Emily Yoshida (@emilyyoshida on Twitter) is a writer & film critic, and podcast host.
Her writing can be found at Vulture and in New York Magazine, and she co-hosts the call-in podcast Night Call together with Molly Lambert, Tess Lynch, and their producer Ben Hosley. She has directed films and videos, recently including the short film Sitting and a music video for Speedy Ortiz, "Lucky 88."
Emily is known among fans of Blank Check as "The Mother of Blankies," due to her coining the name "Blankies" for fans of the show - on the first episode of the Blank Check era of the podcast, no less. She is also, at the time of this writing, the most frequent featured guest... though Richard Lawson is hot on her heels. She has discussed ten movies on the show, including The Podcast Reawakens, Speed Racer, Titanic (Part One and Part Two), Strange Days, Elle, The Ice Storm, Batman Returns, Castle in the Sky, Babe, and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Emily has also appeared on the Blank Check Special Features episodes for The Keep RPG and Blank Check: Great Adventure.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Emily Yoshida has appeared on 10 main feed episodes discussing 9 different movies. She has also appeared on 3 Special Features episodes discussion 1 movie, 1 karaoke song, and 1 role playing game.
Main Feed[edit | edit source]
| # | Title | Link | Guest(s) | Length | Date | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | The Podcast Reawakens (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) |
🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 1:44 | 1/11/2016 | The Star Wars Sequels |
| 57 | Speed Racer | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida J.D. Amato |
1:58 | 5/16/2016 | The Podchowski Casters |
| 82 | Titanic - Part One | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida Katey Rich |
1:37 | 11/3/2016 | Podinator: Judgment Cast |
| 83 | Titanic - Part Two | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida Katey Rich |
2:02 | 11/11/2016 | |
| 131 | Strange Days | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 2:09 | 10/15/2017 | Pod-19: The Widowcaster |
| 150 | Elle | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 2:02 | 3/4/2018 | Podship Casters |
| 175 | The Ice Storm | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 1:51 | 7/29/2018 | Podback Mountcast |
| 201 | Batman Returns | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 2:03 | 1/27/2019 | Podward Scissorcast |
| 232 | Castle in the Sky | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 2:26 | 8/25/2019 | Howl's Moving Podcastle |
| 272 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 🔊 | Emily Yoshida | 2:12 | 5/24/2020 | Mad Pod: Fury Cast |
Special Features[edit | edit source]
| # | Title | Link | Guest(s) | Length | Date | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Kiss from a Rose | [1] | Emily Yoshida | 0:05 | 1/27/2019 | Patreon Standalones |
| 25 | The Keep RPG | Angela Ferraguto Alex Ross Perry Emily Yoshida |
2:34 | 7/11/2019 | Michael Mannsplaining/ Cast of the Podhicans | |
| 59 | Babe | Emily Yoshida | 2:00 | 5/1/2020 | Mad Pod: Fury Cast |
