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Hey Halloween kids! We’re back recapping the penultimate episode of The Vampire Lestat. (The greeting will make sense when you listen).How are we? Not well! Hannah, Gaby, and Zoe dig into a particularly chaotic episode featuring big rom-com energy (kinda), a very disturbing seance, and an ending scene that made our heads spin. Normal stuff with the television show we watch for fun!We’ll be back next week to discuss the FINALE of The Vampire Lestat.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the Vampire PodCAST, this time with 100% more Marcelle!Zoe is away this week, so Marcelle joins Hannah and Gaby to discuss the antepenultimate episode of The Vampire Lestat, "New York." They unpack the new album Lestat is recording, our first impressions of Akasha, the most normal vampire in America (Louis de Pointe du Lac), and dig into whatever is going on with Armand and Daniel.They also pour one out for Patrick from Schitt's Creek. It's literally fine, he's on his way to meet David Rose as we speak.We'll be back next week to discuss the penultimate episode, "Montreal."Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to The Vampire PodCAST! We're taking a trip along the Devil's Road (also known as Albany, NY) to discuss Armand's apology tour; Lestat in pigtails; and Louis' "secret third thing" relationship with Claudia's lookalike, Regina. The torment nexus is spinning, folks!We'll be back next week to talk all about episode 5 of The Vampire Lestat, New York.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Note: this episode contains spoilers for the movie Obsession!This week, we’re bringing you an episode you’re gonna be absolutely OBSESSED with (wink wink). In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah dig deep into the extremely zeitgeisty horror film Obsession (2026, dir. Curry Barker). Marcelle walks us through the movie’s explosive popularity, its complicated ideas of consent, and the complexity of the horror genre’s treatment of gender and setting. By examining the movie through the lens of “incel horror,” they examine the film’s treatment of masculinity and the anxieties surrounding contemporary romantic relationships.Related listening:Spare x Tender MasculinityGet Out x Horrifying WhitenessBook 6, Ep. 3 | Rape CultureWorks Cited:Barasch, Alex. “The Twenty-Six-Year-Old Behind ‘Obsession,’ a Terrifying Tale of a Crush Gone Awry.” The New Yorker. May 11, 2026. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-twenty-six-year-old-behind-obsession-a-terrifying-tale-of-a-crush-gone-awry. Accessed June 25 2026.Cieslik, Emma. “‘Obsession’ and the Rise of Incel Horror: When Men’s Entitlement Becomes the Monster.” Ms. Magazine. June 4, 2026. https://msmagazine.com/2026/06/04/obsession-incel-horror/. Accessed June 25 2026.Clover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations, no. 20 (Autumn 1987): 187–228. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507.Eqbal, Amelia. “Are Movie Audiences Smart Enough to Appreciate Obsession’s Incel Horror Message?.” CBC. June 5, 2026. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/are-movie-audiences-smart-enough-to-appreciate-obsessions-incel-horror-message-9.7224800. Accessed June 25 2026Hamedy, Saba, and Greg Rosenstein. “How an Indie Horror Film Became a Box-Office ‘Obsession.’” NBC News. May 25, 2026. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/obsession-curry-barker-box-office-hit-focus-features-rcna346824. Accessed June 25 2026.Tudor, Andrew. “Why Horror? The Peculiar Pleasures of a Popular Genre.” Horror, The Film Reader, edited by Mark Jancovich, Routledge, 2001, pp. 47–55.***To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode!Material Girls is a show that makes se

Content warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault throughout.We're back with a brand new episode of The Vampire Podcast, recapping episode 3 of The Vampire Lestat: Toronto!In this episode, Hannah, Zoe, and Gaby dig into three main storylines: Lestat and his first love, Nicky; Lestat's turning; and Louis' quest to find the leader of the Fang Gang (ugh). Hannah and Zoe also give Gaby a Canadian city pronunciation lesson, which is very important.We’ll be back next week to talk all about episode 4, The Devil's Road.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our final Material Concerns before SUMMER BREAK! Coach is back and she brought Zoe and Gaby with her! Join us for a conversation that includes a lot of interruptions, a very long check-in and a hot tip for removable wallpaper you might like.Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to The Vampire PodCAST! This week we’re going on an Oedipal journey, so buckle up. Hannah, Zoe, and Gaby dig into episode 2 of the Vampire Lestat and discuss the "complicated" relationship between Lestat and his mother, Louis and Lestat’s reunion, and Louis and Daniel’s first time meeting face-to-face after Daniel published his book. They also talk a lot about wigs and Baudelaire.We’ll be back next week to talk all about episode 3.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can show you the world…of the pervasive colonialism in nostalgic Disney movies! In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah talk all about the Disney classic Aladdin. With the help of Abdul JanMohamed’s manichean allegory—an aspect of Orientalist literature—Marcelle leads us through a conversation that digs into the history of the “Disney vault,” the American values implicit in the movie, the relationship between exploitation and representation, and much, much more!Whether you remember renting the movie on VHS from your local video store or you first watched Aladdin on streaming, this episode is for you.Related listening:Pirates of the Caribbean x American ExceptionalismBarbie x Petro-CapitalismSweet Potato Fries x Food ImperialismWitch, Please: Book 1, Ep. 2 | OrientalismWorks Cited:“Aladdin (1992 Disney Film).” Wikipedia. 2 June 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)#. Accessed 3 June 2026. Cunningham, Andrew. “The Ultimate Collectors Guide To Disney VHS Tapes.” Our Departure Board. March 20, 2025. https://www.ourdepartureboard.com/blog/disney-vhs-ultimate-guide. Accessed 3 June 2026.“Disney Vault.” Wikipedia. 23 April 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Vault. Accessed 3 June 2026.JanMohamed, Abdul R. “The Economy of Manichean Allegory: The Function of Racial Difference in Colonialist Literature.” Critical Inquiry 12, no. 1 (1985): 59–87. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343462.Said, Edward. Orientalism. Vintage, 1979.“VHS.” Wikipedia. 2 June 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS. Accessed 3 June 2026.***To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at <a href="h

