Well, Here We Are
A weekly podcast which explores pop culture, the humanities, and how they matter for our daily lives. Each week, your hosts (Hannah and Suzanne) share three (ish) things as we engage with all that delights, intrigues, and sometimes repels us; both in our areas of shared interest (ex: football, makeup, Jane Austen, Schitt’s Creek, and wine) as well as our individual specialties (ex: art history, museum studies, film, and theology). Join for the topics, stay for the conversation, and enjoy our correct opinions. Twitter: @wellherepod; Instagram: wellherepod
Episodes
60 episodes
Feminist Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
It's spooky season! And we're reviewing the ghoulish tale of a woman with a decorative taste that doesn't align with the aesthetic of her vacation home. How terrrrrrrifying!If you'd like to donate towards a food and supply distribution c...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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52:51
Hansplaining: Repatriation (Taylor's Version)
Congratulations, Lord Elgin! You've won the prize of being a historical figure that Hannah would fight if she could.Listen to get on our scrappy side and learn how why most excuses institutions make for NOT repatriating artifacts (lookin...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:15:27
Mean Girls + Ice Cream + Rose Jail (Talk to You in 5 Minutes!)
Warning! Consider yourself warned! Suzanne's audio sounds like she is talking through a tin can in a separate room maybe underwater on a submarine. But Hannah's dulcet tones come through loud and clear. Listen for Hannah! Tolerate Suzanne! (Suz...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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39:14
Most Austentatious! Tipsy Live Watching of "Pride and Prejudice" (2005)
Hannah's in Seattle! And Suzanne's never seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. So...let's drink sparkling rosé and watch it I guess? And if this episode sounds like two women hunched around one microphone...that's because that's what we d...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:32:09
Feminist Book Club: "Bad Feminist" by Roxane Gay
On this episode of the Well Here We Are Feminist Book Club, Hannah and Suzanne discuss Roxane Gay's book of essays Bad Feminist. Are Hannah and Suzanne bad feminists? Bad at being feminists? Or bad at being bad ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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40:09
According to Hallmark: Small Town Christmas Boys
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and come roast these small town boys with us!Hannah and Suzanne watched 11-Hallmark or Hallmark-adjacent films that featured small town boys. Are all these men condescending beige blobs whose primary goa...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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54:49
A WHeWa Guide to Solo Travel
Experts? Not quite. But two ladies that have done some solo traveling and have thoughts? Yes we are and yes we do. It's cold, wet, and rainy where Hannah and Suzanne live, so they take 30 minutes to reminisce about time spent solo t...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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34:19
Hansplaining: But Did Michelangelo Ever See a Human Woman?
Please note: This podcast episode was originally recorded in July. And then the audio files proceeded to live on one of the hosts computers for several weeks, unperturbed. A long long time ago, Suzanne asked Hannah what she ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:08:12
Stream or Skip? "The 1619 Project" on Hulu
Two years ago, Hannah and Suzanne familiarized themselves with the central arguments of The 1619 Project and encouraged our listeners to do the same. In this episode, they continue that project and discuss the legacy of The...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:11:29
Most Austentatious!: All Sense, and No Sensibility
By George, they finally did it! Today Hannah & Suzanne conclude their first go of their Most Austentatious series by getting into Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility. They talk theme. They talk...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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55:22
Let's Talk About Food Insecurity (w/ Lucy the Great)
Friend of the pod Lucy (a woman so iconic she only needs one name) joins the pod to discuss food insecurity in the US. Hannah and Suzanne ask some questions, make some mistakes, and then learn from Lucy about what it means to ensure people have...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:09:33
See Ya, 2022!
2022 was a dumb, dumb, year and there are certain things that need to stay in that year where they belong. Things get real at one point and Suzanne cries. Hannah provides some stellar metaphors.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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34:52
According to Hallmark: Merry Queer Christmas!
In this very special According to Hallmark episode, we welcome friend and queer media expert Sarah Schab to the pod. Together, the Well Here We Are team watched 10 made for TV or streaming Christmas films t...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:20:05
Hansplaining: The Historical Roots of Antisemitism (Part 1)
In recent weeks, several public figures including our 45th president, Kanye West, and NBA player Kyrie Irving, have made outright antisemitic statements or recommended antisemitic content in very public forums. It has sparked a national convers...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:14:57
Feminist Book Club: "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan
"Problem with no name," you call it Betty? We know its name, and it's the patriarchy. The long awaited (and long delayed) first episode of our Feminist Book Club series. Familiarity with the book is NOT required to glean all the B...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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59:26
Suzsplaining: The Sad-Millennial Rom-Com
Content note: There are a few audio clips from movies throughout the film. Some contain swears. In Suzanne's neverending quest to analyze the rom-com to within an inch of its life, she has stumbled upon a subgenre of contem...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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58:03
Stream or Skip? "Persuasion" on Netflix
Warning! One of the hosts was drinking an iced beverage and you can occassionally hear the clink of ice cubes. Just imagine you are listening to this pool side and drinking your own cold beverage. In another much anticipated Most ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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41:17
Stream or Skip? "Fire Island" on Hulu
Warning! We recorded this podcast over the course of three different days (lol, we know) so our audio quality is ALL OVER THE PLACE but we find our way in the end. It's the crossover event that all of you have waited for! "Stream ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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43:59
Most Austentatious!: The Tragedy of "Mansfield Park"
Look. Fanny Price is rarely mentioned in the top-5 Austen heroines (a feat, seeing as Jane Austen only completed 6 novels) but in this ep we try to give her her due. Witness Hannah & Suzanne as they work hard not to scream "EDMUND BERTRAM C...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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56:20
Hansplaining: How to Museum
Hannah loves museums. Suzanne really likes them. So, does this mean that you have to like them to? Hannah says no. And Hannah is smart so we should all listen to what she says. MMMMMKAY? Over These Walls by
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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30:56
Curiosity, Grace, and Exercise (with Elyse Creelman)
Friend of the pod Elyse Creelman, personal trainer and founder of Train Resilient, discusses how her training philosophy has changed over the past decade and the questions she asks her clients to co...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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44:27
Suzsplaining: Defining Oscar Bait (aka Advising Leonardo DiCaprio to Ease Up)
It's Oscar season, which means critics and movie fans are embroiled in debates about what makes a film (or performance) Oscar worthy. Hannah & Suzanne give you the definitive answer. NO NEED TO LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE. Also, we fail to mentio...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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43:03
Is it Trash? Assessing "Broken Arrow" (Dir. Woo, 1996)
Hannah & Suzanne are in search of a new trash movie favorite. Will their little racoon hands ferret out a golden trash nugget in the form of 1996 John Woo film (the most Nicolas Cage movie to *not* have Nicolas Cage in it) Broken Arrow<...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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44:33
Most Austentatious! Everything was "Persuasion" and Nothing Hurt
Hannah believes that "Persuasion" is the finest of Jane Austen's work. Can Suzanne be ... persuaded ... to also endorse that point of view? They discuss four major successful and attempted persuasions throughout the book and what Jane might be ...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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45:15
Suzsplaining: Are We Postfeminist Icons?
In this episode of Suzplaining, Suzanne introduces Hannah to the cultural analysis lens of a postfeminist sensibility. What makes Kelly Clarkson, in our eyes, a postfeminist icon? Are we postfeminist icons? And what do romantic comedies, plasti...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:07:15