Episodes

  • Final Girls
    Oct 30 2024
    In this episode we’ll be taking a look at Final Girls- why we love them, why we root for them, how they’ve grown & how far they still have to go.

    Sources in show notes.
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    38 mins
  • Demonic Possession, Exorcism & Pop Culture
    Oct 14 2024
    Grab your holy water & learn some Latin, episode 63 of @broadsnextdoor is out now. Join us as we gain a broader understanding of exorcism and demonic possession in pop culture.

    In this (release) episode we hear the true story behind the movie The Exorcist and how it shaped the way we see possession and exorcism on film.
    We’ll also hear about the 67 exorcisms of Annalise Michel that led to her death and the prosecution of her parents and the priests who performed the exorcism.

    Then we have Ed and Lorraine Warren and their involvement in both The Amityville Horror and The Devil Made Me Do It Case where Arne Cheyenne Johnson’s legal team tried to use demonic possession as a defense.

    Plus, the 2011 Ammons family haunting and demon house that was bought and destroyed by ghost hunter Zak Bagans.

    And finally we’ll explore some scientific and medical reasons that could be behind some of the most well documented cases of demonic possession and exorcism.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Grey Gardens
    Oct 10 2024
    Grab mother darling and the cats because we're going back to Grey Gardens to try and gain a broader understanding of the lives of Big and Little Edie Beale.

    The Beales starred in the cult classic Maysles documentary showcasing their lives as artistic former socialites in a rundown 28 room mansion but how did it get to be this way? And what happened to the Edies after Grey Gardens?
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    56 mins
  • 90’s Movie Witches (rerelease)
    Oct 7 2024
    Grab your black cat and your VCR as we gain a broader understanding of 90’s movie witches from The Witches,The Craft, Teen Witch, Double Double Toil and Trouble, Hocus Pocus, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Crucible, Eve’s Bayou, Halloweentown, to The Blair Witch Project
    why were witches so popular in the 90’s and why do they still hold a special place in our hearts and in our covens?
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    58 mins
  • Dating Apps, Mega Quakes & LOST
    Aug 22 2024
    In this all over the place catching up & checking in episode we talk all things from Japan issuing a mega quake warning & Daniela's fear of The Cascadia Subduction Zone to LOST rewatches, what happened to the RHONJ and if this is the time to get on dating apps, be alone or a secret third thing.
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    17 mins
  • Hunger Games Gala, Man or Bear & Red Lobster
    May 14 2024
    This episode is all about how dystopian everything feels, from The Hunger Games style Meta Gala to Red Lobster backrooms and why Daniela hears the “man or bear” question in Werner Herzog’s voice. (Sources in show notes)
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    40 mins
  • Backyard Time Travel, Kendrick/Drake & Baby Reindeer
    May 6 2024
    In this all over the place episode Daniela discusses anxiety & all the things she watched while dealing with insomnia- Late Night with the Devil, Baby Reindeer, OA rewatch, Menendez Brother documentaries and TikTok time travelers. Plus, we try and briefly understand the origins of the Kendrick Lamar & Drake diss tracks and the first six minutes of nuclear war! Grab a beverage & a snack cause together we can get through any panic attack.
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    26 mins
  • Student Protests & The May 4th Massacre
    May 4 2024
    In this episode Daniela is joined by her former Kent State history professor, Richard Steigmann-Gall, to discuss the events of May 4th 1970 & the similarities to the protests happening around the country right now.
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    1 hr and 22 mins