BEEF with Bridget Todd

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Feed Drop: "What's Your Beef?" Jul 05, 2023

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Episode 138: I'll Always Have Coach - What's Your Beef? Coach has complications with cat sitting, JD tiffs with taxes, and Davis makes a first class friend. Beef. Everybody's got it. Join feral comedians Leah Kayajanian (Coach), Jenny Davis (JD), and Emily Davis (Davis) as they take a deep dive into the petty beefs we all encounter, dissecting life's little stresses and inviting you to share your beefs too. WYB covers the spectrum of the absurd and laughs at the small stuff. Beef with us and leave a little lighter. www.whatsyourbeefpod.com Subscribe to WYB YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ufHd8rT52IWkX8obCGaqQ Edited by Jeff Sewing of Pat and Jeff Like Sports Music and cover art by Andy Bar. Follow him on YouTube, Instagram @werdnabar, and Soundcloud. Email us your beefs! whatsyourbeefpod@gmail.com

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Introducing...Indecent with Kiki Andersen May 24, 2023

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Comedian Kiki Andersen finds the funny in the most uncomfortable corners of our culture. Sex. Politics. Religion. But in the digital age, what can and can’t be talked about at the dinner table has changed dramatically. Indecent is a podcast all about what’s off-limits and who sets the boundaries for today’s taboos. Through conversations with comedians, psychologists, journalists, theologians and scientists, Kiki peels at the wallpaper of polite society on Indecent, where NSFW meets LMAO.

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You never forget your first. And in our inaugural episode, Kiki talks with Dr. Laurie Betito, Director of Pornhub's Sexual Wellness Center, about how much jacking off is too much, the conservative obsession with limiting adult content, and the importance of wearing a condom when having sex with a tree. Also, comedian and porn producer Kenny Weber shines some light on the realities of shooting high-quality smut.

Dr. Laurie Betito is a Clinical Psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for over 30 years. She is also the director of Pornhub’s Sexual Wellness Center. She has appeared on the weekly show "EROS" on The Life Channel as as well as on MenTV where she hosted the show "LET'S TALK SEX". She has appeared frequently on various television programs and documentaries, both as a commentator, and as a regular "sexpert", and is an accredited member of ACTRA. She is the host of The Passion Podcast and the author of “The Sex Bible For People Over 50: The Complete Guide To Sexual Love For Mature Couples.”

Follow Dr. Laurie at @drlauriebetito on Instagram and Twitter!

Follow Kenny Weber at @heykennyitskenny on Instagram and @itskennyweber on Twitter!

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://marketing4ecommerce.net/en/which-are-the-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/

https://statisticsanddata.org/data/most-popular-website/#:~:text=In%202022%20Xvideos%20is%20the,November%20of%20the%20same%20year.

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/does-society-have-a-sex-addiction-problem#:~:text=A%20study%20found%20that%204.7,women%20also%20can%20be%20addicted.

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/teaching-porn-literacy

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/louisiana-law-requiring-proof-of-id-for-porn-site-access-has-privacy-advocates-worried/

https://apnews.com/article/porn-age-verification-utah-8f8f4960ad1ec4afc5d59fd7d34c3b9d

"Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts.

Hosted by Kiki Andersen

Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson

Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle

Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen

Email us at indecentthepod@gmail.com

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Bonus Episode - Writer's Room Roundtable May 17, 2023

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In this bonus episode for season 1, the writing team behind Beef sat down to talk about how they put the show together and give you a peek behind the curtain as to how these stories got told. Our writing team are James Levine (who scripted the stories of Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels and Adidas vs. Puma Pt. 1 & 2), Ben Austin-Docampo (who wrote James Brown vs. Joe Tex, Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Steven Seagal, and Captain Henry Morgan vs. The Spanish Empire) and showrunner Pete Musto (who penned Dear Abby vs. Ann Landers and Penthouse vs. Playboy).

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Bonus Episode - Keith Elliot Greenberg (Full Interview) May 10, 2023

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In our third piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with wrestling journalist Keith Elliot Greenberg to talk about pro wrestling’s unusual history, the thin line between truth and reality within the sport, and the lack of punches pulled between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

Keith Elliot Greenberg is a New York Times bestselling author and television producer. He has written articles for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s WWE magazine, Playboy, Men's Journal, HuffPost, Maxim and The Village Voice. His books include December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, and Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19. In 2016, he co-authored the third edition of the WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment, as well as the fourth edition in 2020. He's a regular writer, contributor, and reporter for WWE. And he also co-authored a number of biographies of professional wrestlers, including Freddie Blassie, Ric Flair, and Superstar Billy Graham.

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Bonus Episode - Dr. Portia Maultsby (Full Interview) May 03, 2023

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In our second piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with African American music historian Dr. Portia Maultsby to talk about the origins of soul music, black culture’s unique effect on art, and the bitter divide between singers James Brown and Joe Tex.

