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Drake and Kendrick are beefing, but who pays? Plus, moms as our social safety net
Drake and Kendrick have been trading diss tracks for weeks, and it's gotten darker and darker with each track. Drake accuses Kendrick of beating women, and Kendrick accuses Drake of abusing minors. I…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
A 'Wild Card' game with Rachel Martin
NPR's Rachel Martin is the host of a new weekly podcast called Wild Card. It's part-interview, part-existential game show. In this episode, Brittany sits down to play the game with Rachel, which brin…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Suburban decay and choking on nostalgia
Brittany sits down with Jane Schoenbrun, the director of A24's coming of age horror film, I Saw The TV Glow. Brittany and Jane discuss suburban decay, delightfully creepy kids shows, and new metaphor…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
An inside look at the campus protests; plus, Israel at Eurovision
Pro-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities around the world, and in the last few days things have escalated at a number of those campuses. Columbia University called on police to s…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
How Chicago's Black press shaped America
Host Brittany Luse sits down with Arionne Nettles, author of We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything. Arionne shares how Black media in Chicago influenced the way Black Americans …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
TikTok gets the boot; plus, a 'tradwife' fantasy
This week, President Biden signed a law that could ban TikTok nationwide unless its Chinese parent company sells the media platform within a year. Brittany is joined by NPR's Deirdre Walsh and Bobby …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Dating skills vs. dating gimmicks in 'Love on the Spectrum'
One of Brittany's latest TV obsessions has been Netflix's Love on the Spectrum. It's a reality series that follows several autistic adults as they wade through the dating pool, guided by relationship…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The backlash against protests; plus, how OJ Simpson changed media forever
Earlier this week, pro-Palestinian protestors blocked traffic on highways and bridges in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Seattle. On that same day, the Supreme Court made it incredibly difficult…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
An argument for the art of whistling
Some of us whistle while we work, but what happens when your work is whistling? This week, host Brittany Luse is joined by professional whistler, Molly Lewis. Lewis' catalogue spans across the film a…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The car culture wars; plus, the problem with child stars
President Biden has been pushing new regulations to promote electric vehicle production to combat the climate crisis — and former president Trump is using those regulations as a talking point against…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago