Biglaw Biter Boots on the Ground, Matt Rife and the Annabelle Doll, and 'The Hunting Wives' | We’re Obsessed

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a huge week for the female gaze (and gays)! Jodi and Nora begin by supplying some insider info about Big Law’s favorite biter (1:55) before recapping a few cursed news headlines from this week, including Matt Rife purchasing the Connecticut home and occult museum of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (13:42). Then they discuss the potential return of culture from the mid-2010s and how they’re personally feeling about earnestness making a comeback (30:00). And finally … it’s a sapphic summer! To celebrate, Jodi and Nora discuss Chappell Roan’s new song, the Reneé Rapp Award for Power in Lesbianism at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, and the hit Netflix series 'The Hunting Wives' (40:48). To close out the show, they reveal their weekly obsessions (1:18:39). Hosts: Jodi Walker and Nora Princiotti Producers: Devon Baroldi, Sasha Ashall, and Belle Roman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	As the 21st century was getting underway, Hollywood released a series of films that were daring, entertaining, and absolutely unmissable.
0:09.0	Films like, 25th Hour, Bring It On, Zodiac, and No Country for Old Men.
0:15.0	They arrived during the George W. Bush era, a chaotic time in America.
0:19.0	Think 9-11, Katrina, the mortgage crisis. After the Bush era, a chaotic time in America. Think 9-11, Katrina, the mortgage crisis. After the Bush
0:24.5	years, the country would never be the same, and neither would Hollywood. I'm Brian Raftery,
0:31.9	and in my new limited series, Mission Accomplished, we're going to dive into some of the biggest
0:35.9	movies of the Bush years, and look at what they said about the state of the nation.
0:39.3	We'll go behind the scenes with filmmakers and experts
0:42.3	and relive some of your favorite movies from the early 2000s,
0:45.3	from Donnie Darko to Michael Clayton, from Anchorman to Iron Man.
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1:33.0	Make way!
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1:38.5	Make way.
1:39.0	Sorry.
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