Podcasts by The Hell Yeah Homeland Podcast

Episode 75: Agency from 2020-05-05T21:09:57

As promised, this week we’re talking about loose threads from the finale (as well as revisiting some points from last week) and reflecting on season eight as a whole....

Episode 74: Magic from 2020-04-29T20:31:44

This week we discuss the series finale of Homeland and struggle to come up with synonyms for the word “perfect.” Our discussion focuses on the show’s central...

Episode 73: The Other Side from 2020-04-20T19:49:34

This week we discuss the penultimate episode of the series, “The English Teacher,” and attempt to answer the age-old question of just what the heck Carrie will do nex...

Episode 72: Spiral from 2020-04-13T13:55:42

This week we're discussing the antepenultimate episode of the series, "Designated Driver." We analyze Carrie's motives and attempt to predict not only her fate but that of her relationship with ...

Episode 71: Sexual Death, Part II from 2020-04-06T20:50:14

This week we discuss the delight that is “In Full Flight” (hey, that rhymes!). First things first: the Carrie and Yevgeny of it all! We dissect their scenes and inter...

Episode 70: War Is Easy from 2020-03-31T20:23:41

This week we're discussing the brightest and sunniest Homeland episode there ever was! Just kidding, "Threnody(s)" was a one-two-three gut punch. We reflect on Max's legacy and what his...

Episode 69: Tragique from 2020-03-23T20:18:52

This week we discuss “Fucker Shot Me,” and it’s fair to say it’s the most divided we’ve been this season. Was it just a transitional episode or will this end up being...

Episode 68: Chekhov's Flight Recorder from 2020-03-16T21:51:17

This week we talk about "Two Minutes," aka the episode where Homeland turned into a comedy series all of a sudden. We dive into all the ways shit hit the fan, from Hayes finding his ~presidentia...

Episode 67: I Felt That from 2020-03-10T22:15:35

This week we discuss "Chalk Two Down," the second of two major set-up episodes this season. We agree it was well-executed television... but did we like it? Then we put the puzzle pieces...

Episode 66: The Wedding Dress from 2020-03-03T22:03:50

This week we discuss the various converging storylines in the final season’s fourth episode, “Chalk One Up.” We offer predictions on who was behind the episode’s tens...

Episode 65: Love Is Blind from 2020-02-25T11:31:40

This week we discuss the friends and foes, both real and fake, in “False Friends.” From a few shocking revelations in the ongoing mystery of Carrie and Yevgeny’s rela...

Episode 64: All for You from 2020-02-18T21:57:43

This week we discuss we discuss the second episode of the season, “Catch and Release.” First we talk about whether the show’s stories this season are offering anythin...

Episode 63: Wait... WHAT?! from 2020-02-10T15:11:22

After nearly two years, the final season of Homeland is upon us. This week we discuss the premiere episode, "Deception Indicated." We talk about the horrors of Carrie's captivity, as well as wha...

Episode 62: In Conclusion... from 2019-12-08T18:33:45

We talk about the newly-released season eight trailer and what we can learn from it about the final season of the show. We cover Carrie's whereabouts and mental state since season seven, just wh...

Episode 61: Where We've Landed from 2018-10-28T16:38:03

It took Ashley and I three full tries to record this podcast because of various technical issues, which just goes to show how much we actually wanted to discuss this. This, being.... just what t...

Episode 60: Bulldog, Guardian Angel, Criminal Mastermind from 2018-05-13T20:49:42

We are super excited to bring you this special podcast episode featuring an interview with Ellen Adair, who brought Janet Bayne, Chief of Staff to Senator Paley, to l...

Episode 59: The Lights Go Down from 2018-05-03T18:53:56

This week we're discussing the season seven finale "Paean to the People," which elicited from all of us strong reactions ranging from disgust to pride. We break down the conclusion of Elizabeth ...

Episode 58: Carrie Mathison School of Hard Knocks from 2018-04-26T18:47:38

This week we talk about the raised stakes in "All In," including the return of one of the show's most notorious villains, the climactic meeting of Carrie and Simone, ...

Episode 57: Roots and Wings from 2018-04-17T21:27:34

This week, we examine the tenth episode of the season, "Clarity." Was it boring, or just understated? Does Carrie's decision at the end of the episode give us closure, or was it ultimately frust...

