Podcast
The SWAMP
Hosted by Dara Valcour and Emily Kievra · EN
SWAMP: Some Whack Ass Movie Podcasting. The brilliant, dazzling, and entirely unqualified Emily and Dara will talk your ear off each week about a different movie. Movies they love, movies they hate, and sometimes movies they love to hate, and hate to love. Pour yourself a drink, grab a carb-based snack, and tune in to hear some hot takes on all things movies.
25episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Moonrise Kingdom
Aug 7, 202501:20:36Tap to summarizePacking our camping gear and hiking out to Moonrise Kingdom this week to kick off our August 'Camp' theme, thanks to listener Brooke for suggesting! Friend of the pod Matt Bacon joins us for chocolate or vanilla, and we get very off topic about Garbage Plates, Solar Eclipses, and The Boy Scouts of America. Recommended documentary: Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Netflix)Send us a textSWAMP stuff:TikTok: @theswamppodcastInstagram: @theswamppodBluesky: @theswamppodcast.bsky.socialYouTubeDara's Letterboxd Emily's Letterboxd Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Email: theswamppod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jul 31, 202501:07:27Tap to summarizeSWAMP regular Erin, cousin of Dara, joins us to end Spielberg month with a Last Crusade. Tumblr Post MentionedHenry's Letterboxd I shouted out a chocolate chip cookie recipe in this episode that I now realize is behind a paywall (boo) so I am pasting it below:IngredientsYield: 10 cookies2cups/256 grams all-purpose flour½teaspoon baking soda¾teaspoon salt½pound/227 grams unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temperature1½cups/302 grams granulated sugar¼cup/55 grams packed light or dark brown sugar1egg1½teaspoons pure vanilla extract6ounces/170 grams bittersweet chocolate (about 60 percent cacao solids), chopped into coarse pieces, bits and shardsPreparationStep 1Adjust an oven rack to the middle position. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil, parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.Step 2In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt.Step 3In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, beat the butter on medium until creamy. Add the granulated and brown sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla and 2 tablespoons water, and mix on low to combine. Add the flour mixture, and mix on low until combined. Add the chocolate and mix on low into the batter. (At this point, the dough can be refrigerated for several hours or overnight.)Step 4Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Form the dough into 3½-ounce (100-gram) balls (a heaping ⅓ cup each). Place 4 balls an equal distance apart on a prepared pan, and transfer to the freezer for 15 minutes before baking. After you put the first baking sheet in the oven, put the second one in the freezer.Step 5Place the chilled baking sheet in the oven and bake 10 minutes, until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center. Lift the baking sheet and let it drop down against the oven rack, so the edges of the cookies set and the inside falls back down. (This will feel wrong, but trust me.) Bang it down, if necessary, to make the center fall.Step 6After the cookies puff up again, 2 to 3 minutes later, repeat lifting and dropping the pan, every 3 minutes, to create ridges around the edge of the cookie. Bake 16 to 18 minutes total, until the cookies have spread out, and the edges are golden brown, but the centers are much lighter and not fully cooked.Step 7Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool before removing the cookies from the pan.Step 8Repeat with remaining cookies, using the first sheet pan for the third batch of cookies.Send us a textSWAMP stuff:TikTok: @theswamppodcastInstagram: @theswamppodBluesky: @theswamppodcast.bsky.socialYouTubeDara's Letterboxd Emily's Letterboxd Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Email: theswamppod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Jesus Camp
Feb 22, 2023Tap to summarizeName something more terrifying than the human race. Or more specifically, Evangelical Christians from Middle America who run Jesus camps that aim to turn children into soldiers of god? Stepping out of our usual box and covering the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp this week to end Freaky February!Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Instagram: @theswamppodTwitter: @theswamppodTikTok: @theswamppodcastOur Letterboxd Accounts: @okaydara and @ekievraYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv794Q8FKCMaBThxuWIZwIQEmail: theswamppod@gmail.comMerch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSWAMPpodcastSend a textSWAMP stuff:TikTok: @theswamppodcastInstagram: @theswamppodBluesky: @theswamppodcast.bsky.socialYouTubeDara's Letterboxd Emily's Letterboxd Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Email: theswamppod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Brokeback Mountain
Aug 31, 2022Tap to summarizeIs Brokeback Mountain named after the location, or named after the action of having your back broke on a mountain? up for debate. Ending Aaaah It's Our Podcast August with Dara's favorite christmas movie. As always please slide into our DMs for literally any reason!!!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv794Q8FKCMaBThxuWIZwIQInstagram/Twitter: @theswamppodTikTok: @theswamppodcastOur Website: www.theswamppodcast.comMerch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSWAMPpodcast?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1115535719Email: theswamppod@gmail.comSend us a textSWAMP stuff:TikTok: @theswamppodcastInstagram: @theswamppodBluesky: @theswamppodcast.bsky.socialYouTubeDara's Letterboxd Emily's Letterboxd Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Email: theswamppod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Heathers
Sep 22, 2021Tap to summarizeHow Very. This week we cover another gaslight gatekeep girlboss movie, the 1988 cult classic Heathers. So fuck me gently with a chainsaw and get your croquet clubs ready to join us this week for a wild ride. And be sure to comment on any of our socials, website, or email with your answer to our giveaway question this month: if you were given five million dollars, and that same day aliens land on earth and say that in two days, they're going to blow up the earth. What do you do?Twitter and Instagram: @theswamppodTikTok: @theswamppodcastWebsite: theswamppodcast.comEmail: theswamppod@gmail.comSend a textSWAMP stuff:TikTok: @theswamppodcastInstagram: @theswamppodBluesky: @theswamppodcast.bsky.socialYouTubeDara's Letterboxd Emily's Letterboxd Our website: https://www.the-swamp-podcast.com/Email: theswamppod@gmail.com
Transcribe →