For the Girls!

Come down to the Easy Listening sections, friends, as we defend the great Diva of Classic Hollywood: Doris Day! We have a guest superfan, Chris Logan, all the way from London to celebrate Calamity Jane, America's Sweetheart, the great voice of her generation, Doris! So join us in reconsidering this unsung Diva who hasn't been properly been given her due. We cover her virginal reputation, Rock Hudson's thighs, the 650 songs she recorded, the dogs, the dogs and the dogs, and the "Almost independent Woman" that she was made to play. Whatever will be will be, but our love of Doris is never going to leave us, so come listen to a little Pillow Talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Diva You Should Know Week and we are celebrating the truly virtuosic genre-shifting multitudes of Ruth, Anita, Bonnie and June Pointer! Come with us through the Quartet of the 70s, the Trio of the 80s and the musicology of one of the most important music groups in history. We are worshipping these underusing superheroes this week as we review our favorite tracks, discuss their eclectic bop-filled library and cleanse our algorithms with this perfect music. Come for the hits, stay for the music theory. We are out here demanding miniseries, art installations and statues erected to these iconic women of music. It should be Automatic! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All Bow Down to the Queen of Cinema, Cate Blanchett! This week we grovel at her feet with superfan, Jakob Plummer. We are writing long letters on our typewriters about Jasmine, Carol Aird, Charlotte Grey and Veronica Guerin! We analyze her royal work, her villain work, her elf work and her everywoman work as we swim through the fearless and versatile waters of the reining Ice Queen of the Movies. So get ready to bop through the many Gifts and the greatest hits of this singular, trail-blazing, humanitarian Australian who has written her own script and built one of the most dynamic careers in the history of Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our 100th Episode extravaganza continues with the screenwriter of 9 to 5, Patricia Resnick! And she knows from Diva. So come gab with us about her work on The Cher Show, Robert Altman films, and Better Things. Pat came with Diva stories and tells tales of Lucille Ball, Shelley Winters, Stephanie J Block, Glenn Close, Ruth Gordon, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Bette Bette Bette Bette and Bette. Come hear tales of dancing with Nancy Reagan, creating this iconic film and building a truly incredible career in Hollywood as a writer for over 40 years. Come grab a little inspiration from one of the greats! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OUR 100th EPISODE IS HERE! And we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than inviting back returning champion, LaToya Morgan, to discuss one of all of our favorite films: 9 to 5! We are here to worship the divas Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Patricia Resnick, Ann Roth, Elizabeth Wilson, Peggy Pope, Marian Mercer, Esther Sullivan and Roxanne Bonilla-Giannini in this all too prescient classic from 1980. So throw on your work kimono, catch that elevator, and get ready to murder the patriarchy and throw its corpse into the trunk of a car! We are going to do M&Ms, drink some Skinny&Sweet, and then Sexualize, Hunt and Murder our Bosses. We are keeping a spot for you at our lunch table to celebrate these iconic women and our own centenary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Open the Book of Cabot Cove and unleash an episode of Biblical proportions! That's right we are going back to paradise to learn and preach the theology of JB Fletcher. This is our fourth installment of this series and this time we study Season 4, Episode 7: "If It's Thursdays, It Must Be Beverly." So get ready to go to the beauty shop, reunite with Evie Simpson, hear about naughty kitties, Lotharios, Salmon mousse and of course, God herself. We are taking you back to the church of Angela Lansbury so hop on your bike, confess your sins and PRAY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to our second Bette Midler Album Review! That's right, we are going back to the well this week to dig for some gold. So come and celebrate the 7th studio album from our goddess: Bette Midler! This is our next-step-Bible filled with nostalgia, herstory, Marc Shaiman, Dionne Warwick, Diane Warren, Janice Ian, Jennifer Lewis, and Adult Contemporary Charts. So come and find your joy as we dive into the Grammy for Female Pop Vocal Performance, the 90s, Los Angeles fantasies and Leggings! We hope you all are staying sane while keeping From A Distance, and just put this on to do a little Moonlight Dancing, Miss Otis! Let's go One More Round! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Oscar week and we have invited critic, podcaster and Oscar savant, Chris Feil from This Had Oscar Buzz to join us at the altar of the Nomads! That's right, it is time to stan for our divas: Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Linda May and Swankie!!! Tear up those lesson books, kids, because we are talking about art this week. We three matinee ladies are sitting by the fire discussing Community and Solitude, Fran's career, Chloe's meteoric rise and Linda May's Oscar campaign. So grab your 7 gallon bucket, name your travel van and meet us out on the range. We are diving deep into the genius well of Chloe Zhao's work, stories of returning to an actual movie theater and of course everything Academy Awards. So pick up your ballot and get ready to mark every box for the transcendent movie of the year: NOMADLAND. Swankie Hive RISE!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Book Club!!! We read Nina Simone's autobiography: I Put A Spell On You, and are coming at you with one queer ass book report! How many times can we say "Singular?" Well, take a listen and find out as we etch our new knowledge onto the Mount Rushmore of Divas. We travel from North Carolina to Barbados, from New York to Paris and Liberia to learn about the life and legacy of this complex, beautiful, century shifting virtuoso. We let her own words and story re-contextualize how we listen to her music. So come hear about her days with Lorraine Hansberry, her nights with Odetta, her improvs with Al Shackman and her protests with James Baldwin as we pay tribute to the genius, Nina, who put a spell on us all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Claws Out, Claws Up, it's time to worship the Mother Monster herself: Lady Gaga! We have her superfan and internet lip-syncing sensation, Ben Yahr, with us this week to break down everything about the Fame Monster. So grab your freak flag and get ready to plant it on planet Chromatica. We are building the ultimate outlet for your coven of Monsters. We are analyzing, rhapsodizing, and immortalizing this free woman, songwriter, performance artist, actress, provocateur, activist and beacon for the weird and wondrous. rSo prepare yourselves to hatch the enigma that is Lady Gaga! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices