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Death, Sex & Money | When Your Famous Dad Can C...
Wally "Famous" Amos built a cookie empire and discovered Simon and Garfunkel. His daughter Sarah grew up in the chaos of his success and downfall.
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Hang Up | The Ballad of Lane Kiffin
You can’t get left on the tarmac if you move to the bayou first.
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Care & Feeding | Everyday Carry for Parents: Ne...
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ICYMI | Everyone Online Is Going Analog
From physical media to “analog bags,” being offline is now trendy…online.
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What Next: TBD | Rebroadcast: Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
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What Next | Why You Can't Avoid Wicked
It's the way you're viewed, so it's very shrewd to be very very…weird?
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ICYMI | Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Sub...
Charli xcx is the latest to spill her guts on the buzzy newsletter platform.
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Culture Gabfest: Wicked Triple Feature Edition
On this week’s show, a discussion of three wildly different movies make for weird sisters: Wicked: For Good, Train Dreams, and Peter Hujar’s Day.
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How To! | Learn to Love Your City
Melody Warnick on doubling down on your hometown.
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Death, Sex & Money | “The Lord Is My Shepherd a...
In the 1960s, the Metropolitan Community Church was one of the first gay-positive churches. When AIDS hit, it became a refuge.
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Hang Up | Apple’s Soccer Shakeup
Why the tech giant tore down its MLS streaming paywall.
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Care & Feeding | Ending the Elf (On the Shelf)
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ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.
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Care & Feeding | How To Navigate Strained Relat...
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ICYMI | The Two Internet Villains Staging a Com...
Why won’t Ned Fulmer and Colleen Ballinger get the hint?
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Decoder Ring | How Protein Muscled Its Way to t...
Two hundred years of protein frenzy, from beef tea to whey powder.
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Culture Gabfest: Glen Powell Does The Running M...
On this week’s show, the gang gets into The Running Man, the limited series Death by Lightning, and Rosalía’s new album LUX.
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How To! | Move to a New City
Think you’re an “anywhereist”? Melody Warnick wants to help you decide where to live.
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Death, Sex & Money | Tig Notaro's Documentary A...
When poet Andrea Gibson's cancer became incurable, Tig helped organize a film crew to document her final days. Some scenes will have you crying… with laughter.
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Hang Up | The Mavericks' Meltdown
How Dallas lost Luka and then showed G.M. Nico Harrison the door.
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Care & Feeding | How to Get Through (Or Help So...
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ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing
A viral Vogue essay has sparked an online debate.
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Gabfest Reads | Inside the Greatest Crash in W...
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Hit Parade | Pour Some Sugar on Me Edition Part 1
Mutt Lange built the sound of arena rock—then ruled the charts for decades.
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Care & Feeding | Help! Is My Kid Talking Enough?
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