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As the 1998 movie The Truman Show becomes ever more pertinent to our reality TV and social media obsessed minds, your host has fallen deep into a rabbit hole about the movie, and sees some parallels to modern times' family vlogger channels. Join us this week for an exploration of the theory of Christof as Truman's controlling father figure. Yes, there is ranting involved.

Here's the link to the Wikipedia entry for The Truman Show. 

A lesbian character in a 19th century novel? Mon dieu! If, like me, you've only ever read the abridged version of Alexandre Dumas's classic French historical fiction epic, you'll be surprised by what awaits in the unabridged version. Join Ok Real Quick as we dive into the textual evidence of Eugenie Danglar's romantic love for Louise d'Armilly.

This week's Special Segment is "From My To Be Read Pile", where we talk about the book "...

"Best friend isn't a person, Danny. It's a tier." That phrase (from The Mindy Project) has lived in my head rent-free for over ten years. But...can you actually have more than one best friend? Join us for an exploration of all things besties on this week's episode of Ok Real Quick Pod!

This week's Special Segment is The Chisme Chorner where we discuss this gem from the "Wedding Shaming" subreddit.

In 1993, the third season of MTV's The Real World brought into the lives of millions of people the unforgettable Pedro Zamora. This week we celebrate his life and honor his legacy, as we take a look into what made Pedro so special, and the lasting impact he made in the education and advocacy for HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, and treatment. The fight is not over, and it's up to us to carry his torch.

To watch Matt Baume's incredib...

What progress, if any, has been made in bisexual representation on TV? We talk about Lindsay from Queer As Folk, and touch on characters like Willow (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), David Rose (Schitt's Creek), Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine Nine) and more. 

Click here to listen to the Liberty Diner Dish interview with Queer As Folk writer Del Shores, and here to check out It's A Fandom Thing Pod's episodes, where you'll find a ton of Queer A...

In our first episode of the Ok Real Quick Pod series "Perfect Pilots" we discuss why the first episode of What We Do In The Shadows worked so well, and what we love about the characters. 

This week's special segment is Unhinged Theories, in which we talk about the announcement of the upcoming sequel to Spaceballs, and how we think the story will unfold.

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Get your bookmarks out: It's time to talk about Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill!

From the author's website: 

"It’s weird, it’s queer, and it’s here in bookshops near you! OUR HIDEOUS PROGENY is my debut novel, a spiritual sequel to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and a love letter to women in science and the fascinating history of Victorian paleoart.

Are you a fan of Victorian mad science? Gothic gays? Women who are angry, and ambit...

It feels like almost every new show is a reboot and, you know what? We're tired of it. Join us this week as we indulge in a rant about the nonstop deluge of regurgitated nostalgia, why it's even a thing, and why it sucks.

This week's special segment is On My "To Be Read" Pile, featuring C.E. McGill's Our Hideous Progeny! Come find out why your host is psyched to stop procrastinating and finally read it.

Podcast music: “Couture ...

Remember sitting in front of your stereo, ready to pounce on the "record" button the moment your song came on? Remember the feeling when you gave your crush a cassette with your favorite songs (which maybe you did or didn't call Dean's Top 13 Zepp Traxx)? No? Well even if you didn't live through the joy of creating the perfect mixtape and the anguish of having to re-reel it with a pencil (IYKYK), we think you'll enjoy this episode ...

We're in our podcast era, and we're kicking it off with our first episode, "Why Are Cats?" Find out why we find cats so fascinating, why cats tolerate us, and whether they even give a purr.

This week's special segment is the Chisme Chorner, in which we read an AITAH post, give our verdict, and decide whether the story is real or really made up.

Cat study information can be found at https://modkat.com/blogs/modkat-purrr/do-cats-...