Fire up the hot air balloon, it's time for a new episode of Morgendorks! This week we're looking at "Of Human Bonding," wherein Daria gets some not-quite-quality time with Jake and Helen gets some equally questionable quality time with ... the Fashion Club? Okay, let's see how that goes. We don't have a cultural context this week, unfortunately, but as you can see by the length of the episode we still had plenty to say. Although a solid, like, thirty minutes of it is just Rob ranting about...

Time for another Morgendorks! This week: "I Loathe a Parade." It's Homecoming time at Lawndale High, which can only mean one thing: Daria goes on a toilet paper run and stumbles across both a parade and the long-forgotten Tad Gupty, who can't find his parents, so she ends up escorting him around, but she also runs into Tom, who decides to tag along, and then they start getting along way more than usual and it's a weird vibe and also Upchuck's driving a swinger mobile. Such a quaint yearly...

By failing to get this episode out on time, did we succeed? We'd like to think so. It's time to talk about "The F Word," this week on Morgendorks! When Mr. O'Neill assigns his class to purposefully fail at something, it throws everything into disarray. Brittany's unpopular! Kevin sucks at sports! Jane's a ... cheerleader? This one waits two acts before going off the rails entirely. And for cultural context, we talk about the risk-averse (or is it risk-aware?) behavior of the Millennial...

Pull out your magnifying glass and dig deep into that reservoir of televised crime dramas, it's time for "Murder, She Snored," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria falls asleep to a knockoff "Charlie's Angels" episode, the dream sequence that unfurls runs the gamut of crime drama references from the past forty years—all in the service of solving the mystery of THE MURDER OF KEVIN THOMPSON. It's a weird one, folks, and one of us loved it a whole hell of a lot. Won't say which one, but, hint:...

Let us leave behind these earthly confines and take to the air majestically, like Kevin off the back of a motorcycle into the Tommy Sherman memorial sapling. It's time to look at "A Tree Grows in Lawndale," this week on Morgendorks! When Kevin gets into a motorcycle accident and is left unable to play football, he sinks into a deep depression—taking the entire town of Lawndale with him. And for our cultural context, we look at how the success of your local high school football team may...

Time for the cast of Daria to answer the call of the wild—and time for us to cover "Antisocial Climbers," this week on Morgendorks! When a class trip up a mountain gets stranded in a blizzard, the whole gang finds themselves stressing over what might become of them. Quinn, particularly, because there's a good chance the group draws and quarters her. Why? Find out with us! Also, we dive into the tragic and harrowing story of the Donner Party—a real-life example of westward expansion gone...

Can't believe we're already at season four, but here goes: It's time to talk about "Partner's Complaint," this week on Morgendorks! When the rift between Daria and Jane—you know, the one we thought was smoothed over at the end of last season—drives them to partner up with other people for an economics project, our B-Plot Gang gets some much-needed airtime. Parts of this one are stunningly relevant even twenty years later, and it's worth checking out. And for our cultural context this week, we...

And just like that the curtain falls on Daria season three with "Jane's Addition," here on Morgendorks! When Daria, Jane, and Trent come together (kinda) to work (kinda) on a multimedia project (kinda)—and it coincides with a cute new guy monopolizing Jane's time—it begins to pull on the threads of Daria and Jane's friendship. Crushes will end! New crushes will begin! Rob will stun us with his complete inability to work with a German accent! All of this, and more! And in our cultural context,...

It's time to hit the high seas and hold an ill-fated casino night, here on Morgendorks! This week: "Just Add Water." When Ms. Li demands everybody attend the school's newest fundraising activity—a casino night aboard a luxury liner—it gives the entire Morgendorffer clan a brand spanking new setting for their litany of regular issues. But what's that on the horizon? AVAST! THE TRASH BARGE APPROACHETH. Speaking of trash barges, we're going to dive into the absolutely insane and wonderful story...

Are you ready to tackle the menace that is SPACE COMMUNISM? If you aren't, that's cool, because I don't think Lawndale is either. Time to talk about "The Lawndale File" on Morgendorks! When shady government types come to Lawndale High and talk about rooting out individuals acting suspiciously, paranoia grips the town. Are communists among us? What about aliens?! And why is Quinn suddenly dressing like she did back in "Quinn the Brain"? All that, plus a dive into the anti-communist roots of...

Time for another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're talking about "Speedtrapped." When Jane and Mystic Spiral find themselves stuck in a dusty southwestern town's jail, Quinn and a newly licensed Daria are tasked with riding in to the rescue. It feels a whole lot like a plot you'd expect on a show with a slightly older cast—and also Lawndale is nowhere near the American southwest—but, hey, here we are. And for our cultural context we dive just a little bit into some of the references...

And so it was that on one of the last nights of The March that Wouldn't End, we entered into The Recording Session that Wouldn't End to talk about "Jake of Hearts," and things fell off the rails more than a few times. Podcast archaeologists who dig this episode up years and years from now will use it in their case studies to talk about the impact of global health crises and quarantines on the human psyche. There's also a fair amount of heart surgery discussion, soooo, uh, sorry about that. We...

And fresh off a nearly one-month break (thanks so very much, car accidents and illness), we're back with "Lane Miserables," here on Morgendorks! When the surprisingly massive immediate Lane family all comes home at once, Jane and Trent find themselves without any room—so they end up living with the Morgendorffers. It's an odd duck of an episode. It also has some interesting things to say about parenting? Speaking of which, in lieu of our cultural context we dig into Daria's (the show's, not...