The first episode of The Vampire Lestat premiered last week, so the first REAL episode of The Vampire PodCAST is out and ready to rock!Hannah, Gaby, and Zoe dig their fangs into the season premiere of The Vampire Lestat, "Detroit." They cover everything from their favorite line reads, their least favorite lyrics, the logistics of elevator orgies, and much more! We'll be back next week to talk all about Episode 2!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for another episode of Material Concerns! Hannah, Marcelle, and Gaby debrief conferences that could have been an email, Gaby's trip to Spain, and learn what chromatin means. Tune into Part II on Patreon for a BRAND NEW segment and learn the origin of their new motto, Jacked Slug Summer.Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first episode of the Vampire PodCAST, a recap show all about season three of Interview with the Vampire — aka The Vampire Lestat.In this introductory episode, Hannah, Gaby, and Zoe give a very brief overview of the first two seasons of the show, discuss their favorite characters, and dig into what they’re excited about for this new season.We’ll be back next week to unpack the season premiere of The Vampire Lestat!Hannah and Gaby’s Making Worlds episode about Interview with the VampireSeason one recapSeason two recapMusic Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dust off your aprons and heat up your cast iron because it’s finally time for one of our most requested episodes yet! In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle dig deep into the tradwife phenomenon. Using the viral tradwife influencer Ballerina Farm as a case study, Hannah leads us through a discussion about eugenics, replacement theory, and clean living movements. They also get into influencer culture, the performance of farm life, and…milk. Whew! That’s a lot, and it’s ALL relevant.This episode is for those of you who love to hate tradwives, are curious about their meteoric rise in popularity over the last few years, or have never even heard of them!Related listening:9 to 5 x Labour Feminism with Zena SharmanGet Out x Horrifying WhitenessWitch, Please: Book 7, Ep. 6 | EugenicsWorks Cited:Agnew, Megan. “Meet the queen of the ‘trad wives’ (and her eight children.” The Times 20 July 2024: https://archive.ph/YHB08. “Clean living movement.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_living_movement. Accessed 14 May 2026. Elster, N., Parsi, K., & Caplan, A. Guest editorial. “Laundering Public Health: Using Autism to Revive Eugenics.” The American Journal of Bioethics (2026): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2659519. “Eugenics and Scientific Racism.” National Human Genome Research Institute 18 May 2022. https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism. Accessed 14 May 2026. Luse, Brittany. “Mormon Moms: Unpacking a national obsession.” It’s Been A Minute (NPR) 12 November 2024: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1212541651. Moskin, Julia. “Tycoon or Tradwife? The Woman Behind Ballerina Farm Makes Her Own Path.” The New York Times 3 December 2024: <a href="https://archive.ph/Q9j2J#selection-489.0-489.70" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="

Hannah, Marcelle, and Gaby get equal parts silly and earnest with it in this episode of Material Concerns, beginning with a classically long check-in before digging into what’s in their Apocalypse Toolkit. Head over to Part II for Okay, Hear Me Out and another secret segment that we can’t publicly name. Intrigued?? Get over there and find out what we’re talking about!Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Smells like the commodification of teen spirit! In this episode, we welcome beloved friend of the pod and returning guest Marshall Watson (he/him) to talk all about Nirvana and the grunge culture of the 90s.Together, Marcelle, Hannah, and Marshall dig into the anti-establishment ethos of Nirvana, the grunge genre as an act of musical resistance, and what happens once counter-culture becomes mainstream. To do this, they’ve obviously gotta dig into Adorno and Horkheimer’s theory of the culture industry (and talk a little bit about Reagan, which they only do when Marshall is here…).If your young adult years were soundtracked to Nevermind or you just love railing against the mainstream, you’re going to dig this episode.Related listening:Golden Girls x Sex Positivity with Marshall WatsonThe Craft x Feminist RageWorks Cited:Adorno, Theodore, and Max Horkheimer. 2019. “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” in Philosophers on Film from Bergson to Badiou: A Critical Reader, ed. Christopher Kul-Want (Columbia University Press, 2019), 80-96.“Bleach (Nirvana album).” Wikipedia. May 11 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_(Nirvana_album).“David Geffen.” Wikipedia. April 23 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geffen.“Geffen Records.” Wikipedia. May 2, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geffen_Records.Scarborough, Joe. 2014. “Reagan: A Legacy of Optimism and Common Sense.” TIME. June 4, 2014. https://time.com/2815630/reagan-a-legacy-of-optimism-and-common-sense/.***To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at <a href="https://Patreon.com/ohwitchplease!" rel="noopener noreferrer" targ

