“Passengers, this is not a shoe. This is disorder. This is size ten chaos.” It’s the dance of the dueling snow trains! On this special holiday episode, tail-sectioners, Sophie and Caitlin, board the merry dystopian trains of both the children’s stop-motion fantasy, The Polar Express (2004) and Bong Joon-Ho’s surreal masterpiece, Snowpiercer (2013). All you have to do is believe (in overthrowing the bourgeoisie!) This podcast will be voiced exclusively by Tom Hanks. We want to be very clear: The Polar Express is a prequel to Snowpiercer. They are the same train.

Special announcement from Is It Wet?

Have you ever felt simultaneously disgusted and entranced by the goop and grime of some of the movies of your childhood? Fascinated and reviled by the drippiness of 1970’s practical effects and the melty body horror of early 2000’s CGI? Wonder why everyone in a futuristic spaceship is constantly covered in filth? Is it wet? is a podcast that examines the drippiest, gloppiest, and yes, wettest moments in pop culture. As amateur film critics and children of the 90’s Nickolodeon slime renaissance, Sophie and Caitlin are obsessed with all things squelchy—listen each week as they dissect movies (and other media) to answer the ultimate question: Is it wet?