Casually Obsessed Chelsee Bergen

Casually Obsessed is getting an email newsletter! Every week I'll be sending out an essay about a piece of pop culture I can't stop thinking about.

If one of the things you like about the podcast is hearing  the nitty-gritty things someone loves about a piece of pop culture, I think you're going to love the newsletter. Similarly, if you want the deep dive *feeling* of the podcast but in a shorter format, the newsletter will be perfect for that.

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I'll be sending out the first essay on Monday, August 2nd and then every week after that.

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Emily Dickinson is goth girl shit. We're talking about the Apple+ tv show: Dickinson. 

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We’re talking about the prolific YA author, Sarah Dessen!

Dessen published her first novel in 1996 and as of 2019 has published 14* novels (*in the intro to this episode I mistakenly say 20- apologies!). She’s won numerous awards for her work, had two of her novels combined into the film How to Deal, and in 2019 Netflix purchased the rights to adapt 3 of her novels (This Lullaby, Along for the Ride, and Once and for All) into films. // This podcast is produced by Chelsee Bergen. The theme music is ‘I Dunno’ by grapes.

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We're talking about Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn! 
A few things we discuss in the episode:

The incredible costume design, especially for Harley; 
Comic book movies more broadly (we have some notes);
Confusion around why people don't just move out of Gotham city!
Bisexuality; 
Misogyny (it's the villain); 
Violence (there's a lot of it)

This episode is a special cross over with The Bi Pod, a podcast about all things bisexual. You can find episodes of The Bi Pod at thebipod.com.
You can find the show notes for this episode at casuallyobsessedpodcast.com/harley-quinn. You can find the show on Instagram @casuallyobsessedpodcast.
This podcast is produced by Chelsee Bergen. The theme music is 'I Dunno' by grapes.

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We're back with more Orphan Black talk! In part two of this two-part conversation we go deep on a few characters and dig into the themes of the show. 

Some things we talk about in the episode are:


Why can we forgive Helena but not Rachel?
Bioethics and corporate interests
What's the deal with Paul?
The Castor clones & whether the ends justify the means
Tatiana Maslany & Ari Millen
The importance of Felix

You can find the show notes for this episode at casuallyobsessedpodcast.com/orphan-black. You can find the show on Instagram @casuallyobsessedpodcast. 

This podcast is produced by Chelsee Bergen. The theme music is 'I Dunno' by grapes.


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We're talking about our favorite biological identicals and the people who love, created, and try to murder them! Returning guest Julian Lejbman helps me dissect the BBC America sci-f thriller Orphan Black. 

A few things we discuss in the episode are: 


What we tell people who haven't seen Orphan Black before when we pitch the show to them;
How Orphan Black transforms over time;
Alison's existential crisis about being a clone;
Factions within factions within factions (there were almost too many factions);
Who's your favorite clone? ;
Moral relativism and the doctors who practice it;
Sarah Manning is bad at doing the right thing but she's really trying;
What makes a maternal clone?

This episode is part 1 of a 2-part conversation. This first part is light on spoilers so it shouldn't ruin anything if you haven't seen the show or have only seen parts. Part 2 will be out on December 21st. 

You can find the show notes for this episodes at casuallyobsessedpodcast.com/orphan-black. You can find the show on Instagram @casuallyobsessedpodcast.

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Casually Obsessed is produced by Chelsee Bergen. The theme music is 'I Dunno' by Grapes. 


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