Dr. Portia Maultsby. Dr. Maultsby is a professor emerita of ethnomusicology at Indiana University where she also formerly directed the Ethnomusicology Institute. She was the founding director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University and a consultant for the National Museum of African American Music. She is also the founding director of the Indiana University Soul Review, a credited course specializing in black popular music. She co-edited African American Music: An Introduction, the definitive book on black music in America. She was a consulting scholar for PBS’s award-winning series about the Civil Rights movement Eyes on the Prize. And her work is the basis for Carnegie Hall’s "Timeline of African American Music."

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Bonus Episode - Dan Savage (Full Interview) Apr 26, 2023

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In our first piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with sex & relationship advice columnist Dan Savage to talk about his experience as an advice giver, some of the best and worst words of wisdom he’s ever offered, and his love of Ann Landers.

Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster, an author, and has appeared on numerous television shows. “Savage Love,” Dan’s sex-advice column, first appeared in the The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative weekly, in 1991. The column is now syndicated across the United States and Canada. Dan has published six books. His newest book, Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras. In 2006, Dan launched the “Savage Lovecast,” a weekly, call-in advice podcast. It has 300,000 unique monthly downloads and 100,000 paying subscribers for premium Magnum content. It ranks consistently in the top ten Sexuality podcasts on Apple Podcasts. In 2010 Dan and his husband Terry Miller founded the It Gets Better Project, which has gathered tens of thousands of videos from people all over the world offering hope to LGBT kids. The book—It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living—was a New York Times best seller.

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Episode 8 - Adidas vs. Puma - Part 2: "The Sons" Apr 19, 2023

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Athletes and advertising seems so synonymous these days that it can be hard to imagine a time when the two didn't go hand in hand. But everything has to start somewhere. And in this case it all started with a small German shoe company that grew into the global corporate megaliths Adidas and Puma. The inner-family grudge that divided the original company in two may have started with brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler, but it came to its existential conclusion with their sons: Horst and Armin.

Be sure to watch Chris Silber's excellent series of films about the Dassler brothers: Rivals Forever.

And read Naomi Braithwaite's fascinating research into shoe design.

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Written by James Levine

Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo

Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle

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Episode 7 - Adidas vs. Puma - Part 1: "The Brothers" Apr 12, 2023

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Nowadays, the shoe game may have reached unprecedented heights. But modern sneaker heads might gasp at the realization that the options for dripped-out kicks were, at one point, severely limited. In the mid-twentieth century, between World Wars, even metal cleats on a futbol boot were an unfathomable innovation. That was until brothers Rudolf and Adi Dassler founded a company that, through a combination of athletic competitiveness, sibling rivalry and genuine paranoia, split into two titans of the sportswear industry: Puma and Adidas. And this schism was so deep and festering, that it would linger well after both men were dead and gone. poisoning the generation to come.

Be sure to watch Chris Silber's excellent series of films about the Dassler brothers: Rivals Forever.

And read Naomi Braithwaite's fascinating research into shoe design.

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Written by James Levine

Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo

Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle

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Episode 6 - Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Steven Seagal Apr 05, 2023

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Long before Marvel and DC started digging through their archives for whatever semi-recognizable spandex-clad heroes they could squeeze into FunkPop form, the people saving the day in Hollywood were just that: people. Everyday ordinary joes, off-duty cops, and cooks who were really former Navy SEALs in disguise. Back in the 80s and 90s, when blockbusters were all about bazookas and brawn, some of the biggest movie stars in the world were guys who looked good in a bloodstained tank-top. Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme were never the major A-listers. But they certainly knew how to sell a few well-time karate chops. And their verbal sparring brought the two of them close to blows at the height of their fame.

Be sure to read James Kendrick's insightful texts on the action genre: Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema and A Companion to the Action Film.

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo

Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by James Levine

Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle

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Episode 5 - Penthouse vs. Playboy Mar 29, 2023

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Sexual imagery and erotic content are nothing new. Whether for artistic enjoyment or pure carnal pleasure, humans have been obsessed with watching each other "do it" since the dawn of time. But the forms this has taken in the public sphere have transformed greatly. Nowadays, with the advent of the internet, Western society seems to take the almost ubiquitous nature of pornography for granted. But in the mid-twentieth century, magazines like Playboy and Penthouse weren't just publishing nude pictorials. They were the vanguards of the sexual revolution and the free speech debate. And their creators Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione were engaged in a game of brinkmanship to determine just how much was acceptable to print.

Dive into former Screw editor-in-chief Mike Edison's fascinating history of the industry Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers An American Tale of Sex and Wonder. And then pick his most recent book about The Rolling Stone's iconic drummer Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters.

Also read Carrie Pitzulo's fascinating analysis of the impact of Playboy: Bachelors and Bunnies: The Sexual Politics of Playboy

Hosted by Bridget Todd

Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto

Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo

Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle

Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com!

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