Episode 56: It's a Lot from 2018-04-12T00:46:35

This week on the pod we're talking about "Useful Idiot," including those WTF final few minutes, the fine line between profound and gratuitous, and what we can expect ...

Episode 55: A Beautiful Disaster from 2018-04-05T01:04:56

"This show is... a beautiful disaster"... is pretty much the theme of much of our conversation about the eighth episode of season seven, "Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter." From Carrie's decisi...

Episode 54: "Come to Jesus" Moment from 2018-03-30T03:36:43

This week on the pod we are all about "come to Jesus" moments. First we lament Carrie's inability to see the light re: Dante, and what not to do with your kid on a fi...

Episode 53: The Best Way to Lie from 2018-03-21T01:16:55

This week we are talking all things "Species Jump," one of the best episodes of the show in quite a few years. We cover the joy and beauty of watching Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin acting toge...

Episode 52: Lighter Crime from 2018-03-14T00:19:33

This week on the pod we dive into the fifth episode of season seven, "Active Measures." While I describe by complicated feelings about the Dante (and Quinn) of it all, Gail gives her in-depth th...

Episode 51: Different But the Same from 2018-03-07T01:36:59

There are a lot of people on this show who are, like, bad at things. Carrie, Saul, O'Keefe, Keane, Wellington... This week we examine the potential growth (or lack thereof) of our main character...

Episode 50: The Comptroller of Mole City from 2018-03-01T02:00:32

We've reached a milestone! Our 50th episode covers all things from "Standoff," including a detailed discussion of Carrie Mathison's mental illness and what that portrayal means on television, ju...

Episode 49: Therapy Session from 2018-02-22T00:50:35

This week Gail and I discuss a real.... question mark of an episode, "Rebel Rebel." We spend the majority of the time talking through Carrie's arc and that's where this episode gets its title fr...

Episode 48: St. Maggie's Fire from 2018-02-14T02:37

For our first podcast of season seven, Ashley and I are joined by new podcaster Gail. We discuss our surprisingly not horrible, actually kinda good-ish (or for some, just straight up good) react...

Episode 47: Of or Relating to Controversy from 2018-01-28T23:57:13

WE ARE BACK. Oh my God, this episode. It's been almost five months since our last podcast, and the new season is starting soon, so we have a lot of ground to cover! W...

Episode 46: Live from the Center of the Universe from 2017-09-03T20:52:53

We talk about our (mis)adventures in the city and other fandom/hiatus goings-on.

(Alternate titles: "Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge," "Like in a Batman Kind of Way," "It Was on the Way to Red Lob...

Episode 45: 53 Questions from 2017-07-09T22:41:05

Welcome to #HYHPodAndWhine, a Very Special Episode of the HYH podcast in which we took your questions. From Saul and Dar to Carrie/Quinn love to #quinnspiracy2k17, we cover literally th...

Episode 44: Postmortem (or: I Have My Own Opinions) from 2017-05-31T01:45:36

In this episode we check in nearly two months after that "what the hell just happened here?" finale. We're all in different and strange places. While we locate where we've been and where we thin...

Episode 43: An Unsettled Place from 2017-04-23T00:59:03

My fabulous mother joins me again on the podcast, this time for a discussion of the season finale of season six. I get her take on what we've all been talking about the past few weeks, and we re...

Episode 42: Untold from 2017-04-12T04:50:38

We discuss the finale of season six, "America First." We work through our various reactions--sadness, confusion, rage, shock--and attempt to parse through each of them. Throughout we reflect on ...

Episode 41: Gotta Have that Parallel from 2017-04-05T04:27:11

It's telling that I inadvertently referred to this episode as a debate... there is quite a lot of (healthy) disagreement among us on the various virtues--or lack thereof--in the penultimate epis...

Episode 40: Mishegoss from 2017-03-30T03:46:47

Welcome to our 40th episode! This week Friend of the Pod Jordan joins us to discuss "The Flag House" and our varying levels of anxiety around how the season may (or may not) wrap up. We delve in...

Episode 39: Audible Sigh from 2017-03-22T04:26:51

This week we play catch-up, addressing the question of a feminist Homeland and patting ourselves on the back for being prescient on Brody matters. Just what does it mean for Carrie to c...

Episode 38: Token from 2017-03-18T05:09:45

Better late than never (and better two hours than three)! Our discussion of "alt.truth" spans the spectrum of man pain and feminist heroines. As we discuss just what the writers are doing with P...

