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Aughtsterion

A Bigger Umbrella

Like the Criterion Collection but more gay and more fun, Aughtsterion chronicles and canonizes the horror films released around the turn of the new millennium.

tv & film film history

All Episodes

01:02:39

X (2022)

Aughtsterion ·

2022/03/23

In a rare moment for the Aughts pod, Sam and Jordan are of two different minds in this episode all about the new movie X. "But X...?" you're wondering. "How is this Aughtsterion material?" Well, the short answer is: Their pod their rules! But the longer one is, Ti West was part of the great indie surge of the late 2000s, making him a legacy character in the discourse about the time. And besides, it gives your co-hosts a chance to talk about the historical intersection of horror and porn — and not

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01:12:09

My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010)

Aughtsterion ·

2022/03/02

It's that time again, Aughts fans! It's time to celebrate Sam's birthday with the franchise he is making an American slasher tradition: My Super Psycho Sweet 16. In what's become an annual event for Aughtsterion, your co-hosts have gathered for the Pisces treat of talking about the best horror franchise you haven't been watching religiously, starring the final girl you never knew you needed to be celebrating. Lauren McKnight returns as Skye Rotter in Part 2 of the series, and now she's on the lam

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35:08

Minisode — Scream 6!

Aughtsterion ·

2022/02/04

Fire up that siren, Aughts fans, because Scream 6 is a go! Sam, Jordan, and the millions of others who drove the film to box office success have been clamoring for more since seeing the fifth film, and now that the good word is out, your co-hosts have some feelings they wanted to process about this welcome sequel news. Feelings like: It's ok if Sidney is done now, Bring Back Kirby and Stu!, and "Give us more gays!" Sorry, Woodsboro. Your nightmare isn't over yet. Produced by: Jordan Crucchiola Music

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01:19:17

BONUS — I Know What You Did... In Episode 8

Aughtsterion ·

2022/01/25

Alas, the time has come, the time to say goodbye to our friends on Dylan Island. I Know What You Did Last Summer the series became a beloved part of the Aughts pod, and Sam and Jordan will miss all their friends — especially Margot — as they gaze off the bluff and out over the ocean of Not Renewed Television Shows. In the end, this show delivered, and your co-hosts are here to celebrate the top tier performances from Brianne Tju and Madison Iseman, the show's persistent lack of interest in follow up

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52:33

Scream (2022) — Part II

Aughtsterion ·

2022/01/20

As Sam and Jordan move into their second hour of conversation about new Scream, the excitement level rises as they relive how the film really hits its stride in the back half. We get to see new franchise all stars like Jasmin Savoy Brown and Melissa Barrera shine, we get to see villains run amuck, and we get to see Sidney and Gale take no shit while they guide our young heroes through the foreboding halls of Stu Macher's house. The verdict is: Bring on Scream 6! Produced by: Jordan Crucchiola Music

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01:00:40

Scream (2022) — Part I

Aughtsterion ·

2022/01/19

By definition, Aughtsterion doesn't make it a point to cover new movies, but it would be a dereliction of purpose for Sam and Jordan to not sit down and hash out their every little thought about the latest in the franchise that really started this whole podcast: Scream. Your co-hosts hit the theater together to watch part 5 (at least in Jordan's view) the greatest horror franchise of all time, and they had so many thoughts it ended up making for the longest record in pod history. So, here is the

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26:58

Minisode — The Yellowjackets Finale

Aughtsterion ·

2022/01/19

Yellowjackets may not be an Aughts era show based on the year it debuted, but it sure is an Aughts era show since it's half set in 1996! Sam and Jordan are simply obsessed with the season 1 finale of the breakout series, and have to process their feelings over Jackie and Shauna and best friend breakups and the most shocking horror of all. They're processing grief, so you're coming along for the ride. Produced by: Jordan Crucchiola Music by: Sam Wineman

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01:17:59

Aughtsmas — New Year’s Eve (2011)

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/31

For the final Aughtsmas episode of the pod, Sam and Jordan are talking about the hit movie based on the success of a movie that came out almost a decade before it: the Love Actually inspired holiday rom-com New Year's Eve from 2011. This movie is like the second layer of carbon paper on a document with attached copies. This movie is like a 2007 Taylor Swift cover of a George Michael Christmas song. This movie is everything, and it is nothing, and it is very important that your co-hosts discuss it

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01:22:56

Aughtsmas — Love Actually (2003)

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/25

Love Actually is many things — a millennial Christmas classic, a problematic fave, a time capsule that glamorizes abuse of power in the workplace as romantic, an R-rated rom com, a surprisingly queer positive (well, considering the context...) string of love stories, etc. — and while Sam and Jordan couldn't possibly cover everything there is to talk about regarding this modern holiday staple, they are going to cover a lot of ground. (And they're also going to talk a lot about Mariah Carey.) For this

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41:24

Aughtsmas — Your Next 2000s Christmas Playlist

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/24

For your second annual Aughtsterion Christmas Mix, Sam and Jordan are switching gears big time from last year's compilation. They're not going on a Lohan Holiday. They're not doing the Christmas Macarena. They're turning almost all the way down and getting indie and emo. Have you heard the bells on Christmas day yet? Have you ever spent a melancholy Christmas by the Bay? Do you want to get weepy with The Weepies? Well good, because they're here with their gently jingling bells and truckloads of soft

