Trying to keep to a quick 5-minutes, Forbes thought leader and bestselling author, Ivan Illan, shares deep thoughts on capital markets and economics. Unscripted and potent ideas are shared on topical economic and capital markets issues. Financial advisors and retail investors may find the most enjoyment from these musings. For more info or to submit questions/topics for consideration, visit: https://ivanillan.com
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Greetings and welcome to the Deep Thoughts podcast, where we (Owen, Edie, Ben, and various friends) try and talk about whatever topic we think of. New episodes every Saturday! Usually. If you like our voices and want to see us actually do stuff, check out our YouTube, TheMuffinTop! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMa_bBPg3eJ00a4o6RuXgcA
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Ever had something you love dismissed because it’s “just” pop culture? What others might deem stupid shit, you know matters. You know it’s worth talking and thinking about. So do we. We're Tracie and Emily, two sisters who think a lot about a lot of things. From Twilight to Ghostbusters, Harry Potter to the Muppets, and wherever pop culture takes us, come overthink with us as we delve into our deep thoughts about stupid shit.
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We talk about deep Thoughts, stories, tv shows, books, and movies.
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Anything and everything!
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In this podiobook: Short-form Humor from the mind of Michael R. Mennenga. Editorial on daily life and the human condition.
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These are some of my deep thoughts, social experiments, observations, ideas, life questions, and general philosophies I'm practicing to explore Human Consciousness and my own Self-Awareness. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/selfaware/support
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I had to make a podcast for a school project! It was pretty fun, I hope you can learn somthing! :)
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Great ideas from students at Edgewood High School (Ellettsville, IN).
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This is were I go to talk about what I talk about what is going on in my head.
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Not quiet "Inside the Actors Studio" but almost as funny! Deep Thoughts features Canadian actor/comedian Conner Christmas as he goes deep into the lives of Canada's best talent. The best way to keep in touch with Canada's best talent!
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Daily deep thoughts, serendipitous discoveries, shallow jokes, story time, travel tips, music, and make pretend.
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Deep Thoughts: Science and Social Justice. Is an interview podcast where we take a deep dive into the struggles, triumphs and personal stories of minorities in the sciences, arts and public service. The goal of these interviews is to have candid, first person conversations about the role of race, gender, and socioeconomic status in politics, the sciences and beyond. Follow the podcast in Instagram! @Deep_Thoughts_PodcastViews=Own
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Join RyanKubo and Pixel_pusher101 every week as they talk about big picture Twitch news such as recent drama, changes to Twitch , and opinions on all the news!
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We’re excited you’re here! Deep Thoughts w/The Dixons is hosted by entrepreneurs Nina Pal Dixon and Brian Dixon. On this show, you’ll find entertainment, education, inspiration, motivation, personal stories, self development, higher consciousness thinking and more! The conversations are a mix of health and wellness, business advice, relationship insight, life hacks and much more all to help you become the best version of yourself! Our simple goal is to help spread more understanding & love t ...
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sorry haven't made a podcast in a while working on the new one stay on track to hear it. i hope you've been liking them all our 2 members wont be back soon. but hopefully will be back soon that's all i got Nikola also known as Nik.
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Featuring Cigar Thoughts, a Seahawks podcast, and Deep Balls, an NFL picks podcast.
