Don't Ruin This For Me Castos https://.castos.com Join comedians Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn as they revisit books and films from the 80s and 90s, and talk about how growing up with fictional best friends really fucks up your ideas about how to be a person. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:41:47 +0000 en © 2022 US GB https://episodes.castos.com/60120a71609343-49294352/images/DRTFM-Logo-LL.jpg Don't Ruin This For Me https://.castos.com Join comedians Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn as they revisit books and films from the 80s and 90s, and talk about how growing up with fictional best friends really fucks up your ideas about how to be a person. Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn episodic Join comedians Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn as they revisit books and films from the 80s and 90s, and talk about how growing up with fictional best friends really fucks up your ideas about how to be a person. The Lincoln Lodge thelincolnlodge@yahoo.com false https://feeds.castos.com/mx6j8 yes <![CDATA[COCKTAIL]]> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:41:47 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1541813 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/cocktail-1 Believe it or not, we know what’s been missing in our lives and it’s flare bartending and straight, white dudes. That’s right, this week we’ve got a perfectly balanced mix of alcohol and testosterone as we travel into the world of bartending with Tom Cruise and the 1988 flick Cocktail. Obviously there was only one man to call for for this episode and that's Chicago cocktail icon Danny Shapiro, founding partner of Scofflaw Group. So pour yourself a drink and join us for everything it takes to succeed in the hospitality industry, plus that time Elizabeth was paid to walk a bar patron like a dog!

CW: suicide, slam poetry

]]> full 11 3 false Believe it or not, we know what’s been missing in our lives and it’s flare bartending and straight, white dudes. That’s right, this week we’ve got a perfectly balanced mix of alcohol and testosterone as we travel into the world of bartending with Tom Cruise and the 1988 flick Cocktail. Obviously there was only one man to call for for this episode and that's Chicago cocktail icon Danny Shapiro, founding partner of Scofflaw Group. So pour yourself a drink and join us for everything it takes to succeed in the hospitality industry, plus that time Elizabeth was paid to walk a bar patron like a dog!

CW: suicide, slam poetry

]]> 01:19:01 <![CDATA[THELMA AND LOUISE]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:31:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1537489 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/thelma-and-louise It takes a lot of chutzpah to grab your bestie’s hand and drive your Thunderbird off a cliff rather than succumb to the injustice of being a woman stuck in a man’s world. Honestly, Thelma and Louise might just be our forever heroes. To talk all about this iconic road trippin’ opus to female friendship and feminine rage, we knew just who to call -- our very own Team Tuff Muff pals and iconic besties Amanda Myers and Julia Thiel. Join us for everything friendship, bike miles, and the essential question: if the car’s going off the cliff, who’s driving?

CW: rape, suicide, patriarchy

]]> full 10 3 false It takes a lot of chutzpah to grab your bestie’s hand and drive your Thunderbird off a cliff rather than succumb to the injustice of being a woman stuck in a man’s world. Honestly, Thelma and Louise might just be our forever heroes. To talk all about this iconic road trippin’ opus to female friendship and feminine rage, we knew just who to call -- our very own Team Tuff Muff pals and iconic besties Amanda Myers and Julia Thiel. Join us for everything friendship, bike miles, and the essential question: if the car’s going off the cliff, who’s driving?

CW: rape, suicide, patriarchy

]]> 01:18:36 <![CDATA[TRUTH OR DARE]]> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:30:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1533412 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/truth-or-dare In 1991 Madonna was at the height of her fame, traveling the world on her Blonde Ambition tour and filming her documentary Truth or Dare. It’s impossible to hear “Madonna” and “Blonde Ambition” and not immediately think cone bras and sex-sex-sex. But rewatching the film, it became clear to us that “sex” for Madonna was much more about performance and provocation than true intimacy. So we brought intimacy coach Karen Yates to the pod to help us parse out the differences between sex and intimacy, consent and communication, and to answer Adrienne’s burning question: why are all the middle-aged men out here on these streets tryna choke a bitch?

CW: sexual assault, LGBTQIA+ discrimination, Kevin Costner

]]> full 9 3 false In 1991 Madonna was at the height of her fame, traveling the world on her Blonde Ambition tour and filming her documentary Truth or Dare. It’s impossible to hear “Madonna” and “Blonde Ambition” and not immediately think cone bras and sex-sex-sex. But rewatching the film, it became clear to us that “sex” for Madonna was much more about performance and provocation than true intimacy. So we brought intimacy coach Karen Yates to the pod to help us parse out the differences between sex and intimacy, consent and communication, and to answer Adrienne’s burning question: why are all the middle-aged men out here on these streets tryna choke a bitch?

