Decoder Ring - Standing Up for Sitting Down
If you’re lucky, it’s possible you’ve never thought much about sitting. It’s just something your body does, like breathing or sleeping. But in the last decade or so, sitting has stepped into the spotl...
31 Jul 202435min
ICYMI - Cody Ko Has Become the Misogyny He Mocks
On today’s episode, Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe break down the allegations surrounding YouTuber and podcaster Cody Ko. In May, fellow YouTuber Tana Mongeau alleged that Ko had se...
31 Jul 202445min
Death, Sex & Money - Olympic Legend Greg Louganis on Outliving and Outperforming Expectations
During the 1988 Summer Olympics, diver Greg Louganis was competing under extreme pressure. In the preliminary round, he split his head open on the diving board, got stitched up, and decided to stay in...
30 Jul 202438min
Hang Up and Listen - Simone’s Back (and Calf)
Joel Anderson, Morgan Campbell, and Stefan Fatsis discuss the Dream Team’s opening-game win at the Paris Olympics. Gymnastics writer Rebecca Schulman joins to assess whether a calf injury might derail...
29 Jul 202450min
ICYMI - The Boys Are Not All Right
Candice Lim is joined by Slate writer Luke Winkie to break down the curiously indefinable “Zynternet.” Substack writer Max Read coined and defined the term as “a broad community of fratty, horndog, bo...
27 Jul 202435min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Song(s) of the Summer Edition Part 2
“Summer in the City.” “I Feel the Earth Move.” “Bette Davis Eyes.” “Whoomp! There It Is.” “Get Lucky.” “Espresso.” What do these big summer hits all have in common? None of them was Billboard’s offici...
27 Jul 202455min
ICYMI - The Day MTV News Went Down
Candice Lim is joined by Patrick Hosken to discuss the downfall and disappearance of MTV News. In May 2023, Paramount Global laid off 25 percent of its workforce, which included MTV News staffers like...
24 Jul 202434min
Culture Gabfest - Twisters Blows Away the Box Office
On this week’s show, the panel gets swept up by Twisters, and begins by discussing director Lee Isaac Chung’s standalone sequel starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. (For the record, the origina...
24 Jul 202456min
