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Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast

著者： 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
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80s and 90s movies and early 2000s tv may be called stupid shit by some, but you know it matters. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, sister podcasters who love well-crafted fiction and one another. In this comedy podcast, we look at the classic movies of our Gen X childhood and adolescence, analyzing film tropes to uncover the cultural commentary on romance, money, religion, mental health, and more. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, comedy to drama to horror, we use feminism, our super smart brains, and each other to uncover the lessons lurking behind the nostalgia of pop culture. Come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit.

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  • Lost with Seth Nesin: Deep Thoughts About Smoke Monsters, Unsatisfying Endings, and the Ethics of Storytelling

    Lost with Seth Nesin: Deep Thoughts About Smoke Monsters, Unsatisfying Endings, and the Ethics of Storytelling
    2026/10/06

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    Four, Eight, Fifteen, Sixteen, Twenty-Three, Forty-Two

    Today on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie and Emily welcome Seth Nesin to talk about the ethics of storytelling in the TV show Lost–and why you may be entitled to pop culture compensation for its completely unsatisfactory ending.

    Seth explains why revisiting this early 2000s sci-fi / mystery / drama hybrid television series doesn’t inspire nostalgia, because saying it was a “good show with a bad ending” feels no different than calling Sawyer’s romance con “a good relationship with a bad ending.” Tracie suggests that the psychology of the particular viewer may affect just how frustrated they feel by unsatisfying storytelling.

    The Guy sisters and Seth also talk about what artists owe to their audience, especially when the storytelling seems to promise something that the artist simply can’t deliver.

    It’s NOT PENNY’S PODCAST! You should listen anyway.

    Mentioned in this episode;

    Encyclopedia Brown with Adam Gwon: Deep Thoughts About Potatoes, Problem Plays, and Pop Culture Expectations for Detective Stories

    Tags: Deep thoughts about stupid shit, storytelling, pop culture, nostalgia, millennial nostalgia, psychology, mental health, sci fi, cultural commentary, television series, TV, LOST, damon lindelof, matthew fox, dharma initiative, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, comedy podcast, evangeline lilly, harold perrineau

    This episode was edited by Joan Peconcillo at Voice Work

    Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus content, live zooms with Tracie & Emily, discounts on merch, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

    Don't miss out on updates and event invitations from Tracie & Emily! Join the Guy Girls VIP List at guygirlsmedia.com/keepintouch

    We are the sister podcasters Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our extended family as the Guy Girls.

    We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love 80s and 90s movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, analyzing film tropes with a side of feminism, and examining the pop culture of our Gen X childhood for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, religious allegory, and whatever else we find.

    We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com. For our work together, visit guygirlsmedia.com

    We are on socials! Find us on Facebook at fb.com/dtasspodcast and on Insta at instagram.com/guygirlsmedia. You can also email us at guygirlsmedia at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you!
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  • Look Who’s Talking: Deep Thoughts About Talking Babies, Compulsory Heteronormativity, and Why Pregnant Women Are Public Property