Gaby is behind the wheel doing producer duties this month and it gets as silly as you might expect with the resident wittle baby in charge!! In Part I, Hannah, Marcelle, and Gaby start with a check-in and then do some Consumer Retorts. Head over to Part II for Fixation Station and Oops All Oops!!We'll be back next week with a regular format episode!Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! (https://instagram.com/ohwitchplease!) Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (https://ohwitchplease.ca/) (you can also find transcripts here!). You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020
Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Hannah and Marcelle go to Disneyland, you can pretty much bank on them returning happier, out some cash, and deep in the throes of processing the experience! So what better return to the pod than an episode about Pixar and Henry Jenkins' theory of affective economics.Tune in for a conversation, led by Hannah, about CGI, John Lasseter, the impact of Pixar's first CGI feature Toy Story (1999), the fantasy of living outside of capitalism, and what Jenkins' theory of affective economics (Convergence Culture, 2006) can do to help us make sense of it all!Related ListeningDisney x PinkwashingAppendix: Fan Studies Revisited (Witch, Please)Works Cited“Computer Animation Production System.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Animation_Production_System. Visited on 28 April 2026. “John Lasseter.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lasseter. Visited on 28 April 2026. “Pixar.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar. Visited on 28 April 2026. Sandlin, Jennifer A. and Julie Garlen Maudlin. “Disney’s pedagogies of pleasure and the eternal recurrence of whiteness.” Journal of Consumer Culture 17.2 (2017): 397-412. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1177/14695405156023. Music Credits:"Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode has nothing to do with NPR's All Things Considered, but that's the kind of cuckoo behavior you get when Coach invites resident wittle babies, Gaby and Zoe, on mic. Hannah and Marcelle are off having a Disney adventure and while they're away, the freaks will play! Part II is over on patreon.com/ohwitchplease!Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). Want to support the podcast and our tiny, hard-working team? Check out all the content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Bonus episodes, bloopers, merch, watch-alongs, and more! Need a last minute gift for a friend or family member? You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, folks…to quote Nurse Dana, Pitty Party’s (almost) over.Marcelle, Zoe, and Gaby chat all about the season two FINALE of the Pitt in this penultimate episode of Pitty Party! They dig into their general thoughts on the episode, how hot Dr. Al-Hashimi is, and ending as we begun: with Dr. Robby and a baby.We’ll be back next week for a mailbag bonus episode. Until then, thank you all so much for listening. Head to PATREON.COM/OHWITCHPLEASE for the full episode and the backlog!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Definitively our most Canadian conversation yet!In this episode of Material Girls, we once again take a look at Heated Rivalry — this time focusing on the Canadian-ness of the show. We were joined in February by sister of the pod, Hope Rehak, to think through the show's popularity as it relates to puritanism. This time around, we brought in John Batt (he/him), the brilliant mind behind the Instagram account @canada.gov.ca,* to help us think through the show as CanCon (Canadian content).Together, Marcelle, Hannah and John consider what it means for something "to be Canadian." They broach the myth of Canadian culture as a monolith and do a historical deep dive on The Massey Commission to get a better sense of how CanCon became institutionalized as a nationalist endeavor. If you like Canada Corner™ you'll love this episode about Canadiana with Canadian treasure, John Batt."This is a great episode for someone who recently got into hockey." - Gaby Iori, someone who recently got into hockey*If you don't know it already, go follow the account for curated stories from the obscure and often bizarre side of Canadian history and culture!Related ListeningHeated Rivalry x The Puritanical Eye with Hope RehakBook 4, Episode 2: The Nation State (from Witch, Please podcast)Trade Movies Podcast (clip mentioned by John Batt)Works Cited“Canadian Content.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Feb 8, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content#:~:text=Current%20Canadian%20content%20percentages%20are,multicultural%20formats%20have%20lower%20percentages).“Canadiana.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Mar 29, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadiana.Litt, Paul. 1992. The Muses, the Masses, and the Massey Commission. University of Toronto Press.Morrison, Catherine. 2026. “Culture Minister Says Hockey Romance Heat

Welcome back to Pitty Party! For the full episode head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease!Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe dig into the penultimate episode of season 2! In addition to discussing what’s going on with Dr. al-Hashimi and Robby’s relationship with Duke, they also spend some time debating different types of Canadian beers and consider who working at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center would be most likely to get you your SSRIs in a timely manner.See you next week for the FINALE!!! Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Material Concerns! We talk perfumes, vapes and taking risks. Head to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget and you will get PART II!Happy listening! We'll be back next week with a regular format episode!Subscribe to Hannah's new newsletter here: https://hannahs-haunts-and-hobbies.ghost.io/Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party!Yes, the first five minutes of this episode are devoted to discussing hockey, and not even the gay kind! Sorry if you're not into that.Once we move past that, Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe dig into Dr. Mohan's terrible hour, Robby's continued downward spiral, and the much-needed arrival of the hot shift (aka the night shift).We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 14, 8:00 PM. Do we think there are gonna be beers in the park this season?? It's not looking likely.