Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Hooked to the Silver Screen Edition Part 1
If you need confirmation of Hollywood’s vast influence on mass culture, look no further than the pop charts. From the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs through this year’s KPop Demon Hunter...
12 Dec 20251h 6min
Culture Gabfest - "Is the Warner Bros. Deal the End Of Cinema?" Edition
On this week’s episode, Gabfest old friends Steve, Julia, and June Thomas convene on two showbiz works of midlife retrospection and regret: the new film Jay Kelly and Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Rol...
10 Dec 20251h 5min
ICYMI - Shopping on Etsy Sucks Now
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek, Amanda Mull, to talk about how the enshittification of online shopping came for Etsy. The platform used to...
10 Dec 202549min
Death, Sex & Money - What Hearing Aids and Anger Management Still Miss
The British poet Raymond Antrobus was six years old when his parents and doctors realized that his ears couldn’t recognize a whole range of sounds. He was fitted with hearing aids and began a life of ...
9 Dec 20251h 1min
Hang Up and Listen - FIFA's Trumpy World Cup Draw
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss last week’s bizarre and pandering World Cup draw with The Athletic’s Adam Crafton. Next, the team talks about the obviously controversial ...
8 Dec 20251h 8min
ICYMI - Okay. Let’s Talk About "Everyone" Getting Skinny
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by culture writer Mikala Jamison to talk about the rise in online concern about celebrities’ bodies. Mikala writes the newsletter Body Type, and her for...
6 Dec 202555min
Culture Gabfest - Knives Out Is Back with a New Hot Priest Edition
On this week’s show, Julia and Steve are joined by guest host Jamelle Bouie to crack mysteries corporeal and divine in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The latest entrant in Rian Johnson’s whod...
3 Dec 20251h 3min
Decoder Ring - “Videomate: Men” (Encore)
Videomate: Men was a VHS tape released in 1987 featuring 60 single men pitching themselves as dates to women on the other side of the TV screen: “The love of your life could be on your TV tonight!” th...
3 Dec 202534min
