Well, Here We Are
A weekly podcast which explores pop culture, the humanities, and how they matter for our daily lives. Each week, your hosts (Hannah and Suzanne) share three (ish) things as we engage with all that delights, intrigues, and sometimes repels us; both in our areas of shared interest (ex: football, makeup, Jane Austen, Schitt’s Creek, and wine) as well as our individual specialties (ex: art history, museum studies, film, and theology). Join for the topics, stay for the conversation, and enjoy our correct opinions. Twitter: @wellherepod; Instagram: wellherepod
Episodes
The theme of today, and every day!, is friendship. In this episode Hannah and Suzanne air some grievances and celebrate some accomplishments.
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In this Feminist Book Club episode, we read Jessica Valenti's 2024 book Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win.
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In 2025, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan reprised their roles from When Harry Met Sally for a Superbowl commercial and co-presented at the Academy Awards, also referencing their movie together. What makes the legacy of this almost 36-year old film endure and how do we look at that legacy differently in what some scholars refer to as a "post-romantic" age?
Suzanne monologues, Hannah encourages, and they both get a little sad ab...
This year's According to Hallmark episode features 8-different cinematic masterpieces, all which incorporate magic and/or fantasy elements. We're talking snow globes. We're talking time travel. We're talking not one but TWO ice sculptures come to life. Is Christmas actually the most magical time of the year? And what does magic do for the women protagonists in these films?
Movies we watched this year: ...
It's spooky season! And we're reviewing the ghoulish tale of a woman with a decorative taste that doesn't align with the aesthetic of her vacation home. How terrrrrrrifying!
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Congratulations, Lord Elgin! You've won the prize of being a historical figure that Hannah would fight if she could.
Listen to get on our scrappy side and learn how why most excuses institutions make for NOT repatriating artifacts (looking at you British Museum) are a whole bunch of bunk.
Related episodes you may enjoy include Hansplaining: A Beginner's Guide to Provenance and Confronting Our Creative Industry Fears
Warning! Consider yourself warned! Suzanne's audio sounds like she is talking through a tin can in a separate room maybe underwater on a submarine. But Hannah's dulcet tones come through loud and clear. Listen for Hannah! Tolerate Suzanne! (Suzanne is writing this just to be clear.)
Gasp! What is this? Another episode? Hannah and Suzanne introduce a new series to the show that is guaranteed 80% more nonsense than previous ...
Hannah's in Seattle! And Suzanne's never seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. So...let's drink sparkling rosé and watch it I guess? And if this episode sounds like two women hunched around one microphone...that's because that's what we did.
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On this episode of the Well Here We Are Feminist Book Club, Hannah and Suzanne discuss Roxane Gay's book of essays Bad Feminist. Are Hannah and Suzanne bad feminists? Bad at being feminists? Or bad at being bad feminists?
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Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and come roast these small town boys with us!
Hannah and Suzanne watched 11-Hallmark or Hallmark-adjacent films that featured small town boys. Are all these men condescending beige blobs whose primary goal appears to be antagonizing the women they love? Or can love truly be found in the small town?
Make sure to listen to the end (or just skip there, we're not your mom) for ou...
Experts? Not quite. But two ladies that have done some solo traveling and have thoughts? Yes we are and yes we do.
It's cold, wet, and rainy where Hannah and Suzanne live, so they take 30 minutes to reminisce about time spent solo traveling in warmer times.
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Please note: This podcast episode was originally recorded in July. And then the audio files proceeded to live on one of the hosts computers for several weeks, unperturbed.
A long long time ago, Suzanne asked Hannah what she thought was a rhetorical question: Had Michelangelo ever seen a human woman? The joy of having a friend who is an expert in art history means that the rhetorical is made factual.
In this episode of Han...
Two years ago, Hannah and Suzanne familiarized themselves with the central arguments of The 1619 Project and encouraged our listeners to do the same.
In this episode, they continue that project and discuss the legacy of The 1619 Project by briefly discussing the Hulu series of the same name and then sharing two case studies connected to places they call home.
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By George, they finally did it! Today Hannah & Suzanne conclude their first go of their Most Austentatious series by getting into Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility.
They talk theme. They talk motif. They talk about Colonel Brandon being *gasp* 35-year old man!
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Friend of the pod Lucy (a woman so iconic she only needs one name) joins the pod to discuss food insecurity in the US. Hannah and Suzanne ask some questions, make some mistakes, and then learn from Lucy about what it means to ensure people have food today, tomorrow, and for a lifetime.
Some of the resources we mention in today's episode:
Feeding America - search for food banks and other resources
SNAP b...
2022 was a dumb, dumb, year and there are certain things that need to stay in that year where they belong.
Things get real at one point and Suzanne cries. Hannah provides some stellar metaphors.
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In this very special According to Hallmark episode, we welcome friend and queer media expert Sarah Schab to the pod. Together, the Well Here We Are team watched 10 made for TV or streaming Christmas films that featured a queer couple.
How do these films engage with queer identity and do any of them pass our newly established Schab Test?
Movies Watched:
The Christmas House (2020, Hallmark)
Christmas at t...
In recent weeks, several public figures including our 45th president, Kanye West, and NBA player Kyrie Irving, have made outright antisemitic statements or recommended antisemitic content in very public forums. It has sparked a national conversation about the present state of antisemitism in the United States. And! like most topics, fully understanding the contemporary issue requires that we step back in time. In today's editi...
"Problem with no name," you call it Betty? We know its name, and it's the patriarchy.
The long awaited (and long delayed) first episode of our Feminist Book Club series. Familiarity with the book is NOT required to glean all the Betty goodness (and do some good 'ol balanced critiquing of historical figures).
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Content note: There are a few audio clips from movies throughout the film. Some contain swears.
In Suzanne's neverending quest to analyze the rom-com to within an inch of its life, she has stumbled upon a subgenre of contemporary rom-coms she has dubbed the Sad-Millennial Rom-Com. She introduces Hannah to this subgenre (and really bums everyone out in the process) and offers her solution as to how these films can be...
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