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If life is like a fourth of July fireworks show, your wedding is the part that is giant and loud and maybe on fire. At least that’s what Taylor Swift’s looked like to me. This week we’re talking about Taylor Swift’s wedding, the empire state building climbers and whether or not what they’re doing is art, peptides, and the best rower.
15 min: Kelsey Pfendler Rowed So Far
25 min: Is The Empire State Building Couple Art
38 min: Tay and Trav Forever
66 min: Caroline Calloway and Peptides Today
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Peptides:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-peptide-legalization-gold-rush/
https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/caroline-calloway-ozempic-drinking
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/can-ozempic-cure-addiction
Empire State Building Couple:
Kelsey Pfendler:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/rowing-record-pacific-kelsey-pfendler.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/american-solo-rowing-hawaii
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What is fame and does it just happen to you or does it take effort??? This week we’re talking about famous loser Jack Schlossberg, reality star fame/ longevity/ and strategy when it comes to Love Island’s Olandria, being famously beautiful but also a director when it comes to Olivia Wilde, and being famous and lost like Lizzo.
16 min: Jack Schlossberg and the Democrats
27 min: Boots Riley, Pharrell Williams, Art and Stealing
40 min: Lizzo’s Album
58 min: Olandria’s Fame
75 min: Olivia Wilde’s Reputation
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Schlossberg:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/kennedy-jack-schlossberg-political-dynasty.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/jack-schlossberg-makes-his-case
Olivia Wilde:
https://www.vulture.com/article/dont-worry-darling-drama-timeline.html
Olandria:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a71547584/olandria-interview-2026/
Lizzo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AvXwyqLx0w
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Women can have kids at any age and ballerinas are allowed to sell you poison milk this is the future babydoll we’re just livin in it. Also Peter Thiel founded an evil party but you already could have guessed.
14 min: Anne Hathaway
22 min: Serena Williams
26 min: Sports Journalism
26 min: Peter Thiel’s Dialog Society
55 min: Ballerina Farm
78 min: Caps Off
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Ballerina Farm:
https://www.vulture.com/article/ballerina-farm-interview-yesteryear-tradwife.html
Sports Journalism:
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/how-athletes-teams-are-replacing-sports-journalism/
Dialog Society:
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/
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The girls are Unwell this week and not just the ones employed by Alex Cooper and her evil husband. Emily Ratajkowski wrote about getting back in the dating game, it was traumatic. The only happy lady is Gwyneth Paltrow because she’s a centrist, meaning she’s on whichever side is doing the most war and right now there’s so much war and she’s doing so great.
13 min: Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network
31 min: Deed Theft
41 min: Emrata’s New Essay
79 min: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Politics
117 min: Caps Off
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Deed Theft:
Unwell Network:
Emily Ratajkowski Essay:
https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html
Gwyneth:
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Dua Lipa got married and set the bar high for cool girls everywhere. Luckily Taylor Swift is in a league of her own and the rumors about her upcoming wedding can only be described as jaw dropping. In other news, pop girls are writing sad music, Graham Platner has even more controversies tainting his campaign, and Steven Bartlett loves to track his health but should you do the same?
12 min: Wedding Watch
38 min: Graham Platner
62 min: Sad Pop Summer
70 min: 100k College
88 min: Diary of a CEO and Fitness Trackers
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Wearable Tech:
https://hbr.org/2014/09/just-thinking-you-slept-poorly-can-hurt-your-performance
Sad Pop Summer: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/entertainment/summer-pop-songs-sad-girls-cec
100k tuition:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/colleges-hundred-thousand-dollars-per-year.html
Graham Platner:
https://time.com/article/2026/06/08/the-democrats-platner-problem/
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Its pride month but the straight agenda is louder than ever at The New York Times, Patagonia, and The Free Press. From Scooter Braun interviews to meandering op eds, there’s a lot to unpack here.
16 min: Alexa Demie interview
22 min: Hetero-optimism op-ed
40 min: Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia
60 min: The Pope Hates AI
1 hour 7 min: Sooter Braun
1 hour 32 min: Caps Off
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Patagonia:
Scooter Braun:
Alexa Demie:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/alexa-demie-interview-euphoria-1236609237/
Pope Leo:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-pope-leo-xiv-said-about-ai
Straight Culture:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/opinion/heteropessimism-straight-dating-love.html
Caps Off:
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Once again this weak we’re balancing on the edge of reality. Are movies real? Did the founder of Mango get murdered by his son? Do College students Love AI or do they hate it? Does Belle Burden, author of Strangers have tons of money? And does Olivia Rodrigo have any songs? Choose your own reality.
16 min: Cannes Film Festival
34 min: The Founder of Mango’s Death
44 min: Commencement Speakers Getting Boo’d
50 min: Belle Burden’s Finances
68 min: Did Olivia Rodrigo Steal Music
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Cannes:
Belle Burden:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/whats-missing-from-belle-burdens-strangers
Music Copyright:
https://www.raconteur.net/risk-regulation/music-copyright-laws
Mango Murder:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2g09yvgmo
AI Grads:
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5822419/ai-colleges-commencement-booing
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It takes a lot to make a relationship work these days and the secrets to life can all be decoded from Taylor Swift’s outfits! There’s also a mayoral race in LA, a data center to fight in Utah, and nothing you see online is real anyway!
13 min: Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt
20 min: The LA Mayoral Race
36 min: Taylor Swift’s Outfits
54 min: The Feed is Fake
1 hour 14 min: Kevin O’Leary Data Center
1 hour 29 min: Caps Off
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Spencer Pratt
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5881567-bass-pratt-los-angeles-mayor/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/politics/spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor
https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/
Kevin O’Leary Data Center
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/04/utah-data-center-final-vote-box/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/25/hyperscale-data-cennter-may-be/
The Feed is Fake
https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html
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We’ve got something to talk about from every corner of the music world. The outfits Olivia Rodrigo wears, the concerts people do and don’t attend, who campaigns for votes in Eurovision. Don’t worry, it’s all a problem. The only thing we know for sure is that aliens are giving us the silent treatment.
13 min: Cocodona 250
20 min: Aliens
25 min: Olivia Rodrigo
30 min: Eurovision
37 min: Zoe Kravitz
45 min: The State of Touring
60 min: Caps off
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Touring:
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/blue-dot-fever-what-is-it-meaning-bd98hc300
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5779269/music-bands-coheadlining-success-tours-sharing-expenses
Eurovision:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/europe/eurovision-israel-gaza-netanyahu.html
Olivia Rodrigo:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/a71076564/olivia-rodrigo-babydoll-dress-reactions/
Aliens:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/politics/ufo-files-pentagon-release-aliens
https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-drops-new-ufo-files/
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Euphoria Season 3 is seemingly everywhere but is Sam Levinson still the genius that created season 1? And how did he reach a place in his career where HBO was just writing checks for whatever he wanted? We also get into The Met Gala, The Voting Rights Act, and Bryan Johnson’s girlfriend’s perfect health.
11 min: Kacey Musgraves vs. Miranda Lambert
20 min: The Met Gala
30 min: The Voting Rights Act
38 min: JP Morgan Lawsuit
48 min: Sam Levinson Deep Dive
79 min: Caps Off
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Sam Levinson:
https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/the-film-critic-who-inspired-netflixs-malcolm-and-marie.html
JP Morgan Situation:
Voting Rights Act:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-supreme-court-demolished-the-voting-rights-act
Bryan Johnson:
https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/health/bryan-johnson-makes-shocking-reveal-about-girlfriends-vagina/
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