Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

By: Tracie Guy-Decker & Emily Guy Birken
  • Summary

  • Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit.


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  • Deep Thoughts about Chasing Amy
    Feb 11 2025

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    Your mother’s a tracer!

    Emily was very confused by the 1997 film Chasing Amy when she was an undiagnosed neurodivergent 18-year-old–in part because she was (and still is) crap at reading subtext and in part because the film accidentally illuminates the reality of bi-erasure. This week, Emily tells Tracie about what this well-meaning film about a cis-het white man learning to let go of his insecurities gets right about LGBTQ representation, what it gets wrong, and how it reinforces the division of emotional labor in textual and metatextual ways. The sisters also talk about the documentary Chasing Chasing Amy by Sav Rodgers that really helps contextualize the good and bad of this film and the era in which it was made. Finally, both Guy girls agree that Ben Affleck’s Holden really is mid.

    If you’ve ever wondered what a Nubian is, throw on your earbuds and take a listen.

    CW: Mentions of homophobia, homophobic bullying, Harvey Weinstein, and sexual assault

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Sav Rodgers: The Rom-Com That Saved My Life TED Talk

    Chasing Chasing Amy: A Film by Sav Rodgers

    Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Deep Thoughts about Big
    Feb 4 2025

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    Okay…but I get to be on top!

    Tracie loved revisiting the 1988 Penny Marshall-helmed film Big this week. Tom Hanks’ performance of a 12-year-old boy wearing a grown man’s body is laugh-out-loud funny, and the film asks some profoundly important questions about how grownups can hold onto their childlike joy and wonder. But the love story between Hanks’ Josh Baskin and Elizabeth Perkins’ Susan–an actual adult woman–never sat well with either Guy girl. The sisters discuss how this film would not work if it were gender-swapped, why it seems to reinforce the idea that women should mother their romantic partners, and their theory that the sexual and romantic component of the story was potentially from studio meddling.

    No need to ask Zoltar for a wish–just plug in your headphones and take a listen.

    CW: Discussions of grooming

    Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Deep Thoughts about Groundhog Day
    Jan 28 2025

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    Watch out for that first step, it’s a doozy!

    This week, the 1993 film Groundhog Day is the vehicle for Emily to talk about the three most taboo subjects: religion, politics, and money. Not only is Bill Murray’s Phil Connors a favorite of scholars and commentators who talk about religion and film, he also has some interesting lessons to teach us about working for political change against huge obstacles. (Also, Emily’s a money nerd, and the truth is everything can be about money–especially when you’ve written a mini-viral article for Fast Company about it.) The Guy sisters hypothesize that part of what makes the movie successful and noteworthy to multiple religious faith traditions is the way in which the filmmakers took their craft seriously (though not themselves), from the precision of filming all of the repeat moments on the same day to the elegance of Phil’s Groundhog-Day-acquired artistic skills being music and ice sculpting: creative pursuits whose products are inherently ephemeral.

    Deep Thoughts is great for the car, but don’t drive angry!

    Mentioned in this episode:

    https://rabbionanarrowbridge.blogspot.com/2016/10/groundhog-day-all-over-again-kol-nidrei.html

    https://www.insidehook.com/film/strange-religious-afterlife-groundhog-day

    https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/style/groundhog-almighty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4._WLu.sCewpVSfvOz0&smid=url-share

    Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirls

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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