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feast your magic-loving ears on THIS! Today we are doing something very exciting. We are re-publishing the first-ever episode of the original run of Witch, Please. Back in 2015, Hannah and Marcelle were just two hot young things working in academia living in a world a bit different from the one we’re in today… and they decided to create a podcast about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Many of our listeners joined us while that show was on air — but a good number of you arrived after the fact! These episodes have been available to the public through our main Material Girls feed, but starting this month, we are transferring them to our Patreon page. If you’re a regular listener of the original run, not to fear, the episodes are still available for free and now without ads over on Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Please enjoy this jump back in time to Valentine’s Day 2015 when Hannah and Marcelle began their joint podcasting journey. Here’s what you should know before listening to the OG run: We used language then that we don’t use now. We think it’s important to learn in public and to stay accountable to past errors in judgment or ignorances so if you hear something you don’t like in the original run, we understand and we hope you find our more recent episodes are held to a higher standard of care and intention. We edited these episodes ourselves. If you’re like, “hey why does this sound worse than current episodes,” that’s because our reboot and the shows that followed involve the labor of a producer and a sound engineer who we pay through Patreon.We have transcripts for our reboot seasons! If you’d like a transcript of an original run episode, email us at [email protected] with the subject line: TRANSCRIPTION REQUEST. We’ll aim to get you what you’ve requested within 4 weeks.Head over to our WP OG Run chat on Patreon if you'd like to discuss with other listeners! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party!NOTE: This episode discusses a storyline involving self-harm starting around the 29 minute mark. We wrap up the specifics around 33:33 and move into the rest of the conversation between Santos and Whitaker for the rest of the segment.Gaby and Marcelle both have colds in this episode, but they get over it enough to talk with Zoe about the Big Fight between Mom and Dad (Dana and Robby), the way the hospital admin is handling Langdon’s drug diversion, and Santos’ mental health (as well as the Santos and Whitaker siblingism).We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 13, 7:00 PM. Only three more episodes and then, to quote Dana Evans, Pit(t)y Party’s over. ANOTHER NOTE: We know that Monica is actually a clerk and not a charge nurse! Misspeak on our part. Also, if you work in healthcare and have any insight into the drug diversion storyline (i.e. why it seems to be so unknown that Langdon diverted drugs from his workplace), let us know! Is it common to assume providers who divert drugs do it from elsewhere? We don’t know and would like to learn! XoMusic Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Material Concerns!!! We keep this episode soft! Listen to find out what we mean by that! Head to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget and you will get PART II!!!!!!Happy listening! We'll be back next week with a regular format episode!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party!Zoe, Gaby, and Marcelle jump right into discussing a really heavy episode and dig into this week’s ICE storyline, the long-awaited Langdon and Santos confrontation, and Mel’s relationship with her sister. They also touch on a few new patients and the several items belonging to Chekov that seem to be returning…We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 12, 6:00 PM. Only four episodes left! To listen to the full episode, head to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you watch The Oscars? Did you formerly watch The Oscars but don't anymore? Do you only consume The Oscars via clips on social media? Well guess what? No matter how you answered, you're not alone! In this week's episode, Hannah and Marcelle talk about the changing zeitgeisty-ness of the Academy Awards through a deep dive on the awards' early days, its legacy and what we might make of the show's move to Youtube starting 2029.Drawing on theorist Robert Boucault's new book, Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige, Hannah helps us understand the complex ways the Oscars navigate various forms of capital in the field of filmmaking. We talk elitism, cultural capital, symbolic capital and capital intraconversion!Happy listening!Related ListeningBook 4, Episode 8: Magical Capital (from Witch, Please Reboot)Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse MeadowsBarbie x Petro-CapitalismWorks CitedBaragona, Louis. “How the Oscars has changed over the past 92 years.” Business Insider 23 April 2021. https://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-over-the-years-2018-3. Boucault, Robert. Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige. New York: Routledge, 2026. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.4324/9781003597605. Feinberg, Scott. “Oscars’ TV Ratings Headache Turns Into a Migraine.” The Hollywood Reporter 2 March 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-tv-ratings-live-telecast-1235102498/. Feinberg, Scott, and Alex Weprin. “Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029.” The Hollywood Reporter 17 December 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars-bolt-from-abc-to-youtube-starting-in-2029-1236453188/. Rao, Sonia. “Why do the Oscars Matter?” The Washington Post 16 April 2021. <a href="https

