The Couch Podcast
Conversations about pop culture and why it matters
The Couch Podcast #108: Talking Turning Red with Tasha Jun & Michelle Reyes
essing you may have heard about it—and some of what you heard might not have been good. Spoiler alert: I disagree with the criticism being thrown at this movie, and we are here to talk about the giant panda in the room today.
The Couch Podcast #107: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom & Other Books We Love to Read (with Katie Kenny Phillips)
Let’s talk read-aloud books! Katie Kenny Phillips joins me to talk about our favorite books to read aloud to the kids in our lives, and while we struggle to narrow down our choices (as usual), we do end up with a fantastic list for you.
The Couch Podcast #106: Tick Tick Boom! and Empowered with Anna Rendell & Grace Cho
My friends and colleagues (and friends of the show), Anna Rendell and Grace Cho, are here to talk with me about the Netflix original musical, Tick…Tick…Boom!, as well as the creative process and our new book, Empowered.
The Couch Podcast #105: Spring TV Roundup with Kathi Lipp
What have you been watching on TV lately? That is what I’m here to talk about this week, along with my good friend and friend of the show, Kathi Lipp.
The Couch Podcast #104: Can We Call it a Rom-Com Comeback? (with Kerry Frances)
Today I’m joined by Kerry Frances to talk about romantic comedies and the possibility that they are, indeed, making a comeback. Kerry is an actress, singer, songwriter, and voiceover artist, and she shares her unique perspective with us about the movie industry in general and rom coms in particular.
The Couch Podcast #103: A Super List of Football Movies (with Robby Malone)
This week I’m joined by my friend and sports fanatic, Robby Malone. Robby is a new friend from church and also the creator of some really fun stuff on TikTok and Instagram. As soon as we met, we started talking about getting him over to The Couch and with the Super Bowl coming up, we decided today was the day. Robby and I are talking all about football movies this week (even though we admit that our favorite parts of the Super Bowl are the food and the commercials). And because this is The Couch, where side notes and rabbit trails are welcome, we also get into football TV shows, cartoons for grownups, and poorly named but actually enjoyable sitcoms.
The Couch Podcast #102: Our Favorite Olympic Movies with Jenny Rapson
Toe pick! It’s Olympics time! That’s why Jenny Rapson is back to talk Olympic-themed movies.
The Couch Podcast #101 – 2022 Spring Movie Preview with Dawn Camp
After a season (or two or three) of seeing very few new movies, 2022 is promising to be a big year for movies! My friend (and friend of the show) Dawn Camp is back to preview the spring movies we think you are going to want to see. In this episode, we’re sharing the best movies schedule to come out February to May (with the caveat that things may change because that happens). We’ll share with you our lists of movies with theater releases and the ones you can stream right away, too. Because, in the world of movie-watching, it’s good to have options, right?
The Couch Podcast #100: Celebrating a Milestone & Looking Back at 2021
Today is a big day! This is the 100th episode of The Couch! Thank you so much for being here—this week and every week I’ve shared a new episode with you. It has been a blast so far, sitting on the virtual couch with some of my very favorite people (including you) to talk about pop culture and why it matters. I can’t wait for the conversations we’ll have in the next 100.
The Couch Podcast #99: Holiday Movie Wrap-Up with Anna Rendell
Let’s talk 2021 holiday movies! Together with my best friend, friend of the show, and partner in all things holiday movie-related, Anna Rendell, I’m here to review the 2021 season of new holiday movies. It was hard but we did it. We picked our top few favorites from Hallmark, Lifetime, and all the other channels.
The Couch Podcast #98: A California Christmas: City in Lights & ‘Tis the Season to be Merry with NJ Rongner
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Friends don’t have to agree on everything, right? Right. And this week, despite all the things we agree on wholeheartedly, my good friend NJ Rongner and I have very different opinions about a holiday movie. And you know what? It’s okay! Totally okay. NJ loves coffee, Jesus and Gilmore Girls. And for some reason, which she tries to explain to us today, she loves the California Christmas movies on Netflix.
The Couch Podcast #97: A Holiday in Santa Fe & The Holiday Fix Up with Latasha Ferguson
This week I’m hanging out on the couch with my friend (and friend of the show) Latasha Ferguson. She’s a speaker, writer, ministry leader, and host of the Overcome to Become podcast. She’s a teacher, a wife, and a mom who loves empowering women and, lucky for us, watching movies. We are talking about a bunch (although not all) of the holiday movies we watched last weekend and whether or not we liked them. Spoiler alert: we did.