We're Having An Episode
TV lover Ellie Hoffman loves...TV. She also loves talking to friends. So, each week, a guest joins Ellie to chat about an episode of TV that is important to them. TV, chatting, friends. You get it.
Episodes
38 episodes
Friends: Season 3, Episode 2
On this week’s episode, aka “The One Where Karina Strom Comes Out as an Unapologetic Friends Stan,” Karina joins Ellie to talk about the iconic Season 3 Ep 2 of Friends, “The One Where No One Is Ready.” They discuss which is worse: homophobia o...
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1:07:43
The OC: Season 1, Episode 13
Following an aggressively 2020-core Hulu watch party moment, friend of the pod Reagan Anthony is back to discuss the OC: Season 1, Ep 13: The Best Chrismukkah Ever! Reagan and Ellie cover the age-old Ryan or Seth question, how the show checks o...
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1:01:44
Community: Season 2, Episode 9
This week, Ellie is joined by Jenn from The Community Rewatch Podcast, a title that simply could not be more apt for Ellie. Ellie and Jenn chat about (deeply obsess over?) Community S2, Ep 9: Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design. Episode hig...
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1:24:54
Absolutely Fabulous: Series 2, Episode 5
CHEERS SWEETIE DARLINGS because We’re Having an Episode has gone international! UK-based James of the Instagram account @nocontextabfab joins fellow Absolutely Fabulous lovers Ellie & guest co-host Blake Flayton to talk about Series 2, Epis...
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1:01:47
Game of Thrones: Season 1, Episode 1
This week, Blake Flayton disrespects the theme of the podcast both by not rewatching the episode before recording and by bringing an episode that isn’t his favorite. And yet… he was able to do a perfect, verbatim act out of a scene from the epi...
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1:07:19
The Other Two: Season 1, Episode 7 // Season 2, Episode 2
This week Ellie is joined by two lovely humans, guest host Sam Primack (from our Succession ep) & Alex Friedman (from our Ted Lasso ep) to talk about not one but Two episodes of the most underrated shows out now, The Other Two! Alex brings ...
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1:05:23
Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 7
Ellie is joined by the lovely Heather Schnakenberg—who claims she’s lost friends because she won’t stop talking about her most recent obsession, Game of Thrones—and guest host/GOT expert Blake Flayton. This episode of We’re Having an Episode fo...
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1:27:03
Rick and Morty: Season 2, Episode 8
Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss… Matt Shaw! (Just kidding) (but this week’s esteemed guest is Matt Shaw). Matt brings on Rick and Morty’s “Interdimensional Cable 2,” the writers’ least favorite episode. But Matt’s #NotLikeAllGuys. Guest host...
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1:02:05
Succession: Season 2, Episode 10
This week, Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Primack, a legendary musical theater star who most importantly had the HONOR of sharing the stage with Ellie in high school (where she had a 10-sec cameo), joins Ellie to talk New York’s Hottest Club: HBO’s Suc...
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1:06:13
Master of None: Season 2, Episode 8
This week, Ellie and iconic guest host Blake Flayton are joined by Stephanie Bianchi to discuss Master of None, Season 2, Ep. 8, “Thanksgiving.” We delve into the transformative power of music in TV, how Ellie ruined Stephanie’s life with infor...
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1:07:26
This Way Up: Season 1, Episode 6
Recently, Ellie finished a wee Hulu series called This Way Up and was so deeply obsessed with it, she just HAD to talk about it. So she posted on her Insta story asking if any of her followers had seen the show and wanted to come on the podcast...
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Midnight Gospel: Season 1, Episode 8
Hey Adele (Wiebke, not the singer — common mistake), can I interview you for my spacecast? This week, a lonesome Ellie is joined by the wonderful Adele Wiebke to talk about Midnight Gospel, a very trippy, pretty hippy, animated podcast on Netfl...
