#smart podcast

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (2-8 Jul 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Crawling on Back to You (rainbow_nerds) - 109K, steddie - a canon-divergent everyone lives AU, lapsed childhood friends-to-lovers steddie

😍Lima Charlie (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 71K, Differently Okay Local Idiots #9, modern no-powers stucky - reread, when a new episode comes out I always have reread the prior ep, these stories are so packed with emotion

😍This Sacred Trust (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 71K, Differently Okay Local Idiots #10 - 'kintsugi' is the word that comes to mind when I read this series - they're seeing how their very jagged edges fit together and making something strong & beautiful out of them

💖💖 +106K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

mission parameters (shipyrds) - DCU: SuperBat, 33K - fake relationship for a mission! actual feelings! that's the good stuff!

WHO IS EDDIE MUNSON FUCKING (beetlesandstars, witchjeons) - Stranger Things: steddie, 2K - absolutely hilarious 'eddie accidentally sexts the group chat and now everyone is determined to figure out who he's fucking' - reread, someone reminded me of this story and I love it so

If I Could Stop the Clock With You Tonight (Voylitscope_speed) - MCU: stucky, 10K - modern no-powers AU - Natasha gets Steve a private chef for his birthday, but there's something familiar about him…

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Speed

Nimona

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Independence Day [my dad's tradition is to watch this every 4 Jul]

Clue

D20: Dungeons and Drag Queens - "Queens on a Quest" (s18, e1)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Illuminati Invented Sandwiches" (s13, e1)

D20: Dungeons and Drag Queens - "Welcome to the Underworld" (s18, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Bloods and The Crypts" (s13, e2)

Um, Actually - s8, e8

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 569. Romance in Libraries with Robin Bradford

ICYMI Plus - The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

⭐The Sporkful -The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

⭐Vibe Check - Vibe Check LIVE! Featuring Penn Badgley

What Next: TBD - The Trouble With TikTok Songs

Stuff The British Stole - Bottles in the Basement

Radiolab - The Cataclysm Sentence

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Trans Representation In TV And Film

Dear Prudence Plus - I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but He Refuses to Get Rid of It. Help!

Into It - A Messy 2023 So Far: Ranking Celebrity Breakups and Songs of the Summer

American Hysteria - Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus

Endless Thread - Best of Summer: Swimming Hole - The man, the myth, the leap

⭐Ologies with Alie Ward - Curiology (EMOJI) Part 1 with Various Emoji Experts

ICYMI Plus - How Reddit Turned On Its Creator

Re: Dracula - July 8: Method in His Madness

Radiolab - Man Against Horse

Welcome to Night Vale - Bonus Episode: The Process

You Are Good - Twister w. Niko Stratis

Re: Dracula - Bonus 4: Queering the Gothic

99% Invisible #543 - In Proximity: Ryan Coogler and Roman Mars

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Dancing Queen [Cher] {2018}

Cher

Presenting Johnny Cash

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks #visiting my dad & bonusmom most of the week #so less reading/music and more watching #fanfic ftw #i am so very much loving dungeons and drag queens! #nimona was great #dungeons and drag queens #cher #johnny cash #vibe check podcast #the sporkful podcast #ologies podcast #smart podcast #trashy books #re: dracula #99% invisible podcast #stuff the british stole podcast #you are good podcast #endless thread podcast #into it podcast #what next: tbd podcast #icymi podcast #pop culture happy hour podcast #welcome to night vale podcast #dear prudencepodcast #american hysteria podcast #radiolab podcast

[murderandcoffee]

"are the computers listening to us?" SAAAAAAM YOU'RE STARTING TO GET IT! GREAT JOB!