CW: sexual assault, LGBTQIA+ discrimination, Kevin Costner

]]> 01:10:45 <![CDATA[FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:50:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1524925 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high Of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, our hometown boi Roger Ebert said, “Stacy’s sexual experiences all turn out to have an unnecessary element of realism, so that we have to see her humiliated, disappointed, and embarrassed. Whatever happened to upbeat sex?” Clearly Rog never had sex with a high school boy! It is disappointing! Humiliating! Embarrassing! This week we’re reliving all our high school sexual horrors with high-kickin’ Chicago comedian Amy Sumpter and talking everything abortion. Shout out Planned Parenthood! We see you!

CW: dating high school boys, abortion

]]> full 8 3 false Of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, our hometown boi Roger Ebert said, “Stacy’s sexual experiences all turn out to have an unnecessary element of realism, so that we have to see her humiliated, disappointed, and embarrassed. Whatever happened to upbeat sex?” Clearly Rog never had sex with a high school boy! It is disappointing! Humiliating! Embarrassing! This week we’re reliving all our high school sexual horrors with high-kickin’ Chicago comedian Amy Sumpter and talking everything abortion. Shout out Planned Parenthood! We see you!

CW: dating high school boys, abortion

]]> 01:09:41 <![CDATA[FAME]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:49:39 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1523625 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/fame What’s more hopeful than watching a bunch of teenagers pursue their creative dreams? Maybe middle-aged ladies continuing to pursue creative dreams against mountains of rejection, the demands of motherhood, and literally all odds??? That’s right folks, this week we went all the way back to 1980 and the high school of performing arts with FAME. Our guest, Corrbette Pasko, is not only a writer, actor, and producer, she’s also a performing arts grad and a full-on expert in tenacity. Join us for a great discussion about teaching creativity, hustle, DIY culture, and how the hell you keep going.

CW: casting couch abuse

]]> full 4 3 false What’s more hopeful than watching a bunch of teenagers pursue their creative dreams? Maybe middle-aged ladies continuing to pursue creative dreams against mountains of rejection, the demands of motherhood, and literally all odds??? That’s right folks, this week we went all the way back to 1980 and the high school of performing arts with FAME. Our guest, Corrbette Pasko, is not only a writer, actor, and producer, she’s also a performing arts grad and a full-on expert in tenacity. Join us for a great discussion about teaching creativity, hustle, DIY culture, and how the hell you keep going.

CW: casting couch abuse

]]> 01:21:26 <![CDATA[9 to 5]]> Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:05:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1518860 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/9-to-5 It’s a helluva corporate fantasy: oppressed coworkers join forces to kidnap their terrible boss and take over the company, increasing productivity and worker satisfaction by a zillion percent! So goes the classic film 9 to 5 featuring all-star gems Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. These tenacious (and hilarious) gals got us thinking about the role of capitalism in our own lives. To help us diagnose society’s corporate ills, we brought back to the pod comedian and trans activist Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, who’s putting her money where her mouth is as a newly elected alderperson in Madison, WI. 

CW: workplace violence, misogyny, capitalism and the 1%

]]> full 4 3 false It’s a helluva corporate fantasy: oppressed coworkers join forces to kidnap their terrible boss and take over the company, increasing productivity and worker satisfaction by a zillion percent! So goes the classic film 9 to 5 featuring all-star gems Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. These tenacious (and hilarious) gals got us thinking about the role of capitalism in our own lives. To help us diagnose society’s corporate ills, we brought back to the pod comedian and trans activist Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, who’s putting her money where her mouth is as a newly elected alderperson in Madison, WI. 

CW: workplace violence, misogyny, capitalism and the 1%

]]> 01:06:17 <![CDATA[MOMMIE DEAREST]]> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1514841 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/mommie-dearest It’s summertime in Chicago and our favorite four-letter word is CAMP. Yes, the kids are away so pour yourself a vodka and settle in for MOMMIE DEAREST, a film about an aging Hollywood actress trying to stay relevant while smacking around her adopted kids and screaming iconic lines like: NO WIRE HANGERS! EVER! To help us dig into why CAMP and QUEER go hand in hand, we brought in an expert. David Cerda is the co-founder and artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions, a Chicago-based theatrical group formed to celebrate and preserve the art of high camp. David helps us unpack all the ways childhood trauma can turn you into a bitchy queen and what to do when, well, that’s not working for you anymore. 

