In this episode, Dee reflects on the nature of good and evil and she and Tania discuss serial killers, Prince, and elementary-school musicals.TAGS: serial killers; Serial; Undisclosed; S-Town; Civil War; Prince; Trader Joe’s; fava beans; Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist; James Brussel; Malcolm Gladwell; Michael Hobbes; If Books Could Kill; Manichaeism; Buddhist causes and conditions; Sigmund Freud; “Mourning and Melancholia”; Purple Rain; “I Hate Eleanor Hunt”; David SedarisSpoilers for Titanic and Under the Cherry MoonRead the snarky Malcolm Gladwell essay about Tania’s grandpa hereRead the original essay about Eleanor Hunt hereRead the David Sedaris essay about throwing his family under the bus hereThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES attaniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Tania reads a love story, and we chat about limerence, COVID, FOMO, and keeping the spark alive.Tags: Love and Limerence by Dorothy Tennov; Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel; The Art of Gathering by  Priya ParkerSpoilers for “Modern Family”Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Deanna talks—a lot—about the The Music Man, and then she and Tania discuss musicals, con artistry, repressed sexuality, billiards vs. pool, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ikea furniture, and so much more.Tags: Meredith Willson, The Music Man, Pirates of Penzance, Lithuania, South ParkSpoilers for The Music Man, Breakfast at Tiffany’sDeanna says she still can’t remember what drum solo her father recorded on his prize record, but there is some archival evidence that he performed “The Downfall of Paris” to great acclaim as a 14-year old.Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.com Check out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Tania shares a story that might be a poem, and we chat about bisexual haiku (#biku), The Big Lebowski, men’s vulnerability, the challenges marginalized people have recognizing their own privilege, and patriarchy.Tags: Eve Sedgwick; Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market; Battle of the SexesSpoilers for Forgetting Sarah MarshallThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Dee recalls* when she was the subject of a memory experiment, and we chat about trivia, game shows, Leonard Bernstein, feline song lyrics, and Tania’s crush on Alex Trebek. [*See what we did there?]TAGS: Jeopardy!; What’s My Line Spoilers for Episode #8004 of Jeopardy!Link to Tania’s uncle’s appearance on What’s My Line?Link to Rob’s appearance on Jeopardy!Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Tania answers the age-old question, “Have you ever been married?” We talk about Jewish weddings, Vegas weddings, green card weddings, secret weddings, same-gender weddings, and David Sedaris.TAGS: The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings; J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with WordsSpoilers for “The Office”All about Mormon polygamous sects in British ColumbiaThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

Welcome to Season Two of Doctor Waffle & Friends! (We completely, totally, 100% planned this season break for exactly right now.)In the first episode of the new season, Dee shares an essay about smoking, the South, and passive-aggression. Tania and Dee discuss Tania’s new book, extending grace to people we disagree with, getting back at people through writing, long Covid, Buddhism, the vagus nerve, gendered communication, and so much more! Dee confesses that she is not a very nice person.TAGS: wine bars; cigarettes; Zen BuddhismSpoilers for Men Are From Mars, Women Are From VenusThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

It’s a podcast about a play about a soap opera! In this episode, we perform a memoir play Tania wrote about All My Children, and we discuss network TV, ancient technology, small communities, and so much more.TAGS: All My Children; Lee Press-On Nails; soap operas; DVDs; Michael E. Knight; Sarah Michelle Gellar; "Soap Dish"; the actors and writers strikeSpoilers for All My Children, Jane the VirginCheck out the All My Children family tree map here!Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, Dee tells a story about a homicidal camel that somehow ends up being about everything else—including Frankenstein, Chekhov, and hoagies—and we welcome our first guest!Spoilers for Frankenstein.Listen to Matt tell the camel story.TAGS: Karl Jung; shadow self; camels; murder; Mexico; Coca-Cola; Amoroso Bread Company; Philadelphia; Jacques Derrida; Anton Chekhov; Colonel Sanders; Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; Google; monkeysThanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOLLOW us @drwafflepod on Instagram, Twitter, and FacebookEMAIL us at [email protected] WEBSITERead DEANNA’S ESSAYS at doctorwaffle.substack.comCheck out TANIA’S MANY ACTIVITIES at taniaisrael.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com

In this episode, we explore Tania’s spoiler phobia and discuss the challenges of being related to a memoirist, PowerPoint pedagogy, etiquette, and—as usual—Taylor Swift.Spoilers for the fact that a TV show exists, but only in the vaguest terms.TAGS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the Marvel Comic Universe; Taylor Swift; Hamilton.The David Sedaris essay Dee mentions, entitled “Repeat After Me.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit doctorwaffle.substack.com