Parasocial Activity
Episodes
19 episodes
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 by Jenny Han, One Day ...
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, or better yet come back after you've read eve...
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 composer of the theme song, and namer of thi...
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 Tess HotzT...
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 by Celin...
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 & Tess HotzEdit...
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 unstable selfhood Keanu consistently portrays so ...
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 episode with singing. Join us as we honor t...
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 still great.Spoilers for: Happiest Seas...
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? Is Harry Potter dark acade...
Call Me By Your Name
A tiny Italian shoe and a tall glass of American milk frolic together in the Italian countryside. Celina and Tess try to think of a single queer romantic movie that isn't full of gay angst.Spoilers for: Call Me By Your Name (book & ...
Astrology
Learn EVERYTHING you need to know about Astrology in just 90 short and fun-filled minutes. After you listen to this, you'll finally fit in. Spongebob is an Aries. Buffy is a Capricorn. Don't worry too much about the 13th sign. Host...
(S)he's All That
Literally no one asked for a She's All That remake, but if the pandemic has taught us anything it's that Netflix is the king of making things no one is asking for and then advertising them so aggressively that you eventually watch them in the h...
National Treasure
This movie may be full of mansplaining, bad fashion choices, and early-aughts blind patriotism, but it's still Disney's best best best property ever. Don't let Tess convince you otherwise. Spoilers for: National Treasure, National ...
Singin’ in the Rain
Tess explains why the greatest movie musical of all time is actually just OK. Celina recites the entire movie from memory. Spoilers for: Singin’ in the Rain (1952). And that's it. Hosted by Celina Siegel & T...
Cole Sprouse
Celina's choice! Is Cole Sprouse simply a former child actor/current angsty heartthrob/kind of weird dude? Or is he the conduit for a broader re-contextualization of so-called "bad acting"? Let's get tangential.This episode contains spo...
Sherlock Holmes
Tess’s choice! Tess explains why there has never been a good Sherlock Holmes adaptation EVER. Celina sings the praises of Sherlock Holmes (2009) even though it’s actually a terrible movie. Spoilers for: Any Sherlock Holmes...