Idee Fixe - An ADHD Journey through Pop Culture

It's a podcast talking about  a podcast this episode. Jess and Paul dive into the space faring narrative podcast Wolf 359 created by Gabriel Urbina (starring Zach Valenti, Emma Sherr-Ziarko, Michaela Swee, Scotty Shoemaker, Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs, Zach Libresco, Noah Masur, Michelle Agresti). They talk about what made the show great for them, the ebb and flow of podcast listening, and Paul gets into why he relates to this space f...

Episode 20. Jess and Paul jump back into one of their favourite limited series, Over the Garden Wall (starring Elijah Wood, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd), while searching for spooky skeleton vibes. They talk about what they loved about the series, who the related with most, and rejection sensitive dysphoria. Paul talks about his dive into absurdism, and Jess talks about how she's not ready to talk about finishing Wolf 35...

Episode 19. Jess and Paul sit down after watching Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" (starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge). They talk about the accuracies (and inaccuracies) of the film, where it shined, and how faithful it was. Paul talks about his new obsession with a small space station orbiting Wolf 359, and his fashionable Canadian Tuxedo. Jess talks about how Paul needs to watch Murdoch Mysteries.

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Episode 18. Paul and Jess travel to the wonderful Verona Beach with beautiful beaches, art museums, and a sprawling dungeon fill ed with monsters and romancable weapons. We're diving into Kitfox Games' Kickstarter success: "Boyfriend Dungeon". We talk about online dating, sailor moon transformations and skeletons that play their ribs like xylophones.

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Episode 17. Jess and Paul are back from their sickness induced hiatus with a classic. Blue Hawaii (1961) was Elvis Presley's first movie in what would be become a big island trend follow. It includes Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Ronald Winters and more. Jess points out her issues with the movie, while Paul's hyperfixation goes down a dark historical rabbit hole. Fun times had by all!

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Episode 16. Jess and Paul return to Elvis's filmography with his weirdly serious western film Charro! (1969). It stars Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French and Solomon Sturges.  Paul talks about choice paralysis from being overwhelmed by too much good media, his return to comic books, and gives his suggestions for making the movie better. Jess talks about getting unwillingly swept up in the  recent and infamous celebrity tr...

Episode 15. Jess and Paul are consumed by LEGO. Paul talks about finding the excitement and freedom of building a set, his brief obsession with Bionicle, and about his own experience with the weird wasteland of early LEGO properties (bring back Johnny Thunder). Jess talks about her new goth inspiration for crocheting and trying to make something new.

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Ever have a rough day at work and just want to get home to listen to some chill music and solve occult murders? Just Paul & Jess? Okay. Join the two hosts as they delve into the weirdly horrifying yet relaxing world of Paradise Killer (by Kaizen Game Works) and talk about Paul's experience with burnout. Come visit for the beaches, stay because you've mandated to solve a murder.

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Jess takes the lead on this week's episode as she talks about her open nerdiness around Elvis Presley and her excitement around the upcoming Elvis biopic featuring the talent of Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. Paul wonders what shenanigans they'll get up to and if Tom Hanks will get his 2022 villain arc.

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Paul and Jess dive into the weird and wild world of early 2000s webcomics. Prepare yourself for a nostalgia filled journey as they talk about the good, the bad, and "oh my god... I didn't know this was still running" webcomics of yore and why they were so important to them at that point in their lives. Paul talks about how the schedule of webcomics helped him with his undiagnosised ADHD and his failed attempts at sta...

Jess and Paul are back from a long holiday break to dive into the world of Frank Herbert's Dune and it's many iterations. They talk about Jodorowsky's failed endeavor, David Lynch's 80's fueled cult classic, John Harrison's mostly forgotten 2000's  Syfy Original series and the recent Dune movie by Denis Villeneuve. They cover the movies, what they loved and could leave in each, and talk about Jess...

Episode 10. Jess and Paul are back from an unexpected break in time for the holidays with a very special... special. The Elvis '68 Comeback Special! They dive headfirst into this accidental Christmas show and talk how a recent ADHD achievement was followed by crippling imposter syndrome.

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Episode 9. Get everybody and the stuff together. Ok, three, two, one, let's jam! Jess and Paul revisit one of their favourite anime series: Cowboy Bebop (1997) in time for the release of Netflix's live action series. We go over the different anime series that hold a special place in our hearts, their secret memorabilia shame, and dive into both the phenomenally animated series from Shinichirō Watanabe and Sunrise 1997 and...

Episode 8. The final episode of ADHD Awareness Month and the Spooky Season. Jess and Paul dive into one of their favourite Halloween movies, The Exorcist III: Legion (written and directed by William Peter Blatty) and the expanded series including the infamously horrible The Exorcist 2: Heretic. Jess talks about all the steps she took to prepare herself to watch the The Exorcist  when she was younger. Paul talks about how watching t...

Episode 7. Join Jess and Paul as they venture into the 1971 TV show "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" (starring Billy Van, Vincent Price,  Fishka Rais, Guy Big) for the spooky month. They talk more about ADHD Awareness month,  their different experiences with horror movies, and Paul's childhood infatuation with the Tower of Terror movie.

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Episode 5. It's springtime for Elvis in Germany in the next installment of Jess and Paul's ADHD fueled journey. This divisive movie is the prototype of what the Presley movies will become, with thirsty Elvis, a plethora of songs, and some questionable choices. Paul talks about his fixation on the radiated Mojave wasteland of Fallout: New Vegas and how Jess's recent fixation on making the perfect cup of coffee has rui...

Episode 4. Do you think jaunty music and a dark crime thriller could work together? Jess and Paul think so. King Creole (1958) is a bid departure from the rest of Elvis's filmography.  It has murder, music and most importantly (Walter) Matthau. They star alongside Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, and Vic Morrow in what Elvis (as well as Jess and Paul) consider his favourite movie.  We talk about why we love it,  ADHD hyperfixation...

Episode 3. From getting his paycheck to being thrown into the slammer for manslaughter in 5 minutes flat, 1958’s “Jailhouse Rock” (starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, and Mickey Shaughnessy) starts off with a bang. Jess and Paul fawn over their favourite popadour’d criminal as he goes from rags to riches in this classic film. 

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