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Implications For Protracted Yield Curve Inversion
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For roughly two years, the U.S. economy has been undermined by a challenging dynamic - a yield curve inversion. Not to be ignored, when short-term interest rates are much higher that long-term interest rates, investor and lender behavior modulates accordingly. If this dynamic persists too long, unintended consequences become manifest across marketp…
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Deep Thoughts about Wayne's World
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Party Time! Excellent! [Extended guitar solo] On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily revisits the most important cultural touchstone of the late 20th century: Wayne’s World. In addition to introducing an entire generation to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, this film presented a surprisingly complex characterization of Tia Carrere’s Cassandra and…
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S2 Ep. 1: Airing Out All of Our Trauma
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Hi! It's been a while. A while back me and my friend Edie decided to revive this podcast and recorded this, only for it to sit gathering dust for 7 months. Oops! While the podcast may not be fully returning as planned, I felt like this should still be aired because why not, right? And in the off chance that this DOES end up reviving this series... …
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Deep Thoughts about Superman: The Movie
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an unreasonable hatred for Hackensack, New Jersey! This week, Tracie brings her Deep Thoughts about the 1978 film Superman: The Movie. From the way this film helped legitimize comic books and superheroes as a valid art form to the huge influence Christopher Reeve’s Superman still has on our culture, this pillar of th…
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Deep Thoughts about The Shining
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REDRUM! REDRUM! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily breaks down the horror masterpiece, The Shining. The sisters walk through the ways in which Shelley Duvall’s portrayal of Wendy Torrance is an unexpected feminist icon, how Kubrick created an intentionally incoherent film while abusing his actors (except for 6-year-old Danny Lloyd), and…
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Deep Thoughts about The Electric Company
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HEY YOU GUY(Girl)S! On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Tracie revisits a classic of GenX childhood: The Electric Company. This children’s sketch comedy program with an all-star cast (Morgan Freeman! Rita Moreno! Bill Cosby?) showcased the wonderful ways that informal education can be intentional, subversive, funny, and validating. While not everything f…
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Buffett Indicator As Applied to Specific Sectors
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The Buffett Indicator (or Ratio) is a simple formula often referenced by famed investor Warren Buffett. It's simply, Total U.S. Stock Market Capitalization / U.S. GDP. The idea is basically higher ratios infer overvalued markets, while lower ratios may indicate stocks are broadly undervalued. Currently, this ratio stands at 186%. However, what if y…
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Deep Thoughts about Veronica Mars with Joanna Church
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“This face right here is my over the moon face.” This week, Tracie and Emily welcome Joanna Church to share her Deep Thoughts about the television show Veronica Mars. Between trying to recap the telenovela-sounding plot to Tracie (coma babies! children switched at birth! a school bus that drives off a cliff and explodes!), Joanna explains how this …
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Deep Thoughts about Trading Places
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Looking good, Tracie! Feeling good, Emily! On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Emily analyzes Trading Places, the film that taught her what a short sale is, how a bookie works, and that she is most definitely a money nerd. While the film offers a pointed critique of capitalism and racism, it undercuts its own message with the truly weird train/costume pa…
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Deep Thoughts about Michael Jackson's Thriller
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It smells like the funk of 40,000 years in here! In today’s episode,Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the iconic and groundbreaking 1983 music video for Michael Jackson’s Thriller. From the way the mini film subverts expectations to the meaning behind the horror tropes it relies on to how to contextualize Jackson’s immense talent with the troub…
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Credit Card Delinquency & Debt Jumps Higher
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Ivan Illan, Founder & Chief Investment Officer at AWAIM® shares a conversational-style review of a recent research highlight published on the firm's website discussing U.S. credit card delinquency and other correlated metrics such as household savings, debt levels, and interest rate on credit cards. This discussion focuses on the confluence of thes…
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Deep Thoughts about The Fifth Element
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It mu5t be found…it being a realistic portrayal of women For this episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily dives into the valiant, vulnerable, and very very sexist portrayal of “perfection” in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element. Milla Jovovich’s Leeloo is the poster child for the trope of Born Sexy Yesterday, wherein a childlike but fully adult woma…
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Deep Thoughts about Journalism in Pop Culture with Jon Shorr
