The Deviants Podcast (Adaeze Nwoko and Taiwo Sokan)

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We're back and more visible than ever (shout out to Mikasa Ackerman!). Ironic because this week we watched Invisible Sister, starring Rowan Blanchard and Paris Berelc!

"How have we never heard off this DCOM?" Is the #4 question we ask ourselves. Preceded by is the math mathing, is the science sciencing, and is the logic logicing? 

The answers to all of the above might be no, but this movie just might be a yes! Find out as we discuss Invisible Sister in this week's episode of Disney Deviants!

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Santa Mozzarella! This week we took on sea  monsters, triathlons and racism with this ne Disney addition

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As February comes to a close, so too does Black History month. But fear not faithful listeners. March ushered in Women's History month and what better way to celebrate these endings and beginnings than by having the blackity black blackest show we could, with guests from our friends over at Textured Heir!

That's right! This week we are joined by Mariah and Camille and Lyndan of Does This Hold Up podcast and get to discuss all things growl power as we take on The Cheetah Girls 2! We strutted our way through the streets of Barcelona to bring you amazing insights as to the best songs, the best gossip, and answer the question that's been on everyone's mind since 2006. Who was the most wrong when it came to rehearsal and Barcelona?

Scratch that. The question we need IMMEDIATE answers to is WHY DID COSTUMES DO OUR GIRL RAVEN SO DOWN DOG DIRTY?!?!?

Whew. Now that we got that off our chest, stayed tuned to Disney Deviants for this week's episode as we discuss The Cheetah Girls 2!

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This week we bring to you a sudden and unannounced deviation due to the release of Disney Pixar's newest film, Turning Red!

And with this deviation from schedule comes a deviation from format. We talk Likes, Dislikes, and the controversial opinions that rocked the interwebs concerning this movie. And we answer the burning question that is at the core of every Disney film:
Who is this made for?

Join us as we journey to the year 2002 and get our *Insert name of generic boy band here* jam on in this week's Disney Deviation, Turning Red!

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It's a bird! It's a plane! Wait...it's world renowned chef Bobby Flay? That's right this week we shook things up and watched Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off and we have never been more excited about purple goo! 

If you'd like to know who to thank for jumping the gun, it's one of our faithful listeners, Shai! Without her we may have waited to (re)experience the amazing cinematography of one of our childhood faves! We may also have completely forgotten that the entire plot of this movies hinges on blatant and excessive misogyny 😅 Hey, you win some, you lose some. 

Listen in to find out if we consider Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off a Win or a Lose in this week's episode of Disney Deviants!

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Neigh Neigh Neigh!

That's horse for "Whoa is it already time for another Disney Deviants episode?" If you haven't guessed already, we watched the critically acclaimed Horse Sense starring every single member of the Lawrence Brothers dynasty. (Joey, Andrew and Matt) And yes we are counting Matt's cameo as *reads note* Cowboy in Airport.

This movie is as close to DCOM Western as we're ever going to get, and has us asking ourselves, "Are we sure this is a Disney Channel Original Movie?" The scenery is delectable, the acting is on point, and the horses are wild (in every sense of the word)! So what didn't we like about the movie? You're gonna have to listen to find out!

Join as we digest every aspect of this slow burn revenge flick(?) in this week's episode of Disney Deviants - Horse Sense!

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Get ready for the deviation of a lifetime!

What do you get when you have a tech free Monday and two girls who love Michelle Yeoh? Why a bi-coastal movie night of course! This week we watched Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on a whim and we were blown away!

A multiverse movie that does not involve Marvel, encompasses all genres, and focuses on the healing of familial trauma through mother-daughter relationships? Sign us up! 

Join us this week as we attempt to breakdown one of the most fun, poignant, and ridiculous films we've ever had the pleasure of watching!

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Damn Mal! Back at it again with the hiding major parts of your identity from the supposed love of your life!

That's right, we watched the final(?) installment of The Descendants DCOM series, Descendants 3, starring, Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce (R.I.P.) and Booboo Stewart. And we had so many questions (and very few answers) like:

1. How'd your budget get bigger and then wigs got worse?
2. Are these 4 leads even friends?
3. What is the point of Jay's character?
4. IS THAT WORLD RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER JAMAL SIMS???
5. And last but not least, You popped off on the choreo Kenny!!!

Ok that last one wasn't a question, but it needed to be said! Join us as we sing Kenny's praise, to see if we're singing about anyone else in this week's episode of Disney Deviants, Descendants 3!

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We apologize for the lateness, but we are both sick as dogs! Now onto our regularly scheduled content!

What's that in the sky? 
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
No it's.....Our next Disney Channel Original Movie!

That's right! We watched Up, Up and Away this week and it brought us both some black girl joy as we rested up!

Check out what we thought about this lesser run DCOM (Hint: <3) in this week's Disney Deviants episode - Up, Up and Away!

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Oh we can't stop singing about our triumphant return to Disney Deviants with Teen Beach Movie starring Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton and Grace Phipps!

