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Pop culture scientists and best friend duo Gabby and Zoe recap your favorite tv shows from yesteryear! These “scholars” will examine television from a variety of  eras, distilling narrative decisions down to only their key elements. We will interrogate characters, plot lines, iconic dialogue, media stunts, and provide key cultural context for some of the most beloved shows the old boob tube has to offer. We get real, we get nasty, and we get real nasty. New episodes every Wednesday, not safe for work or children. 

  1. 263

    Gilmore Girls: S7E1-The Long Morrow-PART 1

    THE BEGINNING OF THE END! We’re kicking off the last season of the original Gilmore Girls series with Season 7 Episode 1, “The Long Morrow”, and wondering how we’re gonna land this matrimonial Christopher plane. We're ready for Luke and Lorelai to call it quits already, if it means the heartbreak can be over, as we're head and shoulders past a clean break at this point, and you're heard of Logan's Run? Well get a loada his ROCKET! TONIGHT! On Boob Tube Central.Text us!Support the show

  2. 262

    Boner Alert: Trust Me: The False Prophet, Widow's Bay, and The Crash

    We are going undercover to share our takes on Trust Me: The False Prophet. Spoiler alert, we love all the women and are indeed soaked for their friendships. Want to hear us talking Crash and wondering about Widow’s Bay? Become a patron and all your dreams can come true!Text us!Support the show

  3. 261

    Gilmore Girls: S6E20,21,22 - The END of Season 6! - Part 2

    It’s time to put hot, disabled Logan on a jet plane, dont know when he’ll be back again. Zoe finds out the near future of Christopher and Lorelai (DER FERK!?) and we process The Backslide Heard Round The World. Episodes 20 - “Super Cool Party People”21 - “Driving Miss Gilmore22 - “Partings”Text us!Support the show

  4. 260

    Gilmore Girls: S6E20,21,22 - The END of Season 6! - Part 1

    Lets go, girls - its time to wrap up Season 6. Episodes 20 - “Super Cool Party People”21 - “Driving Miss Gilmore22 - “Partings”Text us!Support the show

  5. 259

    Gilmore Girls: S6E19 - “I Get a Sidekick Out of You" - Part 2

    Please rise to welcome the bride thrice with part two of “I Get a Sidekick Out of You.” Lane is successfully wed, Lorelai is spiraling, and Rory must run to the arms of her injured paramour. But most importantly - there is a skirt transition that leaves us weak at the go go boots.Text us!Support the show

  6. 258

    Gilmore Girls: S6E19 - “I Get a Sidekick Out of You - Part 1

    We are tickling ourselves pink with part one of our “I Get a Sidekick Out of You” coverage! Your hosts in matrimony are making their vows to Lorelai’s dress sense, generational trauma, implied homosexuality, and so much more! Join us in part TWO for THREE wedding ceremonies and some unFOURtunate wedding toasts.Text us!Support the show

  7. 257

    Gilmore Girls: S6E16 ,17, and 18: PART 2

    We walk through the last few episodes leading up to Lane’s wedding, It’s Getting Weird that Luke won’t introduce Lorelai and April and its obvi gonna melt down their relash, and we hate that for them! PLUS: brief Nicholas Brendan chat, some light admin and optional bondage.Text us!Support the show

  8. 256

    Gilmore Girls: S6E16, 17, and 18: PART 1

    Variety is the spice of life, and that's why we're not only trying a slightly new format this week, but we're also talking novelty, bros voicing audio erotica, and posting fanfic to AO3 from a 24 hour psych hold. In this menage-a-trois episode, we're catching up on: S6E16: Bridesmaids RevisitedS6E17: I'm OK, You're OKS6E18: The Real Paul AnkaText us!Support the show

  9. 255

    Gilmore Girls: S6E15 - A Vineyard Valentine - PART 2

    We are back on Martha’s home turf with season six, episode 15 “A Vineyard Valentine” PART 2. Join us and these gals they call Gilmore as we hit the gym, grill up some lobster, and deal with daddy issues on every front.Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S6E15 - A Vineyard Valentine - PART 1

     We’re going to Gay Head in part one of our oral report on season 6, episode 15 “A Vineyard Valentine.” Scenic points of interest include V Day burrito digressions, Water Talk, and our usual drooling over Lorelai’s beauty. Keep your eyes on the coastline for part two next week!Text us!Support the show

