Madison and Christienne are BACK! They dig into Disney's newest animated feature, ENCANTO!!! Listen to their thoughts on the storytelling, representation, and queerwashing. Music by MusicbyPedro Funky Fun https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJIiZWhip07EazCd3BEVHA
It has been about a year since Madison and Christienne have started this podcast. Here's an update of what the two have been up to, much like a state of the union.
Listen to our thoughts on Marvel's latest film release and how the story of an Asian family brings up conversations on cultural literacy.
Listen to Madison and Christienne finally have their graduation ceremony and witness the words of Viola Davis, even though they graduated school more than one year ago.
Madison and Christienne turn their film brains on and discuss their thoughts on Marvel's newest film, Black Widow .
Christienne talks about moving back to Texas. Madison and Christienne discuss about the superiority complexes of both California and Texas.
Madison and Christienne try to break down Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour. They talk about Olivia's Disney career, her breakup tea, and their reactions to each song on the album.
Madison and Christienne throw it back to an unfortunate time in a college class. They were excited to learn about media representation, but ended up learning more about racial divides between their own classmates.
Christienne and Madison get tattoos for the first time. The two discuss their tattoos they got and the experience getting some permanent ink on their skin.
Christienne and Madison are joined by their two friends, Summer and Chrystal, who also host their podcast, Made in Hong Kong. They discuss their histories of migration and how movement has made them see through the *lies* and *stereotypes* they were taught to believe.
Madison and Christienne get their first dose of the vaccine...in Bakersfield. Listen to Christienne's first time driving through the grapevine and their interaction with anti-maskers at In n Out RIP.
Were we clowns for going to film school? We discuss our experiences in film school, including being vulnerable in creative spaces and the kinds of people we've unfortunately encountered during classes.
Madison and Christienne pop open their theological brains and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to discuss the concepts of gay marriage and sexuality after news broke out in early March of Pope Francis perpetuating the Church's disapproval of gay marriage.
For our ~lucky~ 13th episode, we talk Taylor Swift because Christienne agreed to let Madison dedicate a whole episode to Taylor Swift. We discuss Taylor's tumultuous relationship with record labels and how she has trolled her entire fanbase time after time.
Madison and Christienne give advice to a fellow listener on how to get through difficult situations. The two discuss how they take care of their mental health during those times and how they really feel when someone tells them to just "Feel Better" or "Just Pray."
Madison and Christienne throw it back to the days when they were children. The two reminisce on media that resonated with them as kids and how their relationship with the media as time went on.
Madison and Christienne are back again with some racist tea. Madison goes into her Catholic high school's recent racist incident regarding blackface, and the two discuss classist and racial divides within their respective Catholic high school experiences.
Madison and Christienne discuss the recent hate crimes against the Asian American community, specifically the Asian American elderly. They break down the layers of the rhetoric of racism and go into why these phrases are simply stupid.
This episode might be our most controversial one to date. We are talking about the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE. Madison breaks down her ranking of Marvel films and goes into her involvement within the MCU fandom for the last 7 years.
Madison and Christienne explore their past experiences when they felt like ~real~ adults. For Christienne, a few ordeals made her learn some hard lessons, including a recent theft, and Madison talks about her recent travels without parents.
Madison and Christienne dive into the world of Kidz Bop and discuss the audition process, the CDs they owned as kids, and the company's controversial use of sexualized music sung by kids.
Madison and Christienne revisit their college days. In this episode, they talk about how they met, the range of media they watched together, and an average night during their sophomore year.
Madison and Christienne discuss the events of January 6, 2021 and Trump's reputation on social media.
Christienne goes through another COVID scare and the two discuss their ~interesting~ Spotify Wrapped playlists for 2020.
Christienne and Madison unpack a TikTok listing the criteria for appropriating "white culture", whatever that means. They also go through their multi-cultural Thanksgiving meal spread.
Let us introduce ourselves and hear what we've been up to on Election Day.