#SMART BOY! #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp 19 #tmagp spoilers #samama khalid #sam khalid #josie listens to podcasts #bs.txt

[the-mystical-aquatic-gay]

wow these spot the difference games are getting harder and harder

i didn’t draw the picture of jon it was by wellotwig on twitter

#jonathan sims and ford pines are the same person #if you dropped jon into the plot of gravity falls he would also immediately make a deal with the first elderitch being to compliment him #and if he was the archivist ford would also relentlessly pursue answers no matter how much pain it caused him #if they met they could compete for the stupidest smart person award #for the record i love both of these characters but they wouldn’t know a smart decision if it offered them an eye-imagery laden deal #the magnus archives #tma #gravity falls #tma podcast #bill cipher #tma au #tma fanart #ford pines #stanford pines #gravity falls stanford #gravity falls au #jonathan sims #jon tma #the archivist

[under-lok-n-ki]

i love when Jay lacks the brain cell

#but seriously she’s so smart for putting an auto-reload function on her guns #like yeah embarrassing moment but also damn Jay stop flexing your power lmao #my art #sketches #digital art #jrwi #jrwi podcast #just roll with it #just roll with it podcast #jrwi fanart #jrwi riptide #jrwi spoilers #jrwi riptide spoilers #jrwi ep 113 #jrwi riptide ep 113 #jrwi jay #jrwi jay ferin #jay ferin

[lazy-toad]

I love when Arthur says he's a PI and Daniel is just like 'the fuck you are, you theatre kid'

#he really said you're not smart you're a pianist #malevolent #malevolent podcast #malevolent spoilers

[izel-scribbles]

just relistened to part 20 and i. kayne is so fucking funny. like i genuinely forgot how objectively hilarious he is

#i still want him bulldozed <3 #also i realized he didn't mention the lighter when he did his lil “arthur's inventory” song #and in part 40/intermezzo he says he can't see the black stone #👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 #i think im smart #kayne malevolent #malevolent podcast #malevolent spoilers #malevolent part 20 #arthur lester #malevolent #lee speaks

[erismourn]

hi hello. fantasy ttrpg recs that aren't d&d or dungeon world

#mads.txt #i hav eno beef with dungeon world i just want to learn about others but the ttrpg world is so big idk where to start #and i know some smart people who do ttrpg podcasts

[somewhereincairparavel]

Headcanon that Jason Grace takes his Roman history obsession to the next level, to the point where he has totally read illegal/restricted books in camp Jupiter before. Yk how there are restricted libraries? Camp Jupiter totally has tons of those only elite members can access. Jason totally exploits his position just for more history info.

Yk how annabeth said in Mark of Athena, that Jason looks like he knows way TOO much but simply doesn't tell anyone? Well he does. he has dark af secrets and tea, he'd literally be looking for an opportunity to spill all of it 👀 he has certainly read very um. Questionable things.

(another hc that annabeth is literally the only one he spills these stuff to bc she is legit the only one who gets the art of history, also, she totally bribed him for information, we know that canonically they both DID have nerdy discussions w e/o. Annabeth said in moa that Jason had described the exteriors of new Rome in perfect detail to her and how Reyna was supposed to look like, in the lost hero, those two spent hours researching about the Roman/Greek forms of gods by interrogating clovis + Piper noted how well they both debated about the Athena parthenos without any blame or hostility, just perfectly fitting their collective pieces of research information together. Ugh this friendship was such a wasted potential. It's literally no wonder that annabeth cried till she was sick for Jason's death. They weren't close friends or anything, but they intellectually respected eachother in a very healthy way, it was refreshing to read about tbh.

Jason and annabeth are the OG nerd friends fr.

#We were DEPRIVED of jason and annabeth being geeks for history. They're both so dam smart omg #Jason takes his history way too seriously #Also he has totally watched true crime films and podcasts #pjo hoo #pjo #pjo fandom #jason grace #pjo series #pjo hoo toa #annabeth chase #percy jackson #leo valdez #piper mclean #nico di angelo #frank zhang #hazel levesque

[pinazee]

First season wrap up:

Okay, to start, i should mention my general opinion on first seasons for shows, especially cable shows, is not to read too much of it as canon. The writers, producers, actors- everyone- are all trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t, so i give them latitude, particularly when it conflicts with later seasons. That being said, i do enjoy jumping through the hoops to make it all fit haha

So heres a few leftover notes i had as i revisited the eps to rank them:

