What, you thought that just because Carmen graduated and Audrey is on summer vacation they WOULDN'T talk about stuff they've studied in school? My dude, you are SO WRONG. And hey - wear a mask, mmkay?

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American Authors Part I

Board the catbus and join us on part TWO of our discussion of Studio Ghibli! We talk about which films have the best and worst Rotten Tomato scores (spoiler alert: one of them has a 100% and it's SO GOOD please seek it out!), the merit of including some maybe-incest romance in a film, and fumble through the impossible task of ranking our favorites. Fun!

Studio Ghibli Part II

Let's once again travel to the before times and imagine that we live in a world where we are allowed to sit right next to our friends and talk about our favorite animation studio. Granted, Carmen and Audrey don't actually sit in even the same building when they record in normal times, but we give you full permission to pretend that they are sitting within 6 feet of you and sipping a nice cup of green tea while talking about Nausicaa, Kiki, Porco, and our other favorite early Ghibli friends.

Studio Ghibli Part I

Hey remember in the BEFORE TIMES when all was well and we didn't have to bring up the whole pandemic thing every time we talked to another human being? Well that's when we recorded this, with the intention to hold on to it for a few weeks while we built up a buffer of episodes. Then the world started burning down and a few weeks turned into a couple months and, well, here we are, with an episode that does not address the global crisis, but BOY HOWDY Audrey sure does talk about detective-based media a lot. But hey, maybe you're looking for a good escape from having to think about the pandemic! In which case, we present to you: Kitten Whiskers and Kanye: The Return of the Plosives.

Potpourri - THE RETURN

Okay, here's the plan: if we call it "Season Two," we don't have to explain our extremely long, unexplained hiatus. So welcome to Season Two of Kitten Whiskers and Kanye! In the first of our launch episodes, we talk about the games we've been playing during the break. Games discussed: Gris; Sims 4; Stardew Valley; Stellaris; Monster Prom; Baba is You; Unravel 2; Betrayal Legacy; Hollow Knight; Game of Sultans; Love Nikki Dress UP Queen

Season 2 Launch - Games

Let's take a breather, shall we? This week our two (very audibly) tired hosts meander through a few of our favorite things that won't take up a full episode, including a spider, doughnuts, public transportation, and some listener submissions! Lucas the Spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrS6akzR3sk Jesse Parent – “Replay” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bOmLycYG9Y RJ Walker – “Deceit and I” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgmRUJ3rofM Jose Soto – “Brief History” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQPO1fn9gDg Olivia Gatwood – “Ode To My Bitch Face” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGzMUzrgzA Sarah Kay – “The Type” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYAiYMlOCI4

Potpourri #4

YOU THOUGHT WE WERE DONE TALKING ABOUT HARRY POTTER, DIDN'T YOU?! Oh, you were so, so wrong. In part THREE of our exploration into Harry Potter, we talk about all of the things in the franchise that we just. Can't. Stand. (This is the last one, we promise.)

Boogers and Bad Drivers #2 - Harry Potter

We continue on our magical journey through the world of Harry Potter as we discuss books 5-7, fandom, merchandise, and other Harry Potter-related things. Pottermore: https://www.pottermore.com/ Potter Puppet Pals, "The Mysterious Ticking Noise" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4 Wizard People, Dear Reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYPfOnuf9w Floccinaucinihilipilificationa's Harry Potter comics: https://bit.ly/2P0mCOV

KWAK Ep 27 - Harry Potter, Part Two

We know it's probably been a whole week since you've had "Hedwig's Theme" stuck in your head, so we're here to fix that and get you thinking about Harry Potter for AT LEAST the next month or so. Mary Jane Moore joins us this week as we talk about our growing up with Harry Potter and what we like about the first half of the series. Yer a wizard, listener.

