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Material Girls

Witch, Please Productions

A scholarly podcast about pop culture hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman, produced by Witch, Please Productions.

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Tuesday · 1 hr 1 min
Re-Release: Goblin Mode x the Abject with McKayla Coyle
This week, in the spirit of Halloween, we’re re-releasing an episode from our first season of Material Girls: Goblin Mode x the Abject with guest expert McKayla Coyle. As you may remember, in 2022, Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year was the term “goblin mode.” For anyone who was very online during the early years of the Covid-19 pandemic, this term probably sounds super familiar and relatable. Going Goblin Mode became a kind of shorthand for our more feral tendencies during an incredibly isolating time. In this episode, we were joined by McKayla Coyle, author of Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck. Together we dig into the term that took twitter by storm in 2022 - and Hannah offers us some theory about 'the abject,' a concept from Bulgarian-French feminist philosopher Julia Kristeva. We discuss the racialized and ableist construction of bodies and boundaries — and how that framework can help us understand the radical potential of going 'goblin mode.' We’ll be back next week with a Material Concerns episode and in two weeks, we’ll continue this season with a new, regular-format episode all about Godzilla! Until then, happy listening sweet Goblins. Transcript For More McKayla Coyle How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck. Mothman Is My Boyfriend: Ten Tales of Cryptid Love and Lust *** 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 sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 20 · 35 min
Material Concerns: Just Us Pt. I
For this week's Material Concerns, Hannah and Marcelle are left to their own devices! Enjoy the first segment, A Nice Long Check-In, followed by Book Lewk (a newer segment named by patron Darcy K-E)! Go to Part II for more!! Books Referenced in This Episode B.K. Borison's Good Spirits Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting Erin Wunker's All the Waking Hours Dina Del Bucchia's Tougher Than the Rest Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
October 13 · 1 hr 5 min
Re-Release: Dirty Dancing x Nostalgia with Andrea Warner
Today we’re bringing you a special re-release of an episode that’s dear to our hearts: Dirty Dancing x Nostalgia with Andrea Warner, originally released on May 14, 2024. Andrea had just published her book The Time of My Life, a deep dive into the 1987 hit movie Dirty Dancing, and she joined us on the pod to talk about what made the film and the soundtrack so special. Andrea passed away on Sunday, September 27th, after living with cancer for three years. We will miss Andrea with our whole hearts and thought today we would honor her memory by revisiting this special episode which showcases her brilliant mind and joyful voice. You can spend more time with Andrea through her pop culture podcast Pop This!, which she co-hosted with Lisa Christiansen and Andrea Gin. You can also check out her other books: We Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music; Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography; Rise Up And Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music; and Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing, which she co-authored with Inuk singer and songwriter Susan Aglukark. Thank you for listening. May her memory be a blessing. 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 sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Original Show Notes (from 2024) In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah are joined by Andrea Warner (she/her), the author of The Time of My Life, an exploration of Dirty Dancing as a deeply feminist film. We begin with a conversation about sexy films that made our younger selves all hot and bothered before heading into the segment "Why This? Why Now?" Hannah guides us through the difficulty that writer and producer Eleanor Bergstein faced in getting this movie made and distributed. We talk Reagan, Roe v. Wade, and nostalgia for the 1960s. Hannah then introduces us to American literary critic Fredric Jameson, cultural historian Bill Osgerby, and Russian-American cultural critic Svetlana Boym. Together, Hannah, Marcelle and Andrea parse through their respective work about postmodernism, nostalgia, late capitalism and the construction of history to get a better understanding of why Dirty Dancing is such a compelling film. We end the episode with a discussion of the appropriation of Black music in the movie, the power dynamics within Baby and Johnny's romance and the unique representations of mutual aid. Works Cited Boym, Svetlana. “Nostalgia and its Discontents.” The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture (Summer 2007). https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-uses-of-the-past/articles/nostalgia-and-its-discontents Hutcheon, Linda. The Politics of Postmodernism. London: Routledge, 1989. Jameson, Fredric. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. Osgerby, Bill. “‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’: Romantic Nostalgia and the Early 1960s.” In The Time of Our Lives: Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture, edited by Yannis Tzioumakis and Siân Lincoln, 207-222. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2013. Warner, Andrea. The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing. Toronto: ECW Press, 2024. 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.