I bet part of Lassie was craving the father figure in Henry, since we find out later his own father passed away when he was quite young. I wonder if thats part of the reason why he became a cop, as they are portrayed as the protectors and in the 80’s they were mainly men (i don’t really remember if he states his reason later, i suspect he did and im just not remembering). So when Henry didn’t meet up to the expectation he had in his mind, i bet it hurt a little more as it reminded him of what he lost :/

I think the other reason Shawn plays dumb so much, besides hiding his genius so ppl believe hes psychic, or for laughs, is because its how he gets people talking. Like in Shawn vs. the red phantom, he purposely guessed the wrong room number so the boys would correct him. My apologies if someones pointed this out before, i haven’t combed through the internet for everyone’s theories 😬 i only now noticed. I’m not the quickest at picking these things up lol

If i had to guess, Shawn didn’t want to be a cop for halloween, he probably wanted to be something star wars related to go with Gus’s Lando. So i wonder at what age Shawn stopped trying to please his dad. But also, why didn’t his mother ever stand up for him?? I’ll come back to her later -_-

I somehow missed it the first time, but shawn clearly asked Gus to come to the dinner and Gus even points out that it was a big deal for henry to reach out. Soo, yeah, shawn obviously didn’t wanna be alone with his dad, and even henry seemed nervous about it as hes pretty drunk.

Shawn has a right to be afraid of pointy things, his dad hid his easter eggs under glass when he was 6! Not to mention he later gets stabbed 3 times! (Also its just a legitimate fear???)

So far the list of Shawns knowledge (things i wouldn’t expect an average person to know) includes (beyond the obvious observational skills, deductive reasoning, reading people (poker), and all things police (marksmanship, police codes, etc.)):

Incredible spatial and physical reasoning skills (knowing how much money could fit in the duffle bag, knowing to rotate the water pitcher to catch the reflection from the tv)

Kurt Vonnegut (well, I didn’t know who he was at least)

How to spell aggiornamento (and probably all words because of his photographic memory)

Handwriting expert

Casually spoke and understood german

Has every road he’s driven mapped in his brain, and likely all of Santa Barbara

Familiar with paint (enough to know to mix latex enamel for no messy drips)

Animal tracks (i went back and forth on this but ultimately decided he must have known what to look for)

And heres a list of Gus’s niche interests:

Forensics

Spelling bee

Safe cracking

Historic rifles

Comic books

Astronomy (even though he was going to the planetarium for the girl)

Law

Local tennis

Online poker

Lastly, Ive decided instead of ranking them, im putting them in tiers. I feel like too many of them are hitting at the same level and I can’t differentiate:

Sweetest, Juiciest Golden Pineapple Tier

Scary Sherry, Biancas toast (ohmygod i just got the biancas toast 🤦🏽‍♀️)

Blue Psych Logo Tier

Weekend warriors

Forget me not

From the earth to starbucks

Poker? I hardly know her! (Sorry @pineapple-psychic!)

Pepto Bismo Pink Tier

Spelling bee

Pilot

She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me oops hes dead

Who ya gonna call?

Shawn vs the red phantom

Oops Canadian Flag Tier

Cloudy with a chance of murder

9 lives

Game set muuurder

Speak now or forever hold your piece

Woman seeking dead husband, smokers okay, no pets

#a little nod to their podcast with the pepto bismo pink ;) #if theres anything else ya’ll want me keep track of let me know i clearly enjoy homework haha #its so hard not to include ALL my thoughts #like how smart it was to add juliet going to call back up because she’s not an idiot and isn’t driven by ego to dumb dangerous things #or even shawns line of needing to put his phone on vibrate as thats such a horror film cliche #but i really don’t want to write an essay on each ep haha #psych tv #psych #psych rewatch #psych usa #shawn spencer #burton guster #shawn and gus #james roday rodriguez #james roday #dulé hill #dule hill #juliet o'hara #carlton lassiter #chief karen vick #timothy omundson #maggie lawson #kirsten nelson #corbin bernsen #henry spencer #shassie #shules

