Welcome to Weepies, pod pals, the movie podcast for people who love to ugly cry about pretend stuff because it beats screaming into a pillow when life gets too real.
Hosts Melanie Tait (veteran cryer) and Kim Lester (reluctant cryer) from A Country Podcast take their friendship to the next level by sharing their favourite weepy movies with each other and inviting their most emotionally intelligent friends to do the same.
In the words of CC Bloom's mum Leona, 'It'll keep you honest' or as Kim/Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own would say 'There's no crying in baseball!'
Welcome to Weepies, pod pals, the movie podcast for people who love to ugly cry about pretend stuff because it beats screaming into a pillow when life gets too real.
Hosts Melanie Tait (veteran cryer) and Kim Lester (reluctant cryer) from A Country Podcast take their friendship to the next level by sharing their favourite weepy movies with each other and inviting their most emotionally intelligent friends to do the same.
In the words of CC Bloom's mum Leona, 'It'll keep you honest' or as Kim/Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own would say 'There's no crying in baseball!'
Do you remember the first time you saw Lion? Can you actually even claim to have seen Lion in its entirety because the tears start so early and don't end?
Lion tells the story of Saroo Brierly, who was adopted into a Tasmanian family after being lost from his mother and siblings in rural India as a child. When he becomes and adult and learns of Google Earth, he looks for his Indian family. Lion tells that story. Starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and David Wenham.
Our guest this week to take us through this A+ weep festival is author, podcaster and horse enthusiast Zoya Patel. Zoya's part of our pod family, as it would be - she's the host of Margin Notes (which Kim produces) and Book It In (which Mel was the founding EP on) She's got a unique perspective, and says this movie 'really spoke' to her: Zoya grew up in Australia as part of a Fijian-Indian family.
Listen to Zoya's Pods: Margin Notes and Book It In
Weepies Hosts and Producers: Melanie Tait and Kim Lester
Weepies Social Media Manager: Chez Robbie
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