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Good night and good luck and you stay classy, San Diego! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome media studies professor (retired) Jon Shorr to talk about how pop culture has conditioned us to think about journalism, reporters, and “the news.” From Lois Lane to Woodward and Bernstein to Mary Tyler Moore, we discuss the way…
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Deep Thoughts about Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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We are the sisters who say Ni! Bring us…a shrubbery. On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily dig into a source of both sisters’ understanding of what is funny, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. After 49 years, this film remains super funny, because it subverts our expectations. With minimal plot, despite the purported quest for the tit…
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Deep Thoughts About Back to the Future TEASER
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Great Scott!! A time traveling oedipal complex masquerading as family entertainment? This special patrons-only bonus episode of Deep Thoughts takes a closer look at the film that ensured the DeLorean’s ongoing cultural relevance: Back to the Future. From the erasure of Black culture and ambition to some truly weird sexual politics (Marty was gonna …
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In this episode, Founder & CIO, Ivan Illan discusses the myriad issues around having a significantly positive US Output Gap - an important economic metric that reveals underlying inflationary pressures in an economy. For more information, charts and other details related to this episode, please visit: https://www.alignewealth.com/blog/research-high…
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Deep Thoughts about Reality Bites
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Ooh, my little pretty one…who was really going to be somebody by age 23 On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Tracie revisits the film of Generation X: Reality Bites. Despite passing the Bechdel test with flying colors, the story of documentary filmmaker Lelaina (played by Winona Ryder) not only seems to present the audience with a…
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Deep Thoughts about Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Let’s do the time warp agaaaaaain! (Except with ongoing enthusiastic consent this time, mkay?) This week, Emily and Tracie talk aboutthe beloved 1975 film Rocky Horror Picture Show. From its influence on culture, fashion, music, and film to its catchy AF songs, there’s a lot to love in this genre-bending gender-bending mashup of B horror/sci fi, mu…
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Deep Thoughts about The Breakfast Club
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Don’t you…forget about misogyny…Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t! On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie takes another look at the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Though this classic Gen X teen movie passes the Bechdel test and explicitly names the prude-or-slut trap of female sexuality, it also treats Claire and Allison like prizes for the b…
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AS IF! This week on Deep Thoughts, Emily re-examines her favorite movie from high school: Clueless. Not only did this film kickstart Emily’s Paul Rudd appreciation, but it also provided her with some lovely examples of teen girl friendship, healthy father/daughter relationship dynamics, and how to apologize. But it’s not all sunshine in this adapta…
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Deep Thoughts about Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
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That [imperialist, whip-wielding archeologist] belongs in a museum! On today’s Deep Thoughts, Tracie takes on a pillar of her and Emily’s childhood: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The sisters talk about what’s great (the soundtrack, the cinematography, Marion Ravenwood’s badassery), what’s not so great (the imperialism, the toxic ma…
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Deep Thoughts about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination…and capitalism This week, Emily shares her deep thoughts about the 1971 classic film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She loves Gene Wilder’s funny and menacing portrayal of Wonka that still manages an undercurrent of sweetness, and the cinematography is a masterclass in how to make un…
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Deep Thoughts about Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern TEASER
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It takes a special person to impress a dragon. In this bonus episode, Tracie shares deep thoughts about the science fiction and fantasy novel series the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. From her early exhilaration of discovering fantasy novels with female protagonists to her current discomfort upon realizing the essentialist nature of dragon…
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Guest Appearance on "The Conversation with Bruce Cook" - January 7, 2024
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REPLAY: On-Air Live interview of Ivan Illan on AM830 from "The Bruce Cook Conversation" orignally broadcast on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 6PM PST. Ivan and Bruce chat about various economic issues impacting folks today from interest rates and taxes to debt and the upcoming election. Wide scope of topics covered and additional commentary on domestic…
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Deep Thoughts about Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Slay it with me: other girls are awesome! For this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie and Emily welcome Kate Moody, aka The Money Librarian, to share her analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Kate introduces Emily (a Buffy virgin) to the world of vampires, Hellmouths, and why all librarians love Giles. With Kate’s analysis, the sisters put Buf…
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What Risks Are Lurking In 2024?
