Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
by Sister podcasters raised by 80s and 90s movies: Tracie Guy-Decker, lover of animation, Muppets, comedy, and feminism & Emily Guy Birken, storytelling nerd, mental health advocate, and pop culture aficionado
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The Full Monty: Deep Thoughts About Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Using Comedy to Make a Political Point
Jun 23, 2026
55m 46s
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Deep Thoughts About the Pop Culture Endurance of the Fantasy Barbarian Soldier from SPACE!
Jun 16, 2026
52m 18s
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Deep Thoughts About Impeccable Storytelling, the Power of Connection, and Reese's Pieces
Jun 9, 2026
55m 17s
The Sixth Sense: Deep Thoughts About Ghosts, Plot Twists, and Taking the Wrong Lesson from Pop Culture
Jun 2, 2026
52m 36s
Underworld: Deep Thoughts About Feminism, Leather-clad Women, and the Edges of Helpfulness in Analogies of Race
May 26, 2026
54m 55s
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| 6/23/26 |  The Full Monty: Deep Thoughts About Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Using Comedy to Make a Political Point | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. No-one said anything to me about the full monty! For this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie returns to the 1997 British comedy The Full Monty. The film is a meditation on masculinity from multiple angles, including economic, sexual, psychological, physical, parental, and societal, as well as a treatise on the political aftermath of Thatcherism that left an entire generation of British men without jobs... | 55m 46s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Deep Thoughts About the Pop Culture Endurance of the Fantasy Barbarian Soldier from SPACE! | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. By the Power of Grayskull! On Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit this week, Emily returns to her first pop culture crush: He-Man, aka, Adam, prince of Eternia. As a very small child, she loved the cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and she was somewhat disheartened to learn that this beloved staple of her Gen X childhood was created specifically to sell He-Man toys. The animation, storytelling, and even the cultura... | 52m 18s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Deep Thoughts About Impeccable Storytelling, the Power of Connection, and Reese's Pieces✨ | storytellingconnection+3 | — | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | — | E.T.Steven Spielberg+5 | — | 55m 17s | |
| 6/2/26 |  The Sixth Sense: Deep Thoughts About Ghosts, Plot Twists, and Taking the Wrong Lesson from Pop Culture✨ | ghostsplot twists+3 | — | The Sixth Sense | — | The Sixth SenseM. Night Shyamalan+3 | — | 52m 36s | |
| 5/26/26 |  Underworld: Deep Thoughts About Feminism, Leather-clad Women, and the Edges of Helpfulness in Analogies of Race✨ | feminismvampires+4 | — | Underworld | — | Underworldfeminism+5 | — | 54m 55s | |
| 5/19/26 |  Highlander: Deep Thoughts About Bonkers Casting, Over-the-Top Cinematography, and Hiding Queer Subtext in Your Dad's Favorite Pop Culture✨ | HighlanderGen X pop culture+4 | — | Highlander | GlenfinnanLoch Shiel | HighlanderChristopher Lambert+5 | — | 49m 24s | |
| 5/12/26 |  An American Tail: Deep Thoughts About Animated Mice, American Immigration in Pop Culture, and the Power of Storytelling✨ | animated filmsimmigration+3 | — | An American Tail | AmericaRussia | An American TailFievel Mousekewitz+5 | — | 51m 03s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Night Court: Deep Thoughts About Likable Sleazeballs, Comedy with an Optimistic Heart, and Kooky 1980s Criminals in New York City✨ | comedytelevision+3 | — | Night Court | New York City | Night Courtcomedy+5 | — | 53m 31s | |
| 4/28/26 |  Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Deep Thoughts About Making TV With Intention, Religious Compersion, and Nostalgia for America's 20th Century Saint✨ | nostalgiatelevision+4 | — | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | — | Mister Rogersnostalgia+6 | — | 52m 51s | |
| 4/21/26 |  The Devil Wears Prada with Tanesha Myles: Deep Thoughts About Intimidating Women, Niceness in the Workplace, and Who Gets Coffee for Whom✨ | workplace dynamicsfemale empowerment+3 | Tanesha Myles | The Devil Wears Prada | — | The Devil Wears PradaTanesha Myles+5 | — | 48m 11s | |
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| 4/14/26 |  Material Girl by Madonna: Deep Thoughts About Pink Cocktail Dresses, Authenticity, and Why Financially Independent Women Are Terrifying✨ | Madonnamusic video analysis+4 | — | Material GirlDiamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | — | Material GirlMadonna+5 | — | 51m 41s | |
| 4/7/26 |  Amélie: Deep Thoughts about French vs. American Culture, Helping vs. Meddling, and Delightful Romance vs. Problematic Programming✨ | French cultureAmerican culture+3 | — | Amélie | — | AmélieFrench vs American culture+3 | — | 52m 44s | |
| 3/31/26 |  The Muppets Take Manhattan: Deep Thoughts About the Meaning of Art, Assumptions About Women in the 80s, and Business Frogs in Marketing✨ | The Muppets80s cinema+4 | — | The Muppets Take Manhattan | — | MuppetsFrank Oz+5 | — | 49m 50s | |