  11. 253

    Boner Alert: Hockey, Felicity, and the unbearable lightness of Hyperfixation

    * Listener beware, you’re in for a scare! * This episode was recorded during the approximately 90 minutes of time between the men’s U.S. hockey team gold medal victory and the prompt reveal of their true trash gremlin natures. Gabby’s excitement about this win did not age well!Join your putrid pals for a ramble about WB shows of yore, our disgusting history as teen nerds, and some sporadic tips on Vidding in the Modern Age.Text us!Support the show

  12. 252

    Gilmore Girls: S6E13 - Friday Nights Alright for Fighting - PART 2

    Daddy issues abound - We struggle with Luke's overprotective choices - Have YOU tried tabletop RPGS? And don't forget the most important part: we all have to pull together to make sure the trains run on time. The train that runs on Gabby (TM)Text us!Support the show

  13. 251

    Gilmore Girls: S6E13 - Friday Nights Alright for Fighting - PART 1

    The issue with us getting ahead of ourselves re: banking episodes, is that now you have to listen to our stale takes on The Pitt. But whatever! In this episode we’re kicking off season six, episode thirteen, “Friday Nights Alright for Fighting”. Lorelai struggles to potentially reschedule the wedding since Luke’s big Fatherhood realization, and Gabby and I struggle with how pragmatic that decision isn’t. Big smiles everyone, and here! We! Go!Text us!Support the show

  14. 250

    Gilmore Girls: S6E11 - The Perfect Dress - Part 2

    Want the rest of our takes on season six, episode eleven “The Perfect Dress”? Well “the price just went up flag burner.” JK we got so much jaw flapping we’re giving it away so gather round for our ruminations on dog whistles, surprise fatherhood, therapy, and wifi.Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S6E11 - The Perfect Dress - Part 1

    Our gals are reunited, Lane is living at home as a free woman, and in a haunted bridal shop somewhere Lorelai has located “The Perfect Dress.” So throw on your blushiest tulle for some wrasslin based foreplay and let us whisper part one of your thoughts into your shell like ears.Text us!Support the show

  16. 248

    Gilmore Girls: S6E9 - The Prodigal Daughter Returns - PART 2

    Wherein we wrap up our review of Season 6 episode 9, Rory returns to her mothers waiting arms, Luke can't confess his recent Daddy Issues to his bride, and Emily Buys a Plane. Lets go!Text us!Support the show

  17. 247

    Gilmore Girls: S6E9 - The Prodigal Daughter Returns - PART 1

    As it was long foretold by the prophecy, we're comin atcha hot, wet, and wriggling this week with The Prodigal Daughter Returns, part 1. We get through several neglected social media comments as well as grapple with an entire surprise bedroom set, how Gilmore Girls misusing Lane might be the fumble of the century, and the importance of setting roommate boundaries. Now if you don't mind, we're off to speak to Pharoah about his dreams. TTFN!Text us!Support the show

  18. 246

    Gilmore Girls: S6E8 - Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out - Part 2

    WHY. Did you DROP. Out of YALE? This and other burning questions answered in part 2 of our “Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out” coverage! We’re also talking pet health scares, Emily’s teetering mental health, and our very informed takes on sportsmanlike competition. Plus! Bonus Heated Rivalry content chat in which neither of us clocks that we’re talking about DIFFERENT red headed HR creators.Text us!Support the show

  19. 245

    Gilmore Girls: S6E8 - Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out - Part 1

    Grab your bad boy ex and shake him all around cause it’s time to “Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out” PART 1. We are shockingly ready to embrace Jess and tickled to see him. Also, Lorelai can’t pick a paint color and if you think we can’t mine a good 20 minutes of content out of talking about our own struggles with paint swatches, you don’t know us at all.Text us!Support the show

  20. 244

    Special Episode - Heated Rivalry

    Get in, losers. We're going to the cottage. ALSO, apologies, not our greatest audio ever. Some mic mix ups and a hungry cat make for a slightly challenging audio experience, we do apologize for the technical difficulties and hope you can still enjoy this, our foray into gay hockey romance.Text us!Support the show

