Natalie wraps up 2024 by going over her favorites of the year: movies, music, and books, oh my! She also takes a look at the year's full moons and the events that took place. Lastly, she goes over what she looks forward to in 2025 and what January will look like.

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Natalie invites her friend Madeline along to explore the Winter Solstice and how it relates to the holidays and spiritual practices. We learned a lot, and had a great time doing it!

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First solo episode in a while! Natalie catches everyone up on her current lore and explores the idea of "movies that are associated with holidays that may or may not actually be about those holidays." Her cat, Gonzo (the diva in question), clearly had several opinions as well, as the mic picks up several very loud meows from him and it was cute so now he's the offical episode guest.

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The long-awaited episode featuring "friend of the podcast Jordan" is finally here! Natalie and Jordan discuss Netflix's most iconic seasonal trilogy, The Christmas Prince movies. There is a lot to unpack, and they did not leave a single stone unturned. Sprinkled in between is the story of how Natalie and Jordan met during recruitment, their shared water sign identity, and many more gems.

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Natalie brings back her friend Marlene to chat about Stuck in Love, the ultimate messy family Thanksgiving movie. The two talk through the movie beat by beat and discuss why it continues to be a comfort movie for them 12 years since it was released.

Content warning: brief discussion of physical abuse, drug abuse, brief discussion of SA

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Natalie invites her friend Amber (@spukhaus) to come back to the pod and explore the world of surrealist internet horror, primarily through the lens of Too Many Cooks and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. The episode happened to be recorded 2 days after the U.S. election, making this the Post Election Episode (trademark), and the pair spends the episode processing the results and connecting its themes to the topic at hand. Accompanying playlist of each video mentioned will be available on Patreon via editor notes.

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In the Twi-Tober Finale Episode, Natalie's friend Becca joins her to tackle Breaking Dawn. 2 movies. 1 book. 700+ pages. And we had a lot to say. We provided plenty of anecdotes along the way, such as the story where Becca was high at youth group, or when Natalie played the wife of a mass shooter (TWICE) in high school. Also, the 9/11 of it all. So many gems in this episode.

Content Warnings: brief discussion of incest (this episode truly does cover it all)

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Natalie's friend Addy returns to the podcast for episode 3 of Twi-Tober and together they attempt to tackle Eclipse. There's a lot to discuss, such as the weird casual racism in the backstories, and the Jacob Black of it all. That man should be in prison. This episode features more direct quotes from the text than any other, because summaries do not do these questionable plotlines justice.

TW: racism/general stereotyping of POC (specifically indigenous communities, but some other examples sprinkled throughout), assault, manipulation

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