This week we are joined by an extra special guest Chidera Nwoko (@chideranwoko on instagram) to discuss the many questions we had with this one. And trust us, there are LOTS of questions! But one thing for certain, these songs are a banger. Oh Disney, when can we get back to this, huh? 

Get ready to go a little surf crazy with us in this week's episode of Disney Deviants - Teen Beach Movie!

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This is possibly the realest movie Disney Channel has ever made. And we aren't just referring to the fact that it is based on a true story. Disney really gave us a lesson in apartheid, blatant racism, and iconic 70s looks. TBH, we're not sure which if those was the most beneficial.  T

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What's that in the distance?
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
No, it's a much anticipated return of Textual Deviants!

Yes we are giving to you a bonus Jonas (well kinda) Disney Deviation (of the highest order) because this week we watched Where the Crawdads Sing! We were famously divided in our praise and criticisms of the book. Ready to find out where we fall on the movie? *Hint: check Rotten Tomatoes* But to find out our reasons why listen to this week's episode of DIsney Deviants - Where the Crawdads Sing!

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We're back again this week with another fun episode for yall! This week we watched Bad Hair Day starring Laura Marano and Leigh-Allyn Baker, and man. So many questions, so little time!

If you've ever craved Disney Channel's version of a buddy cop comedy, look no further! You may ask how does one make an entire movie based on the premise of having a bad hair day and the answer is, you don't! 

To find out what we mean, tune in to this week's episode of Disney Deviants - Bad Hair Day!

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Textual Deviants is back and better (read: rustier) than ever!

In our much anticipated return to our textual roots, we tackle a listener suggestion, The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport and from us to y'all, Mrs. Davenport might have just ate! Don't let the stunning cover or description fool. This is no YA novel, more like Adults ONLY! 

We follow Ikenna, our protagonist, (and fellow vaguely Naija gyal!) as she tries her best to figure out who killed her grandfather in the novel with a sci-fi/fantasy landscape. To make matters worse, the only way she will be able to figure it out is to pledge to participate in the Praetorian soldier (blood) trials, in order to get closer to the people she believes ordered the hit. Even worse? She has to manage to hide her blood gifts all while desperately trying to remain alive herself.

Dive into Ikenna's world of the Mareenians and Khanaians with us as we discuss this weeks book deviation, The Blood Gifts by N.E. Davenport!

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It's a cat eat cat world in the competitive world of Middle School (High School?) basketball...I mean bowling.  West Appleton has just won the face off against East Appleton tying up the years long bid competition for the mighty Apple. And now, the deciding contest must take place in a bowling alley. While watching this semi forgotten Disney Channel Original Movie, Adaeze and Taiwo find themselves faced with these nail biting questions:

1. When did bowling fall out of favor with the general American public?
2. Did this movie restore bowling's relevance in the zeitgeist?
3. How little can you consider the feelings of your friends, while maintaining best friendship?
4. What IS the Alley Cat Strike?

To all these questions, a simple answer must suffice..."Wouldn't you like to know"?

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How do you say Deja Vu in mummy?
actually
This week, Adaeze and Taiwo take on Disney ambitious remount of the first ever Disney Channel Original Movie "Under Wraps". This version updates the original, but maintains it's heart. This movie asks important questions like
1. What's a step Dave?
2. How DID that movie end?
3. Where can we find our very own Mummy friend to have and to hold?
4. Is Disney extolling the virtues of Latch Key Childhoods?

All that and more in this episode

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Adaeze and Taiwo take on the newest Hocus Pocus installment with extra special guest Emaley Rose.

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The gang is back, and so are we! This week, we took on the sequel of Disney's Under Wraps remake

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Welcome Back to Halloweentown...or the human world? or Canada? This week, we took a journey back to the Halloweentown Cinematic Universe with our guest Tori Potenza. Tori is a staff writer on Movie Jawn, as well as a host of the Killer Bs Podcast. This movie brought us some incredibly important questions like...
1. What does an inter portal permission slip look like?
2. Why do the Cromwell girlies have such bad taste in men?
3. Who will take charge of the iconification (re-iconification?) of Betty Boop
4. Is this now an overall Debbie Stan account?

All this and more in this week's episode of Disney Deviants!

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This week, we watched Rip Girls. In this classic(?) Disney takes a deep dive into grief...or surfing...or land ownership...or romance...or betrayal...or all of the above?

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***This episode contains our upcoming Christmas lineup. Thank you so much for all the wonderful suggestions***

This week, we took a deep dive into a newer DCOM that somehow still feels nostalgic? In How To Build A Better Boy, Gabby and Mae take on a challenge that is almost Pixel Perfect. However, as this experiment comes crumpling around them, we find ourselves asking important questions like
1.  When will The Iconic China Anne McClain grace our screens again?
2. How many military men does it take to arrest 2 teenagers?
3. Is that REALLY the perect boy?
4. Will we actually answer any of these questions in the episode

All this and more on Disney Deviants

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This week, Adaeze and Taiwo begin their holiday deviations with Falling For Christmas. Lindsay Lohan is back on our screens, but is her appearance taking us back to simpler times? In this Christmas movie, Netflix attempts to come for Hallmark's neck. Bringing about some very important questions like... How many tropes is too many tropes? Is it possible to hold yourself hostage? What do you get when you cross a big city girl and an heiress? And most importantly, are outtakes finally making a triumphant comeback? All this and more on this week's episode of Disney Deviants.

