I'll Be Pod for Castmas

Juliet & Katherine
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Updated Bimonthly

Every July and December, Juliet L'mous and their co-host playwright Katherine Varga take a piece of holiday pop culture and discuss it through the lens of a piece of topical classic literature — like the Christmas classic "Frosty the Snowman" through the lens of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Find it four times a year on the Moonshot Podcast Network!

  1. 12/24/2025

    Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

    Episode Notes Katherine and Juliet unpack Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, the 2017 play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. This light and festive romance centered on Mary Bennet, the differences between her and her sisters, and the possibility of the life of the mind, takes place two years after Pride & Prejudice and was one of the most produced plays in America in 2018. Topics include: The importance of Lamarck's Zoological Philosophy, the surprise of Grey's Anatomy's Season One finale, the psychology of Ritsuko Akagi, the past and present of Twilight Mirage, whether all men are fundamentally Mr. Collins, whether Hamlet is a woman, and whether Elizabeth Darcy (née Bennet) counts as a Villainess. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    1h 2m

  2. 12/17/2025

    You've Got Mail

    Episode Notes Juliet and Katherine think deeply about You've Got Mail (1998), its consideration of class and relations, and the many things it is an adaptation of – including Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice! Topics include: neverending talk about Frank Navasky, property management, The End of History, the circumstances under which a couple should break up, the Downfall of Western Civilization, singing in a round, and how acute illness is cast methodically as a romantic beat. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    1h 14m

  3. 12/10/2025

    Pride & Prejudice

    Episode Notes Juliet and Katherine lay the groundwork of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (1813), its consideration of class and relations, and the promise of its many adaptations. Along the way they ask how to laugh instead of cry at Mr. Collins, what you would give up for the love of one man, and which of those men might just be Santa Claus. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    57 min
  4. This Is How You Lose the Time War

    07/30/2025

    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    Episode Notes Juliet and Katherine break down their problems with the time travel romance spy novella This Is How You Lose the Time War (2020), with the help of the time travel romance christmas movie The Knight Before Christmas (2019) and Borges' time-themed spy short story The Garden of Forking Paths. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    1 hr
  5. The Knight Before Christmas

    07/16/2025

    The Knight Before Christmas

    Episode Notes Juliet and Katherine perform a very festive ritual breaking down the Ohio of imagination and the Ohio of history in The Knight Before Christmas (2019), the time-travel Netflix original romantic comedy. Which gender would you prefer — a himbo knight, or a christmas crone? Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    56 min

  6. 12/24/2024

    Folgers Commercial (Frozen, Left Hand of Darkness)

    Episode Notes The Social is Predicated on its Exclusions - taboo, true love, teleology: the problem of other minds What does the infamous Folgers coffee christmas commercial (2009) have to do with Frozen (2013) and The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)? Quite a lot, actually! Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    1h 11m

  7. 12/18/2024

    Frozen (The Left Hand of Darkness)

    Episode Notes What Makes a Man a Traitor - statehood, sovereigns, shadows: journeys across the ice On this episode of I'll Be Pod for Castmas, Juliet and Katherine break down Frozen (2013) and The Left Hand of Darkness (1969). 4:40 - What Makes a Man a Traitor 30:00 - The Game 43:00 - The True Meaning of Shifgrethor 55:00 - Journeys through the Snow Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    1h 6m
  8. Princess Switch 3 (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro)

    07/29/2024

    Princess Switch 3 (Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro)

    Episode Notes Jeff Stormer joins Juliet and Katherine to talk Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro alongside its modern christmas mirror, Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star. What makes a christmas movie Good? What makes a Lupin story a Lupin story? Just how weird can the future of the franchise get from here? Along the way, we cover Fast Five, commedia dell'arte lazzi, the Now You See Me franchise, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, the Vanessa Hudgens Cinematic Universe, Ocean's Twelve, and the Assassin's Creed series. Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Theme by Joey Rose Rysen. I'll Be Pod for Castmas is brought to you by the Moonshot Podcast Network.

    59 min
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About

Every July and December, Juliet L'mous and their co-host playwright Katherine Varga take a piece of holiday pop culture and discuss it through the lens of a piece of topical classic literature — like the Christmas classic "Frosty the Snowman" through the lens of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Find it four times a year on the Moonshot Podcast Network!

Information

  • Creator
    Juliet & Katherine
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026
  • Show Website
    I'll Be Pod for Castmas