ARTS, MEDIA AND POP CULTURE COMMENTARY
April 10, 2022
Wonkette
Wonkette Weekend Live Chat Welcomes Theatrical Sensation Claire Willett!
Welcome to this week’s live chat! Yes, it’s earlier than usual but we have an extra special guest, award-winning playwright and author Claire Willett, who sets the Internet aflame with her incisive commentary about “Friends," Jesus Christ Superstar, and the intersection of pop-culture and politics. This is gonna be fun.
March 28, 2022
Thank You, Five!: A Musical Theatre Podcast
Jesus Christ Superstar, Act II
We end this month with the second act of Jesus Christ Superstar with special guest, Claire Willett! It's ALW's opus about the last week of Jesus, told in sung through rock opera style and we have a LOT to say.
March 7, 2022
Thank You, Five!: A Musical Theatre Podcast
Jesus Christ Superstar, Act I
We're joined by playwright, author, and internet celebrity Claire Willett to talk about Jesus Christ Superstar!!! We have a lot to say, but, trust us, it's worth it!!!
December 2, 2021
StarTrek.com
”Star Trek: Discovery Redefines Family the Right Way” by Claire Willett
In exploring the concept of queer found families, Discovery begins unpacking a deeply unique experience.
April 23, 2021
Fuckbois of Literature
The Importance of Being Earnest
Writer Claire Willett joins host Emily Edwards for an in-depth conversation about Oscar Wilde, puns, and the duality of personality in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.
March 5, 2021
The Afictionados
LOST Episode 308: “Flashes Before Your Eyes”
Your crazy boyfriend makes you move into his apartment. He paints it red, bombs a job interview, has a breakdown and dumps you over a photograph. All of this and it’s 1996. It’s LOST episode 308, “Flashes Before Your Eyes,” featuring Claire Willett.
February 2, 2021
Fathoms Deep: A Black Sails Podcast
Claire Willett - Part 2 of 2
The continuation of our conversation with Claire Willett. Liz left us and Daphne and Claire just kept on going. We talk about art, the Black Sails finale, emotional truths, and fandom. Spoilers for all seasons of Black Sails!
September 29, 2020
Fathoms Deep: A Black Sails Podcast
Claire Willett, Death, and the Sasspants Cutie Pie - Part 1 of 2
This week on Fathoms Deep, we were bound to come back to talking about the ending of Black Sails some day, and we are so happy to do so with our fabulous guest, writer Claire Willett. We talk about good deaths for female characters, our love of Max, the finale, and the Sasspants Cutiepie (guess which character that is) SPOILERS for all Four Seasons of Black Sails.
February 5, 2020
Fuckbois of Literature
Rebecca
Playwright and author Claire Willett joins host Emily Edwards to discuss one of the English language's most popular books– Daphne du Maurier's REBECCA. Since its first publication in 1938, REBECCA has never gone out of print, proving Maxim de Winter, the Second Mrs. de Winter, Mrs. Danvers, and almost every other character in the entire novel to be some of literature's most enduring fuckbois. We take on the text as the emblematic novel of the push-pull of heteronormative patriarchy, discuss the essential factors or race and class, and also ruminate on REBECCA as a queer text, thanks to some new details neither reader knew before recording! This is Fuckbois of Literature.
June 9, 2019
Science Fiction Double Feature
The Rewind Files
This month we speak to author of The Rewind Files, Claire Willett, and professor at Columbia Journalism School, Michael Schudson.
February 19, 2019
Vice Magazine
”I Owe Everything to Miss Piggy, a Size-Positive Icon Ahead of Her Time” by Claire Willett
Even as a child, years before I came out, there was always a special place in my heart for any character willing to punch a silk-gloved fist straight through that gender binary.
July 23, 2018
The Afictionados
LOST Episode 201: “Man of Science, Man of Faith”
WE HAD TO GO BACK! Welcome to season 2 of our LOST podcast! Time to meet a beautiful jungle man named Desmond and talk about arguably the best Jack flashbacks. Featuring Claire Willett, let's go down the hatch!
August 21, 2017
Vice Magazine
”What I Learned About Real Relationships When My Friends Take Went Viral” by Claire Willett
Ross Geller is trash.
November 30, 2016
Eavesdrop Podcast from Interfaith Muse
Claire Willett
Playwright and Novelist Claire Willett talks about her play, Dear Galileo, and all the ways to be a Catholic writer. If listeners are offended by swear words or Jesus, they should consider themselves warned.
2016 - 2019
Meta Station
For three years, Claire was the co-host of the Meta Station podcast, along with Erin Drew, recapping and discussing seasons 3-5 of the CW show The 100, along with cast interviews, as well as covering other sci-fi shows like Good Omens and His Dark Materials.