While We Were Knitting

Interview with The Vampire (2022) - Our Last Regular Episode

This was Monica and Nicole's last regular episode (still friends, our schedules are just getting busier). We were both captivated by the second season of Interview with T

Elemental - Pixar does Fire and Water

This month, the penultimate regular podcast, Nicole and Monica watched Elemental, a Pixar movie about two young adults who fall in love in a fantasy city despite their ma

Dune: Part Two - Beautiful Sand

This month Nicole and Monica tried to knit in theaters again (spoiler alert, Nicole still struggled) and watched the newest Dune movie, which was full of beautiful visual

The Cutting Edge - Skating and Kissing

This month Nicole and Monica watched the 1992 romcom about a figure skater and a former hockey player who learn to skate as a pair and have lots of romantic tension on th

Interview with The Vampire (2022) - Beautiful Melodrama

This month Nicole and Monica watched the 2022 AMC series, Interview with the Vampire, which offered plenty of wild rides, melodrama, toxic relationships, and deep enjoyme

Luca - Pasta and Sea Monsters

This month Nicole and Monica watched Pixar's Luca, a coming of age story of a young sea monster off the coast of Italy. Nicole got very excited to know names, only to con

Our Flag Means Death - Our Second Second Season

This month Nicole and Monica watched the second season of Our Flag Means Death, and discussed second season pitfalls, efficiency in storytelling, new characters we loved,

The Parent Trap - Great Chemistry, Bad Parenting

Back from hiatus, Nicole and Monica watched the 1998 Parent Trap, and discussed 90s hair accessories, parenting choices, and young Lindsay Lohan. Nicole knit a sample f

Barbie - The Phenomenon, The Darkness, The Joy

This month Nicole and Monica watched another movie in theaters, Greta Gerwig's live action Mattel movie, Barbie. We laughed, we cried, we shouted "oh my god!" We had a bl

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Deeply Enthralling

This month Nicole and Monica watched Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which was so enthralling, hopeful, touching, funny, and beautiful that they both ran into issues

Centaurworld - Our Last Netflix Show

This month Nicole and Monica watched Centaurworld, a surprising animated series about found family, insane bits, PTSD, different animation styles, evil blobbiness, and so

Los Espookys - Ridiculous Spooky Joy

This month Nicole and Monica watched the first season of Los Espookys, and had a lot of fun discussing the show that follows three best friends (and a little sister) as t

Magic Mike XXL - Spectacle and Shenanigans

This month Nicole and Monica watched Magic Mike XXL, a movie with a lot of heart and very little plot. It follows a group of male entertainers (read: strippers) as they t

Bluey - Fun for All Ages

This month Nicole and Monica watched the below episodes of Bluey, an Australian show about an anthropomorphic dog family. We talked about life lessons for six year olds a

Every Heart a Doorway - Teen Portal Fantasy Fallout

Please forgive some audio issues on Nicole's side.  This month Nicole and Monica listened to Every Heart a Doorway, a novella written by Seanan McGuire and read by Cynth

Top Gun Maverick - Vroom Vroom

This month Monica and Nicole watched Top Gun Maverick, the 2022 sequel to the 1986 movie. Both star Tom Cruise (who is insane), as a naval aviator at a special school for

Do Revenge - Two Sociopath Soulmates

This month Nicole and Monica watched Do Revenge, a 2022 high school movie that draws from Strangers on a Train, but takes it up to eleven on plot twists, fashion, emotion

Madoka - Tiny Lesbians, Big Feelings

This month Nicole and Monica watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica, an anime with a darker take on magical girl tropes. We talked a lot about storytelling tropes and also fee

Turning Red - The Joys and Trials of a Teenaged Girl

Nicole and Monica watched Turning Red, a Pixar movie about a Chinese-Canadian girl who's entry into teenhood is complicated by the fact that she turns into a giant red pa

Fleabag - Messy People in a Brilliant TV Show

This month Nicole and Monica watched season one and two of Fleabag. It's a TV show, written by and staring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, about a messy woman in her early thirties