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Anglo-Filles Episode 22: Potpourritangentpalooza 2: Electric Boogaloo

Welcome to episode 22, where Les Filles talk about Sports (real and e), the Mary Sue, tartans, Snowpiercer, Game of Thrones, American Gods, the Supreme Court of the United States, and some douchebag...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 23: Peak John Williams

Music is food for the ears and the soul. We feed your soul (….that sounds appropriately creepy) with our Senior Music Correspondent (Or just Music Correspondent, depending on the timestamp) Ian, from A...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 24: In Spite Of

Welcome to episode 24, which brings us to two years worth of content! This month, Les Filles discuss video games, video gamers, and the terrible things that have been happening the past month (months,...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 25: Pantsless Research

Welcome to episode 25, in which we kick off our third year with a special guest. Maya joins us to talk about all the things that books, TV, and film get wrong. She brings with her some scientific...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 26: This Is What Happens When You Cancel Quidditch

Welcome to Episode 26 of Anglo-Filles! We review the fall tv season with varying degrees of “well so that happened.” Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader Subscribe in iTunes! Listen on...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 27: Alina’s Best Day Ever

Welcome to Episode 27, where Les Filles talk with author, screenwriter, and Alina’s personal hero Diane Duane! Diane spoke to us from the Library Bar in Dublin, after having seen The Battle of the Five...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 28: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

Welcome to episode 28, where Les Filles discuss with varying degrees of rage about the awards season, the Oscar nominations, idiots who use phones in movie theaters, and Kayleigh’s abridged soliloquy...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 29: Why is the rum gone?

Welcome to Episode 29, wherein Les Filles discuss adaptations- book to screen, stage to screen, screen to stage to screen again. Relatedly, Reidan saw Fifty Shades of Grey. There might have been rum...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 30: Colonialism and Buttflaps

Welcome to Episode 30, in which Les Filles discuss Tarzan, Brozan, and Blandzan and all ‘zans in between, including Tarzan Presley, the greatest of them all. Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 31: Television Necromancy

Welcome to Episode 31, wherein Les Filles discuss TV shows that keep. coming. back. We discuss some other stuff, too. Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader Subscribe in iTunes! Listen on...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 32: You do not need an art degree to appreciate...

Welcome to episode 32, in which Les Filles decide to class up the joint and talk about art, about which—us being us—we have many opinions. And also, dead bodies. (We do not have dead bodies, we talk...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 33: Sexy Polish Butter Churning (The Piano Is On Fire)

Does the episode title seem a bit inane, but also intriguing and possibly lots of fun? That’s the Eurovision Song Contest! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader Subscribe in iTunes!...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 33.5: NBC Can We Live?!

Not only did NBC choose not to pick up Hannibal‘s fourth season, effectively ending the show, but to add insult to injury, they moved the remaining episodes to Saturday. Les Filles have many emotions...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 34: On the Nature of Documentaries and Documentaries on...

Les Filles come together to talk about recent documentary films they’ve seen, collectively approve of the voice of David Attenborough and collectively revile Shark Week. Download Direct as an MP3...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 35: Cupcakes & Comics (chatting with Mikki Kendall)

Welcome to episode 35 in which we welcome Mikki Kendall, writer of the Swords of Sorrow: Miss Fury / Lady Rawhide special (on sale now!), to chat to us about writing comics and historical fiction...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 36: Potpourri-tangent-palooza 3: The Tangenting

We wrap up our third year of podcasting with a between-guests palate cleanser, presenting a grab-bag of topics: Mads Mikkelsen at Fan Expo Canada; the latest buzz from TIFF; Benedict Cumberbatch’s...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 37: The House That Guillermo Built

It’s our 3-year anniversary! Cleolinda joins us for this special (and long) episode to talk about Guillermo Del Toro’s new film, Crimson Peak. Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 38: You Learn Something New Every Day

Welcome to our third year of podcasting, starting with a mystery topic. No, a literal mystery, as in we’re discussing detective fiction. Was Murder, She Wrote a staple on your screen growing up? Does...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 39: Of Ships, Canons, Wars, and Wanks (a Discourse on...

For the last episode of the year, Les Filles take a trip down memory lane and talk about some beloved old fandom wanks, as well as discussing new trends in fandom and creator/fan relations....

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Anglo-Filles Episode 40: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being 2 – Oscar Boogaloo

Welcome to our first episode of 2016! We continue our annual tradition of discussing the TV and movie awards season with a quick rundown of the Golden Globes and an eye towards the upcoming Oscars....

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Anglo-Filles Episode 41: Porthos just wants to punch someone

Welcome to episode 41, where Les Filles tackle the immortal works of Alexandre Dumas (père) known as the D’Artagnan Romances and the various cinematic adaptations thereof. Prepare your sword, monsieur,...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 42: So Much Democracy I Could Puke

Welcome to episode 42, in which one of us is exhausted, one of us is smug, and one of us is much more well-read than the other two. (Hint, the smugness of an anglo-fille is directly proportionate to...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 43: Everything Should Be Hosted by Graham Norton

Welcome to episode 43, in which we touch on some latest developments in the world of killing your TV faves and casting white dudes named Chris in everything forever, and then move on to our actual...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 44: A Rhapsody in Two Parts

Welcome to episode 44. In part 1, it’s Russia versus Ukraine as we discuss the results of Eurovision 2016! In part 2, it’s Iron Man versus Captain America, Batman versus Superman, les Filles versus...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 45: Potpourri-tangent-palooza 4: The Smorgasbord

Welcome to episode 45, in which one of the Filles went to Sweden, another survived the Brexit referendum, and the third lives in blissfully boring Canada. Also discussed are the Tonys and summer movie...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 46: Our Childhoods Are Alive and Kicking

Welcome to episode 46, wherein Les Filles reminisce about the books, TV, and movies that made these girls go geek. News out of ComicCon was discussed briefly, Ghostbusters was reviewed emotionally,...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 47: The Most Uneventful Olympic Games Ever*

So little happened before, around, and during Rio 2016 that it was barely worth talking about. Don’t believe us? Just listen to this 2-hour episode in which Les Filles find absolutely nothing...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 48: The Biblio-Filles

Welcome to episode 48 in which Les Filles discuss their recently read, currently reading, and TBR piles. Set your wallets to Amazon, because we are about to add a whole bunch of books to your wishlist....