Welcome back to Pitty Party!Editor’s note: Gaby misspeaks at one point in the episode and refers to the “slash trach” that Dr. Al-Hashimi does as a “slash crike.” Another reminder that none of us are medical doctors :)It’s another jam packed episode full of “mommy issues” of all kinds, waterslide accidents, a stairwell confrontation between Garcia and Santos (Siri, play “Casual” by Chappell Roan), and our own invented fanfic about Robby, Whitaker, and Robby’s friend Duke. Arguably our most NSFW episode to date, you’ve been warned!We’re coming up on the home stretch here, and we’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 11, 5:00 PM. To listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease now!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Material Concerns — our out of format episode featuring guest co-host, Coach! In this week's episode, we do a very long check-in (as we are wont to do!) and follow it up with a Fixation Station! In Part II, we continue our impromptu Canada Moment and then head into Consumer Retorts and Creature Report! Head to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget!Happy listening! We'll be back next week with a regular format episode!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party!This episode has everything, so Gaby, Zoe, and Marcelle get right into it. Furries! Firework accidents! A sense of overwhelming dread for Dr. Robby’s wellbeing! They also dig into Mel’s (and Javadi’s!) no good very bad shift and extensively discuss Robby asking Whitaker to come to the cottage.We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 10, 4:00 PM.To listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease now!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by the incomparable Zena Sharman (she/her). Zena is an essayist and non-fiction writer who is a fan and student of the film 9 to 5 (1980). If you don't know the movie, you almost certainly know the song of the same name written and performed by one of its stars, Dolly Parton. And if you don't know the song, you most definitely know the two other leads of the movie: Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda! And if you don't know them, well hell, we can't wait to introduce you!In the episode, Hannah and Zena lead us through a history of the feminist labour organizing that directly led to the film's creation. They introduce us to Karen Nussbaum who co-founded an organization called 9to5 in the early 1970s. Nussbaum and Jane Fonda became friends and allies through anti-Vietnam war organizing and developed 9 to 5 (the film) in effort to surface the struggle of working women at the time.Hannah then draws on work from historian Dorothy Sue Cobble who argues that contemporary disillusionment about feminism has a lot to do with historical amnesia about the actual diversity of feminist organizing. Hannah suggests that the 1980 screwball comedy 9 to 5, with its depiction of women from notably different backgrounds and with pointedly different gender presentations, might be exactly the feminist text we need in our present political moment. The conversation also touches on queer-coded characters in the story and the super queer team behind the film.Come for the love of Dolly Parton and stay for the rich conversation about labour organizing, cultural consumption, moral purity and coalition building!More ZenaZena is the editor of several anthologies, including The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory & Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health and Lambda Literary Award-winning The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care. You can buy her newest book, Staying Power (Arsenal Pulp Press), here! Full link: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Staying-PowerRelated EpisodesSapphic x Radical FeminismWorks CitedCobble, Dorothy Sue. The Other Women's Movement : Workplace Justice and Social Rights in Modern America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central, <a href="http://ebookcentral.proquest.co

Welcome back to Pitty Party!We’ve gone analog, baby! In this episode, Marcelle, Zoe, and Gaby discuss fatphobia in the ER (and this season’s biggest op, James Ogilvie), Langdon and Santos’ first case back together, and Hot Nurse Jesse lifting a fax machine, among many other things.We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 9, 3:00 PM.To listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease now! Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Content Warning: Suicide, Suicide Prevention/InterventionWe're back with a Material Concerns episode featuring Marcelle, Hannah and Coach! We're back together after a few weeks apart. We begin with a long overdue check in before jumping into a Mailbag Sampler! Thanks Alex from Leadville who submitted a question about Sabrina Carpenter's music video for Manchild!In Part II, find out what Coach has to say about the Manchild music video — followed by a Make It Make Sense about water bottles (shoutout Sasha P from Instagram who submitted the topic!).To listen, join our Patreon for as little as $54/year! You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! You'll also get access to Pitty Party, our recap podcast about HBO's The Pitt. Go to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget!Happy listening! We'll be back next week with a regular format episode!Check out Carly Boyce's zine/resources we mentioned in the episode here! (Full link: https://www.tinylantern.net/suicide-intervention-resources)Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NOTE: This episode discusses a case involving sexual assault beginning around 28:50 (right after the conversation about Jasper) and ending at 35:38 (right before the boating propeller injury). Feel free to skip this part of the podcast if that’s best for you.Welcome back to Pitty Party! In this episode, Marcelle, Zoe, and Gaby dig into two main plot points: a case involving a sexual assault survivor and Robby and Langdon’s long-awaited confrontation. They also discuss Dr. Abbot’s return, check in on some recurring patients, and, to keep it fun, get into some shipping discourse.We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 8, 2:00 PM.To listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease now! As a reminder, we’re running a Patreon promotion during the month of February! If you join our Patreon at any tier with the code RINGWATCH before March 1st, you’ll receive 50% off your first month.