  21. 243

    Gilmore Girls: S6E5 - We've Got Magic To Do - Part 2

    Gather round the campfire, kittens, because daddy is finishing up S6E5, "We've Got Magic To Do". If you remember our conversation from last week, we are wary but supportive of Lorelai's mission to "Let Luke Live" (LLL), we agree that children can be seen and also heard but if that little gremlin throws glitter on me, its ON SIGHT, and finally, Richard confronts The Truth about the Mitchem and the Huntzbergers, et al, and invites the news mogul to step outside for a round of fisticuffs, figuratively speaking, of course. We'll see you boys on the front lines! Bombs away!Text us!Support the show

  22. 242

    Gilmore Girls: S6E5 - We've Got Magic To Do - Part 1

    Well gang, for two people who confidently claimed they would not be discussing Heated Rivalry, we sure did spend 20 min discussing Heated Rivalry. Other than that, we've got the DAR, Rory invents digital marketing, Emily and Richard FINALY find out about the truth of Mitchum and the Huntsbergers, and Paris joins the proletariat. It'll be a regular old piperoo!Text us!Support the show

  23. 241

    Gilmore Girls: S6E1 - New and Improved Lorelai - PART 2

    The verdict is in and so is season six, episode one “New and Improved Lorelai” PART TWO. We sentence you all to lots of thoughts on Emily and Richard as the eternal scorpions, our finely honed legal theories, and perhaps too much discussion of bottled water? NAH! You’ll love it.Text us!Support the show

  24. 240

    Gilmore Girls: S6E1 - New and Improved Lorelai - PART 1

    We can rebuild her! We have the technology! It’s season six, episode one “New and Improved Lorelai.” Luke and Lorelai are locking it down, the town is getting weirdly hung up about proposal gender roles, Rory’s in the poolhouse, and we have a lot to say about every inch of it. Tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion to the courtroom drama we’ve all been demanding!Text us!Support the show

  25. 239

    Alien Vs Predator Vs Emily Gilmore: A Holiday Pregame

    Welp, this would have been posted the week of thanksgiving, if we had managed to edit it in time! Instead, please enjoy our pre-Turkey touchbase, where we discuss mostly the Predator franchise, Gabby's disturbing boner for same, and why we are so disturbed by the injustice of Emily Gilmore's behavior. Text us!Support the show

  26. 238

    Gilmore Girls: S5E22 - A House Is Not A Home - Part 2

    Human kindness is overflowing and so are our hottest of takes as we wrap up season five, episode twentytwo A House Is Not a Home. We go on tour, move into the pool house, and pop the question. What more could the next season possibly hold?? Tune IN to find OUT.Text us!Support the show

  27. 237

    Gilmore Girls: S5E22 - A House Is Not A Home - Part 1

    Well gosh, things sure are moving along at a clip as we wrap up season 5 with episode 22, A House Is Not A Home. Here in part 1 we cover The intervening ~4 episodes since we last spoke, play a little catch up, and set up our scenario: precious Rory is in THE SLAMMER? For stealing a YACHT. So like that's a whoole thing! Text us!Support the show

  28. 236

    Post-Halloween Yap Sesh

    We weren't able to return to Stars Hollow this week, what with all the Halloween festivities. Join us for a little post-halloween touchbase where we discuss costumes of yore, body doubling, and Weapons.Text us!Support the show

  29. 235

    Halloween Boner Alert: I Saw the TV Glow

    Put on your thinking caps and behold the illuminated Boob Tube cause we’re writing our thesis on 2024’s I Saw the TV Glow. We have too many thoughts, quite a few feelings, and a Buffy history to unpack. So join us in the midnight realm to download our takes via psychic connection. Content warning for discussions of suicide and the “bury your gays” trope.Text us!Support the show

  30. 234

    Gilmore Girls: S5E17 - Pulp Friction - PART 2

    And we're back! The thrilling conclusion to last week's part 1, we praise Rory for her self control shown in not being a totally devious slutbag like we were at her age, but end up advising her to slut it up to the full extent of the law, anyway. Can't teach a couple old dogs new tricks!Text us!Support the show

  31. 233

    Gilmore Girls: S5E17 - Pulp Friction - PART 1

    Whoomp, there it is - a couple of silver tongued devils have slipped into your podfeeds with Season 5, Episode 17, Pulp Friction Part 1. We’re listening to some voicemails, we’re stealing cocoa puffs from the cafeteria, at one point Zoe suggests you either LOVE or LEAVE Connecticut which is funny since she plans on doing neither! Join us!Text us!Support the show

