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Spoilers Ahead
by Heidi Turner and Rory Delaney
Join Heidi and Rory while they talk about 3 favorites (book, movie/tv show, music, and sometimes something else) and whatever tangents they encounter along the way. Warning: there are Spoilers Ahead.
Episodes
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50 - Today's Today, Tomorrow's Tomorrow
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong! Freaky Friday (2003)! Last Night on Earth by Noah and the Whale! We loved making this podcast and we look forward to making bonus episodes in some future timeline for you guys. Thank you for joining us! - Heidi and Rory Rory’s Recommendations:...
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49 - Taking the Buen out of Buendía
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez! The Mummy Returns! A Night at the Opera by Queen! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: ”High School. High School. High School.” by Ashton Matherly on Apple Music Heidi Recommendation of the Week: Having a Playlist Pen Pal Follow along on...
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48 - A Serious Case of the Tiffany Problem
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare! Live Theatre (but especially Legally Blonde)! The Punk Goes… series from Fearless Records! Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Bad Food Bible by Aaron Carroll, MD Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Sammie Rae Follow along on Twitter and Instagram:...
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47 - Mistaken for Extroverts
Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott! The Try Guys! Patterns in the Static by The Classic Crime! Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Unorthodox (limited series on Netflix) Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Harry Potter… just all of it. Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You...
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46 - Are We Twinning?
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis! The Parent Trap (Lindsey Lohan)! The Oliver Riot Catalogue! Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: That’s Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us by Erin Moore Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by...
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45 - Imaginary Nostalgia
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline! Monsters Inc.! Give Up by The Postal Service! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: ”Down With a Sickness” by Disturbed and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: ”White Flag” by Joseph and “Expectations” by Katie Pruitt....
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44 - This Is Your Brain on Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare! Captain Marvel! Rubber Soul by The Beatles! Correction: Heidi and Rory mixed up the daughter and the mother in Captain Marvel. The mother and Carol’s best friend is Maria Rambeau and the daughter’s name is Monica. Rory’s Recommendation of the…
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43 - Unsettled by Happiness
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann! The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Home of the Strange by Young the Giant! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Mirror of My Soul by Lucifer’s Playlist Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Phillip Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler Follow along on Twitter…
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42 - Secret Dragons
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis! Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker! Erase Me by Underoath! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Over the Hedge Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Hoodwinked Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get…
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41 - Not A Doctor (feat. Chloe Chin)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley! Brooklyn 99! Scrubs (but just the musical episode)! Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Mandalorian Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: doing something for the first time (she’s rec’d this before, but we let it go!) because you need to do new things and remember…
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40 - Merry MCU-Mas!
A conversation about all of Heidi and Rory’s faves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Enjoy things with childlike wonder. Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Dropkick Murphys. Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get Spoilers Ahead...
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39 - Matrimony Vultures
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen! Pride and Prejudice starring Kiera Knightley! The Lizzie Bennet Diaries! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Stick It (2006) Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Out Here All Night by Damone Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get...
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38 - Monotone Screaming
Little Bee by Chris Cleave! Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home! The Hamildrops! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Christmas Music Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Sacred Art of Trespassing Barefoot by Heidi Turner Follow along on Twitter and Instagram:...
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37 - Strong and Female and Protagonist
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery! Mulan! The Gereg by The Hu! Instead of two separate recommendations, Heidi and Rory both recommend Black Was Not a Label by Kathryn H. Ross. We’ve recommended her essays before and her debut book is absolutely fantastic! Follow along on Twitter and...
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36 - Essential Oil Moms of Middle-Earth
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien! Enchanted! London Calling by The Clash! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Once Upon a Time Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: the day is ready for you by Alison Malee Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get Spoilers Ahead stickers at...
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35 - Nothing Bad Ever Came of Linguistics
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis! The Mummy (1999)! Pilot Waves by Icarus the Owl! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Coffee, the drink. It’s magical. Learn to love the bitterness. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Strange Planet comic Follow along on Twitter and Instagram…
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34 - Ice, Ice Babies
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann! The BBC show Sherlock! Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Black Sabbath Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get Spoilers Ahead stickers...
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33 - He Wants the Dowry
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare! The Princess Diaries (both of ‘em!)! Manners by Passion Pit! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Broken Compass by Sleepwave Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get...
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32 - I'm on a Boat!
