OVER DEZE AFLEVERING
Happy first anniversary to us, and to everyone who's been drinking tea with us since the beginning. ☕
One year in, and we are celebrating the way we know best: with a pop culture roundup so packed it needs its own episode.
- Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has just wrapped its four-part finale on Disney Channel, and the behind-the-scenes drama is almost more interesting than the show itself.
- Then there's Hilary Duff, who is back with new music, a sold-out tour, and songs about her estrangement from sister Haylie, including "We Don't Talk," which she's confirmed is about their rift, calling it, in her own words, an "emotional eviction."
- And as if this week couldn't get more millennial: an official Gilmore Girls documentary is headed to HBO Max, directed by Bonni Cohen, featuring Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino, and Lauren Graham herself, with never-before-seen outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage, and script pages. Stock up on coffee.
Then we get into this week's OCD topic: emotional contamination OCD, the subtype where the fear isn't germs or harm, but feelings. The dread that a person, place, or object carries a negative emotional residue that will transfer to you. The ex's jumper you can't wear anymore. The friend whose bad luck feels contagious. The song that played during the worst moment of your life and can never be listened to again. One of the most personal and least talked-about OCD subtypes, and one of the most relatable.
And to close: high up in the Dublin mountains, the ruins of the Hellfire Club sit atop Montpelier Hill, a 5,000-year-old site built over by Ireland's wealthiest man in 1725, who destroyed a prehistoric cairn to do it. Ghost hunters have reported screams, apparitions, and traces of rituals ever since, but the most notable spirit is much darker.
Pour your tea. Happy anniversary. Don't go up the mountain after dark. ☕
We're totally obsessed...
- Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney+)
- Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (Disney+)
- Hilary Duff on Tour
- luck...or something, Hilary Duff
- Lauren Graham on Gilmore Girls doc
- 'Gilmore Girls' Documentary In The Works For HBO Max (Deadline)
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Looking for another cozy listen?
🎧 Check out Leela's other podcast, No Dating Till You're Married, an audiobook podcast. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians.
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