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You Are Good

Garden State w. Niko Stratis and Chelsey Weber-Smith

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

Film History, Film Reviews, Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like." Y'all remember Garden State? Let's talk about Garden State with Niko Stratis and Chelsey Weber-Smith!Niko can be found online here (https://www.nikostratis.com/).Chelsey's American Hysteria can be found online here (https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/).Magpie Cinema Club's cover of New Slang and all their other songs can be streamed HERE (https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub)!https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclubYou can pre-order Carolyn Kendrick's new record and pre-save her new song HERE (https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick)!https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrickThere is an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts!Speaking of which, this episode was made possible with and by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood) and Apple Plus.You can subscribe to Alex's zine here (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture).Merch inspired by our Don't Tell Mom... episode can be found here (https://www.bonfire.com/dont-tel-mom-you-are-good/)!You can buy a You Are Good logo shirt (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/) DESIGNED BY THE GREAT LIZ CLIMO here. (Liz Climo designed our logo!)You Are Good (https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/) is a feelings podcast about movies.You can make a contribution to Palestine Children's Relief Fund here (https://www.pcrf.net/).You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Patreon and Apple Plus.The Music of You Are Good, Vol. 1 is here (https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-you-are-good-vol-1).Miranda Zickler (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster) produced and edited this episode!Fresh Lesh produces the beats for our episodes.

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0:00.0

And the Hello you and welcome to You Are Good of Feelings Podcast about movies. Today we're talking about Garden State.

0:24.0

We're talking about it with our great friend Chelsea Weber Smith.

0:28.0

I'm one of your house Alex Steed and I will soon be joined by my guest co-host this week, Nico Stratus.

0:35.6

You are good, A Feeling's Podcast about Movies, is exactly what it sounds like.

0:39.2

We talk about movies as a way to engage our feelings and who and how we are and how we relate to

0:45.2

other people, how we relate to the world.

0:46.6

We are not film critics necessarily.

0:48.8

We do talk about movies critically sometimes, but that's what we're getting into.

0:51.9

We watch a movie, talk about our relationship with it.

0:54.4

We talk about our relationship with the world. It's a good time. People seem to like it, they keep coming back, and we appreciate that.

1:00.1

Garden State is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film. It's written and directed by

1:05.5

Zach Braff. It stars him. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgarde, and Ian Home.

1:10.5

It senders someone who goes back to New Jersey.

1:13.7

It send her a actor slash waiter specifically who goes back to New Jersey after his mother dies.

1:18.8

And then he meets people.

1:20.6

He gets to know himself a little bit.

1:22.2

It's a real coming of age film. It was a real moment. It is celebrating its 20th anniversary and so we are talking about it.

1:30.0

Chelsea Weber Smith, great friend of the show, is a poet, a cultural critic, just a friend, a person

1:36.8

we love is the host of American hysteria.

1:40.8

Our guest host today, Nico Stratus, is also a cultural critic, a writer, an author, has a book coming out on Dad Rock, really just fabulous person across the board.

1:53.5

Love Nico and I'm going to tell you right now,

1:55.9

Nico and I have a new podcast coming out called Chino Ew,

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