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57:29

BONUS — I Know What You Did... in Episode 7

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/20

It's been a minute, but don't worry: Sam and Jordan are still watching I Know What You Did Last Summer, and they are still getting their lives from it. Episode 7 is massive, with a shocking death, a shocking time jump, a shocking confession, and a shocking lack of interest by anyone in where Dylan disappeared to when he left Margot's! There's also a group funeral and a drug trip at a local carnival, so truly: This episode has everything, and we've got a lot to process about the big revelation Alison

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01:08:57

Aughtsmas — The Christmas List (1997)

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/18

Aughtsmas might have started with the shiny studio fare of the 2000s, but now Sam and Jordan are taking it back to an unsung hero of the 1990s: Mimi Rogers as the scent savant Melody Parris in The Christmas List. She is the most normal woman to ever have a Christmas, and she's an icon! Your co-hosts are talking about how no matter what, Melody is just fine, 3rd grade teacher vibes, petty gay boys, and the thrill of spontaneously driving through Chinatown at 11 o'clock at night! And this is a very

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01:14:24

Aughtsmas — Just Friends (2005)

Aughtsterion ·

2021/12/10

Happy Aughtsmas, everyone! For this mini season, Sam and Jordan are diverging into Sam's passion for holiday movies and spotlighting some of the millennium era's most crucial Christmas titles. And they're kicking off the month with one of Jordan's all time favorite comedies: Just Friends. Straight from the Halcyon days of the Ryan Reynolds romantic lead epoch, this entry from 2005 is a slept on classic. Your co-hosts talk about our inexplicable cultural interest in pick up artists in the aughts, the

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58:53

Season 2 Superlatives

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/30

We did it, Aughts fam. Another season in the books, and that means it's time for Sam and Jordan to take stock of the most recent slate of films and honor the best of the best. The picks on offer here are all timers, hall of famers, the 1% of the 1%. Can anyone challenge Leah Pipes for title of best supporting actress? Can anyone take the crown and sash from Megan Fox as the season's — and the era's — best actress? What was the most purely Aughts moment of them all? Are we ready to call best Aughts

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38:26

BONUS — I Know What You Did... in Episode 6

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/24

In the Aughts pod coverage of I Know What You Did Last Summer episode 6, Sam and Jordan have come to fight. Why? Because not only does Riley go out, she goes out in the worst possible way. The level of disrespect shown to our little drug dealer with a heart of gold might be unforgivable, but your co-hosts are, simultaneously, over the moon about Margot's increasing competitiveness with Dylan and her fierce protectiveness of "Lennon." We love this little queer pixie! But there's so much more ground

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39:16

BONUS — I Know What You Did... in Episode 5

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/23

Welcome, listeners, to episode 5 coverage of Dylan Island, more commonly known as I Know What You Did Last Summer the TV show! Our group of little liars is setting out for some adventures in this chapter, including exploring the ruins of the local defunct cult and also sitting through some really lackluster interrogations with local law enforcement. (Sheriff Lyla can do better! We are sure of this!) The big questions this time around? What the hell is Dylan's problem with Riley? No seriously — what

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01:12:59

Scream 4 (2011)

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/12

For the season 2 finale of Aughtsterion, Sam and Jordan are getting you emotionally ready for the arrival of fifth Scream with its lately reappraised precursor, Scream 4. Your co-hosts are covering the finely aged qualities of Wes Craven's final film — including the triple cold open and Jill's proclamation that she doesn't need FRIENDS she needs FANS — as well as some of those crucial wiffs, like when the movie tried to tell us in 2011 that gay rights had been achieved in horror. But that also leads

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40:13

BONUS — I Know What You Did... in Episode 4

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/11

Sam and Jordan are four episodes into I Know What You Did Last Summer the show, and they're wondering more and more: Why does Riley exist to tell us about Dylan as she addresses Dylan directly to his face? Is this a secret triplet situation? Who is Alison and Lennon's mother really? And... why Harold?? This is the installment where IKWYDLS goes full Pretty Little Liars, and where the show cements its full throated queerness. Your co-hosts are here to say "More Margot!" and "Less Dylan!" Produced by:

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27:57

BONUS — I Know What You Did... in Episode 3

Aughtsterion ·

2021/11/09

In episode 3 of I Know What You Did Last Summer, the bodies are starting to pile up. Our gang of little liars is on edge, and paranoid that the body they thought they left for dead in that cave after graduation last year actually came back to life and is now hunting them all down. Alison continues to be a half assed Lennon at best, but we love her for it. Co-host Sam is starting to have increasingly wild theories about what Margot does and does not know. And the show continues to gaslight us about

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30:26

BONUS — I Know What You Did...in Episode 2

Aughtsterion ·

2021/10/26

The second episode of IKWYDLS on Prime thankfully mellows out on the teen speak and gets more grounded than the raucous party scene of the first, and it's also got some emotionally dense father-daughter time between "Lennon" and her dad. Sam and Jordan are back on the scene to walk through it all with you, from the *many* salt licks Dylan is setting up in his backyard to Johnny's gay engagement to smoking as a character trait to the insane episode titles this show is running with. You needed an

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