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Paid in Puke Podcast 2025 Oscars Special
We talk about hot mess that is the 2025 Oscars season with Denise Rodriguez!
Paid in Puke S10E4: Poor Things w/ Megan Metzger
Yorgos and Emma make a killer team in 2023’s “Poor Things”. We found sugar and violence, and it was most charming.
Paid in Puke Minisode: Cora Bora
On this very special minisode of Paid in Puke, we're falling in love with Hannah Pearl Utt's 2024 comedy, "Cora Bora", starring Megan Stalter, Ayden Mayeri, JoJo T. Gibbs, and Manny Jacinto, with cameos from Chelsea Peretti and Margaret Cho. The Pukettes got a sneak peek at this hilarious movie that will hopefully propel Megan Stalter to the stardom she deserves.
Paid in Puke S9E9: Saltburn
We're slurping up Emerald Fennell's 2023 gothic drama, Saltburn, starring Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Carey Mulligan, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe, and Richard E. Grant. We pay tribute to this carefully-constructed masterpiece, dive to the deepest of the layers, and, of course, appreciate the visual splendor.
Paid in Puke 2024 Oscars Special!
It's the Paid in Puke 2024 Oscars Special! Join us and special guest Denise Rodriguez (our Resident Oscar Specialist) as we run through the major categories (all the actors, director, and picture) with our Misses, Wishes, and Predic-shes.
Paid in Puke S9E7: Bottoms
We're celebrating Emma Seligman's 2023 high school sex comedy, "Bottoms", written by Seligman and Rachel Sennott. "Bottoms" stars Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, and Marshawn Lynch.
Paid in Puke S9E4: Clueless
We scratch the surface of Amy Heckerling's 1995 star-making high school comedy, "Clueless", starring Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash, and Dan Hedeya. Heckerling wrote the script based on "Emma", the classic novel by Jane Austen.
Paid in Puke S9E3: But I'm a Cheerleader
We've got spirit for Jamie Babbit's 1999 satirical comedy, "But I'm a Cheerleader", starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, and Melanie Lynskey, Cathy Moriarty, Katharine Towne, Mink Stole, RuPaul, Bud Cort, and for 5 seconds, a Dawson's Creek-era Michelle Williams.
Special guest Kate Preusser, managing editor at Lookout Landing* joins us to talk about why this is one of two influential films from her early twenties (the other being Showgirls). Still, Kate had the most Hot Probs, in relation to representation and some of Megan's toxic traits.
Paid in Puke S9E2: Everything Everywhere All at Once
We're sorting out the sleeper smash genre bender, "Everything Everywhere All At Once", directed by The Daniels, and starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Key Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Paid in Puke S8E4: Jennifer's Body
On Series 8, Episode 4 of Paid in Puke, we're changing the narrative on Karyn Kusama's 2009 horror comedy, Jennifer's Body, written by Diablo Cody and starring Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox. This movie was criminally mis-marketed by male executives at the time, to teenage boys, when it's actually a sapphic supernatural doomed high school romance
Paid in Puke S6E6: Mulholland Dr
Baxter's in her dream place talking about David Lynch's 2001 surreal Hollywood Noir, Mulholland Dr, starring Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring. We do our best to explain what it all means, and marvel at Naomi Watt's myriad acting talents.
Paid in Puke S6E4: Carol w/ Alicia Mullins of Gal Pals Watch
Alicia Mullins of Gal Pals Watch Podcast joins us to discuss Todd Haynes' 2015 romantic period drama, "Carol", starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Sarah Paulson.
Paid in Puke S6E1: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
We're setting sail with Howard Hawke's 1953 musical comedy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring the incomparable Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe! This movie is gay in every sense of the word!
Paid in Puke S5E6: Heavenly Creatures
The second half of Series 5 kicks off with Peter Jackson's 1994 crime drama, Heavenly Creatures, which introduced two phenomenal actors at once: Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey.
Paid in Puke S5E2: Showgirls
On this episode, we're keeping it sleazy with Paul Verhoeven's 1995 accidental camp classic, Showgirls, starring Elizabeth Berkeley and Gina Gershon. This movie is quite figuratively one long Hot Prob with one or two Not Probs of note, contributed by the talented cast.
On this episode, we're keeping it sleazy with Paul Verhoeven's 1995 accidental camp classic, Showgirls, starring Elizabeth Berkeley and Gina Gershon. This movie is quite figuratively one long Hot Prob with one or two Not Probs of note, contributed by the talented cast.
Paid in Puke Holiday Special: Happiest Season
On our (slightly late) Holiday Special, we're talking about the controversial 2020 film Happiest Season, directed by Clea Duvall and written by Duvall and Mary Holland.
Paid in Puke S2E2: Bound
It's no joke how well Bound holds up. Released in the golden year of American cinema, 1996, Lana and Lilly Wachowski's lesbian crime thriller is a refreshing gem in a sea of films about women who get punished for standing up to men.
Paid in Puke S1E1: Fogelfest! (The Spy Who Dumped Me/Booksmart)
In our first ever episode, we celebrate the BFF-centered works of Susanna Fogel!