Ticklish Business Podcast
1) 221. Top 5 Christmas Movies
We all made it to the end of 2025! This podcast did a lot to keep me sane this year. Chatting with Emily about these movies has meant a lot, and the fact that many of you stuck around for our hiatus.....Show More
2) 220: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
The Christmas movie we'd planned to discuss last year finally gets its due as we're talking about the Rankin-Bass classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It's just us this week and you know what that ...Show More
3) 219. Gable & Lombard (1976 with Robert Matzen)
An episode literally four years in the making! Maybe even five. Who knows how long Kristen has been promising this episode but the day has finally arrived! It was one of the most that ushered in the...Show More
4) 218. Coming Home (1978 with Lawrence Carter-Long) - Films of Resistance
Viva la resistance! We're closing the book on our Films of Resistance series as well celebrating the release of Kristen's latest book, Popcorn Disabilities, by talking about a movie looking at disable...Show More
5) 217. Hair (1979 with Alex Steed) - Films of Resistance Series
Viva la resistance! Over the next four episodes we'll be looking at how Old Hollywood talks about politics, independence and democracy and we're looking at the end of the 1970s with this countercultur...Show More
6) 216. Dr. Strangelove (1964 with Jeff Ewing) - Films of Resistance Series
Viva la resistance! Over the next four episodes we'll be looking at how Old Hollywood talks about politics, independence and democracy and we jump into the Cold War 1960s with this Stanley Kubrick sat...Show More
7) 215. Born Yesterday (1950 with Nell Minow) - Films of Resistance Series
Viva la resistance! Over the next four episodes we'll be looking at how Old Hollywood talks about politics, independence and democracy starting with this George Cukor comedy. Born Yesterday isn't a ...Show More
8) 214. A Bucket of Blood (1959 with Rodman Flender)
The Halloween season comes to a close with director Rodman Flender talking to us about Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood. Flender actually worked with Corman and lays out what he was like. We also talk...Show More
9) 213. Nosferatu (1922 with Charles Bramesco)
We're kicking off spooky season with the OG vampire movie: 1922's Nosferatu. Author of Vampire Movies, Charles Bramesco, joins Kristen and Emily to break down the movie's unfortunate flaws, the benefi...Show More
10) 212: Amadeus (1984 with Richard Kirkham)
Our unintentional Musical Month in September ends by going classical, to the original OG of music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Special guest Richard Kirkham joins Kristen and Emily to talk about this Mil...Show More