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Hosts Becca Roth and Lani Harms revisit their childhood obsessions with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, analyzing their work, examining their impact on pop culture, and talking with the people who worked with them. It's the deep dive you've always wanted and the recognition the Olsen Twins always deserved.

They Thought I Was You Becca Roth & Lani Harms

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 110 Ratings

Hosts Becca Roth and Lani Harms revisit their childhood obsessions with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, analyzing their work, examining their impact on pop culture, and talking with the people who worked with them. It's the deep dive you've always wanted and the recognition the Olsen Twins always deserved.

    Interview with TRL's Damien Fahey

    Interview with TRL's Damien Fahey

    A few episodes ago, we talked about Mary-Kate and Ashley’s visit to TRL in 2004 to promote their upcoming film, New York Minute. In that TRL appearance, they were interviewed by a VJ who thought a picture they were in with Robert DeNiro was creepy. We were very confused by this, so we found that VJ on Instagram to get to the bottom of the story, which is why today we are joined by TRL VJ himself, Damien Fahey!We talk to Damien about how he became a VJ on MTV at such a young age, what made him...

    • 1 hr 10 min
    New York Minute: Part 2

    New York Minute: Part 2

    This is it. The final episode of our final two-part review of a film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley. This journey has gone faster than a New York Minute.Today we finish our review of the second half of the film and get a little bit deeper into how we felt about it. We unfortunately have to address the incredible misstep of Andy Richter's entire character, the uselessness of both Mary-Kate and Ashley's "love" interests, the awkwardness of the House of Bling, the incredibly well acted yet ...

    • 1 hr 42 min
    New York Minute: Part 1

    New York Minute: Part 1

    We can't believe we're finally here. Our final Mary-Kate and Ashley movie review. And just like we suspected: it's a two part episode.On May 7th, 2004 (exactly 20 years ago today), Mary-Kate and Ashley's final film together, New York Minute, was released in theaters. The movie had an impressive cast including Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Jared Padalecki, Andrea Martin, Darrell Hammond, and the most 2004 cast member of all: Jack Osbourne. The movie follows Jane Ryan (Ashley) and her twin s...

    • 2 hr 7 min
    Saturday Night Live Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley (2004)

    Saturday Night Live Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley (2004)

    On Saturday, May 15th, 2004, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had a decision to make: they could either attend their senior prom or host the season finale of Saturday Night Live. As you probably guessed, they chose SNL.And as a consolation for missing their high school prom, Jimmy Fallon, Will Forte, Maya Rudolf, and Amy Poehler gave Mary-Kate and Ashley a miniature prom during their 5 minute monologue on the stage of Studio 8H. The rest of the night featured Mary-Kate and Ashley playing paparazzi,...

    • 1 hr 55 min
    The Countdown to 18

    The Countdown to 18

    We're counting down the days to New York Minute's 20th anniversary, but before we get there, we have to talk about another countdown that is unfortunately a touchstone of this era in Mary-Kate and Ashley's careers: the countdown to their 18th birthday.During the press tour for New York Minute in 2004, which opened just one month before the girls turned 18, the media became fascinated with a new trend of websites dedicated entirely to counting down the days, hours, minutes & seconds to whe...

    • 1 hr 31 min
    The Infamous 2004 Oprah Interview

    The Infamous 2004 Oprah Interview

    Today we reckon with one of the most infamous Mary-Kate and Ashley interviews of all time. On April 28th, 2004, Oprah invited Mary-Kate and Ashley onto The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss their upcoming film New York Minute, to ask about their plans after graduation, and to address the rumors that had been hounding them in the tabloids. And it's that last point that made this interview infamous. While Mary-Kate and Ashley calmly tried to cool the temperature on the tabloids' relentless sp...

    • 1 hr 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
110 Ratings

110 Ratings

avivap ,

One of My Fave Podcasts

Such a fun and engaging podcast about one of my favorite topics!!! Highly recommend. MK

Retro.Dance.Freak. ,

I’m addicted!!!!

I am obsessed with this podcast. I never want it to end! I just binged every episode up till the latest one and now idk what to do in between episodes!!!

teedeeesse ,

Pre-teen dreams

I can’t tell you how much I love this podcast! As a little girl, I was OBSESSED with MKA. I am a year younger than them and would just go nuts when they released a new project. This podcast is like hanging out with two friends and waxing nostalgic about our favorite famous twins. It’s brought back so many memories I had, not only about them but about my own life during these times in the 90s and early 2000s which honestly has been so amazing and comforting. It’s also made me think about the twins’ career through a new lens and how we treat celebrities. My love for the Olsen twins is totally validated by this pod!

Update: May 2024 I’ve come to think of this pod as a comfort listen, much in the way Two of a Kind is a comfort watch. I was at work yesterday, sort of uncomfortable, bored, feeling weird, and I was like “I want to feel like I’m wrapped up in a cozy blanket, on my couch, sipping coffee, while it rains outside.” And that’s how this pod makes me feel. Lani and Becca have absolutely become my MKA parasocial friends who I wish I had in real life (I have 0 MKA friends). I’m just glad these two decided to dissect literally everything about MKA the way I seemed to do when I was a tween/teen. I was obsessed. Maybe am still obsessed? Either way, this is the best pod. 💕

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