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The Office: Season 4, Episode 13
This week, Ellie and special guest host/friend of the pod Reagan Anthony (@thatssooreagan) are joined by the lovely Courtney Agnew (@court_agnew) of Decoding Dadvice Podcast to talk about the “most iconic” episode of The Office, “Dinner Party.”...
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1:03:40
The Handmaid's Tale: Season 4, Finale
BLESSED BE THE FRUIT! This week Ellie is joined by the hilarious Kyle Russell (@kikiwithkiki) and Courtney Agnew (@court_agnew) to “speculate wildly” about The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 (and its finale). We get into who is the real villain of th...
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1:02:11
We're Having a (Late Night) Episode
On this week’s special episode, Ellie is joined again by the hilarious Reagan Anthony for 78 mins of nerding out about late-night comedy. Each brings six all-time favorite late night comedy segments/clips (see below). Plus Reagan shares the har...
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1:18:11
Modern Love: Season 1, Episode 2
Self-described romantic and journalist Myles Miller joins Catherine and Ellie to talk about Dev Patel and nothing else. Kidding! We cover much more: Catherine tries and fails to devote the pod to Pretty Little Liars, Ellie shares her (...
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Parks and Recreation: Season 3, Episode 13
TREAT YO SELF to this week’s episode on Season 3 Ep 13 of Parks and Rec (“The Fight”) with the hilarious Reagan Anthony! Ellie explains her crazy, small-world connection with Reagan, Catherine dates herself by sharing her first Parks & Rec ...
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52:58
Golden Girls: Season 4, Episode 9 // Season 6, Episode 14
Picture it! A Zoom call. 2021… rule-breaker and returning guest Scott Rubenstein joins Ellie & Catherine to discuss not one but TWO episodes of the iconic 80’s sitcom, The Golden Girls! Scott talks about queer representation on TV, Ellie an...
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1:12:13
Sex and the City: Season 6, Episode 7
We couldn’t help but wonder… was someone ever going to bring Sex and the City onto the podcast? Well, that week is finally here: Catherine’s hilarious cousin, Izzy Schwarze, is here this week to talk about Season 6 episode 7! We answer the clas...
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51:45
Derry Girls: Season 1, Episode 3
The hilarious Alli Greenberg joins us to talk about one of our favorite shows: Derry Girls. Ellie realizes she is not Aaron Sorkin, Catherine admits her childhood fear of religious apparitions, and Alli shares the campiness of Catholicism. This...
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53:40
30 Rock: Season 5, Episode 7
30 Rock aficionado Jaden Baum joins us to talk about her favorite episode of Tina Fey’s iconic sitcom! Ellie fawns over a Baby Jessica reference, Jaden talks 30 Rock politics, and Catherine finally gets the chance to bring up the hit music...
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Seinfeld: Season 3, Episode 13
Catherine's favorite New Yorker, Julie Coleman, comes on the pod to chat about Seinfeld. We discuss what members of the Seinfeld gang we identify as, Julie and Ellie swap subway horror stories, and Catherine explains why she might be the reinca...
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53:28
Catherine's 2020 Top Picks
The end-of-2020 celebration continues! This time, Catherine brings her three favorite episodes of TV that she watched in 2020: Normal People: Season 1, Episode 10 (3:39); Ozark: Season 3, Episode 9 (17:45); and Love on the Spectrum: Season 1, E...
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Ellie's 2020 Top Picks
We’re celebrating the end of the garbage fire that was 2020 by talking about our three favorite episodes of TV that we watched in 2020. Ellie’s up first to talk about Killing Eve: Season 1, Episode 5 (4:54); Dave: Season 1, Episode 5 (23:45); a...
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56:11
Star Trek: Season 3, Episode 15 // The West Wing: Season 1, Episode 10
Ellie's parents, Louis and Kathy Hoffman, join us for a double episode discussion of Star Trek (3:50) and The West Wing (27:34)! We unpack the similarities between 1969 and 2020, discuss why Kathy wishes America could be like The West Wing, and...
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