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PODCAST

Midday Movies

Laura Fones and Stephen Frothingham

Welcome to the Midday Movies podcast, provider of fun, funny, and thoughtful media reviews 2-3x a week. Streaming on @radiotacoma101.9 every Tues/Thurs/Sat at 3pm.

tv & film

All Episodes

00:31:45

[Remaster] Ep 17: Generational Differences,...

Midday Movies ·

2025/01/23

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We chat about generations, imperialism and druids. Follow us to get new episodes as soon as they release.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming shows and

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00:34:38

[Remaster] Ep 16: Daylight Savings, Current Events,...

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2025/01/22

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk about how it’s midnight at 2pm now, news watching habits and how to live a long life.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming shows and announcements

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00:26:35

[Remaster] Ep 15: Religion, Morality and Ryan Gosling

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2025/01/21

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk about religion, how both Laura and Ryan Gosling were raised Mormon, and some good and bad things you can do to get serotonin.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date

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00:28:02

[Remaster] Ep 14: Relationships, Humor, and Why Hank...

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2025/01/16

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk about relationships and different types of humor, including why close friends disagree with our taste in TV.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming shows

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00:29:15

[Remaster] Ep 13: Pirates, Bedrest, and American...

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2025/01/15

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We discuss the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise (Disney, 2003-2017), the importance of bed rest and the cultural consequences of American Calvinism.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to

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00:38:57

[Remaster] Ep 12: What Do Women Want? (Response to...

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2025/01/14

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. In response last week’s episode, which listed bad first date locations (as reported by women on Facebook), we ask the question that is on everyone’s mind, “what do women actually want?”. We also talk about the Red Flags card game (by Grim Rabbit Games) and Kevin Smith’s classic, controversial film “Dogma” (1999).We want to know what you think

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00:36:46

[Remaster] Ep 11: First Dates & Red Flags (Viral...

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2025/01/09

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk about the viral Facebook list of places to not take women on a first date from fall 2023 and accompanying relationship red flags.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on

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00:35:08

[Remaster] Ep 10: German, 70’s Serial Killers, Ethan...

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2025/01/08

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. Today we cover a grab-bag of topics ranging from German nouns for animals, serial killers in the 1970s, Ethan Hawke as a serial killer in “The Black Phone” and the impending Ridley Scott movie on Napoleon (2023).We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your

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00:21:16

[Remaster] Ep 9: Cold People, Five Nights at Freddy’s...

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2025/01/07

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We chat about the book “Cold People” by Tom Rob Smith, the movie adaptation of the popular video game “Five Nights at Freddy’s” (2023, directed by Emma Tammi and starring Josh Hutcherson) and practical video effects versus computer generated video effects.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey

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00:22:50

[Remaster] Ep 8: Horror, Horoscopes, and Midnight...

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2025/01/02

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Horoscopes and our thoughts on Black Phone and Midnight Mass (Netflix, dir. Mike Flanagan).We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming

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00:34:30

[Remaster] Ep 7: The Fall of the House of Usher (Dir....

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2024/12/31

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We discuss Mike Flanagan's thrilling new show The Fall of the House of Usher based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe and featuring some outstanding talent.We want to know what you think about our podcast! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to

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00:22:56

[Remaster] Ep 6: The Final Gilmore Girls Discussion

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2024/12/26

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. The third part of our epic three part talk on the Gilmore Girls series. We cover Gilmore Girls: Year in the Life and how it complements and completes the original series.We want to know what you think! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to

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00:36:47

[Remaster] Ep 5: More Gilmore Girls (and All the...

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2024/12/24

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. Second part of our fabulous three part talk on the Gilmore Girls series (and a bit of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) And talk about coffee. So MUCH coffee.We want to know what you think! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming

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00:24:15

[Remaster] Ep 4: Gilmore Girls - Part 1

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2024/12/19

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. First part of our epic three episode discussion of the Gilmore Girls series.We want to know what you think! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay up to date on upcoming shows and announcements

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00:21:49

[Remaster] Ep 3: Imagine If Horses Were Cheap

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2024/12/18

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and material. We talk about Autumn/Winter holidays, coffee, historic chapels, an app for friends, an app for horses and the Metaverse. Also polling goats about the state of America. Let’s get into it!We want to know what you think! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast platform and follow us on social media to stay

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00:24:18

[Remaster] Ep 1: Medieval Duck Walk

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2024/12/17

WELCOME TO THE REMASTER SERIES, where we take the first 20 episodes of your favorite podcast, MIDDAY MUSINGS, and update them with improved audio and additional material. Today we talk about medieval guilds, differences between medieval times and the current age, as well as the changing face of unicorns. Cited sources include lauded medieval folk historian, Eleanor Janega. Let’s get into it!We want to know what you think! Let us know in this brief survey ⁠here⁠.Listen to us on your favorite podcast

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00:19:57

Ep 200: Friendsgiving / Thanksgiving Celebration 🎉...

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2024/11/28

Today marks the last episode of Midday Musings’ season 1, so we’re celebrating with a Thanksgiving-slash-Friendsgiving episode! We’re sharing what we’re grateful for from this last year of production, shouting out some special listeners and the incredible pod friends we’ve made along the way, as well as sharing what to expect from the season break and the many new goodies we have coming your way. It has been a truly formative experience working for you and with you and we’re DEEPLY EXCITED for what

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00:31:35

Ep 199: Reviewing “A Real Pain,” Poland in WWII and...

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2024/11/27

CONTENT WARNING: the Holocaust, WWII, and self-harmToday we’re discussing the Sundance-premiered indie drama, “A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures, 2024). Written, directed, and starring Jesse Eisenberg alongside a sparkler-bright performance by Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” follows odd-couple cousins on a Holocaust tour of Poland to honor their survivor grandmother who recently passed. This small tour group comprised of recent retirees (Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes), a divorcee (Jennifer Grey), a

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00:24:50

Ep 198: Reviewing “Elevation,” a Monster Movie w/...

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2024/11/26

Today we’re reviewing recently-released mountainous monster movie, “Elevation” (Vertical Entertainment, 2024). Produced by Brad Fuller — who brought you all the Purge movies and all the Quiet Place films — and starring Anthony Mackie as one of the survivors of an alien apocalypse 3 years prior, we begin clustered in a 200-person village in the Colorado Rockies, where residents are menaced by unkillable monsters at any elevation lower than 8,000 feet. But necessity leads a group of survivors (Mackie,

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00:23:40

Ep 197: Space Mining with Friends in “Deep Rock...

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2024/11/21

Today we’re reviewing the 2020s cooperative first person shooter and mining simulator, “Deep Rock Galactic.” Created by Danish games company, Ghost Ship Studios, “Deep Rock Galactic” has you playing a dwarf miner on alien planet Hoxxes IV — an environment rich in minerals and hostile wildlife. With four playable classes and nine game modes, you can live out your fantasy of breaking rocks for the pleasure of faceless corporate overlords. The gameplay loop is addictive, with distinct biomes and

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