Good Noticings

Nathan Fielder’s new documentary has everyone asking, was this just all one big misunderstanding like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s feud? To find out we read Bad Blood! We also look into the family feuds of Charlie D’Amelio and Ethan Klein!

8 min: Ethan Klein Cheater Cheater

23 min: Charlie D’Amelio’s New Era

33 min: A Look at Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Bad Blood:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/152473165X?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Billy Evans Pod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAywoHiIpo

Charlie D’Amelio:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/charli-damelio-interview-life-tiktok-career-1236736245/

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This week everything is about perspective because todays hot topics have a different look depending on your algorithm. Is the Victoria’s Secret fashion show a heroic endeavor for women or an outdated fad? Is voting Independent a waste or a viable option for the future? Is cooking a guy thing??

13 min: Sally Rooney Took Her Books Out of the UK

22 min: Protests in France

30 min: Matthew McConaughey’s Politics

46 min: Men Who Cook

59 min: The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

71 min: Caps off

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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French Protests:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/whats-driving-the-french-student-protests#intcid=_the-new-yorker-homepage-bkt-a_fba0e3d4-ddff-41cd-97ae-975303bee527_cygnus-personalized

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/europe/france-protests-violence-wwk-intl-hnk

Men Cooking:

https://slate.com/life/2026/10/food-men-women-cooking-marriage-kitchen.html

Matthew McConaughey:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/texas/2026/10/20/trump-to-visit-texas-for-ken-paxton-senate-race-against-james-talarico/92343240007/

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Deo1LIJxS3p/

Sally Rooney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world/europe/rooney-britain-palestine-book-sales.html

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Everything you see before you has been planted!!! Danielle Bernstein’s new brand strategy has been carefully crafted. Your opinion on the F Factor diet could be fake. A secret PR/ Legal team could be building websites full of misinformation!!! The only thing that’s true is Kelly Clarkson is not allowed to buy that bird.

14 min: Danielle Bernstein is Changing Her Strategy

39 min: Was the F Factor Diet Poison?

59 min: Publicists are Controlling the Internet

70 min: How Short Should a Movie Be?

88 min: Interview with Muhammad Ali

105 min: Caps off to Kelly Clarkson

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Buy Flame of Love!

https://www.persianpoetics.com/pages/the-flame-of-love-book

Short Shorts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magazine/microdramas-tv-shows-hollywood-entertainment.html

Danielle Bernstein:

https://daniellebernstein.substack.com/p/15-years-online-what-i-built-what

https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/danielle-bernstein-influencer-weworewhat-d484a5a9

PR Menaces:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/nyregion/smear-campaigns-blake-lively-bryan-freedman.html

F Factor:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/style/f-factor-diet-influencer-apology-zuckerbrot-gellis.html

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No matter where you go someone is watching. If you’re Zack Bia, that someone is Drake and sometimes hot girls. If you’re a private citizen, it’s a surveillance org. If you’re a hot new fashion brand, it’s Rihanna. Finally, if you’re a reader, PEN America is watching to make sure you don’t boycott the wrong books.

12 min: Is Matières Fécales Genius?

32 min: Who is Zack Bia?

48 min: Flock Cameras Are Watching

64 min: Is anyone really boycotting Israeli literature?

79 min: Joyce Carol Oates hates romance novels

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Who is Fecal Matter:

https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/70867/1/matieres-fecales-dazed-cover-autumn-2026-hannah-rose-dalton-steven-raj-bhaskaran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/style/matieres-fecales-ninety-nine-percent-show-pfw.html

PEN America:

https://pen.org/a-silent-moratorium-interviews-with-israeli-and-jewish-writers/

https://pen.org/a-statement-to-our-community/

https://jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-america-got-wrong-about-antisemitism-in-publishing

What is Flock:

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/

Joyce’s Tweet:

https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/2105382365761769600

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This week Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo are choosin to live forever with or without each other while Ella Langley tried to date someone who chose Texas. We’re also looking into whether or not Beck is or was a scientologist and is Scientology parenting low key closer to what normal parenting should look like?

10 min: Ella Langley is Choosin Texas

20 min: Should Kids Be Able to Walk Around?

33 min: Nolan Wells’s Family Still Needs Answers

39 min: Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo

58 min: Losing Beck

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

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Ella Langley

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ella-langley-choosin-texas-never-heard-the-song-meaning-1235631932/

Bryan Johnson:

https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-kate-tolo-relationship-love-story-2026-9?gift-id=DeifUA2CY6EFKgUy6pYClA

Nolan Wells:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nolan-wells-family-still-wants-answers

Beck and Scientology:

https://www.vulture.com/article/beck-scientology-leigh-limon-sea-change.html

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It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad.