CW: alcoholism, emotional abuse, generational trauma

]]> full 5 3 false It’s summertime in Chicago and our favorite four-letter word is CAMP. Yes, the kids are away so pour yourself a vodka and settle in for MOMMIE DEAREST, a film about an aging Hollywood actress trying to stay relevant while smacking around her adopted kids and screaming iconic lines like: NO WIRE HANGERS! EVER! To help us dig into why CAMP and QUEER go hand in hand, we brought in an expert. David Cerda is the co-founder and artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions, a Chicago-based theatrical group formed to celebrate and preserve the art of high camp. David helps us unpack all the ways childhood trauma can turn you into a bitchy queen and what to do when, well, that’s not working for you anymore. 

CW: alcoholism, emotional abuse, generational trauma

]]> 01:02:17 <![CDATA[ROCKY IV]]> Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:48:15 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1510922 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/rocky-iv YO, ADRIENNE!!! That's right, it's ROCKY IV week on Don't Ruin This for Me! Rocky's got it all—feats of strength, middle-aged athleticism, the particular melancholy of an aging body—and we've got the perfect guest to help us unpack the Apollo-Drago-Rocky of it all. MALICE WITH CHAINS (aka Alice Gleason), is a star soccer player and Windy City Roller OG, here to drop all the tea on body slamming bitches and Elizabeth's origin story as a founder of Chicago's roller derby. 

]]> full 4 3 false YO, ADRIENNE!!! That's right, it's ROCKY IV week on Don't Ruin This for Me! Rocky's got it all—feats of strength, middle-aged athleticism, the particular melancholy of an aging body—and we've got the perfect guest to help us unpack the Apollo-Drago-Rocky of it all. MALICE WITH CHAINS (aka Alice Gleason), is a star soccer player and Windy City Roller OG, here to drop all the tea on body slamming bitches and Elizabeth's origin story as a founder of Chicago's roller derby. 

]]> 01:07:50 <![CDATA[TRUE ROMANCE]]> Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:03:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1506809 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/true-romance No joke, our girl Elizabeth Gomez once thought TRUE ROMANCE was the epitome of, well, romance. But, oops, cringe, Quentin Tarantino’s first screenplay is actually chock full of his worst impulses regarding race, women, and violence. This week we welcome back to the pod the hilarious comedian Maya Haughton to help us figure out why we so often mistake intensity for love and what it really means to be a ride or die.

CW: violence, gender based violence, misogyny, extreme racism

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> full 3 3 false No joke, our girl Elizabeth Gomez once thought TRUE ROMANCE was the epitome of, well, romance. But, oops, cringe, Quentin Tarantino’s first screenplay is actually chock full of his worst impulses regarding race, women, and violence. This week we welcome back to the pod the hilarious comedian Maya Haughton to help us figure out why we so often mistake intensity for love and what it really means to be a ride or die.

CW: violence, gender based violence, misogyny, extreme racism

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> 01:13:49 <![CDATA[LEGENDS OF THE FALL]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:23:37 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1502188 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/legends-of-the-fall LEGENDS OF THE FALL has been hailed as “an unforgettable portrait of the twentieth century man,” but let’s be real, we’re not here for all that 1900s toxic masculinity—we’re here to talk about Adrienne’s SEXUAL AWAKENING!!! This week we welcome queer writer and storyteller (and fellow Brad Pitt enthusiast) Jeremy Owens to help us answer this very important question: What if your whole entire vision of romance is based on a Brad Pitt movie you saw when you were fourteen????????

CW: suicide, murder, war, ptsd, white saviourism, some violence with a bear

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> full 2 3 false LEGENDS OF THE FALL has been hailed as “an unforgettable portrait of the twentieth century man,” but let’s be real, we’re not here for all that 1900s toxic masculinity—we’re here to talk about Adrienne’s SEXUAL AWAKENING!!! This week we welcome queer writer and storyteller (and fellow Brad Pitt enthusiast) Jeremy Owens to help us answer this very important question: What if your whole entire vision of romance is based on a Brad Pitt movie you saw when you were fourteen????????