[nureyevs-worst-alias]

Penumbra is unreliable narrator but the narrator is only unreliable bc he has no fucking clue what's going on ever

#juno steel #we all like to pretend he's smart when he's really just a little bit not the brightest #the penumbra podcast #junoverse #the penumbra #tpp #the penumbra fandom #tpp juno

[lucifer-kane]

every time i see an audio drama poll with tma or malevolent on it im like. god damn you're not even giving the little guys a chance here

#no hate to tma or malev (...) but sometimes it's also kinda disheartening to see way smaller shows against those two #thinking about this bc of that 'most miserable podcast man' and quite simply ofc jon and arthur are winning they're the most popular #tho on my dash of good and smart people everyone is going WHERE IS. DAVID WARD. #i did pick dan bc i think he's right behind david for me t b h #sometimes i just wanna see a poll w/o those two on it tbh #and maybe adding wtnv characters as well as ones who shouldn't be on a poll since it's also still Big

[kicktwine]

I can feel kh on the horizon somewhere (is it because of the incoming missing link release) maybe. I just feel her presence

#kipspeak #she’s coming closer….. #also maybe because im Relistening to kingdom smarts khux episodes. Again #they’re a gem even if u do not care for the rest of the podcast (it is the nature of podcasters to have opinions) #I would HIGHLY recommend finding the khux episodes. Jake’s reactions r very good #I can feel Shannon doing this :D the whole time

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

Juno still has the Ruby7 with him. JUNO STILL HAS THE RUBY7 WITH HIM

THE RUBY7 CAN SENSE EMOTIONS OMG WAIT HEAR ME OUT- either:

A) the Ruby7 will sense Slip Jackson is sad, unbearably sad in his 15-20 year coma, and this will add into Peter's rage (not understanding what Juno's talking about the Ruby7 sensing sadness or whatever, not understanding why Slip does feel sad), and having to let go of Slip's dream. Or alternatively

B) the Ruby7 will sense nothing. Effectively brain dead, just a machine pumping his blood working his heart and lungs. Slip Jackson isn't alive, hasn't been alive for a while, and cannot be alive. Peter's rage (he was promised Slip's freedom in exchange for his services, he's worked two decades of his thirty years and for what?), letting go of the dream, etc etc.

#the penumbra podcast #guys i feel so smart rn for some reason #it could also just be that its almost midnight rn #these are my season 5 endgame predictions #its all gotta tie back together eventually alr #you cant not introduce sentient car that smells feelings for a couple of episodes HELL from two seasons ago actually and not bring it #back up one last time. #private eye's keys go jingle jangle #i should sleep now. if im wrong about anything someone please correct me #tpp #tpp spoilers #<-sixteen tons is still new enough i dont want to risk spoiling anything for anyone

[imlisteningg]

Aaand another addition to the Midnight Burger fam - Ava!

Everyone’s favourite fed up scientist who would just like to be left alone so she can do math

#midnight burger #we open at six #midnight burger art #midnight burger podcast #midnight burger pod #Ava #Ava midnight burger #she’s secretly my favourite character #maybe tied with Caspar #I just love her rudeness #she’s really That Bitch #too smart for this world

[shadow0haven]

I miss when Arthur would get thrown around like a wet eldritch dog toy.

#ama.text #hes a smart boy but I also want him thrown around like one of those old bed raggled dog toys that your dog has used lovingly a lot #malevolent #malevolent podcast #i love arthur being smart and his little detective mind but i miss him being a chew toy

[crayycrayon]

i love how the instant reaction to kayne saying hell give arthur and john bodies and arthur his daughter back was "arthur don't trust him!!! john he's not gonna do it!!!" like why cant you guys put some trust in my princess who always lies?

#if I get any smart asses responding to this like “well maybe there's a reason we don't trust the liar” #just saying you missed the point of my post #(the point being is that kayne following through tleitg his deal would be unpredictable for him) #malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester malevolent #arthur malevolent #arthur lester #john looks so cute #john malevolent #john doe #kayne malevolent #kayne #malevolent intermezzo