Xanadu with Jonas Vail
Jonas Vail has loved Xanadu since he was five—and Mandy Kaplan is determined to understand why.
Veronica Mars with Sloan Just
Mandy finally watches Veronica Mars and discovers a teen drama that looks cute, sounds funny, and then quietly wrecks you. With Sloan Just as her guide, she unpacks why this cult favorite still hits—and why it never played by the rules.
Hangman Adam Page with Kevin Ryan
Mandy enters the world of AEW wrestling with Irish podcaster Kevin Ryan as her guide, and immediately learns she’s unprepared for the amount of lore, hair, blood, and burning houses involved. It’s the perfect crossover of soap opera, stunt show, and fever dream — and somehow, Mandy survives.
Return to Oz with Jessica Jimenez
Mandy and returning guest Jessica Jimenez dive into Return to Oz — the 1985 children’s movie that feels like a psychological thriller wrapped in claymation and wheel-armed acrobats. Come for the nostalgia, stay for the hall of severed heads.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Steve Sarmento
Mandy brings in TruStory FM’s own Steve Sarmento to guide her through Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a Spielberg classic he has loved since childhood and she is only just discovering. Together they dive into aliens, government gaslighting, bad dads, and the pure wonder that keeps this film glowing nearly 50 years later.
Game Changer with Kyle Olson
What happens when an improv game show changes the rules every episode? Kyle Olson returns to indoctrinate Mandy into the glorious madness of Game Changer on Dropout TV—complete with butt jokes, buzzers, and a whole lot of musical genius.
Yuri on Ice with Zehra Fazal
Actor Zehra Fazal joins Mandy Kaplan to nerd out over Yuri!!! on Ice, the anime that somehow turned figure skating into a meditation on love, anxiety, and gluteal perfection. It’s part sports drama, part queer awakening, and all the proof you need that nerds can be both passionate and impeccably choreographed.
Madonna: Truth or Dare with Abdi Nazemian
Mandy and Abdi Nazemian go full Blonde Ambition to unpack Truth or Dare—the documentary that made pop culture queer, fearless, and very, very sweaty. It’s equal parts history lesson and group therapy, with just enough profanity to make your Nana clutch her pearls.
The Last Kingdom with Matt Boren
What do Vikings, soap operas, and existential audio dramas have in common? According to Matt Boren: more than you think—and Mandy’s still recovering from the beheadings.
Dracula with Lester Ryan Clark
Mandy Kaplan finally reads Bram Stoker’s Dracula and discovers a shocking truth: there’s almost no Dracula IN Dracula. Joined by Lester Ryan Clark—a high school teacher who annually reads this book and somehow convinced teenagers to care about Victorian epistolary novels—they dissect why the world’s most famous vampire is barely in his own story, and how that might be the best marketing strategy ever devised.