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We're back - kind of! Tune in for our traditional year in review episode, plus an update on where we've been and future programming.    DTCBS forever!  Reading The Rachel Incident - Caroline O'Donoghue  Tom Lake - Ann Patchett  In the Unlikely Event - Judy Blume  Wifey - Judy Blume  Really Good, Actually - Monica Heisey  I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai  Happy Place - Emily Henry  Watching  Movies  Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret  May December  BlackBerry  Priscilla  TV  The Great British Bake Off  Doctor Who   How To with John Wilson Succession  Listening  Music  Sour - Olivia Rodrigo  Snow Angel - Renee Rapp  The Record - boygenius  Podcasts The Retrievals  The Shit No One Tells You About Writing  Talk Lit, Get Hit  Books, Beach and Beyond  If Books Could Kill 

We're celebrating the start of summer with a bumper Reading, Watching, Listening episode! That's right; we're sharing alllll our favorite summer books, movies, TV shows, and albums so you can get into the spirit of the season!   Share your summer recommendations with us on Instagram: @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn & @yazminelomax   May Reading  Happy Place by Emily Henry Preloved by Lauren Bravo May Watching  Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The Other Two  May Listening  Books Unbound Summer Reading Summer Sisters by Judy Blume Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Every Summer After by Carley Fortune  Before We Were Innocent by Ella Burman The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Sarah Dessen: Along for the Ride Elin Hildebrand: The Blue Bistro Summer of '69 The Perfect Couple The Hotel Nantucket The Five-Star Weekend Emily Henry: Beach Read Book Lovers Happy Place Summer Watching  Weekend at Bernies High School Musical 2 Mamma Mia! Body Heat Oceans series Logan Lucky Barbie The Summer I Turned Pretty The Baby-Sitters Club  Girls  The O.C.  Love Island  Dawson's Creek Summer Listening  Soundtracks to the above shows Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend 'Modern Vampires Of The City at 10' by Erica Campbell (NME) Solar Power by Lorde Juno by Remi Wolf Shore by Fleet Foxes Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves Age of Apathy by Aoife O'Donovan Rumors by Fleetwood Mac Venice by Anderson .Paak

This month, we're rounding up a selection of upcoming elections as well as all the latest romance news! Come get your fix! Follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.    Reading NSFW by Isabel Kaplan Watching Jury Duty Blackberry Listening  The Walkmen (on tour now!) One Wayne G by Mac DeMarco    

For the first time in almost a year, we're recording together in person...so a very special game of Would You Rather is in order!   Follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.  Reading  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makai Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton  Watching  The Grizzlie Truth Succession  Listening  Hyperromantic by Pulp Fever Young Hearts by Benny Sing Would You Rather  Vox Article: https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/3/12/23631282/child-labor-laws-huckabee-sanders-republicans 

Let's recap the shortest month of the year through the lens of politics and pop culture! This month we're chatting book banning, those viral shoes, and all the things we read, watched, and listened to! Follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.    Reading Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton The Secret History by Donna Dartt Watching  Fixer Upper One Fine Morning Listening  Sentimental Garbage Gilmore Girls mini-series Paper Towns soundtrack Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco Politics History of Book Banning https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=1269000&p=9306840 https://readingpartners.org/blog/history-banned-books-week/ https://theconversation.com/book-bans-reflect-outdated-beliefs-about-how-children-read-189938 https://www.freedomtoread.ca/resources/bannings-and-burnings-in-history/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/banned-books-resources/ Book Banning in Florida https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/  https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-woke-censorship-bill-taking-effect-higher-education https://www.theledger.com/story/news/education/2022/02/06/how-does-florida-law-live-u-s-supreme-court-precedent/6656991001/ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/desantis-florida-book-bans/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/09/ron-desantis-florida-education-censorship https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-florida-teacher-books-b2285705.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrS-46e59V4 Pop Culture  https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/these-big-red-boots-have-stomped-onto-the-internet-and-theyre-probably-here-to-stay/3170255/ https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/mschf-big-red-boot/ https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/what-to-know-about-the-viral-big-red-boots-by-mschf.html https://harpersbazaar.com.au/clowncore-fashion-trend/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/vanilla-girl-aesthetic-tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@stevenatto24/video/7199092653336710446 https://www.instagram.com/officialmacrose/reels/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sqbmy#:~:text=In%20this%20essay%2C%20American%20essayist,full%20of%20expensive%20athleisure%20wear  