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson! The Pirates of the Caribbean (1-3)! Collapsible Lung by Relient K! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: The Goonies Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Blind Side Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get Spoilers Ahead…
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31 - Sad Irish Skeptics
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis! Dumplin’ on Netflix! Nina Cried Power EP by Hozier! Till We Have Faces playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/34XYE9tlTPGzMpWSrdtsM7 Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Hadestown Soundtrack Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Through the Deep, Dark Valley by...
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30 - You Can't Handle the Elves! (LOTR Special)
The only thing we talk about on this episode is the best thing to talk about: The Lord of the Rings. Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Firebringer from Starkid (musical available on YouTube) Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Gilead Trilogy by Marilynne Robinson Follow along on Twitter and...
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29 - Say Hi to the Colonel
Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Col. Chris Hadfield! Queer Eye! Come from Away Original Broadway Soundtrack! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Russkaja (band) Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Punk Goes… series from Fearless Records. Follow along on Twitter and Instagram:...
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28 - Clop to the Top
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan! Wonder Woman (2017)! Everglow by Mae! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (new soundtrack) Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Hebrews by Say Anything Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_ You can get Spoilers…
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27 - This Ain't A Violence!
It’s time for the second Narnia Chronicle: Prince Caspian. Heidi and Rory then launch into Black Panther and the Scottish Indie band The Burns Unit and their debut album, Side Show. Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Beetlejuice Original Broadway Soundtrack Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: 100...
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26 - Sighing in Irish
Heidi and Rory read The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Dashiell is a real name?!), talk Bugsy Malone, and the great art genre that is Taylor Swift Clapbacks (search “Taylor Swift Clapbacks” on Spotify!). Rory’s Recommendation of the Week:Gilmore Girls Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week:...
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25 - Hatin' on Hemingway
Heidi and Rory reunite to discuss The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party, and The Beatles’ Revolver. Rory’s Recommendation of the Week:Watch Avengers: Endgame // John Mulaney interviews // SNL Californian Sketch Heidi’s Recommendation of the...
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24 - Bangs! (with Jessa Emmerich!)
Heidi’s joined by special guest Jessa to talk about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, Badlands by Halsey (how do we say that?), and one of their favorite and most formative movies, Legally Blonde! Some other topics include: T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, autism, moral...
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23 - Yee Haw, Debutantes!
Heidi and Rory discover a new favorite in Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave, then go to an old favorite, Across the Universe. For reasons they can’t quite explain, that takes them all the way to Adele’s hit album, 25. They wheeze with laughter a lot this episode and also somehow...
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22 - Nebraska as a Positive
This episode swings from My Ántonia by Willa Cather straight into Buzzfeed’s food show, Worth It, wrapping up with James Bay’s 2015 album, The Chaos and the Calm. Along the way, Rory and Heidi talk beautiful words, beautiful food, reverb, and planets. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Visit a...
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21 - WWKD (with Chloe Chin!)
Special surprise! Heidi’s off the podcast this week, so Chloe and Rory are giving you all the podcast love! They talk about Meet Behind Mars by Renee Simms, The Emperor’s New Groove (yes, the Disney movie), and Heathers: The Musical. Lots of quotes, lots of stories, a good time is had by all!...
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20 - Vengeance Extravaganza!
To celebrate reaching their 20th episode, Rory and Heidi exchange numerous recs and answer listener questions about everything from historical what-ifs to Star Wars to friendships. Spoilers Ahead now has Twitter and Instagram! Follow along @Spoilers_Ahead_ on both. You can get Spoilers Ahead...
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19 - Treeing in Front of a Piano
Rory and Heidi finish the Binti Trilogy and deep dive into Binti: The Night Masquerade, and in keeping with tradition, they pair it with a Star Wars film: this time, Rogue One. After all this time… they’re talking about Heidi’s favorite single album, Hate by The Delgados. Rory’s Recommendation of...
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18 - Trashcan Reverb
It’s the conspiracy episode! Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 leads very quickly to V for Vendetta (with plenty of room for Natalie Portman!), concluding with 22, A Million by Bon Iver. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: Native Tongue by Switchfoot Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Popstar Never...
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17 - Hugged by Danger!
After an impromptu Christmas break, Heidi and Rory are back with yet another Ryan Gattis novel - this time, the thrilling heist novel, Safe. Combine this with the greatest jailbreak movie of all time, The Shawshank Redemption, and a music favorite (The Silver Cord by The Classic Crime) and you’ve...
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16 - Literal Christmas Episode
Rory and Heidi talk about their favorite Christmas things. That's it. That's the episode. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @hi_dturner and @rrydlny808 (#SpoilersAheadPod) Instagram: @hi_dturner and @roryaero If you're enjoying this podcast, leave us a review or join the Patreon at...
