Muppets, Sex, and Trauma
A bi-weekly Farscape podcast. Sara, a Farscape fan is guiding her unspoiled friends Jack and Josh through the show episode by episode. We will marvel at the muppets and all the weird stuff, and we'll dig into the trauma and recovery journey over the course of four seasons and a tv movie.
Episodes
84 episodes
Christmas Episode Announcement
This year's Christmas watchalong is A Muppet Family Christmas. We're only releasing this one as video and you can watch it on Patreon or Youtube.https://youtu.be/ImeZMNjxQSIhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/muppet-family-118510227?utm...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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0:39
Episode 4.4 Lava's a Many Splendored Thing
Well, it's not a good episode, but we were entertained. Ren joins Sara and Josh for possibly the most unhinged discussion we've had yet.Guest:Ren (she/they)Creator: Rent the Barbarianhttps://www.youtube.com/c/RenTheBar...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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57:10
Episode 4.2/3 What Was Lost
CW: Discussion of Sexual Assault.John and friends reunion is interrupted by a murder mystery which is interrupted by an uncomfortable Poison Ivy trope all wrapped up in an Indiana Jones/Creature from the Black Lagoon mashup. If you're c...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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49:52
Episode 4.1 Crichton Kicks
Starting season 4 off with a blast or 3. We have a new Leviathan, a new bratty alien, some Klingons, and one very special DRD. Mainely Mandy joins Josh and Sara to get this party started. Guest:MandyC...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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46:09
Season 3 Wrap Up
We find ourselves at the end of another season and so as is tradition here at MS&T we're going to have a bit of a chat about the season as a wholePodcast socialshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-9cHDhut44XA-hQ-RMw6...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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58:37
Episode 3.22 Dog with Two Bones
Heads we cry, tails this episode breaks our hearts. The crew are trying to bury Talyn as John tries to find a future in his rapidly collapsing dreams; there is a parting of ways and a surprising revelation. It's season finale time and Odd...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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1:16:34
Episode 3.20/21 Into the Lion's Den
It's time for the season climax as John and the crew board Scorpi's command carrier with nefarious intentions. This episode has everything, operatic drama, ex-girlfriends, homoerotic tension, redemptions, oh and a guy with a funky looking arm a...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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1:10:21
Return to Oz
It's time for another trip to Oz on another Farscape adjacent episode, this time the 1980s nightmare fuel that is Return to Oz. Zylla and Mainely Mandy join Sara for a rambling discussion about childhood and mental health issues and so much mor...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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1:23:03
Episode 3.19 I Yench, You Yench
Dargo and Braca get unexpectedly close when Rygel and Scorpius's negotiations are interrupted by a plot from Pulp Fiction. Meanwhile Moya and the crew have a heartbreaking decision to make. This episode's guest:...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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1:04:40
Wizard of Oz
For this Farscape adjacent discussion Sara is joined by film critic and friend of the pod Dani to talk about one of the biggest influences on Farscape and also all of pop culture, The Wizard of Oz. Heads up that although the film is for k...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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1:53:24
Episode 3.18 Fractures
In this episode of Muppets, Sex, & Trauma, we will actually be covering Muppet sex, and also trauma. Our friend Charley joins us for all the jokes and tears. Our Guest: Charley (they/them)Podcast socials
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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1:33:49
Episode 3.17 The Choice
Content Warning for grief, trauma, parental abuseThis episode finds Aeryn working through her grief for Talyn-John among other issues. Zylla joins Josh and Sara to talk about mourning rituals, reflections, and when to break the ru...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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50:17
The Muppets
For the second nonFarscape episode Terri Roberts of The Pink Dumbbell Problem joins Sara to discuss The Muppets return to cinema in 2011. We talk nostalgia and queer allegories and chickens singing naughty songs.Guest Terri Roberts<...
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1:24:02
Episode 3.16 Revenging Angel
What is the most powerful force in your life? What keeps you going when you have nothing left? Revenge? Intelligence? Wit? Love? Who are you when everything is taken away? These are excellent questions, and what's the most Farscape way to explo...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:32:44
Muppets From Space
This is the first of our Farscape adjacent episodes and it just made sense to discuss something muppety involving space and so here is Ren and Sara's discussion of the 1999 Henson Company film Muppets From Space. This episode's gue...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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37:43
Episode 3.14/15 Infinite Possibilities part 1 and 2
Jack the Ancient returns to take the Talyn crew on an emotional rollercoaster of an adventure as they visit their old pal Furlough and make the acquaintance of some space orcs. Jessie Gender is here to talk through this absolute banger of a two...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:18:26
Episode 3.13 Scratch'N'Sniff
The Moya crew took some shore leave, what could go wrong? Turns out a lot. Finn joins Josh and Sara for one of the wildest episodes of the series. And that's saying something, because this is FarscapeThis week's guest:Finn (he...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:02:16
Episode 3.12 Meltdown
Hijinks ensue when Talyn, the emo teenage gunship, plays chicken with a star inhabited by a villainous lava man and his phantom captive. Vera Wylde (Council of Geeks) joins us to just revel in this absolute banger of an episode.This epi...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:06:26
3.11 Incubator
Are you ready for some tragic villain backstory? John isn't but he's going to get it anyway because Scorpi is in a sharing mood. Heavy content warning on this one folks, SA, child abuse, ableism, body horror, just all the things. There's a lot ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:15:34
3.10 Relativity
Who's ready for some high stakes high gravity Mama Drama with a side order of Predator pastiche? Ren's back with Josh and Sara to dig into this one.This episode's guest:Ren (she/they)Creator: Rent the Barbarian...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:03:24
Episode 3.9 Losing Time
We're back on Moya for this episode where everyone is sleep deprived and irritated, and that's before a strange entity starts possessing the crew.Guest: Zylla Blackhttps://www.youtube.com/@ZyllasAthenaeumhttps://www...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:10:07
Episode 3.8 Green Eyed Monster
How would you like an old-fashioned screwball romantic comedy, with misunderstandings, miscommunications, a little mortal peril, a petulant teenage spaceship, and several varieties of vomit? Just classic romcom stuff. Mainely Mandy joins ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:32:19
It's a Wonderful Traumatic Muppets Sexlife
Merry Christmas Poppets It's time for our annual Christmas special. Josh couldn't make it this time, but Ren and Oddnon have joined Sara to react to the classic It's a Wonderful Life. Don't worry there's plenty of time to cue up your own copy, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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2:36:55