And so we come to the point that it seems so, so many shows came to in the late 90s and early 2000s: LET'S HAVE A MUSICAL! This week on Morgendorks, we're looking at "Daria!" When a hurricane threatens Lawndale, Daria and Jane have the deep misfortune to find themselves stuck on the Lawndale High roof. Will they survive? What will become of Lawndale? Who has the worst singing voice? Find out all of this, and more! (It's Mack. Mack has the worst singing voice.) We also dive a bit into the...

Yo. Let's talk about nuts. It's time for "It Happened One Nut," here on Morgendorks! When a career aptitude test shakes some of Lawndale High's finest, Daria ends up getting a job alongside Kevin at the local mall's peanut distribution specialist, It's a Nutty Nutty Nutty World. We also spend some time talking about Baby Nut, because how were we supposed to avoid that? And for our cultural context, we dive into the nostalgic mystery of the dyed, bright-red pistachio. Why did we dye...

Some folks want to be forever young, some folks want to please those who want to be forever young, and some just want to be left alone. It's time for Morgendorks! This week, we're looking at "The Lost Girls." When Daria's unknowingly entered into and wins (naturally) an essay contest, she "gets" to spend a few days alongside Val, a prominent teen magazine magnate and pop culture ... eugh, I guess the word would be influencer? Holy cow. For our cultural context, we take a bit of a dive into...

New decade, new episode of Morgendorks! That's how it works. This week, we're taking a look at "Daria Dance Party"! When Quinn is tasked with forming and running the dance committee to plan an upcoming event at Lawndale High, it rapidly ends up becoming Jane's problem—but she grabs the bull by the horns. Also: A quarrel between lovers threatens to rip the B-Plot Gang apart! What happens next? Find out ... well, you can find out basically anywhere. This show is two decades old. But we'd prefer...

Hoooo boy, it's finally time to talk about "Depth Takes a Holiday," this week on Morgendorks! Daria's visited by the personifications of St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day, who implore her to help them round up the disgruntled personifications of Halloween, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day and bring them back to Holiday Island through a dimensional portal behind one of Lawndale's Chinese restaurants. Y'know, when we put it like that, it really sounds kinda fun. Also: FAN MESSAGES! YAY! Two...

Welcome back to Morgendorks! First and foremost: Thank you all yet again for your patience, support, and well-wishes over the past few months. It has meant the world, and y'all remain absolutely awesome. Anyway, on to business: This week we're looking at "The Old and the Beautiful," wherein Ms. Li decides some mandatory volunteer work is just what Lawndale High needs, and Daria ends up reading to some elderly folks—which leads to her getting some sage wisdom from Brittany, of all people. And...

It’s time for Morgendorks! We squint and hesitantly shuffle into the extraordinarily blurry future of season three with “Through a Lens Darkly,” wherein Daria decides to try contacts instead of her iconic glasses—and immediately struggles with questions of vanity and identity. Come for the Daria commentary, stay for Rob and Nissa’s Bespectacled Adventures! For our cultural context this week, we’re digging into just how glasses impact the way others view us and come to be a part of our own...

As we come to the end of the second season, it's time to take a look back and think about where we've been—so join us for a special retrospective episode of Morgendorks, where we discuss the highs and lows of Daria's sophomore effort (and how it compares to the first season)! We also share some awesome stuff that our fans have said and done over the past week or two. Seriously, we cannot thank our community enough. Y'all are wonderful. This was a fun and kinda loopy one, folks. Rob's...

It's time to explore the recesses of Daria's writerly mind, with "Write Where it Hurts," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria receives a special assignment from Mr. O'Neill to write a short story about people she knows, she runs headlong into a gnarly case of writer's block. Meanwhile, Helen's doing everything she can to help her daughter out—and running into blocks of her own. We also take a look at moral fiction—a partial focus of this episode. Tune in to see how cantankerous we can get...

Time to hit the local piercing parlor and adorn our bare midriffs with a nice little chunk of 90s nostalgia with “Pierce Me,” here on Morgendorks! When Daria goes and does something silly (read: gets her belly button pierced) for a boy (read: Trent), it makes her re-examine a few things. Also: Quinn and Helen in a mother-daughter fashion show! It’s an episode packed with wonderful character interactions, and we enjoyed the hell out of it. And for our cultural context, we dive a bit into the...

See Daria. See Jane. See Jane Run. See Daria lose her ish. Lose your ish, Daria, lose your ish! Or maybe don't? It's weird. It's time for "See Jane Run," here on Morgendorks! When a mix of libido and family pride convinces Jane to join the Lawndale High track team, Daria's left in the dust—and it does not go well for her at all. It's an interesting episode with a few really odd notes, and we had a lot of fun with it. And for our cultural context, we look at the under-the-table perks of being...

Gather thine woolen fabrics and ready thine legs of turkey, it's time for "Fair Enough," here on Morgendorks! When the Lawndale High Library collapses in on itself and Ms. Li can't find the funds to fix it outright, the school throws a Renaissance fair to raise money. It also strongarms everybody into participating. What follows is a tightly written romp that has a little something for everybody. Dainty garlands! Jousting! Ferris wheels! Weaponized turkey legs! It's all here. Also, for our...