| 3/24/26 |  A League of Their Own: Deep Thoughts About Bittersweet Feminism, the Threat of Girl Athletes, and What's Wrong With Dottie and Kit's Rivalry✨ | feminismsports+4 | — | A League of Their Own | — | A League of Their OwnPenny Marshall+6 | — | 54m 52s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Pirates of the Caribbean: Deep Thoughts About Rum, Amusement Park Rides, and Jack Sparrow Rewriting Our Pop Culture Understanding of Pirates✨ | film analysispop culture+3 | — | Pirates of the Caribbean | — | Pirates of the CaribbeanJack Sparrow+4 | — | 51m 26s | |
| 3/10/26 | Enemy Mine: Deep Thoughts About Subverting Sci Fi Tropes, Prescient Gender Discussions in 80s Pop Culture, and Brilliant Practical Effects✨ | sci-fi80s pop culture+3 | — | Wolfgang PetersenEnemy Mine | — | Enemy Minesci-fi tropes+3 | — | 53m 24s | |
| 3/3/26 |  What Dreams May Come: Deep Thoughts About the Cosmology of a Painted Afterlife, Misogynistic Romance Tropes, and 90s Era Casual Racism✨ | cosmologyfilm analysis+4 | — | What Dreams May Come | — | What Dreams May ComeRichard Matheson+6 | — | 48m 37s | |
| 2/24/26 |  The Nanny with Zina Kumok: Deep Thoughts About Yiddish, Subverting Jewish Stereotypes in Pop Culture, and Elevated Mob Wife Fashion✨ | Yiddish cultureJewish stereotypes+3 | Zina Kumok | The Nanny | — | The NannyYiddish+4 | — | 56m 22s | |
| 2/19/26 |  The Road to Wellville: Deep Thoughts About Scatalogical Comedy, Health Crazes, and What Films You Should Never Watch With Your Dad✨ | scatological comedyhealth crazes+3 | — | The Road to Wellville | — | The Road to Wellvillescatological comedy+3 | — | 54m 26s | |
| 2/10/26 |  Say Anything: Deep Thoughts About Romance, Masculinity, and Gen X Nostalgia for Boom Boxes | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. I'm incarcerated, Lloyd!! This week on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily shares her analysis of one of the classic movies that happened to miss the Guy girls the first time around: Say Anything. Cameron Crowe's 1989 romance/comedy created some iconic moments in our collective Gen X childhood--notably the scene of John Cusack's Lloyd Dobler holding the boom box playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" over his head. ... | 52m 27s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  Daria: Deep Thoughts About 90s Feminism, "Misery Chick" Animation, and Who Gets the Privilege of Being Cynical | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else. On this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie returns to an icon of 90s era feminism, the animated MTV television show Daria. Just like the eponymous Daria Morgendorffer, the people around Tracie thought she was a "misery chick" who wore her feminism, sarcasm, and impatience with the idiocy of the rest of the world on her sleeve (although ... | 53m 50s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 |  Roxanne: Deep Thoughts About Big Noses, Smart Women, and the Delicious Comedy of 20 Perfectly Worded Insults | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Earn more sessions by sleeving! This week on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily enjoys analyzing film tropes in the 1987 Steve Martin comedy Roxanne, based on the Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac. As a romance loving child, Emily adored the updated storytelling of the remarkable man with a big nose who falls in love with a beautiful woman and helps his handsome but shy lieutenant woo her in his stead. While much of... | 50m 05s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  Dick Tracy: Deep Thoughts About the Comic Strip Villains, Overusing Montages, and What We Accepted As "Romance" in 80s and 90s Movies | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. "I know how you feel. You don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that." On this week's episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie revisits the 1990 film Dick Tracy, the big budget Oscar winner that pop culture forgot. Director and star Warren Beatty wanted to recreate the comic strip detective as a live action hero, complete with all the weird villains that populate the funny papers, as well as the romance Tracy e... | 54m 11s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 |  Tim Burton's Batman: Deep Thoughts About Pop Culture Gatekeeping, Clown Mafia, and the Psychology of Billionaire Vigilantes Dressed as Bats | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? On today's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily delves into Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman. This pop culture phenomenon was controversial prior to its release, as comic book purists objected to the casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman. They assumed his acting would make the film a comedy rather than gritty storytelling. While Emily agrees that Keaton... | 50m 25s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  Brassed Off: Deep Thoughts About Collective Bargaining and Politics in Pop Culture | Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. The truth is, I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks. Not compared to how people matter. Tracie goes back in time to her semester in London in 1997 by revisiting the British film Brassed Off. This “emphatically empathetic” piece of 1990s pop culture crystallized the importance of collective bargaining, worker solidarity and mutual aid for a not-quite 21-year-old Tracie. With today’s eyes, ... | 52m 59s | ||||||
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