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In this final episode for 2023, bestselling Dummies author, Forbes Finance Council member, Founder & CIO Ivan Illan, shares some preliminary insights as to what may play out during 2024 for both stock and bond markets globally. He highlights the period beginning March 2022, which coincides with the Federal Reserve's initiating a restrictive U.S. mo…
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Deep Thoughts about So I Married an Axe Murderer
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It’s like Sputnik! Spherical, but quite pointy at parts! On this week’s episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Tracie unpacks the good, the bad, the poorly aged, and the likely-to-make-a-vegan-queasy about the underrated 1993 comedy So I Married an Axe Murderer. The sisters discuss how important changes in gender politics and expression over t…
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Deep Thoughts about A Christmas Story
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You’ll shoot your eye out! On this very special holiday episode of Deep Thoughts, Emily and Tracie take a deeper look at the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story. The sisters discuss what is relatable in the sweet, funny tale of 9-year-old Ralphie’s quest for the coveted Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot range model air rifle, but they also talk about …
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You remind me of the babe…the babe with the power… Join us this week as Emily shares her deep thoughts about the 1986 film Labyrinth. She and Tracie talk about the myriad and surprising sexual metaphors throughout the movie, how the film may not pass the Bechdel test, but still offers a feminist response to dealing with an abuser, and why David Bow…
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Deep Thoughts about Battlestar Galactica
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Epic space battles + philosophy and ethics + human drama + Cylons = KICKASS TELEVISION On this week’s episode, Tracie shares her Deep Thoughts about the 2004-2009 reboot of Battlestar Galactica. She tells Emily how she got sucked into the show and resurfaced weeks later, a la Portlandia, how the story undercut its own feminist bona fides by resorti…
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Deep Thoughts about The NeverEnding Story
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The Nothing, depressed horses, and dead moms–The Neverending Story! (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh…) For this week’s episode, Emily shares her deep thoughts with Tracie about the 1984 film The Neverending Story, a childhood favorite with seriously dark undertones. She talks about how the original story was written as an anti-authoritarian fairy tale by a …
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REPLAY: Ivan's On-Air Interview - The Conversation with Bruce Cook on KLAA AM830
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Original Air Date: Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 6:30PM PST Listen to the replay from the on-air interview of Founder & Chief Investment Officer Ivan Illan conducted by The Conversation's Host Bruce Cook. Ivan returns to the show answering a wide variety of questions about the US economy, upcoming elections, inflation, and the Federal Reserve. https…
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Crime solving devil–it makes sense! Don’t overthink it… This week’s episode was supposed to be recorded at LuciCon in sunny Schaumberg, IL, but Covid put a damper on our plans. (Sad trombone sound). Instead, Tracie and Emily talk all things Lucifer together, from how Emily discovered the show because of her appreciation for Tom Ellis’s…acting, to h…
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Deep Thoughts about Fraggle Rock
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The Trash Heap has spoken! NYEAH! This week, Tracie takes a deep dive into Fraggle Rock, the 1980s children’s TV show that Jim Henson hoped would bring about the end to war (really!). The Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs, and Silly Creatures of Outer Space (not to mention an anthropomorphic pile of trash) taught children how to resolve conflicts with peopl…
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Fed Funds Rate Much Higher For Much Longer
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This episode includes references to data shared in Ivan's upcoming Forbes.com article tentatively entitled, "For Decades Fed Funds Remained Higher Than The Inflation Rate, May Be Once Again". Citing nearly 50 years of historical averages regarding the Effective Federal Funds Rate, 30 Year Mortgage Rate, 10-2 Year US Treasury Spread, and the 10 Year…
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Deep Thoughts about Anime with Lynette Davis
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From Dragon Ball Z to Sailor Moon, Studio Ghibli to Death Note, anime is a major hole in Emily and Tracie’s pop culture knowledge. So they were delighted to welcome writer, spiritual director, mental health peer advocate, and self-professed Blerd (Black nerd) Lynette Davis on the show to share her experience of being an anime fan since childhood. T…
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Deep Thoughts about The Monster at the End of This Book
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Hello, everybodeee! There’s no monster at the end of this bonus episode–just a lot of overthinking about a beloved children’s book. Listen as Emily and Tracie take a deep dive into the charming and oddly subversive 1973 classic The Monster at the End of this Book, starring lovable, furry old Grover. Emily explains how Grover taught her that every r…
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Deep Thoughts about The X-Files
