97 episodes
Wistful Thinking Jordan Polan-Clarke and Cara Gael O'Regan
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- TV & Film
Remember that movie you used to watch every day? The book you read before bed each night? The CD you listened to until it was too scratched to play? We'll go back in time to revisit our guests' favorite pop culture from childhood. Are they still good or is it just Wistful Thinking?
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077 Safe (1995)
In week three of quarantine, Cara makes Jordan watch one of her favorite unsettling movies, Todd Haynes’s environmental illness thriller, Safe (1995).
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076 28 Days Later (2002)
In week two of quarantine, Jordan and Cara talk about 28 Days Later, quarantine depression, supply chains, and finding out who they are in times of crisis.
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075 Wistful Pandemic
Jordan and Cara take a break from nostalgia to have a conversation about Covid 19. Dear everyone: STAY HOME!
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074 Now That's What I Call Wistful Thinking
Jordan and Cara go where they’ve never gone before: music! They kick off their music series with their top five childhood songs, which includes tracks by The Beach Boys, Queen, Fiona Apple, Rilo Kiley, Blink 182, MSI, Alanis Morisette, Saves the Day, and The Smashing Pumpkins.
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073 Frida Kahlo
Cara and Jordan continue Surrealist February with a discussion about one of Cara’s biggest influences, Frida Kahlo, the 2002 biopic about her produced by and starring Salma Hayek, the dirty business of being a professional artist, and making art about illness and disability.
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072 Luis Bunuel
Jordan and Cara start surreal February with a slew of Luis Bunuel films. They talk about The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Un Chien Andalou, Land Without Bread, and one very important toilet scene from The Phantom of Liberty. Cara gives a brief history of surrealism while Jordan remembers her NYU days and talks about why Bunuel stuck with her since then.