October 6 · 32 min
Material Concerns: Heartache, ADHD, & Coach-Marcelle Time Pt. I
It's just Marcelle and Coach this week! They keep it on brand with a conversation about dating boys and getting on meds for ADHD. Be sure to head over to Patreon.com/ohwitchplease for Part II which is almost entirely a list of book recommendations and thoughts on revolutionary work. Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
September 29 · 1 hr 9 min
Andor x The Banality of Evil
It's fall 2026 and it seems there is no better time to take a look at the hit television series, Andor, and Hannah Arendt's concept of “the banality of evil." Marcelle begins this episode by considering the means by which evil becomes banal, routinized, and bureaucratic. She then leads us in a discussion about the way oppressed people under authoritarian rule are incorporated into the process of the regime’s management. Does this seem relevant... or rather, ZEITGEISTY? We thought so! Join us for an episode that may leave you feeling sick to your stomach (like Coach) OR motivated to prep for revolution (also Coach). 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 sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Works Cited “Adolf Eichmann.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2018. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-eichmann. “Andor.” IMDb. September 21, 2022. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/. Arendt, Hannah. 2006. Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil. With an Introduction by Amos Elon. Penguin Books. Butler, Judith. 2011. “Hannah Arendt’s Challenge to Adolf Eichmann.” The Guardian. August 29, 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil. “Department of Government Efficiency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Actions_within_federal_government. Elon, Amos. 2006. “Introduction.” Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt, Penguin Books, pp. vii–xxiii. Marsh, Walter. 2025. “By Calling a Genocide a Genocide, Andor Just Made Its Most Political Point Yet.” The Guardian. May 7, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/07/by-calling-a-genocide-a-genocide-andor-just-made-its-most-political-point-yet. “Nielsen Media Research.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research. Porter, Rick. 2025. “Streaming Ratings: ‘Andor’ Concludes With No. 1 Overall Ranking.” The Hollywood Reporter. June 12, 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-may-12-18-2025-1236263981/. “Streaming Media.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media. 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.
September 22 · 38 min
Material Concerns: The Complainasode Pt. I
On this week's episode of Material Concerns, Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long check-in and some Old Man Yells at Cloud, the segment where they complain about stuff—and boy do they deliver! Join them over on Patreon at patreon.com/ohwitchplease for Part II, full of even more complaints, some Oops All Oops, and to see if Gaby got engaged last weekend!! Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
September 15 · 1 hr 5 min
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma x The Gaze
We simply could not pass up an opportunity to discuss queer filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's latest horror, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. To make sense of the film and its engagement with sex, identity, femininity and transness, we dig into the history of gender representation in slasher films and spend most of the episode thinking through The Gaze, a concept coined by English art historian John Berger (in his 1972 book Ways of Seeing) that was later picked up by feminist film theorists. Hannah and Marcelle consider how cinema, and the experience of both watching and being watched, reinforces and potentially destabilizes sex differences — and further, ask how Schoenbrun's work as a trans filmmaker plays with that relationship in ways previously sidelined by theorists and other artists, alike. If you haven't seen Camp Miasma, no worries! There are no spoilers in this episode. All you really need to know is that the movie stars bicons Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder and that is probably 90% of the reason our team was really into it. *** Works Cited Clover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations 20 (1987): 187-228. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928507. Doyle, Jude. “Notes on Camp: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026).” The Jude Doyle Newsletter Experience 29 August 2026. https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/notes-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbrun-2026/. “Jane Schoenbrun.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun. Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen 16, no. 3 (1975): 6–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/16.3.6. “Ray Blanchard.” Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanchard. Steinbock, Eliza. “Towards Trans Cinema.” In The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, edited by Kristin Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Kaplan, and Patrice Petro. New York: Routledge, 2017. 395-406. *** 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.