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The truth (about casual sexism and gendered violence) is out there! In today’s episode, Emily grapples with the troubling implications of her first fandom. She shares with Tracie how writing, directorial, and payment decisions on the The X-Files did Gillian Anderson and Dana Scully dirty, why her head-canon is that Mulder and Scully had sex in the …
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Deep Thoughts about Disney's Robin Hood
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Odelaly and Criminitly! The 1973 animated Robin Hood (with the foxes) is as familiar as matzo-ball soup, but what’s lurking in the comfort? From treatment of gender (not only a lack of representation but also the performance of gender) to the surprisingly (or maybe not-so-suprisingly?) anti-anti-authoritarian message to the quietly queer-coded vill…
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The Paradox of Flattening Yield Curves
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A more casual companion piece to Ivan's article published in Forbes on October 19, 2023, entitled "What A Flattening Yield Curve Means For Future Fiscal Fitness" Discussion on the importance of understanding the segment of the yield curve to which an investor has exposure. Also, a review of the basics on the time value of money - a related concept …
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It’s Wadsworth in the lounge with the red herring! The 1985 film Clue was a flop when it came out. There were three endings, no clear murderer, and everyone thought making a film based on a board game was just crass. In this episode, Emily explains how a box-office bomb became a beloved cult favorite, and how this deeply silly little movie subverts…
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Suffering Sappho! Wonder Woman’s role in our culture is far more complex than Tracie’s childhood love for Lynda Carter (and Wonder Woman underoos) prepared her for. In this more-meta-than-usual episode, Tracie dives into the history of the world’s most famous Amazonian Nazi-fighter. From Wonder Woman’s comic book origins–she sprang fully formed fro…
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Deep Thoughts about Gender in Pop Culture: Tools for Feminist Analysis (BONUS)
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The Bechdel Test. Mary Sue. Born Sexy Yesterday. When thinking deep thoughts about media, patterns emerge. Patterns and litmus tests and tropes. It can be useful to have some shared language to allow us to get deeper, quicker (intellectually speaking). In this bonus episode, we define and provide examples of some useful tools that help us to unders…
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Deep Thoughts about Disney's Beauty & the Beast
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Tale as old as time? It’s old, alright. True as it can be? Hmm, about that... Beauty and the Beast is an old and not-so-necessary model for romantic love. Hiding in the remarkable Howard Ashman score is a not-like-other-girls feminism and a reified classism that isolates poor Belle and gives her no choice but to fall for her captor. Emily and Traci…
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Deep Thoughts about Harry Potter with Dr. Julian Wamble
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CW: Abstract discussion of rape. What if being a muggle actually isn’t a bad thing? J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world of the Harry Potter franchise changed the way we think and talk. But was it for the better? Professor Julian Wamble joins Tracie and Emily for a fascinating deep dive into the ways the Harry Potter universe and characters are reflectio…
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Deep Thoughts about Ghostbusters
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We tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something we loved from our childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Ghostbusters! Tracie brings a beloved “comfort food” movie to the analyzing table, and the sisters dig in. From the banality of the anti-heroism of Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) to the regressive treatment of the b…
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Deep Thoughts about the Princess Bride
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The Princess Bride does not mean what you think it means? INCONCEIVABLE! In today’s episode, Emily has some deep thoughts about the most quotable fairy tale ever written: The Princess Bride. Emily shares her theory that the film is both neurodivergent-friendly and a masterclass in brilliant storytelling–even though it miserably fails the Bechdel Te…
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Disruptive Technology and Its Economic Impact
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In this episode Ivan cites recent PMI declines, while reframing the data that often minimizes the manufacturing sector's share of and relevance to the U.S. economy. A discussion follows on how nominal GDP data is referenced routinely, instead of real GDP. The conclusion is surprising to many - even finance professionals - regarding the enduring sig…
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Deep Thoughts about Muppets from Space
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It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights! It's time to talk about Muppets From Space tonight! In today’s episode, Tracie thinks deeply about the underrated 1999 gem, Muppets From Space, which sees Gonzo finally meeting his alien brethren and learning why he loves getting shot out of cannon. While the themes of found family, loyalt…
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Deep Thoughts about the Twilight Saga
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Vampires and werewolves and regressive gender norms, oh my! In this first episode, Emily shares her deep thoughts about the Twilight saga, from concerns about what the series might be teaching teenage girls about their own agency in romance to the fact that society feels justified in denigrating the series precisely because teenage girls like it. M…
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