KWAK Ep 26 - Harry Potter, part 1

We love you YEAH, YEAH YEAH! And we're fairly certain that's not a bad thing. I know we're glad you're listening! This week Lexi Ramirez joins us to talk about her favorite band, The Beatles, and schools us on some old-school rock and roll. Find out who the fifth Beatle was, who funded a Monty Python film by mortgaging his own house, and how much they ACTUALLY slept the first year of stardom.

KWAK Ep 25 - The Beatles

Happy Birthday to us! To celebrate our (belated) birthday, we're going to talk about people who are funnier than we are! Like, way funnier. Suuuuuper funny compared to us. Confuse-A-Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzi3k7K0lFA Fish Slapping Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SSOWORzw4 Spanish Inquisition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixgc_FGam3s Your Name, Sir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LopIroSjsU The Dentist Sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_C3bO8WZ0 Black Jeopardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VaXlMvAvk David Pumpkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI The Racial Draft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3wUD3AZg4 Scott Sterling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2nVQNlUB8 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Backstreet Boys Cold Open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyKY3Dj5ZE The Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIbvlobWDM

KWAK Ep 24 - Sketch Comedy

We wrap up our month-long journey into poetry by talking about our favorite poets from the last couple of centuries. Poets Mentioned/featured: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven Arthur Rimbaud https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/arthur-rimbaud Who Said It: Kanye West or Oscar Wilde? https://www.buzzfeed.com/postmodernlove/who-said-it-kanye-west-vs-oscar-wilde-1h72c?utm_term=.jseVLdzXO#.rvan79zay Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479 Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-version Virginia Woolf: https://www.poemhunter.com/virginia-woolf/ Sylvia Plath's "Dialogue Between Ghost and Priest" https://www.internal.org/Sylvia_Plath/Dialogue_Between_Ghost_and_Priest e e cummings' "Next to of course god america i" https://allpoetry.com/next-to-of-course-god-america-i Charles Bukowski's "Alone With Everybody" https://allpoetry.com/Alone-With-Everybody Gertrude Stein's "If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55215/if-i-told-him-a-completed-portrait-of-picasso Marge Piercy's "Barbie Doll" https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/marge-piercy/barbie-doll/ Rhiannon McGavin, "Smile" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCC-O9BFahs Addie Maughan https://www.instagram.com/iwritepoetry.iamfree/

KWAK Ep 23 - Poetry Part Two: 19th Century to Now

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KWAK Ep 22a - Paradise Lost

We're putting on our powdered wigs and getting ready for high tea this week as we talk about early poetry! Works referenced: The Chimney Sweeper, by William Blake https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43654/the-chimney-sweeper-when-my-mother-died-i-was-very-young Ode on a Grecian Urn, by John Keats https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44477/ode-on-a-grecian-urn Alone with Everybody, by Charles Bukowsky https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alone-with-everybody/ Knocking or Nothing, by Mary Szybist https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56661/knocking-or-nothing Alice Isn't Dead: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/part-1-chapter-4-the-factory-by-the-sea/id1088978354?i=1000367098623&mt=2 Song, by John Donne https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44127/song-go-and-catch-a-falling-star The Faerie Queene: Book One, Canto One, by Edmund Spenser https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45192/the-faerie-queene-book-i-canto-i The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 And Thou Art Dead, as Young and Fair, by Lord Byron https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43822/and-thou-art-dead-as-young-and-fair Special thanks to Lincoln Peterson for reading Ozymandias, The Rape of the Lock, and The Tyger

KWAK Ep 22 - Poetry Part One: Ancient Epics to 18th Century

We here at Kitten Whiskers and Kanye love our mothers and all mother figures in our lives, so we invited our own moms on to talk about what it's like to raise tiny human beings (hint: it's not easy.) Join us as we talk about embarrassing stories from our younger years, some of our favorite fictional moms, and what it's like raising kids in the age of technology.

KWAK Ep 21 - Mothers

Join friends Carmen Thorley and Audrey Stratton every other Tuesday as they talk about their favorite things, sometimes dropping important knowledge... but most of the time goofing around. Cover art by Jordan Stewart: https://www.jstewillustration.com/

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