It’s June so you know what that means! Kat and Emma return to the woods for their annual trek through the Twilight series. Listen along as Emma has an existential crisis realizing that Eclipse might actually be good, Kat gets into the lore of it all, and we realize that everyone, even Stephanie Meyer, might agree that polyamory could be the answer to this love triangle. Content warnings for Eclipse include: references to domestic violence, controlling behavior, vague confederate sympathies, self-harm, weird racism towards werewolves, an unfortunate introduction to the concept of imprinting, and insensitive depictions of the Quileute people.

The article Emma promised to find and video essay Kat referenced can be found here: https://www.slashfilm.com/1700668/why-bryce-dallas-howard-replaced-rachelle-lefevre-twilight-victoria/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5unKXnSUk For more information on the Quileute people, visit https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/

You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca, Kat @StrawberrySiren, and the show @UnselectPod. Emma is also on bluesky at crabmoney.bsky.social. Kat can be found on Instagram @swordsandsirens and her dog Walter is @WalterWednesdays. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you’ve heard and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork

The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/

It’s that time of year when our good friend Jonathan Harker takes a trip to Transylvania, and in honor of such it’s time for Jeff and Emma to break down what surely has to be the most accurate Dracula adaptation—Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). It’s even got the author’s name! The cowboy is there! Wait, what? What do you mean they make Dracula a brooding antihero? What do you mean Mina wants to fuck him like her life depends on it? What do you mean Jonathan is played by Keanu Reeves? Oh boy, sounds like the creatures of the night have sure made some… strange... music with this one. Content warnings for Dracula include: sexual assault, gaslighting, death of a loved one, death of a family member, medical horror, racism and xenophobia towards the Romani people, some weird Victorian values, and the consuming of one baby. Content warnings for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) include: all of the above content warnings PLUS a frankly ridiculous level of horniness. The articles and interviews Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://people.com/movies/francis-ford-coppola-denies-winona-ryder-verbal-abuse-dracula/ https://ew.com/article/2015/10/06/francis-ford-coppola-remembers-dracula/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WwF6vRG3FE https://ew.com/article/2015/08/03/bram-stokers-dracula-francis-ford-coppola-bluray/ https://www.thedigitalfix.com/dracula/cary-elwes-interview-francis-ford-coppola https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/20/bram-stokers-dracula-francis-ford-coppolas-very-horny-vampire-epic https://www.polygon.com/horror/507232/bram-stokers-dracula-1992-nosferatu-horny-vampire-sex https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/style/the-new-blood-culture.html You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Emma is also on bluesky now @crabmoney.bsky.social. You can find Jeff @jeffstormer.gobirds.online. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you’ve heard from Emma and Jeff and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork. The music for this podcast was composed by Jake Loranger. You can find more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com

The first rule of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is don’t talk about it. The second rule of Fight Club (1999 dir. David Fincher) is don’t talk about it. The fourth rule is two men (gender neutral) to a podcast. Emma and August dissect this cult classic, how gay it is, and how the actors actually learned to make soap! With a special appearance from the Alexandrite System to dig into the notorious plot twist. Content warnings for Fight Club include: graphic violence, terrorism, just kind of being gross, suicide, and a questionable depiction of DID. The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://lithub.com/behind-the-scenes-of-david-finchers-fight-club/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fight-club-david-finchers-stylish-exploration-modern-day-mans-estrangement-disillusionment/ https://collider.com/fight-club-alternate-ending-china/ https://ew.com/article/1999/10/15/blood-sweat-fears-fight-club/ https://www.theringer.com/2019/03/26/movies/fight-club-davis-fincher-making-of-brad-pitt-edward-norton You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. August can be found on bluesky at harpydora.bsky.social and their podcast Follow the Leader at ftlcast.bsky.social. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you’ve heard and want to support the network, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork The music for this podcast was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com