Episode 37: What Am I Really Doing Here? from 2017-03-08T05:30:47

This week is all about downward spirals: Homeland's into darkness, Carrie's into madness, Quinn's into tragedy, and Dar's into villainy. On the way Ashley tells a tale of old country ro...

Episode 36: Objective Argument from 2017-03-02T05:18:32

This week on the podcast schedules and routines are disrupted. We discuss "The Return," which was in many ways a departure from what we've seen elsewhere on Homeland this season. Ashley...

Episode 35: Holed Up/Hold Up from 2017-02-24T03:18:15

This week we are discussing "Casus Belli," including our initial gut reactions (very polarized!) and 48-hours-later mellowed reactions. We also dissect Carrie's behavior, whether she was manipul...

Episode 34: Things Fall Apart from 2017-02-20T23:34:57

This week a special guest joins me for a bonus episode of our pod. My mom, who has for years indulged my thoughts and rantings and general wonderments about this show, adds in some commentary of...

Episode 33: The Americans Are Raging from 2017-02-15T03:54:52

In this, our 33rd episode, I come dangerously close to unironically reciting "that is a mischaracterization" à la manic Carrie in "The Vest."

We also get around to discussing Listen

Episode 32: The Coincidence Column from 2017-02-01T03:27:31

"The Covenant" was a strange and interesting and provocative episode. This week we tackle its most divisive scene--yep, that one. Did it make you angry or distracted? Or did it surprise you, in ...

Episode 31: Reasons Why from 2017-01-26T03:24:53

This week we explore the confounding, surprising beauty of "The Man in the Basement." We start at the end, with the devastation of the last scene between Carrie and Quinn, and work our way backw...

Episode 30: Hard Life from 2017-01-11T04:07:32

Horrifying and/or awkward celebrity real life run-ins. Fast forward mishaps. Heart-of-Homeland hot take (for real) (really). Endearing Paley-ness. Déjà vu. STAUNCH HAPPY CARRIE DEFENSE....

Episode 29: Let Me Go from 2017-01-05T02:39:52

Maybe you heard, the first episode of season six was released three weeks early. 

Well. We go through the whole big thing. 

How best to parse through unexpected or even unwanted re...

Episode 28: Without Him from 2016-12-27T15:54:24

The series of HYH pod throwback episodes continues with the season three finale "The Star" and a discussion about what it means to put the mission before the man. We talk Brody's end, Carrie's n...

Episode 27: Love in the Present Tense from 2016-12-24T02:05:30

Our journey through seasons past continues with season two's "New Car Smell." We have mixed opinions, which always makes for lively debate. On the docket: did Brody love Carrie? Did Brody make C...

Episode 26: The Howard Dean of Homeland from 2016-12-19T03:11:37

The season six premiere is exactly four weeks away, so we're counting down by taking a look back. What are the most important episodes of the series? Which had the greatest impact: on us, on the...

Episode 25: What Keeps Me Up at Night from 2016-11-23T05:07:13

It's been over 11 months since the last Homeland episode graced our televisions and the world has changed a lot since then. Our conversation spans the politics of the show as well as th...

Episode 24: Exactly Wrong from 2016-01-19T05:51:23

That's it, that's the show. 

In this episode we attempt to parse through the various different implications of Quinn being alive, and in fact not dead. What follows is a conversation abou...

Episode 23: The Last Illusion from 2015-12-24T03:28:09

Honestly it would be faster to just list what we didn't talk about. 

In this, our last episode of the season, we examine "A False Glimmer" as well as season five overall. We deba...

Episode 22: Peaced Out from 2015-12-18T03:59:33

This week we delve into the brilliant maze that is "Our Man in Damascus" (but not that title because... idk). 

We both elaborate on just how much we absolutely love Allison Carr, that ado...

Episode 21: Best Friends from 2015-12-11T02:27:46

As we close in on the end of the season, we deal with episode 10's revelations and try to anticipate what's coming next. 

Supreme, abject pain: it's the New Normal on Homeland. (or is it?...

Episode 20: We Need to Talk About Peter Quinn from 2015-12-04T03:04:17

...and we do, for like half an hour (and then again some more). About his current situation, whether this is the end, and how we're supposed to feel about Carrie's whole role in all of it. It's ...

Episode 19: Semi-Agree from 2015-11-26T01:39:17

This week we, fittingly, give thanks.

For circa-2005 Carrie, for Allison Carr and her online shopping habit, for some semblance of what they're finally doing with Quinn, for Saul finding ...