September 8 · 39 min
Material Concerns: Fringe, Scrapbooking, and Clapping for Hannah Pt. I
In this week's Material Concerns, Coach talks at length about her experience at Edinburgh Fringe, Marcelle showcases her scrapbooking talent and methodology, Hannah celebrates her impending freedom from massive professional responsibility! Join us for a long check-in and then a powerful creature report. Part II is over on Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Part II features the rest of Creature Report and a Mailbag Teaser answering the question: What are your ingredients for a good hang with friends? What about a good holiday with friends? (Thanks Lili from the UK for the fab question!). Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
September 1 · 1 hr 2 min
Dungeon Crawler Carl x Transmedia Storytelling
If you’ve been in a bookstore recently, chances are good you’ve seen a table stacked high with thick hardcovers with black covers and neon lettering. So of course, we had to talk about the currently unfolding contemporary phenomenon: the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman! Hannah leads us in a conversation all about LitRPG, transmedia storytelling, and participatory fan culture. Plus, she and Marcelle dig into the stellar audiobook production of the series and why these books are getting men reading. If you’ve never heard of Dungeon Crawler Carl or you’re already a fan, this episode is for you! Related Listening: Fourth Wing x Author Function Wicked x Paratexts Dungeons and Dragons x Ludology Works Cited Danis, Sam. “Dungeon Crawler Carl creator Matt Dinniman says LitRPG is just getting started.” Audible Blog, 11 February 2025, https://www.audible.com/blog/matt-dinniman-dungeon-crawler-carl-audio-interview. Freeman, Matthew. Historicising Transmedia Storytelling: Early Twentieth-Century Transmedia Story Worlds. New York: Routledge, 2017. GodTaoistofPatience. “[Royal Road] The History of Royal Road, or how a translation site of a niche Korean Novel became one of the pillars of Web Fiction in the West.” Reddit, 19 April 2026, https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/1sq1xd9/royal_road_the_history_of_royal_road_or_how_a/. Jenkins, Henry. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York: New York University Press, 2006. Jenkins, Henry. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New York: New York University Press, 2006. Jenkins, Henry. “Rethinking ‘Rethinking Convergence/Culture.’” Cultural Studies 28, no. 2 (2014): 267–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2013.801579. Maas, Jennifer. “‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series Casts Audiobook Star Jeff Hays as Princess Donut’s Voice.” Variety, 23 July 2026, https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dungeon-crawler-carl-tv-series-princess-donut-jeff-hays-1236819828/. Mulroy, Clare. “LitRPG is hot. Why fans can't get enough of books like 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'.” USA Today, 9 May 2026, https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2026/05/09/best-litrpg-books-dungeon-crawler-carl/89776156007/. Schneider, Michael. “Peacock Gives Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, Chris Yost.” Variety, 18 June 2026, https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dungeon-crawler-carl-series-order-peacock-1236785705/. *** 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.
August 25 · 39 min
Brought to You by the Common Loon Pt. I
Baby's back! Gaby joins Hannah and Marcelle for a long, Canadian-forward check in and a very important (and also Canadian) Consumer Retorts. Join us on Patreon for Part II and plenty of BoCo (bonus content, just a new thing we're trying out). Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
August 18 · 1 hr 4 min
Dopamine Decor x Pleasure Activism
Is your FYP and Instagram feed full of brightly colored decorations, furniture, and art? Are you finding yourself drawn to funky shaped furniture, maximalism, and painted doors? Boy do we have the episode for you! Today, Marcelle leads us through a conversation all about the “dopamine decor” trend! Through adrienne maree brown’s theory of pleasure activism, she and Hannah unpack dopamine science, homeownership amongst millennials, and why we turn to beauty when the world is hard. Related listening: Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Peterson Pixar x Affective Economics Works Cited: brown, adrienne maree. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2019. Cancilla, Julia. “The Surprising Science Behind the Dopamine Decor Trend.” ELLE Decor. December 20, 2024. https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/trends/a63250266/dopamine-decor-trend/. Accessed August 4, 2026. Cullinane, Alice. 2025. “Dopamine Decor: Why People Are Getting a Happiness Hit from Homes.” BBC News. December 14, 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2j5l4q7wo. Accessed August 4, 2026. Lee, Ingrid Fetell. “Does Dopamine Decor Really Work?.” The Aesthetics of Joy. March 8, 2024. https://aestheticsofjoy.com/dopamine-decor/. Accessed August 4, 2026. Mirdamadi, Michael, and Joshua Gordon. “Millennials in the Canadian housing market: An intergenerational comparison.” Housing Statistics in Canada. Government of Canada. May 6, 2026. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/46-28-0001/2026001/article/00001-eng.htm. Accessed August 4, 2026. *** 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.
