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Pride Bonus Episode on Ultimatum: Queer Love Jun 07, 2023

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Karen assembles an expert panel of queers to dish about this summer's reality phenom, Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix). Authors, curators, and queers about town, Greta La Fleur (@GretaLaFleur), Juana María Rodriguez (@RadioRodriguez), Poulomi Saha (@poulomiqsaha) and Jeanne Vaccaro (@whateverjeanne on instagram only) join KT with a rundown of all the things they find delightful and cringey about TV's latest bid for sapphic representation. Who ends up on top in our cast-member power rankings? Who are the most "therapized" and most chaotic of the Queer Love crew? Do we think Xander and Yoly will end up together? And what about the racial and sexual politics that surface in these couplings? Plus, a spirited (and honest) round of "Marry, F*ck, Kill" in this bonus ep--W2X's pride gift to you!

Ep. 105: GenX Coffee Klatsch + 1984 w/ Scott Poulson-Bryant & Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Jun 03, 2023

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Karen is joined this week by Scott Poulson-Bryant (a co-founding editor of Vibe magazine, author and professor at the University of Michigan), and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, the author of The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games. Ebony is a Detroit native who is also a professor at the University of Michigan. The trio get together for some wide-ranging cawffee tawk about pop culture habits across the spectrum of GenX (Scott was born in '66, KT in '73, and Ebony in '77). We start with love for the dearly departed Tina Turner, and focus on the year 1984, with detours into the 1970s, as well as our opinions on who wins the zaddystakes between Pacino and DeNiro. Plus, we get into our childhood love of libraries long before the internet, and fantasy realms like The Neverending Story and Dark Crystal. Karen forces everyone to talk about The Ultimatum: Queer Love, while revealing more about her internet induction into gaylorism. Songs of the week range from Tina, to pianos in the dark, to reimaginings of Alicia Keys through the lens of Bridgerton.

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Ep. 104: Met Gala and More w/ A.E. Stevenson May 13, 2023

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Fashion connoisseur and media scholar A.E. Stevenson joins KT this week to get into all things Met Gala, from the controversies around the Lagerfeld theme, to the tiniest details about some of the looks that ATE. Before all that, the two express their support for the WGA strike and explain some of the stakes for the uninitiated. Plus, songs by Kelele and Phoenix.

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Ep. 103b: Nuo-Lingo and BoCo: "Touch Grass" w/ Andrew Ti Apr 29, 2023

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Karen and guest-host Andrew Ti take their "Asian conversation meant to be had indoors" outdoors to the soccer pitch. The two share their love of ACFC player Jun Endo, while also discussing a controversy surrounding her hairstyle at the beginning of the season. Plus, "Brown-Eyed Biffs," latchkey kids, and the origins of the NUO LINGO phrase, "touch grass." It's our last FREE BoCo ep--the rest will be Patreon exclusive--so listen up, then subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/waitingtoxhale.

Ep. 103: Yo, is Gen X Racist? With Andrew Ti Apr 22, 2023

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Karen welcomes guest-host Andrew Ti (creator and co-host of Yo, is This Racist?) to discuss a recent Politico article that describes Gen X as "the Trumpiest generation." Before getting into all that, the two discuss their mutual love of the Angel City Football Club, aka ACFC, L.A.'s National Women's Soccer League team. Andrew also reports back after treating himself to matinees of the Dungeons and Dragons and Mario Bros. movies, while Karen is in the middle of another prestige TV rewatch with The Americans. Plus, two songs of the week featuring collaborations by women artists: Chong The Nomad - Take Two and BOYGENIUS - True Blue.

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Ep. 102b: Nuo-Lingo and BoCo: "Private Not Secret" w/ Guy Branum Apr 17, 2023

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Outtakes from episode 102 on Andy Cohen and International TV; a nuo-lingo on online displays of relationships.

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Ep. 102: World(ly) TV: From Top Chef World All Stars to International Netflix Offerings Apr 08, 2023

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Our dear Guy Branum sits in for Wynter, as he and Karen have a wide-ranging conversation about everything from #Gaylor discourse and why KT is a "Swiftie at Fifty," to his long Talmudic catch-up with the Real Housewives franchise, specifically Beverly Hills. The two also explore the impact of international TV, including shows like Physical 100 (S. Korea) and the Filipino comedy, The Enlightened before discussing what it means for the Top Chef franchise to do a "World All Stars" season. Plus the songs of the week, Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus and Y'a du Soleil by Christoph Maé.

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Ep. 101: What Did I Miss? Spare, The Last of Us, M3GAN & More - Plus THE OSCARS Mar 17, 2023

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Wynter and Karen are back with season 6 to ask each other, "what did I miss?" as they cover some of the notable pop culture moments that went down during their holiday hiatus. Before they get into Spare, The Last of Us and M3GAN, the two debrief about the 2023 Oscars, as Wynter goes against the tide of criticism around The Whale, while Karen considers the significance of Everything, Everywhere All At Once's sweep of the top prizes. The two also catch up about their recent travels (KT went to Sydney for World Pride, and Wynter went to the backwoods of Washington as well as Philly with Wanda Sykes). Plus, us a nuo-lingo to ICK about and songs of the week!

Ep. 100: Turning 100 with Bob Odenkirk Nov 07, 2022

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It's our 100th episode and season 5 finale!!! To help celebrate the occasion, the one and only BOB ODENKIRK was kind enough to join us for a chat about Mr. Show, comedy in the 90s, and the great Janeane Garofalo.

Karen is cautiously optimistic about the new season of White Lotus, while she and Wynter process the ramifications of El-n M-sk's purchase of Twitter.

Plus, a few other 100th episode surprises, to go with nuo-lingo and our songs of the week.

Celebrate 100 episodes with us! Oct 28, 2022

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