Brolly Buddies: An Umbrella Academy Podcast
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Brolly Buddies is a fortnightly podcast about the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy, hosted by Mia, a Londoner with a long-time love for Gerard Way, and a Yorkshireman called Josh who really likes TV shows based on comics by musicians. Join us every other Tuesday as we discuss all things Hargreeves. Find us on Twitter and Instagram at @BrollyBuddies
Episodes
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World's Biggest Ball of Twine - The Umbrella Academy 3.02
We're onto the second episode of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, and that means it's time to listen back to the predictions we made for this episode immediately after watching "Meet the Family" (oh dear...) but we ALSO get to talk about that touching scene between Viktor and Allison,...
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Meet the Family - The Umbrella Academy 3.01
At the start of this season of The Umbrella Academy, Josh and Mia talk about making the acquaintance of a whole new set of Hargreeveses - aka the Sparrows - and what it means for our Brellies. And amid the dance break and the fighting, there's another character we couldn't leave out - she's a...
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SPOILERS AHEAD! The Umbrella Academy Season 3 - Reactions
We're back with our first full-length episode on Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy! In this episode, we look at the season as a whole, so there WILL be spoilers if you haven't finished it yet! There's a lot to talk about, from a whole new Hargreeves family to get to know, to the character arcs of...
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S3 E10 First Reactions Minisode: Here comes the end
We react to the finale of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
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S3 E09 First Reactions Minisode: Directed by Duncan Jones
We react to Episode 9 of Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy!
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S3 E08 First Reactions Minisode: an adequate episode
The title? If you know, you know. We react to Episode 8 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
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S3 E07 First Reactions Minisode: Hargreeves Hit and Run, out now on PS1!
WOW. Our first reactions to Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
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S3 E06 First Reactions Minisode: Countdown from eight
Our reactions to Episode 6 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3! It's mitten season...
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S3 E05 First Reactions Minisode: soluble uncles have more fun
We share our first reactions to Episode 5 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3!
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S3 E04 First Reactions Minisode: Bon Jovi wrote a song about this one
Straight off the back of Episode 4 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3, here are our first reactions! (Mia sincerely apologises for her phone vibrating Twice)
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S3 E03 First Reactions Minisode: 500 Days of Luther
How has so much already happened and we're only on Episode 3 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3?! Here are our short Wednesday night musings on the episode...
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S3 E02 - First Reactions Minisode: Amish you a lot, Mom
Our thoughts on Episode 2 of The Umbrella Academy Season 3! Spoiler alert: we love it.
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S3 E01 First Reactions Minisode: Spit Takes and Dance Breaks
Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy is out now on Netflix and we're bringing you our hottest takes, fresh from the oven.
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The End Of Something - The Umbrella Academy 2.10
It really is the end of something as we close out our rewatch of Umbrella Academy Season 2! In our final episode we hear from Josh about how Elon Musk spoke to him about The Mars and writing for the show, we find out Harlan's real feelings about THAT accident, and we say au revoir to our…
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743 - The Umbrella Academy 2.09 - Part 2
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the finale of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! It's the second half of our two-parter The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 9, ‘743’, with the wonderful Cesar! We talk about Harlan's newfound abilities, being proud of Luther (what?!), and what on earth...
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743 - The Umbrella Academy 2.09 - Part 1
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! In the first half of another two-parter, Josh and Mia are joined by the wonderful Cesar to discuss their take on The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 9, ‘743’. As the penultimate episode of Season 2,...
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The Seven Stages - The Umbrella Academy 2.08 - Part 2
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! So here it is, the second part of our amazing two parter. It's part 2. We're talking Bring It On, fart jokes, time travel, more fart jokes, the truth about the apocalypse, and then even more fart jokes....
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The Seven Stages - The Umbrella Academy 2.08 - Part 1
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that yes, we've done another 2-parter for Season 2 Episode 8 of The Umbrella Academy, 'The Seven Stages'. Can you blame us?! We're only a few episodes away from…
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Hazel & ChaCha Save Christmas - A Holiday Special!
