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Not Great w/ Bethy Squires

by Bethy Squires

Not Great is about Trash Culture and loving the Trash and living in the Trash like a little Trash Raccoon. Not Great is the place to shout your unpopular opinions like Vampire Diaries > The Wire, or Buffalo Wild Wings > hygge. We love you and believe you.

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Episodes

  1. COMING CLEAN: Episodes 1-10

    Because we're all stuck inside, here's all 10 eps of COMING CLEAN in one lil guy.

  2. COMING CLEAN: Episode 10

    It's the final episode of season 1! When we last left Belle Bishop, she was giving birth during a bank robbery gone awry. Listen now to find out how we tie up most of the loose ends!

  3. COMING CLEAN: Episode 9

    PENTULTIMATE EP! Meaning second to last!

  4. COMING CLEAN: Episode 8

    Not an April Fool's Joke: this is indeed the 8th episode of 10! The dramatic courtroom drama.

  5. COMING CLEAN: Episode 7

    Everything goes to heck in a handbasked for Belle Bishop! This episode features a well-timed owl hoot of which I am extremely proud.

  6. COMING CLEAN: Episode 6

    Belle Bishop has been kidnapped! Tab Browser has been shot! Things are really heating up in Exposition Maine.

  7. COMING CLEAN: Episode 5

    Halfway through the first season of Coming Clean, and things are falling apart for gosh dang everyone. Shimmy has let a viper into her home in the form of Reginald, Tritch has been lured into the sensual clutches of Hippa, and Belle has been arrested for money laundering. Or has she???

  8. COMING CLEAN: Episode 4

    Belle tries to make sense of her life after her pregnancy has been revealed to the town at the Lottery Day Pageant. But even now, forces are conspiring against her. And will Tab Browser really be joining the Maine Mafia?

  9. COMING CLEAN: Episode 3

    Episode Three!!! The Lottery Day Pageant is upon us. How will Shimmy Makewood cope with the event that has brought her such bad luck in the past? And how much longer can Belle keep her pregnancy secret? Tune in to find out! Find out more on the Not Great w/ Bethy Squires website.

  10. COMING CLEAN: Episode 2

    Episode 2: Belle has talked to the boys that may have knocked her up, but she still doesn't know exactly who the father is. Meanwhile, Gark Makewood is selling out his family to some nefarious criminal organization. And what is up with that haunted doll?

  11. COMING CLEAN: Episode 1

    Introducing a new, extremely serious radio serial. COMING CLEAN is about the past. It's about family. It's about a laundromat and only the most cursory knowledge of the state of Maine.

  12. New Year's Grab Bag w/ Colin Jenkins & Brick Kyle

    We have the grabbiest bag of content you could ever hope to set eyes on. -Colin Jenkins (Canid on Bandcamp and Instagram) interviews ME about shiny floor TV. -I yell about Louis CK into my Voice Memo app. -Brick Kyle (@heybrickkyle on insta) and I talk about what we were binging back in October....

  13. BONUS: Cursed at Christmas

    Doing something a little different here for the holiday season. Last year, I wrote and recorded a fake Hallmark Christmas movie, Cursed at Christmas. So many wonderful people did voices on this bish, lemme see if I can remember them all: Steph McCann Taylor Sade Jamie Loftus Michael Hartney Colin...

  14. Episode 11: McDonald's Ads > Freestyle Soda Machines w/ Mike Adams and Jared Cheek

    Y'all. This is a wild episode. Mike Adams like you've never heard him before. Jared Cheek like he pretty much always is. McDonald's commercials with just the audio. My husband's laughter just out of mic range. We've got everything you'd ever possibly need!

  15. Episode 10: Riverdale > Running w/ Andra Whipple

    We love Jughead and we hate being told all our problems would be over if we were thin! Andra Whipple's amazing dog instagram can be found @pud _ bein _ good Her writing can be found at andrawhipple.com Find out more on the Not Great w/ Bethy Squires website.

  16. Episode 9: Herbert Hoover > Prix Fix Dinners w/ Kate Doyle

    Hey dinks! This episode has some audio level issues as I was a new stu (studio) and Doyle issa soft spoken powerhouse. Doyle has written for The New Yorker and McSweenys. She is so effing funny, and brought notes to the discussion--a Not Great FIRST!!!!! Please enjoy and please watch the two…

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  17. Episode 8: Vanderpump > Games of Thrones w/ Alyssa Merwin

    Two Bravo shows in a row and I'm not sorry! I spoke to The Talkto's Alyssa Merwin about her bday at Sur, whether Lala can read, and the biggest dorm room decor red flag of all time. (Fight Club and/or Dexter posters, RUN!)

  18. Episode 7: Bravo Shows > Time w/ Emalie Marthe

    Emalie Marthe joined me BACK IN FEBRUARY to talk Bravo shows, Kardashian drama, and other things that have changed significantly since the time we recorded. You can find Emalie @TheSampleLife on Twitter! Find out more on the Not Great w/ Bethy Squires website.

  19. Ska > Mainstream Nerd Culture w/ Miles Grimmer

    Here it is! The deep Hoosier content you crave! Miles and I talk Ken Nunn, Taylor Swift, and liberal elite bubble perception skewage. Since recording, Miles has co-started his own podcast, Sex and the City and Kim and Miles. Check it out! Find out more on the Not Great w/ Bethy Squires website.

  20. Episode 5: Phantom of the Opera (2004) > Magicians w/ Jamie Loftus

    Jamie Loftus: comedian, animator, frequent podcast guest. We talk about why earnest failures by mediocre men can be heartening, and why most magicians are bad to date. Here's those elephant pics! https://nypost.com/2017/04/03/hugh-jackman-circus-flick-uses-mechanical-bull-instead-of-elephant/...

  21. Episode 4: Taco Bell > Competition w/ Zach Mason

    DC writer, improvisor, and podcaster Zach Mason talked about their love of T-Bell and hatred of any kind of competition in our cleanest-sounding episode yet! Do we talk about Anything Goes? Do we talk about how both our podcasts are named after phrases that are on constant repeat in our heads? Is...

  22. Episode 3: Southland Tales > Auteur Comedy w/ Lucy Tiven

    Journalist and speechwriter Lucy Tiven joined me to talk about our favorite grim portent of things to come: Southland Tales. We talk about how teen horniness isn't a crime, but being a crappy ambassador to the Netherlands should be. [Justin Timberlake's Best Performance]...

  23. Buffalo Wild Wings > Hygge w/ Melinda Kashner

    Episode 2! Melinda Kashner is a comedian from Indiana, like me. She loves wings, like me. She hates the Scandanavian coziness cult called hygge, to which I am indifferent.

  24. Spice World > Springtime w/ Steph McCann

    Welcome to Not Great, your favorite podcast that swims around in our trashiest culture like clownfish in anemones. Today's ep is with Steph McCann, woman-about-town and comedian. We get into the Winona Ryder hair commericial (#WhoIsM?), why I don't care for movies, and our summer camp…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Not Great is about Trash Culture and loving the Trash and living in the Trash like a little Trash Raccoon. Not Great is the place to shout your unpopular opinions like Vampire Diaries > The Wire, or Buffalo Wild Wings > hygge. We love you and believe you.

HOSTED BY

Bethy Squires

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Not Great is about Trash Culture and loving the Trash and living in the Trash like a little Trash Raccoon. Not Great is the place to shout your unpopular opinions like Vampire Diaries > The Wire, or Buffalo Wild Wings > hygge. We love you and believe you.

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