"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person... Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth." In which we talk camp, queer baiting, noms de plume and Velvet Goldmine with Eve Lindley and Crystal! THERE IS AN EXTENDED CUT OF THIS EPISODE ON PATREON AND APPLE PODCAST SUBSCRIPTIONS! Crystal: https://www.instagram.com/crystal.will.see.you.now/ Eve's trans table read of A Streetcar Named Desire (Los Angeles, March 6th): https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/streetcar Carolyn's tour: https://...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Founding producer Carolyn Kendrick is going on a West Coast Tour to promote her record Each Machine. Alex will accompany to manage the tour and sell merch and zines. Please come on out and say hello if we're passing through your next of the woods! Here is the link to the record : https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/track/each-machine Here is the link to tickets : https://www.carolynkendrick.com/tour Tour Dates! 03/06 SACRAMENTO, CA 03/08 PORTLAND, OR 03/10 PORT TOWNSEND, WA 03/11 OLYMPIA, WA 03...
Mar 04, 2025•3 min
We suppose now you wish that you had fed the rest of us to the dogs. In which we visit our old pal Hannibal in Italy. You Are Good is a feelings podcast about movies. We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! https://magpiecinemaclub.bandcamp.com/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture Alex's newsletter thing : https://alexsteed.substack.com/ Carolyn's ...
Feb 26, 2025•2 hr 35 min
It's strange calling yourself. In which we, along with our very best pal Chelsey Weber-Smith, unpack Mullholland Drive and mourn and pay our respects to our spiritual Daddy David Lynch. THERE IS AN EXTENDED CUT OF THIS EPISODE ON PATREON AND APPLE PODCAST SUBSCRIPTIONS! Chelsey Weber-Smith / American Hysteria online : https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/ MULHOLLAND DRIVE - An Interpretation by Guest Contributor Tim Greaves : https://www.money-into-light.com/2014/03/mulholland-drive-interpretation-...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 28 min
There is a dead man on the other end of this effing line, and fortunately it's not Sarah, Alex, or our sassy pal Miles Klee. Come along, gang, as we unpack the Michael Mann's MANNsterpiece Heat. Miles Klee at Rolling Stone : https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture Carolyn's record ! https://li...
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 32 min
"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully." In which we unpack the meaning of life—and the meaning of Harold and Maude—with Miranda Zickler and Eve Lindley. Miranda Zickler is the producer of this very show, a member of Kuinka, a member of Magpie Cinema Club and the queen of our hearts! https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster Support Eve's directorial debut, Give &...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 34 min
Honey, you know us, we don't really believe in marriage; now Botox on the other hand, that works every time. In which we unpack our feelings about Sex and the City: The Movie with the marvelous Eve Lindley. Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture Carolyn's record ! https://li...
Jan 29, 2025•2 hr 44 min
"You should try running a country for a day. It's not all making war and smashing dissidents, you know. It's hard work." In which Sarah and Alex, joined by Eve Lindley, watch The Beautician and the Beast, which asks: What if Mr. Sheffield were a widowed dictator instead of a widowed Broadway producer? Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon....
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 30 min
We'll make a man out of you! In which we unpack gender, seeing ourselves in popular media, and Mulan (1998) with Livia Tsang and Eve Lindley. There is an EXTENDED CUT of this episode over on Patreon and Apple Podcast Subscriptions! This chat was a delight. I can't wait to hear your thoughts! You can find Livia online here: https://www.liviatsang.com/ We talk about all sorts of things in this episode (gender, gender, gender and more gender), and we note how the Chinese government received the mov...
Jan 15, 2025•2 hr 33 min
Don't come at us with all your weird little man logic! In which Sarah, Claire Comstock-Gay, and Sophie Rae Lichterman get cozy and unpack The Other Woman! You can find Claire online here : https://clairecomstockgay.com/ You can find Sophie and Cool Zone Media online here : https://www.coolzonemedia.com/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: h...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Happy New Year! We're taking the week off, but worry not! There's a brand new episode ready over in bonus land! We'll be back with y'all next week! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs / Bandcamp HERE ! https://magpiecinemaclub.bandcamp.com/ Carolyn's r...
Jan 01, 2025•2 min
And we blamed it on the Santa Anas; we don't even know who the Santa Annas are! In which we embark upon an Ephron Christmas and spend a day with our kind of people by way of watching Mixed Nuts. This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min
"Legend has it, when the Santa Anas blow, all bets are off." (The Santa Anas are literally blowing as I write this description!) In which Carolyn, Eve and Alex fall in love with falling in love. You can find Eve online here: https://www.instagram.com/eveclindley/ Carolyn's record ! https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be f...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min
“Life is pain. Get used to it.” In which we unpack the heroine's journey and The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel James and Carolyn Kendrick. You can find Samuel online here: https://www.therealsamueljames.com/ Carolyn's record ! https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Alex’s zin...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Let us just say: We were deeply unhappy, but we didn't know it, because we were so happy all the time. In which we unpack L.A. Story with the delightful Eve Lindley. Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Alex’s zine ! https://www.patreon.com/Hig...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 28 min
In which we embark upon an incredible journey, deconstruct Homeward Bound, and defy death many times over with the absolutely fabulous J.V. Hampton-VanSant. J.V. can be found here: https://about.me/jvhamptonvansant This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can be found here: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Carolyn's tour dates can be found here: https://linktr.ee/...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 14 min
"You are a human affront to all women and I am a woman." In which we get cozy in a mountain of Autumnal sweaters and revel in When Harry Met Sally... with Ilana Kaplan. Ilana can be found here: https://ilanamichellekaplan.com/ Nora Ephron at the Movies can be found here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nora-ephron-at-the-movies-a-visual-celebration-of-the-writer-and-director-behind-when-harry-met-sally-you-ve-got-mail-sleepless-in-seattle-an-ilana-ka/21169950 This episode was made possible by your ...
