79: Ratatouille wtih Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson

We continue our Pixar 2000s miniseries with one of the studio’s most unexpectedly profound films: Ratatouille. Joined by Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson of The Queer Quadrant, we dig into why this movie about a rat who cooks somehow became one of Pixar’s most emotionally resonant works. We talk about Ratatouille as a love letter to food, Paris, and creative ambition; the film’s quietly radical worldview; the cultural impact of “ratatouilling” someone; and why the movie asks us to accept its reality completely or not at all. Plus: gay rat discourse, cursed 2007 box office math, and why this might be Pixar at the absolute height of its powers. Brooke Solomon & Jordan Gustafson co-hosts of The Queer Quadrant 🎧 Podcast: 📸 Instagram: Hosts: Phil Iscove 📸 Instagram: Emily St. James 📸 Instagram: s Show: Podcast Like It’s the 2000s 🎧 Listen &

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79: Ratatouille wtih Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson is an episode from Podcast Like It's 1999 by Phillip Iscove.

This episode is 1:59:56 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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