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you've been following the *discourse,* you know that Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" is a divisive film! So of course, we had to watch it and try to make sense of its turbulent place in the zeitgeist. Rather than ask if the film is a "good" or "bad" adaptation, Marcelle leads us in an episode about marriage as a marker and maker of happiness, our collective imagination around Emily Brontë's source material, Heathcliff as romantic hero, and the lure of the abject. This episode is for the lovers, the haters and the die-hard Sara Ahmed heads! Related EpisodesThe Last of Us x Adaptation TheoryComics & Memes x Culture Text with Neale BarnholdenWorks Cited“Adaptations of Wuthering Heights” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. February 11, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Wuthering_Heights. Ahmed, Sara. 2010. The Promise of Happiness. Duke University Press.Anderson, Hephzibah. 2018. “Heathcliff and Literature’s Greatest Love Story Are Toxic.” BBC. July 30, 2018. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180725-heathcliff-and-literatures-greatest-love-story-are-toxic. “Emerald Fennell defends ‘depraved’ Wuthering Heights film adaptation: ‘I’m just a goth girl.’” The Australian, YouTube video, 3:37, https://youtu.be/QeooWeEEDJg?si=JMf2hQUoASutoKK1.Support Material GirlsTo learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!). Want to support the podcast and our tiny, hard-working team? Check out all the content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Bonus episodes, bloopers, merch, watch-alongs, and more! Need a last minute gift for a friend or family member? You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/gift" rel="no

Welcome back to Pitty Party! In this episode, Marcelle, Zoe, and Gaby discuss what happens to a beloved patient and celebrate the unsung heroes of the emergency department: the nurses. They also dig into a particularly noteworthy Ring Watch update and some exciting predictions for next episode.Plus, some news you can use: we made Pitty Party hats! Marcelle, Zoe, and Gaby bravely tried and tested them and can confirm they’re both extremely comfortable AND super cool. We’ll be releasing them once we hit 1200 paid patrons (we’re so close, thanks to you guys!!!) with a discount code, so be sure to join us over at http://patreon.com/ohwitchplease!We’ll see you next week for season 2, episode 7, 1:00 PM.To listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with a Material Concerns episode featuring Marcelle and Coach! Hannah was traveling so we jumped on mic without them and chatted about our lives and some ideas for upcoming Witch, Please Productions adventures. Part I ends with an "Ok, Hear Me Out" and then we promptly move to Part II for a How the Sausage is Getting Made and a Creature Report!To listen to Part II, join our Patreon for as little as $54/year! You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Go to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget! Plus, in the month of February you can use the code RINGWATCH to get 50% off your membership.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This audio was originally recorded live at The Rio Theater in Vancouver on July 3rd, 2025. Folks we are thrilled to be sharing our Daddy Live Show with you as a belated Valentine's Day gift! As you may recall, Material Girls did our first-ever in-person show last summer. Our theme was the term "daddy," and we were lucky enough to be joined by Helen Zaltzman and Martin Austwick.The show kicks off with a live rendition of our theme song, Shopping Mall, from Vancouver band, Auto Syndicate. The show that follows is part regular format episode, part sing-a-long, part game and a whole lot of theory. In listening to the recorded audio, you may miss some visual gags (like a paddle that says "Dad or Daddy" which we used to vote during the game — or the singular paddle used by Coach that said "no time" and "wait, take that again."). One other thing to note: At the ~55 minute mark when we play a game called Dad or Daddy there were some essential accompanying slides. Click the link to follow along.Otherwise, as mentioned in the show, be sure to check out Helen's podcast The Allusionist and Zena Sharman's upcoming book, Staying Power. And DEFINITELY check out the Daddy Really Cares music video Martin Austwick made especially for you— and listen to the song on his bandcamp here where you can also do a close-reading of the genius lyrics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party! Marcelle is back, baby! There’s so much to talk about in this episode, from various workplace disease hazards to some juicy dynamics between our favorite characters. Plus, they dig into some medical terminology 101…and a tragically suspenseful cliffhanger. We’ll be back next week to talk all about season 2, episode 6, 12:00 PM.And an update: We have returned to our regularly scheduled Material Girls episodes (released on Tuesdays!). That means the Pitty Party fun has moved over to Patreon! If you join our Patreon at any tier (http://patreon.com/ohwitchplease) in the month of February, you’ll get 50% off your first month with the code RINGWATCH. This support is HOW we are able to continue producing the show and paying our team. We've already seen a huge influx of supporters and it means soooo much to us to be able to finish out this recap season strong — so thank you! And... we have some very fun stuff planned if we hit 1200 paid supporters (we're only 75 away!) — so spread the word about Pitty Party and make the leap to a paid Patreon tier today!Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease.Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We had to go to the cottage!!!In this episode, Hope Rehak, (writer, educator, and the mind behind beloved Substack "Obsessions This Week") joins Hannah and Marcelle for a giddy and downright delectable conversation about the Canadian television hit, Heated Rivalry. The episode begins with us holding space for everyone's personal relationship to the series (*spoiler: we love it*), then promptly jumps into a rundown of how the show materially came to be! We discuss the popularity of MLM (men-loving-men) fiction written largely by women and trans men — and the correlated rise and mainstreaming of the romance genre. Hope introduces us to the idea of the androphillic gaze (listen to learn!) and offers a quick rundown of the state of fanfiction today. Hannah then offers some theory through Carlee Gomes' 2023 article, “The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire." What follows is a rich conversation about the myth of political perfection in media, the desire for escape under late capitalism, the perceived notion that consumer habits are the last site of autonomy and the very real pleasure of watching men be masculine, sexy, and tender. If you're interested in Heated Rivalry as its popularity relates to shadow politics, moral panics and the puritanical eye, then this episode is for you. If you just thought it was a horny and fun show, this episode is also for you. Helpful Re-Listens That Relate to This Episode:Wicked: For Good x Femslash with Leena NormsFourth Wing x the Author FunctionBridgerton x Reading the Romance with Vanessa Zoltan***Works CitedGomes, Carlee. “The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire.” Lo Specchio Scuro 25 November 2023. https://specchioscuro.it/the-puritanical-eye-hyper-mediation-sex-on-film-and-the-disavowal-of-desire/. Keshavarzi, Yalda. “Heated Rivalry and the erotics of equality.” Shado 14 January 2026. https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/heated-rivalry-and-the-erotics-of-equalit

Welcome back to Pitty Party! In this episode, Gaby and Zoe run rogue without Marcelle to recap season 2, episode 4 (10:00 AM) of The Pitt. They dig into the show’s treatment of Black women this season, the trauma of being hospitalized without health insurance, the reveal of “Dr. J,” and much more.And an update: We’re moving the Pitty Party fun to Patreon! If you join our Patreon at any tier (http://patreon.com/ohwitchplease) in the month of February, you’ll get 50% off your first month with the code RINGWATCH. See you there!!Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back from our January hiatus! We pick up with a Material Concerns episode hosted by Hannah and Coach — oops all Hannahs! In this episode, we begin with a check-in that largely focuses on the incredible anti-ICE community-organizing in Minneapolis and beyond. We then jump into an Apocalypse Toolkit (because of course!) and a Fixation Station (where Coach asks "Is our fixation still Heated Rivalry?" Tune in and you'll learn what next week's episode is all about!!!!!! Head over to Part II for a Mailbag Sampler and Creature Report! And more chatter about how we're getting through this rough days of winter! To listen, join our Patreon for as little as $54/year! You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Go to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party! In this episode, Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe recap season 2, episode 3 (9:00 AM) of The Pitt! They dig into the many cases of the episode and discuss everything from the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, to patients playing drug roulette, to the many forms PTSD can take. And of course, they end with some power rankings and predictions for the next episode.(Note: This episode contains spoilers for season 8 of ER.)Next week we'll be back with episode 4, 10:00 AM.Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease. You'll find hours of bonuses — and bloopers for THIS episode — over there!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe dig into season two, episode two, 8:00 AM. They discuss the role of generative AI in the hospital, some particularly stomach-turning cases (if you know you know), and of course, the emotional effects of seeing Dr. Robby hold a baby. Plus, they go long on a very thorough edition of #RINGWATCH and end on some power rankings and predictions for next week.We'll be back next week to talk all about season two, episode three, 9:00 AM.Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease. You'll find hours of bonuses — and bloopers for THIS episode — over there!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Pitty Party, a recap podcast about HBO's The Pitt!In this episode, Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe dig into the season two premiere, 7:00 AM. They consider who is having the best (and worst) hour and some of the gnarliest cases of the episode. They also offer their thoughts on this season's new additions: new attending Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, med students James Ogilvie and Joy Kwon, and nurse Emma Nolan. If you're a fan of The Pitt or Golden Globe WINNER Noah Wyle, you won't regret tuning in!We'll be back next week to talk all about season two, episode two, 8:00 AM.Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease. You'll find hours of bonuses — and bloopers for THIS episode — over there!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Pitty Party, a recap podcast for The Pitt!Material Girls is going on winter break for the month of January and in its stead we bring you this show! Hosted by Gaby, Marcelle and Zoe, Pitty Party will recap new episodes of the Pitt as they come out week by week. To begin, Gaby, Marcelle, and Zoe look back at season one of the show and dig into what they’re most excited about in season two. They talk about their favorite characters and storylines, their respective history with medical dramas, what they expect from season two, and so much more.We’ll be back next week to recap the first episode of The Pitt Season 2: 7:00 AM.*Note: This episode contains spoilers for season one of The Pitt.*Support the Show!Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease and become a free or paid Patreon supporter at patreon.com/ohwitchplease. You'll find hours of bonuses — and bloopers for THIS episode — over there!