Remember Indigo Girls? (with Joanna Robinson)
How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer
All Things Comedy
4.9 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
You've gotten iconic podcast host and the SyFy dubbed "Queen of Game of Thrones" Joanna Robinson's analysis of television and film on Vanity Fair and The Ringer as well as her many popular podcasts such as "Trial By Content" and "The Ringer-Verse" but you probably haven't heard her recount how the Indigo Girls was an important part of her musical development as a teenager? On this episode we get "Closer To Fine" with Joanna, dig into her favorite comfort shows as a kid and explore how she was able to hone her analytical abilities when it comes to decoding the messages behind your favorite shows. (Pro tip: It helps to read books.) We also play a round of CHANGE.DORK where we debate the merits of the Liberty Mutual insurance commercials (not a sponsor), discuss if televisions should be allowed in the common areas of dormitories and Vanessa fills us in on her obsession with the musical merits Skyrizi's "Nothing Is Everything" commercial. From cappuccinos at Lilith Fair to the cultural impact of My So-Called Life, this episode is a certain to become a viral sensation. Don't forget to pre-order Joanna's book McU: The Reign Of Marvel Studios, which she co-wrote with Gavin Edwards and Dave Gonzales, coming out on October 10th!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and this is my brother Jonah. |
| 0:06.1 | We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how it shaped us into the people we are today. |
| 0:10.9 | Who are really prestigious, if I do say so myself. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. So, Jonah, I'm really excited about our guests today. |
| 0:31.7 | Some might say I'm kind of obsessed with her. |
| 0:33.4 | I've been listening to her podcasts. |
| 0:35.4 | Well, I guess Jonah, for our story, do you want to hear how I first heard about her? |
| 0:38.7 | Sure. |
| 0:39.3 | It sounds like you really do. |
| 0:40.8 | No, I really do. |
| 0:41.7 | I honestly really do. |
| 0:42.9 | Okay. |
| 0:43.9 | When I was living in New York, I started watching Westworld. |
| 0:47.3 | And I was like, what the hell is going on? |
| 0:51.2 | I knew I liked it, but I did not understand what was going on. So I was like, |
| 0:55.4 | I need to listen to a podcast every week and have somebody break it down for me. So I started listening |
| 1:00.1 | to this podcast that Joanna, our guest today, did called Decoding Westworld with her co-host, |
| 1:07.1 | David Chen. And I enjoyed it so much, like separate from it even being about the show, |
| 1:13.1 | that I would just make time for it every week. I would walk along the Hudson River, |
| 1:19.1 | listen to it. And the thing that I found to be so incredible about it is, as someone who |
| 1:23.4 | watches so much TV, I've never heard someone be so good at watching TV and at understanding |
| 1:30.8 | it. And she was predicting stuff about Westworld that her co-host and people, listeners would be like, |
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