Woman Inherits the Earth

This - written in 2017 - is why the notion for a podcast came to us.

From 2017: "Topic conversations with my daughter in FB Messenger today alone ranged from climate change, to what's the weather gonna be like in St. Louis next week (should she bring a coat), to Broadchurch and Longmire on Netflix, to the ideal Christmas tree (mine is black; hers is ombre black to white), to Simon needing new pants (he tore his good pair at work today), to Al Franken and more discussion of sexual harassment, to a dark chocolate Kit Kat bar she tried the other day, to Van Morrison's new album (an AMAZINGLY GOOD cut of which Steve Pick played this morning on Sound Salvation). This is a true case of the apple not falling far from the tree."

On the podcast this week, we discuss Alien, one of Tess's favorite sci-fi films. Here's the Youtube link:

Do We Gaze into Alien, or Does it Gaze into Us? Woman Inherits the Earth: AlienIn this, the Alien episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss scifi horror, the gender politics (or lack thereof) of Alien, Bet...

Here's a funny post I wrote in 2019 about podcasts - and a link to our current podcast episode about "X-Men"!!

It really is true that the reformed types are the worst!

From 2019: “Am I the only person on the planet who hates podcasts? Vox just sent me an email (well, it was from Ezra Klein, whom I love!!) about their new podcast, about which Ezra is really excited. I literally responded to their email with this: "I don't want to wail about this, but some of us really hate podcasts. Some of us don't walk around with earpods in our ears all the time. Some of us, in fact, are hearing impaired, so reading is a much easier way for us to learn about things. I'm glad you're excited about this new podcast, but I am not." I am now officially a grumpy old lady.”

Is X-Men Proof that Art Can be Woke *and* Misogynist? Woman Inherits the Earth: X-MenIn this, the X-Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss their deep and abiding love for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart,...