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
You’ve Got Mail: Deep Thoughts About Tom Hanks’ Charm, New York City’s Coziness, and the Merits of a Two-Hour RomCom / Commercial for AOL
58 minutes Posted Jun 30, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Pop Culture Is Still Culture
Why You’ve Got Mail Sticks
The Plot And The Power Imbalance
Tom Hanks Charm Covers Sins
The Grocery Line Double Standard
Why The Movie Still Works
A Romance Sponsored By Capitalism
The Real Takeaways And Seams
Next Week And Patreon Extra
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Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. “…all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings.” This week, Emily revisited everyone and their aunt’s favorite late-90s advertisement, er, romcom, You’ve Got Mail. The film was a feature-length commercial for America Online starring two of the biggest names in romcom, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. With the biting interactions that lead to romance between Kathleen Kelly (Ryan) and Joe Fox (Hanks), this Nora Ephron-...