Infamous

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Why Are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Kids Dropping “Pitt” from Their Names? Jul 09, 2026

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The Brangelina divorce has lasted far longer than the marriage itself. Nearly a decade after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, the former couple is still locked in a bitter fight over custody, money, and their French vineyard. Now, some of their children appear to be dropping “Pitt” from their names. This week, Natalie and Vanessa unpack how one of Hollywood’s most famous love stories became one of its messiest family feuds.
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Are Elon and Katy Perry Really Going to Colonize Space? Jun 18, 2026

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The new space race isn't between nations but rather between billionaires. With our guest Tim Higgins of the Wall Street Journal, we unpack how Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk turned a decades-old dream of private spaceflight into one of the fiercest rivalries in business, as rockets, fortunes, and outsized personalities collide.

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Is Oprah’s Book Club Pick Really a True Story? Jun 11, 2026

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Amy Griffin's bestselling memoir The Tell was celebrated by Oprah and Reese Witherspoon as a powerful story of recovered memories, trauma, and healing, until a lawsuit was filed more recently. In this episode, we discuss The New York Times stories on the topic, and unpack the controversy surrounding Griffin. Griffin's attorney has defended her and called the lawsuit bogus, saying “we look forward to exposing these meritless claims in court, as well as the deeply flawed New York Times reporting that is at the center of it.” Since this episode was recorded, Amy Griffin has filed suit in Nevada.

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Update: Matthew Perry, A Lost Friend Jun 04, 2026

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Matthew Perry was a beloved star making a million dollars an episode on Friends. But he could never shake his addiction to drugs, and died at 54 after taking ketamine in his backyard hot tub. Now, the criminal case tied to his death has wrapped, with his assistant, doctors, dealers, and the so-called “Ketamine Queen” sentenced for their roles.

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The Scandals Behind ChatGPT May 28, 2026

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You may use ChatGPT or Claude every day, but how much do you know about the guys running those companies? One of them, Sam Altman, has come under a ton of fire recently. He transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit lab into one of the most powerful and controversial companies in Silicon Valley, raising billions in funding and steering the development of ChatGPT into a product used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. But Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker, spent 18 months co-authoring an article with Ronan Farrow that asks if he can be trusted.

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How Kim Kardashian Turned Us All Into Content Creators May 21, 2026

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This week on Infamous, author M.J. Corey joins Vanessa and Natalieto talk about her provocative new book, Dekonstructing the Kardashians: A New Media Manifesto. Together, they unpack how the Kardashian era reshaped faces via plastic surgery, and about the way ordinary people document, brand, monetize, and perform their own lives online. For more from MJ, follow her on Instagram: @mjcorey.

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Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni - The Case That Won’t End May 14, 2026

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In this episode, Reeves Wiedeman of New York Magazine joins us to unpack what was supposed to be the end of the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni — a feud that has spiraled far beyond Hollywood gossip into a full-scale public war. We get into the PR maneuvering, internet pile-ons, and whether the case is really over, or if it'll still be going through the courts.

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The Other Rich Fight: Alex Cooper and Her Very Unwell Empire I Part 5 May 07, 2026

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Vanessa and Natalie dive into how the Real Housewife playbook morphed into pop culture. They talk about Alex Cooper, Alix Earle, podcast empires and TikTok overexposure: how are young women navigating ambition, romance, and public scrutiny in real time?

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The Rich Utah Wives and Their Scams I Part 4 Apr 30, 2026

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Jen Shah may be off our screens, but scandal among Mormon influencers is having a second life — from tradwives and Ballerina Farm to discourse to the chaos surrounding Taylor Frankie Paul. Amy Kaufman, author of best-selling book Bachelor Nation, talks to us about the Bachelorette situation, plus there's new stars and new controversies.

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The Rich Utah Wives and Their Scams | Part 3 Apr 23, 2026

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In part three, Vanessa and Natalie turn to the fallout: Jen Shah’s explosive arrest, the cast’s on-camera reactions, and the victims waiting to tell their stories in court.

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Read Vanessa’s book, Blurred Lines: Sex, Power and Consent on Campus, and check out Natalie on Instagram at @natrobe

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