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WAY LESS NEWS: Can Anyone Be Normal About Obsession? - AD-FREE (Patreon)

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2026-08-15 17:00:00
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2026-08-15 17:04:21
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Hi. Katy, Cody, and Jonathan are off for the next week, so here's an episode of Way Less News! Forget the horrors while the news friends chat about Obsession (the movie), Yesteryear (the book), and hear Cody air his frustration at people who don't understand the ending of the new Spider-Man. We'll be back with Some More News and Even More News the week of August 24.

Spoiler Alert for Obsession. Mostly spoiler-free for Yesteryear and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/wp6DHO_c7yQ

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John LaTour

Enjoy your break! ❤️

Casual Fox

Jessie Gender dropped a video essay on this exact subject on Nebula today. So the short answer is 'no'.

Subtle Entendre

So this is like Rent-A-Girlfriend, where the protagonist is one of the worst people?

SBWizard

I didn't see Obsession but I have seen clips and it look awful.

SBWizard

One in a million, so you're saying there is a chance

Matt Alten

My only wish is that the Some More News team has a fulfilling vacation (and no funny stuff).

Nina V~

in the beginning, when y'all were talking abt movies and how some people only engage with them in the most shallow of ways, it really makes me think of my v cynical take on the literacy crisis: it's not that people can't do it, it's that they don't want to think that hard and that deeply about it. also, re: spiderman (which i'll admit i still have yet to see), i wonder if people call the ending ambiguous bc the characters don't just come out and SAY whatever it is and they'd rather not even look deeper than that. "well, they didn't tell me what's happening, and i don't want to think about, so i guess i'm not supposed to get it!" ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ and i will repeat that this is a VERY cynical take, but man, am i tired

Harry Moore

Kinda bummed half the pod was taken over by the book discussion.

Alex R

Maybe I’m just not on twitter anymore but what is the possible ambiguous or alternative ending that new Spiderman could have? It is explicitly very clear what’s going on. I don’t know if spoilers are allowed in the comments here

Josh11

I just read Yesteryear last week. I enjoyed it and how it kind of evolved as it went, revealing the true nature of both the story and the protagonist. It was definitely a page turner and it's one of the few times I did not see the specific twist coming. Starts out light and funny, but by the end I really just felt disturbed.

Sean

To be honest, the reason the discourse around Nikki maybe liking Bear exists is because they filmed it to be ambiguous. Inde Navarrette has expressed in interviews that she and the director discussed how to keep her feelings towards Bear ambiguous. Inde also said she thinks Nikki would have been open to dating Bear. It isn't cut and dry that she definitely isn't interested in him.

Lucy

Haven’t watched it yet because idk if I’m in the right headspace, so I’ll save this ep for later, but I will say seeing the takes online has been interesting at best and insane at worst. But you know what is better? Having a break! Be safe and have fun, cuties ❤️

Rosemary Rho

Wish Nikki is a dark reflection of Bear’s own obsessive nature. She sprang into being the moment he made that wish. He doesn’t actually know Nikki that well, or care about her as a human. He’s created this ideal, born of a years long unrequited crush. It’s all he thinks about, he is obsessed. I don’t think Katy meant “possessed” like an Exorcism demon, but to be clear, Curry Barker has explicitly stated it’s not a demonic possession movie. Wish Nikki is an entity, but not a pre-existing demon. Bear’s wish created her. And ultimately I agree that the discourse online is fucking absurd; maybe this *is* the first movie they’ve ever seen.

Lula Hiigel

While listening to the showdy crew talk about people's difficulties engaging with fiction, I recalled seeing Memento in theaters. A group of people came into the movie 10 minutes late, and afterward I overheard them outside talking about how they thought Natalie was Actually Leonard's wife.

Steve Snyder

Who the hell complains about Way Less News?! You guys could do these most of the time for the next two years and I’d prefer it.

Tami Wolff

I had no desire to see obsession. Ive seen many iterations of The Monkey's Paw and didn't need to see one more, "What? My wish came with strings attached," movie. However, my son wanted to see it so I went with him. I was so impressed that someone thought to write about a woman's agency, that I ended up enjoying the film. Such movies in the past completely erase the person who receives the whammy, so that there is no concern over what they wanted in the first place. Now we see a character who is bound and gagged in the back of her own mind while she watches. This movie is horror on another level!

Steven Kagler

Just wanted to say I appreciate the hard work you all put into these shows every week. I'm glad you are taking a much deserved break and look forward to your return next week.

Chris Getzie

If you like Yesteryear, check out this podcast cohosted by the author!! https://substack.com/@diabolicallies I love that you guys talk about this, too. It'd be pretty cool if you ever did a crossover episode....

Leorge Gopez

I was surprised to hear that ending discourse about how everyone's happy the only thing that Bear went through on is killing himself is interesting because, and maybe I am wrong and this is just my theory, but you can see him in the bathroom struggling with the suicide attempt right, but he is ultimately successful, and yes he's like, trying to undo it because that's human nature and all, but it's not really that he succeeds despite his self preserving nature but the opposite; in the living room scene when he comes out of the bathroom, you see one of the wish sticks broken and I believe that Nikki, the girl trapped inside, was able to summon her will to break that one while Bear was in the bathroom, and the wish was for Bear to kill himself. So Bear is in the wishy washy suicide attempt situation and he's probably not/can't do it, but because Nikki is able to win that battle of wishing for Bear to die, Bear is suddenly able to make it happen in the bathroom, and him trying to undo it is actually the real Bear inside trying to fight against the wish that Nikki made to free herself.