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15 - We Decide the Tangents
Heidi and Rory disagree on whether or not Air by Ryan Gattis is secretly a horse movie, then get hyped about the greatest Disney Channel Original Movie ever made, Lemonade Mouth before bringing it around to Lovetap! by Smallpools and announcing the launch of their first run of merch: stickers!...
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14 - Christmas Patricians
It’s Christmas time! Heidi and Rory talk about Heidi’s very first literary love, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis; the greatest adventure film every made, The Princess Bride; and one of their favorite albums, Dear Wormwood by The Oh Hellos. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week:...
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13 - Darth Vader's Off Button
This fine, fine episode, Rory and Heidi talk about Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (their very first on-the-pod sequel), and follow it up with fangirling over Return of the Jedi and Princess Leia. Finally, Heidi shocks Rory with a smooth transition to How to Be Human by The Classic Crime. Rory’s...
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12 - Watsons and Worse
Happy (almost) Halloween! In this stellar episode, the girls finally do a nonfiction book, The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind by Relient K. After talking a bit about Tin Can Brothers’ The Solve-It Squad Returns, Rory and Heidi return to Relient K to talk about The Creepier EPier...
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11 - Bubblegum Depression
The newest book the show’s ever done! This episode, Rory and Heidi talk about Hank Green’s debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Thor: Ragnarok, and Gossamer by Passion Pit. Also, you’ve just been #bandersnatched (listen to find out what on earth that is!). Heidi’s Recommendation of the...
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10 - Synchronize the Audio/Visual
10 - Synchronize the Audio/Visual Spoilers Ahead Before they recorded, Heidi quoted The Lord of the Rings, and some of that gold makes it in the intro. In the actual, recorded episode, the girls talk about The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), and The Valley by...
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9 - Big Sky Energy
The episode they’ve planned and waited for: All Involved by Ryan Gattis! The film version of Holes! And, to cap it off, they talk about prison, crime, and Not Known at This Address, released by Distant Voices. In other words, expect quotes, soapboxes, and big laughs (and a lot of swearing, thanks...
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8 - The Dr. Pepper of Novels
Heidi and Rory are back, safe from Hurricane Lane and the Lahaina Fires! This week, they talk about Heidi's favorite book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, as well as the movie 42, and a mutually favorite album, Oh, What a Life by American Authors. Plus, the two go down memory lane a bit and...
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7 - Geepers! A Genocide!
Rory and Heidi get real excited about Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, and The 2nd Law by Muse. Get ready for some great Rose Tyco content and a brief singalong segment. Announcement: subsequent episodes will be every other week, starting with either episode 8 or 9. Much…
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6 -Tyler Durden is Beyoncé
After the two-week hiatus for Oliver!, Heidi and Rory are back with Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, Inception, and Phoenix by The Classic Crime. They also answer some questions from social media and explain the magical mystery that is a Tyler Tiger Totem. Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: What…
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5 - Water's Great, Okay!?
This episode, the girls get excited about Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, Lady Bird, and Air For Free by Relient K. They also discuss their love of water and go on a few tangents along the way. Rory's Recommendation of the Week: "Sherman" from Corduroy Road by Adam Young (available from...
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4 - The Anbandonment Instadent
Rory makes a shocking pun and then the two discuss The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, The YouTube short film The Case of the Gilded Lily, and the YouTube Channel Postmodern Jukebox. Heidi and Rory make up some new words and voices, fangirl about Shipwrecked, and Heidi has a crisis about genre....
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3 - Hot Moses and Incompetent Tempters
This episode covers The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis, The Prince of Egypt, and Hozier's self-titled album. Rory's Recommendation of the Week: Dear Wormwood by The Oh Hellos ... and also The Woodland EP (specifically Bloom) by The Paper Kites. Heidi's Recommendation of the Week: The Poetry of…
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2 - It's Feelings All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green! Stranger Than Fiction! After Laughter by Paramore! Heidi's recommendation of the week:Kathryn Ross at www.speakthewritelanguage.com or twitter.com/storytellerkath Rory's recommendation of the week: Kountry Gentleman (Acoustic) by Family Force 5, here.…
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Spoilers Ahead currently has 50 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Join Heidi and Rory while they talk about 3 favorites (book, movie/tv show, music, and sometimes something else) and whatever tangents they encounter along the way. Warning: there are Spoilers Ahead.
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Spoilers Ahead is created and hosted by Heidi Turner and Rory Delaney.
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