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Taiwo and Adaeze continue their Christmas deviations with a fan request from Esther Sandoval, A Christmas Kiss 2! Or is it Another Christmas Kiss? Clearly the producers didn't know, and neither do we!

We couldn't bring you the second movie in what is clearly the ACKU (A Christmas Kiss Universe) without catching all of you up on the first movie, so we make sure to give you a run down on that too. Tune in as we discuss this 2014 classic and give away the award for Worst actor in this week's episode deviation, A Christmas Kiss 2!

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Taiwo and Adaeze are back at it again with a familiar face.

That's right, we watched Hallmark's FIRST EVER gay Christmas movie, The Holiday Sitter starring Jonathan Bennett! And ALLEGEDLY the reason for Candace Cameron Bure leaving her Hallmark home for a certain network that shall NEVER be named.

Happy Homo-Hallmark holiday season to you all, and to all, enjoy this very joyful episode!

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We close out our holiday deviations with an oldie (kinda) but a goodie! We watched The Santa Clauses starring Tim Allen on Disney+. Tune in to find out what we think!

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Guess who's back
Back again
DD's back
Tell a friend!

Yes, we are finally back to regularly scheduled programming (give or take a couple of hours) and coming at you with the first DCOM of the year. We have finally reached DCO(BOATS)M. And the we don't mean the kind of boat that helps you float (although our hearts may have taken flight.

This week we watched Miracle in Lane 2 which is based on the true story of Justin Yoder, the first child with a disability to race in and win the National Soap Box derby!
This is one for the books so join us as we laugh, cry, and analyze our way through this classic!

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This week we watched the finale of the Disney Channel Original Series Z-O-M-B-I-E-S. This iteration of Disney's new "classic" takes on Aliens, and boooooyyyy, do we have questions.
1) How does one REALLY apply for college?
2) If you replace a whole teenage girl with a pile of junk metal and a screen, and no one is there see it, will it go unnoticed?
3) Who has been led to believe that Zombies, werewolves, and Aliens are real based on this Movie?
4) Is the love story between shrimpy the mascot, and eel, potentially the most important love story in the franchise?
5) How does. Addison's mom keep that wig so laid?

These questions (maybe the answers as well?) and more, on this episode of Disney Deviants

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Welcome back to another NOT regularly scheduled episode of Disney Deviants!

We know we promised Stepsister From Planet Weird, but hopefully you can forgive us for this deviation, because we got to sit down and talk with the director of the ENTIRE Z-O-M-B-I-E-S  franchise!

After a DM to our Disney Deviants Instagram, we saw that Paul had not only listen to our last episode, but that he had was totally game from coming on the podcast to discuss all of the questions, comments, and concerns we had about the final (?) movie in the franchise. And our chaotic selves of course said yes! 

So sit down, relax, and make sure you grab a cup  of tea, because we spill of our ours in this week's episode of Disney Deviants!

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WE'RE BACK!!! And longer than ever! Did you miss us? Of course you did. And we missed you too. This week, we are returning from our unplanned haitus with the newest and most highly anticipated Disney release of the year. In this episode, we learn some animal facts, we discuss the societal issues, and we flex and sprain our long resting podcast muscles. We are excited to be back with this one, and we cannot wait to hear your thoughts.

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We hope you are enjoying our lengthy episodes. What can we say? We have a lot to say. This week, we are joined by an extra special guest, Hannah Wolff, as we dissected the newest installment in the Spider-verse. In this episode, we ask important questions like "who loved this movie the most?" "Which Spidey would you be, and why is it Hobie?" "Why are these animations so damn good at acting?". Along with  (Courtesy of) our extra special guest this week, we have RESOURCES!!!! Feel free to check these links out :
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https://youtu.be/l96IgQmXmhM Vox video on Spider-Man animation
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https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/sun-spider-a-rising-star-among-spider-verse-spidersonas/1100-6514952/ sunspider origin
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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8eN8DTL/ how Hobie was animated
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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8eNLBCJ/ "anyone can be spiderman" quote by Stan lee 

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We're back on our DCOM shit with the iconic HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! Who says we have to let it go? And let it go, we did not.

Raise your hand if this movie change the course of your life and is the whole reason that you became an actor.......Oh.....Just Taiwo? Cool. Cool cool cool.

AnYwAy join us as we discuss some very important questions like

Whose vocals are we listen to? Zac Efron or Drew Seeley?
Who is/are the real villain(s) of this movie?
How is every single song a bop?
And WHY ARE SHARPAY AND RYAN AUDITIONING FOR THE LOVER LEADS OF THIS PLAY????

