On the final episode of Season 1 of Casual Misfit Radio, the Misfit Crew talks about how pop culture influences our expectations in life, and how grand gestures skew those expectations even further. From what we perceive on TV, books, film, and even music (particularly early 2000s love songs), it seems like narratives got us caught up in thinking that life and how we interact with other is but a fantastical, self-centered dream.

Episode 18 gets craft wit it as the Misfit Crew talks about villains. And since we're no strangers to the topic (see Episode 10), we dive in deep to what makes a good villain in narrative. You'd think 'good villain' is an oxymoron. But nope, it's kinda not. Also, Michelle and Katie read snippets of their darkest paragraphs while Kyle contemplates his master plan to steal Kristen Bell's heart.

After a few weeks off, the Misfit Crew is back to talk about all things summer, from favorite reads, films, records, and figuring out when they are at their best for writing. They also talk about their relationship with the season and how summer might not be for everyone.

Trauma isn't easy to talk about. It's not easy to write about, either. But the Misfit Crew takes a courageous dive into figuring out what makes us and our characters tick the way that they do. They answer some tough questions: is reading and writing supposed to be fun? Is there responsibility in art? What traumas inform our writing and how does it find its way into dramatizing our main characters? It's not easy being transparent about who we are, but the crew tries their best.

Is writing outside of your own cultural or sexual experiences ever okay? The Misfit Crew try to unpack a hefty topic, and come to some conclusions about how we can be better supportive of marginalized voices, what diversity means in the face of capitalism, and how writing outside of your own experience may reveal some hard truths about your own actual experience.

Jordan Peele's Us is a terrifying film. Not because of the gore or the scares, but because it's an unnerving tale about...us. Ourselves. Kyle is joined by a special guest, voice actress and writer Anairis Quinones as they wax poetic about the emotional impact the movie US had on them. They also discuss the how the film reflects on them as Black artists and try to decide which side of the tethered they are in real life. This episode contains light spoilers.

Spring is in the air, and it's time to write! It's also time to Revise and Resub as the 2019 #RevPit annual contest has kicked off. RevPit editors Carly Hayward, R.R. Campbell, and Editor Cassandra join in as guests to talk about bridging the gap between writers and editors. They also discuss when it's time to look for an editor, what holds us back as writers, and how to stay motivated in the face of imposter syndrome and rejection during the seemingly impossible pursuit of publishing.

To conclude what unexpectedly became a three-part series about love, the Misfit Crew unpacks family love, how we define it, and how it finds its way into our writing. Following up on our conversations around romantic love and friendship love, we open up about our upbringings and how these experiences shape not only our writerly lives but also how we relate to all the people in our lives. This one gets really personal, especially in the end. Proceed with an open heart.

Previously, on Episode 9, we talked about love, intimacy, and romance in narratives and in our lives. This time, we're talking about friendship love. And how much harder it is to find, to maintain, and to write. How does one even categorize a friendship story?

A guest misfit joins the conversation: Irving Jean-Baptiste, Irv the Villain. Irv is a rapper, musician, and writer who just released his latest EP, Fight the Good Fight: an introspective, jazz-infused hip-hop album. Kyle and Irv talk about identity outside of arts, fighting against the villain within ourselves, discovering self-love in the face of depression, and more.