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, well, well, if it isn’t our annual All Team Holiday Episode. The real ones know that these episodes are typically out of control. This year is no different (except we were all sober at the time of recording). Tune in for a timed check-in, followed by end-of-year trivia, 2025 Oops All Oops and some light chatter about Heated Rivalry. If you’d rather not jump right into the deep end, might we recommend a mini playlist of all our holiday-themed episodes? You can work your way up to this one, by first listening to:A Holiday Special from the Archives featuring Neale Barnholden! (there is original music in this one!!)Merry-terial Girls: An Incomprehensible Holiday BonusMaterial Concerns: An All-Team Holiday Bonanza & Wicked Pt. IHappy New Year and thank you for your support! Join our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease!!Subscribe to our newsletter at ghost.io or Substack to get our 2026 update, BTS pics, and all the insider info you could possibly want. We’ll be back next Wednesday with Pitt-y Party — a mini-season all about The Pitt!Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To make sense of the recent resurgence in point-and-shoot cameras, we’re returning to French philosopher and cultural theorist Roland Barthes! We begin with a conversation about the major technological shifts that have occurred in photography between 1980 (when Barthes published Camera Lucida) and today. Hannah then leads us in a theory section all about "the Punctum." Together, she and Marcelle parse Barthes' understanding of what makes photography distinct from other mediums and how Time is entangled with our emotional relationship to snapshots captured on camera. If you've never heard of "the Punctum," let this episode be your introduction to one of Barthes' more moving contributions to our theory tool belt!***Happy holidays from the Material Girls team! We'll be back next week with an Hour-Long All-Team Material Concerns episode! To learn more about the show, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca (you can also find transcripts here!).Want to support the podcast and our tiny, hard-working team? Check out all the content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease. Bonus episodes, bloopers, merch, watch-alongs, and more!Need a last minute gift for the holidays? You can gift a Patreon subscription at this link: https://www.patreon.com/ohwitchplease/giftWorks Cited: Barthes, Roland. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Trans. by Richard Howard. New York: Hill and Wang, 1981. Cooke, Alex. “The Rise and Fall of the Point-and-Shoot Camera.” FStoppers 6 November 2025. https://fstoppers.com/historical/rise-and-fall-point-and-shoot-camera-715387. McLennan, Tara. “Hashtag ‘Sunset’: Smartphone Photography and the Punctum of Time.” The International Journal of the Image 7.1 (2016): 33-43. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/CGP/v07i01/33-43 Murashima, Claire. “Why Gen Z loves the digital compact cameras that millennials used to covet.” NPR 10 December 2024. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/09/nx-s1-5209770/gen-z-digital-compact-cameras-millennials-trendy.

We begin this week's Material Concerns with stressing out Marcelle through vulgarity — and then swiftly turn the conversation over to a nice and long check in. of course, it wouldn't be a Material Concerns episode if we didn't do at least one other segment! We wrap up Part I with a Fixation Station that is maybe more of a Ok, Hear Me Out. Happy listening and join us for Part II on Patreon!Part II features Consumer Retorts, Creature Report and a quick voice memo dispatch from Coach to Hannah. To listen, join our Patreon for as little as $54/year! You'll get ad-free episodes, bloopers, a backlog of content and part two of all Material Concerns episodes! Go to patreon.com/ohwitchplease now to join a tier that works for your budget!***Music Credits:“Shopping Mall”: by Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle ©2020Used by permission. All rights reserved. As recorded by Auto Syndicate on the album “Bongo Dance”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We always nerd out, but in this episode we're joined in our geek sesh by the incredibly charming, brilliant and funny Lindy West (she/her) and Meagan Hatcher-Mays (she/her) to discuss (drumroll!) The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As you may already know, Hannah and Marcelle share a love of JRR Tolkien's world and in this episode they finally get to discuss Peter Jackson's adaptation from the early aughts.The episode begins with an overview of the books' popularity in the middle of the 20th century and their lasting impact on fantasy and science fiction literature, television and film. Hannah then offers some context for the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. Together, we consider the desire by the public to escape in a post 9/11 world and the fantasy of a pastoral utopia! Hannah then offers some theory! We're talking Arcadia people!This episode is a perfect listen for fans of The Lord of the Rings, as well as anyone who has ever fantasized about knitting in a cottage away from the hustle and bustle of industrialized cities!Works CitedFrey, Angelica. “Cottagecore Debuted 2,300 Years Ago.” JSTOR Daily 11 November 2020. https://daily.jstor.org/cottagecore-debuted-2300-years-ago/. Huffstutter, P.J. “Not Just a Tolkien Amount.” LA Times 24 October 2003. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-24-fi-frodoecon24-story.html. Kruske, Kyle. “Lord Of The Rings’ Hobbiton Shire Set Took A Whole Year To Make.” Screenrant 18 December 2021. https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-hobbiton-shire-set-one-year-build/. Lois, Gemma. “‘The Lord of the Rings’: A Thematic Echo Of The Industrial Revolution – Extended Edition.” A Musing Clio 23 June 2025. https://gemmahistory.home.blog/2025/06/23/the-lord-of-the-rings-a-thematic-echo-of-the-industrial-revolution-extended-edition/. Sanders, Sam. “Tolkien Acknowledged That Black People Exist in Arda, So Why Can’t Everyone Else?” Vulture 16 September 2022. https://www.vulture.com/article/rings-of-power-black-hobbits-lord-of-the-rings-amazon.html. Shanahan, Paula. “Authentic Fantasy: The Representation of the Shire as a Nostalgic Arcadi