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| Wicked | 06 Dec 2024 | 00:08:06 | |
SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND US | |||
| Halloween Special: Smile 2 | 31 Oct 2024 | 01:09:46 | |
Trick or Treat? | |||
| The Idea of You | 10 May 2024 | 01:18:17 | |
Adaeze and Taiwo watched The Idea of You starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine! Based on the book originally written by actress Robinne Lee, it was adapted and directed by Michael Showalter of Wet Hot American Summer fame. | |||
| Under Wraps | 06 Jan 2021 | 01:04:28 | |
We promised, and we delivered. New Year, New Season, New us! We are officially Disney Deviants and for our first episode we watched Under Wraps, the 1st ever DCOM!This movie (not film) gave us horror, comedy, action, romance, a true quadruple threat! We came here for garbage, and Disney said NOT TODAY! And for that we are eternally grateful.Join us as we talk through the delightfully fun, and somewhat Grown, Under Wraps! | |||
| Holidate | 30 Dec 2020 | 01:05:23 | |
It's the end of a season and an era. In our final episode of 2020 we discuss Holidate the Emma Robert's vehicle written by Tiffany Paulsen and directed by John Whitesell! | |||
| Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square | 24 Dec 2020 | 01:26:38 | |
In our penultimate Christmas Edition episode we bring in New Light Theatre's Elsa Kegelman (https://www.elsakegelman.com, instagram & Twitter: @kegelwoman) | |||
| Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | 16 Dec 2020 | 01:08:23 | |
The highly anticipated, most requested episode is here. This week we finally watched the star-studded Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey directed by David E. Talbert! And of course we had to bring in our resident musical theatre expert to help discuss, Jessica Money (instagram: @money226156)! This episode has everything: Blackity black lead cast! (Come through Uncle Forest, Auntie Phylicia & cousin Anika!) VOCALS Uncle Forest tryna catch an afrobeat Camp Rock 2 (ONLY) Slander And the greatest child actor to ever grace our screens, little niecy, Madelen Mills!!!
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| The Princess Switch: Switched Again | 09 Dec 2020 | 01:04:54 | |
🎶Jingle bells, Netflix sells Christmas sequels we MUST watch🎶 | |||
| Happiest Season Directed by Clea DuVall | 02 Dec 2020 | 01:08:06 | |
🎶It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!🎶 | |||
| The Goldfinch Directed by John Crowley | 25 Nov 2020 | 01:19:05 | |
Welcome back to another episode of Textual Deviants: Moving Edition | |||
| Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson | 18 Nov 2020 | 01:19:53 | |
The highly anticipated sequel episode that everyone has been begging for is finally here! And by sequel we mean we read an unrelated book by the same author....Oops | |||
| Where'd You Go Bernadette Directed by Richard Linklater | 11 Nov 2020 | 01:05:26 | |
One week ago, we discussed Where'd You Go Bernadette on election day, and it was a wonderful distraction. Today we are discussing it's movie companion, by the same name, directed by Richard Linklater! We made a deal with a god we dont believe about our candidate winning (yay striking down fascism!), so unfortunately that means no more witty questions like: What do you get when you cross a filmmaker with a distinctly realistic aesthetic (almost to the point of absurdity) with a satirical, semi-commentary and absurd characters? The answer? Well you'll have to listen to us discuss Where'd You Go Bernadette directed by Richard Linklater to find out! | |||
| Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple | 04 Nov 2020 | 01:10:10 | |
It's election day and we need a really big distraction from the anxiety of it all. So why not dive into the anxiety of the titular character in this weeks read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple! | |||
| Challengers | 03 May 2024 | 01:03:16 | |
This week Taiwo and Adaeze discuss the recently released Zendaya sexy tennis thriller (?) Challengers! | |||
| The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver | 28 Oct 2020 | 01:02:11 | |
After much delay, (we forgive you USPS, getting the #Vote out is def more important) we have returned to our regularly-ish scheduled content. To close out our month of #SpooksMcGooks we read 2002 psychological spook, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver and break down all the levels of Jamie's psyche. And some of our own as well! Tangents abound (sorry not sorry) in this week's episode, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver! | |||
