Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
Sister podcasters raised by 80s and 90s movies: Tracie Guy-Decker, lover of animation, Muppets, comedy, and feminism & Emily Guy Birken, storytelling nerd, mental health advocate, and pop culture aficionado
126 episodes
1 week ago
Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. The truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks. Not compared to how people matter. Tracie goes back in time to her semester in London in 1997 by revisiting the British film Brassed Off. This “emphatically empathetic” piece of 1990s pop culture crystallized the importance of collective bargaining, worker solidarity and mutual aid for a not-quite 21-year-old Tracie. With today’s eyes, ...
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Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. The truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks. Not compared to how people matter. Tracie goes back in time to her semester in London in 1997 by revisiting the British film Brassed Off. This “emphatically empathetic” piece of 1990s pop culture crystallized the importance of collective bargaining, worker solidarity and mutual aid for a not-quite 21-year-old Tracie. With today’s eyes, ...
The Jerk: Deep Thoughts About Race, Comedy Genius, and the Unparalleled Thrill of Getting Your Name in the Phone Book
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
57 minutes
1 month ago
The Jerk: Deep Thoughts About Race, Comedy Genius, and the Unparalleled Thrill of Getting Your Name in the Phone Book
Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. You mean I'm gonna STAY this color? On this week's episode, Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the 1979 Steve Martin film The Jerk, a comedy that never failed to delight the Guy sisters' father, no matter how many times he watched it. And for good reason. Martin's broad physical comedy and cultural commentary rooted in racial stereotypes conceals multiple layers of storytelling and humor in the tale of dim-witted Navin R....
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. The truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks. Not compared to how people matter. Tracie goes back in time to her semester in London in 1997 by revisiting the British film Brassed Off. This “emphatically empathetic” piece of 1990s pop culture crystallized the importance of collective bargaining, worker solidarity and mutual aid for a not-quite 21-year-old Tracie. With today’s eyes, ...
