
The Plot Sickens is a podcast where illness meets pop culture—and nobody gets out alive (but we’ll laugh about it anyway). Hosted by Deltra and Vanessa, two friends living with metastatic breast cancer, we dissect how movies and TV portray cancer, chronic illness, and terminal diagnoses. Expect brutal honesty, dark humor, medical mayhem, and the occasional “did they really write that line?” From r... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 20 | Founded | 9 months ago |
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In honor of Black History Month, we’re discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — the story of the woman whose cancer cells changed medicine forever, without her knowledge or consent.
As two women living with metastatic breast cancer, we refl... more
This week, The Plot Sickens revisits Philadelphia—a rewatch that hit us much harder than expected. While the story centers on AIDS, its themes of illness, fear, and stigma felt deeply familiar.
An emotional look back at a film that captures its tim... more
In this episode of The Plot Sickens, Vanessa finally gets her wish and brings one of her all-time favorite films, Fried Green Tomatoes, to the pod. Deltra is watching it for the first time — and falls instantly in love.
We talk chosen family, aging,... more
On this week's Episode, Deltra and Vanessa revisit the holiday favorite The Family Stone — a movie that looks like a cozy Christmas rom-com on the surface, but quietly carries themes of illness, mortality, family tension, and anticipatory grief.
Ful... more
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