| November Announcement | 27 Oct 2020 | 00:15:47 | |
In this regularly deviant episode, we breakdown the schedule for November! | |||
| Coraline Directed by Henry Selick | 21 Oct 2020 | 01:04:08 | |
Welcome back for another chaotic episode of a differently scheduled ♫Textual Deviants, uh , uh , uh —♫ | |||
| I'm Thinking of Ending Things By Charlie Kauffman | 14 Oct 2020 | 01:07:15 | |
Today is the first of our book to movie reviews and we could not be more excited to be starting it off with I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman! | |||
| I'm Thinking Of Ending Things by Iain Reid | 07 Oct 2020 | 01:08:21 | |
It's October which means we are starting our month of #Spooks🎃 and let us tell you, we are starting it off RIGHT, but our sound is all WRONG. (Forgive us listeners for one of us *cough"taiwo*cough* has sinned.) | |||
| Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson | 30 Sep 2020 | 01:03:58 | |
We are closing out #YAMonth with a throwback to 2005 Taiwo's bookshelf. This week we read Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. Yes, that James Patterson. | |||
| October Book Announcement | 27 Sep 2020 | 00:15:36 | |
We're just two Naija gyals, standing in front of the world, asking you to forgive us for changing up our format / putting out a late announcement yet again! (We've been very bad | |||
| City of Bones by Cassandra Clare | 23 Sep 2020 | 00:58:52 | |
As we near the end of September and the air begins to gain that familiar chill of autumn, our YA book month is heating right the fuck up! | |||
| Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova | 16 Sep 2020 | 01:18:05 | |
Welcome back to another chaotic episode of Textual *voice cracks*. | |||
| Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson | 09 Sep 2020 | 01:05:43 | |
Welcome back to another episode of Textual Deviants where the format is made up and the schedule doesnt matter! | |||
| The Holdovers | 26 Apr 2024 | 01:06:53 | |
We are holding you over this week with The Holdovers. Let us know what you would like to see next | |||
| The Rest Of The Story by Sarah Dessen | 02 Sep 2020 | 01:19:04 | |
It's the Wednesday before Labor Day, so you know what time it is? It's the beginning of Back to School month!
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| September Book Announcement | 26 Aug 2020 | 00:15:29 | |
This month we're bringing you back to school special. This means nostalgia meets procrastination. We're a week late, but we hope it doesn't affect our GPA. This month, we are stepping into YA land, and we couldn't be more excited excited excited. We will be revisiting authors and towns from our past, as well as exploring new dimensions and potential favorites. Join as we mentally rewind, and hopefully unwind. | |||
| Kindred by Octavia E. Butler | 26 Aug 2020 | 01:05:49 | |
Quarantine's got us feeling like it's the roaring 20s again (pandemic, anyone?) So we decided to throw it back to a 1979 classic that throws it back to 1815! (#Meta!) Today we worship at the altar of the queen of sci-fi, Octavia E. Butler, and pay her homage by discussing her 1979 classic, Kindred! This one truly had us in our feelings, a stress read like no other. Grab your best anxiety reducer and buckle in for a crazy ride! | |||
| Circe By Madeline Miller | 19 Aug 2020 | 01:07:21 | |
Are you ready for the #MeToo era read you didn't know you needed (or in T's case, were reading?) This week we read the rich, (dollar bill bookmarks anyone!) imaginative retelling of the lesser known Greek witch, Circe by Madeline Miller. In this read, Miller questions the portrayals of women in Greek myths and leads us to ask some questions of our own, such as: Why is the theme of the week #DisappointedAndUnsurprised? (Hint: starts with m ends with en) What character does T see as a little, blue man? And which characters do we #ship? Find out the answer to these questions and why we may have subconsciously changed a lyric in our theme song as we discuss Circe by Madeline Miller! | |||
| Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer | 12 Aug 2020 | 01:24:47 | |
