Tart Party
Ep. 115 | Amelia Earhart and Elizabeth Holmes
This week, Kate and Christina post a salmon toast missed connection, and gab about Liza Minnelli drag queens and audiobook fails, documentarians, and calls coming from inside the house.
Ep. 114 | Pre-Appetizer Wine
This week, Kate and Christina are astonished by rude party guests, give unwilling tattoo tours, discuss guns, and which country's horn you put your whole fist into.
Ep. 113 | Thanks, Sweet Cheeks!
This week, Kate and Christina discuss rave outfits and night-time camo, being recognized in public, sweat shops and disaster zones.
Ep. 112 | Ephemeral Doughnut
This week, Kate and Christina talk about how to quit in a blaze of glory, scorching yoga classes, mysterious foods and near-death experiences.
Ep. 111 | Trunk Shrimp
This week, Kate and Christina discuss work personas and reinterpreted fidget spinners, inappropriate thank you cards, and visitors who don’t come bearing gifts.
Ep. 110 | Judgmental Nerds
This week, Kate and Christina hypothesize about how they can make their podcast even dirtier to attract more sponsors, and they also lament hate pop-ups and stolen "no soliciting" signs, and casually leaving family text chains.
Ep. 109 | Burial Ground of Good Intentions
This week, Kate and Christina consider raising a baby army, talk to their transcript-reading viewer-listeners, unravel fairytale timeline conundrums, and ask for feedback on the Too Good To Go app.
Ep. 108 | Ouija Stories to Tell in the Dark
This week, Kate and Christina discuss doll identities, birthday trivia, ha-ha bullshit, and winning drink name competitions.
Ep. 107 | Blesséd Fireworks
This week, Kate and Christina call up special guest Jen Mays to talk about her Fringe show! They also discuss one-way-street surprises, property trespassing, rescuing treed kittens, and boob and beard massage experiences.
Ep. 106 | Greeting Card Hoarder
This week, Kate and Christina retell some stories, but also discuss instrument injuries, midseason reality contestant surprises, and advocate for the solo diners of the world.
Ep. 105 | Half Hole
This week, Kate and Christina show how good they are at public speaking, make one too many wood instrument jokes, are wowed by impressive cakes, and learn stuff about the World Cup.Â
Ep. 104 | Rorschach Test
This week, Kate and Christina chat about a cat-sitting community, pickup artists, driveway surprises, and how money is a cerebral concept.
Ep. 103 | Furr's Cafeteria Dinner Hour
This week, Kate and Christina dive into a comedy of errors featuring tempura shrimp, coping mechanisms, drag trains, drag games, drag bingo, and a Norwegian goodbye.
Ep. 102 | Unwanted Gravy Delivery
This week, Kate and Christina reflect on Carmen San Diego; debate how things work in reality TV art direction, storytelling and villainy; and congratulate each other on knowing how to be the pettiest bitch in any situation.
Ep. 101 | Pretty Woman Moment
This week, Kate and Christina are getting a little too comfortable with podcasting, reliving the trauma of their youth, discussing the intersection of food and purpose, and judging books by their covers while also getting mad about people doing that to them.Â
Ep. 100 | Playa Nudista
This week, on EPISODE 100 (!!!), Kate and Christina are joined by VERY special guest and the oldest man alive, Greg Butell! Together, they reminisce about the occupational hazards of winterized toilets, the proper amount of land for a coffin, and Greg Butell's head.
Ep. 99 | Goatherd-core
This week, Kate and Christina decide to start over with this whole podcast thing, and also talk about scam artists and butt rubbing in nature.
Ep. 98 | Avant-garde Ramen
This week, Kate and Christina talk to very special guest, Tart Party superfan Josh Meyer! They have varying levels of enjoyment with an extraordinary taste test, and discuss Gumby's girlfriend, potpourri crab legs, and best-to-worst apple rankings.
Ep. 97 | Scandal-gate!
This week, Kate and Christina talk about their best karaoke-queen experiences, how to resign from work, uterus cobwebs and ick movies of the '90s.
Ep. 96 | Tattoo Parlor Red Flag
This week, Kate and Christina try out their best morning bits, debate their top voting criteria, and find themselves shocked by some sexualized water bottles.
Ep. 95 | Bar Fight!
