If you need a moment (several moments) of joy right now, you need to listen to the latest episode that just dropped at ALBB's sister podcast, "Wait, What Is That?" podcast: Episode 18: The Little Mermaid, The ‘Live Action’ Movie Analysis.” Invite these friends into your listening space to hear co-hosts Brandon Lillard and Katie Hellmuth and their special guest, Moraya Seeger DeGeare, MA, LMFT, who is a relationship and race specialist (she's a relationship with BFF Therapy, a therapist and sex advice columnist for Refinery29, and the In-House Relationship Expert for Paired.com). Moraya is generationally mixed race, Brandon is Black and married to a white woman, and Katie is super white bread white.

Be sure to listen to the hidden opener that Moraya whispered into the microphone: “Today we talked about The Little Mermaid. We talked about relationships and race. And some random things about how some white people got dizzy.” Nailed it."

Covered In This Episode:

• Kid Takes

  • ie Brandon's son's "beef with Flounder"

  • ie Moraya’s daughter’s reaction of “That’s ME!!!” when she sees Arial first emerge from the water and flip her hair

  • ie Moraya’s son considering Arial’s shark attack strategy: “if only she would have the shark flip onto it’s back…” Moraya responds: “This isn’t Octonauts”

• How we feel about "Live Action" Remakes

• Relationships, Trauma, and Un-Attended To Trauma Presenting Later In Life.

• Was Ariel’s Dad a misogynist? Or a product of his life trauma and pain. Why is he so strict? Moraya asks: “What does trauma do to our bodies? Is it misogynist, or is it parenting from a trauma that has not been attended to?”

• Racism

• Little Mermaid Deep Dive Bits are sprinkled throughout

• Sometimes we refer to the original book version of The Little Mermaid

You will laugh out loud with and by yourself during this episode. It’s a must-listen. Travel through trauma theory, which can be comforting, and relish in a movie review. Take as long as you need.