  32. 232

    Gilmore Girls: S5E14 - Say Something - PART 2

    Call us Barbra Streisand cause we are looking back fondly on The Way We Were before we experienced the trauma of season 5, episode 14 “Say Something” part two. We’re not usually in a limo but we are always team Lorelai, concerned about parent / child relationships, and yearning for Luke so at least that remains consistent. We invite you to put the stolen answering machine tape this episode is recorded on in your Walkman and enjoy!Text us!Support the show

  33. 231

    Gilmore Girls: S5E14 - Say Something - PART 1

    Did someone order an ugly cry with a side of breakup PTSD? GREAT. Because this is Gilmore Girls season 5 episode 14 “Say Something” pain I MEAN part one. Gabby is back from the moors but up to her gills in Musinex and the vapors PLUS Zoe is burnt out? AND it’s a devastating lost weekend of an episode? Let’s ride!Text us!Support the show

  34. 230

    Gilmore Girls: S5E13 - Wedding Bell Blues - PART 2

    It had to be you. We wandered around and finally found somebody who…wanted to heart S5E13 Wedding Bell Blues, Part 2. Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S5E13 - Wedding Bell Blues - PART 1

    It’s more than a drama, it’s more than a musical, it’s a totally new form of podcasting as we cover Gilmore Girls season 5 episode 13 Wedding Bell Blues AKA Cop Rock Cock Block. Richard and Emily are two nuclear missiles headed for vow renewal bliss and we’re riding those rockets like the end of Doctor Strangelove as we talk manners, class consciousness, and penis shaped pasta. Best WISHES to your ears.Text us!Support the show

  36. 228

    SPECIAL REPORT - Cruel Intentions - Les Lesbiennes Dangerooses

    Well folks, you've asked and we've delivered - a Labor Day Special if ever there was one, here's our dissection of a foundational text of the teen film oeuvre, Cruel Intentions (1999). Let's dig deep into the seedy underbelly of hypothetical late '90s New York High Society and get at the still-beating heart of what made this movie great: watching it when you're under 20 years old. Text us!Support the show

  37. 227

    Gilmore Girls: S5E11 - Women of Questionable Morals - PART 2

    Ring ring - your humble hosts are at the door with cookies, tequila, and TAKES for Gilmore Girls season 5 episode 11 “Women of Questionable Morals” PART TWO. Stick with us as we lose a dog, gain an ice skating rink, and hear from our intrepid reporter on the streets Molly to help us with things like “the plot” and “what happened?” Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S5E11 - Woman of Questionable Morals - PART 1

    Moderately rated and moderately weighted, your buds at Boob Tube are back with Gilmore Girls season 5 episode 11 “Women of Questionable Morals” PART ONE. Join us as we reorient ourselves in the arc of Chris’s terrible parenting, stop being polite and start getting real about snow, and instantly endorse the trifecta of Emily and Richard and a dog. Catch you hot muttons next time!Text us!Support the show

  39. 225

    Gilmore Girls: S5E10 - But Not As Cute As Pushkin - PART 2

     Well lovebirds, about 15 solid minutes of BookTok up top, then Paris and Boyle (Doyle?) smash, and elsewhere, its Lukes Dark Day and Lorelai can’t help but get involved in Season 5, Episode 10, But Not As Cute As Pushkin - Part 2Text us!Support the show

  40. 224

    Gilmore Girls: S5E10 - But Not As Cute As Pushkin - PART 1

    Good morning, students! It is with suitable excitement that I announce that as the matriculating class of 2025, we will be touring the campus of Season 5, Episode 10, But Not As Cute As Pushkin. More class interrupting shenanigans from Logan, a wayward Yale potential from Chilton is delighted to get more than she bargained for during this hairbrained college experience with Rory, Paris and Logan.Text us!Support the show

  41. 223

    Gilmore Girls: S5E8 -The Party's Over - PART 2

    You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here (LIZ AND T.J.) because “The Party’s Over” part TWO. Rory’s joining the lost boys, Luke and Lorelai cannot get even a night off from familial chaos, and Lane finds out the call is coming from inside the French fries. Text us!Support the show