The book we all begged for in 2008 is finally here! Is it 12 years too late or right on time? Does Edward watching Bella sleep age like fine wine or sour vinegar? And above all, is 672 pages ENOUGH pages to recapture our fading youth? That's for us to know and you to find out. Join us as we answer the call of the undead and (no longer) glittery in this week's episode, Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer! *During our reading of the reviews we discovered that the Quileute Tribe (depicted thoughout the entirety of the saga) to this day had never been given any compensation from Stephenie Meyer or the Twilight Saga franchise despite being heavily depicted and having their culture and legends appropriated for the benefit of the franchise. The tribe is currently trying to move some of their buildings out of the Tsunami zone that they are located in and are crowdfunding to help. Please find their link below where you can learn more and/or donate if you have the means. Thank you! | |||
| My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite | 05 Aug 2020 | 01:21:17 | |
These two Naija babes are finally reading a book by another Naija gyal! This week's read sees us going back to our motherland in the comedy (?) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. This one is really interesting, interesting, interesting for it's content. It also brings up some questions about us, like, which one of us would help our sister cover up a murder? Dive in as we uncover some childhood trauma! | |||
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Book 1): The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan | 29 Jul 2020 | 01:07:10 | |
Picture it. It was the summer of 2005. School had just let out and you find yourself at your local library borrowing the hottest book of the summer, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief. Afterwards, you jam to Hilary Duff's latest album Most Wanted featuring hits like So Yesterday and Wake Up as you head to Rita's opening day. You are in bliss. Or maybe you're a Taiwo who somehow missed out on the existence of this series until the *movie that shall not be named* came out in the year that we shall never talk about again. (Or shall we?) | |||
| August 2020 Book Announcements | 22 Jul 2020 | 00:10:45 | |
Wondering what read to buy next? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Well, we've got US covered, but we would love it if you join us. In this house we definitely judge a book by its cover, so next month, we have quite a collection. We have serial killers, sexy islands, and time travel. What more could a girl want? | |||
| Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Part 2 | 22 Jul 2020 | 00:54:58 | |
This week we finally get what we've all been waiting for, a deep dive into the lusty waters of softcore porn! - *cough* We mean Get a Life, Chloe Brown! Honestly Chloe's managed to actually manifest a life through the power of lists, so we thought we might create one of our own!
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| Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert | 15 Jul 2020 | 00:38:18 | |
In this week's episode we dip our toes in the waters of (trill) rrrrromance. Our girl Chloe Brown is getting a life and we are here to check her list twice! And of course we have some questions. | |||
| Poor Things | 05 Apr 2024 | 01:08:39 | |
Adaeze and Taiwo discuss Yorgos Lanthimos's latest Academy Award winning film, Poor Things! | |||
| The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Parts 4-6 | 08 Jul 2020 | 01:15:12 | |
In Part 2 of The Vanishing Half we finish up our thrilling ride on the Vignes emotional rollercoaster and are left speechless. Except for our weekly questions of course! Will our computers ever make it through an episode without technical issues? Is Brit Bennett a literary goddess fully deserving of her place on the throne of the NYT Best Sellers list? And last and certainly most important, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK KENNEDY AND FRANTZ??? | |||
| The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Parts 1-3 | 01 Jul 2020 | 00:54:46 | |
In this episode we are transported through time and space to Mallard, Louisiana in the 1950s. Identical twins start off life on the same path but end up on complete opposite ends of the racial spectrum. Brit Bennett takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions and as we talk our way through it all we find our selves asking all of the important questions, like: How many takes of our intro do we have to do before we get it (semi) right? What does The Vanishing Half have in common with British comedy fave Sex Education? And last, and probably most important, are children parrots or people? Join us as we come together with Brit Bennett to say BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER in this weeks episode, The Vanishing Half Pt. 1! | |||
