Death, Sex & Money - Martha Wainwright on Post-Divorce Confidence and ‘Folk Tits’
Martha Wainwright was born into a world of music and folk fame, with songwriter parents Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and brother Rufus. In this episode, Martha opens up about love and jea...
17 Sep 202449min
Hang Up and Listen - The U.S. Wins Solheim!
Split Zone Duo’s Alex Kirshner, Power Plays’ Lindsay Gibbs, and the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh reunite to talk about the U.S. women’s first victory at the Solheim Cup in eight years. They also discuss the...
16 Sep 20241h 5min
ICYMI - The Costco Guys Bring the Boom
Candice Lim is joined by culture reporter Ej Dickson to break down her Rolling Stone profile of A.J. and Eric “Big Justice” Defumo, better known as the “Costco Guys.” In January 2024, A.J. was a forme...
14 Sep 202430min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition Part 1
A decade ago, Rolling Stone magazine called 1984 “Pop’s Greatest Year.” A bold statement…but a lot of critics agree. A confluence of factors—the comeback of dance music, the peak of MTV, the Second Br...
14 Sep 20241h 1min
Culture Gabfest - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Revives Tim Burton
On this week’s show, the hosts revisit Beetlejuice (1988), the seminal film that marked Tim Burton’s arrival onto the scene as a sort of grim fairy tale teller. 36 years later, the director and much o...
11 Sep 20241h 4min
ICYMI - We May Have A New Bad Art Friend
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to break down the BookTok drama surrounding Old Enough by Haley Jakobson. Last year, Old Enough hit the shelves as a queer, coming-of-age nov...
11 Sep 202451min
Decoder Ring - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?
Adults have a long history of trying to find morals and lessons in children’s literature. But what happens when a seemingly innocent book about a boy and a hungry mouse becomes fodder for the culture ...
11 Sep 202433min
Death, Sex & Money - One Man’s Meticulous Quest to Cure Grief
After Cody Delistraty’s mom died in his early 20s he decided to turn his grief into a research project with one central question: can grief be cured? In this episode, he talks to Anna about all of the...
10 Sep 202442min