13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore

51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ

62 min: Channing Tatum on IG

66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Ed Sheeran:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o

https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/

Nikole Hannah-Jones:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/choosing-a-school-for-my-daughter-in-a-segregated-city.html

Tom Cruise:

https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview

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This week anything you imagine can be real! Mr. Beast can write a bestselling book, Aaron Rodgers can invent a new reality, and AI is bringing all the evil tech billionaires together in song.

6 min: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley

33 min: Hyrox

41 min: Mr. Beast, Bestseller

48 min: AI and the Future

75 min: Caps off to Jennifer Lawrence

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Mr. Beast’s Book:

https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/mrbeast-youtube-james-patterson-book-games.html

Hyrox:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/09/14/hyrox-athlete-soils-herself-what-happened-in-hyrox-china/91759299007/

AI and the Future:

https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/

https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html

Jennifer Lawrence:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHAY9TuvhK/

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers:

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/shailene-woodley-environmentalist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcj6LXY_e8

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Got Nicole Kidman on the brain??? In this week’s Katseye corner we’re digging into the hopes and dreams of non-Katseye member Adéla and her Nicole Kidman-less acknowledgement of Nicole Kidman. The storms this fall will be crazy thanks to a Super El Nino but is a storm better or worse than a senator who hates having to show up to senator club?? Finally, reading is over and freak youtube will freak you out.

18 min: Adela & Nicole Kidman Fall

31 min: John Fetterman Doesn’t Wanna Work

46 min: An El Nino for the Ages

57 min: Books & What Happens When You Don’t Read Them

98 min: Caps Off to Nikki Glaser

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Fetterman:

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3

Adela:

https://www.wmagazine.com/wyouth/adela-prima-album-interview-katseye-nicole-kidman

Nicole Kidman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1P8ZzoLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB4Iv_tM7U&list=RD3sB4Iv_tM7U&start_radio=1

Reading:

https://defector.com/what-do-booksellers-make-of-the-end-of-reading

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/

https://newrepublic.com/article/212923/the-atlantic-magazine-endism-fetish?_bhlid=f0362b10ec5929389542e36de348ca99d8fe4ddc

Lawn Guy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/magazine/greg-chism-youtube-bad-baby.html

Nikki Glaser at Taylors Wedding:

https://www.threads.com/@deuxmoi/post/Dc689NsgPyQ/nikki-glaser-shares-some-behind-the-scenes-details-from-taylor-swift-and-travis/

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I guess the government needs to just step in and control everything because restaurants, plastic surgery, and hobbies are out of control! And don’t even look at whats happening with surrogacy. This week we’re looking at what happens when everything is done to the absolute extreme but nothing really matters!!

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!

15 min: Hobbyamory

24 min: What Happened to Horses (the restaurant)

60 min: Young People & Plastic Surgery

67 min: The State of Surrogacy

106 min: Caps Off to Phoebe Bridgers

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Surrogacy:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fate-of-twenty-one-los-angeles-siblings

https://www.thecut.com/article/surrogate-triplets-custody-china.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/they-asked-their-surrogate-to-have-an-abortion-she-refused.html

Horses:

https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-21/im-cancelable-but-im-not-a-cat-killer

https://www.grubstreet.com/article/horses-restaurant-la-will-aghajanian-elizabeth-johnson-chef.html

Plastic Surgery:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/07/magazine/face-lift-plastic-surgery-stories.html?searchResultPosition=1

Hobbies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/style/single-dating-hobbies-hobbyamory.html

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What do Katseye, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Girlbosses have in common???? Their numbers are dwindling!!! This week we’re talking about the many Katseye member hiatuses, Leopold’s bad bets, David Ellison’s plea for more stuff, and the truth about Girlbosses vs. online vulnerability.

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!

12 min: Katseye

21 min: David Ellison

32 min: Leopold Aschenbrenner

50 min: Girlbosses

78 min: Caps Off

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Leopold:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/what-does-the-humbling-of-leopold-aschenbrenner-mean-for-the-ai-bubble

Girlbosses:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/female-ambition-alex-cooper-alix-earle/688080/

https://www.thecut.com/article/social-media-last-taboo-struggling.html

David Ellison:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story

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Great news gang Jared Leto is headed for another reckoning but if he plays his cards John Galliano style he’s only a few years from being honored at the Met Gala! John Gallino, famed anti-semite and fashion designer will be the third ever living designer to be honored by the costume institute. In other news, Emily Wilson hated Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey and Nantucket hates influencers.

