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This week Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo are choosin to live forever with or without each other while Ella Langley tried to date someone who chose Texas. We’re also looking into whether or not Beck is or was a scientologist and is Scientology parenting low key closer to what normal parenting should look like?
10 min: Ella Langley is Choosin Texas
20 min: Should Kids Be Able to Walk Around?
33 min: Nolan Wells’s Family Still Needs Answers
39 min: Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo
58 min: Losing Beck
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Ella Langley
Bryan Johnson:
Nolan Wells:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nolan-wells-family-still-wants-answers
Beck and Scientology:
https://www.vulture.com/article/beck-scientology-leigh-limon-sea-change.html
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It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad.
13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore
51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ
62 min: Channing Tatum on IG
66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education
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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
Clash Talk in Toronto:
https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings
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Ed Sheeran:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o
https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/
Nikole Hannah-Jones:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html
Tom Cruise:
https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview
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This week anything you imagine can be real! Mr. Beast can write a bestselling book, Aaron Rodgers can invent a new reality, and AI is bringing all the evil tech billionaires together in song.
6 min: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley
33 min: Hyrox
41 min: Mr. Beast, Bestseller
48 min: AI and the Future
75 min: Caps off to Jennifer Lawrence
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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
Clash Talk in Toronto:
https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings
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Mr. Beast’s Book:
https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/mrbeast-youtube-james-patterson-book-games.html
Hyrox:
AI and the Future:
https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
Jennifer Lawrence:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHAY9TuvhK/
Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers:
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/shailene-woodley-environmentalist/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcj6LXY_e8
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Got Nicole Kidman on the brain??? In this week’s Katseye corner we’re digging into the hopes and dreams of non-Katseye member Adéla and her Nicole Kidman-less acknowledgement of Nicole Kidman. The storms this fall will be crazy thanks to a Super El Nino but is a storm better or worse than a senator who hates having to show up to senator club?? Finally, reading is over and freak youtube will freak you out.
18 min: Adela & Nicole Kidman Fall
31 min: John Fetterman Doesn’t Wanna Work
46 min: An El Nino for the Ages
57 min: Books & What Happens When You Don’t Read Them
98 min: Caps Off to Nikki Glaser
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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
Clash Talk in Toronto:
https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings
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Fetterman:
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3
Adela:
https://www.wmagazine.com/wyouth/adela-prima-album-interview-katseye-nicole-kidman
Nicole Kidman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1P8ZzoLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB4Iv_tM7U&list=RD3sB4Iv_tM7U&start_radio=1
Reading:
https://defector.com/what-do-booksellers-make-of-the-end-of-reading
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/
Lawn Guy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/magazine/greg-chism-youtube-bad-baby.html
Nikki Glaser at Taylors Wedding:
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I guess the government needs to just step in and control everything because restaurants, plastic surgery, and hobbies are out of control! And don’t even look at whats happening with surrogacy. This week we’re looking at what happens when everything is done to the absolute extreme but nothing really matters!!
Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!
15 min: Hobbyamory
24 min: What Happened to Horses (the restaurant)
60 min: Young People & Plastic Surgery
67 min: The State of Surrogacy
106 min: Caps Off to Phoebe Bridgers
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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings
Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
Clash Talk in Toronto:
https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings
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Surrogacy:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fate-of-twenty-one-los-angeles-siblings
https://www.thecut.com/article/surrogate-triplets-custody-china.html
https://www.thecut.com/article/they-asked-their-surrogate-to-have-an-abortion-she-refused.html
Horses:
https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-21/im-cancelable-but-im-not-a-cat-killer
https://www.grubstreet.com/article/horses-restaurant-la-will-aghajanian-elizabeth-johnson-chef.html
Plastic Surgery:
Hobbies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/style/single-dating-hobbies-hobbyamory.html
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What do Katseye, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Girlbosses have in common???? Their numbers are dwindling!!! This week we’re talking about the many Katseye member hiatuses, Leopold’s bad bets, David Ellison’s plea for more stuff, and the truth about Girlbosses vs. online vulnerability.
Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!
12 min: Katseye
21 min: David Ellison
32 min: Leopold Aschenbrenner
50 min: Girlbosses
78 min: Caps Off
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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings
Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
Clash Talk in Toronto:
https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings
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Keep up with all the latest:
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Leopold:
Girlbosses:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/female-ambition-alex-cooper-alix-earle/688080/
https://www.thecut.com/article/social-media-last-taboo-struggling.html
David Ellison:
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story
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Great news gang Jared Leto is headed for another reckoning but if he plays his cards John Galliano style he’s only a few years from being honored at the Met Gala! John Gallino, famed anti-semite and fashion designer will be the third ever living designer to be honored by the costume institute. In other news, Emily Wilson hated Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey and Nantucket hates influencers.
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13 min: John Galliano’s Met Gala
55 min: Jared Leto Allegations
63 min: Emily Wilson’s Critique of The Odyssey
77 min: The No Influencers Sign
101 min: Caps Off
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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings
Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
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The Met Gala:
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment
The Odyssey:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man
No Influencers:
https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.html
Jared Leto:
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Co-star, Sophie Cunningham, and Tyra Banks are all showing their true colors and perhaps its not what you thought? But perhaps it’s exactly what you thought. We’re also chatting about whether or not the counterculture can even exist anymore!!!
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15 min: Co-Star was Acquired
27 min: How Mad Should You Be at Cheating???
47 min: Who is Sophie Cunningham?
64 min: Is Punk Dead?
78 min: Caps off to Tyra Banks
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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings
Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:
https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show
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Punk is dead:
https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middlebury.edu/dist/d/2396/files/2010/09/dissent.pdf
Co-Star:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/how-astrology-took-over-the-internet.html
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/
Cheating:
https://www.vox.com/culture/457569/coldplay-cheating-ceo-why-people-love-cheating
Sophie Cunningham:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/
Modelland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54
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Everything is better when its bigger!! Alix Earle’s butt should be bigger, Karlie Kloss’s media empire should be bigger, and movies should be bigger! Starting with The Odyssey!!
13 min: Alix Earle & Butts
41 min: Pink Cleats
49 min: The Odyssey in IMAX
62 min: All About Karlie Kloss
92 min: Caps Off
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Karlie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5_-7_SjQI
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29152064/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-relationship-timeline/
https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/
Pink Cleats:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/sport/world-cup-pink-boots-cleats-nike-adidas-spt-intl
IMAX:
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Bad news my friends, Dave Portnoy has a book and I acknowledged its existence. In slightly better news, the world cup was ruined by technology, Phoebe Gates’s app is doing some very shady things, StubHub is a scam, and Jia Tolentino wrote another essay.
14 min: Stubhub at it Again
22 min: Phia Broke the Law
33 min: Is VAR Ruining the World Cup?
44 min: Jia Tolentino’s New Essay
62 min: Dave Portnoy’s Memoir
96 min: Caps Off
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Jia:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/our-plastic-surgery-nightmare
Phia:
World Cup VAR:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8jv326d7vo
Stubhub:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/stubhub-marketplace-mass-scalper-sec-filings-9.7265230
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