ENCORE: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Trial | Part 1
For the holidays, we’re rerunning our story about a ski run mishap. Gwyneth Paltrow is as famous for her luxury lifestyle as she is for her movies. But when she collides with a man on a ski slope in P...
1 Jan 31min
Self-Care Is Awesome and Also a Scam
Fashion writer Amy Larocca joins Vanessa to unpack the modern wellness obsession—from expensive self-care gadgets to Ozempic and glow culture. They dig into Amy’s book How to Be Well: Navigating Our S...
18 Dec 202532min
Noah Wyle, The Pitt, and Hollywood’s Bloodiest IP Battle
Michael Crichton’s widow says HBO’s hit medical drama The Pitt is cashing in on her late husband’s creation, ER. Now, they are in court. New York Times reporter Nicholas Kulish joins Vanessa and Natal...
11 Dec 202538min
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli and a Mysterious Record Album
Investigative reporter and Gen-Xer Jason Leopold (Bloomberg News), and freedom-of-information lawyer Matt Topic, join Vanessa and Natalie to unpack how they dig government secrets out of the dark, fro...
4 Dec 202541min
OneTaste: The Startup That Went Too Far
Orgasmic Meditation was supposed to close the “pleasure gap.” Instead, it led to a federal indictment. Natalie talks to Bloomberg’s Ellen Huet, author of Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall...
20 Nov 202542min
What Happened to Allison Mack After NXIVM?
Allison After NXIVM follows Smallville star Allison Mack from her early days as a child actor to her time spent in prison for her role in a sex cult. Listen to Natalie explore the experience of interv...
13 Nov 202544min
Were the Puritans a Cult?
From the Puritans to QAnon, strange thinking has shaped America more than most of us realize. Natalie Robehmed talks with author Jane Borden about why our culture keeps breeding new cult-like organiza...
6 Nov 202540min
Did Jenna Jameson Create Our Pornified Culture?
How did Jenna Jameson go from Vegas strip clubs to becoming the world’s most famous porn star—and what does her story reveal about sex, the internet, and the birth of personal branding? Natalie and Va...
30 Okt 202536min