CW: suicide, murder, war, ptsd, white saviourism, some violence with a bear

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> 01:00:28 <![CDATA[PAMELA ANDERSON]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:03:38 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/36407/episode/1502125 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/pamela-anderson We’re kicking off the season with Elizabeth’s all-American icon: PAMELA ANDERSON. Rockstars and Playboy bunnies, tiny eyebrows and wedding bikinis, a stolen safe and the origin of the celebrity sex tape—Pamela’s story has got it all. But what is it about Pam that Elizabeth loves so much? Is it perhaps all the—ahem—bad boys? Tune in for a serious debate over Tommy Lee’s hotness and stay to find out what we really learn about love from glorifying toxic men.

CW: sexual abuse, physical abuse

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> full 1 3 false We’re kicking off the season with Elizabeth’s all-American icon: PAMELA ANDERSON. Rockstars and Playboy bunnies, tiny eyebrows and wedding bikinis, a stolen safe and the origin of the celebrity sex tape—Pamela’s story has got it all. But what is it about Pam that Elizabeth loves so much? Is it perhaps all the—ahem—bad boys? Tune in for a serious debate over Tommy Lee’s hotness and stay to find out what we really learn about love from glorifying toxic men.

CW: sexual abuse, physical abuse

Theme Music courtesy of Matt Oakley

]]> 01:04:20 <![CDATA[BFF FOREVER]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/bff-forever https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/bff-forever It’s the season finale and we’re talking about the wind beneath our wings: FRIENDSHIP. Possibly some tears were shed, and not just about this week’s film BEACHES, starring Better Midler as, well, basically Bette Midler, and prissy Barbara Hershey as her BFF Hillary who dies in a series of large hats and deep breaths on a beach because otherwise how would we explore the depths of their friendship??? Come for our off-key singing and stay for a discussion about how a good friend can change your whole entire life.

CW: viral cardiomyopathy 

]]> full 9 2 false It’s the season finale and we’re talking about the wind beneath our wings: FRIENDSHIP. Possibly some tears were shed, and not just about this week’s film BEACHES, starring Better Midler as, well, basically Bette Midler, and prissy Barbara Hershey as her BFF Hillary who dies in a series of large hats and deep breaths on a beach because otherwise how would we explore the depths of their friendship??? Come for our off-key singing and stay for a discussion about how a good friend can change your whole entire life.

CW: viral cardiomyopathy 

]]> 01:13:14 <![CDATA[WE LOVE DIRTY DANCING]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:24:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/we-love-dirty-dancing https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/we-love-dirty-dancing Nobody puts Dirty Dancing in the corner. OR DO THEY? This week we have THE TIME OF OUR LIVES discussing everything Baby and Johnny with transgender actress and activist Delia Kropp, but don’t worry, it’s unanimous, Dirty Dancing totally rules. Our kingdom for a summer gyrating around with Patrick Swayze! Join us as we break down the surprisingly woke depiction of class and privilege, white lady activism, abortion, and, le sigh, FIRST LOVE. 

CW: abortion, gyrating teens

]]> full 8 2 false Nobody puts Dirty Dancing in the corner. OR DO THEY? This week we have THE TIME OF OUR LIVES discussing everything Baby and Johnny with transgender actress and activist Delia Kropp, but don’t worry, it’s unanimous, Dirty Dancing totally rules. Our kingdom for a summer gyrating around with Patrick Swayze! Join us as we break down the surprisingly woke depiction of class and privilege, white lady activism, abortion, and, le sigh, FIRST LOVE. 

CW: abortion, gyrating teens

]]> 00:58:32 <![CDATA[WOW, DATING WAS ALSO TERRIBLE IN THE 90s!]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:44:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/wow-dating-was-also-terrible-in-the-90s https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/wow-dating-was-also-terrible-in-the-90s Take a deep breath and hold it because it’s time for Waiting to Exhale! This movie has the best of everything the 90s had to offer: Whitney Houston! Angela Bassett! Oversized suits! A soundtrack by Babyface! It’s all about Black female friendship and what women talk about when they talk about love. To helps up unpack the fuckbois, this week we’ve got Karen Hawkins (@chiefrebelle), Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Reader, founder and head rebelle at Rebellious Magazine, and podcaster at Of Course I’m Not OK and Feminist Erotica. 