We need answers Darby!!!! Perhaps we'll get them in this week's episode as long as we're All in This Together! (See what we did there?)

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Hello again everyone!

We're back from an unannounced hiatus that was necessary for many reasons! Travel, family, and the havoc that general late-stage capitalism is wreaking on our chosen industry!

As the title has probably made you aware, SAG and the WGA is on strike! Now what does that mean for us? You'll have to listen to find out!

Join us as we talk through reasons for the strike, where we stand (hint hint: we ain't no scabs), and a pivot or maybe rather a return to our roots! Plus bonus content if you make it all the way to the end!

Can't wait to hear from all of you once you listen to this weeks episode of Disney Deviants(?)!

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It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's the Return of Them Bitches That Read a.k.a Textual Deviants!

Now let me tell you a little about two girls who are in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Yes, the industry is still on strike and so are we. So we are back with our first read in a long time and we're not sure if we remember how we used to do this, but we sure as hell are gonna have fun trying to figure it out!

For today's episode we read Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie and the description is as follows:  A mysterious disease claims the world's children before bringing them back. To continue surviving, however, they need to ingest human blood. As you may guess from this synopsis, this horror fiction left us with many many feelings. Join us as we discuss our first impressions, a.ka first anxiety, existential dread, how Mr. Craiggory DiLouis had us questioning whether or not we want to be parents nd much more!  Mister Craiggory DiLouis, you have some 'splainin' to do!

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We're back with a special announcement episode of Textual Deviants!

Join us as we discuss our spooky-ooky and spooky-lovely(?) October reads, Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper and Weight of Blood by podcast Author fave Tiffany D. Jackson! 

Oh. You thought we were going to be discussing Legendborn? If there's one thing we've told yall, it's that we are a liars and frauds. And also, WE ARE SO SORRY BUT LIFE IS SO DIFFICULT AS ACTORS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE STRIKE AND FIND A NEW JOB POST GRAD.

We hope we can make it up to y'all by bringing some of the juiciest Booktok drama straight to your ears! *Best Desi Arnaz impression* Nate Lemcke you've got some 'splaining to do! on this week's episode of DD's Textual Deviants!

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Love is patient, love is blind, love is toxic, and unkind...that's how that goes right? This we bring you a bonus episode so long, it MUST be the director's cut. This week, we bring you 2 episodes for the price of one. We are deep diving into the first episodes of Netflix's Love Is Blind. And we have important questions like...
1) You know it's still yelling even though you're keeping your voice down right?
2) What exactly is the current state of heterosexual love?
3) Are solo cups the champagne flutes of gym bros?

All this and more

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The one where the gang finally talks about Legendborn by Tracy Deonn! 

It took a couple of weeks (and a surprise episode!) but we finally got to discuss all of our thoughts about Legendborn!

Did we hate this book? Did we love this book?  Was this book a warm hug? Who did we want Bree to end up with? Did those within The Order like to live? Did we make the crazy choice to record this AFTER a bonus Jonas episode (yes!)? For all other answers, and for questions you didn't even know we had, you're gonna have to listen to us break down this book intrigue by intrigue. (Like you weren't already going to?)

Check your local podcast listening app for our discussion of Legendborn in this week's episode of Textual Deviants (brought to you by the strike supporters of Disney Deviants)!

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In our official Spooky-Oooky Halloween kickoff episode we discuss LAna Harper's sapphic, magic novel Payback's a Witch!

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The week we are once again taking up the mantle as the C-Presidents of the Tiffany D. Jackson Fan Club! And as Co-Presidents, this October we are bringing you Tiffany's (yes we are on a first name basis!) spookiest read to date, The Weight of Blood.

Join us as we read this Carrie retelling and discuss all things Maddy, Kendrick, Wendy, Jules and the rest of the headline making events in the small town of  Springville, Georgia. And find out why Racism (tm) might just be the scariest part of all.

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Happy Thanksgiving Deviants!

And this Thanksgiving we are grateful to be back and for authors highlighting the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.

This week we read and discuss Susan Abulhawa's 2019 Novel Against the Loveless World.  A poignant story about a Palestinian woman held as a prisoner in an Israeli prison and how she got to be there. Join us as we discuss the beauty of the novel and share our thoughts on the current conflict. 

Palestine will be free. 

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And now we're back! From outer space!

Woops I meant from our regularly scheduled break! (Plus a day or so).

The second book we ever read and discussed for the podcast was A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins when it was released in 2020. So of course, we had to watch the movie now that it's out in theaters! Thank goodness the strike is over huh? 

Join us as we discuss the similarities and differences between the book and movie and the merit of the movie itself. And as we ask the question only you, our loyal listeners can answer; Does this count as a sequel?

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We are coming at you on this Christmas morning with Candy Cane Lane. This wacky and (family friendly?) Christmas movies has us asking questions like

Why is Nick Offerman British?
Is counting calculus?
Whose fetish did this movie satisfy?

