Woman Inherits the Earth – Details, episodes & analysis

Woman Inherits the Earth: Spirited Away

In this, the Spirited Away episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss one of Hayao Miyazaki’s best films, how Japanese and American animation differ, what stipulations Miyazaki had when Spirited Away came to American theaters, why you should always choose subs over dubs, a little bit about the anime industry in general, and our great and terrible love for Miyazaki’s animation and his use of ma (translated loosely: stillness.)

Content warning: some mild language.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: The Sting

In this, the The Sting episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss a classic caper film, Robert Redford’s enduring legacy, the history of films leading up to this point, how film changed in the 1970s, and whether the solidarity alluded to in the film stands up to today’s standards.

Content warning: discussion of racism and some on-screen violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Jurassic Park

In this, the Jurassic Park episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the origin of our show’s name! Other topics include loving a movie so much you have no choice but to nitpick it, the endless appeal of Jeff Goldblum, Beth’s argument for why Muldoon should have survived, and what Jurassic Park might have to say about the coming AI apocalypse.

Content warning: discussion of movie deaths.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains mild spoilers for all 3 original Jurassic Park movies, the first Jurassic World movie, Schindler’s List, and Alien.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Alien

In this, the Alien episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss scifi horror, the gender politics (or lack thereof) of Alien, Beth’s unabiding love of Yaphet Kotto, and what it means to stare into the abyss.

Content warning: discussion of body horror and other horror movie-level violence, and discussion of partial nudity.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains spoilers for Alien, Aliens.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Terminator 1 & 2

In this, the Terminator episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the feminist legacy, such as it is, of Sarah Connor, what makes a good robot story, Data from Star Trek and the Iron Giant, and finally all possible iterations of a time travel story and whether Terminator’s time travel story makes any sense at all.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains spoilers for Terminator 1 & 2, but also for The Iron Giant, 12 Monkeys, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and multiple episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, including the finale.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: X-Men

In this, the X-Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss their deep and abiding love for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, no less than 3 X-Men/Star Trek connections, a poor use of your Halle Berry, the many layered themes of the X-Men comics, and who has the best comic book hairdo of them all.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence and misogyny.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Birds of Prey

In this, the Birds of Prey episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the unusual history of Harley Quinn as a character, the visual drama of certain action scenes, tropes and how to subvert them, and of course, the best bacon-and-egg sandwich that money can buy.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence…and poop.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Captain Marvel

Quick programming note: due to a technical error, we lost about half of our original recording and had to record a new ending. This has resulted in a bit of repetition and awkwardness, which we’ve done our best to edit around.

In this, the Captain Marvel episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the neverending nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the multiple different Captain Marvels of comics, the ever-endearing Samuel L. Jackson, Blockbuster and 90s nostalgia, and the convoluted lore of Captain Marvel.

Content warning: coarse language, minor discussion of violence. This one is actually pretty light, folks!

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

#feministpodcast #feminism #podcast #moviepodcast

Woman Inherits the Earth: Wonder Woman

In this, the Wonder Woman episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the difference between Marvel and DC, Zack Snyder and some of his attendant controversies, the Christian-ization of Greek myth, and the flaws of the first truly successful woman-led superhero movie. Why do so many woman-led movies have so few other women in them?

Content warning: coarse language, minor discussion of violence. This one is actually pretty light, folks!

The original Born Sexy Yesterday vid can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thpEyEwi80

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

#feministpodcast #feminism #podcast #moviepodcast

Woman Inherits the Earth: Black Panther

In this, the Black Panther episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the ever-expanding Marvel universe and Black Panther’s prestigious place in it, the connection between Black Panther and The Woman King, and whether we think, just maybe, Killmonger had something of a point. Would you date M’Baku if given the chance?

Content warning: discussions of the Atlantic slave trade, racism and other systems of oppression, and toxic masculinity

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.