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Nation of Animation

Nation of Animation

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Nation of Animation is a cartoon book club podcast for all ages! Join lifelong cartoon fans Ryan Stevens and Brooke-Erin Smith every other week as they discuss classic cartoons through a modern lens and celebrate everything cartoons have to offer!Copyright Audio Mint Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Wholesome Fun With Smiling Friends

    Wholesome Fun With Smiling Friends
    May 27 2026
    Just in time for the show's end, Ryan and Brooke tune into adult swim's latest adult animation darling, the anarchistic and internet-laced Smiling Friends! We talk animation style, changing senses of humor, the 00's internet, and whether it's better to burn out or fade-away, all while staying mostly on topic. You picked the BEST time to listen!

    EPISODES DISCUSS:
    S1 E6 - “Enchanted Forest”
    S1 E 9 - “The Smiling Friends Go To Brazil!”
    S2 E1 - “Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)”
    S3 E2 - “Le Voyage Incroyable de Monsieur Grenouille”

    REAL WORLD RECS
    Brooke: 'Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath' by Heather Clark

    Ryan: Tasty Hand-Pulled Noodles II in Hell's Kitchen

    Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation, our Letterboxd @NationAnimation, and our Instagram and @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts
    @thebrookesmith
    and
    @ryanwithcheese on Twitter
    http://brookeerinsmith.com http://ryangstevens.com
    &
    Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation

    BIG THANKS TO: Jacob Menke for our theme
    Follow them @menkemaster
    &
    Urvashi Lele for our art
    Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
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    52 mins
  • Reclaiming Thumbelina

    Reclaiming Thumbelina
    May 6 2026
    It's Brooke's birthday, so she gets to pick the movie! She summons up a forgotten mainstay from the VHS players of a bygone era, Don Bluth's Thumbelina. We confront our dubious memories of this childhood favorite, investigate the fascinatin history of the man who would be the Anti-Disney, and consider if, by some strange twist of fate, this movie is actually "good." What does "good" mean in this context? You'll have to listen and find out!

    Real World Recs:
    Brooke - "Every Brilliant Thing" by Duncan Macmillan on Broadway, starring Daniel Radcliffe
    Ryan - The Spectacular Spider-Man on DVD (and the spectacular Debora Strang and David Kepner!)

    Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation, our Letterboxd @NationAnimation, and our Instagram and @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts
    @thebrookesmith
    and
    @ryanwithcheese on Twitter
    http://brookeerinsmith.com http://ryangstevens.com
    &
    Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation

    BIG THANKS TO: Jacob Menke for our theme
    Follow them @menkemaster
    &
    Urvashi Lele for our art
    Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
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    57 mins
  • Short Podcast Long

    Short Podcast Long
    Apr 22 2026
    The minds behind Bojack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie are back on Netflix with their zaniest creation...an emotionally harrowing portrait of family across the years? And we're sure this is a comedy? Ok, if you say so! This week, we dive into Long Story Short, talk religion, family, time travel, and when we were our most interesting!

    Episodes discussed:
    Ep 4 - “Shira Can’t Cook”
    Ep 6 - “Wolves”
    Ep 7 - “Kendra’s Job”
    Ep 9 - “Honoring Naomi Schwartz”

    REAL WORLD RECS
    Ryan - Marshmallow Peeps
    Brooke - 'Heart the Lover' by Lily King

    Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation, our Letterboxd @NationAnimation, and our Instagram and @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts
    @thebrookesmith
    and
    @ryanwithcheese on Twitter
    http://brookeerinsmith.com http://ryangstevens.com
    &
    Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation

    BIG THANKS TO: Jacob Menke for our theme
    Follow them @menkemaster
    &
    Urvashi Lele for our art
    Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
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    1 hr and 16 mins
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