2018-02-1445 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S07.E30: Senior WeekIn Season 7's penultimate episode, Donna finally sits her exam for the dreaded Prof. Langely, promptly chokes, and then does a piss-poor job of asking for another chance; Steve is shocked to learn that Rush has no intention of giving him a sweetheart job as a junior partner (of/in what?) since they've never actually discussed it at any point, ever, and learning that Clare's considering moving to Paris with her dad doesn't improve his mood; and while Val continues working Parker Lewis for access to Bill Taylor -- who's now actually touched down in Los Angeles -- Kelly is...
2017-12-1151 minThe Blotter PresentsEpisode 10: 010: The Keepers And Love & Hate: The Story Of Colin And JoAnn ThatcherMy non-carnal life partner Tara Ariano comes on TBP for a look at Netflix's The Keepers. Does it work as a true-crime tale? Does it need to? And will we ever learn who killed Sister Cathy? Later, we make a markedly less depressing return to Tara's childhood with Love & Hate, a Canadian miniseries about the stalking and murder of JoAnn Thatcher by her scumbag ex-husband Colin. Take a break from your "urban existence" and give the latest The Blotter Presents a listen!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2017-05-2443 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S06.E28: The Big HurtSteve is thirsty for the attention of a literal prince Clare knew as a kid; Colin finds out he can't actually take his lawyer's plea deal STRAIGHT to the bank; PowerMan 5000 ruins yet another relationship; and Tara decides if Kelly won't be her friend, she won't be anyone's friend ever again. JOIN THE AWT CLUB
🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes
💬 Access to the AWT Discord
🚫 Ad free episodes
👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of Tori and Jennie's 9021OMG podcast
2017-05-2237 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S06.E27: Strike The MatchSteve and Clare's plot gulag forces them both to get exercised about a scarf; Brandon gets his most improbable job offer yet; and while Donna and David strike a match, Tara's crazy gets a makeover! JOIN THE AWT CLUB
🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes
💬 Access to the AWT Discord
🚫 Ad free episodes
👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of Tori and Jennie's 9021OMG podcast
NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on Aga...
2017-05-1852 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S06.E26: Flirting With DisasterThe gang couples' SPRING BREAK camping trip finds the guys tempted by a trio of trampy Canadians; Colin's dad comes to town to terrorize him, while Colin's dad's guide dog Heidi is just there to be a very helpful, VERY GOOD girl; and Tara starts ratcheting up the crazy by expertly driving a wedge between Kelly and Greg. JOIN THE AWT CLUB 🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes 💬 Access to the AWT Discord 🚫 Ad free episodes 👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of...
2017-05-1536 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S06.E25: SmashedSteve's terrible decision to throw a KEG party at the Walsh house has Kelly flirting with two exes and a future prospect; Tara creepily spying; Colin spending a few of his remaining precious hours of freedom with a bunch of idiots he hates and who hate him; and Austin getting waaaaaaaay too drunk. JOIN THE AWT CLUB 🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes 💬 Access to the AWT Discord 🚫 Ad free episodes 👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them,' our monthly digest of Tori and Jennie's 9021OMG p...
2017-05-1128 min
Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210BH S06.E24: Coming Out, Getting Out, Going OutJoe actually has his heart surgery, not that anyone cares anymore (including Joe himself?); Clare and (mostly) Susan unleash an unbearably twee plan to rekindle Joan and Nat's love affair; Kelly gets sprung from rehab and Tara is NOT happy about it, while Colin whines a lot about jail as if there's any universe in which this isn't ALL HIS OWN STUPID FAULT. JOIN THE AWT CLUB 🌴 Access to 'Again With Again With This' bonus episodes 💬 Access to the AWT Discord 🚫 Ad free episodes 👯♀️ High rollers get access to 'Again With Them...
2017-05-0831 min
...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order PodcastL&O: The murder victim is a horseSomeone murdered an expensive show horse because he can't jump. Brisoce & Curtis are on the case and soon discover a larger criminal scheme.In the premier episode of "...These are Their Stories," host Kevin Flynn is joined by true crime author Rebecca Lavoie and special guest, from the "Extra Hot Great" podcast and Previously.tv, Tara Ariano.This Law & Order episode was inspired by the real-life disappearance of Helen Brach.
For exclusive content from Kevin and Rebecca, sign up on Patreon.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project...
2016-09-1441 min
...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order PodcastTara Ariano: L&O S6E11 "Corpus Delicti"In the premier episode of "...These are Their Stories," host Kevin Flynn is joined by true crime author Rebecca Lavoie and special guest, from the "Extra Hot Great" podcast and Previously.tv, Tara Ariano.
Each podcast, the panel will breakdown an episode from either SVU, Criminal Intent, or the Mothership. In this installment they look at L&O season 6, episode 9 "Corpus Delicti" - the detectives investigate the death of an expensive show horse and uncover a larger criminal scheme. In the "Ripped from the Headlines" segment, we'll learn more about the real crime that inspired this episode.
2016-09-1442 min
The Film Pigs PodcastPodcast #59 – Parody MoviesIt's the start of Tara & Dave Week here at Film Pigs! That's right, Tara Ariano and David T. Cole of Previously.TV and the Extra Hot Great podcast are our special guests on a brand-new regular episode! This time we're talking parody movies, the latest movie news, Tara puts a celebrity on trial in Movie Jail while Dave brings us his Nic Cage Memorial Bizarre Line Reading, Falk and Tara bond over Todd's completely ruleless and unfair game, and so much more! So much more, you guys! TARA & DAVE WEEK ALERT: Keep an eye out this Thursday when Tara and...
2014-10-061h 26
The Film Pigs PodcastPodcast #59 – Parody Movies
It’s the start of Tara & Dave Week here at Film Pigs! That’s right, Tara Ariano and David T. Cole of Previously.TV and the Extra Hot Great podcast are our special guests on a brand-new regular episode! This time we’re talking parody movies, the latest movie news, Tara puts a celebrity on trial in Movie Jail while Dave brings us his Nic Cage Memorial Bizarre Line Reading, Falk and Tara bond over Todd’s completely ruleless and unfair game, and so much more! So much more, you guys!
TARA & DAVE WEEK ALERT: Keep an eye out t...
2014-10-061h 26