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ICYMI: Amanda Mull on Titanic Fandoms and Frog ...
How the Bloomberg Businessweek reporter finds joy online as a conscious consumer and retail journalist
29 min
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Culture Gabfest: Longlegs Has Legs
This week, the hosts discuss Longlegs, a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries, and an Alice Munro controversy.
60 min
828
How To!: Be a Mindful Grandparent
Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter on loving your children’s children.
37 min
829
Death, Sex & Money: The Mayor of the Most Contr...
A frank conversation with San Francisco mayor London Breed about drug policy and formative life experiences in the City by the Bay.
49 min
830
Hear Me Out: AI’s Threat to Democracy Flopped
For now, the robots have left us unscathed.
31 min
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Hang Up: Chaos at the Copa
60 min
832
Working: An Author’s Mission to Make Her Reader...
Writer Sally Franson talks about her hilarious new novel Big in Sweden, which was inspired by her real-life experience as a reality TV contestant.
48 min
833
ICYMI: The “Hawk Tuah Girl” Is the New Scott Di...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on everyone’s favorite TikTok love triangle and the United Airlines cheater.
32 min
834
Hit Parade: Song(s) of the Summer Edition Part 1
56 min
835
A Word: Blerd Up
How BlerdCon is uniting cosplayers, superfans, and geeks of color.
31 min
836
Dear Prudence: My BFF Bullied Her Husband Into ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by storyteller and host Ronald Young Jr.
32 min
837
Working: How to Ease Back into Work After Losin...
18 min
838
Culture Gabfest: Has The Bear Jumped the Shark?
This week, the hosts discuss The Bear season 3, Fancy Dance, and the app-ification of, well, everything.
59 min
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Outward: What's A Gender Doula?
Jules talks to Eli Lawliet about their practice as a Gender Doula, offering practical and emotional support to people as they transition
36 min
840
Well, Now: The Full Truth About Ozempic
Whether we like it or not, GLP-1 drugs have changed healthcare forever. So how can doctors prescribe it safely?
46 min
841
ICYMI: Baggu’s Horse Bag Controversy
Plus, why an A.I.-generated Toys R Us commercial gained more critics than customers.
36 min
842
Hear Me Out: Jeff Bezos Could Save The Post (Ag...
Get that billionaire back in the newsroom.
38 min
843
How To!: Take a Sabbatical
DJ DiDonna on taking a break from work and making it count.
36 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Sex Parties and Shakespeare...
The writer and podcast host discusses his new memoir and explains why sex “might hold the secrets to almost everything.”
49 min
845
Hang Up: Sports’ Billion-Dollar Bubble
47 min
846
Working: How to Photograph a Hardcore Punk Show
Music photographer Jim Saah talks about the iconic images he created of the D.C. punk scene in the 80’s and 90’s.
44 min
847
ICYMI: How “Bye Sister” Changed Internet Cultur...
We look back at YouTuber Tati Westbrook’s iconic takedown of James Charles, which redefined drama and the moral battles of influencer culture
36 min
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A Word: No Justice. No Peace. No Way Back?
How this Supreme Court session was even worse than you’ve heard.
27 min
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Dear Prudence: How’s Your Sex Life?: How Do I G...
How do I navigate casual dating? KCRW’s How’s Your Sex Life? Gives Advice!
38 min
850
What Next TBD: Elon Says Have More Babies
Billions of anything is just never enough for this guy.
19 min