August 11 · 38 min
Material Concerns: After 8 AM Pt. I
Welcome back to Material Concerns! In this episode, Hannah, Coach and Marcelle get together for a nice long check-in, followed by Apocalypse Toolkit! Time runs short so the segment continues in Part II — where you can also find a Creature Report! Support Material Girls 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!). 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.
August 4 · 1 hr 14 min
The Odyssey x Canonicity
We're back from our Summer Break™ with an episode about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. It's not easy to tackle the zeitgeistiness of a poem that's been circulating for thousands of years, but leave it up to Hannah and Marcelle to try anyway. In this episode, we chat about the creation of Homeric epics, authorship, the cultural force of the so-called Western Canon, and the fluidity of The Odyssey as a culture text in and of itself. *** 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 sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. 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”. Works Cited Bostick, Dani. “The Classical Roots of White Supremacy.” Learning for Justice. Southern Poverty Law Centre, 4 January 2021. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/the-classical-roots-of-white-supremacy/. Hall, Edith. The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey. London: I.B.Tauris, 2008. Kellman, Steven G. “The Literary Canon.” EBSCO Research Starters. 2023. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/literary-canon. Mahdawi, Arwa. “Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?” The Guardian 22 May 2026. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/elon-musk-the-odyssey-casting. Mcleod, E.M. [@mcleodmouth]. “LUPITA GET BEHIND ME .” Instagram, 3 May 2026. https://www.instagram.com/p/DX4pI19pP0a/?hl=en. Wilson, Emily, trans. The Odyssey. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 31 · 39 min
The Vampire Podcast: Audience Q&A
Welcome to a very special bonus episode of The Vampire Podcast! In this episode, Hannah, Gaby, and Zoe dig into YOUR wonderful questions about The Vampire Lestat. Listen on for our thoughts on Gabriella’s role in the witch burnings Lestat went to as a child, Armand’s propensity for meddling, and just how many of you listened to the pod without watching the show (which we love, by the way!) We’re taking a quick break for the coming week and then we’ll be back with a Patreon-only bonus episode with a special guest. 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.
July 24 · 58 min
The Vampire Podcast: Episode 7, The Failures
Welcome back to the Vampire PodCAST! In this episode, Hannah, Gaby, and Zoe unpack the season finale of The Vampire Lestat. They dig into their lingering narrative questions, why Daniel always seemed to be at a bowling alley this season, and the world’s most awkward fugue state dinner party. We’ll be back next week with a listener Q&A! If you have questions, put them in the comments or DM us on Instagram. After next week’s episode, we’ll have a quick break and then return a week later with an exclusive Patreon bonus with a special guest. Thanks for listening! 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.
July 17 · 53 min
The Vampire Podcast: Episode 6, Montreal
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 ©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.
July 10 · 1 hr 12 min
The Vampire Podcast: Episode 5, New York
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 ©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.
July 3 · 1 hr 8 min
The Vampire Podcast: Episode 4, The Devil's Road
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 ©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.
June 30 · 54 min
Obsession x Incel Horror
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 Masculinity Get Out x Horrifying Whiteness Book 6, Ep. 3 | Rape Culture Works 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 2026 Hamedy, 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 sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand. *Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. 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.
June 26 · 56 min
The Vampire Podcast: Episode 3, Toronto
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 ©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.

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