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A weekly podcast which explores pop culture, the humanities, and how they matter for our daily lives. Each week, your hosts (Hannah and Suzanne) share three (ish) things as we engage with all that delights, intrigues, and sometimes repels us; both in our areas of shared interest (ex: football, makeup, Jane Austen, Schitt’s Creek, and wine) as well as our individual specialties (ex: art history, museum studies, film, and theology). Join for the topics, stay for the conversation, and enjoy our correct opinions. Twitter: @wellherepod; Instagram: wellherepod
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**This episode contains brief descriptions of violence that occurred on January 6, 2021. On January 6, 2021, insurrectionists, many of them armed, stormed the US Capitol to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power as the 2020 presidential election results were in the process of being certified by Congress. Aaron Fritschner, deputy chief of staff for a Virgnian member of Congress, joins the pod to discuss the rising tide of political violence in the US. What happened in American politic...
Hannah & Suzanne watch 12, that's right! 12!, made for TV Christmas movies, because they love Christmas and all of you, but kind of hate themselves. In doing so they meet 12 Christmas busy business women who only like business (John Mulaney™). The business of these ladies might technically be baking or advertising but their real business is falling in love. In this episode, Hannah & Suzanne explore the journey of these women by introducing the (in either a very Dicekensian sort of way...
What do The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The British Museum, and the clothing company Everlane all have in common? At one time or another, Hannah and/or Suzanne have added them to the "Well, Here We Are" enemies list. What is the state of this list? Who is actually on it? And does anyone deserve to be removed from said list? We also welcome back to the pod Karen Feagin (from "The Complexities of Language Education" episode) and Julie Jones (from our "Defining Sustainable Fashio...
On this episode of the Well Here We Are Feminist Book Club, Hannah and Suzanne discuss Roxane Gay's book of essays Bad Feminist. Are Hannah and Suzanne bad feminists? Bad at being feminists? Or bad at being bad feminists? Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed un...
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and come roast these small town boys with us!Hannah and Suzanne watched 11-Hallmark or Hallmark-adjacent films that featured small town boys. Are all these men condescending beige blobs whose primary goal appears to be antagonizing the women they love? Or can love truly be found in the small town? Make sure to listen to the end (or just skip there, we're not your mom) for our annual film awards: heaviest use of the 10 second skip, most watchable movie, th...
Experts? Not quite. But two ladies that have done some solo traveling and have thoughts? Yes we are and yes we do. It's cold, wet, and rainy where Hannah and Suzanne live, so they take 30 minutes to reminisce about time spent solo traveling in warmer times. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over These Walls by Hope...
Please note: This podcast episode was originally recorded in July. And then the audio files proceeded to live on one of the hosts computers for several weeks, unperturbed. A long long time ago, Suzanne asked Hannah what she thought was a rhetorical question: Had Michelangelo ever seen a human woman? The joy of having a friend who is an expert in art history means that the rhetorical is made factual. In this episode of Hansplaining, Hannah not only answers that question, but provides...
Two years ago, Hannah and Suzanne familiarized themselves with the central arguments of The 1619 Project and encouraged our listeners to do the same. In this episode, they continue that project and discuss the legacy of The 1619 Project by briefly discussing the Hulu series of the same name and then sharing two case studies connected to places they call home. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but ...
By George, they finally did it! Today Hannah & Suzanne conclude their first go of their Most Austentatious series by getting into Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility. They talk theme. They talk motif. They talk about Colonel Brandon being *gasp* 35-year old man!Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over...
Friend of the pod Lucy (a woman so iconic she only needs one name) joins the pod to discuss food insecurity in the US. Hannah and Suzanne ask some questions, make some mistakes, and then learn from Lucy about what it means to ensure people have food today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime. Some of the resources we mention in today's episode: Feeding America - search for food banks and other resourcesSNAP benefits - learn more about the largest government food assistance programWhite House Confere...
2022 was a dumb, dumb, year and there are certain things that need to stay in that year where they belong. Things get real at one point and Suzanne cries. Hannah provides some stellar metaphors. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share...
In this very special According to Hallmark episode, we welcome friend and queer media expert Sarah Schab to the pod. Together, the Well Here We Are team watched 10 made for TV or streaming Christmas films that featured a queer couple. How do these films engage with queer identity and do any of them pass our newly established Schab Test? Movies Watched: The Christmas House (2020, Hallmark)Christmas at the Ranch (2021, Direct Release)The Christmas Setup (2020, Life...
In recent weeks, several public figures including our 45th president, Kanye West, and NBA player Kyrie Irving, have made outright antisemitic statements or recommended antisemitic content in very public forums. It has sparked a national conversation about the present state of antisemitism in the United States. And! like most topics, fully understanding the contemporary issue requires that we step back in time. In today's edition of Hansplaining, Hannah introduces three key dates in the histor...
"Problem with no name," you call it Betty? We know its name, and it's the patriarchy. The long awaited (and long delayed) first episode of our Feminist Book Club series. Familiarity with the book is NOT required to glean all the Betty goodness (and do some good 'ol balanced critiquing of historical figures). Come tell us you missed us via our socials! Twitter | Instagram Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States...
Content note: There are a few audio clips from movies throughout the film. Some contain swears. In Suzanne's neverending quest to analyze the rom-com to within an inch of its life, she has stumbled upon a subgenre of contemporary rom-coms she has dubbed the Sad-Millennial Rom-Com. She introduces Hannah to this subgenre (and really bums everyone out in the process) and offers her solution as to how these films can better reflect the nature of love for anxious millennials like us. Ca...
Warning! One of the hosts was drinking an iced beverage and you can occassionally hear the clink of ice cubes. Just imagine you are listening to this pool side and drinking your own cold beverage. In another much anticipated Most Austentatious/Stream or Skip? crossover event, Hannah & Suzanne turn their attention to Netflix's new adaptation of "Persuasion" and ... it's bad, friends. Real bad. One of the rare cases where maybe the critics got it right (31% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the...
Warning! We recorded this podcast over the course of three different days (lol, we know) so our audio quality is ALL OVER THE PLACE but we find our way in the end. It's the crossover event that all of you have waited for! "Stream or Skip?" meets "Most Austentatious" as we provide our review of "Fire Island," a new-ish Hulu film written by and starring Joel Kim Booster that is heavily inspired by "Pride and Prejudice." This movie is so much cooler than we are, but we still enjoyed it. &n...
Look. Fanny Price is rarely mentioned in the top-5 Austen heroines (a feat, seeing as Jane Austen only completed 6 novels) but in this ep we try to give her her due. Witness Hannah & Suzanne as they work hard not to scream "EDMUND BERTRAM CAN GET BENT" every 2-5 minutes. Check out the other books we've covered in the "Most Austentatious" series: Pride and Prejudice || Emma || Northanger Abbey || Persuasion Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-No...
Hannah loves museums. Suzanne really likes them. So, does this mean that you have to like them to? Hannah says no. And Hannah is smart so we should all listen to what she says. MMMMMKAY? Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional reso...
Friend of the pod Elyse Creelman, personal trainer and founder of Train Resilient, discusses how her training philosophy has changed over the past decade and the questions she asks her clients to consider. What does it mean to stay curious about movement? Why does our motivation matter? And how do we keep carving out space for grace through it all? This episode contains a swear (just one...and it was well used)! Say hello to Elyse at her website or over on Instagram. Over These ...
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