Obsessed With Joseph Scrimshaw

Joseph and Sara obsess over holiday decorations--snow-covered animals, ambiguous stars, pop culture weirdos, and the importance of a little light during the dark times.

Joseph and Sara obsess over reawakening old skills in our current lives--modern dance, visual art, acting, singing, and more. We talk embracing change, facing fear, hosting adult talent shows in a backyard, and the question: Are skills gifts that must be used?

Joseph and Sara obsess over a live production of the musical, CATS! The power of seeing it live, the cats who broke our hearts, the other animals we would like to see introduce themselves for two hours, and more.

Joseph and Sara obsess over Fake Meat. From blatantly plant-based balls to over-the-top-you-won't-believe-it-ain't-a-burger, we talk taste, texture, smells, and the need for cartoon logos

Joseph and Sara obsess over Ikea. The furniture, the plant balls, sleeping over night on a display bed, and being haunted by the instruction booklet's mascot

Joseph and Sara obsess over a book crawl--we visited four bookstores across Los Angeles in five hours and lived to tell the tale!

Sara interviews Joseph about his lifelong obsession with the character of Obi-Wan Kenobi. We talk the soul of the character, his victories and failures, the robes he leaves around the galaxy, drinking habits, and more life lessons from the witty, grumpy, crafty, wise, kind, and true Jedi.

Joseph and Sara obsess over Disneyland! We talk the power of immersion, wanting to wait in lines, adding film noir land, sharing a rocket ship, people watching, whiskey on the Jungle Cruise, and more!

Sara and Joseph obsess over the new Doctor Strange movie! We dive into big ideas of accepting loss, embracing imperfection, defining heroism and happiness. Plus the fun of horror, the weird magic spectacle, meeting our dream selves, and thrilling martini appearances!

Joseph and Sara obsess over hotels! We talk the magic (and sometimes horror) of these transitory spaces, frustration with sliding bathroom doors, thin walls, Goldilocks pillows, fake windows, and more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over Indiana Jones! The serial adventure roots, the charm of an action hero who just copes with action, revisiting the Young Indy TV show, Indy's artifact intents versus his power preservationist skills, the next movie, and more!

Joseph interviews Sara about her obsession with flowers! From finding the right ones to grow in the shade to celebrating dance performances to discovering which ones are edible! Plus Joseph gets slightly stressed about impermanence. Fun!

Sara and Joseph obsess over a recent trip to go WHALE WATCHING! We talk the thrill of seeing large sea creatures, that time we didn't see the Loch Ness monster, Aquaman, the connection between dolphins and skateboarders, and much more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over WORDLE. What are the joys and the dark side of the fun little word game? We talk first word strategies, wordle poetry and paintings, resenting 6 letter words, and who would win in a fight: vowels or consonants?

Joseph and Sara obsess over NOSTALGIA! From the personal to the societal to pop culture, what's the power of this bittersweet sensation? How much is bitter and how much is sweet? Topics of nostalgia include misty morning walks, playing GoldenEye in a studio apartment, working in an old mansion, Dick Van Dyke tripping, and more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over the beauty and horror of snow! The fresh snowflakes, skiing, building snowpeople, snow storms, snow angels, snow swearing at the constant challenge, imaginary Wampa attacks, and much more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over Oldie-Time Tech! Typewriters, rotary phones, the thrilling intimacy of mix tapes on cassette! The aesthetic power, presence, and history of tech of yesteryear. Plus: what modern tech should have a big ol' crank on it?

Joseph and Sara obsess over the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home! The big ideas of second chances, the responsibility of power, when nostalgia meets narrative, where webs come from, and much more.

Joseph and Sara obsess over Spider-Man! We talk the importance of a friendly neighborhood superhero, the mathematical formula to make a Spider-Man, what dance can tell us about CGI flips, the great web-shooter debate, and much more!

Joseph and Sara obsess over holiday movies! From It's A Wonderful Life to Batman Returns, we discuss the true spirit of a festive-time film! Plus Hallmark movies, why Joseph can't watch White Christmas without thinking of burritos, the undying Die Hard discourse, the non-holiday movies Santa should appear in, and much more.