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13 min: John Galliano’s Met Gala

55 min: Jared Leto Allegations

63 min: Emily Wilson’s Critique of The Odyssey

77 min: The No Influencers Sign

101 min: Caps Off

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

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The Met Gala:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/style/met-gala-costume-institute-john-galliano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.0NiT.An9IYTbHbf9i&smid=tw-share

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment

The Odyssey:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/maga-joyce-carol-oates-criticises-emily-wilson-for-criticising-nolans-odyssey

No Influencers:

https://www.vulture.com/article/influencer-recession-audrey-peters-interview.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.html

Jared Leto:

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jared-leto-accused-criminal-sexual-conduct-bbc-documentary-1236823153/

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Co-star, Sophie Cunningham, and Tyra Banks are all showing their true colors and perhaps its not what you thought? But perhaps it’s exactly what you thought. We’re also chatting about whether or not the counterculture can even exist anymore!!!

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!

15 min: Co-Star was Acquired

27 min: How Mad Should You Be at Cheating???

47 min: Who is Sophie Cunningham?

64 min: Is Punk Dead?

78 min: Caps off to Tyra Banks

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

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Punk is dead:

https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middlebury.edu/dist/d/2396/files/2010/09/dissent.pdf

Co-Star:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/how-astrology-took-over-the-internet.html

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/

Cheating:

https://www.vox.com/culture/457569/coldplay-cheating-ceo-why-people-love-cheating

Sophie Cunningham:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/

Modelland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54

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Everything is better when its bigger!! Alix Earle’s butt should be bigger, Karlie Kloss’s media empire should be bigger, and movies should be bigger! Starting with The Odyssey!!

13 min: Alix Earle & Butts

41 min: Pink Cleats

49 min: The Odyssey in IMAX

62 min: All About Karlie Kloss

92 min: Caps Off

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Karlie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5_-7_SjQI

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29152064/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-relationship-timeline/

https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/

Pink Cleats:

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/sport/world-cup-pink-boots-cleats-nike-adidas-spt-intl

IMAX:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-difference-between-filmed-for-imax-and-shot-with-imax-1236425200/

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Bad news my friends, Dave Portnoy has a book and I acknowledged its existence. In slightly better news, the world cup was ruined by technology, Phoebe Gates’s app is doing some very shady things, StubHub is a scam, and Jia Tolentino wrote another essay.

14 min: Stubhub at it Again

22 min: Phia Broke the Law

33 min: Is VAR Ruining the World Cup?

44 min: Jia Tolentino’s New Essay

62 min: Dave Portnoy’s Memoir

96 min: Caps Off

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Jia:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/our-plastic-surgery-nightmare

Phia:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/

World Cup VAR:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8jv326d7vo

https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2026-07-12/how-var-became-2026-world-cups-biggest-villain

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/world-cup/var-changes-are-the-worst-thing-about-the-best-world-cup/

Stubhub:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/stubhub-marketplace-mass-scalper-sec-filings-9.7265230

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If life is like a fourth of July fireworks show, your wedding is the part that is giant and loud and maybe on fire. At least that’s what Taylor Swift’s looked like to me. This week we’re talking about Taylor Swift’s wedding, the empire state building climbers and whether or not what they’re doing is art, peptides, and the best rower.

15 min: Kelsey Pfendler Rowed So Far

25 min: Is The Empire State Building Couple Art

38 min: Tay and Trav Forever

66 min: Caroline Calloway and Peptides Today

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Peptides:

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-peptide-legalization-gold-rush/

https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/caroline-calloway-ozempic-drinking

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/can-ozempic-cure-addiction

Empire State Building Couple:

https://6abc.com/post/empire-state-building-climbers-angela-nikolau-ivan-beerkus-starred-netflix-skywalkers-documentary/19434573/

Kelsey Pfendler:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/rowing-record-pacific-kelsey-pfendler.html

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/american-solo-rowing-hawaii

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What is fame and does it just happen to you or does it take effort??? This week we’re talking about famous loser Jack Schlossberg, reality star fame/ longevity/ and strategy when it comes to Love Island’s Olandria, being famously beautiful but also a director when it comes to Olivia Wilde, and being famous and lost like Lizzo.