Listen to this episode to find out if any of these questions get answered.

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This. Was. Unhinged!

Listen to us try to muddle through the plot of this Brandy (and Heather Graham) Christmas vehicle. 

This movie has everything!

1. Christmas Newsletters
2. Three precocious kids
3. Clingy college ex
4. Freaky Deaky Sex
5. A barely discussed dead son
6. A solar powered hot air balloon
7. and Last but not least Santa hijinks involving previously stated balloons

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NEW EPISODES OUT OF FRIDAYS!!!
It's the new year, that means it's time for a rebrand. Right? That's what that means...RIGHT? Welcome to the beginning of the next chapter of the podcast. Hopefully it's our best one yet. We continue to be a work in progress, and we hope you stick with us as we continue to grow. In this new era, we are allowing ourselves the freedom to watch and read whatever moves us. As always, we will be taking recommendations. So, feel free to send us your suggestions.

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It's the first full episode of The Deviants and this time we're bringing you the first installment in the Battle of the Movie Musicals!

This week we watched The Color Purple starring Fantasia, Halle Bailey, Taraji P. Henson and *checks notes* Ciara???? Join us and special guest/ resident The Color Purple Historian (and conspiracy theorist) Jess Money as we discuss the ins and outs of this film adaptation of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's tragically triumphant tale. 

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Come with me and you'll be in a world of Pure Imagination!

Or at least a world of Timothee Chalamet and a host of other stars! Join us as we walk the streets of *insert generic city* in .....Europe and discuss Wonka and all its whimsy...or perhaps lack there of?

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This week, we took on the biblical...satire? Parody? Recreation? Reflection? We were so committed to the bit that we decided to bring it to you on a Sunday.  

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Taiwo and Adaeze read bell hooks. ever popular All About Love and discuss the things they love, the things they disliked, and how this book just may change their lives.

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Taiwo and Adaeze get together and discuss the first 3 couples of Love is Blind! 

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Adaeze and Taiwo continue their discussion of this season of LIB with our two remaining couples, Clay & AD and Jimmy and Chelsea.

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Adaeze and Taiwo watch Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa to see what all the hype (or should we say hate?) is about!

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Adaeze and Taiwo discuss Yorgos Lanthimos's latest Academy Award winning film, Poor Things!

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We are holding you over this week with The Holdovers. Let us know what you would like to see next

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This week Taiwo and Adaeze discuss the recently released Zendaya sexy tennis thriller (?) Challengers!

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Adaeze and Taiwo watched The Idea of You starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine! Based on the book originally written by actress Robinne Lee, it was adapted and directed by Michael Showalter of Wet Hot American Summer fame.

Listen to what The Deviants have to say about the newest in what is slowly becoming a new (strange) genre, age-inappropriate rom coms!

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Deviation Time!

This week Adaeze and Taiwo deviate from movies to discuss the Diddy and Butker situations that played out in the last few weeks!

Sit with us we work our way through the misogyny inherent in the way these men and the public have discussed both these situations!

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This week, we dove into the wild world of Baby Reindeer.

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Who's up for a Deviation? These two girls!

This week Adaeze and Taiwo discuss the Real Housewives of Atlanta drama unfolding pre-season premiere and also the Karen Read case. 

Why?

Because they feel like it!

Join them on the journey of this deviation in this week's episode of The Deviants!

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This week, we dove into a classic romcom!

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We are back and better than ever!

This week Adaeze and Taiwo watched It Ends With Us and discuss everything about it. And we mean EVERYTHING! From Reddit behind the scenes tea to BookTok book lore. Join us as we try and figure out what the hell happened during the filming of this movie and parse out our feelings about the book with only 27% read!

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Adaeze and Taiwo discuss Blink Twice, Zoe Kravitz directorial debut!

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Taiwo and Adaeze watched Uglies so you don't have to!

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Trick or Treat?

Adaeze and Taiwo are treating you to both with this week's episode, Smile 2, starring Naomi Scott or Lemonade Mouth fame!

Join them as they talk through every detail of the movie except, somehow, if Voss was a sponsor???

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SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND US
LOOK TO wherever you find your podcasts!

That's right! Adaeze and Taiwo are back with an extended episode to talk about the latest movie musical taking the world by storm, Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera!

Join us as we break down the movie, song by song (RIGHT!), character by character (Is this Nessa's villain origin story?), and allegory by allegory (It's a story about racism duh).

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In the first part of our 2 part premiere, we read The Silent Patient, a #1 New York Times bestseller from 2019, at Taiwo's insistence. In this episode, we read the first part of the book, and discuss important topics such as unreliable narrators, blank pages, and how exactly one pronounces Michaelides. We hope you love this episode, and if you don't, fret not. There will be more to hate tomorrow

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Will Adaeze ever get over these blank pages? (Hint: she doesn't). Will Taiwo ever truly teach Adaeze how to pronounce Michaelides? Did Alicia Berensen kill her husband? Find the answers to these pressing questions and more as we wrap up our review of "The Silent Patient". And Join us next week, as we do a full book review of Suzanne Collin's "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", a Hunger Games Prequel

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On May 19th Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games prequel was released and the world would never be the same. 

