"Podcast Friends Network” (with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss Mykki Blanco not being paid for their feature on Teyana Taylor's "WTP," bingeing The O.C. and what constitutes "guilty pleasures," their favorite child actors, performativ...
22 Jul 20201h 26min
"Stiletto Superstar” (with Billy Porter)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss Jada Pinkett Smith's visit to the Red Table, Lady Antebellum’s performative activism, Simone Biles’ Vogue cover, Chance the Rapper stumping for Kanye, and the internet’s o...
15 Jul 20201h 22min
"Hamilstan Wars” (with Marcia Gay Harden)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss Hamilton, Kanye’s 2020 run, Halle Berry’s apology for accepting a trans role, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’ quarantine romance, and more. Marcia Gay Harden joins to discus...
8 Jul 20201h 19min
"Pride Save America" (with Adam Rippon and Leiomy)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss what Pride looks like in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests, Hulu removing a Golden Girls episode for alleged blackface, pop music's disc...
1 Jul 20201h 35min
"Sic Cancel Tyrannis” (with Sam Lansky)
Ira, Aida, and Louis discuss k-pop fans taking down Trump, Chris D’Elia and Ansel Elgort’s sexual misconduct allegations, Tina Fey pulling 30 Rock’s blackface episodes, Megan Amram’s anti-Asian tweets...
24 Jun 20201h 37min
"Empires & Records" (with Drew Dixon)
Ira, Aida, and Louis discuss the SCOTUS' monumental ruling on LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination, The Academy's new efforts for inclusion, Dave Chappelle's new stand-up response to George Floyd's murder,...
17 Jun 20201h 21min
"Places in the Art" (with Kimberly Drew)
Ira, Louis, and Aida discuss how We're Here and Legendary center queer narratives, the hollowness of exposing Republican hypocrisy, Vanderpump Rules' racism scandals, North Carolina Republicans attemp...
10 Jun 20201h 27min
"Law and Disorder" (with Bowen Yang)
Protests erupt in the wake of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer. #BlackoutTuesday spirals from purposeful activism to performative allyship. Justice evades Breonna Taylor and David...
3 Jun 20201h 28min
