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Gabfest Reads: Heartbreak
It’s not just in your head; heartbreak can impact your immune system.
30 min
2152
ICYMI: Kanye West Needs to Log Off
His mental health struggles shouldn’t be for public consumption.
26 min
2153
Hit Parade: We Invented the Remix Part 1
Today on Hit Parade, we trace the multifarious history of the remix.
64 min
2154
Spoiler Specials: Marry Me
Dana Stevens and Heather Schwedel spoil Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson’s new rom-com.
38 min
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A Word: Porn and Prejudice
Is racism in pornography fueled by the shame and silence of its audience?
23 min
2156
Outward: Two Revivals, "No Promo Homo" and Shor...
63 min
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The Waves: Hockey Mom Charm Couldn’t Save Sarah...
The former GOP vice-presidential nominee was the same as ever during her libel trial against the New York Times.
36 min
2158
ICYMI: We’re All Trapped in the Scam-Industrial...
The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and why we can’t get enough of scammer-tainment.
25 min
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Culture Gabfest: Exploiting Pamela Anderson...A...
58 min
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Working: Rebecca Mead on the Challenge of Writi...
44 min
2161
ICYMI: TikTok Is Not Your Doctor
Neither users nor advertisers will stop trying to make everything into a medical symptom.
26 min
2162
A Word: Black Balled in the NFL?
Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores says racism is keeping him out of the league. Can he prove it?
23 min
2163
The Waves: All The Layers of Mess at the Winter...
Unpacking all the controversies at this year’s Games, from lack of diversity to climate change.
35 min
2164
Working: Bong Joon-ho’s Creative Advice
17 min
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ICYMI: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley’s Big...
These two are into some bizarre conspiracy theories.
25 min
2166
Culture Gabfest: Book Twin Powers, Activate!
55 min
2167
Working: How a Playwright and a Director Harmon...
51 min
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ICYMI: What Barbra Streisand Has to Do With Ban...
Trying to keep something out of people’s hands usually only makes them want it more.
26 min
2169
Spoiler Specials: Scream (2022)
Jeffery Bloomer, Sam Adams, and Josh Levin spoil Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Scream.
42 min
2170
A Word: Homegrown Black History
In his children’s book Who Are Your People?, commentator Bakari Sellers delivers Black history, and gets targeted over Critical Race Theory.
23 min
2171
The Waves: Romantic Comedies Are Making a Comeb...
From stalking to punishing women, can rom-coms escape their sometimes icky past?
38 min
2172
ICYMI: Rihanna Is Releasing a New … Baby
The singer’s “baby bump” is pregnant with meaning (and a child).
26 min
2173
Culture Gabfest: Double, Double Rogan in Trouble
56 min
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Working: How Late Night Writer Karen Chee Gener...
43 min
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ICYMI: What’s Behind Britney’s Beef With Her Si...
Jamie Lynn Spears’ new book reignited their feud.
25 min