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The Material Girls hosts share personal updates, including ocean dips and film music rights, before diving into their "Left on the Table" segment. They discuss historians' varied reactions to pop culture like Hamilton and The Gilded Age, and the complexities of Canadian literature. The episode culminates in three "Okay, Hear Me Out" segments, passionately debating graphic novels, platonic nudity, and the critical importance of supporting indie bookstores.
We're finally talking about Hamilton! It's been ten years since the show premiered on Broadway and that's just enough time to have some perspective on its lasting impact. For this episode, we had to bring on previous guest and brilliant academic, Shira Lurie (who joined us on Witch, Please for Book 7, Ep. 2 ). As an expert in American History, Shira helps Hannah and Marcelle explore "Hamilton" as a reflection of the Obama era's rhetorical progressivism and political centrism. They discuss how th...
Hannah, Marcelle and Coach are back together for a Material Concerns episode featuring Consumer Retorts and Creature Report! They talk The Pitt, heat waves. sloths, queer t-shirts, homemade ice cream, Labubus, being a good friend, and the power of eating carrots for the first time. Happy listening! Head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease to listen to Part II. For as little as $54/year, you'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Go to pat...
We're back from our summer break with an episode about The Hunger Games. Heads up that this episode connects the fictional world of Panem to real-world issues of representation and human rights, drawing parallels between the text and the genocide in Gaza. In this conversation, Hannah and Marcelle dig into representations of violence, resistance movements, and the normalization of child death. They then explore how Suzanne Collins' dystopian series engages with the concept of "grievability" and t...
We have a treat for you today with a drop-in episode from Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study. Culture Study is a podcast about the culture that surrounds you. This episode featuring Hannah and Marcelle is all about Royal Family gossip, colonialism, and empires in decline! Together, Anne, Hannah and Marcelle consider how royal fascination manifests differently depending on where you live, how you were raised, and identification (or lack thereof) with “your” generation of monarch. You can find Cu...
We’re still on our Summer Break during this hot and beautiful month of July. But don’t fret, we’re dropping episodes every Tuesday that we’re gone! Today’s episode comes from Gender War Games , the podcast from Cristen Conger and Unladylike Media. Hannah and Marcelle were joined by Cristen on Material Girls for an episode about Avril Lavigne’s Clone “Melissa” and social surveillance . But today's drop-in is from Cristen's show Gender War Games. In the episode, Hannah, Marcelle and Cristen talk a...
If you’ve been following Witch Please Productions since the early days, then you know our roots go back to Harry Potter with our show Witch, Please. Hannah and Marcelle wrapped up seven seasons of the reboot in 2023 but they occasionally hop onto Harry Potter and the Sacred Text to talk about the book series, again. Today, we’re dropping in an episode from that show about Book 4, Chapter 22. In the conversation, Marcelle and Hannah chat with the charming and brilliant Matt Potts about dress robe...
As we continue our July break, we are dropping into your feed with an episode of Gender Playground! If you don't yet know, Gender Playground is a show about the joys of gender-affirming care for kids — and it's hosted by Marcelle. We love this show and we’re currently releasing new episodes every Thursday. Today we’re dropping in the first episode of season two featuring Hannah McGregor. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Gender Playground wherever you get your podcasts to get new epi...
As we mentioned last month, Material Girls is taking a summer break for the month of July! We’ll be releasing drop-in episodes from other podcasts that we think you'll enjoy. Today, we're sharing The Real Question: Should I Quit? — a podcast from our friends at Not Sorry. Marcelle was a guest on the show in 2023 and in her episode she considered the question: "Should I quit drinking?" The conversation with host Vanessa Zoltan is frank, funny and goes places you might not expect. Thanks for liste...
No Hannah on this episode! But we still have fun! So much fun, we didn't record a part two... The burnout is real, but we're still so sorry! Part two is coming by the end of the week! Please enjoy this one-on-one chat between Marcelle and Coach until then! And be sure to scoop tickets to our live show in Vancouver! https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/36331-material-girls-podcast-live Part II will be out later this week on Patreon ! For as little as $54/year, you'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers...
As a podcast all about the zeitgeist, we've wanted to do an episode about James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces — and the 2005 controversy around it — for years. So when Traci Thomas (she/her) agreed to join us on Material Girls, we were thrilled to finally have the perfect guest to help us dig in. Among numerous other accomplishments, Traci Thomas is the creator and host of the critically acclaimed literary podcast, The Stacks , as well as the writer behind the incredible Substack, Unstac...
After a quick and dirty check-in, Hannah, Marcelle and Coach dive into Apocalypse Toolkit (music edition!)! They then jump into a very thorough Make It Make Sense and listen to a Voice Memo Dispatch! Happy listening. Head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease to listen to Part II. For as little as $54/year, you'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Head to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget! Looking for...
In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle welcome guest Matt Wildcat (he/him) to discuss the hit reality TV show, "The Traitors." Marcelle and Matt begin by offering a quick rundown of the game's mechanics and its charm (TLDR: Alan Cumming). Whether you're a fan, like Marcelle, or you've never watched the show, like Hannah, this episode is for YOU. Tune in for an hour deep dive into the lasting effects of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023 and the rise of reality star celebrities. To learn more ab...