This week, Kate and Christina take crone selfies, discuss their favorite self-care apps, listen to some scatting featuring Kim Cattrall, and proclaim the necessity of washing your leafy greens.
Ep. 94 | Squalls and Tempests
This week, Kate and Christina receive tawdry work emails and inappropriate sympathy cards, protest wine list monopolies, and serve as a cornhole league sub.
Ep. 93 | He is Risen!
This week, Kate and Christina celebrate a special Easter-themed episode, telling each other stories featuring a multitude of Christinas, a singular Eight, improv sleepaway camp, and how to exist as a night owl or a morning owl.
Ep. 92 | Bob Balaban Energy
This week, Kate and Christina spoil Twin Peaks for everyone. Again. They also discuss movies that neither of them has seen, hypothesize how Miss Havisham and John Waters are related, watch Ocean’s Eleven on repeat, and brainstorm ideas on how to do a one-woman owl call musical.
Ep. 91 | Très Dramatique!
This week, Kate and Christina talk about bad behavior on airplanes, influencer plates, determine each other's seasons, and make butter and champagne plans for episode 100!
Ep. 90 | How Old Am I, Mom?
This week, Kate and Christina talk about Kate's whirlwind birthday trip to Tucson, Linda Ronstadt's favorite haunts, Sonoran hot dogs, and main-character-energy nopales salad.
Ep. 89 | Jose Iglesias in France
This week, Kate and Christina have a mini chat about a Traitors mega marathon with snacks that could feed an army of Alan Cumming buffs, and debate what would happen if scotch and tequila had a baby.
Ep. 88 | Wet Cinnamon Roll
This week, Kate and Christina chat with spooky bon vivant Eryn Bates, quizzing her on Casimir Pulaski Day, the Black Velvet Band that plays Irish music but doesn't have Irish performers, deep-fried butter treats, and enjoy gluten-free snacks from Billie's Grocery.
Ep. 87 | I Am the Pervert!
This week, Kate and Christina walk down the Aldi Aisle of Shame, talk about unacceptable lobby behavior, and discuss tricks to get lots of compliments on your looks.
Ep. 86 | Bruise My Butt, Bike Daddy!
This week, Kate and Christina consider unpalatable protein bars and unexpected shockwaves, play colonoscopy charades, and swap anesthesia stories.
Ep. 85 | Friends Without Faces
This week, Kate and Christina discuss memes that make them feel seen, beauty tattoos, sleep humming, and what to do when your friends don't recognize you.
Ep. 84 | Security Footage Floor Show
This week, Kate and Christina make it mini, discussing mall walkers, food court samplers, and a spaetzle showdown.
Ep. 83 | The Island of Lost Things
This week, Kate and Christina do not brave the snow by chatting on Zoom, imagine thieves playing tricks through the window, discuss fake cocktails and fake meat, and try to find some measure of hope while the world is as terrible as it can be.
Ep. 82 | Seances and House Ghosts
This week, Kate and Christina discuss unwanted pranks, what an alderman is, travel nightmares, and how to speak Klingon.
Ep. 81 | Fugue State
This week, Kate and Christina discuss high fashion in reality TV, cacti medical emergencies, books, more books, all the books, we're a book podcast now.
Ep. 80 | Where the Bodies are Buried
This week, Kate and Christina talk with special guest Erin Luttrell about shimmying, side-eye, and butt cakes, following the conclusion of the Holiday Baking Championship.
Ep. 79 | Unmasking J. Kent
This week, Kate and Christina are visited by none other than J. KENT (not Barnhart)! All mysteries are revealed, and they discuss living, non-blonde Rebeccas, bone knives, and sign-off fingers.
Ep. 78 | Laser Cat Heist
This week, Kate and Christina go through simultaneous holiday panic and hangovers, discuss lady conductrixes, the many things you can do with ham, AV club social skills, and where to keep your reserve weapons.
Ep. 77 | Barren Shrews
This week, Kate and Christina aver that J. Kent is DEAD TO US. They also hide knives (just in case), do some listener-question role play, discuss how libraries work, develop some really good ad lines, and get blocked for being silly gooses.
Ep. 76 | Santa Klaus
This week, Kate and Christina discuss the great claymation studio rivalry, villains in their favorite holiday films, Navidad pop-ups, and tips on how to shut down stupid questions online.