Best Kris McPeak Podcasts (2025)

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The Top Five Podcast: A-Z - Songs About Animals 25:34

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In this lively episode of the Top Five podcast, Kris and Annie kick off an exhilarating new series where they explore their favorite songs from A to Z. This week's theme is 'songs about animals,' and the challenge is to select tracks that mention animals without any overlap. From fun and quirky tracks to serious ballads, the hosts share their top f…

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The Top Five Podcast: MY Top Five Wish List of Guest Hosts (solo show) 9:49

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Kris McPeak hosts a solo episode of the Top Five podcast, where she shares her top five wishlist of guest hosts she would love to have on the show. Despite a recording mishap, Kris outlines her choices, starting with Adam Corolla, Tina Fey, the hosts of the Ruthless Variety Program, Kevin Smith, and finally, Jimmy Fallon. She also includes an honor…

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Pop Culture Landmarks Made Famous by Movies and TV 31:28

4M ago31:28

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In this episode of the Top 5 Podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt dive into their favorite pop culture landmarks. They discuss various iconic locations made famous by movies and TV shows, such as the house from a cult classic film in Tulsa, the Ghostbusters Firehouse in NYC, and a famous L.A. hotel. They also share personal anecdotes about v…

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Movies For Which We Get Hassled for Not Seeing 29:48

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In this long-awaited episode of the top five podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and her sister Annie Pruitt delve into the top five movies that they get hassled for never having seen. From Christmas classics to award-winning films, and even cult favorites, the sisters discuss the movies on their lists and why they've never watched them. They also touch on …

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Our Top Five Favorite Songs When You're Having a Bad Day 28:52

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In this entertaining episode of the Top 5 Podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt dive into their favorite 'bad day' songs. The duo discusses the key songs that help shake off a bad day, detailing why each tune uplifts their spirits. They share personal stories, ranging from concert shirts to dog antics, all while keeping the conversation light…

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Our Top Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure Horror Films 34:53

8M ago34:53

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WHOA!!!! It's our 90th Episode!!!!!!! Yeah, Halloween is over...so just put this episode in the queue for next year, LOL! In this week's episode of the Top 5 podcast, Kris McPeak is joined by her sister Annie Pruitt to delve into the realm of guilty pleasure horror movies. They discuss what constitutes a 'guilty pleasure' in the horror genre, explo…

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Our Top Five Favorite ROAD RAGE Songs 24:30

8M ago24:30

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Top Five Road Rage Songs In this episode of the Top Five Podcast, host Kris McPeak and her sister Annie Pruitt discuss their favorite road rage songs. They share personal anecdotes and delve into the cathartic power of music for channeling frustration while driving. Each gives their top five picks, along with honorable mentions, creating an energet…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series - Our Top Five Favorite Tunes from the Years We Were Born! 25:31

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Top 5 Songs from Our Birth Years: A Musical Journey In this week's episode of the Top Five Podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt discuss their top five favorite songs from the Billboard Hot 100 charts of the years they were born. Kris was born in 1968, and Annie in 1974, and they delve into the pop culture significance and personal memories t…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series: Our Top Five Favorite Songs for the Year We Turned 21 32:38

10M ago32:38

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In this episode of the Top 5 podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and her sister, Annie Pruitt, dive into their favorite pop culture hits from the Billboard Hot 100 during the year they each turned 21. Kris reminisces about the hits of 1989, while Annie shares her top picks from 1995. The episode includes engaging discussions about memorable concerts, fun su…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series - Our Top Five Favorites from the Year We Saw Our 1st Concerts 35:55

10M ago35:55

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In this episode of the 'Top Five' podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt dive into their favorite Billboard Top 5 hits from the years they attended their first concerts. Kris recounts her experience from 1978, including memories of her Shaun Cassidy concert, while Annie reflects on her 1987 Kenny Loggins concert. They share a mix of songs from…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series - Our Top Five Favorites from 1999 31:25

11M ago31:25

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Join hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt as they countdown their top five favorite songs from the Billboard Hot 100 list of 1999 on this exciting episode of the Top Five Podcast. They dive into a year marked by a notable country music presence and share nostalgic personal anecdotes tied to hits from bands like Backstreet Boys, Sixpence None the Rich…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series: Our Top Five Faves, U of A Classes of 1991 and 1996! Woo Pig Sooie! 28:47

11M ago28:47

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This could be my FAVORITE series EVER. Maybe. In this episode of the Top Five Podcast, hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt dive into their favorite Billboard Hot 100 singles from the years they graduated college, 1991 and 1996. They continue this series of exploring landmark years in their lives by highlighting music that defined these periods. They…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series: Our Top Five Favorites from the Year We Got Married 36:15

