Obsessed With Joseph Scrimshaw

Joseph and Sara obsess over post-vaccine life. How to capture the emotional moment of getting the vaccine, the power of a communal experience, mask symbolism, the weirdness of seeing friends' lower faces, and should all the people who have "wizard hair" cut it off?

Joseph and Sara obsess over the MCU show, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. We talk big themes of what the Shield means, legacy, identity, trauma, and the importance of being awkward best friends. Plus the comedy, the heart, the action--from Zemo's dance to the controversial climax to Bucky's skill at costume design. Grab your wings and vibranium arm and dive in!

Joseph and Sara obsess over Time Travel! Why do we love stories about it? Would we get comfort or horror from jumping into the future? If we traveled back in time, could we get anyone to listen to us and/or could we ride a dinosaur? Would we want devices that allowed us to jump 15 seconds in the past? Do we already have them and not know it?

Joseph and Sara obsess over the monster-punching blockbuster, Godzilla vs Kong! We talk empathy for Kong, Godzilla's inner thoughts, vacationing in the Hollow Earth, and who truly won the battle on a thematic level.

Joseph interviews Sara about her obsession with the Bee Gees! We talk teen dance parties, the importance of strange voices, disco backlash, the great HBO Max documentary, and much more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over Takeout Food! The joy of eating restaurant food at home, the danger of sandwich sliding, the strange social dance of being recognized as a takeout customer, and which takeout food pairs best with which TV show or movie!

We obsess over the great MCU television show, WandaVision! We talk the big themes of grief, the social anxieties animating sitcoms, choosing your own identity, and the importance of Scarlet Witch's cape. Plus wrestling with the expectations game! WARNING: This podcast does NOT introduce the obsessed multiverse

Joseph and Sara obsess over The Muppet Show! We talk the comedy, the chaos, the heart, and the power of variety shows. The comedy theory of how a bear and a frog doing slapstick wrestles with the human condition! Gene Kelly's bittersweet non-dance! Plus, which Muppet we'd want to live in our home.

Joseph and Sara celebrate their mutual fascination with musicals! From Annie to Cats to Singin' In The Rain to Xanadu, what is the power of musicals? We talk raw emotion, dancing along with movies, unintended comedy, children refusing to applaud for stage musicals, the possibility of a James Bond musical, and much more!

Doctor Doom! Palpatine! Skeletor! Just about every James Bond villain! Joseph is obsessed with super villains. Their bizarre style, their terrible plans that sometimes point out actual societal problems, their huge vocabularies and ranting monologues, the anger they must feel when they get turned into Funko Pops!

Joseph interviews Sara about her obsession with maps! The sense of adventure! The aesthetic beauty! The constantly evolving history! From fantasy maps to San Francisco layers to British Railroad games to BECOMING THE MAP YOURSELF!

Joseph interviews Sara about her lifelong love of shoes! From admiring her doll's shoes to breaking in ballet pointe shoes to the dream of making shoes out of tires, Sara is very obsessed! Plus friendly bears, magic shoes, and the worst shoes for a jewel heist.

Joseph and Sara obsess over the truth! Its impact on politics, media, social media, debating pop culture, and correctly identifying what is and is not a table.

After going a year between haircuts, Joseph is becoming obsessed with hair! We discuss finding identity from your style and color, how getting a haircut is the original casual podcast, and Sara's tale of her dangerous ballet hair pins!

We obsess over resolutions! Or are they goals? Intentions? From exercise to writing to quality time with martinis, we discuss the joy and stress of making changes for the new year! Plus the new tradition: Keeper Resolutions!

Joseph interviews Sara about her love of Christmas Trees! From calming to festive, real to fake, from picking them out of a mystical forest to hanging cocktail accessories from the branches! Plus we tackle the ultimate question: Are trees just hats for presents?

Sara interviews Joseph about his VERY intense obsession with Frank Sinatra. His music, his whimsy, his fight for the underdog, his ego, his impact on culture, and how he made a scrawny kid from Minneapolis feel better about himself through the mists of time.

Sara is obsessed with tea! The drink, the mood, the history! Every sip is a story! 

Joseph and Sara obsess over the great comedy show, Schitts Creek! We talk finding humanity in outlandish comedy, wigs, the potential joy of living in a motel room, wigs, the Rose family member we want to take on a road trip, and much more including wigs!

Since we can't travel for the holidays in 2020, we're traveling in our minds! We obsess over WHY we care about travel! From vacations to performing at conventions! The beauty of Edinburgh to the horror of a Greyhound Station at 2 am! Grab your mind passport and join us!