Episode 13: Model Wisdom, RBG and Word Jewelry

Meet Paris-based journalist Leah Gillis and New Jersey legal eagle Elura Nanos, college friends who talk current events and life girlfriend-style. Join them to hang, learn, and discover what’s going on that matters. On Instagram: @aleahthing @elurananos @youguysthepodcast (All times are estimates cuz we need staff. Sponsor us!) 2:30 Leah and Elura talk “word jewelry” and the pure joy of circumflexes. 6:00 The times they are a-changing, and we mean international zoom divorces and trans-continental zoom weddings. 8:00 French cafés are closing, and the U.S. may be able to learn a thing or two about how to make policy changes. Also, we coin the phrase, “Les-Mizzing out,” and we expect you all to start using it. 11:00 Leah reminds us how we should be more sympathetic to those from challenging places, and we discuss that even in France, people are trying to police women’s clothing choices. 13:00 Cleavage at the Musée d’Orsay? Quel scandal! 14:00-30:00 The story of Em Rata brings up an interesting clash between copyright and privacy laws. Now that Instagram is the new Warhol, who owns images of themselves? 31:00 We bid farewell to RBG, and take a walk back to the VMI case. 42:00 We talk current SCOTUS fuckery, with special focus on Merrick Garland and Amy Coney Barrett. There is some talk about changing SCOTUS for good, so what’s that about? 50:00 Elura thinks Lois Lane is a pain in the ass, and Leah finds this blasphemy. 55:00 Leah reports in from the trenches on how tough it can be to work in the world of journalism. Are stories crushed on purpose? Why is there no interest in publishing an important expose on horrific treatment of Native women?