CW: drug use, abortion

]]> full 7 2 false Take a deep breath and hold it because it’s time for Waiting to Exhale! This movie has the best of everything the 90s had to offer: Whitney Houston! Angela Bassett! Oversized suits! A soundtrack by Babyface! It’s all about Black female friendship and what women talk about when they talk about love. To helps up unpack the fuckbois, this week we’ve got Karen Hawkins (@chiefrebelle), Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Reader, founder and head rebelle at Rebellious Magazine, and podcaster at Of Course I’m Not OK and Feminist Erotica. 

CW: drug use, abortion

]]> 01:04:40 <![CDATA[RUN, FORREST GUMP APOLOGIST, RUN!]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:42:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/run-forrest-gump-apologist-run https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/run-forrest-gump-apologist-run When did it become cool to hate Forrest Gump?? Because way back in 1994 this film won all the Oscars and had people sobbing into their popcorn over Forrest’s love story with the one and only JENNNNNAAAAYYYY. But is the film actually racist? A flippant take on disability? Emotionally manipulative? It’s maybe all of those things and our girl Adrienne is so scared you’re gonna cancel her because she still loves it.

CW: war, death, AIDS, drugs use

]]> full 6 2 false When did it become cool to hate Forrest Gump?? Because way back in 1994 this film won all the Oscars and had people sobbing into their popcorn over Forrest’s love story with the one and only JENNNNNAAAAYYYY. But is the film actually racist? A flippant take on disability? Emotionally manipulative? It’s maybe all of those things and our girl Adrienne is so scared you’re gonna cancel her because she still loves it.

CW: war, death, AIDS, drugs use

]]> 00:57:47 <![CDATA[CARPE DEEZ NUTZ]]> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:01:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/carpe-deez-nutz https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/carpe-deez-nutz Dead Poets Society, a teen drama about conformity versus creativity and the poems of many, many, many, many, many, many long-dead white guys. For a movie this white and this male, we knew we’d need to bring in an expert mansplainer to make sure we understood it all, so today we welcome James Beard Award winner and Chicago Reader food critic, Mike Sula, to talk about the creative life, inspiration, and most importantly, the feelings of white men. Apparently, they have them!

CW: suicide

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

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]]> full 5 2 false Dead Poets Society, a teen drama about conformity versus creativity and the poems of many, many, many, many, many, many long-dead white guys. For a movie this white and this male, we knew we’d need to bring in an expert mansplainer to make sure we understood it all, so today we welcome James Beard Award winner and Chicago Reader food critic, Mike Sula, to talk about the creative life, inspiration, and most importantly, the feelings of white men. Apparently, they have them!

CW: suicide

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

 

]]> 00:57:39 <![CDATA[MEN DOING THE VERY LEAST]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/men-doing-the-very-least https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/men-doing-the-very-least Who doesn’t want to watch a couple of middle-aged guys get high all day and muck up everything they touch? Well, Adrienne Gunn for one. But Elizabeth promises that the stoner classic CHEECH AND CHONG’S UP IN SMOKE is gonna teach us all about the power of friendship and give us a peek into why she’s our fav fun-loving, wild AF, enneagram 7 bae. This week we welcome Chicago comedian Soli Santos to talk about making comedy while female, party culture, and Cheech Marin’s 100% hot bod.

CW: drug use

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> full 4 2 false Who doesn’t want to watch a couple of middle-aged guys get high all day and muck up everything they touch? Well, Adrienne Gunn for one. But Elizabeth promises that the stoner classic CHEECH AND CHONG’S UP IN SMOKE is gonna teach us all about the power of friendship and give us a peek into why she’s our fav fun-loving, wild AF, enneagram 7 bae. This week we welcome Chicago comedian Soli Santos to talk about making comedy while female, party culture, and Cheech Marin’s 100% hot bod.

CW: drug use

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> 01:05:16 <![CDATA[THE PROBLEM WITH JOHN HUGHES]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:13:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/the-problem-with-john-hughes https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/the-problem-with-john-hughes How did the patron saint of the 80s teen flick John Hughes get away with being so, well, rapey? Yes, that’s right folks, it’s time for SIXTEEN CANDLES, a movie about the horrors of high school: stolen underpants, foreign exchange students, sixteenth birthdays, and date rape. This week we welcome Wokefield’s resident lesbian Taylor Maughon to talk compulsory heterosexuality, sexual harrassment, and dreaming of that perfect guy.

