Trisha Basak and Ambar Grullón followed the "best-friends-with-a-great-dynamic-to-co-hosting-a-podcast" pipeline with WOMEN OF DOLOR. They like to talk about anything and everything, but recurring themes include being people of color and having precociously great taste.
Keep up with them on Instagram (@womenofdolor_podcast).
Sound design by Laura Feliz (@lauuu.design).
Title song by Trisha Basak.
Trisha and Ambar have no excuses (but also no shame) about starting a new season. But, hey, at least Natalie and Keke from Netflix's Twentysomethings are with them. Tune in for some shameless conversations.
Listen to Natalie and Keke's podcast, Hopeful & Horny, here (https://open.spotify.com/show/3CVzgN7ZpJ6KpZmLGNNMU7?si=1c3fa8c4acc54503).
Follow Natalie on Instagram at @keepitcabo and Keke on Instagram at @keaunoperez.
24 Feb 2021
S2E3 - SO WE DID A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
Trisha and Ambar decide to switch places for three days, but their social experiment doesn't go according to plan. They talk about the self, swapping wardrobes, and the immense relief of not pretending to be somebody else.
17 Feb 2021
S2E2 - 36 QUESTIONS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH US
Trisha and Ambar answer 10 of the infamous 36 Questions to Fall in Love with a Stranger. Which means, they've also pitched themselves as Top Tier Romantics. Want to fall in love with them?
3 Feb 2021
S2E1 - ASTROLOGY
Trisha and Ambar have a divinely fun conversation about the stars. With their guests, Benjamin Alicandri and Valentina Zapata, they gab about their sun signs, predeterminism, and why millennials and Gen Z have made astrology their new religion.
25 Nov 2020
S1E13 - GIRL TALK, PART ONE: CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Trisha and Ambar are back and worse than before. Trisha dishes out some conspiracy theories while Ambar questions Absolutely Everything And Everyone. Kick back, relax, and enjoy some terror-inducing anxiety!
16 Sept 2020
S1E12 - THE PEOPLE OF DOLOR
Trisha and Ambar take the backseat for this season's finale. It's a community forum, featuring the PEOPLE OF DOLOR. These beautiful Black and brown individuals talk about: personal experiences, grievances, what all white people should know, and why they're proud of who they are. (cw: racial trauma)
9 Sept 2020
S1E11 - CULT FILMS: IN OR OUT?
Trisha and Ambar talk about two infamous cult film franchises: The Twilight Saga and Harry Potter. With their guest Samantha Franz (the Swiss Army knife of theatre), they dissect: how the two shaped pop culture, what is it that drew audiences in, and why we continue to love them both as we unpack the problematic source material. Stay tuned, spider monkeys! (CW: stalking, dating violence, abuse)
2 Sept 2020
S1E10 - DISNEY PRINCESSES
Trisha and Ambar indulge their nostalgia and remember their love of Disney Princesses. They're not dead, but maybe they're outdated - keep up as the WOMEN OF DOLOR figure out if we can be socially responsible and reclaim Disney Princesses. (CW: consent, assault, parental abuse)
26 Aug 2020
S1E9 - LITTLE WOMEN, PART TWO
Trisha and Ambar, still heated from the previous episode (but who wouldn't be?), are back at it again in the final installment of this Little Women two-parter. Along with their Hannibal-loving buddy, Juliana Bodenstein, they dish about: Beth's adultified childhood, Amy's ambition and superficiality, Laurie's unfortunate patriarchal role, among others. Trisha, Ambar, and Juliana also discuss which characters each of them emulates.
19 Aug 2020
S1E8 - LITTLE WOMEN, PART ONE
Trisha and Ambar have their very first guest: their Hannibal-loving buddy, Juliana Bodenstein! In the first installment of this Little Women two-parter, the trio discuss the novel, Jo & Professor Bhaer, Meg and John's classist struggles, and the Greta Gerwig of it all.
12 Aug 2020
S1E7 - DEAR STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS
Trisha and Ambar gossip about Strong Female Characters and how being Strong isn't actually fair or attainable. They gab about female-led sequels, toxic femininity, and famous Strong Female Characters in media. They'd also like to preface that this episode is quite literally a shit-show: stick around for Trisha's antics and Ambar's monologue following the disclaimer. (CW: sexual assault & trauma, fairly graphic mention of menstruation)
29 Jul 2020
S1E6 - ARE WE ALL MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRLS?
Trisha and Ambar expose themselves as performative servants of the Male Gaze and call out the Cool Girls, Mean Girls, and Manic Pixie Dream Girls of media. They also share their personal experiences in those tropes and ultimately conclude that self-awareness is embarrassing. (CW: eating disorders, body image, sexual trauma)
22 Jul 2020
S1E5 - GINA RODRIGUEZ & SINGULAR ALLYSHIP
Trisha and Ambar talk about: Gina Rodriguez, Afro-Latinidad, the repulsive history of Trujillo-era Dominican Republic, AND what it means to be caught up in Oppression Olympics.
15 Jul 2020
S1E4 - DOUBLE-CONSCIOUSNESS IS A BURDEN
Trisha and Ambar talk about the b*tch of double-consciousness, PWIs, and the lifelong lesson of staying in your own lane.
8 Jul 2020
S1E3 - "NEVER HAVE I EVER" & MINDY KALING
Trisha and Ambar dissect: Netflix's teen drama-comedy, "Never Have I Ever", Mindy Kaling selling out, and the commodification of representation in TV & film. (CW: mentions of racial violence & trauma)
1 Jul 2020
S1E2 - WE ARE THE VIRUS
Trisha and Ambar discuss the COVID-19 meme, "WE ARE THE VIRUS," in relation to: race, privilege, performativity, and this pandemic...all in the name of social media activism. (CW: mentions of racial violence & trauma)
24 Jun 2020
S1E1 - FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Trisha and Ambar discuss their infamous meet-cute and how all first impressions are basically like dating apps.
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