Ghostbusters II (1989): Mood Slime and the Work of Staying Connected
Beth and Michelle talk about Ghostbusters II, the strange, slimy, emotionally contagious 1989 sequel where New York has forgotten its former heroes, the team has fractured into separate lives, and five years of resentment are accumulating beneath the city as a river of psycho-reactive pink goo.
Recorded at the end of 2025 and marking the podcast’s sixty-first episode, the conversation becomes partly a reflection on the film and partly a celebration of the community Beth and Michelle have built together. Friendships do not survive through nostalgia alone. Community is never automatic, it has…
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