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What makes 'The Real Housewives' so addictive? (Classic)
It's a big week for fans of reality TV - it's Bravocon 2023. This year it's in Las Vegas – and while we couldn't make it to Vegas, we're revisiting w…
2 years, 5 months ago
It's Britney, bestseller!
Britney Spears just released one of the most hotly anticipated celebrity memoirs of the year, The Woman In Me. The book details her meteoric rise to …
2 years, 5 months ago
The new "final girl" in horror; plus, who's afraid of a horny hag?
Halloween is upon us — and it's the season for horror movies. Host Brittany Luse is a HUGE horror girlie, but loving horror also means critiquing it…
2 years, 5 months ago
Misinformation & uninformed comments are clogging war coverage; plus, Tupac's legacy
A warning: This episode contains explicit language and mentions of rape.
For the past two weeks, social media has been flooded with coverage and comme…
2 years, 5 months ago
Code Switch: Baltimore teens are fighting for environmental justice — and winning
From our friends at Code Switch, we present a story about one group of student activists in Baltimore and how their efforts to make their neighborhoo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are 100% in a PR relationship. Here's how we know.
Taylor Swift and her maybe boyfriend, Kansas Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, have been inescapable the past few weeks. The pop superstar has been show…
2 years, 5 months ago
In defense of bad movie accents
We can all think of a bad movie accent. There's Lady Gaga in House of Gucci, Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, or Emma Watson in The Bling Ring. A bad acc…
2 years, 5 months ago
It's Fat Bear Week - but our fascination with bears is timeless
Every year, the Katmai National Park in Alaska puts on a March Madness-style bracket of all the fattest bears in their park. It's a celebration of fa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Jordan Peele presents a 'new' Black horror
This week, host Brittany Luse kicks off spooky season by sitting down with the current champion of Black horror, Jordan Peele. In his most recent pro…
2 years, 6 months ago
Hasan Minhaj and the limits of representation
A recent New Yorker piece on Hasan Minhaj found that some crucial bits of his stand-up act didn't stand up to fact-checking. Stretching the truth in …
2 years, 6 months ago