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What the What
by What the What
A pop-culture podcast. Friends, Jeff Snyder & Reneé Bibby debate current and historical cultural phenomena.
Episodes
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What the What Wraps Up
Season 4 wraps up and Reneé and Jeff are looking back at the season and to what's coming in season 5.
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What the What Are Musicals (And Why Do People Watch Them)
It's Friday, and Reneé and Jeff are talking musicals. Finally. Things get surprisingly heated during the recommendations. You have our permission to tune out or stick around for the fireworks.
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What the What is Fantasy
It's Friday, and Reneé and Jeff are talking fantasies.
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What the What Goes Indie
Reneé and Jeff discuss indies and art house movies.
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What the What is at War
It's Friday, and Reneé and Jeff are at war!
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What the What Loves Funny
Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with rom-coms.
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What the What is Super!
You knew this was coming- Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with superheroes.
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What the What is Drama
Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with drama.
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What the What Are Thrillers
Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with thrillers.
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What the What is Action?
Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with action movies. The audio in these first few episodes are pretty bad. Jeff apologizes and is working on fixing the problem for the second half of the season. Please bear with us.
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What the What Is Horror
Reneé and Jeff continue our discussions of genre with horror. Speaking of horror the audio in these first few episodes are pretty bad. Jeff apologizes and is working on fixing the problem for the second half of the season. Please bear with us.
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What the What Is Science Fiction
Reneé and Jeff discuss start season 4 with a change of pace and start discussing genres, starting with science fiction.
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What the What Likes Stuff
Reneé and Jeff end season 3 by talking about some of the random things they enjoy- and some things they don't.
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What the What Goes Back to the Grab Bag
Reneé and Jeff have so many things to talk about we brought back the grab bag.
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What the What Goes Back to the Future
Reneé and Jeff discuss the future and it all the optimism that could come with that.
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What the What Does Wandavision
In a very special episode, Reneé and Jeff are joined by a special guest to discuss WandaVision!
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What the What Is On Social Media
Reneé and Jeff discuss the twittersphere and all things social media.
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What the What Does the Villainesses
After a week off, we're back and better then ever. Reneé and Jeff return to discuss the villainesses and what makes a villain a villain.
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What the What Does Love, Kinda, Sorta Not Really
Reneé and Jeff talk about all the problems with Love, Actually.
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What the What Does Wonderlorian
Reneé and Jeff talk about The Mandalorian Season 2 and Wonder Woman 1984. Which one closed out the year in style?
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S3E5 / What the What Bring in a New Year
Reneé and Jeff are ready for a new year to begin.
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S3E4 / What the What Does Christmas
Reneé and Jeff look back on what Christmas means for us.
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S3E3 / What the What Collaborates
Jeff poses a question about collaborative storytelling, then it's tangent time! _ Follow us on Facebook | Twitter _ Reneé Bibby is a graphic designer, writer, and teacher. / Tweet + Instagram: @special feather Jeff Snyder is a Tucson native who received his B.A. in Anthropology from the…
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S3E2 / What the What Does Jeff Actually Watch
Reneé and Jeff try to figure out if they ever watch the same things. _ Follow us on Facebook | Twitter _ Reneé Bibby is a graphic designer, writer, and teacher. / Tweet + Instagram: @special feather Jeff Snyder is a Tucson native who received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of…
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S3E1 / What the What was 2020
This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Reneé and Jeff return and look back on all the things that have happened since we ended season 2 in March. _ Follow us on Facebook | Twitter _ Reneé Bibby is a graphic designer, writer, and teacher. / Tweet +...
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S2E12 / What the What is Quarantined
Reneé, Scott, and Jeff talk about the Coronavirus, COVID19, quarantine, and what this all means. Jeff and Reneé are in the studio and Scott joins them from self quarantine via Skype. _ Follow us on Facebook | Twitter _ Reneé Bibby is a graphic designer, writer, and teacher. / Tweet + Instagram:...
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S2E11 / What the What Are Bodies II
Reneé, Scott, and Jeff had so much to say about Bodies last episode that they are talking about it again this week. What is the Body Acceptance Movement? Has the song "Baby Got Back" changed the way we look at bodies? Would women feel as comfortable as men scratching their bellies in public? What...
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S2E10 / What the What are Bodies?
Reneé, Scott, and Jeff talk about bodies in the media and bodies in the real world. What are the social boundaries of bodies, the biological inclinations of bodies, and the ways media cycles create an unhealthy feedback loop about the physical forms we all live in? _ Follow us on Facebook |…
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S2E9 / What the What are Award Shows
Scott leads this week with a discussion of award shows. One person on this team does not like them. Who is it? Montessori School Oscars protest AdamRuinsEverything.com/Hollywood Handmaid’s Tale Deficiency thinking, theory Man Booker Prize For Your Consideration Campaign Golden Globe Campaign...
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S02Bonus05 Star War: The Rise of Skywalker review WITH SPOILERS
Here's a bonus episode with Jeff Snyder, Reneé Bibby and Scott Griessel talking about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on the Youtube show "Bandwagon Fans" which Jeff hosts. Jeff and Reneé are fans of the Star Wars franchise, Scott plays along.
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S2E8 / What the What's in the Grab Bag?
Jeff Leads the discussion this week, and it's a grab bag. Topics that aren't robust enough to support a whole show, but need to be discussed. What are you nostalgic for: Scott: Video Killed the Radio Star Music Video Jeff: 80s Commercials Reneé: Not having nostalgia, but her answer is really...
