EPISODE 120: THE WITCHER

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adaptation, beauty and the bitch, book, Fantasy, game, geralt, geralt of rivia, henry cavill, mic, Netflix, novel, podcast, shade, short story, Subkovsky, the witcher, tv, witcher, yennefer

In this episode, Mic covers the general history of The Witcher franchise and his various likes and dislikes, re: the Netflix adaptation. Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia is hot from the soles of his feet all the way up to his hairline (that wig is cheap, yo).

Episode 119: CATS

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2019, beauty and the bitch, CATS, cats broadway, cats musical, gay, ian mckellan, inspiration cats, jennifer hudson, judi dench, lgbtq, mic, old possum's book of practical cats, podcast, queer, taylor swift, ts eliot

In this episode, Mic tries to protect Dame Judi Dench, emits a variety of shrieks, and reads an excerpt of his favorite poem. Yes, CATS 2019 is a travesty…but it’s destined to be a cult classic.

Episode 118: A Boy’s Own Story

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A Boy's Own Story, beauty and the bitch, Books, edmund white, gay, gay classic, litererature, mic, podcast, queer, shade

In this episode, Mic discusses the criminally overlooked gay classic A Boy’s Own Story. He speaks at length about the importance of the first non-apologetic coming out novel…and at length about the importance of using lube during anal sex. Equally important!

Episode 117: HBO’s His Dark Materials + The Amber Spyglass

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amber, beauty, beauty and the bitch, book, Books, dark materials, dark materials 3, Fantasy, HBO, his dark materials, mic, morgan, philip pullman, phillip pullman, podcast, pullman, shade, spyglass, the amber spyglass, trilogy, tv, YA

In this solo episode, Mic reclaims “yo”, pontificates on James McAvoy’s cock, and compares (in some depth) His Dark Material’s Harpies to mythological Furies. He’s really good at limiting spoilers and being an irredeemable Classics nerd; someone give him a cookie.

Episode 116: The Testaments

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atwood, beauty and the bitch, book, booker, booker prize, dystopia, dystopian, handmaid's tale, literature, margaret atwood, mic, morgan, podcast, sequel, shade, the testaments

In this solo episode, Mic trips the light fantastic, veers into dystopia and gives way too many plugs. Oh, and he reviews The Testaments, obviously.

Episode 114: The Boys

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amazon, amazon original, beauty and the bitch, Beauty and the Bitch Podcast, billy butcher, chace crawford, comic, homelander, hughie, karl urban, mic, morgan, queen maeve, review, shade, the boys, tv

In this episode, we get thigh deep in the addictive Amazon Original series, The Boys. The actors are hot, the violence is graphic and the dolphins are sooo smoooth!

Thanks for listening, BBs!

Episode 115: IT, Chapter 2

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beauty and the bitch, bill hader, bill skarsgard, book, clown, horror, it, it chapter 2, james mcavoy, mic, morgan, movie, podcast, review, shade, stephen king

In this episode, we dissect and 100% spoil the final installment in the IT cinema reboot. James McAvoy, Bill Hader and Bill Skarsgard all compete for our love…who will win?

Episode 113: The Dark Crystal

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beauty and the bitch, dark crystal, frank oz, jim henson, mic, morgan, Netflix, podcast, shade, skeksis, the dark crystal

In this episode, we agree that the world of Dark Crystal is ooky-spooky, weird and frankly enchanting. SHOCKING NEWS: Mic is more of a Skeksis than Morgan. How revolting!

Episode 112: Veronica Mars

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beauty and the bitch, crime, eat shit kristen bell, hulu, kristen bell, mic, morgan, noir teen drama, pop culture, season 4, shade, teen mystery, tv, veronica mars

In this episode, we discuss the fourth season of Veronica Mars, now streaming on Hulu (!), as well as the original run of the show. Morgan effing loves this noir teen drama/mystery and she’s not alone! EAT SHIT, KRISTEN BELL (we love her).

Thanks for listening BBs!

Episode 111: Tales of the City

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armistead maupin, beauty and the bitch, ellen page, feminist, laura linney, lgbtq, mic, morgan, Netflix, new adaptation, olympia dukakis, podcast, pop culture, san francisco, sequel, shade, tales of the city, tv

In this episode, we discuss Netflix’s new(ish) sequel to Armistead Maupin’s classic series. We shade a bunch of new characters (sorry ’bout it!) and gush over Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis.

Thanks for listening, BBs!