CW: date rape, racism, sexual harrassment

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> full 3 2 false How did the patron saint of the 80s teen flick John Hughes get away with being so, well, rapey? Yes, that’s right folks, it’s time for SIXTEEN CANDLES, a movie about the horrors of high school: stolen underpants, foreign exchange students, sixteenth birthdays, and date rape. This week we welcome Wokefield’s resident lesbian Taylor Maughon to talk compulsory heterosexuality, sexual harrassment, and dreaming of that perfect guy.

CW: date rape, racism, sexual harrassment

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> 01:03:38 <![CDATA[WORST QUALITY CRAB]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:54:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/worst-quality-crab https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/worst-quality-crab The Joy Luck Club, a movie where four daughters try to understand four immigrant mothers and come to realize that whether you’re in China or America, motherhood, womanhood, it all just fckn sucks. This week we welcome Dennis Lee, a Korean-American food journalist to chat about the fruitless battle that is trying to understand your parents and…dun dun dun…FAMILY SECRETS!

CW: suicide, matricide, generational trauma

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> full 2 2 false The Joy Luck Club, a movie where four daughters try to understand four immigrant mothers and come to realize that whether you’re in China or America, motherhood, womanhood, it all just fckn sucks. This week we welcome Dennis Lee, a Korean-American food journalist to chat about the fruitless battle that is trying to understand your parents and…dun dun dun…FAMILY SECRETS!

CW: suicide, matricide, generational trauma

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> 01:06:26 <![CDATA[WHAT'S YOUR DAMAGE?]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:12:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/what39s-your-damage https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/what39s-your-damage What better way to start season two than with the original mean girls, HEATHERS? We’re talking all about toxic friendship, addictive love, 80s fashion, high school power structures, and a simpler time when school shootings were satirical. 

CW: suicide, school shooting, fat shaming

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> full 1 2 false What better way to start season two than with the original mean girls, HEATHERS? We’re talking all about toxic friendship, addictive love, 80s fashion, high school power structures, and a simpler time when school shootings were satirical. 

CW: suicide, school shooting, fat shaming

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> 00:39:58 <![CDATA[Wokefield Season 2 Trailer!]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2022 05:58:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn https://wokefield.castos.com/podcasts/36407/episodes/wokefield-season-2-trailer https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/wokefield-season-2-trailer Get ready for Season 2 of Wokefield! Comedians Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn re-watch some of the most influential but also cringiest movies from the 80s and 90s and talk about how they completely fucked up our ideas of what it means to be a woman in America!

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> trailer 2 false Get ready for Season 2 of Wokefield! Comedians Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn re-watch some of the most influential but also cringiest movies from the 80s and 90s and talk about how they completely fucked up our ideas of what it means to be a woman in America!

Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible

Listen on Youtube

]]> 00:03:16 <![CDATA[Episode 13: BONUS EPISODE: Help! I Married a Monster! - Sweet Valley High]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:27:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn Buzzsprout-7642006 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/episode-13-bonus-episode-help-i-married-a-monster-sweet-valley-high The Wakefield twins have arrived in London for their summer internships and next thing you know there’s a murder and Jessica’s DATING A WEREWOLF. It made us think about our own relationships and for this very special bonus episode, we’ve got no guests at all, just the two of us talking about what happens when you accidentally marry a monster. It’s our most vulnerable discussion yet--marriage, divorce, parenting, friendship, plus a special look back at our favorite moments this season. 

Written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by JW Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.

]]> bonus 13 1 false The Wakefield twins have arrived in London for their summer internships and next thing you know there’s a murder and Jessica’s DATING A WEREWOLF. It made us think about our own relationships and for this very special bonus episode, we’ve got no guests at all, just the two of us talking about what happens when you accidentally marry a monster. It’s our most vulnerable discussion yet--marriage, divorce, parenting, friendship, plus a special look back at our favorite moments this season. 

Written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by JW Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.