11M ago36:15

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In this episode of the Top Five Podcast, sibling hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt delve into a nostalgic exploration of the Billboard Top 100 hits from the years they got married, 1994 and 2009, respectively. They discuss their top five songs from each year and provide interesting anecdotes about their personal connections to these tracks. From L…

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The Billboard Hot 100 Series: Our Top Five Faves Class of 1986 and 1992 29:53

11M ago29:53

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Top 5 Songs from Our High School Years | Billboard Top 100 Series Join hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt on the Top Five Podcast as they dive into a nostalgic journey through the Billboard Top 100 hits from the years they graduated high school. In this episode, they each share their top five picks, discuss the impact of these songs, and reminisce …

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Our Top Five Favorite Buddy Cop Movies 29:45

11M ago29:45

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Top Five Buddy Cop Movies In this episode, Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt discuss their favorite buddy cop movies. They delve into the comedic and dramatic chemistry between pairs like Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in 'The Heat,' Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines in 'Running Scared,' and Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in 'Bad Boys.' Are any of th…

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The Top Five Podcast - The Most Miscast Movie Roles We've Ever Seen 39:19

12M ago39:19

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Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt explore the most uncomfortable miscasting decisions in film. From altering beloved characters to roles that should have been recast, they dive into the performances that missed the mark. Tune in to discuss how crucial casting can be to a movie's success. 00:00 Welcome Back to the Top Five Podcast! 00:39 Annie's European…

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The Boys of Summer - Our Top Five Favorite Movies about BASEBALL 36:28

1y ago36:28

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And...we're back!! This week, Annie and I are taking on our favorite baseball movies. But first, catch up on gardening updates, recent pop culture watches, and dive into a lively discussion on our top five baseball films. Highlights include memorable quotes, personal stories, and why certain movies made our list. And remember - we ARE sisters and g…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite "Men of the Cloth" 27:43

1y ago27:43

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Top 5 Favorite Clergy in Pop Culture In this episode of our podcast, we dive into our favorite portrayals of priests and religious leaders across movies and television. Join us as we discuss everything from a faith-lost preacher finding redemption in an alien invasion film to the struggle of a gay priest reconciling his identity with his vocation. …

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Hookers and Hustlers 28:43

1y ago28:43

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Top Five Portrayals of Sex Workers in Film In this episode of the 'Top Five Podcast,' Annie and I discuss our top five portrayals of sex workers in movies, continuing our professional series. We cover a diverse range of characters from various films, including some iconic and some darker portrayals. The discussion spans from comedic and romantic in…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Musicians 29:17

1+ y ago29:17

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Welcome Back!! It's been a very busy couple of weeks but Annie and I are back at it. And I'm very excited to share that my co-host and Baby Sister is now Dr. Annie Pruitt. She just defended her dissertation to complete her EdD in Educational Leadership. SO proud of you, Annie!!!! This week we're still rockin' the Professionals Series and we're talk…

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BONUS EPISODE: Top Five "Oscars Overdue" 24:17

1+ y ago24:17

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Welcome to Oscar Week!!! While Annie and Kris have been pretty busy with regular daily life, we did not want Oscar Week to come and go with no special bonus episode. We're not doing a full week of episodes like last year, but we do have a fun one for you today. If you're like us, you always have those one or two or five "special nominees" that you'…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Confidence Persons 35:57

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WHOA!!! Here's our 75th episode, not including bonus episodes! I can't believe it - well, yeah, I can, whatever. This week we're keeping The Professionals Series going with our favorite Grifters - Con Men/Con Women, etc. This started out being a very easy list for me, but then again I was trying not to be overly obvious. I did trump my sister on a …

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie COPS 37:25

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I don't know about y'all, but I could talk about movie cops in a dozen different ways - and I think even Annie would say the same. You often get cops in buddy movies - like Riggs and Murtaugh, Tango and Cash, etc. And then you have the franchise people - for which we do have something to say in this episode. And we haven't even talked about TV cops…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite ACTORS 34:50

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Okay, raise your hand if this is your favorite series so far? It might be mine, I haven't decided yet. But we sure are having a lot of fun. This week, for The Professionals Series, we are talking about our favorite characters who are playing Actors. That's right - actors playing actors, who knew? Talking about these characters was great fun for us.…

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The Professionals Series - Our Top Five Favorite Movie Doctors 41:03

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Welcome to the next episode in our Professionals Series - DOCTORS. Doctors, the real-life heroes in the medical drama of life. Representing them correctly in movies? Oh, it's crucial! Setting Realistic Expectations: Ever notice how in movies, doctors seem to have the superpower of solving complex cases in an hour? Let's talk about the importance of…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie Lawyers 38:30

