Highlander: Deep Thoughts About Bonkers Casting, Over-the-Top Cinematography, and Hiding Queer Subtext in Your Dad's Favorite Pop Culture from Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast

Sister podcasters raised by 80s and 90s movies: Tracie Guy-Decker, lover of animation, Muppets, comedy, and feminism & Emily Guy Birken, storytelling nerd, mental health advocate, and pop culture aficionado

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Highlander: Deep Thoughts About Bonkers Casting, Over-the-Top Cinematography, and Hiding Queer Subtext in Your Dad's Favorite Pop Culture

49 minutes Posted May 19, 2026 at 10:00 pm.

Cold Open On Hidden Fear

Pop Culture Still Counts

What We Remember From Childhood

Plot Basics And Wild Casting

The Queer Allegory Comes Into Focus

AIDS Panic Sexual Violence And Hope

Music Video Direction That Works

Women Rachel Brenda And What Got Cut

Patreon Tease Next Week And Goodbye

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Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal. On this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Emily revisits one of the most unhinged pieces of Gen X pop culture: the 1986 cult classic film Highlander. Starring French-American actor Christopher Lambert (who didn't speak English prior to being cast) and noted Scot Sean Conner...

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