ICYMI - Has TikTok Ruined Live Music?
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Alex Sujong Laughlin, a supervising producer and co-owner of Defector Media where she makes the podcast, Normal Gossip. Alex and Rachelle dive deep into the a...
22 Apr 202340min
Culture Gabfest - Beau is Afraid and Ari Aster is Unwell
This week, Slate’s Sam Adams joins Dana and Stephen to talk about auteur Ari Aster’s newest film, Beau is Afraid. Then they discuss the new Hulu limited series, Tiny Beautiful Things. Finally, they ch...
19 Apr 202353min
ICYMI - How the Internet Broke Netflix’s “Love is Blind”
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Jonquilyn Hill, reporter and host of Vox’s politics and policy show The Weeds. The two take a deep dive into the most recent season of the Netflix reality dating...
19 Apr 202347min
Decoder Ring - The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 2
Last week, we put on the proverbial raincoat and made like Columbo to investigate Peter Falk’s claim that he recorded a special Cold War message telling Romanians to “put down their guns.” This week, ...
19 Apr 202336min
Hang Up and Listen - So Long, Dan Snyder
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Defector’s Patrick Redford to talk about the Sacramento Kings’ first playoff win in 17 years. Defector’s Dave McKenna also joins to commemorate the (supposed...
17 Apr 20231h 13min
ICYMI - Meet the Internet’s Princess
For the third installment of Internet Diaries, Rachelle is joined by 21-year-old cultural critic and internet essayist Rayne Fisher-Quann, who has amassed a devoted following on TikTok, Substack, Inst...
15 Apr 202340min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The British Are Charting Edition Part 1
Before 1964, British bands couldn’t get anywhere on the U.S. charts. Then suddenly, after a certain Fab Four broke, they were everywhere. By 1965, they had locked down our Top 10.In 1981, a new genera...
15 Apr 20231h 5min
Death, Sex & Money - John Green on OCD, Writing, and Loving Middle-Age
The writer talks about longing to fall in love, his life with mental illness, and why adulthood is underrated. This episode originally aired in 2018, and contains a description of suicidal ideation. ...
12 Apr 202327min
