Dr. Waffle & Friends

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A personal essay followed by a chat. New guest writers and friends each episode!

  1. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.4.2: Dear McSweeney's (My Uncle Did Not Write "Stagger Lee")

    06/06/2025

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.4.2: Dear McSweeney's (My Uncle Did Not Write "Stagger Lee")

    Our guest writer this week is the fabulous Mary Miller, who reads a short essay that appeared in McSweeney's—all about how her uncle was maybe not as famous as she had always thought. She and Dr. Waffle discuss music, fame, writing, ambition, big families, the South, storytelling, and storytelling in the South. TAGS: Cliff Thomas Trio; Lloyd Price; Elvis Presley; Graceland; Sun Studio; American Bandstand; Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; Jerry Lee Lewis; George Eliot; possums; Southern storytelling Spoilers: Who wrote “Stagger Lee”; what happened to Jerry Lee Lewis Links: Lloyd Price’s version of “Stagger Lee” The Cliff Thomas Trio page at Sun Records Mary Miller’s website Mary’s story “Outage” in the Oxford American Cool review of Mary’s work in the LA Review of Books The entry on Mary Miller in the Mississippi Encyclopedia! Fat Possum Records Tom Lake, Ann Patchett’s most recent novel Melissa Ginsburg’s Doll Apollo Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, X, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com

    52 min
  2. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.4.1: New Zealand Is Trying to Kill Me

    05/02/2025

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.4.1: New Zealand Is Trying to Kill Me

    It's a brand new season of Dr. Waffle & Friends! (In case you haven't noticed, a "new season" usually means that a few months of extreme busyness has kept Dr. Waffle from making any new episodes for a while....) We're kicking off Season 4 with a corker -- a timely episode about New Zealand (for all those thinking about repatriating for any reason) and a Special Mystery Guest Friend! You won't want to miss this one! TAGS: New Zealand; extreme sports; caving; accents; kiwifruit; kiwis; Kiwis; bats; possums; Māori language; rugby; haka; residential schools; guns; Edmund Burke; Rotorua; ADD; misogyny; cigarettes; Jacinda Ardern Spoilers: introduction of mammals to New Zealand; current prime minister of New Zealand The Coast to Coast race Dee’s essay about her mother-in-law’s letters Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, X, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com

    1h 7m
  3. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.4: Religion

    01/03/2025

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.4: Religion

    Guest writer Cannon Schmitt reads an essay about becoming a surfer later in life, and Dee and Cannon discuss the spiritual aspects of sports, what it means to give up on mastery, parallels between surfing and writing, and so much more! TAGS: surfing; William Finnegan's Barbarian Days; spirituality; Baptist Church; Georgia; writing; academia; Buddhism; Nicholson Baker; the Levenger catalogue Spoilers: Dee’s second academic book project Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com Cannon can be reached at cannon.schmitt@gmail.com

    57 min
  4. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.3: A Good Guy Is Hard to Find

    12/06/2024

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.3: A Good Guy Is Hard to Find

    In this episode, Dr. Waffle welcomes another guest interviewer, close friend (and baker and pianist extraordinaire) Maura Glennon. Dee and Mo discuss the pains and pleasures (and pains) of home ownership, dealing with repair people, the fear of being an a*****e, some light politics, and the difficulties of building community. TAGS: Vancouver; Oxford, Mississippi; Carnegie Hall; Florence Pie Bar Spoilers: The saga of 1616 Grant Street; the fate of Colin the Boiler Repairman Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com

    55 min
  5. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.2: I Saw You Coming, Justice Safe Haven

    11/01/2024

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.2: I Saw You Coming, Justice Safe Haven

    Dr. Waffle welcomes her first guest writer, Melissa Cole! In this episode, Melissa reads an essay about writing an essay that appeared in Newsweek and the blowback that ensued. She and Dr. Waffle discuss women’s bodily autonomy, the right to privacy, the public personas of authors, the writing process, and so much more! TAGS: Newsweek; Sandra Tsing Loh; Roe v Wade; Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization; SCOTUS; public education; SRAs; Dickens; horror films The Haunted States of America, with Melissa’s story about North Carolina Melissa’s most recent short story, “The Liminality of a Decent Couch,” in the Fall 2024 issue of Slippery Elm Literary Journal Read about Daniel the Emotional Support Duck Deanna’s essay in which she chats with her postal carrier The Dickens Universe Dan Blank’s Substack, The Creative Shift Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com Check out Melissa’s website and Instagram

    52 min
  6. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.1: Who In the World Do You Think You Are?

    09/13/2024

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.1: Who In the World Do You Think You Are?

    Welcome to Season Three of Doctor Waffle & Friends! It’s a whole new recipe, containing 50% more Friends! Beginning with this episode, our new format will alternate episodes in which Dr. Waffle reads an essay and is interviewed by a Friend, and episodes in which a guest writer reads an essay and is interviewed by Dr. Waffle. In the first episode of the new season, Dee shares an essay about Jesus Christ Superstar, and is interviewed by her (spunky) bestie Trish Tilburg. Dee and Trish discuss parental record collections, Broadway musicals, their childhood relationship to religion, Broadway musicals, political activism, and Broadway musicals. Dee confesses an embarrassing secret regarding Broadway musicals. TAGS: Jesus Christ Superstar; Christianity; Rodgers and Hammerstein; 2024 Presidential election Spoilers for Hamilton, Les Misérables, and the New Testament Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

    57 min
  7. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.10: Ready to Be Strong

    08/16/2024

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.10: Ready to Be Strong

    In this episode, Tania’s story cues us up to FINALLY talk about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and we share favorite moments, relationships, and themes. We also discuss watching TV with friends, TV you have to pay attention to, and people who talk during TV shows. And we say farewell to a friend of Dr. Waffle and make room for new friends.     TAGS: Thirtysomething, The Bear, Dark, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffering the Vampire Slayer Major spoilers for every aspect of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Watch Tania and friends perform I Love a Podcast and Faith Listen to the Santa Barbara episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES attaniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

    54 min
  8. Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.9: Sweet Truth

    07/12/2024

    Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.2.9: Sweet Truth

    In this episode, Dee shares her lifelong obsession with candy bars, and she and Tania discuss the Great American Candy Bar Hierarchy, milk vs. dark chocolate, the dynamics of sharing dessert, judgmental waiters, recovered memory, and so much more. TAGS: Cadbury; Snickers; Zagnut; New Zealand; attachment theory Spoilers for Thelma and Louise and The Mill on the Floss Take the candy bar interiors quiz here Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us. FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter (X), and Facebook EMAIL us at DrWafflePod@gmail.com PODCAST WEBSITE Read DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

    50 min
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A personal essay followed by a chat. New guest writers and friends each episode!

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  • Creator
    Sourdough Media
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    26
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    Explicit
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