This week we welcome writer Matthew D’Ambrosio (Umbrella Academy, Vampire Diaries) to the pod and honor the legacy of the late Joel Schumacher by talking about FLAWLESS, his queer dramady pairing an ex-cop (Robert De Niro) and drag queen (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) as neighbors who learn a little something from one another. We talk about where Bobby De Niro’s career was in 1999, Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s breakout year in 99 with this and Talented Mr. Ripley and discuss Joel Schumacher legacy as a ...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 37 min
We've all been bit by that pesky little insect once or twice. This Felicity Friday, we welcome Meg Masters (Netflix Publicity) on the podcast to talk about THE LOVE BUG the sixth episode of FELICITY Season 2. We talk to her about that nervous space at the beginning of relationships like Felicity (Keri Russell) and David (Henri Lubatti) are in this episode, Noel (Scott Foley) trying to have an awkward conversation with Ruby (Amy Smart) about how he used to date Felicity and the appeal of YA Telev...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Gimme a 1 Gimme a 9 Gimme another 9 One More 9 1999! This week we welcome actress and filmmaker Lola Kelly (The Fosters, Cassidy Red) to talk about James Babbit's seminal queer satirical comedy BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER. We talk about how the MPAA treated the movie unfairly, the movie's place in the queer/feminist filmmaking canon, Natasha Lyonne's career, the film's low key stacked cast and give our ratings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 55 min
Sometimes you just need to open up your heart again and craaaash into this week's FELICITY FRIDAY. We welcome back actress Danielle Savre (Station 19) onto the podcast to talk about CRASH, the fifth episode of FELICITY season 2. We talk about getting over past relationships and Julie's (Amy Jo Johnson) advice to Felicity (Keri Russell) on the matter, where we and more importantly Danielle are standing in the Ben v Noel debate at this point, and bad dates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 10 min
We're ready to go to the polls and make our voices heard cause this week, writer and podcaster Dana Schwartz joins us to mount whatever the opposite of a smear campaign against Alexander Payne's ELECTION. We talk about its relevance in today's political landscape, how Payne's feels about Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) and the rest of its great cast of characters, the way that the movie both catapulted Reese Witherspoon to new heights and at the same time made her struggle with typecasting and d...
Jul 15, 2020•2 hr 40 min
Your next stop is ... THE DEPTHS. This week we welcome author and producer Rebecca Serle( Famous in Love, In Five Years) to talk about The Depths, the 4th episode of the second season of FELICITY. We get to talk to her about finding the story potential in a single location, the chaos of getting picked apart by strangers and how Felicity and Julie's friendship may or may not remind us of relationships they've been a part of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min
It's time to play the music, It's time to light the mics It's time to talk Muppets in Space on Podcast Like it's 1999. We welcome back Podcast Authority on the Muppets, Griffin Newman (actor The Tick, Search Party, Host of Blank Check with Griffin and David) to get the low down on one of the few under discussed adventures of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the gang, MUPPET IN SPACE. A strap in cause we go DEEP! We talk about where the Muppets were in this period after Jim Henson's death and how t...
Jul 08, 2020•2 hr 21 min
This week we put on our archeologists hats and make sudden life choices as we welcome TV critic Danette Chavez(AV Club) to talk about some ANCIENT HISTORY, the 3rd episode of the 2nd Season of FELICITY. We talk about Felicity changing her major to art, Noel being there for her/still being broken up about her and try to understand Felicity's jealousy at seeing Noel hang out with other girls like Brigid and Ruby. Speaking of Ruby, we also got to interview the woman behind the jewel, Amy Smart, abo...
