Parasocial Activity Podcast
1) Bad Tropes
A definitive list of the 7 worst bad tropes in media, and the 3 best bad tropes in media. Spoilers for: Inside Out, My Girl, Hereditary, Strangers Things s3, Gilmore Girls, The Summer I Turned Pretty ...Show More
2) Murder Mystery Book Club
We revisit the hallowed ground of the Clue mansion to discuss Celina's favorite kind of mystery novel: the closed circle of suspects murder mystery. Many many spoilers ahead—listen at your own risk, o...Show More
3) Bill Wurtz (w/Sam Walters)
Do you like to wear pants? Do you love to fly planes? Bill Wurtz asks the important questions about pants and planes, and we ask the important questions about Bill Wurtz. Celina's roommate (and compo...Show More
4) Icarus
We talk about the many allusions to the myth of Icarus in pop culture, and why everyone is referencing him for the wrong reasons. Spoilers for: Terminator 2Hosted by Celina Siegel & Tess HotzEdited by...Show More
5) Clue
Come for the trivia. Stay for the DEAD-ON character impressions (get it??). Spoilers for: Clue, Knives OutHosted by Celina Siegel & Tess HotzEdited by Celina SiegelTheme song by Sam WaltersCover art b...Show More
6) NFTs
What is art? What is money? What’s the point of “owning” art? Tess forces Celina to learn about NFTs and Celina loves every second of it!Spoilers for: Doctor Who (Series 7)Hosted by Celina Siegel & Te...Show More
7) Keanu Reeves (w/Emma Nash)
Parasocial Activity welcomes its first-ever guest, Keanu Reeves scholar Emma Nash! Gather round as she waxes poetic on the timelessness of My Own Private Idaho, the romanticism of Speed, and the unsta...Show More
8) Stephen Sondheim's Evening Primrose
Do you like musicals? Do you like people who pretend to be mannequins? Then you'll probably like Evening Primrose, Stephen Sondheim's 1966 made-for-TV musical that basically plays like a Twilight Zone...Show More
9) Happiest Season
All we wanted for Christmas was a fun and heartwarming lesbian holiday romance movie starring Kristen Stewart. Instead, we got a sad and disappointing lesbian holiday romance movie. But Kristen was st...Show More
10) The Secret History
Is The Secret History the best novel ever written? Should Ansel Elgort play Henry in the (nonexistent) film adaptation? Is the pursuit of the picturesque to the exclusion of all else a moral failing?...Show More