16 min: Jack Schlossberg and the Democrats

27 min: Boots Riley, Pharrell Williams, Art and Stealing

40 min: Lizzo’s Album

58 min: Olandria’s Fame

75 min: Olivia Wilde’s Reputation

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Schlossberg:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/kennedy-jack-schlossberg-political-dynasty.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/jack-schlossberg-makes-his-case

Olivia Wilde:

https://www.vulture.com/article/dont-worry-darling-drama-timeline.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/olivia-wilde-the-invite-i-want-your-sex-profile-cut-cover-june-2026-interview.html

Olandria:

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a71547584/olandria-interview-2026/

Lizzo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AvXwyqLx0w

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Women can have kids at any age and ballerinas are allowed to sell you poison milk this is the future babydoll we’re just livin in it. Also Peter Thiel founded an evil party but you already could have guessed.

14 min: Anne Hathaway

22 min: Serena Williams

26 min: Sports Journalism

26 min: Peter Thiel’s Dialog Society

55 min: Ballerina Farm

78 min: Caps Off

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Ballerina Farm:

https://www.vulture.com/article/ballerina-farm-interview-yesteryear-tradwife.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/midway-utah-is-now-a-tourist-destination-thanks-to-ballerina-farm

Sports Journalism:

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/how-athletes-teams-are-replacing-sports-journalism/

Dialog Society:

​​https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

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The girls are Unwell this week and not just the ones employed by Alex Cooper and her evil husband. Emily Ratajkowski wrote about getting back in the dating game, it was traumatic. The only happy lady is Gwyneth Paltrow because she’s a centrist, meaning she’s on whichever side is doing the most war and right now there’s so much war and she’s doing so great.

13 min: Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network

31 min: Deed Theft

41 min: Emrata’s New Essay

79 min: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Politics

117 min: Caps Off

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Deed Theft:

https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-announces-deed-theft-prevention-office-in-wake-of-nyc-councilmembers-arrest

Unwell Network:

https://www.vanityfair.com/story/alex-coopers-mean-girl-problem#intcid=_vanity-fair-verso-hp-trending_ae8c341f-37bf-4fac-a5d6-bcb768c9bfdd_popular4-2

Emily Ratajkowski Essay:

https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html

Gwyneth:

https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-trae-stephens-has-built-ai-weapons-and-worked-for-donald-trump-as-he-sees-it-jesus-would-approve/

https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/gwyneth-paltrow-israel-advert-gaza-8qq7n6dkc

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Dua Lipa got married and set the bar high for cool girls everywhere. Luckily Taylor Swift is in a league of her own and the rumors about her upcoming wedding can only be described as jaw dropping. In other news, pop girls are writing sad music, Graham Platner has even more controversies tainting his campaign, and Steven Bartlett loves to track his health but should you do the same?

12 min: Wedding Watch

38 min: Graham Platner

62 min: Sad Pop Summer

70 min: 100k College

88 min: Diary of a CEO and Fitness Trackers

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Wearable Tech:

https://hbr.org/2014/09/just-thinking-you-slept-poorly-can-hurt-your-performance

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/07/the-health-tracker-backlash-is-here-so-ditch-the-data-and-set-yourself-free

Sad Pop Summer: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/entertainment/summer-pop-songs-sad-girls-cec

100k tuition:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/colleges-hundred-thousand-dollars-per-year.html

Graham Platner:

https://time.com/article/2026/06/08/the-democrats-platner-problem/

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Its pride month but the straight agenda is louder than ever at The New York Times, Patagonia, and The Free Press. From Scooter Braun interviews to meandering op eds, there’s a lot to unpack here.

16 min: Alexa Demie interview

22 min: Hetero-optimism op-ed

40 min: Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia

60 min: The Pope Hates AI

1 hour 7 min: Sooter Braun

1 hour 32 min: Caps Off

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Patagonia:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/28/patagonia-sues-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-trademark-infringement-ntwnfb

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drag-queen-pattie-gonia-asks-apparel-company-patagonia-drop-trademark-rcna347549

Scooter Braun:

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a28244059/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-justin-bieber-catalog-feud-drama-explained/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18710104992&gbraid=0AAAAACq-et1OkW1O_gxxG4lWGPXzqr-BS

Alexa Demie:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/alexa-demie-interview-euphoria-1236609237/

Pope Leo:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-pope-leo-xiv-said-about-ai

Straight Culture:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/opinion/heteropessimism-straight-dating-love.html

Caps Off:

https://www.instyle.com/jenny-mollen-faces-backlash-defends-social-media-post-about-son-most-toxic-man-11989523?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6a1fe615a610700001641626

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