Enough Wicker: Intellectualizing the Golden Girls

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Episode 179 & 180: You're Angels, All of You

We made it! We break down the very satisfying, very funny, very sad finale of the greatest television of all time, The Golden Girls. Thank you for being our friend and st

Apr 7 2024
1 h 10 min

A Very Special Episode: The Scholarly Process

Before we get to the final episode of the greatest television of all time, we chat about our process and pull highlights from our copious notes.

Mar 24 2024
2 h 03 min

Episode 177 & 178: WE'RE HEADS!!

The Girls crash a local high school reunion with assumed identities such as the ever-popular prom queen Cindy Lou Peeples and the class B Susan Armstrong. While it seems

Feb 25 2024
57 min

Episode 176: Rose is Exposed and Dorothy Gives Up a Big Pile of Money

Blanche convinces Rose that Miles has the wandering eye, and that the only way to quell it is with a nudie photoshoot. Dorothy bumps into a former student who offers her

Feb 18 2024
42 min

Episodes 174 & 175: Moonlight Madness!

In the final cross over with Empty Nest and Nurses, officially called Full Moon over Miami, all hell has broken loose at Blanche's moonlight madness party. Men are totall

Feb 4 2024
40 min

Episode 173: Off to the Rusty Anchor

Dorothy is perfectly content watching Amazing Discoveries (it just shucks it off!) but Blanche insists she come down to The Rusty Anchor and meet some men. Dorothy ends u

Jan 21 2024
51 min

Episode 172: The Big Mean Bug Lady

Angelo and Rose accidentally get Dorothy and Stan into some hot water regarding their rental property. Meanwhile, Mama needs a new pair of shoes!

Jan 14 2024
31 min

Episode 171: What Is Juicy Fruit?

Dorothy and Blanche audition for Jeopardy, but Blanche doesn't know where the Ural Mountains are and Dorothy has studied everything under the sun, including the St. Olaf

Jan 7 2024
21 min

Episode 170: Now That Was Music

Dorothy finally beds a Beatle. Or, at least an incredible simulation. Meanwhile, Blanche aggressively pursues a very very tall gentleman.

Dec 31 2023
38 min

Episode 169: Four Image Consultants, Harold Goldstein, and a Plagiarist Walk into a Bar

Hello, Mr. Gordon! In an all-time fav, Dorothy's high school teacher, whom she had a massive crush on, is in Miami. She hopes to impress him by sharing her views on women

Dec 3 2023
48 min

Episode 168: No Lemonade for Thor Anderson

Creepy Thor Anderson is here from St. Olaf after saving up for the bus fare and maybe low-key stalking Rose. Meanwhile, Sophia answers a personal ad, thinks she's caught

Nov 26 2023
38 min

Episode 167: Bikini Bottoms & Foam Fingers

The Pope is in Miami and Sophia is hellbent on getting a papal blessing for her sick friend, Agnes. So hellbent, in fact, that she steals a jewel-encrusted ring steeped i

Nov 19 2023
40 min

Episode 165: Welcome Home, Solider

B̶e̶n̶,̶ ̶B̶o̶b̶,̶ Bill! Bill is back from the war and really looking to get back on track with his serious relationship. The problem is, Blanche, whom he's been pining f

Nov 12 2023
34 min

Episode 164: Two Bottles of Beer on the Wall, featuring very special guest Sarah Armstrong

It's spooky season and what better way to celebrate than some Grammy-haunted windchimes! The girls help Blanche say goodbye to her [definitely racist] Grammy's plantation

Oct 29 2023
41 min

Episode 163: Recorded Live at the Uncle Cluck's Outpost in Palermo

We're back on track and discussing Mile$ and his frickin frugality! Meanwhile, Dorothy leaves Sophia in Blanche's care as she goes on a romantic cruise for 3 days--just e

Oct 22 2023
24 min

Hey, Maybe This is Our Shot at Getting into The Bible: A Very Special Episode with Jim Colucci

