Things That Keep Me Up at Night
The podcast that asks the question: What keeps you up at night? Hosts Brooke and Olivia discuss a variety of topics from cults to genocides to conspiracies to plagues. Are you interested in learning more about corporate greed, human exploitation, and the many, many things that can kill you? Do you want to leave feeling broken with a complete lack of faith in humanity but, like, in a funny way? Then welcome home, son.
Naptime Nightmares #067 - DON'T GO IN THE FOREST (featuring Lex Mooney)
After you hear friend-of-the-show Lex Mooney share these stories of mysterious disappearance, law enforcement incompetence, and the occasional preventable death, you'll have learned three lessons:
Children are slippery beasts. Your ABCs (Always Be Clinging to a friend so you don't accidentally die on a hike). THE FOREST IS A TERRIFYING PLACE.A huge thanks to Lex for being on the show (and David Paulides for collecting these stories in his book, Missing 411)! We can't wait to hear what you have to terrify us next.
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Naptime Nightmares #066 - The Gay Deceivers (1969)
Happy Pride Month! We're kicking it off with a review of an LGBTQ cult classic. The Gay Deceivers (1969) was one of the first American films to portray include depictions of homosexuality after the elimination of the Hays Code that plagued Hollywood for decades. While we initially selected the film because of an oh-so-viral video of Michael Greer, we were splendidly surprised with how comfortably camp the film was.
The film follows two friends, Danny Devlin and Elliot Crane, who decide to dodge the draft by pretending to be in a gay relationship. Due to rules regarding the m...
Naptime Nightmares #065 - Watermelon Man (1970)
Huge thanks to Behind the Slate Podcast for turning us on to this underexposed gem - give 'em a listen and follow them on Tiktok (which is where we saw the video that inspired this episode).
These two white girls from Southern California were woefully unaware of the powerhouse that is Melvin Van Peebles - a man who basically set the standard for what would become known as Blaxploitation film. This episode changed that.
Don't let the movie's premise (a bigoted white man becomes Black) scare you off. Watermelon Man is one of the most di...
Naptime Nightmares #064 - Do What You Can
Folks, we could all use a little good news. But instead of a Gong Noise episode, we decided to find a new direction: Historical acts of kindness. Though the five different stories of individual kindness were different in scale, time period, and motive, we were surprised to find a uniting factor that resonated directly with the times we find ourselves living through now (even if Olivia still managed to make her last one a bummer).
Featuring: moral ambiguity, compassion, and a path forward.
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Naptime Nightmares #063 - Gwyneth Paltrow's in the News, Let's Make Fun of GOOP
While Olivia and Brooke work up the data to present something decent on the RESTRICT Act, we decided to take Gwyneth Paltrow's moment in the media cycle to revisit all the things we hate about GOOP (and rich people lol). Gwyneth, if you're reading this, take this as a sign. Go to therapy. Talk to non-millionaires. I'm begging you.
Also, as an update, we're deleting our social media! You can still reach us at ttkmeup@gmail.com or through our website. Thanks for understanding!
Featuring: a new segment called Would You Buy That, the healing...
Naptime Nightmares #062 - The Red Pill (2016)
Ok so we watched this movie in 2016 and had this incredible plan to revisit it, listen to our old review, and compare it with our current opinions. But I guess we Mandela Effect-ed ourselves into thinking we had done an episode on it? We literally confused our real life for Content. Unbelievable.
Anyway, The Red Pill is a nightmare of a documentary (both technically and in substance). If nothing else, it served as a metric for how much we've grown in 7 years, because this was truly insufferable. Get ready for an hour and a half of analytical r...
Episode #063 - Who's to Blame for Child Beauty Pageants?
The deep dive into child beauty pageants is finally complete. The big question: Why do parents still engage with these pageants when they're a.) so demonstrably harmful to kids and b.) so universally disliked by our culture? The answer is simpler than you may think.
Featuring: That pesky old Capitalism again, a Sociology 101 class, and a surprise guest star.
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Naptime Nightmares #061 - From Justin to Kelly (2003)
We've had a WEEK (read: we are very tired), so instead of an emotionally-draining heavy hitter we've opted for another terrible movie to lift our spirits. And let me tell you, From Justin to Kelly DELIVERED.
There is nothing right about this movie. The writing, acting, dancing, singing, songwriting, direction, photography, everything is as wrong as it can be. And yet, somehow, Olivia and I both had the singularly euphoric experience of wanting to watch it again immediately. When it comes to the world of uniquely terrible film, this is something special.
Featuring: Our lord an...
Naptime Nightmares #060 - The Delicate Balance of Family Toxicity in Comedy
To give you a break from real-life family toxicity in the pageant world, we're diving deep into... fictional family toxicity! Hooray!
For the first time, we compared two different movies for our minisode: Monster in Law (2005) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). The latter is one of our favorite comedies, like, ever, and the other is... well, we hadn't seen it since we were kids, so it wasn't much of anything to us. Until we watched it again. And now we both hate it.
But why do we hate it? They're both films about unhealthy fam...
Episode #062 - Child Beauty Pageants Are Worse Than We Thought
Disclaimer: We had some audio issues on Brooke's recording this week - it's a little annoying, but still listenable, and we really hope it doesn't affect your listening experience too much. Please stick with it! It's our longest episode, and we're really proud of how it turned out. Hope you enjoy!
TW: child abuse (nothing graphic, but general neglect and disregard for their needs), sex and sexuality (in the context of both child sexual development and abuse), a brief mention of eating disorders (personal anecdotes about our experiences, also not graphic but potentially triggering), and a brief...
