The Secret Treehouse

Tuck yourselves in and listen to our hosts opine over princesses being brides. In this episode hosts SJ and Gab talk in-depth about pirates, princesses, giants, six-fingered men. Oh, and The Princess Bride (1987). Featuring but not limited to discussions about archetypes, fairy tales, living under rocks, considering piracy and more! The cover art was done by Stacey A. Follow us o

Heavy, heavy spoilers for Challengers (2023). In this belated Pride month episode of the Treehouse, hosts Gab and SJ talk extensively about a sport neither of them have played. Featuring but not limited to topics of Hollywood's legacy throuple movies, totally not phallic imagery, absolutely normal bros from all-boys schools, Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, stinky cats, and more! The cov

In this admittedly belated episode, hosts SJ and Gab talk about the growth, animation, and a lot of emotions with the hit comic Mob Psycho 100. Featuring: Yaoi on Ice, Chinese donghua, the origins of babygirl, and SJ's intense hatred for My Hero Academia. The cover art was done by Stacey A. Follow us on our socials via https://linktr.ee/playgroundpods Support us on Ko-fi! https://

Spoilers for Polite Society (2023) and series one of We are Lady Parts! In this episode, hosts Gab and SJ talk extensively about the complexities, the epic highs and lows of women being in a British punk band. Accompany them in their deep, deep conversations about intersectional feminism, Femslash February, the role of religion in culture, critical analysis, having social anxiety,

Spoilers for 10-year old audio drama, Wolf 359. In this episode, hosts Gab and SJ chronicle their endeavors of having listened to (and relistened to) audio dramas set in space, cursed (by association) horror podcasts, the terrifying space between change and stagnation, and much more! Featuring: Oscar Isaac, science fiction capitalism, weird SJ lore, the return of Ashe the cat, and

Content warnings for mentions and discussions of suicide, suicidal ideations, and death. Spoilers abound for Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (전지적 독자 시점) by Sing-Shong and Puella Magi Madoka Magica. In this episode, hosts SJ and Gab end up talking about apocalypses, big and small. Featuring blorbo treatment, novel-ception, the act of content creation, the act of content

Spoilers abound for 1999 film The Matrix and the more recent 2021 film The Matrix: Resurrections. In this episode, hosts Gab and SJ talk at length about bullet times and how we don't need them to appreciated a good story. Featuring incredibly homoerotic legacy films, the animated Spider-verses, the value of originality and novelty in adaptations and remakes, extended talks about f

Spoilers abound! On the second year of the treehouse, hosts SJ and Gab decide to invite people up! In this episode, friend of the podcast, Alina gently leads us for a deep dive off the mountain peaks in talking about Chinese webnovel, Thousand Autumns. Or Qian Qiu, if you're so inclined. Featuring: Bart Simpson, Hannigram, raw fish, fandom breakups, blorbos, and the greatest comed

General content warning: There may be some explosions in this, as this was recorded well before January 1st and Filipinos are very, very excited about fireworks. Specific trigger warning: We talk about modern slavery and the climate crisis for a bit of this. Stay safe and happy listening, okay? Happy New Year, everyone! This January, hosts Gab and SJ put on their best Foghorn Legh

Is this the last episode of the year or the first episode of the year? Hm... Well, either way, in this one, hosts Gab and SJ talk about the months past, musicals, animation (to the surprise of no one), and The Big Mouse Up In The Sky's official best film series to date: Enchanted and Disenchanted. Featuring: the rain (again), SJ being sick (again), bad reviews of Everything Everywh