Take a seat in the wine dungeon and toss back your psychedelic smoothie of choice, it's time for the BLP x Nine Perfect Strangers Book Club episode! In this special ep, we violate our Noble Silence to discuss Liane Moriarty's novel, consider David E. Kelley's departures, and invoke your help in determining our next mini-episode. Fair warning...spoilers for the book and TV show abound!
After some intense trips and a shared Near-Death Experience, our strangers make some serious breakthroughs and are rewarded with a rare happily "Ever After" ending. Carmel finds healing. Lars recommits to Ray. The Marconi move on. Francis gets her house dog with Tony, and writes the story we've been watching (sorry, Liane)! Ben and Jessica are the new Masha! The old Masha is joyriding with her ghost daughter! Wait, what?! You better hurry up and knock back the rest of your smoothie, we've got a ...
As the "Wheels on the Bus" go round and round at Tranquillum House, one of our strangers has started to spin out. But Carmel coming undone to the tune of "Xanadu" isn't the only thing harshing the vibe. Delilah's on the lam, the Marconi are doubling down on their dosage, and Masha is ready to risk it all. Tune in to hear our thoughts on the penultimate episode of Nine Perfect Strangers !
In this "Motherlode" of an episode, we "go in" on all the recent drama at Tranquillum. The Lilliputian singing Cabaret! Zach's asthma! Masha's affair! The kid! That kiss!! Plus, the gang considers an absolutely unhinged theory from Rebecca and pursues justice for Glory.
Watch out for errant forks and vivid hallucinations, things sure are escalating at Tranquillum House! In this episode of BLP x 9PS, we "Surrender" to tantric Reiki, supernatural twists, near-death experiences, and the enduring appeal of Tony Soprano. Plus, our unsolicited thoughts on The Joe Rogan Experience, listener questions, and recommendations.
Fasting! Psilocybin! Mr. Kendo! Pick your treatment, knock back your psychedelic smoothie, and meet us in the scream sauna for the latest episode of Big Little Podcast x Nine Perfect Strangers.
Big Little Podcast has arrived at Tranquillum House, where the smoothies are custom and the Russian accents are questionable. After you've surrendered your phone and settled in to your suite, meet us at the ominous yoga lodge – we've got the first two episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers to discuss!
Big Little Podcast checks into The Pineapple Suite for an extra-special mini-episode on HBO's The White Lotus . Come for our comprehensive consideration of the stacked cast, major themes, and stirring soundtrack, stay for the hotly anticipated fifth season reveal! Spoilers abound!
Oh, so you thought we were done for the season? Not quite! Rebecca is here to introduce you to her secret side-piece...Manifest Destiny, a millennial look at the American millennium. In this special episode, your hosts Rebecca and Blair introduce themselves, the podcast, and a featured episode from Manifest Destiny's second season that covers two significant moments in US history: the Salem Witch Trials and unsung hero Robert Smalls. Listen along if you like history, old friends bickering, and r...
Well, folks, it's that time again! We're wrapping up our fourth season with a lively discussion of Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel You Should Have Known aka the book on which HBO's The Undoing was based. Spoilers for both the mini-series and the book abound, so make sure you're caught up before listening. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of The Undoing as much as we enjoyed talking about it. To keep up with Big Little Podcast while we're on hiatus, be sure to follow us on social media (@biglittlepod...
When we heard Netflix was releasing a movie starring Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, AND Meryl Streep we knew we had to do a BLP mini-ep on it. Listeners, we made a huge mistake. The Prom is a glittery mess of a movie. We suspect it permanently damaged our brains. But since we suffered through all two hours and twelve minutes of Ryan Murphy's funfetti fever dream, we decided to go ahead and record our unfiltered thoughts about it. Enjoy?
Surprise, it's a Big Little Podcast spin-off!! Theresa and Rebecca are thrilled to share the trailer for their latest adventure in podcasting...MID LIT! Tired of struggling through Middlemarch? Baffled by Joyce? Bored by the critically acclaimed? Shamed by the dusty tome on your bedside table? Yeah, us too! That's why we started Mid Lit, a podcast in praise of unpretentious books. Each season will highlight a collection of works by a middlebrow author and any associated movies, TV shows, or cult...
Okay, Big Little Podcasters...the time has come to reveal our extra special episode of Big Little Podcast x The Undoing...featuring none other than Detective O'Rouke aka Michael Devine!! A third-generation law enforcement officer, Michael Devine spent 22-years working for the NYPD, 12 of which for the Chief of Detectives Office. He retired from the force this year to focus on his acting career, which includes roles in The Wolf of Wall Street, Law & Order, Mozart in the Jungle, Orange Is the ...
