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Working: How Kurt Andersen Succeeds in So Many ...
38 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: The Naughty Bob Ross (feat. Mar...
Improv musician Marc Rebillet uses a loop machine and strong WiFi to quench our thirsts.
53 min
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Spoiler Specials: I May Destroy You
Spoiling Michaela Coel’s compelling drama about sexual assault, consent, and empathy.
49 min
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Working: The Pulitzer Won’t Change Playwright M...
50 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: A “Two Appetizers” Kinda Guy (f...
We talked to Jake Johnson. He’s as great as you’d imagine him to be.
43 min
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Culture Gabfest: Mad as Hell
56 min
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Working: Paul Mpagi Sepuya on the Inherent Inti...
42 min
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Decoder Ring: Mystery of the Mullet
We track the rise and fall of the mullet, and the lexical quandary at its heart: who named the mullet?
45 min
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Working: Jordan Peele’s Film Composer is Terrif...
48 min
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Spoiler Specials: An American Pickle
Dana Stevens and Isaac Butler spoil Seth Rogen’s comedy about a man perfectly preserved in pickle brine for a century.
40 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: Rakes, Sheikhs, Shipping Magnates
Let's talk romance novels and how they helped us learn about articulating desire
53 min
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Culture Gabfest: Folklorn
60 min
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Working: The Immersive Sounds of Audio Drama
42 min
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Hit Parade: What a Fool Believes Edition
This is the story of Yacht Rock.
8 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: THIRSTMAIL VOL. 4
The thirst remains strong, even all these months into isolation
56 min
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Working: Adrian Tomine’s Drawings Tell Rich, Co...
54 min
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Spoiler Specials: Palm Springs
Spoiling the charming time loop rom-com starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.
48 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: Bim’s Thirst 123s
Can we talk about the mixed bag foundations of Bim’s thirst mansion?
64 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: Friendship and Thirst (feat. Am...
Tunde & Amina & Ann & Peter sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G
63 min
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Outward: Sweat and Sorrow in the Summer
Discussing the atrocities in Chechnya and caring for our queer elders.
58 min
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Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut 2020
73 min
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Working: Why Anything Is Possible on HBO’s Los ...
42 min
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Spoiler Specials: Irresistible
Jon Stewart’s comedy about unchecked money in politics oversimplifies America’s current political landscape.
41 min
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Decoder Ring: The Karen
The Karen, a white woman who surveys, inconveniences, and terrorizes, service workers and people of color is a relatively new term in the culture, but her character type has been with us for centuries.
36 min
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Working: How to Interview Celebrities, With Taf...
47 min