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S02Bonus04 Queen and Slim Bonus from Bandwagon Fans
Here's a bonus episode with Jeff Snyder and Reneé Bibby talking about Queen and Slim on the Youtube show "Bandwagon Fans" which Jeff hosts. Jeff lists Queen and Slim as one of his favorite films for 2019. Reneé has a different take. We hope you like this bonus episode.
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S2E7 / What the What is Romance?
This week Romance is in the air with special guest: Jessica Pryde writer, singer, reader, and Founder of Bookman’s Romance Book Club. Reneé is the lead and the quartet talk about: Love Languages, Fabio, 00Q, Lost in Translation, Gift of the Magi, Bess of Both Worlds, and other tropes we love in...
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S2E6 / What the What is your Habitus?
The team had an assignment this week. Scott, Jeff, and Reneé assigned the others a piece of media to enjoy (okay, so maybe enjoy isn't quite the right word). Jeff's pick was the early aught film Grandma's Boy. Keeping in character, Scott assigned Godfrey Reggio's film Koyaanisqatsi, *sung in a...
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S02BONUS02 Ford vs. Ferrari from Bandwagon Fans
In this bonus episode Scott and Jeff talk about the film Ford vs. Ferrari.
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S02E05 / What the What is Cultural Appropriation?
The team talks cultural appropriation. From sport team names, to conchas, and the problematic Apu from the Simpsons — all the ways it's possible to dishonor another culture. But, wait! It's not that simple, because there are also ways engage thoughtfully with other cultures. The team talks about…
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S0204 / What the What Needs to Die in 2020?
The team talks about what needs to be put to rest in 2020. Tropes, literary and cinematic techniques, including the over-used time travel fix-all. This episode includes a very niche reference to The Seventh Seal, a misquoted reference to a famous Ray Bradbury story, and somehow manages to also...
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S02Bonus01
Scott and Jeff review a great (the best?) film of 2019, JoJo Rabbit, dir. Taika Waititi.
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S02E03 / What the What are Gatekeepers?
Scott, Reneé, and Jeff discuss the role of fans in the creation of art. How do these cultural gatekeepers both positively and negatively affect the outcome of media in the day and age of immediate and overwhelming social media feedback? Discussion, led by Jeff, includes references to Spirited…
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S02E02 / What the What is Low Budget?
Jeff, Reneé, and Scott talk epic B movies, low-budgets, and the art of the not trying to be Oscar-worthy. What happens when a budget is small but the story is big (*cough* Harriet *cough*)? How do some production houses hit it big with low budgets and cheesy scripts? You may have seen the…
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S02E01 / What the What was 2019?
In this first episode of our second season Reneé , Jeff, and Scott discuss the best and worst of 2019. What film can they all agree should be on the best list? Tune in to find out about movies (the team's greatest love) but also, TV shows, and podcasts. _ Follow us on Facebook | Twitter _ Reneé...
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S01E10 What the What Isn't Derivative
Reneé, Jeff, and Scott ponder "is it possible to be 100% original?" Maybe, maybe not. Beer: Santan 1920https://santanbrewing.com/craft-beer/1920-lager Lion King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film) A Star is Born: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(2018_film)...
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S01E09 What the What is Framing
This week Reneé, Jeff, and Scott discuss Framing, the way information is organized and presented to the viewer. How does the maker influence your experience. (Bonus: Scott and Anna get a phone call from Ring that their security alarm is going off during the taping, listen in to hear the outcome)...
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S01E08 What the What is Manhunt
Reneé, Jeff, and Scott discuss the Netflix program Manhunt: Unabomber. Show notes coming soon Reneé Bibby is a graphic designer, writer, and teacher. / Tweet + Instagram: @special feather / reneebibby.com Jeff Snyder is a Tucson native who received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of...
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S01E07 What the What is an Anti Hero?
BEER: Flagstaff Az, Cherry Vanilla Piehole Porter: https://www.historicbrewingcompany.com/shop/piehole-porter-crew Q: What is an Anti Hero? A: A compromised hero. The Great Gatsby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby Crime and Punishment:...
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S01E06 What the What are Monsters
This week the discussion turns to monsters. Listen as we crash and burn trying to find one thing to agree on. SHOW NOTES: Cabinet of Dr. Kilegare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari Nosferatu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu Birds...
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S01E05 What the What was ScarJo Talking About?
This week Reneé Bibby, Jeff Snyder, and Scott Griessel talk about role appropriation, how stories are told, and who gets to tell these stories. Kicking it off with what Scarlett Johansson said about the topic. Join in and let us know what YOU think. This was one of our first episodes to be…
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S01E04 What the What are we hating on?
This week Reneé Bibby, Jeff Snyder and Scott Griessel discuss what it's like to hate something that everyone else likes. Listen in and let us know what you think. SHOW NOTES: Mother Road Brewery, Daily Driver Indian Pale Ale https://www.motherroadbeer.com/ Deschutes...
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S01E03 What the What is self-censorship in the media?
This week Reneé Bibby, Jeff Snyder and Scott Griessel discuss self-censorship in the media; a complex conversation. Listen in and let us know what you think. SHOW NOTES: 12 West Brewing, Gilbert Arizona, German Pilsner http://12westbrewing.com/ Dollar store fly swatter...
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S01E02 What the What is the Male in the Male Gaze
S1E2 The Male Form in Media: The Male Gaze In this episode Reneé surprises Jeff and Scott with the topic of the Male Form In Media. Beer: Lost Highway Mother Road Brewing Company, Flagstaff, AZ Double Black IPA https://www.motherroadbeer.com/our-beers/ Captain America Movies: Winter Soldier...
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