Nov 20, 2024•59 min
Repeat You Are Good guest Niko Stratis and You Are Good co-host Alex Steed just launched The OC, Again. It's a rewatch show about The OC, of course, but also about music, popular culture and politics in the mid-2000s. This is the first episode! California, here we come. Rate. Subscribe. Tell your friends.
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 14 min
You're so cool! In which Alex and special guest host Niko Stratis discuss True Romance—and how our relationship with the movie has shifted over time—with the marvelous Eve Lindley. Alex then has a conversation about Quentin Tarantino's "fetish for blackness" with podcaster / columnist / musician Samuel James. There is an EXTENDED CUT of this conversation available on Patreon and Apple Podcast Subscriptions! Don't forget to check out Eve in National Anthem and also Arcane! Niko can be found here:...
Nov 13, 2024•2 hr 30 min
We say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. If you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be. In which we meet up for coffee Stan Mikita's Donuts and talk Wayne's World with our delightful friend Candace Jane Opper! Candace Jane Opper can be found online here : https://candacejaneopper.com/ This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. https://www.patreon.com/youaregood Tickets for A Massive Seance can ...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 16 min
"He's gone! He's gone from here! The evil is gone!" In which Sarah and Alex head back to a 1978 Haddonfield, Illinois, by was of John Carpenter's Halloween. Check out A Massive Seance, which is coming to Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles! https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Check out Magpie Cinema Club's fabulous version of Season of the Witch: https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub Check out Carolyn Kendrick's new track Leela (which came out TODAY!) and pre-order her record Each Machine...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? We talk folk horror, Black Philip, girlhood and The Witch with Melanie Zanetti! Find Melanie online here ! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their rendition of S eason of the Witch on Bandcamp ! You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's forthcoming record Each Machine and stream her songs here . You can buy tickets to A Massive Seance here . You ...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Has it ever occurred to you that part of being a parent is tryin' to kill your kids? In which we attempt to understand car culture and Stephen King's / John Carpenter's Christine with Adrian Daub. Adrian and his book The Cancel Culture Panic can be found online here . You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's new record HERE ! This episode was made possible with and by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. You can subscribe to Alex's zine here . Merch inspired b...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 23 min
There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie! In which we go back to slasher school and revisit Scream with the incandescent Chelsey Weber-Smith. Chelsey's American Hysteria can be found online here . Magpie Cinema Club's cover of Red Right Hand and all their other songs can be streamed HERE ! https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub Corn Telethon streams on 10/15! https://www.corntelethon.com/ You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's new record HERE ! htt...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min
"Any religion without love and compassion is false! It's a lie!" In which we shuck some Children of the Corn with Miranda Zickler. Miranda can be found online here . Carolyn Kendrick's The Devil's Nine Questions is now streaming ! You can pre-order her new record here ! Magpie Cinema Club rules! There is an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts! Speaking of which, this episode was made possible with and by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreo...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like." Y'all remember Garden State? Let's talk about Garden State with Niko Stratis and Chelsey Weber-Smith! Niko can be found online here . Chelsey's American Hysteria can be found online here . Magpie Cinema Club's cover of New Slang and all their other songs can be streamed HERE ! https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub You can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's new record and pre-save her new song HERE ! https://linktr...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min
"The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." In which we unpack The Hand that Rocks the Cradle with our fabulous friend Megan Burbank. Megan's website can be found here . CW: sexual assault, pregnancy loss, suicide, murder, medical misconduct There is an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts! Speaking of which, this episode was made possible with and by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. We LOVE Magpie...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 18 min
"Here lies Walter Fielding. He bought a house, and it killed him." In which we see what's behind these walls, and unpack The Money Pit, with our friend Sarah Archer. Sarah's website can be found here . Her Substack can be found here . This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs / Bandcamp HERE ! You can subscribe to Alex's zine here . Merch inspired by our Don't Tell Mom... epi...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min
All drains lead to the ocean! In which we unpack the fact, fiction and feelings floating around in Finding Nemo with Brianna Bowman! Brianna's Free Willy Patreon can be found here . More information about sex change in clownfish can be found here . This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. You can subscribe to Alex's zine here . We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs / Bandcamp HERE ! Merch inspired by our Don't T...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
It's finger-lickin' good! In which Sarah and Alex unpack Near Dark and the phenomenon that is the vampire Western. Check out Magpie Cinema Club (and find out where 'Fever' is streaming) here ! This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon and Apple Plus. You can subscribe to Alex's zine here ! Merch inspired by our Don't Tell Mom... episode can be found here ! We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club! You can find their songs / Bandcamp HERE ! You can buy a You...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min