    Look Who’s Talking: Deep Thoughts About Talking Babies, Compulsory Heteronormativity, and Why Pregnant Women Are Public Property
    2026/09/29
    Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. “Why don't you try squeezing something the size of a watermelon out of an opening the size of a lemon and see how hot YOU look?”On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily revisits the only 1980s romcom that starts with talking sperm, Look Who’s Talking. This 1989 film, written and directed by Amy Heckerling, reflects many of the frustrating realities women face during pregnancy and early motherhood, including the ways pregnant women are treated like public property and how mothers are shamed no matter what they do. The comedy lets us laugh along with this cultural commentary, but it also perpetuates some regressive and anti-feminist views. The film wants us to believe Kirstie Alley’s Mollie and baby Mikey (voiced by Bruce Willis) need John Travolta’s James, despite the man’s questionable parenting choices and the inappropriate sexual comments he consistently makes to the baby. Like many 80s and 90s movies, Look Who’s Talking wants us to accept that women would be happier if they just relaxed.But even if this film doesn’t quite live up Emily’s Gen X nostalgia, the baby/ies is/are super cute, Bruce Willis’s voiceover acting is pretty funny, and there is always some feminism to be found in the 5% of films written and directed by women.We won’t tell you how to breathe or what to do with your ears. However you want to listen to this episode is entirely up to you!Mentioned in this episode:The Story of Harold Ramis and Amy Heckerling’s Secret Daughter ‘Look Who’s Talking’ Director Amy Heckerling Spills 7 Tidbits, 25 Years Later – Kirstie’s Crush, Travolta’s MovesHow Amy Heckerling tricked male execs into making ‘Look Who’s Talking’#52FilmsByWomen: Look Who's Talking (1989)Women's Pictures - Amy Heckerling's Look Who's TalkingTags: Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, women, feminism, romcom, comedy, film, 80s and 90s movies, gen x nostalgia, cultural commentary, classic movies, romance, analyzing film tropes, gen x childhood, film analysis, pop culture, movies, storytelling, Amy Heckerling, Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Bruce WillisOur theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus content, live zooms with Tracie & Emily, discounts on merch, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirlsDon't miss out on updates and event invitations from Tracie & Emily! Join the Guy Girls VIP List at guygirlsmedia.com/keepintouchWe are the sister podcasters Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our extended family as the Guy Girls.We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love 80s and 90s movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, analyzing film tropes with a side of feminism, and examining the pop culture of our Gen X childhood for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, religious allegory, and whatever else we find. We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com. For our work together, visit guygirlsmedia.com We are on socials! Find us on Facebook at fb.com/dtasspodcast and on Insta at instagram.com/guygirlsmedia. You can also email us at guygirlsmedia at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you!
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    55 分
  • UHF with Justin Kramm: Deep Thoughts About Authenticity, High Production Value, and Comedy for Short Attention Spans

    UHF with Justin Kramm: Deep Thoughts About Authenticity, High Production Value, and Comedy for Short Attention Spans
    2026/09/22

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    “Hello, this is Sy Greenblum, president of Spatula City. I like the spatulas so much, I bought the company.”

    This week on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie and Emily welcome Justin Kramm, founder of Shitshow Creative, to talk about the cult classic comedy UHF. This 1989 film, written and starring Weird Al Yankovic, was a box-office failure, but a major pop culture success. Justin shares with the Guy sisters how the off-the-wall comedy encouraged him to embrace his weirdness and take creative risks.

    But UHF also serves as a time capsule for a specific type of Gen X nostalgia–how cable access television used to be the only way we encountered truly authentic weirdos in media. The inherent comedy of parodying this lost form of media offers a retrospective cultural commentary on the value of truly bizarre art. Justin, Emily, and Tracie also enjoy the way Weird Al turns many media expectations on their head, from the fact that the women in the film aren’t humorless scolds who hate fun to the way his storytelling lets many characters–and not just the hero–enjoy the spotlight.

    Throw on some headphones, imagine you’re Indiana Jones, and take a listen!

    Links:

    Find Justin:

    justinkramm.com/news
    https://www.instagram.com/krammstagram/
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinkramm/

    Stephen Colbert on cable access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF5Cf4VLM

    Weird Al on 30 Rock: Weird Al Parodies Jenna
    Jenna Creates a Song That Can’t Be Parodied
    He Reverses the Parody and Normal-Al’s Jenna’s Song

    tags:
    Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, pop culture, nostalgia, classic movies, film, comedy, women, storytelling, weird al, weird al yankovic, spoof, parody, MTV, justin kramm, feminism, genx nostalgia, movies, movie reviews, cultural commentary, analyzing film tropes, film analysis

    Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus content, live zooms with Tracie & Emily, discounts on merch, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

    Don't miss out on updates and event invitations from Tracie & Emily! Join the Guy Girls VIP List at guygirlsmedia.com/keepintouch

    We are the sister podcasters Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our extended family as the Guy Girls.

    We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love 80s and 90s movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, analyzing film tropes with a side of feminism, and examining the pop culture of our Gen X childhood for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, religious allegory, and whatever else we find.

    We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com. For our work together, visit guygirlsmedia.com

    We are on socials! Find us on Facebook at fb.com/dtasspodcast and on Insta at instagram.com/guygirlsmedia. You can also email us at guygirlsmedia at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you!
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    58 分
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