Episodes

  • Bama Rush Tok
    Aug 27 2024

    Femininity is not a competition...til it is. Kirby breaks down the phenomenon of these sorority sisters-cum-content creators at the University of Alabama and the internet that tunes in to watch.

    Join us as we resolve to think hard about this exactly one time and then banish Greek Life from our thoughts forever. Bonus content includes a demure highlight and reflections on our brief and/or failed attempts at #sisterhood.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Internet Diaries
    Aug 7 2024

    What are the implications of dronegate? Can you put neosporin on a cat? Who is the nice Micaela? How fast can you order a Stand-To-Pee device while waiting in line for a stall at the airport?

    For two weeks, Kirby and Hart kept internet diaries to discover how and why they use the internet in their daily lives. Join us for a montage of Kirby fact checking the Olympics and Hart researching ailments he's afraid he has. Plus, Kirby accidentally finds the one question the internet can't answer: how tall is Rob Raush from Love Island USA?

    Link to the weaving workshop discussed: https://ponnopozz.com/products/intro-to-weaving-workshop

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About J.Lo
    Jul 16 2024

    Going on three decades now, we have not stopped talking about J.Lo. But when we talk about J.Lo, she's often a cover for covert cultural conversations about identity, authenticity, the body, and worthiness.

    This episode is a dive into all the ways we use J.Lo as the table we gather around to think through various cultural moments. It's a stand alone episode, but, if you need more Lo, scroll two episodes back for our take on J.Lo's recent output and the renewed furor surrounding the Bennifer saga.

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    1 hr
  • Lorde and the World's Most Famous Powerpoint
    Jul 2 2024

    In 2018, the absolute workhorse of the Mircosoft office suite had a viral moment when a powerpoint about an alleged affair between Lorde and Jack Antonoff made the rounds on social media.

    On the way to discussing this newly vintage moment in online history, Kirby and Hart check in about Love Island USA (Kirby, franchise expert, endorses this season), Hart pitches a million dollar idea for a reality show about labor organizing, and we get into the cheez-its vs. goldfish marketing drama, sparked by the influencers on the reality show Summer House.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Four Horses of the Lo-pocalypse
    Jun 18 2024

    It's been a rough year so far for the Lopez-Aflecks in the tabloids and in that den of tiktoking of vipers.

    In this edition of the pod, Hart takes Kirby on a tour of the four interlocking pieces of media that make up J-lo's recent contributions to the culture, a story entwined with the stories we are telling ourselves and each other about Lopez & Afleck, stories which (spoiler) tell us not that much about them but lots about the public gaze.

    BONUS CONTENT: a ratio-ed tweet about who is allowed at pride.

    Oh. And here's a j-lo playlist if you need it: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zsB8BUrGbI1F0jSqUQCrU?si=556f914004fe4bec

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    54 mins
  • Iconic Drag Queen Fights: Vintage Drama from RuPaul's Internet
    May 28 2024

    "I love all petty drama." Kirby curates her top five high intensity online moments betwixt Rugirls, the illustrious alumnae of RuPaul's Drag Race.

    Major players include:

    • Bob the Drag Queen vs. Raven, plus Thorgy Thor (Drama: F*ck Yo Purse)
    • Vivienne Pinay vs. Princess Party Entertainers (Drama: Rapunzel Wig Scam)
    • Pearl & RuPaul, plus Raja (Drama: Do I have something on my face?)
    • Trinity the Tuck Taylor vs. Reddit (Drama: u/SHEdevilBYnight)
    • Morgan McMichaels vs. Tyra (Drama: The Death of Morgan McMicheals)

    Bonus Content: We experiment with the cold open via a phone call to our friend Meagan

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Family Vlogs (Shocking!)
    May 14 2024

    Did your parents film you from breakfast to bedtime then parlay that tape into content which will exist forever as an online public archive of every triumph and failure of your childhood? If so, trigger warning. If not, get ready as Kirby schools us on the family vlog.

    Subtopics include: Shaytards, The Norris Nuts, The LeBrant Fam, and adoption controversies. Plus, a highlight about Plane Jane and her recent contribution to meme culture, Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • R/Pigeon
    Apr 30 2024

    Good advice is hard to come and life is full of questions. Like everybody else, when we need help, we go to reddit. Very special guest and pigeon enthusiast Krystal Ortiz joins Kirby and Hart to discuss the intersection of pigeons and the internet, with a special focus on r/pigeon, a subreddit at the helm of pigeon/person relations.

    Hart went to r/pigeon in a moment of domestic desperation: there were pigeons pooping so much on his porch. The online community solved the problem and taught Hart what it means to be a good neighbor.

    Our conversation also includes Krystal's story of an incredible pigeon rescue and the tale of Hercules, a plucky squirrel Kirby's family saved, then endangered, then saved again, plus mostly off-line internet highlight with a pigeon-like plot twist.

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    1 hr and 13 mins