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! In this special festive episode, Josh and Mia attempt to explain the plot of last year's one-shot from Dark Horse comics, 'Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas: Tales from the Umbrella Academy'. We speculate…
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Öga for Öga - The Umbrella Academy 2.07 - Part 2
Since we recorded this episode, Elliot Page, the actor who plays Vanya Hargreeves, has announced that he is trans, and uses he/they pronouns. We don’t think there are any instances in this episode where we use their deadname or misgender them, but sincerely apologise if we’ve missed any. WARNING:...
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Öga for Öga - The Umbrella Academy 2.07 - Part 1
WARNING: this episode may contain spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! We’re releasing this episode in two parts, so you lucky listeners get double the fun for Season 2 Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy, ‘Öga for Öga’. There’s a lot to cover, like Swedish pronunciation…
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A Light Supper - The Umbrella Academy 2.06
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Josh and Mia are back to talk about Season 2 Episode 6 of The Umbrella Academy, ‘A Light Supper’ - AKA ‘Team Zero’, AKA ‘Leave Elliott Alone, B*tch!’, AKA ‘I Think I Was Inside Of You’, to name but a few of...
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Valhalla - The Umbrella Academy 2.05
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! First up, sorry for the delay on this one! We should be back to our normal schedule now so make sure you’ve subscribed to keep getting our new episodes as they come. This time, Josh and Mia are discussing…
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The Majestic 12 - The Umbrella Academy 2.04
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about homophobia and racism. In this episode, Josh and Mia kick things off with the theory Josh formulated about The Handler and the Hargreeves after...
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The Swedish Job - The Umbrella Academy 2.03
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about racism, discrimination, and police brutality. This episode, we dive into the predictions we had for episode 3 after watching 'The Frankel Footage'...
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Where Baby Pogo came from: Chris White and Aidan Martin Interview
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Wait, where's Josh?! He seems to have been replaced by two of the team who brought us BABY POGO and AJ CARMICHAEL! Yep, in this very special episode, Mia was lucky enough to be joined by Weta Digital's VFX...
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Schedule Announcement!
Hey hey, your two favourite Brolly Buddies (slash the only two) have a quick announcement for you about our release schedule going forwards. We'll generally be moving from a weekly to a fortnightly schedule for our usual episode-by-episode breakdown of Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 2…
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The Frankel Footage - The Umbrella Academy 2.02
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! Content note: this episode also contains discussions about racism, discrimination, and police brutality. This week, Josh and Mia listen back to the predictions they made for this episode after their first...
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Right Back Where We Started - The Umbrella Academy 2.01
WARNING: this episode contains spoilers for the whole of Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy! In this episode, Mia and Josh do a deep dive into the first episode of The Umbrella Academy Season 2, 'Right Back Where We Started'. Join us as we do things like count sparrows, track Number Five's shoes,...
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SPOILERS AHEAD! The Umbrella Academy Season 2 - Reactions
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! Son of a biscuit! Fresh off the back of a binge-watch of Season 2, Josh and Mia sat down last Saturday (24 hours after its release!) to talk through their first impressions of the new season, and what happened to our favourite dysfunctional super-powered family this time...
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S2E0.2 - The Umbrella Academy S2 Trailer and Listener Mailbag!
With one week to go until The Umbrella Academy Season 2 is released on Netflix, the Brolly Buddies talk through the trailer, plus get listener reactions in the mailbag! We make our predictions for what Season 2 is going to bring and get into the nitty gritty of Klaus's cult, Luther's slow-motion...
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HELLO. Brolly Buddies Trailer. GOODBYE.
Umbrella Academy fan? Looking for a dedicated podcast featuring in-depth analysis with a side helping of fun tangents? Hosts Mia and Josh think this might be the podcast for you. Settle in and join us for episode-by-episode discussion, spoiler-free, which doesn't leave out the comics.
