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Free the Squee

Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet

Do you like to peel back the obvious and examine all the layers of your favorite characters and stories from all types of media? So do we! Join us, Drs. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet, a couple of nerdy, queer psychologists, as we put all things pop culture on the therapy couch, explore the joy of storytelling and Free The Squee! Dropping whenever we get a a free hour in our schedules.

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19: We Have To Talk; It's Burning In My Soul!

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2025/09/29

Hello fellow nerds! Welcome to our 19th Episode. Join Heather and Stacy as we debrief two big conventions: San Diego Comic Con and World Con. We chat panels, artists, authors and all the things about fandom conventions that bring the squee. Want to hear about the upcoming Vampire Lestat season from AMC’s Immortal Universe, a BBC Doctor Who activation, or the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art? It’s all here. Then, it’s time to talk Demon Hunters…the K-Pop kind. Hang out with us for an episode where

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49:17

17: That's Emotional. Did You Have Snacks?

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2025/05/25

Welcome to Episode 17, fellow nerds! Stacy broke her ankle, so we’re talking about injuries and how to help…or not! Heather and Stacy have a May The Fourth chat, discuss a list of books that are impossible to describe, and share all the feels of watching Bluey. If you’d like to self-reflect, pick up a new book, parent or be reparented, this is the episode for you! Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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14: What's In The Box?!?

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2025/02/01

FTS offers another “first”- this time a live unboxing version of Tell and Tell. It might be bigger on the inside…We tempt and tease each other with our current favorite TV (Bad Sisters and Silo), and take a trip into Tangent Town to discuss our culturage heritage when we’re supposed to be discussing nerd food. Please note: The wildly divergent content of this episode and our inability to stay on topic in no way reflects how our brains work. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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10: I'm Chewing Glass About It

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2024/05/31

Arrgh Fellow Nerds, it be pirate time! 🏴‍☠️ Join us for a special mini episode, where Heather, Stacy and our magical guest Mikayla (aka Younger Spawn) dish the tea on the pirate drama Black Sails. Newly on Netflix, this Starz original show was billed as a gritty prequel to Treasure Island, but it is So. Much. More! Join us as we talk character arcs, queer narratives and Squee quite loudly over Long John Silver. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet with Mikayla (Younger Spawn).

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54:37

7: One Ribbon Isn't Enough

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2024/02/15

This episode is bigger on the inside as Heather and Stacy talk the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate in the 2023 Doctor Who Specials, Ncuti Gatwa as the Flirty Doctor (you heard it here first, people!), anticipating Free The Squee’s first appearance at the Gallifrey One Convention, and Heather’s Ode to Verity Podcast. But first, it’s time to get a little serious about cultural gaffs, friendship and making amends. Let’s get going- we’ve got a lot of ground to cover and we left our TARDIS at

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6: Vampires Are Worth Shin Splints

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2024/02/06

Hello there fellow nerds, and welcome to our first episode of 2024. Stacy and Heather are joined by the fabulous and brilliant Mikayla, aka Younger Spawn, for some fangirling over Percy Jackson! But before we get there, we talk about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Dolly Parton and her new album, Rockstar. We chat collabs, what it means to cover vs. re-tell a song, and how much voice and context can change meaning. Then, there might be some squeeing over NOLA and a certain vampire.

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5: "Your Zayde Is a Level 20 Archdruid?!?"

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2023/12/24

Happy Holidays, fellow nerds! Join Heather and Stacy, and our special guest Annette Wierstra! Annette is the Director of Agents of Smooch, another Incomparable Podcast, and we can’t think of anyone better to go round and round with us as we review Round and Round, Hallmark Channel’s latest Hannukah movie! Join us as we schmooze about time loops and tradition, the twists, the turns, and the magic dreidel! Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet with Annette Wierstra.

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4: Target Fangirls and the Uterati

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2023/11/22

What happens when two segments of a fandom collide? Join us for Heather’s adventures in Target to find out! Then keep listening as Stacy and Heather try to answer the question: where are all the menopausal stories in pop culture? Not just menopause, but what’s up with the complete absence of women’s experience of their bodies at all? It’s an episode full of questions! Where is the face cream? Where have all the hormones gone? Who are the Uterati? Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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45:05

3: Horror is a Trench (Not a Bucket)

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2023/10/23

It’s spooky season! Heather and Stacy talk all things horror (sometimes with explicit language, eek!) including why humans might like a good jump scare. With special love for the Flanaverse (All Hail Kate Siegel!) and a nod to Freddy down on Elm Street, let’s get into what scares us and what brings us together. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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2: Let's Give Them Something To Talk About

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2023/10/06

Heather and Stacy introduce their new opening segment, Content and Process. (Which is what? Exactly?) What’s it like to see yourself or your hometown on TV? When does representation matter and why? And how do we talk about it allllll without interrupting the flow? Let’s get into it, people! Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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1: Just Open The Damn Door

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2023/08/31

Welcome to our first official Squee! We’re keeping it short and sweet in our debut episode. Stacy puts San Diego Comic-Con on the couch, wondering if the single unlocked door opening morning indicates an ADHD diagnosis or if the Con is just stuck in perpetual adolescence. Heather dishes about attending a summer concert by little known singer/song-writer, Taylor Swift. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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0: Free the Squee!

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2023/07/19

Do you like to peel back the obvious and examine all the layers of your favorite characters and stories from all types of media? So do we! Join us, Drs. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet, a couple of nerdy, queer psychologists, as we put all things pop culture on the therapy couch, explore the joy of storytelling and Free The Squee! Dropping whenever we get a a free hour in our schedules. First episode coming August, 2023. Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet.

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