Panem is back (Or are we simply back in Panem?) and better(?) than ever and so are we. Who continues our streak of fucking up names? Who will get mad at a completely fictional character first? And who among us will drop a huge secret about their involvement with the Hunger Games Trilogy (saga? idk)? Who knew that stories about uprisings could be such a pleasant distraction from our current state of affairs?

Join us as we take a necessary departure from our regular schedule to "read" and discuss The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes!

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Today we take the first of two summer walks down the shores of very real, very rich Littleport, Maine. Opulence. Chaos. Murder. Will we ever remember the difference between Sadie and Avery? Did Sadie ever learn to apologize?? Will Megan Miranda live up to her incredible legacy??? Come and read into the sexy, sexy subtext with us as we discuss Megan Miranda's The Last House Guest!

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On the second, and much rockier of our summer walks we find ourselves meeting several new(?) friends in The Last House Guest. Will the finale leave us high and dry on the shores of Littleport, Maine? Will we continue our wild streak of confusing names? Will we fall face first into all of the glaring plot holes?

All this and more to be answered in The Last House Guest Part 2!

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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT. So, you wanna know what we're reading in advance? How ridiculous you are. Well, you asked and so we answered. In this minisode, we affirm some core beliefs, and announce what books we will be reading in the month of July. Follow us on instagram for an exact episode schedule. 

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In this episode we are transported through time and space to Mallard, Louisiana in the 1950s. Identical twins start off life on the same path but end up on complete opposite ends of the racial spectrum. Brit Bennett takes us on a rollercoaster of emotions and as we talk our way through it all we find our selves asking all of the important questions, like: How many takes of our intro do we have to do before we get it (semi) right? What does The Vanishing Half have in common with British comedy fave Sex Education? And last, and probably most important, are children parrots or people? Join us as we come together with Brit Bennett to say BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER in this weeks episode, The Vanishing Half Pt. 1!

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In Part 2 of The Vanishing Half we finish up our thrilling ride on the Vignes emotional rollercoaster and are left speechless. Except for our weekly questions of course! Will our computers ever make it through an episode without technical issues? Is Brit Bennett a literary goddess fully deserving of her place on the throne of the NYT Best Sellers list? And last and certainly most important, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK KENNEDY AND FRANTZ??? 

We just took a DNA test, turns out we still hate Stella in The Vanishing Half Pt. 2!

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In this week's episode we dip our toes in the waters of (trill) rrrrromance. Our girl Chloe Brown is getting a life and we are here to check her list twice! And of course we have some questions. 

1. What does the cat say? (Hint: it's never miaow) 
2.What's the male equivalent of a manic pixie dream girl? 
3. When will we get to the meaty softcore porn we know we are all here for! 

Join us as we cross the first half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

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This week we finally get what we've all been waiting for, a deep dive into the lusty waters of softcore porn! - *cough* We mean Get a Life, Chloe Brown! Honestly Chloe's managed to actually manifest a life through the power of lists, so we thought we might create one of our own!

1. Camping with the person of your dreams and getting. It. On. 
2. Learn to play the guitar strictly through the power of osmosis. 
3. MORE SMUDGE
4. An Amber Riley led HBO adaptation!!!

Find out if we get everything we wished for and if we think this is the cat's Miaow as we cross the second half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

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 Wondering what read to buy next? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Well, we've got US covered, but we would love it if you join us. In this house we definitely judge a book by its cover, so next month, we have quite a collection. We have serial killers, sexy islands, and time travel. What more could a girl want?

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Picture it. It was the summer of 2005. School had just let out and you find yourself at your local library borrowing the hottest book of the summer, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief. Afterwards, you jam to Hilary Duff's latest album Most Wanted featuring hits like So Yesterday and Wake Up as you head to Rita's opening day. You are in bliss. Or maybe you're a Taiwo who somehow missed out on the existence of this series until the *movie that shall not be named* came out in the year that we shall never talk about again. (Or shall we?)

Either way, join us as we travel back to the days of our youth when life was as simple as fighting a Greek god...or two.

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These two Naija babes are finally reading a book by another Naija gyal! This week's read sees us going back to our motherland in the comedy (?) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. This one is really interesting, interesting, interesting for it's content. It also brings up some questions about us, like, which one of us would help our sister cover up a murder? Dive in as we uncover some childhood trauma!

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The book we all begged for in 2008 is finally here! Is it 12 years too late or right on time? Does Edward watching Bella sleep age like fine wine or sour vinegar? And above all, is 672 pages ENOUGH pages to recapture our fading youth? That's for us to know and you to find out. 

Join us as we answer the call of the undead and (no longer) glittery in this week's episode, Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer!

