Shit You Should Care About

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What Happened To All The Teen Media? May 19, 2026

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This week on the Shit You Should Care About podcast, Luce and Abby dive deep into the death of teen media.

As 90s babies, we thrived in the teen media space — physical magazines, Disney stars, online games, blogs — and learned so much about our identity, interests, sexual health, and life in general when we didn't want to ask our parents. So where did it all go, and what did we lose when it disappeared?

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Billie Eilish Isn’t Taking Your Shit May 12, 2026

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This week on the Shit You Should Care About podcast, Luce and Abby discuss:

Clipping: the new advertising trend taking over your feed, explained
Charli XCX new song, 'Rock Music'
Billie Eilish sparks debate with her take on veganism
BTS studio photographs of Phoebe Bridgers potential new album released - was it an accident or a PR stunt??

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Bezos Met Gala & a Mysterious Virus May 05, 2026

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On today's episode of the Shit You Should Care About podcast, Luce and Abby discuss:

Three people are dead on a cruise ship in a suspected hantavirus outbreak
Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
A federal appeals court banned mail-order abortion pills in the US, and the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked that ban
Vine is back! Rebooted as "Divine" by Twitter developer Rabble (and it's generative AI free!)
The Met Gala 2026, sponsored by Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their 18 month long lawsuit

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Scientology, "Active Shoots" & Harry Styles Engagement, Explained Apr 28, 2026

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This week Abby and Luce chat about a real mixed bag of topics:

The shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner
Scientology (and the speedrun trend) Explained
Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz are engaged
Noah Kahan's documentary touches on traumatic brain injury and body dysmorphia and you should watch it!!!!
Singer D4vd (David Anthony Burke) has been charged with first-degree murder

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The Worst Story We've Ever Covered Apr 21, 2026

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On today's episode of the Shit You Should Care About podcast:

- CNN's investigation into so-called “online r@p3 academies”

- Reese Witherspoon’s strange push for us to use AI

- What really happened between Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson

- Why you shouldn't mess with Dylan Sprouse

- Charli XCX is releasing a rock album??

CNN: Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection

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Hungary's Revolution and Bieberchella, Explained Apr 14, 2026

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In this weeks episode Luce and Abby discuss:

the US and Iran's ceasefire talks flopping
the new Prime Minister of Hungary
Artemis II splashing back to earth
A failed plan by a random company to put people on Mars
Emperor penguins becoming endangered ˙◠˙
Bieberchella and whether you loved it or hated it
Sabrinachella getting cancelledchella
Ruby Rose accusing Katy Perry of s3xu@l ass@ult
ALLLLL our takes on The Drama

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Trump's Crashout, Ethel Cain's Nude & Space Travel, Explained Apr 07, 2026

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On the shit you should care about podcast this week:

Let’s talk about Artemis II
Trump tells Iran to "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell"
Cambodia has unveiled a statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat
Ethel Cain broke the internet on Trans Day of Visibility
Kris Jenner has has turned into a symbol of wealth, ambition, luck and success in China
Zendaya addressed the hat theory (if you know you know)

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Chappell Roan's Haters Were Bots & Meta's Guilty Verdict Isn't The Win We Think It Is Mar 31, 2026

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On the shit you should care about podcast this week:

Meta and YouTube found guilty of creating addictive products, but this isn’t the win we think it is
Clavicular got arrested. Twice. (And shot a gun into an alligator in between)
8-9 million people showed up to the No Kings protests across all 50 states
The Chappell Roan bodyguard drama update and the bots behind the hate pile-on
Barbie Dreamfest promised a Dreamhouse and delivered a concrete warehouse
The most stacked movie lineup of 2026 and we’re not okay about it
Shit Chat: finish the sentence, “I should probably care about ___ but I don’t

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Chappell Roan, Justin Timberlake, Labrinth, Taylor Frankie Paul & Epstein's Dupe Mar 24, 2026

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This week on the podcast, Luce and Abby discuss:

the war on Iran: four weeks in, Trump threatens to blow up power plants while claiming to "wind down"
a Florida man who looks like Jeffrey Epstein is not getting clout as "palm beach pete"
Hachette pulls a horror novel over suspected AI use
Chappell Roan's security allegedly made a fan cry and the internet is piling on her, again
Justin Timberlake's DUI bodycam footage gets released
a domestic assault video of Taylor Frankie Paul from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is leaked and the Bachelorette is cancelled
Labrinth calls out Euphoria in a cryptic instagram post

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Looksmaxxing, Clavicular & Mogging, Explained Mar 17, 2026

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From mewing to bone smashing to ranking people on something called the “sexual market value scale”, the internet has invented a whole new language around male attractiveness. It’s called looksmaxxing - a movement that started on incel forums and has since gone mainstream on TikTok. The idea is simple: if you can optimise your looks, you can optimise your life.

In this episode Luce and Abby break down the world of looksmaxxing, the bizarre glossary that comes with it, and the rise of one of its most controversial figures: a teenage streamer known as Clavicular, who built an audience teaching other men how to “maxx” their appearance.

We also talk about the strange irony at the heart of the movement - a culture obsessed with competing for women’s attention that has become almost entirely focused on judging other men.

Articles mentioned:

The New York Times article

The New Yorker article

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