]]> 00:59:09 <![CDATA[Episode 12: Winston Egbert is Dead and More Sweet Valley Epilogues - Sweet Valley High]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:26:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn Buzzsprout-7503874 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/episode-12-winston-egbert-is-dead-and-more-sweet-valley-epilogues-sweet-valley-high It’s ten years into the future and that scheming (but irresistible) trollop Jessica Wakefield has stolen her sister Elizabeth’s fiance (and sentient basketball jersey) Todd Wilkins and is about to marry him herself! Elizabeth’s fled to New York to nurse her broken heart and plot her revenge. Sounds pretty good, right? HAHAHAHAA WRONG. Unfortunately good ol’ Francine Pascal showed up to write the final word on Sweet Valley herself and let’s just say . This week we welcome bestselling author and ghostwriter Rachel Bertsche to the pod to talk about the art of ghostwriting and the legacy of Sweet Valley. And do not even think about missing the LAVALIER AWARDS where we’ll nominate the worst sentences Francine has ever written and crown a winner.

Wokefield is written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by J.W. Basilo for Shame The Devil Media.

]]> full 12 1 false It’s ten years into the future and that scheming (but irresistible) trollop Jessica Wakefield has stolen her sister Elizabeth’s fiance (and sentient basketball jersey) Todd Wilkins and is about to marry him herself! Elizabeth’s fled to New York to nurse her broken heart and plot her revenge. Sounds pretty good, right? HAHAHAHAA WRONG. Unfortunately good ol’ Francine Pascal showed up to write the final word on Sweet Valley herself and let’s just say . This week we welcome bestselling author and ghostwriter Rachel Bertsche to the pod to talk about the art of ghostwriting and the legacy of Sweet Valley. And do not even think about missing the LAVALIER AWARDS where we’ll nominate the worst sentences Francine has ever written and crown a winner.

Wokefield is written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by J.W. Basilo for Shame The Devil Media.

]]> 01:13:04 <![CDATA[Episode 11: Sex! Sex! Sex! - Sweet Valley High]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:26:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn Buzzsprout-7362238 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/episode-11-sex-sex-sex-sweet-valley-high  We’re finally leaving high school behind and joining the Wakefield twins at Sweet Valley University! Join us for a front row seat to Jessica’s deflowering and Elizabeth’s relentless struggle with the freshman fifteen. We’re telling tales of losing our own virginities--key word: WATERBEDS--and welcome the fabulously sex-positive Anita Mechler, archivist, entrepreneur, painter, and retired roller derby baby, to talk about the feminist sex seminars she attended before popping her cherry.  

Written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn. Produced and Engineered by JW Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.

]]> full 11 1 false  We’re finally leaving high school behind and joining the Wakefield twins at Sweet Valley University! Join us for a front row seat to Jessica’s deflowering and Elizabeth’s relentless struggle with the freshman fifteen. We’re telling tales of losing our own virginities--key word: WATERBEDS--and welcome the fabulously sex-positive Anita Mechler, archivist, entrepreneur, painter, and retired roller derby baby, to talk about the feminist sex seminars she attended before popping her cherry.  

Written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn. Produced and Engineered by JW Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.

]]> 01:08:57 <![CDATA[Episode 10: Somebody Get this Girl an SSRI!]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:26:00 +0000 Elizabeth Gomez & Adrienne Gunn Buzzsprout-7240771 https://wokefield.castos.com/episodes/episode-10-somebody-get-this-girl-an-ssri Get right on outta here with those All-American good looks and shiny red Fiat, Wakefield twins! It’s time for some good old TEEN ANGST. This week we welcome to the SVH universe the patron saint of teenage depression, songstress Lynne Henry. Girl, we love your bad hair, baggy clothes, and nary a will to live! Join us as we welcome writer Taylor Maughon and revisit our own teenage depression, current battles with self-esteem, and discuss the creative process and a question that’s been bugging us for years—are all artists narcissistic assholes?


Wokefield is written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by J.W. Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021.

]]> full 10 1 false Get right on outta here with those All-American good looks and shiny red Fiat, Wakefield twins! It’s time for some good old TEEN ANGST. This week we welcome to the SVH universe the patron saint of teenage depression, songstress Lynne Henry. Girl, we love your bad hair, baggy clothes, and nary a will to live! Join us as we welcome writer Taylor Maughon and revisit our own teenage depression, current battles with self-esteem, and discuss the creative process and a question that’s been bugging us for years—are all artists narcissistic assholes?


Wokefield is written and hosted by Elizabeth Gomez and Adrienne Gunn. Produced and engineered by J.W. Basilo for Shame The Devil Media. Copyright 2021.

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