Monday Oct 27, 2025
Mortified! Episode 196: Longing for Mitt Romney (The Cabin in the Woods)
Mortified! The Friendship Quest
Every Monday, hosts Aaron and Leyla bounce a media recommendation to one another in order to bolster - or in some cases, really, really test - their long-distance friendship. Join us for a discussion on anything from our favorite Terrible Boys to the profitability of grown men dressing up as Bulbasaur and loudly shouting their own names.
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Episodes
Episodes
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla free themselves of the witness stand to return to Star Wars: Andor S2. Join us to discuss more evil logistics, hearty disagreements about the amount of context prequel/sequel media wants you to have, and Aaron being a # ally # feminist.
Content warning for discussions of sexual assault between ~12:15 and ~20:35. There is a stinger and spoken warning marking the start in the episode.
Disney+ is on the BDS boycott list. We did not use Disney+ to watch the show.
Also, this podcast is no longer on Spotify!https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-07-31/spotifys-ceo-owns-an-ai-weapons-company-some-musicians-say-its-time-to-leave
Project44Action - How Andor's Fight Scene Was Choreographed (Behind the Scenes Breakdown) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WW2emgxRI Variety - Diego Luna Breaks Down the Ghorman Massacre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDQI0DOeqs Inside Edition - Hong Kong Protesters Use 'Les Mis' Song as Anthem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb5wDf-fw2w A More Civilized Age - https://amorecivilizedage.net/ A.A. Voigt - Going Rogue and Star Wars' Cynical Rebels [TTRPG Video Essay] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfC_6qo4wmE&t=1712s
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla finally bring peace to Panem in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Parts 1 and 2! Join us to discuss booby-trapped Salt Lake City, some of our most left-field references, and a very 2025 lens on this 2014 film.
Bad Cinderella Is One of the Musicals of All Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkTz-SWzQnUThe Excruciating Tale of Bad Cinderella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvU8173saNw
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla travel to future-NYC to discuss the Fifth Element! Join us to avoid major American political news current and past, the value of alphabetical Wikipedia, and perhaps one of the top-five episodes most capable of characterizing what the entire project of the Friendship Quest is all about.
Pop Culture Detective Agency - "Born Sexy Yesterday" https://popculturedetective.agency/2017/born-sexy-yesterday
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla volunteer for the Quarter Quell in Catching Fire! Join us to discuss being a little bread boy meow meow, the desire for panache in fascism, and Leyla having watched this movie actually hungry.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla travel to the Corporation Rim to go rogue with Murderbot! Join us to wish for more serious hippies, be haunted by the movie Antz, and nitpick medical accuracy.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla enter the Coast Zone to accommodate unforseen events in their lives and watch The Hunger Games! Join us for a discussion of the YA sledgehammer, brooding 25-year-old teenagers, and God's most indecipherable camerawork.
Jen Wang, 'The Prince and the Dressmaker' - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-jen-wang/1125855916
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Jul 21, 2025
Monday Jul 21, 2025
This week, Aaron and Leyla try to unpack a confusing reading on artificial intelligence with M3gan 2.0! Join us for discussions of friend-shaped robots, strangely consistent paperclip motifs, and the desire to just go wahoo.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
This episode, Aaron and Leyla bring the Prejudice to Pride with the 2022 rom-com "Fire Island!" We trundle through the meat rack to discuss the impact of COVID on our language, the sexual demographics of various streaming services, and celebrate queer media that is simply mid.
SS Rajamouli in Death Stranding 2
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsAaron's TTRPG Reviewsaavoigt.com