Episode 18: It's Just a TV Show from 2015-11-21T02:36:09

(repeat, repeat, repeat)

This week it's a change of pace, a change of heart, ch-ch-changes.

This week we talk about "Oriole" -- was it low-key, or boring, or over-the-top confusing...

Episode 17: It's Complicated from 2015-11-13T02:42:03

We're back and about the same as before after a brief hiatus...

This week is all about euphemisms. Halfway through the season we have a lot of questions and not very many answers...

Episode 16: savigeslut dot tumblr dot com from 2015-10-29T02:45:40

No mentions of HAIR IN A BUN, can you believe? 

We talk a lot about Carrie and Quinn, and what we're supposed to believe, and what we actually do believe, and our hopes and nightmares and...

Episode 15: Fate Reasons from 2015-10-23T05:59:11

On the agenda: is manic Carrie a trope at this point? How did Jonas deal with everything, all things considered? Can anyone explain what's going on with Quinn? Did this episode actually happen? ...

Episode 14: Complicated On Purpose from 2015-10-17T19:44:06

Melrose and I delve into last Sunday's episode. Really good, we agree, but does any of it make sense?

Also on the agenda: How ambiguous was Quinn's reaction? Or Carrie's? Does Saul want t...

Episode 13: How to Be a Human Being from 2015-10-09T02:15:57

It's the first episode of the season! Join us in this expression of our shared obsession. 

On the list: the progression of Carrie Mathison, the regression of Peter Quinn, various transgre...

Episode 12: Just for Fun and on the Side from 2015-09-12T04:11:53

Melrose and I convene for a pre-season session in which I explain my split personalities. We talk about Carrie and Quinn, Saul, boyfriends and wigs and just what the heck is gonna happen this se...

Episode 11: Problematic Fave from 2015-03-14T23:39:49

Melrose and I discuss PaleyFest and what we think season five is gonna look like. We talk about straight white males, real and fictional, and just how problematic they are. It's a lively discuss...

Episode 10: Pros and Khans from 2015-01-21T03:22:06

Melrose and I wrap up the podcast season by talking about season four as a whole. We discuss the characters and storylines we liked (Carrie and Quinn! Lockhart and Martha!) as well as the ones w...

Episode 7: Give Me Your Belt from 2015-01-07T03:49:55

Melrose and I talk about the 45 minutes of hell that was “13 Hours in Isla...

Episode 6: How to Lose Your Mind in 10 Days from 2015-01-07T03:41:32

Melrose and I talk abo...

Episode 9: Sexual Death from 2014-12-30T04:15:14

In this episode Melrose and I talk about the season finale. And by talk I mean discuss at length. Everything from Saul being a monster, motherhood (good and bad), Carrie's arc, Lockhart's lasagn...

Episode 8: Me and My Volkswagen from 2014-12-19T02:54:18

Melrose and I talk about the fourth season's penultimate episode, hitting the big three: Dar, Frank, and Carrie/Quinn. I explain my upcoming dread and Melrose counters with calm and sane logic. ...

Episode 5: Escape or Die Chick from 2014-11-20T02:39:14

Melrose and I discuss the trials and tribulations of having to sit through "Halfway to a Donut." IN THE GOOD WAY. 

We talk about our changing opinions on basically everything, from Saul's...

Episode 4: Popped a Molly, I'm Sweating from 2014-11-13T03:16:13

Melrose and I talk about all things "Redux," from why I can't deal with Saul anymore to just what the heck is going on with Quinn to our reactions behind hallucination!Brody.

We discuss a...

Episode 3: And Here's to You, Ms. Mathison from 2014-10-23T02:20:32

Laura and I go down the rabbit hole with "Iron in the Fire," discussing matters of the mind (Carrie's), body (Carrie's), and soul (also Carrie's).

We talk about the origins of #Famax, wha...

Episode 2: "Shalwar Kameez" Pleez from 2014-10-17T01:30:37

Laura and I talk all things 4.03 including Carrie & Quinn, Carrie & Saul, and hey! there was some sexual energy in that scene with Aayan. Sara overreacts some and Laura does her best to get her ...

Episode 1: Pre-season Deep Dive from 2014-09-09T03:33:31

In our inaugural episode we go down the rabbit hole of pre-season four Homeland goings on. We discuss all those life-affirming promos, as well as where we see characters, relationships, and the ...