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S2E0.1 - When Are They? Season 2 Teasers
It's all happening! The teasers have begun! The Umbrella Academy Season 2 is coming! Josh and Mia sit down to talk about all the things we know (and don't know) about the new season, like episode titles, new cast members, and theories about where - or perhaps more importantly, when - we'll rejoin...
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Interview with Assistant Art Director Ahn Mur
So we've been on hiatus for a little while, but we're back with a super special episode! Mia sat down (over the internet...) with Ahn Mur, Assistant Art Director on Season 1 of The Umbrella Academy, to learn all about what goes on behind the scenes in the world of set design, getting into the…
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The White Violin - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.10
IT'S THE FINALE! We did it, friends. We made it to the end. And what an end it was. In this episode, we go through S01E10 of The Umbrella Academy, "The White Violin", and honestly probably come away with more questions than answers. Join us as we talk about things like that mysterious opening…
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Changes - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.09
We can't believe we've only got one episode left of Season 1! This time round we're talking all about S01E09 of The Umbrella Academy, "Changes", featuring our thoughts on how Hargreeves covers up all those nanny deaths, how terrifying Vanya is at the age of 4, the Rise and Fall of Leonard's…
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I Heard a Rumor - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.08
This episode, Josh and Mia discuss the super dramatic S01E08 of The Umbrella Academy, “I Heard a Rumor”, featuring Klaus Hargreeves’ trousers, Allison’s ability to disguise herself, and some might say a little too much talk about Agnes. (Mia personally thinks there’s no such thing…)
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The Day That Was - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.07
It’s been a little delayed, but you know what they say: it’s better to put out a podcast episode late in this world than early in the next… or something like that, right? In this one, we’re talking S01E07 of The Umbrella Academy, “The Day That Was”, which means we're talking Creepy Harold, the...
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The Day That Wasn't - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.06
Josh is back! This time we talk all about S01E06 of The Umbrella Academy, 'The Day That Wasn't' - and there is sooo much to talk about! It's entirely possible that we go off on some dubiously related tangents, but we also attempt to talk about music & choreography in that beautiful Allison/Luther...
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Number Five - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.05
In this episode, Mia is joined by special guest Zoe to talk about S01E05 of The Umbrella Academy, 'Number Five'. (See what they did there? 😏) Join us to hear our takes on The Handler's fashion choices, Hazel & Agnes's blossoming relationship, and what happened with Klaus and Dave! And of course,...
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Man on the Moon - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.04
This time Mia and Josh talk about S01E04 of The Umbrella Academy, 'Man on the Moon', and oooh boy things are getting interesting! Tom Hopper's six pack? We've got you covered! Creepy Leonard's pill-stealing shenanigans? You betcha. Hazel and Cha Cha's drug-fuelled arson? Drunk Five? PATCH?
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Extra Ordinary - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.03
This episode, Josh and Mia talk through The Umbrella Academy S01E03: ‘Extra Ordinary’. This time we cover Creepy Leonard, which of the Hargreeves siblings' powers we'd choose to have, and flipping the script on the millennials narrative, plus much more - like how Diego's really a big softy…
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Run Boy Run - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.02
In our second episode, the Brolly Buddies (Mia and Josh) talk about The Umbrella Academy S1E02 : Run Boy Run. Who is Creepy Leonard? Which characters could Josh stand to lose? Find out now by listening! New episodes every Saturday.
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We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals - The Umbrella Academy Episode 1.01
In the first episode in our inaugural series, the Brolly Buddies (Mia and Josh) talk about The Umbrella Academy S1E01. What do fonts have to do with anything? Why is Diego so much like Daredevil? Listen and find out! New episodes every Saturday.
About this show
Brolly Buddies is a fortnightly podcast about the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy, hosted by Mia, a Londoner with a long-time love for Gerard Way, and a Yorkshireman called Josh who really likes TV shows based on comics by musicians. Join us every other Tuesday as we discuss all things Hargreeves. Find us on Twitter and Instagram at @BrollyBuddies
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