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Anglo-Filles Episode 49: HBO Is Giving Us More Wrinkles

Welcome to episode 49, our annual review of the Fall TV season. We talk about Luke Cage (of course), a handful of new dramas and sitcoms, as well as the new seasons from returning favourites. NBC is...

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Anglo-Filles Episode ?!: Tears, laughter, and catharsis

This episode was recorded on Wednesday, because we needed each other, and if we can lift each other’s spirits, we hope we can do it for you, too. Join us to work through our feelings on the election...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 51: God Save Helen Mirren

Welcome to episode 51 in which Les Filles dissect Netflix’s most glittering holiday offering—The Crown. Royals on TV, they’re just like us only fictionalized and in possession of gorgeous clothes,...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 52: A Year in Preview

Les Filles kick off the year with a long one. We start with reviews of some recent media, including La La Land and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. This is followed by a somewhat comprehensive list...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 53: Still Shorter Than the Actual Oscars

There is no orchestra that will play us off when we linger too long on a topic or stray too far on a tangent, and so we present to you our annual (almost)-2-hour-long Oscars extravaganza. It’s as...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 54: Riverdale (our childhoods may be a little bit dead)

Welcome to episode 54, in which we discuss CW’s newest teen drama: Riverdale. As an adaptation of the Archie comics, it may be a little… strange. But it has everything we’ve learned to expect from and...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 55: Hashtag On Brand

Welcome to episode 55, in which we talk about genre conventions — which are tropes to be played with and which are creator-audience covenants to be firmly observed? True to our covenant with you,...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 56: The Once and Future Charlie Hunnam

Welcome to episode 56, in which Les Filles talk about the newly released (and flopped) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and other screen adaptations of the enduring legend. Charlie Hunnam makes a...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 57: American Gods

Bryan Fuller was back on our TV! This time we have a very legitimate reason to talk about Hannibal, not that we need one (ever), but still. American Gods recently wrapped up its first, very short...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 58: The 69th Emmys are coming

Welcome to episode 58, in which Alina is 12 years old and still snickering about her very witty episode title. In this episode we talk about the Emmy nominations and finish up with a list of our...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 59: Like, Comment, and Subscribe

Welcome to episode 59, in which Les Filles talk about this brand new interwebs thing called WebTube. Wait, no, that’s not right. YourTubes? … YouTube, that’s it! It’s where all the children are...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 60: Kitchen Confidential

Not our kitchens, although you can head over to Smart Bitches, Trashy Books to read some of Redheadedgirl’s escapades in historical recipes. No, we’re talking about cooking shows. You’ve watched...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 61: Together at last!

In our very special 5th anniversary episode, we were actually in the same room! At the same time! It was very exciting. Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader Subscribe in iTunes Listen on...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 62: Potpourri-tangent-palooza 5

Welcome to episode 62, in which Les Filles discuss various topics, from recent news to a recent movie release. We also hear about Redheadedgirl’s pre-Edinburgh vacation experience (no lackluster tour...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 63: Happy New Year!

Welcome to episode sixty-three, in which we ring out 2017 and ring in 2018. Make yourself some hot cocoa (with marshmallows) and listen to us share our family traditions. Warning, do not listen while...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 64: Oscars So Not Entirely Disappointing

Welcome to episode 64, in which we come back from a month-long absence (we apologize, but everything happens to everyone in January). The Oscars are almost upon us! Pull up your conveniently laid out...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 65: Double-O Feature

Welcome to episode 65! Also known as the one in which Alina was sure she could find a great pun for the title, but then gave up and gave in to her stupidest impulse. The “double O” refers to the...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 66: May the seventh be with you

Welcome to episode 66, which is three days late. (“But, Alina, isn’t this the April episode?” “I SAID THREE DAYS LATE.”) I promise it was worth the wait, as we’re once again joined by Cleolinda Jones!...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 68: Society for Creative Anachronism

Welcome to episode 68 (no, you didn’t miss episode 67, we’ll explain), our episode for July of 2018. Yes, I said July. Yes, I know what day it is. Don’t worry about it, as the great Jeff Goldblum once...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 69: Class Warfare and Pine Nuts

Welcome to episode “nice!”, in which we discuss what we liked and didn’t like about Netflix’s Outlaw King, a movie about Robert the Bruce, starring Best Hollywood Chris. We also check in with some of...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 70: The 2019 Oscars Preview

Welcome to episode 70, in which we are back to discuss the upcoming Academy Awards! And to make up for our absence, this is a long one. Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a Newsreader Subscribe in...

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Anglo-Filles Episode 71: The Giraffe Stepped On His Cock

Welcome to episode 71. The “we’re alive!” episode. We are, in fact, alive and we’re here to catch up on: The Avengers, Game of Thrones, Keanu Reeves, Robert Pattinson, Chernobyl, EL James, and...

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