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Material Girls
Material Girls
Witch, Please Productions

A scholarly podcast about pop culture hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman, produced by Witch, Please Productions. Hosted on Acast. See... more

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Material Concerns: Golden Girls, All-Inclusive Resorts, and Coach's Birthday Pt. I

Welcome back to Material Concerns! In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah answer your questions. They talk Golden Girls, Friends, All-Inclusive Resorts, and... more

10 Dec 2024 · 29 minutes
The Golden Girls x Sex Positivity with Marshall Watson

Over the course of its seven seasons, The Golden Girls had 25 million viewers and earned 68 Emmy nominations. Each of... more

26 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Material Concerns: Connections, Stolen iPads, and Genre Conventions Pt. I

Welcome back to Material Concerns! In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah answer your questions. They talk phone games, the Witch,... more

12 Nov 2024 · 27 minutes
Twin Peaks x Cult Television

In honor of spooky season, we bring you an episode about the beloved cult classic, Twin Peaks! This show from... more

29 Oct 2024 · 52 minutes
Bonus Episode: Azkaban & The Prison Industrial Complex with Adrian Angus

Today we’re dropping a bonus conversation into your feed featuring Adrian Angus, a dear friend of Marcelle's who passed away... more

19 Oct 2024 · 23 minutes
Material Concerns: Dopamine Pt. I

Thank you for your questions about dopamine, dinosaurs and cats! In part one of this Material Concerns episode, we also... more

15 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
Dopamine x Health Capitalism with Jesse Meadows

For this episode, we're joined by Jesse Meadows (they/them) to discuss the most zeitgeist-y neurotransmitter around: dopamine! Have you been... more

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Material Concerns: Jurassic Park Pt. I

You had so many great questions about Hannah's forthcoming book, Clever Girl and our Jurassic Park episode all about spectacle... more

17 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
Jurassic Park x Spectacle

In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle discuss what made Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) the ultimate CGI summer blockbuster, the... more

03 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
Material Concerns: Why Is the Team So Hot & Other Important Questions

We continue our summer slowdown with a new Material Concerns episode once again featuring answers to YOUR questions. Marcelle is... more

20 Aug 2024 · 20 minutes
Reservation Dogs x Production Sovereignty with Karrmen Crey

We're so thrilled to be joined by the incredible Karrmen Crey (she/her) for this episode about FX's coming-of-age dramedy, Reservation... more

06 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Material Concerns (Live!): Theory, Heart Flutters and Coach On Mic Pt. I

Welcome back to another Material Concerns episode! We recorded this episode live for all our Patreon supporters so you'll notice... more

23 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Tupperware Parties x Cruel Optimism

Have you ever been to a Tupperware party? Or perhaps a Pure Romance party? Avon? Then you may be familiar... more

09 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Material Concerns: Dirty Dancing, Bridgerton and Summer Camp Pt. I

We continue our summer slowdown with a new Material Concerns episode featuring answers to YOUR questions. As a reminder, we're... more

25 Jun 2024 · 32 minutes
The Last of Us x Adaptation Theory

In this episode, we're talking about the HBO series The Last of Us, which was adapted from the popular video... more

11 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Material Concerns: Summer Slowdown Pt. I

We're starting a summer slowdown! That means we're still releasing episodes every two weeks, but every other episode will be... more

28 May 2024 · 35 minutes
Dirty Dancing x Nostalgia with Andrea Warner

In this episode, Marcelle and Hannah are joined by Andrea Warner (she/her), the author of The Time of My Life,... more

14 May 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Gender Playground Preview: Plans, Trans, and Autonomy

Witch Please Productions is on Spring Break, so we're taking the opportunity to re-introduce you to Gender Playground, a podcast co-hosted... more

30 Apr 2024 · 45 minutes
Making Worlds Preview: Dimension 20 with Lucia Lorenzi and Clare Mulcahy

Material Girls is on Spring Break! But don't fret! We unlocked an episode of Making Worlds, our Patreon-exclusive video podcast... more

16 Apr 2024 · 47 minutes
Material Concerns: Disney Bonus Pt. I

Like the serious academics they are, Hannah and Marcelle not only researched Disney in academic journals, they also went to... more

09 Apr 2024 · 27 minutes
Disney x Pinkwashing

What drove Hannah and Marcelle to go to Disneyland? And what is with all the rainbow Mickey ears? And where... more

02 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Athleisure x Optimization with Anne Helen Petersen

We're thrilled to be joined by Anne Helen Petersen for this episode about the popularity of athleisure! If you don't... more

19 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Gilmore Girls x Normporn with Karen Tongson

For this episode, we're joined by the incredible Karen Tongson, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, English, and American Studies... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Sweet Potato Fries x Food Imperialism

Remember about fifteen years ago when we all went a little nuts for sweet potato fries? What was going on... more

20 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Dungeons and Dragons x Ludology

Do you play D&D? Do you have a friend who does, but you don't totally *get* what it is? Did... more

06 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Material Concerns: Wonka and Twilight Bonus Pt. I

There was so much more to say about Wonka and Twilight. In Part I of this bonus episode (aka a... more

30 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
Twilight x Girl Culture with Jackson Bird

Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob or some secret third option?**Marcelle asks this question only at the very end... more

23 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Introducing Making Worlds with Hannah McGregor

We're so excited to announce that our new show, Making Worlds, begins January 25th!This video podcast, hosted by Hannah McGregor... more

16 Jan 2024 · 4 minutes
Wonka x Antisemitism and Censorship with Leena Norms

In this week's episode, we're joined by the incredible Leena Norms (she/her) to talk about Timothée Chalamet's latest venture: Wonka.This... more

09 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Merry-terial Girls: An Incomprehensible Holiday Bonus

Witch, Please Productions is on break for the holidays! Of course we still wanted to put some fun content out... more

26 Dec 2023 · 1 minute
The Night Circus x Reading Ecosystems

One of Marcelle's favorite books is The Night Circus, so she decided to be brave and do an entire episode... more

12 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Bonus Episode: Sitcom and Reframing Israel-Palestine Beyond Security Discourse

We hit our fundraising goal for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund in October and this is the bonus episode we promised... more

05 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Blackout Tuesday x Platformization

At Material Girls, we’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of using social media for social change and what... more

28 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Patreon Preview: Taylor Swift Pt. I

We had to talk about Taylor Swift more — especially as so many of you had great comments, feedback and specific... more

21 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
Les Misérables x Encoding/Decoding with Erin Keif

We're so lucky to be joined this episode by Erin Keif (she/her) of the beloved Headgum podcasts Hey Riddle Riddle... more

14 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Taylor Swift x Intimate Publics with Margaret H. Willison

Given last week's release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), we just had to have Swiftie and Tay-lore expert Margaret H. Willison... more

31 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Star Wars x Mass Culture

Why is Star Wars so popular? What were the material conditions that set the first film, A New Hope, up... more

17 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Bridgerton x Reading the Romance with Vanessa Zoltan

In this episode we talk about Bridgerton with a very special guest — Vanessa Zoltan. We discuss Bridgerton the book... more

03 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Patreon Preview: Avatar Pt. 1

We had to talk about Avatar more — especially James "horny for the ocean" Cameron. We structured this bonus like our... more

26 Sep 2023 · 14 minutes
Avatar x Hypermediacy

Did you love James Cameron's Avatar upon its release in 2009? Have you since watched it and thought, huh, now... more

19 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
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Why is Star Wars so popular? What were the material conditions that set the first film, A New Hope, up for success... more