| July Book Annoucements | 24 Jun 2020 | 00:19:49 | |
EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT. So, you wanna know what we're reading in advance? How ridiculous you are. Well, you asked and so we answered. In this minisode, we affirm some core beliefs, and announce what books we will be reading in the month of July. Follow us on instagram for an exact episode schedule. | |||
| The Last House Guest Part 2 by Megan Miranda | 17 Jun 2020 | 00:58:45 | |
On the second, and much rockier of our summer walks we find ourselves meeting several new(?) friends in The Last House Guest. Will the finale leave us high and dry on the shores of Littleport, Maine? Will we continue our wild streak of confusing names? Will we fall face first into all of the glaring plot holes? All this and more to be answered in The Last House Guest Part 2! Twitter: @textdeviants Instagram: @textualdeviants Email: textdeviants@gmail.com | |||
| The Last House Guest Part 1 - Megan Miranda (Chapters 1-15) | 10 Jun 2020 | 01:00:14 | |
Today we take the first of two summer walks down the shores of very real, very rich Littleport, Maine. Opulence. Chaos. Murder. Will we ever remember the difference between Sadie and Avery? Did Sadie ever learn to apologize?? Will Megan Miranda live up to her incredible legacy??? Come and read into the sexy, sexy subtext with us as we discuss Megan Miranda's The Last House Guest! Contact Us: Textdeviants@gmail.com | |||
| The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | 03 Jun 2020 | 01:35:11 | |
On May 19th Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games prequel was released and the world would never be the same. Panem is back (Or are we simply back in Panem?) and better(?) than ever and so are we. Who continues our streak of fucking up names? Who will get mad at a completely fictional character first? And who among us will drop a huge secret about their involvement with the Hunger Games Trilogy (saga? idk)? Who knew that stories about uprisings could be such a pleasant distraction from our current state of affairs? Join us as we take a necessary departure from our regular schedule to "read" and discuss The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! | |||
| The Silent Patient Part 2 | 27 May 2020 | 01:24:38 | |
Will Adaeze ever get over these blank pages? (Hint: she doesn't). Will Taiwo ever truly teach Adaeze how to pronounce Michaelides? Did Alicia Berensen kill her husband? Find the answers to these pressing questions and more as we wrap up our review of "The Silent Patient". And Join us next week, as we do a full book review of Suzanne Collin's "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", a Hunger Games Prequel | |||
| The Silent Patient Part 1 | 20 May 2020 | 01:33:04 | |
In the first part of our 2 part premiere, we read The Silent Patient, a #1 New York Times bestseller from 2019, at Taiwo's insistence. In this episode, we read the first part of the book, and discuss important topics such as unreliable narrators, blank pages, and how exactly one pronounces Michaelides. We hope you love this episode, and if you don't, fret not. There will be more to hate tomorrow | |||
| Mea Culpa | 29 Mar 2024 | 01:18:34 | |
Adaeze and Taiwo watch Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa to see what all the hype (or should we say hate?) is about! | |||
| Love is Blind Part 2 | 22 Mar 2024 | 01:15:47 | |
Adaeze and Taiwo continue their discussion of this season of LIB with our two remaining couples, Clay & AD and Jimmy and Chelsea. | |||
| Love is Blind Pt1 | 17 Mar 2024 | 01:14:11 | |
Taiwo and Adaeze get together and discuss the first 3 couples of Love is Blind! | |||
| All About Love | 04 Mar 2024 | 02:03:54 | |
Taiwo and Adaeze read bell hooks. ever popular All About Love and discuss the things they love, the things they disliked, and how this book just may change their lives. | |||
| The Book Of Clarence | 18 Feb 2024 | 01:15:36 | |
This week, we took on the biblical...satire? Parody? Recreation? Reflection? We were so committed to the bit that we decided to bring it to you on a Sunday. | |||
| Rye Lane | 09 Feb 2024 | 01:05:04 | |