1+ y ago38:30

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Welcome back to the show and our new Professionals Series! Now that Annie and I have really started digging into this, I think you're going to be THRILLED with what is coming around the bend. Doctors Con Artists Priests "Sex-Workers" What ideas do YOU have for professionals we should add to the series? This episode features ZERO overlap and ZERO ch…

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The Professionals Series: Our Top Five Favorite Movie Teachers 36:07

1+ y ago36:07

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In this episode of the 'top five' podcast, my sister Annie and I launched a new series where we explore portrayals of different careers in movies. We opted to start with Teaching, with this episode making me reflect back on our "Top Five Movies About College" episode. Despite veering off the beaten path, we discuss both movies and characterizations…

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Our Top Five Favorite Characters Played by GARY OLDMAN 35:11

1+ y ago35:11

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Happy New Year, Top Five Fans! And major apologies for taking almost a month off and not telling y'all about it. Between Annie and me, we just needed to take a Tech Time Out. But we are BACK and super duper excited for 2024!! Today's episode is highlighting characters from the incredible film career of one Gary Oldman - Oscar-winning Chameleon Acto…

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Our Top Five Requested Female Character Origin Stories 49:19

1+ y ago49:19

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Exploring Female Origin Stories in Movies In this episode, Sibling co-hosts Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt delve into the origin stories of various female characters in pop culture. They each list their top five picks, followed by an honourable mention. The choices range from Thelma and Louise's Louise to Trinity, from The Matrix and even include cha…

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The Top Five Origin Stories that NEED to Be Told! 34:35

1+ y ago34:35

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Top Origin Stories That Need to be Told - The Male Character Edition In this entertaining episode of the 'Top 5 Podcast the show hosts, Kris and Annie, discuss their Top 5 picks for male character origin stories that they believe need to be explored further. These are characters from popular films who the hosts feel possess fascinating and untold b…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure Tunes 28:37

1+ y ago28:37

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In this episode of 'The Top 5 Podcast', hosted by Kris McPeak and Annie Pruitt, the pair discuss their top five guilty pleasure songs, and this crazy-fun playlist includes tunes from artists like the Nelson brothers, Hanson, and wildly popular boy bands like New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys. They mention songs from Rebecca Black, Air Suppl…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite GP Television Shows 39:31

1+ y ago39:31

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We're up to the second episode of our Guilty Pleasure Series - and after the Movies Episode, which was very difficult for Annie, bless her heart, we are back with our favorite Guilty Pleasure TV shows and this one was just a tad bit easier. Still silly. Remember - guilty pleasures are like the secret stash of chocolate you hide in your desk drawers…

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The Guilty Pleasure Series: Our Top Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure MOVIES 30:45

1+ y ago30:45

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Well - y'all know we HATE to be behind on these shows, but sometimes life just gets in the way, right? Apologies all around for keeping you hanging for - OMG - three weeks. I mean, we get to start missing it, too, LOL. So this new series is all about The Guilty Pleasure. Heather Z. and I were working up an episode on Guilty Pleasure TV shows, but t…

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The Playlist of Our Lives: Five Songs that Tell Our Personal Story (and this one gets personal!) 38:33

1+ y ago38:33

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Well, we are busting out all sorts of first's with this week's episode...Kris cried on the show for the first time, and DANG did we get all sorts of personal. It was like group therapy, but it was just me and Annie. And it was pretty freaking awesome. Creating a musical playlist about your life can be an incredibly fun and introspective experience.…

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The Top Five Albums We Know By Heart - Song for Song, Word for Word, In Succession 35:49

2y ago35:49

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Ah, the magic of music, right? Music enthusiasts have this incredible ability to connect deeply with certain albums because these albums often resonate with their emotions, experiences, or even the phase of life they're going through. It's like finding a musical soulmate! Certain albums become timeless classics because they capture universal themes…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite Working-Class-Hero Songs 25:16

2y ago25:16

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So we're here this week to close out the country music series - we think, anyway - and as a Belated Labor Day show, we are honoring the World of Work. this little episode features songs that honor the work day, but even though the term "working class hero" does refer to blue-collar, Annie and I reflect on our own hourly-worker experiences as well a…

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Our Top Five Favorite Sports Movies 36:17

2y ago36:17

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Whoa, sports movies!! What is it about these films that give us such a charge?? Movies about sports have this magical ability to captivate us because they tap into our deepest emotions and passions. They're not just about the game; they're about the human spirit, determination, and the triumph of the underdog. When we watch these films, we're not j…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Male/Female Duets 25:28

2y ago25:28

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SPOILER ALERT: Yes, absolutely, someone DID put "Islands on the Stream" on their Top Five List. Now we can all relax. This is the second-to-last (I think) episode in our Country Music Series, and we do hope y'all have enjoyed these. At the very least, you might have heard a new(er) country song that you hadn't heard before or even discovered an art…

