Casually Obsessed is a podcast about obsession-worthy pop culture, hosted by Chelsee Bergen. Each episode a guest joins Chelsee to talk about a piece of content they can’t stop thinking about.

Episodes are released in short, capsule seasons. When the show is airing you can find new episodes in the Casually Obsessed feed every other Monday.


RECENT EPISODES

Casually Obsessed, the Newsletter
A thing I love when other creators do, but struggle to do myself, is what I call 'showing the work.' Making visible the kind of things that are often invisible – how something happened, why a decision was made, etc. It shows a less polished version …
Sarah Dessen and the magic of the early internet
We're talking about the prolific YA author, Sarah Dessen! Dessen published her first novel in 1996 and as of 2019 has published 14* novels (*in the intro to this episode I mistakenly say 20- apologies!). She's won numerous awards for her work, had two of her …
Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
We're talking about Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn! Christina Brown joins me to dig into this fast-paced, femme comic book movie. About Birds of Prey Harley Quinn is having a rough time after her breakup with the Joker. Thrown out into …
Orphan Black
We're talking about our favorite biological identicals and the people who love, created, and try to murder them! Returning guest Julian Lejbman helps me dissect the BBC America sci-f thriller Orphan Black.  The first part is light on spoilers so it shouldn't ruin anything if you …
Star Trek: Picard
We're boldly going where no man has gone before and talking Star Trek!  Returning guest, Allison Arcos, joins me to talk about the CBS All Access show, Star Trek: Picard. We had so much to say that I split our conversation into two parts. In part …