*During our reading of the reviews we discovered that the Quileute Tribe (depicted thoughout the entirety of the saga) to this day had never been given any compensation from Stephenie Meyer or the Twilight Saga franchise despite being heavily depicted and having their culture and legends appropriated for the benefit of the franchise. The tribe is currently trying to move some of their buildings out of the Tsunami zone that they are located in and are crowdfunding to help. Please find their link below where you can learn more and/or donate if you have the means. Thank you!

https://mthg.org/

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Are you ready for the #MeToo era read you didn't know you needed (or in T's case, were reading?)

This week we read the rich,  (dollar bill bookmarks anyone!) imaginative retelling of the lesser known Greek witch, Circe by Madeline Miller. In this read, Miller questions the portrayals of women in Greek myths and leads us to ask some questions of our own, such as:

Why is the theme of the week #DisappointedAndUnsurprised? (Hint: starts with m ends with en)

What character does T see as a little, blue man?

And which characters do we #ship?

Find out the answer to these questions and why we may have subconsciously changed a lyric in our theme song as we discuss Circe by Madeline Miller!

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Quarantine's got us feeling like it's the roaring 20s again (pandemic, anyone?) So we decided to throw it back to a 1979 classic that throws it back to 1815! (#Meta!)

Today we worship at the altar of the queen of sci-fi, Octavia E. Butler, and pay her homage by discussing her 1979 classic, Kindred!

This one truly had us in our feelings, a stress read like no other. Grab your best anxiety reducer and buckle in for a crazy ride!

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This month we're bringing you back to school special. This means nostalgia meets procrastination. We're a week late, but we hope it doesn't affect our GPA. This month, we are stepping into YA land, and we couldn't be more excited excited excited. We will be revisiting authors and towns from our past, as well as exploring new dimensions and potential favorites. Join as we mentally rewind, and hopefully unwind.

September 2nd: The Rest Of The Story by Sarah Dessen
September 9th: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
September 16th: Incendiary: Zoraida Cordova
September 23rd: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
September 30th: The Angel Experiment (A Maximum Ride Novel) by James Patterson

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It's the Wednesday before Labor Day, so you know what time it is? It's the beginning of Back to School month!

In this quite perfectly timed #WaybackWednesday we start our month of YA reads with The Rest of the Story by a Deviant fave, Sarah Dessen!

In this episode we pinpoint 5 (6?) things that make a quintessential Sarah Dessen novel. So you know we had to list the 5 things that make this a quintessential TD episode.  

1. "Interesting, interesting,  interesting." 
2. "And another thing too."
3.  Potentially blowing out your headphones (we're sorry. We're so so sorry)
4.  And finally, confidently stating a specific number of things and always having one less.
5. ......wait, what was number 5 again? 

It's the end of those 🎶summer nights 🎶, so catch us soaking in the end of the season in the shores of Lake North (or is it North Lake?) with The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen!

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Welcome back to another episode of Textual Deviants where the format is made up and the schedule doesnt matter! 

This week we ferociously, speed read Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson! After reading a particularly derisive 1 star review, we just HAD to tell [NAME REDACTED] just how wrong they are, point by point.

Enjoy the takedown of the century (or at least of the hour), with our 5-star (plz rate us) rebuttal of a 1-star review as we discuss Tiffany D. Jackson's Allegedly!

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Welcome back to another chaotic episode of Textual *voice cracks*.

We are more than halfway through YA month and this week we had the immeasurable pleasure of reading a book with the sexiest cover to date, Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova!

It's the Badass women for me. It's the diversity for me. It's the potential for sequels month for me. 

Let us know what it is for you and if we should make this theme theme a thing thang 😉 as we discuss Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova!

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As we near the end of September and the air begins to gain that familiar chill of autumn, our YA book month is heating right the fuck up!

This #HumpDay we are reading the horny af, 2007 classic, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, the first in the Mortal Instruments series!

*Stefon Voice* This episode has everything: 

A clutch two minute synopsis
Mae Whitman worship
A woman protangonist
Demons & demon hunters
Dated gender roles 
Werewolves 
Cucumber sandwich shaming
A traitorous twist 
And a Star Wars

What's a Star Wars you ask? Well it's when your two main characters have a steamy (debatable) romance only to find out they're brother and sister!

Listen to us work through the traumatic joy of this week's read, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare(y)!

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We're just two Naija gyals, standing in front of the world, asking you to forgive us for changing up our format / putting out a late announcement yet again! (We've been very bad 
😉)

As the year drifts quickly to an end, we find our lives drifting as well to opposite ends of the earth (read: country). So that means a new format is in order! 

Find out how we're switching things up, and how our October schedule is breaking down in this month's announcements!

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We are closing out #YAMonth with a throwback to 2005 Taiwo's bookshelf. This week we read Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. Yes, that James Patterson.

We've read five books over five weeks and we've truly grown as "young adults". I mean, we FINALLY completed our first ever #TightTwo! But we also return to our old ways of horrible memories for names. Well you win some, you lose some. 

