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2301
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
2302
Working: How to Interview Celebrities, With Taf...
47 min
2303
Spoiler Specials: Hamilton
A spoiler-filled, live episode breaking down the Hamilton movie.
52 min
2304
Thirst Aid Kit: Nichole’s Thirst ABCs
The musical ingredients of Nichole’s Thirst DNA reveal so much!
54 min
2305
Culture Gabfest: Hamilton in the Trump Era
56 min
2306
Working: How Editor Tracy Sherrod is Amplifying...
51 min
2307
Thirst Aid Kit: Hot Men In Bad Movies
Suffering through bad movies for good eye candy is worth it.
49 min
2308
How To!: How To Write a Bestseller with Taffy B...
Unconventional wisdom from successful novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
29 min
2309
Hit Parade: Building a Herstory Edition
Sarah McLachlan harnessed this energy into an all-woman tour she dubbed Lilith Fair. Its string of sellouts from 1997 to ’99 affirmed women’s clout in the decade of grunge-and-gangsta.
7 min
2310
Working: Jasmine Guillory’s Romance Novels Show...
40 min
2311
Spoiler Specials: Da 5 Bloods
Dana Stevens and Aisha Harris spoil Spike Lee’s film about Black Vietnam War veterans.
53 min
2312
Thirst Aid Kit: The Adventure Known As John Boy...
One of our Space Boyfriends has been biding his time — and we love the results
49 min
2313
Culture Gabfest: Toppling Teddy Roosevelt
57 min
2314
Working: The Vulnerability of Memoir Writing, W...
49 min
2315
Thirst Aid Kit: A Dog Called Rex (with Jason Ma...
Jason Matzoukas really knows how to make us blush.
59 min
2316
Working: Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comed...
46 min
2317
Spoiler Specials: The Hunger Games Prequel: The...
President Snow’s origin story departs from the YA dystopian genre shaped by the Hunger Games trilogy.
61 min
2318
Decoder Ring: The Metrosexual
In 2003, the word "metrosexual", meaning a well-groomed heterosexual man, exploded all over the English lexicon. It invaded the news, TV, and even American politics.
34 min
2319
Culture Gabfest: Black Lives Matter
56 min
2320
Working: How YouTuber Adam Ragusea Learned to T...
45 min
2321
Working: Documentary Theater From Interviews to...
47 min
2322
Spoiler Specials: The Lovebirds
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani’s murder mystery rom-com.
39 min
2323
Hit Parade: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Ed...
Outkast is inarguably one of the most important acts in hip hop and pop music history, but their impressive chart runs, and the brand of Atlanta hip hop they championed, was far from inevitable.
7 min
2324
Culture Gabfest: Never Will I Ever Beef with Ch...
60 min
2325
Working: How Curator Sheena Wagstaff Chooses Ar...
40 min