  42. 222

    Gilmore Girls: S5E8 -The Party's Over - PART 1

    Gather round wild pigs of filth and hear tell of the beginning of the end with season 5, episode 8 “The Party’s Over” PART ONE. Zack learns of his fate in the sludge with Satan’s devil dogs, Rory agrees to attend a grandparent party that is TOTALLY on the up and up, and Lorelai and Luke make the mistake of thinking they can have a romantic evening of Mountie themed role play in peace. FOOLS. Text us!Support the show

  43. 221

    Gilmore Girls: S5E7 - You Jump, I Jump, Jack - PART 2

    We’re back with the second half of Practical Magic I MEAN Gilmore Girls season 5, episode 7 ”You Jump, I Jump, Jack.” We simply must unpack a first kiss next to a sleeping butt, the Discreet Charm of the not-so-Bourgeoisie, and a terrifying round of golf. In Omnia Paratus!Text us!Support the show

  44. 220

    Gilmore Girls: S5E7 - You Jump, I Jump, Jack - PART 1

    Iceberg, right ahead! We’re aiming our unsinkable ship at the first half of season 5, episode 7 “You Jump, I Jump, Jack.” Join us in the wheelhouse to track GG’s various ships - some newly christened and some hitting stormy seas. Also… 9/11???Text us!Support the show

  45. 219

    Boner Alert: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Head Revisited

    We’re chewing the fat and cutting the cheese with our very off the cuff Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 2 takes AND MORE. We’ll meet you next week in our shared, escalating hellscape with another seminal Gilmore Girls episode. Text us!Support the show

  46. 218

    Gilmore Girls: S5E3 - Written in the Stars - PART 2

    We are finally consummating season five, episode three and this big bang will be “Written in the Stars” (part 2)! We’ll hit up the town hall referendum on local business owners bumping uglies, the wake of an elderly lover, and end up back in… Dean’s bed of sin??? Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S5E3 - Written in the Stars - PART 1

    We are pants OFF and hair SPIKED for season five, episode three “Written in the Stars” part one! Your hosts are in an agony of titillation as Lorelai and Luke flirt their way into their first real date and Gabby has an uncomfortable and frankly irredeemable reaction to the introduction of Logan. Join us next week for the culmination of so. Many. Things.Text us!Support the show

  48. 216

    Bonus Episode: Ennegram types

    LISTEN UP 5’s, A 9 IS SPEAKING: Enneagram Boner EpGang, we need to talk about Enneagrams on main. Gather round as we discuss our types and generally shoot the poop about whatever's on our darling little minds. We’ll be back anon with an electrifying return to Gilmore Girls season 5!Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S5E2 - A Messenger, Nothing More - PART 2

    Throw your hockey stick out the window and bring in the marching band cause we’re wrapping up the second episode of season five with “A Messenger, Nothing More” part 2! Get ready for Supernatural cul-de-sacs, roast beef franchise fantasies, electric sensuality, and so much more.Text us!Support the show

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    Gilmore Girls: S5E2 - A Messenger, Nothing More - PART 1

    Just call us The Blur because we are STEAMING through the Gilmore Girls canon and blasting our way into season 5, episode 2 “A Messenger, Nothing More” part 1! We catch up with Luke supporting ye olde deadbeats, Lorelai channeling her daughter drama and blue balls into frantic overwork, Rory processing in Italy, and Lane soaring so high that we fear she can only fall. Will Zack snare her heart by being aggressively awful? Is this the episode where we finally see some Luke and Lorelai P-in-V? Tune in next week for part 2 to find out!Text us!Support the show

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Pop culture scientists and best friend duo Gabby and Zoe recap your favorite tv shows from yesteryear! These “scholars” will examine television from a variety of  eras, distilling narrative decisions down to only their key elements. We will interrogate characters, plot lines, iconic dialogue, media stunts, and provide key cultural context for some of the most beloved shows the old boob tube has to offer. We get real, we get nasty, and we get real nasty. New episodes every Wednesday, not safe for work or children.

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Pop culture scientists and best friend duo Gabby and Zoe recap your favorite tv shows from yesteryear! These “scholars” will examine television from a variety of  eras, distilling narrative decisions down to only their key elements. We will interrogate characters, plot lines, iconic dialogue, media...

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