Dr. Waffle & Friends

Welcome to Season Three of Doctor Waffle & Friends! It’s a whole new recipe, containing 50% more Friends! Beginning with this episode, our new format will alternate episodes in which Dr. Waffle reads an essay and is interviewed by a Friend, and episodes in which a guest writer reads an essay and is interviewed by Dr. Waffle.In the first episode of the new season, Dee shares a

In this episode, Tania’s story cues us up to FINALLY talk about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and we share favorite moments, relationships, and themes. We also discuss watching TV with friends, TV you have to pay attention to, and people who talk during TV shows. And we say farewell to a friend of Dr. Waffle and make room for new friends. TAGS: Thirtysomething, The Bear, Dark, Buff

In this episode, Dee shares her lifelong obsession with candy bars, and she and Tania discuss the Great American Candy Bar Hierarchy, milk vs. dark chocolate, the dynamics of sharing dessert, judgmental waiters, recovered memory, and so much more.TAGS: Cadbury; Snickers; Zagnut; New Zealand; attachment theorySpoilers for Thelma and Louise and The Mill on the FlossTake the candy bar

In this episode, Tania reads an excerpt from her forthcoming book and she and Dee discuss stress about politics, political parties, political polarization, Canadian politics, Mississippi politics, and dislike of talking about politics.TAGS: Facing the Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided NationSpoilers for the 2016 U.S. Presidential electionFind out more

In this episode, Dee reflects on the nature of good and evil and she and Tania discuss serial killers, Prince, and elementary-school musicals.TAGS: serial killers; Serial; Undisclosed; S-Town; Civil War; Prince; Trader Joe’s; fava beans; Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist; James Brussel; Malcolm Gladwell; Michael Hobbes; If Books Could Kill; Manichaeism; Buddhist causes and conditi

In this episode, Tania reads a love story, and we chat about limerence, COVID, FOMO, and keeping the spark alive.Tags: Love and Limerence by Dorothy Tennov; Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel; The Art of Gathering by Priya ParkerSpoilers for “Modern Family”Thanks for listening! If you liked what you heard, please rate, review, subscribe, and share so more folks can find us.FOL

In this episode, Deanna talks—a lot—about the The Music Man, and then she and Tania discuss musicals, con artistry, repressed sexuality, billiards vs. pool, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ikea furniture, and so much more.Tags: Meredith Willson, The Music Man, Pirates of Penzance, Lithuania, South ParkSpoilers for The Music Man, Breakfast at Tiffany’sDeanna says she still can’t rem

In this episode, Tania shares a story that might be a poem, and we chat about bisexual haiku (#biku), The Big Lebowski, men’s vulnerability, the challenges marginalized people have recognizing their own privilege, and patriarchy.Tags: Eve Sedgwick; Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market; Battle of the SexesSpoilers for Forgetting Sarah MarshallThanks for listening! If you liked what you

In this episode, Dee recalls* when she was the subject of a memory experiment, and we chat about trivia, game shows, Leonard Bernstein, feline song lyrics, and Tania’s crush on Alex Trebek. [*See what we did there?]TAGS: Jeopardy!; What’s My Line Spoilers for Episode #8004 of Jeopardy!Link to Tania’s uncle’s appearance on What’s My Line?Link to Rob’s appearance on Jeopa

In this episode, Tania answers the age-old question, “Have you ever been married?” We talk about Jewish weddings, Vegas weddings, green card weddings, secret weddings, same-gender weddings, and David Sedaris.TAGS: The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings; J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with WordsSpoilers for “The Office”All about Mormon polygamous sects in British Co