Really Important Fictional Things

Welcome to Episode ONE of Really Important Fictional Things THE PODCAST!

On our first audio adventure we introduce ourselves and our friendship, explore the evolution of friendships portrayed in teen dramas over the years, and review the Netflix Top 10 for the first week of October.

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We can't say "spoiler alert" enough. Avery dives deep into Squid Game after Rosey recaps No One Gets Out Alive. There's some personal updates from us and another look at Netflix's Top 10. 

Some topics covered:

• Josef Stalin — “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
• If Jack would have fit on the board in Titanic. Hear from science...

Avery and Rosey share how they feel about last week's Top 10 on Netflix, talk about some amusing celeb encounters they had while in LA, and then dive into what mental health looks like in Ted Lasso.

Some topics covered:

• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Binge Mode Harry Potter
• Fun stories about Rosey and Avery encountering celebs in LA...

This week we dive deep into Netflix’s limited series Maid. It’s truly a deeeep one, but important, and *trigger warning* the conversation details domestic violence and abuse, alcoholism and mental health...

Welcome back! Join us for a fun and rambling episode where we share some personal anecdotes, dive into all the shows we’d watch after school in the 00’s, and share our own TV and movie recommendations (instead of  looking at the internet’s suggestions)...

Here we go again! We talk Princess Diana because they’re making another movie about her — this time featuring Kristen Stewart. We get into it and then follow Rosey on her journey through the most recent Entertainment Weekly issue. There are so many movies coming soon, folks! And we comment on a lot of them...

Happy short holiday week! This episode we’re talking Thanksgiving TV specials. Whether you celebrate or not, there’s an interesting (we think) discussion about Indigenous voices on TV that definitely checks the “really important” box*. Not gonna lie, we get a little riled. We also give an update on KStew content we watched after last week’s discussion, and review the Top 10 streams for this week...

It’s a long one, folks, but we’re on fire. Rosey can’t get enough of The Sex Lives of College Girls and Avery has some thoughts on the second season of The Great. Then we wind our way to deep diving into the aughts classic I Love You, Man. Along the way we somehow find ourselves talking about six-packs, dog poop, and the sexiest men alive...

Welcome back to another episode! First, Rosey discusses her thoughts on the silly Netflix movie A Castle for Christmas, then Avery talks about the very intellectual, nonfictional book Four Lost Cities. But the real focus is Hulu’s Dave! It’s fun, it’s rowdy, and it’s making us think about cultural appropriation, mental health, and weird dick stuff.

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For our last episode of 2021, we dive deep into Feel Good but somehow barely scratch the surface. It’s a joyous emotional rollercoaster that we never want to get off. But before we get there, Avery gives an update on The Power of the Dog and School of Chocolate (she was impressed) and Rosey talks about Single All the Way (she was not impressed)...