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OUCH - Our Top Five WORST Cover Songs of All Time - or at least what we can think of today! 24:38

2y ago24:38

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This episode was fun, but it wasn't as easy as you might think! You know already that Annie and I are a bit "koo-koo" over cover songs. We have our very favorites and we have ideas of cover songs we would like to see created someday...but we also have some that we completely and unapologetically despise and we plan to tell you about that in today's…

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite Tunes from the New Millenium 26:38

2y ago26:38

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Maybe it's because both Annie and me didn't really get into country music until our adult years - and in both cases, that was around the late '90s and early 2000s - but we still feel compelled to continue the country music series AND the concept of our favorite "whatever" in The New Millenium...but that is the theme for today's Country Music Series…

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Our Top Five Favorite Character ACTRESSES - Let's Hear it for the Ladies! 31:13

2y ago31:13

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Welcome back!! We wouldn't be doing our due diligence if we didn't give the ladies a chance to be featured for that whole Character Actor thing. We talked about our favorite five fellas a couple of weeks ago, now we'll dish about the ladies! To be clear, what makes someone a "Character Actress?" A 'character actress' typically refers to an actress …

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The Country Music Series: Our Top Five Favorite DRINKIN' Songs 22:57

2y ago22:57

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I am quite surprised that it took us more than a year to get down with Country Music, but I'm really glad that we have, AND that we're starting this special "mini-series" with our favorite Drinkin' Songs. Annie and I both went to high school in rural Arkansas, and the first thing we ever learned about country music (having just moved from Chicago) …

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Our Top Five Selection of Movies Which TOTALLY Deserve a Sequel! 32:38

2y ago32:38

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yes, of course, "hey, Hollywood, let's give you ten more movies that require a sequel!" Said no one EVER. Except that Annie and I are saying it now - and we really, really mean it! Seriously - you know there have been movies you've seen in the theaters - or even movies that you've been watching for two or more decades and you always say, "dang, I r…

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Our Top Five Favorite Cover Tunes From the "New Millenium." 34:07

2y ago34:07

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Welcome back to another fun show! Sorry that we've sort of been hit-and-miss since Annie returned from Europe. Working this whole 4/10 schedule usually means I'm home by 6 pm and that's a little late for my Central-Time Co-Host Sibling to get started recording. But don't you worry - the 4/10's will be ending SOON! Meanwhile, you're going to hear An…

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Our Top Five Favorite Male Character Actors 34:05

2y ago34:05

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Happy Belated Independence Day, or as I like to say, "Happy Birthday to My Favorite Sibling Co-Host!" Yes, that's right, our own Annie Pruitt was Born on the 4th of July and we still totally let her think that the fireworks are all for her! We had a couple of weeks off, ish, while Annie was in Europe with her family, but we have a HUGE new list of …

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The Top Five Tunes Featuring Lyrics We Find Strange, Curious, or Interesting... 29:36

2y ago29:36

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Song Lyrics... When I was in college, Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" album had just been released and I remember giggling with my friend Camille about the "RONI" song. We had turned "my heart belongs to tender Roni..." into "My heart, belongs to Macaroni." and it wasn't too much longer after that when author Gavin Edwards published 'Scuse Me While …

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Our Top Five Favorite Sick Day Movies 25:49

2y ago25:49

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While there are certainly full seasons of shows you can binge-watch on Hulu or Netflix on a sick day, there are also a bunch of great movies out there that are easy to follow, will make you laugh and smile, and otherwise take your mind off of whatever ailment you are nursing. And surely lots of us needed this list during our recent pandemic, but le…

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5 Songs That Always Remind Me of My Co-Host/Sister 25:07

2y ago25:07

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This was the most fun episode EVER. Thought it would be a little emotional, but it was more like two sisters hanging out and talking about songs that incite specific memories of super good times and for all of the right reasons. Like the song from bands she introduced me to...The Muffs, and Letters to Cleo. And the stuff I used to sing at the colle…

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Our Top Five Favorite Films Featuring Ensemble Casts 34:31

2y ago34:31

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Well, happy Late Hump Day - or it might even be Thursday by the time this gets posted. Regardless - Annie and I had a very busy Memorial Day Weekend, cranking out shows for y'all and trying to get ahead of the game while she's in Europe with the fam. As for me - it's "Summertime" at the day job, so I'm doing as much as I can to catch up and put sum…

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Our Top Five Favorite Songs About Summertime 24:50

2y ago24:50

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Well, to quote Kenny Chesney: "Summertime is finally here!" I just returned from Kansas to see my sister's daughter Emily graduate from High School, which seemed like the absolute perfect time to hang out and record a show about Summer Songs. So not necessarily songs with "summer" in the title, nor are they songs that are specifically "about summer…