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Bizarre Celebrity Conspiracy Theories feat. Patty Pop Culture Jun 03, 2024

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Join myself and Patty Pop Culture as we explore some of the more niche and outlandish celebrity conspiracy theories that exist out there. From celebrities as CIA intelligence plants, to celebrities faking their death and more, we explore it all.

0:00 Catching up and Kendrick & Drake

7:31 Which types of conspiracy theories are you into?

11:15 Our favorite pop culture conspiracy theory

14:56 Celebrities faking their death (David Bowie and Michael Jackson)

23:14 Celebrity fragrances…or piss?!

29:18 Celebrities who are intelligence/government assets

34:48 Anderson Cooper is a CIA plant?

37:35 Ellen is a CIA plant hahaha

42:00 Meghan Markle is a CIA plant?

47:26 Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus

49:25 Scientology celebrities who…kill?

52:20 M.I.A. and the CIA

56:30 Leonardo DiCaprio propping up Victoria’s Secret

58:50 Billie Eilish and Finneas are…how old?

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Discussing Survivor May 28, 2024

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My new obsession is Survivor and this week Torry joins me again to discuss it as our resident superfan! Together we dive into:

2:57 What makes someone good at Survivor?

8:16 101 on Survivor

16:35 What do they get on the island?

22:05 What the winners get

28:15 Aquadumping

35:25 Discussing Season 46

1:03:50 Discussing Season 47

1:09:30 Legal issues on Survivor

1:06:09 All about Jeff Probst

1:22:55 Obscure Survivor facts and rumors

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A Piece of Reese Witherspoon May 20, 2024

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With the new Elle series on the horizon, we take this week to peek into Reese Witherspoon - her rise to fame, her impressive resume, her dating history, and more!

0:00 The new Elle show on Amazon

4:21 Intro to Reese Witherspoon

12:09 Reese’s dating history

20:08 Reese’s blind items

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A Girly Pop's Guide to the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef May 13, 2024

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Curious about what's been doing on with the Drake and Kendrick Lamar diss tracks? I'll walk you through a 101 of their 'beef' history, the allegations in their songs, which ones hold up, and more!

1:18 Thoughts on celebrity internet beef

6:48 Drake and Kendrick’s beef history

32:18 Diving into the Ozempic allegations

34:36 Millie Bobby Brown allegations

51:08 Blind items

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Interviewing Comedian Jiaoying Summers May 08, 2024

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Unzipped: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants May 06, 2024

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This week Susanna Vogel and I take a trip down memory lane with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. We discuss the books, movies, and the gossip and drama between the cast members!

0:00 Intro of the book and characters

7:26 Facts on the book

18:16 Casting of the movie

29:30 Fun facts

31:05 Gossip about the cast

43:17 Amber Tamblyn

1:01:47 Alexis Bledel

1:05:49 America Ferrera

1:08:26 Blake Lively

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Being Kenough: The Male Side of Plastic Surgery in Hollywood Apr 29, 2024

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Today we explore the lesser talked about side of cosmetic work in Hollywood: what male celebrities are getting done. From the jaw, to the scrotum and more! We cover what male celebs are on record talking about, and what the internet alleges has been done, and more.

3:51 George Clooney

7:50 Alec Baldwin

10:53 Joel McHale, Bobby Burke, Andrew Garfield

13:00 Tom Cruise

15:13 Joe Jonas

19:04 Rob Gronkowski

21:24 Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise

24:25 Ryan Gosling, Simon Cowell,

30:24 Christian Bale

31:35 John Stamos

32:33 Kanye West

37:20 Josh Hutcherson and Howard Stern

41:50 Gene Simmons

42:50 Male plastic surgery blinds

47:09 Online male plastic surgery allegations

51:28 Steroid and HGH use

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Rhyme and Punishment: The Tortured Poet’s Department feat. Bryanlicious Apr 22, 2024

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The hilarious Bryanlicious joins me this week to talk about all things TTPD that gave us TTPTSD and more. We go over Taylor Swift's newest album track by track and analyze, speculate, joke and more!

1:09 How Bryan started his Taylor Swift content

9:50 Original thoughts on TTPD

12:46 Fortnight

20:22 The Tortured Poets Department

26:16 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

28:35 Down Bad

33:50 So Long London

39:38 But Daddy I Love Him

43:50 Fresh Out The Slammer

46:58 Florida!!!

48:43 Guilty as sin

51:30 Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me

55:00 I Can Fix Him (no really I can)

56:06 loml

57:09 I can do it with a broken heart

58:22 The smallest man who ever lived

59:58 The alchemy

1:00:50 Clara Bow

1:01:57 The Black Dog

1:03:00 imgonnagetyouback

1:04:40 The Albatross

1:05:15 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

1:07:14 How did it end?

1:10:26 So high school

1:12:54 I hate it here

1:14:40 thanK you aimer

1:18:00 I look in people’s windows

1:20:23 The prophecy

1:22:13 Cassandra

1:23:20 Peter

1:23:50 The Bolter

1:26:11 Robin

1:27:16 The Manuscript

1:29:40 Questions to wrap up

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The Food Pyramid Scheme and Other Nutrition Theories Apr 15, 2024

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Today we dive into food theories! From the food pyramid and the interests that changed what the pyramid was, to theories about nightshade vegetables (and celebrities that don't eat them) to junk food in the US compared to junk food in the UK, and more!

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2:52 The food pyramid is a lie!

19:30 Food industry executives find their way into the USDA

22:59 How stress and your mindset changes the affect food has on your body

29:26 Celebrities who don’t eat nightshades

39:27 Junk food in the US vs. UK

48:48 High fructose corn syrup and its different names

53:06 Ending on a positive note

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The Dirt (and Sand) Behind Dune 2 Apr 10, 2024

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Today I dive into Dune 2! We cover the lore of this franchise, I give some thoughts on the movie, and then we talk about gossip surrounding the movie, the cast of the movie, and take a closer look at the two leads (in my mind) Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson.

0:00 Intro of Dune and facts about the movie

17:31 General Dune gossip

42:05 Rebecca Ferguson

52:40 Timothee Chalamet

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