Episodes
Sept. 25, 2020
Ep. 48: Fast Times and the Rise of the All-Star Table Read
Karen has fled Los Angeles for the rest of September, as both she and Wynter mourn the loss of the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg by girding their loins for the fight ahead. The two give a full rundown of the pandemic Emmys, and get into why so many of...
Sept. 18, 2020
Ep. 47: Remembering Chadwick Boseman with andré carrington
Wynter has made some upgrades to her club, The Palace, on Grand Theft Auto, while Karen calls Away, the new mission to Mars drama on Netflix, “normporn in space.” Dr. andré carrington, a renowned scholar of race and science fiction--and a...
Sept. 11, 2020
Ep. 46: Lovecraft Country with Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins
We’re a full month into Lovecraft Country, so Dr. Jon Paul Higgins from the Learnt podcast joins us for a spirited discussion about the show’s horrors, both everyday and paranormal, as well as what it’s done for Blerds (Black nerds) everywhere....
Sept. 4, 2020
Ep. 45: Facing the Music with Bill & Ted
Karen and Wynter explore what it means to be excellent to each other in a world as dire and apocalyptic as our own, as they get into the #girldad energy of Bill and Ted Face the Music (spoilers in the discussion!), and the entire Bill & Ted...
Aug. 28, 2020
Ep. 44: The Go-Go’s with Kathy Valentine
A bonafide rock star turned author, Kathy Valentine (yes, THE Kathy Valentine from The Go-Go’s, and author of the new memoir All I Ever Wanted) joins Karen and Wynter to talk about ALL OF IT--from her time on the scene in Austin and...
Aug. 21, 2020
Ep. 43: What’s Cookin’ in the Pandemic w/ Katherine Spiers
Our dear friend and the smartest mouth in town, Katherine Spiers (Smart Mouth podcast, Table Cakes Productions) joins us to mull over some of the new food TV being cooked up during the pandemic, from Selena + Chef, to Amy Schumer Learns to Cook. We...
Aug. 14, 2020
Ep. 42: 90s Domestic Thrillers with Brandy Monk-Payton
Media scholar & author Dr. Brandy Monk-Payton (Fordham University) joins Karen & Wynter to talk about the preponderance of domestic psychodramas like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Sleeping with the Enemy in the early 1990s. Together they...
Aug. 7, 2020
Ep. 41: What’s Good is Bad & Bad is Good w/ June Diane Raphael
Karen and Wynter kick off a brand new season joined by June Diane Raphael, co-founder of the Jane Club, and star of Grace and Frankie, Long Shot and The High Note. June Diane drops in to BLOW OUR MINDS with her read on Clueless, a movie she used to...
July 17, 2020
Karen interviews Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls
In this summer bonus episode, Karen shares her spring interview with Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls in preparation for her NPR article on the duo. Special thanks to NPR Music (especially Ann Powers and Marissa Lorusso), as well...
July 10, 2020
Karen interviews Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls
In this summer bonus episode, Karen shares her spring interview with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls in preparation for her NPR article on the duo. Special thanks to NPR Music (especially Ann Powers and Marissa Loruss o), as well as the Indigo Girls and...
June 26, 2020
Ep. 40: You Must Remember Polly Platt with Karina Longworth
Wynter and Karen welcome guest Karina Longworth of You Must Remember This for their season 2 finale! Karina tells us all about Polly Platt, the subject of this season’s YMRT. Polly was an Oscar-nominated production designer, screenwriter, producer,...
June 19, 2020
Ep. 39: Together Again to Talk Gen Z with Guy Branum & Margaret Wappler
Wynter and Karen reunite with their former podmates Guy Branum and Margaret Wappler in this supersized episode fundraising for G.L.I.T.S and SummaEverything! The fierce foursome indulge in a deep catch-up about everything from the demise of the...
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June 12, 2020
Ep. 38: Just Can’t [The] Help It
Wynter returns this week, as we welcome special guests Renee Bever (artist, co-host of Attack of the Queerwolf), and Tavia Nyong’o (author, Professor of American Studies at Yale). The panel catches up about how they’ve been participating in the...
June 8, 2020
Ep. 37: American Uprising
We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement in advocating for racial justice, and against police violence. Wynter and her family have also suffered a personal tragedy, so this episode is in somber observance of this, as well as our current national...
May 29, 2020
Ep. 36: Butches for Billions with Raquel Gutierrez
Wynter is off for the week, so one of Karen’s oldest BFF’s, the poet, writer and performer Raquel Gutierrez joins her from Tucson, AZ to talk about everything from making pizzas with coral mushrooms to Netflix’s Lovebirds. Raquel, aka...
May 22, 2020
Talking Hollywood with Guy Branum
Guy Branum joins us for an impromptu reunion to talk more about Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood on Netflix. Last week, guy texted Karen about the show, which we covered in our supersized Ep. 35. 6 hours later, we got together with Guy to dish even more on...
May 15, 2020
Ep. 35: Hollywood, Babylon
Wynter and Karen are not alone! Special sexxy guests, Guinevere Turner and Alonso Duralde join them in the W2X Zoom Room for a deep hang, and some scandalous conversation about Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, a new limited series rife with queer pool...
May 8, 2020
Ep. 34: Never Have I Ever…avoided a controversial teen sitcom
Karen & Wynter dive into the fray to discuss Mindy Kaling’s latest sitcom, Never Have I Ever on Netflix. They engage multiple perspectives on the show, from controversies around its caste bias, to its role in diversifying contemporary teen...
May 1, 2020
Ep. 33: WTF, LFE? (On Little Fires Everywhere)
Wynter & Karen talk through the twists and turns of the 90s-set racial melodrama, Little Fires Everywhere. Both continued to explore online extravaganzas this week, including Sondheim’s 90th Birthday Concert, and the Melrose Place cast reunion....
April 24, 2020
Ep. 32: Valley Girlz
With the 1983 classic, Valley Girls back on streaming services, Wynter and Karen revisit the film alongside other San Fernando Valley gems like Karate Kid, Earth Girls are Easy, La Bamba and of course, Boogie Nights. Wynter chimes in on Babyface vs....
April 17, 2020
Ep. 31: Conspiracy Theories
Karen and Wynter greet you from the new nation of Cascadia, or OrCaWash, or whatever you prefer to call the western pact states. Wynter gives us the “state of Twitter” in these times, including her own viral tweet about Sarah Sanders. This week...
April 10, 2020
Ep. 30: Nochella: Music for the Cruelest Month
It’s their third week of quarantine, so Karen is talking to Steak-umm on Twitter, and Wynter thinks Ellen sux. In lieu of music festival season launching this April, the two offer their own virtual W2X music festival for you this week. Sure...
April 3, 2020
Ep. 29: Wild Times with Tiger King
W2X Movie Night - Tuesday, April 7 at 6pm PST Pacific - check our social media accounts for details! Wynter and Karen each enter week 3 of their respective quarantines, so their habits (pop cultural and otherwise) have taken some unpredictable...
March 27, 2020
Ep. 28: Sheltering in Place with our 70s/80s/90s Faves
Karen & Wynter are in week two of their quarantines in Echo Park & Encino, following “shelter in place” directives from Gov. Newsom in California. This prompted them to wonder which fictional characters from the 70s, 80s or 90s would they...