Episodios

  • The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood

    The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood
    Aug 1 2024
    What’s the deal with celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies? This week, Chanté chats to actor and crypto-skeptic Ben McKenzie, star of The OC and Gotham, about how cryptocurrencies infiltrated Hollywood and his transition from actor to investigative journalist
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    26 m
  • Can Strictly survive its biggest scandal?

    Can Strictly survive its biggest scandal?
    Jul 25 2024
    This week, Chanté sits down with pop culture writer and Strictly Come Dancing fan Michael Hogan to discuss the latest Strictly scandal and why the show is such a big deal in the UK
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    25 m
  • Writer-director Rapman on creating Netflix’s global smash hit Supacell

    Writer-director Rapman on creating Netflix’s global smash hit Supacell
    Jul 18 2024
    This week, Chanté Joseph meets Rapman, the writer and director of Supacell, one of the most watched shows on Netflix, to discuss what it takes to make a hit series, how he’s redefining the superhero genre and what he plans to do next
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    27 m
  • The ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl and the making of TikTok stars

    The ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl and the making of TikTok stars
    Jul 11 2024
    Hailey Welch, AKA the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl, is everywhere after her viral street interview. Chanté Joseph talks to the journalists Alaina Demopoulos and Cat Zhang about Welch’s overnight celebrity, the proliferation of street interviews on the platform and what this means for ‘virality’ in 2024
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    24 m
  • The summer of green music festivals

    The summer of green music festivals
    Jul 4 2024
    It’s festival season! But are festivals any good for the environment? This week Chanté chats to Lewis Jamieson of Music Declares Emergency and the Grammy-nominated House DJ Jayda G about how festivals can become more sustainable and why the music industry can be an important voice in the fight for climate justice. Jayda G’s documentary Blue Carbon can be watched here
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    28 m
  • Are we experiencing Gamergate 2.0?

    Are we experiencing Gamergate 2.0?
    Jun 27 2024
    Ten years ago, misogyny in gaming reached new heights with Gamergate - an online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against female journalists and developers in the gaming industry. A decade later, Chanté Joseph talks to the Guardian’s video game editor Keza McDonald and Ash Parrish, a video game reporter for The Verge about what’s changed in the industry and why some believe we’re seeing a resurgence of this online hate campaign
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    27 m
  • Are we in a new era of queer female pop?

    Are we in a new era of queer female pop?
    Jun 20 2024
    With Billie Eilish’s Lunch in the charts and queer female artists winning big at this year’s Grammy awards, Chanté Joseph speaks to the queer music writers Charis McGowan and Sean B O’Neill about the trend for authentic and sexually explicit queer female pop music, and how we got here
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    30 m
  • Love Island and looksmaxxing: how are male beauty standards changing?

    Love Island and looksmaxxing: how are male beauty standards changing?
    Jun 13 2024
    As Love Island returns, Chanté Joseph speaks to former contestant Nas Majeed and Guardian writer Simon Usborne, about the increasing pressure to achieve the perfect male body
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    23 m