Believe it or not, not our podcast is back!
After a horribly long hiatus, Damien and I have started recording weekly podcasts again. We still begin by pouring a drink, and it’s still politics-free, but we’ve tightened it right up, and now the entire podcast is about movies. Although we have very disparate tastes, we’re willing to watch just about anything together, as long as it’s not boring. And if it is boring, we want to talk about why.
The episodes we’ve recorded so far are double headers, in which we discuss two movies that are linked in some way. Episode one covers Moonstruck and The Quiet Man, hoo-de-hoo-hoo! Just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The full episode is available to anyone who pledges $1 a month or more through Patreon. I sent the link to patrons earlier today. If you’re a patron and didn’t get the link, please let me know! If you’re not a patron, well, my goodness. It’s so easy and so cheap.
Why is the podcast just for patrons?
I wrote out and deleted a long explanation about how awesome I am and how awesome you are for helping me be this awesome, but nobody needs that. Basically, a dollar a month (or more! or more!) goes a long way to helping our family stay afloat and helping me stay independent so I can write what I want, for better or worse. And yes, you are awesome, and have been for a long time.
A better companion to Moonstruck is Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel in 1989. Like Moonstruck it is a piece of magical realism about a family of Italian immigrants, but this one takes place in an Italian neighborhood in London’s east end.
That is a great movie! And I agree, it has a lot more in common with Moonstruck. We think it’s fun to pair movies that don’t *seem* to have much in common.
A better companion to Moonstruck is Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel in 1989. Like Moonstruck it is a piece of magical realism about a family of Italian immigrants, but this one takes place in an Italian neighborhood in London’s east end.
Even with out the podcast, I would gladly support your site. I read a lot of blogs, but yours is one of only two that I’m willing to support financially (the other one is Dynamic Catholic). It’s refreshing to read blogposts by a faithful Catholic who is pro-life across the board, not just when it comes to abortion, but also in terms of other life issues such as Covid precautions. And one who is willing to call out hypocrisy and corruption in the pro-life movement (not dismissing the whole movement, which obviously is a noble cause and accomplishes a lot of good, but there are facets of it where hypocrisy and manipulation have crept in). I am currently disgusted with the current state of both major political parties, and am feeling politically homeless. So it helps to find journalism that is based on integrity and a desire to weed out corruption from politics.
Thank you so much, Claire. It’s hard to thread the needle. I find myself recoiling from the pro-life movement as a whole, and that’s really not fair. But I agree that both political parties are useless at best, and usually worse than that.
I agree! We are awesome! We deserve this podcast!
(LOL which could mean anything 😉 I am going to assume your movie chats will be well worth the wait, and more than worth our contributions)