On March 3rd, 2010, Barbara Beach Hamburg was found dead outside of her home in Madison, Connecticut. Ten years later, her son Madison Hamburg tells the story of his mother – and his complicated family – in a four-part documentary series for HBO. As Connecticut natives, all three of us were naturally drawn to Murder on Middle Beach, but what we couldn't have anticipated was the extraordinary pathos Madison Hamburg brought to the series. When we realized we were frequently derailing our discussio...
Grace takes the stand, Elena's killer is revealed, Jonathan really loves Albany oysters...and we have thoughts! Tune in to the latest episode of Big Little Podcast x The Undoing to hear our analysis of the series finale, "The Bloody Truth."
On this episode of Law and Order – wait, sorry, The Undoing – Jonathan's trial begins. Like our muck-slinging girl Haley Fitzgerald, we investigate alternate suspects, the no-longer-missing sculpting hammer, and the psychological state of our main characters. Is Jonathan a sociopath? Is Grace repressing memories or just super forgetful? Is Henry a stone-cold killer? We take a deep dive into it all on this episode of Big Little Podcast x The Undoing.
The mystery deepens in episode 4, bringing with it new suspects, new theories, new Kelley-isms, and plenty for us to unpack – most pressingly, why is Connie Chung here?!
With Carolyn out for the week, Theresa and Rebecca must brave the third episode of The Undoing alone – and although it's definitely the filler episode, they still manage to find plenty to talk about. Is Jonathan a stone-cold killer or merely a narcissist craving sexual attention? Is there more to sweet Henry than meets the eye? Is Sylvia a concerned friend or another potential suspect? Could Grace really be that surprised to see herself on camera? All this, plus recommendations (and several rand...
The drama is ramping up on The Undoing! This week, Big Little Podcast unpacks the second episode's shocking revelations about Jonathan, the mysteries of Donald Sutherland, and the sneaking suspicion something is not quite right with Grace....
Big Little Podcast is back to talk HBO's The Undoing. In this first episode, we meet our main characters – Grace Fraser, the most beautiful therapist in all the land, and her British husband Jonathan, a fancy pediatric oncologist (who seems kind of sus) – and explore David E. Kelley's latest take on rich people with dark secrets. The drama centers around the enigmatic Elena, who bares all to Celeste but is later murdered in her art studio. Who is the killer? What's the significance of the theme ...
Big Little Podcast is back for a fourth season, and this time we'll be talking HBO's "The Undoing" starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant!
Surprise! Carolyn loved it! Finally, we get to dive deep into everything we loved about the book and made us resentful of the show. We love the book so much we never once wander off on a completely unrelated tangent.
Turns out the kids are not alright. They're arsonists. But who can blame them? With parents like Elena and Mia, it's a wonder they didn't lay waste to all of Shaker Heights. Get our final thoughts on the finale of Little Fires Everywhere and if you stick it out to the end, you'll find out which famous rock climber we voted most likely to become a thrill killer. (Stay tuned next week for our Book Club Episode.)
So much is happening in the penultimate episode of Little Fires Everywhere. Mia is still awful, and Elena's a straight-up villain now. Luckily, Pearl and Izzy still exist and are here to soothe our souls. Find out which one of us actually had a tartan-induced smackdown with our mom in this riveting episode of BigLittle Podcast.
Carolyn is salty about this episode and has no time for flashbacks. But we've all got questions. Is Pauline a predatory professor? Is Tiffany Boone doing a flawless Kerry Washington impression? Why is Elena just learning about birth control? So many questions and very few good answers.
Mia is horrible to children and Elena is drinking more than 4 oz of wine (now we know why she has to limit herself). So why did we end up talking so much about meat hoses? Find out in our latest episode.
Elena and Mia are finally having it out, but Mia's got the whole world wondering why she didn't just sell that stupid photo in the first place instead of making her kid ask for free lunch at school. We have thoughts.
Finally, we get to the heart of this story. Bebe's kid is now Linda's kid. Mia seems like maybe she was gonna straight-up steal that baby and Lexi is a nightmare of a human, but Pearl doesn't seem to care. At least now we know why they dropped 3 episodes all at once.
What do The Vagina Monologues, Kid n Play, and Irish Quintuplets (is that a thing?) have in common? They all figure prominently in our discussion of Episode 2 of Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere, "Seeds and All." Find out what happens when Elena Richardson has more than 4 oz of wine (spoiler: it involves a hand mirror).
Big Little Podcast is back and we're tackling Reese Witherspoon's latest passion project, Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu. Is Elena Richardson a monster? Is Mia an angsty artist or just kind of b*itchy? What does the Dave Matthews Band have to do with any of this? Find out in the first episode of our new season!