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 34 min
It's the Summer. The weather is warm and it's time to ... stay inside and listen to a podcast within the safety of your own home. But don't worry we have you covered cause this week we talk about a hot "Summer" movie. What captures the spirit of the summer better than ... a famous serial killer? This week we talk about Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, starring John Leguizamo and Adrien Brody with very special guest author and movie podcast host extraordinaire Karina Longworth. We talk about John Legui...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Snip Snip. This week on Felicity Fridays we have Carina MacKenzie (Creator/Showrunner- Roswell, NM) on the podcast to talk about that dreaded haircut. That's right this week we are talking about THE LIST, episode 2 of season 2 of FELICITY, where Felicity's iconic hair gets chopped down and changes the history of the show. Carina and Phil go deep and get all the details on what led to this, how it changed their feelings on Felicity and talk about the rest of the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Jun 26, 2020•58 min
WE'RE BACK! We were gone for a while so we have decided to return to the realm of regular podcasting with a big one. Screenwriter extraordinaire Liz Hannah (The Post, Long Shot, Mindhunter) joins us to talk about Michael Mann's extraordinary whistleblower drama THE INSIDER. There is so much to dig in with this one from Pacino bringing the Heat(get it), Russel Crowe's status a movie star, its seven Academy Awards nominations, and an absolutely cracking screenplay based on true events which we wer...
Jun 24, 2020•2 hr 36 min
This week we are glad to have writer Rina Minoun (Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Everwood) to lend us her Young Adult television expertise and talk to us about the Season 2 premiere of FELICITY, SOPHOMORIC. We talk about Felicity and Ben's cross-country summer, how Noel and Julie must have felt during all that, Michael Peña's introduction as a new freshman, Brian. Also, recurring Felicity director/the director of this episode, Lawrence Trilling re-joins us to talk about how it was directing the ...
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This week we break up with Season 1 of FELICITY as we welcome TVLine Founder and President Michael Ausiello to talk about FELICITY WAS HERE, the season 1 finale of FELICITY. We talk about ending a first season and the struggles in maintaining relationship drama through seasons, Keri Russell's performance as Felicity is as torn between Ben and Noel as she has ever been and how we would respond to a surprise invite to Berlin. PLUS: We got to interview AMY JO JOHNSON (who plays Julie on the show). ...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This week we welcome journalist Whitney Friedlander (LA Times, Variety, Vulture) to talk about a long time ago (1999) in a galaxy far, far away (New York) as we discuss the J.J Abrams written, penultimate episode of Felicity Season 1, THE FORCE. (Thankfully this title is in reference to both Star Wars and a Witch's Curse given the news). We talk witch's curses, having streaks of bad luck when you least need them, Noel's grand gestures, dissect J.J. takes on Star Wars/Star Wars Fandom in 1999, ho...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 9 min
This Week we reconnect with Alison Eakle (Executive Vice President of Development at Shondaland, guest on our The Virgin Suicides episode) to talk about Connections, the 20th episode of the first season of FELICITY. We talk about the increasing Uncut Gems-ification of Ben's gambling addiction fueled spiral, Felicity trying her hardest (as she is want to do) to climb the corporate ladder at Dean and Deluca, dealing with the difficulties of management and her attempted friendship with Noel becomes...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This week we welcome the Senior Vice President of Programming at AMC, Carrie Gillogly to lend her executive expertiseon DOCUVENTARY, the nineteenth episode of FELICITY Season 1. We talk about Sean's (Greg Grunberg) foray into documentary film making and how its used to reveal details about the characters and the setting, Felicity's (Keri Russell) boy troubles getting in the ways of her academics, and Carrie's relationship with the show in 1999 and now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 9 min
This Friday we welcome back Stacy Traub (EP/Writer on Black-ish and EP/Showrunner of The Real O’Neals, Daisy Jones and the Six for Amazon) to talk about HAPPY BIRTHDAY, the eighteenth episode of FELICITY season 1. We talk Julie, Birthdays, College and Stacy's experience and history with FELICITY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2020•52 min
This Friday, we talk to writer and returning guest Alanna Bennett (Roswell, NM) about ASSASSINS, the seventeenth episode of the first season of FELICITY. We talk Felicity and Noel, Julie, Sean, Lynn and some of our favorite side characters of the early stages of FELICITY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 08, 2020•48 min
This Friday we are more than excited to have two spectacular guests to talk about THE FUGUE, the 16th episode of the first season of FELICITY. First up we have TV Writer, Showrunner and Creator of THE BOLD TYPE and Author of the brand new YA Novel MOST LIKELY, Sarah Watson on the podcast to talk all things Felicity, Noel and Ben. And as a bonus we are glad to have EP and Director Lawrence Trilling(ALIAS, Parenthood, Pushing Daises) who directed this very episode to talk about the process of maki...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 27 min
This Friday, creator of our theme song and friend of the podcast Jaan Kittask return to talk Love and Marriage, the 15th episode of the 1st Season of FELICITY. They talk about their relationship to the show, Felicity’s relationship drama and reminisce on old times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 24, 2020•54 min
When the podcast hits your phone and contains Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson who loves Fiona Apple and enjoys talking about WHEN THE PAWN... her 1999 album with Phil who is the host with the most who also loves Fiona who was important to him as a teen and a crush on her he had and a fan of her knew critically acclaimed album, a perfect Pitchfork 10 which has been years in the making and on this episode we will be taking to your hopeful pleasure, cause you know that we're right. Translated into Eng...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Phil talks to writer Celine Geiger (The Vampire Diaries, Nancy Drew) about Todd Mulcahy Part 1 & 2, the thirteenth and fourteenth episodes of FELICITY Season 1. They get into the wild mess that is Felicity's love life, more college talk and dumb love mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 25 min
This FELICITY FRIDAY, Phil welcomes UTA's Alexandra Amin to talk with us about "Friends" Episode 12 of the First Season of Felicity. They talk about their experiences with the show at this point, dating in college, and friendship Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to FELICITY FRIDAY! Every Friday we will be talking about the episodes of the seminal J.J. Abrams series FELICITY that aired in 1999. This week though we will cover the 1998 Pilot as background and then move onto the First Season's Midseason Premiere and first episode aired in 1999 GIMME AN O! To get it started off right we bring in Fan Favorite, TV Critic extraordinaire Emily VanDerWerff to talk about FELICITY and its place in Television Canon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Set phasers to fun! (I'm sorry) This week on the Podcast, Phil talks to writers Emei Willis (on the forthcoming STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS) and Sean Bennett (ELEMENTARY) about the documentary TREKKIES. They talk about their own relationships with the Star Trek franchise and the late 90s documentary take on fandom then versus now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Oi Bruv! This week Phil hosts the pod solo and talks to Jaan Kittask, the man behind our lovely cover art and more importantly our theme song! He is here to talk to Blur's 1999 album 13 and The Death of Britpop in general. Its a great conversation about a fascinating topic, innit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 55 min
That's right this week we aren't talking A Bachelor but THE Bachelor... well no, not that The Bachelor. The original The Bachelor, you know with Chris O'Donnel and Renee Zellweger, about a guy who can you believe this just Does Not Want to be TIED DOWN. Anyway Kenny, Phil and Special Guest Writer/Producer Toby Herman talk about it and give their thoughts on Chris O'Donnel in the 90s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 18 min
This week Kenny and Phil and special guest Norm Wilner, (senior film writer @ Now Toronto, Host of Someone Else's Movie Podcast) take a twisted trip to talk Neil Jordan's 1999 psychological horror movie IN DREAMS, starring Annette Benning, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn among others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 50 min
This week Kenny and Phil talk about the barely remembered and barely existent LA high school comedy, TRIPPIN, starring Deon Richmond, Donald Faison and Maia Campbell. This episode was previously slated for a Friday Dump but due to scheduling issues is now our regular Wednesday drop, hope you enjoy us being baffled and daydreaming of a world where this movie was better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 19, 2020•23 min
This week Kenny and Phil talk THE BIG KAHUNA, the (tragically) Kevin Spacey starring adaptation of a recent (at the time) award winning play, The Hospitality Suite. Come listen to these two men talk and shout in a room about a movie that’s mostly three men talking and shouting in a room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 12, 2020•53 min
