Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken
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Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast Podcast

Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit. 

  1. Deep Thoughts about Nightmare on Elm Street

    3 DAYS AGO

    Deep Thoughts about Nightmare on Elm Street

    Send us a textOne, two, Freddy’s coming for you…Today’s episode of Deep Thoughts gives Emily a chance to finally exorcise the boogeyman of every 80’s childhood: Freddy Krueger. Though neither Emily nor Tracie ever saw the influential 1984 film Nightmare on Elm Street, the burned and be-knived Freddy cast a long shadow over the culture, meaning the Guy sisters were completely unaware of the badass Nancy Thompson, protagonist and final girl (the last woman alive to confront the killer) who refu...

    1h 9m
  2. Deep Thoughts about Dune with Jake Cohen

    SEP 3

    Deep Thoughts about Dune with Jake Cohen

    Send us a textFear is the mind-killer…On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome their cousin Jake Cohen to talk all things Dune, from Frank Herbert’s influential series of novels to the 1984 David Lynch adaptation to the recent Denis Villeneuve films. The conversation ranges from the intricate and well-thought out worldbuilding to the political implications of an extra-planetary messiah leading the Fremen of Arrakis with the promise of sandworm-killing water. While Her...

    1h 5m
  3. Deep Thoughts About Shrek TEASER

    AUG 27

    Deep Thoughts About Shrek TEASER

    Send us a textPodcasts are like onions…they’ve got layers. In this patron-exclusive bonus episode, Emily takes a look back at Shrek, the charming ogre who entertained her young son. Though the movie is still laugh-out-loud funny at times, those guffaws come with unfortunate sides of fat-phobia, misogyny, and bio-essential transphobia that is truly ugly (unlike Fiona the ogress who is merely green). More than two decades after its initial release, the Disney diss track that launched a fra...

    18 min
  4. Deep Thoughts about Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    AUG 20

    Deep Thoughts about Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Send us a textLife moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and listen to a podcast once in a while, you might just miss it.This week, Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the iconic 1986 teen movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off–and unfortunately the results are not as charming as Matthew Broderick’s smile. Not only is Jeannie unfairly made out to be a villain simply because she is tired of Ferris getting away with murder, but the Guy sisters are able to draw a straight line between the beloved portr...

    1h 7m
  5. Deep Thoughts about The Matrix

    AUG 13

    Deep Thoughts about The Matrix

    Send us a textOnly try to realize the truth: There is no spoon.When Emily brings her deep thoughts about the Wachowski Sisters’ 1999 cinematic masterpiece, The Matrix, the Guy sisters are unable to contain the conversation to under an hour. (We’re not exactly known for our brevity.) This movie, possibly the most popular, successful, and influential piece of art created by trans artists to date, is ripe with symbolism, allegory, and questions about the fundamental nature of reality. As one mig...

    1h 14m
  6. Deep Thoughts about The Ren & Stimpy Show

    AUG 6

    Deep Thoughts about The Ren & Stimpy Show

    Send us a textHappy! Happy! Joy! Joy!This week on Deep Thoughts, Tracie brings nostalgia, laughter, and the unfortunate realization that you really can’t go home again with her analysis of The Ren & Stimpy Show. While creator and tortured animation genius John K brought back the artistry and commitment to craft when his angry Chihuahua and sweetly dim cat graced our screens in the early 1990s, he did so with a big old side of emotional and psychological abuse of his fellow animators and p...

    1h 16m
  7. Deep Thoughts about Revenge of the Nerds

    JUL 30

    Deep Thoughts about Revenge of the Nerds

    Send us a textNERDS!!!On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her analysis (and horrified shuddering) about the oddly influential 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Though the filmmakers thought they were writing the “gentle and funny underdog story” that Gene Siskel characterized the movie as, Nerds treats women as less-than-human trophies by using sexual assault as a punchline. While the film does accept Lamar Latrelle’s open homosexuality as NBD (but still pokes fun at stereotypical...

    1h 21m
  8. Deep Thoughts about Dead Poets Society

    JUL 23

    Deep Thoughts about Dead Poets Society

    Send us a textO Captain! My Captain!Join us as Tracie brings her deep thoughts to the 1989 film Dead Poets Society on today’s episode. Though this beloved film was supposed to be a defense of the humanities (and remember, both Guy Girls were English majors at private liberal arts colleges), this rewatch made it clear the film thinks poetry is simply cute and that Robin Williams’s John Keating agitated for independent thought–as long as it aligned with his own. While the movie does not inspire...

    1h 13m
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Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit. 

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