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

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 Jaws

    3 DAYS AGO

    Deep Thoughts about Jaws

    Send us a textWe’re gonna need a bigger podcast…Join the Guy Girls this week as Emily geeks out about the most tightly-written and well-crafted summer blockbuster ever made: Jaws. This film taught us the importance of keeping the monster hidden until the third act (which only happened because the mechanical shark broke down), features the most chilling four-minute monologue (telling the true story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis), and gave Emily a framework for understanding why officials might fo...

    1h 23m
  2. Deep Thoughts about The Little Mermaid

    OCT 14

    Deep Thoughts about The Little Mermaid

    Send us a textBright young women, sick of swimming, ready to podcast!In 1989, 13-year-old Tracie and 10-year-old Emily got to witness the Disney renaissance in real time when they saw The Little Mermaid in the theater. The Guy girls were captivated by the unparalleled animation, the show-stopping musical numbers, and the unexpected sight of their stepdad tearing up at the end. But underneath the beautifully constructed film was the uncomfortable lesson that Ariel gave up her voice for a man. ...

    1h 11m
  3. Deep Thoughts about Beetlejuice

    OCT 8

    Deep Thoughts about Beetlejuice

    Send us a textI myself am strange and unusual.On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily shares her thoughts about the ghost with the most: Beetlejuice. The Tim Burton film is aesthetically gorgeous, unapologetically bizarre, and legitimately funny–but the character of Beetlejuice relies on sexual predation to indicate his awfulness and Michael Keaton’s performance is so sleazily charming that audiences revered the creep. It’s a shame that we remembered the villain, since the film does offer ...

    1h 5m
  4. Deep Thoughts about Blade Runner

    OCT 1

    Deep Thoughts about Blade Runner

    Send us a textAll he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want.The 1982 science fiction classic, Blade Runner, was a favorite of the Guy girls’ father. Mainstream media critics can’t ruminate about how a loved one’s relationship with a piece of problematic pop culture affects the way we view it. Luckily, we aren’t mainstream media. In this episode, we peel back the layers of misogyny, unhealthy sexual politics, dubious consent, toxic masculinity, and xenophobia that surround this tru...

    1h 19m
  5. Deep Thoughts about City Slickers

    SEP 24

    Deep Thoughts about City Slickers

    Send us a textI crap bigger’n you!The 1991 film City Slickers holds a special place in the Guy sisters’ hearts because of how much their dad loved it. When Tracie and Emily took him to see this film in the theater for Father’s Day, they had no idea this gentle comedy-Western would offer a nuanced look at the meaning of masculinity, male friendships, and figuring out what matters in life. Although the film’s portrayal of women does not completely stand up to 2024 scrutiny–it falls victim to la...

    1h 21m
  6. Deep Thoughts about Field of Dreams

    SEP 17

    Deep Thoughts about Field of Dreams

    Send us a textIf you build it, he will come. What better vehicle for the Guy girls to meditate on their relationship with their late father than a movie they once watched with him about a man’s relationship with his late father? With Field of Dreams, the 1989 magical realism baseball film starring Kevin Costner, Tracie brings some deep thoughts about parents and children, gender and emotion, and baseball and race. The filmmakers transformed JD Salinger, a real-life white author featured ...

    1h 16m
  7. Deep Thoughts about Nightmare on Elm Street

    SEP 10

    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
  8. 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
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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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