Find out what caught us off guard, whose brain is just worms, and what IKYFL stands for. Don't mind us as we dot our Ts and cross our Is in this week's episode Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson!

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It's October which means we are starting our month of #Spooks🎃 and let us tell you, we are starting it off RIGHT, but our sound is all WRONG. (Forgive us listeners for one of us *cough"taiwo*cough* has sinned.)

For our first episode of October, we read the truly #SpooksMcGooks I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. 

Find out which one of us had to sleep in her sister's bed after reading this and which one of us is an ITOET savant. Listen to us work through all the details of the chaotically unnerving I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid!

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Today is the first of our  book to movie reviews and we could not be more excited to be starting it off with I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman!

No we do not have that wrong. This movie is credited as having been WRITTEN by Charlie Kaufman and not Iain Reid.

If you thought Iain Reid's ITOET was weird, than you better tighten your bootstraps because you're in for a real ride. 

Join us as we discuss this Netflix "arthouse fil-um", its strengths (*cough*dance*cough), its weaknesses (*cough*dance*cough*) and everything in between!

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Welcome back for another chaotic episode of a differently scheduled ♫Textual Deviants, uh , uh , uh —♫ 

THEME SONG UNDER CONSTRUCTION

This week we are joined by long time friend of the podcast, first EVER guest, and host of her own podcast, Depp Impact, Jenna Kuerzi! (http://www.jennakuerzi.com/) as we discuss Coraline Directed by Henry Selick (NOT TIM BURTON) of Nightmare Before Christmas fame! 

We learned a lot while watching Coraline and we'd love to share a little bit of it with all of you!

A Bobinsky is what your big toe does when the foot is stimulated. 
Nudity in a children's (?) movie is okay as long as it's extra clothed women wearing very naked bodysuits.
Banana slugs make great mustaches for impromptu photo shoots. 
Vermillion is scarlet red (read: ORANGE)
Tim Burton knows exactly one POC
Puce is the color of flea droppings(???)
And Coraline is perhaps the most body positive movie of 2009.

Learn with us in the most #iconique episode of Textual Deviants to ever grace your ear drums!

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In this regularly deviant episode, we breakdown the schedule for November! 

Are we late? Yes. Are we sorry? ....Ok yeah...but really...No. are we predictably unpredictable? Always.
2020 has been a trip y'all! Let's take it easy on each other!

And if you would like to take it easy with us,  join us for our continution of the Book & Movie format for November!

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After much delay, (we forgive you USPS, getting the #Vote out is def more important) we have returned to our regularly-ish scheduled content.

To close out our month of #SpooksMcGooks we read 2002  psychological spook, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver and break down all the levels of Jamie's psyche. And some of our own as well! 

Tangents abound (sorry not sorry) in this week's episode, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver!

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It's election day and we need a really big distraction from the anxiety of it all. So why not dive into the anxiety of the titular character in this weeks read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple!

In this absurdist (our word) satire (their word) we are thrown into the life of Bernadette Peters world renowned actress, Broadway belter, and all around believable lady and ‐‐ *checks notes* -- sorry Bernadette Fox, LA transplant, renowned architect, no waste queen and all around hater of people. We always get those two confused!

Let's make a deal with a god that we dont believe in about this election cycle. If our candidate wins (do we even have to say who?) We wont ask anymore pertinent questions like:

How are Avril Lavigne and Bernadette Fox related?

What year is too late to act like fax communication between friends is plausible?

What year did Zune stop production?

What kind of podcast are we? (Note: We are NOT a cussing podcast)

Honestly, we could use a nice relaxing cruise to the Atlantic right about now....you know, Bee might have been on to something. Brace the high, dry winds of Antarctica with us in this week's episode, Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple!

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One week ago, we discussed Where'd You Go Bernadette on election day, and it was a wonderful distraction. Today we are discussing it's movie companion, by the same name, directed by Richard Linklater!

We made a deal with a god we dont believe about our candidate winning (yay striking down fascism!), so unfortunately that means no more witty questions like: 

What do you get when you cross a filmmaker with a distinctly realistic aesthetic (almost to the point of absurdity) with a satirical, semi-commentary and absurd characters?

The answer?

Well you'll have to listen to us discuss Where'd You Go Bernadette directed by Richard Linklater to find out!

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The highly anticipated  sequel episode that everyone has been begging for is finally here! And by sequel we mean we read an unrelated book by the same author....Oops

That's right, we read Tiffany D. Jackson's latest release, Grown, and we've got the ca-yute merch to prove it!

The book is short, but the material is heavy. And we talk about all of it (or at least as much we can fit in under 1.5hrs) 

Listen to this episode to hear amazing TD podcast hits such as:

"Allegedly" (not to be confused with the book of the same name)

It Could Have Been Me

Manufactured Chaos

Men Ain't Shit!

And many more! 

Extra, extra! Read (& listen) all about it in this week's episode, Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson!