After years of trying to get Nicole to play a video game and share her love of The Witcher, Marines was rewarded with a Netflix adaptation. To sift through all of our feelings about this first season of The Witcher, we are joined by author and fellow game-fan Susan Dennard & our friend Deboki.Find us on Twitter:Susan: twitter.com/stdennardDeboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acas...
Jan 23, 2020•57 min
Happy new year! Join Marines & Nicole as they once again take a look back on all the things they watched and read in the previous year, including some favorites (and least favorites) that never made it onto the podcast.Find us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min
The current Star Wars trilogy has now come to an end and this is a big moment for this podcast as we have chosen to make this trilogy our entry point into the world of Star Wars. We invited our friend Matthew Gaydos to be our resident Star Wars expert as we tried to sift through our feelings about this movie.Find us all on Twitter:Matt: twitter.com/matthewgaydosNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 9 min
It's the holiday season & while family stories are everywhere, we decided to talk about some of our favorite (and least favorite) families of choice. We are joined by our go-to trope friend & important member of the Snark Squad Found Family, Ceri Riley.Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 18, 2019•54 min
The Hulu series Dollface follows a woman named Jules (Kat Dennings) trying to reconnect with her female friends after a breakup & a weird cat lady fairy godmother character. This was another piece of content that felt very made for us, but did it work? Our friend Deboki joins us once again to help us try to answer that question.Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Ho...
Dec 11, 2019•51 min
We did not go opening weekend, but we did make our way to the theater to see this Elizabeth Bank directed entry to the larger Charlie's Angels franchise, and we asked a longtime friend (and Snark Squad recapper!) to join us in talking about it.Find us all on Twitter:Jessica: twitter.com/antiscianNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 04, 2019•50 min
Months ago Nicole & Marines were at Disney World with some other friends and while standing in line to ride Pirates with dear friend Lainey Kress, someone decided it might be fun to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find out if it was, indeed, "fun" to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode.Find us all on Twitter:Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Nov 27, 2019•58 min
In her first big part after Game of Thrones, our dear Khaleesi gets to unleash her full goofball energy in this Christmas movie where stars as a woman whose life is a bit of a mess. This is one of those movies that got on our radar because our corner of Twitter was buzzing about it as soon as the first trailer came out, and we were trash for it so we knew we'd have to do an episode on it. We asked our friends Sam & Rachel, co-hosts of the podcast Reel Love, to help us sift through our feelin...
Nov 20, 2019•48 min
We watched the Netflix adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad plays. The only part of that sentence that sounds like us is "Netflix" so of course we had to phone a friend for help. Our wonderful and wise friend Devyn Hinchee brought her actual expertise in Shakespeare to talk about how this film works as both a movie and an adaptation.Find us all on Twitter:Devyn: twitter.com/devynmhincheeNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Ho...
Nov 13, 2019•37 min
Spoopy season continues an extra week for us as we have invited our dear friends Ceri Riley and Lainey Kress to help us talk about our favorite and least favorite apocalypse stories and apocalypse-related tropes!Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyLainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 06, 2019•51 min
This week we are revisiting Erin Morgenstern's 2011 debut novel The Night Circus. Our friend (and noted Night Circus fangirl)Samantha Lane joins us as we try to unpack the mysteries of this fantastical circus and the magic competition that brought it into being.Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomesNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 30, 2019•49 min
Every now and then we find ourselves discussing how a work was intended to be read and whether or not we care so this week we just made the whole episode about that.Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2019•48 min
This week we are doing a little a Halloween celebration by sharing an episode of Cooler Than Homework on the DCOM classic Halloweentown.Find us on Twitter:Nicole: www.twitter.com/sweeneysaysMatt: www.twitter.com/matthewgaydosMarines: www.twitter.com/mynameismarinesCeri: www.twitter.com/cerileywww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2019•45 min
The Politician is a show about Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) who is, as the title suggests, a politician, it is his primary identity. The show is Ryan Murphy's first show to be released after his big Netflix deal. Each season follows Payton through a new campaign cycle, starting with is race for student body president here in season one. We are joined to wade through this mess of a show by our dear from Sam (@thedemocracydiva).Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/democracydivaNicole: twitter.com/...
Oct 09, 2019•47 min
Hustlers features an all-star cast of badass ladies playing strippers who, in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, devise a creative con for making money. We are joined to talk about this found family story by Claribel Ortega who is an author and the co-host of the Write Or Die podcast.Find us all on Twitter:Claribel: twitter.com/Claribel_OrtegaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Oct 02, 2019•43 min
In honor of the arrival of fall we are joined by our Cooler Than Homework co-hosts (Matthew Gaydos & Ceri Riley) for a a very special topical episode, in which we talk all things school media. Our favorite fictional school dances, the schools we wish we could attend, and the high school tropes we hate.Find us all on Twitter:Matthew: twitter.com/matthewgaydosCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Ho...
Sep 25, 2019•51 min
With the HBO adaptation on the horizon, we decided to go back and read Alan Moore's Watchmen – the podcast's first graphic novel episode. Also for the first time Garrett Robinson joins us to talk about the big themes, the stories within the story, the alternate history of the book, and so much more.Find us all on Twitter:Garrett: twitter.com/GarrettAuthorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Sep 11, 2019•52 min
This week we are discussing the (probably) complete series of Fleabag, which consists of only two 6 episode seasons, but manages fit a lot into that very short amount of time. We are joined by our friends Deboki & Marie Ann to talk about the feelings this show gave us.Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiMarie Ann: twitter.com/MFdezSilvaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Sep 04, 2019•57 min
This week our friend Eric Silver of Join The Party & HORSE joins us to talk about his favorite things in media, from his love of structure to reality competition shows. Marines gets to talk about Fast & Furious, Nicole gets to talk about The Challenge – it's a big day for everyone.Find us all on Twitter:Eric: twitter.com/el_silveroNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Aug 28, 2019•1 hr
At long last the Fast & Furious franchise makes it way onto the podcast with its first spinoff. The Rock's Luke Hobbs & Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw hate eachother but must find a way to work together to save the world. We are joined this week by avowed Fast & Furious fans Rich & Lainey.Find us all on Twitter:Rich: twitter.com/richcamiLainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Aug 14, 2019•49 min
This week we are taking on some historical spy drama that's really about families and relationships as we discuss FX's The Americans. We are joined by Joey Lewandowski of the Cage Club Podcast Network as we try to make our way through all 6 seasons as coherently as possible.Find us all on Twitter:Joey: twitter.com/soulpoppedMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min
This week we are returning to Philp Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy one last time to finsih the series. Connor O'Brien joins us again as we read The Amber Spyglass, and find out how Lyra, Will, and Mary Malone's journeys end. (This was our book club book for July – join us on our Discord to read our August book Where'd You Go Bernadette!)Find us all on Twitter:Connor: twitter.com/connorbookinitNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snar...
Jul 31, 2019•58 min
This week we are attempting another "definitely not an interview" in which we invite a friend on the podcast in order to chat about their media tastes and preferences. Join us as we learn about Lainey Kress and her love of The Mummy, romance novels, and conspiracy theories.Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hoste...
Jul 24, 2019•51 min
After the events of Endgame, Peter Parker has to grapple with the loss of 5 years of time, the death of his mentor, and the new expectations thrust upon him as teenage superhero. Even though our little podcast Avengers team stopped at Endgame, we asked two of our Spider-man loving friends – Taylor Simonds & Sam Shultz to join us to talk about Far From Home.Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Taylor: twitter.com/tay_simondsSam: twitter.com/slamschultzN...
Jul 17, 2019•50 min
Snark Squad is super excited to bring you a... let's call it a crossover event. "Cooler Than Homework" is our new podcast in which four friends make their way through every Disney Channel Original Movie. We're starting with Under Wraps (arguably) the first DCOM and talking about the things that scared us as children and the important lessons we learned from this movie about a group of kids who happen to find a mummy in their neighbor's basement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Jul 10, 2019•47 min
Thanks to an upcoming adaptation and a poll from our patrons, this week we read and discussed The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Our friend booktuber Caitlin Vanasse joins us to talk about this dystopian coming of age story and the way it explores questions of identity, the lies we tell ourselves, toxic masculinity, and more.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/caitlinvanasseNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksqua...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Alternate title: Tessa & Chris + Aggressively Fine Movies. Our friend Kat O'Keefe returns to discuss the Men In Black reboot/spinoff/whatever starring Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth and we wind up having a long conversation about reviews and how to talk about things that are just ok.Find us all on Twitter:Kat: twitter.com/kat_tasticNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Jun 26, 2019•50 min
We are back from our week hiatus to discuss one of our favorite kinds of stories: coming of age stories. We are joined by our friend Deboki to talk about some of our favorites, what constitutes coming of age, how trauma is treated in coming of age narratives, and more.Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 19, 2019•51 min
This week our friend Sam (The Democracy Diva) returns to once again discuss the A Song of Ice & Fire Universe. Now that the show has reached its conclusion, we discuss the final 6 episodes of the series.Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/democracydivaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This week we are returning to Philp Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy with the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife. We travel to different worlds and learn more about daemons and dust with the help Amanda McLoughlin and Connor O'Brien. (This was our book club book for May – join us on our Discord to see what we're reading next!)Find us all on Twitter:Amanda: twitter.com/shessomickeyConnor: twitter.com/connorbookinitNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwi...
May 29, 2019•57 min