What better way to celebrate the anniversary of the Golden Girls Premier than a conversation with pop culture author, TV expert, and all-around pal & confidante, Jim Colu

Oct 15 2023
1 h 20 min

I Like Lucy: Sarah's New Book and a Chat with Two Superfans

If you've been a Scandinavian knit-wit living in a closet and haven't heard, Sarah wrote a book! A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball is out on Oc

Oct 8 2023
1 h 21 min

Episode 162: We're Out of M-O-N-E-Y

There's a hurricane a-coming! Specifically, Hurricane Saturday, NBC's epic crossover event. This episode features the McKinley Lighthouse (RIP), poor Gloria (literally),

Sep 10 2023
57 min

Episode 161: We Just Swing the Wind Blows

We're back!! In this one, Rose goes out with a jerk who dates men and women, Blanche tries to deflower a priest, and we see young Dorothy, young Stan, and a red-headed So

Aug 6 2023
34 min

Episode 160: Wherever There's News, We'll be Here

In the last episode before our summer hiatus, we explore a clown-fearing mama's boy and Stan's transference of his mother's love and rejection to Sophia. Enjoy it with a

Jun 18 2023
27 min

What listeners say

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I learned about Enough Wicker from Out on the Lanai and So Good We Named It, and I have binged the episodes for the last two months. Lauren and Sarah provide insightful reflections and helpful research on each episode of my favorite television show. I really appreciate the care they have shown this show, and I highly recommend that all Golden Girls intelligentsia listen to this show.

Faeriecrypt · Mar 2024

I’m a BIG GG fan and so happy o found this podcast. When I listen to it, I feel like I’m with friends. I like they dig a little deeper into each topic and are also funny! Can’t wait for each EP. THANK you, soooo much.

Claudia Autumn · May 2023

I find it hard to believe I haven’t rated this show before! I’ve listened from the beginning, however I used to listen on a different platform before I started my own Golden Girls podcast (So Good We Named It!), But I digress! This show made me want to make my own GG podcast because I enjoyed it so much & wanted to have my own commentary on the show! After Out On the Lanai ended it’s original run, I was left with no other GG podcast before this one started. It’s zest, feisty & full of old world charm! I love their hot takes & references that only true GG intelligencia would get. I hope to see them at the next Goldencon giving their scholarly perspectives in person. Especially if they include Sarah’s Magda impressions! Anyone listening should also follow their Twitter for even more GG fun to make you want to pass-out like you’re at the world of wool! Also, unlike other reviewers I enjoy the cursing & laughing! Actually, I’d love an episode of them just chuckling as they say various swear words, like….HECK! Roses are red, violets are blue, I hope you liked my review, it cost me 42!

SoGoodWeNamedIt · Oct 2022

This podcast is kind of perfect in everything it lacks: no endless patreon plugs and ads (even though I’d still listen, the hustle is real y’all), no off-topic tangents where you feel like a third wheel as a listener, not too long not too short of episodes. It’s just great. I love listening to these two talk about our beloved GG! Update: Docked a star just because I wish they number the episodes by season (ie s2ep12). That would make it so much easier to watch along. Still loving this podcast for some no-stress banter.

GoldenGrlzzz001 · Apr 2022

In the earlier episodes of the podcast, I really like the fact that you didn’t swear every other sentence; however, as the series progresses the language has become unbearable in some episodes. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t freak out every time I hear a curse word but is it really necessary to use the f-bomb so often. Contrary to what you seem to think, that word is not an adjective and, even if it errr, there are plenty of other adjectives that would make your conversation sound so much more “scholarly”. Also, as someone who was in his 20’s when the series first aired and have watched it non-stop since it began, I find it interesting how you harp on the “dated” references. Of course, they’re dated, they’re from the 80’s and 90’s and there’s no way to change them now. I gave you 3 stars because I love the Golden Girls and enjoy hearing them be discussed but I do feel that in order to be a 5 star podcast, you have a couple of things to fix first.

mikeinltown · Apr 2021

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