Enjoy this new Material Concerns episode featuring a classically chaotic check-in that is largely about Coach's fixation on pudding and Marcelle's forthcoming political career. We then jump into Ok, Hear Me Out (menstruation, sticker charts, budgeting!), followed by No Time! (a clip from our Sapphic episode). We wrap Part I of the episode with Apocalypse Toolkit and save Make It Make Sense (Matcha!) and Creature Report for part two. Head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease to listen! For as little as $...
This episode of Material Girls delves into the phenomenal popularity of Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing, focusing on the unique strategies of its publisher, Entangled Publishing. The discussion explores how Entangled's market-driven, collaborative approach challenges traditional publishing norms, particularly concerning authorship and copyright, drawing on Foucault's concept of the 'author function' and examining a related lawsuit to unpack the complexities of originality and collective creativity in the romantasy genre and beyond.
Join the hosts for a new Material Concerns episode featuring listener testimonials, creature updates covering plants, ocean life, and cats, and the debut of a new segment called "Left on the Table," exploring unresolved topics from past episodes and personal dynamics. The episode also discusses reflections on their recent episode about "sapphic" and offers details on how to support the podcast and access exclusive content, including part two of this episode, on Patreon.
Hannah and Marcelle explore the rising popularity of the term "sapphic" in relation to radical and lesbian feminism. They discuss personal experiences with labels, the history of "sapphic" and "lesbian," and how the term is used today, including in genre fiction and as an umbrella term. The episode delves into the complex history of 20th-century feminist movements and their evolution, contrasting political organizing with identity performance and considering how capitalism and material conditions influence contemporary queer culture and activism.
First things first, we NEED a jingle. Anyone wanna step in? Email us at ohwitchplease@gmail.com, if so. :) Otherwise, please enjoy this Material Concerns episode, once again hosted by Hannah, Marcelle and Witch, Please Productions' producer, Coach (aka the other Hannah). Tune in for a goofy chat about about money laundering, the importance of poetry, reasonably priced tofu, the problem with heartburn and the value of supporting creators you love. Head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease to get part two...
Hannah y Marcelle analizan la película "Piratas del Caribe: La Maldición del Perla Negra" en el contexto político de 2003, examinando el excepcionalismo americano y la invasión de Irak. Discuten cómo la película resonó con el público en un momento de trauma nacional y la retórica de la necesidad de actuar sin restricciones legales. También exploran temas de soberanía, libertad y el papel de la cultura popular en la política.
On this week's Material Concerns, we revisit some familiar segments and introduce some new ones! We also make an official request for jingles to be emailed our way at ohwitchplease@gmail.com . We sing, we giggle, we give recs, and so much more. Happy listening! This month, we're running a Patreon push! We need to hit $7k/month to sustain our show and the labor that goes into making it possible! Please consider joining today for as little as $54/year. You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a back...
This episode analyzes the Apple TV+ show "Severance" through the lens of Marxist alienation and the Kafkaesque. It explores the show's depiction of corporate culture, work-life balance, and the rise of anti-work movements. The hosts discuss the aesthetic and political project of the show, connecting it to the works of Franz Kafka and the concept of a nightmarish bureaucratic machine.
Hannah, Marcel, and Coach discuss the exciting news of going weekly with the podcast and introduce new segments, including recommendations (Okay, Hear Me Out), consumer product reviews (Consumer Retorts - Pretty Litter, Orange Theory, Kitty Curls), and sharing items in their personal 'Apocalypse Toolkits'. They encourage listener feedback and promote their Patreon for exclusive content.
In this week's episode, we’re talking about the conspiracy theory that Canadian pop punk icon Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by a body double named Melissa. You heard us right! To help navigate the mess of this theory, we have an esteemed guest, Cristen Conger (she/her), who is deep in conspiracy discourse. Cristen is the cofounder of Unladylike Media, author of the book Unladylike: A Field Guide to Smashing the Patriarchy and Claiming Your Space and the host of the new breakout hit podcast...
She's back! Beloved podcaster and author Vanessa Zoltan (she/her) joins Hannah and Marcelle to dig into one of the most famous "weepies" of the 21st century: The Notebook (2004). If you cry at the line "If you're a bird, I'm a bird," have the phrase "What do you want?" ringing in your head, or regularly view the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, then this episode is for you. Hannah first contextualizes The Notebook in early aughts America (think post 9/11 conservative politics) and Vanessa off...
This week, longtime friend of the pod, Neale Barnholden (he/him), joins Marcelle and Hannah to discuss the materiality of comic books and their influence on modern-day meme culture! They talk reading conventions, colonization, de- and re-contextualization, as well as the raced and classed history of comics. Together, they then dive into Paul Davis's idea of "the culture text" (adaptations, parodies, references of the text created by culture at large). They consider how Richie Rich came to refere...
What is more zeitgeist-y than Wicked Part One? Well, arguably, the memes, interviews, and merch ABOUT Wicked Part One! In this episode Hannah and Marcelle are joined by the wonderful author, Youtuber and internet busybody, Leena Norms, to discuss this year's blockbuster— and the paratexts surrounding it. If you've been targeted an Elphaba eyeshadow palette, a Glinda-themed popcorn bucket, or anything online that says "holding space," then you've engaged with Wicked's paratexts. And guess what? W...