Welcome to 2023! We're kicking the year off with a Jacinda Arden as PM retrospective and a breakdown of *that* Andrew Garfield x Amelia Dimoldenberg red carpet interview. Enjoy!   Follow us on Instagram as @yazminelomax, @majkahahn, and @dtcbspodcast.   Reading The No Show by Beth O'Leary A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas Heartburn by Nora Ephron Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li  Watching That 90s Show Catherine Called Birdy The Royal Tenenbaums  Ginny and Georgia Season 2  Listening  Flowers by Miley Cyrus The Twilight Effect podcast Live at Electric Lady - Remi Wolf Politics https://www.vogue.com/article/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-prime-minister-vogue-march-2018-issue https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/jacinda-ardern-slur-about-rival-politician-auctioned/101803072 https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jacinda-ardern https://apnews.com/article/politics-jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-c3129930cdea2161330ed31ce44c69d3 https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/australia/jacinda-ardern-chris-hipkins-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html Pop Culture  https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/21/english-flirting-amelia-dimoldenberg-v-andrew-garfield-is-real-magic https://www.teenvogue.com/story/on-yn-reader-insert-fanfiction-and-writing-yourself-into-the-story-stitch-fan-service 

It's time for our favorite episode of the year! For our third annual DTCBS Awards show, we're celebrating the books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, albums, and politics and pop culture stories that defined 2022.   Reading  Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Book Lovers by Emily Henry Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Watching (Movies) Top Gun: Maverick Everything Everywhere All at Once I Want You Back The Fabelmans Aftersun Armageddon Time Watching (TV) White Lotus (Season 2) The Rehearsal The Sex Lives of College Girls Better Call Saul (Season 6) Listening (Podcasts) The Big Hit Show (Twilight season) Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV Crimes of the Centuries Normal Gossip Free Period Articles of Interest (American Ivy season) Listening (Albums) Harry's House by Harry Styles CHARLIE by Charlie Puth Midnights by Taylor Swift SOS by SZA Empty Seat by TOPS Politics British Politics Breakdown Iranian Protests Russian Invasion of Ukraine Pop Culture Harry Styles/Olivia Wilde/Jason Sudeikis Lea Michele Corn Kid

We're recapping objectively the best month of the year: October! Tune in to hear us talk about the books we read, shows we watched, and albums we listened to as well Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and boyband BTS' enlistment in the South Korean army. Follow us on Instagram as @yazminelomax, @majkahahn, and @dtbspodcast!   Reading The Long Road Home: Blackness and Belonging by Debra Thomspon  Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid  Watching The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBO Bluey on Disney+ Listening The Loneliest Time -  Carly Rae Jepsen  Midnights - Taylor Swift  Politics  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-he-will-be-twitter-ceo-2022-10-31/ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hashtag-activism-hashtag10-twitter-trends-dresslik/ https://scholars.org/sites/scholars/files/ssn-basic-facts-buente-on-activism-and-twitter.pdf https://abcnews.go.com/Business/twitter-turns-15-back-platform-changed-lives/story?id=75804702 https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-activism-facebook-twitter-youtube-power-2019-12 https://metoomvmt.org/ https://forge.medium.com/how-to-use-twitter-to-engage-in-a-movement-b42272cf99e5 https://time.com/6172234/twitter-social-movement-organizers-elon-musk/  Pop Culture  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS https://time.com/5912998/bts-army/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/world/asia/bts-military-south-korea-enlist.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Seung-jun https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/korean-pop-group-bts-members-will-perform-mandatory-military-service-in-south-korea https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/btss-conscription-case-for-exempting-south-korean-band-from-military-service-8218707/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ikrd/bts-hiatus-mandatory-military-service https://impakter.com/south-korean-economy-braces-for-loss-as-boy-band-bts-pauses-music-for-military/#:~:text=South%20Korea%20stands%20to%20lose,to%20the%20South%20Korean%20economy.%E2%80%9D https://www.insider.com/trevor-noah-bts-enlisting-south-korea-army-unstoppable-2022-10 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bts-perform-mandatory-military-service-south-korea-1234613240/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali#Draft_resistance

September has ended so it's time to wake up (geddit?) and listen to our recap episode! Majka is covering European politics and Yaz is talking about the Queen's death, celebrity cheating scandals, and the return of The Kardashians...all through a baby-focused lens. And if that isn't enough, you can join us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast or individually as @yazminelomax and @majkahahn!   Reading  House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke Pizza Girl by ​​Jean Kyoung Frazier Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Watching  Fire of Love Don't Worry Darling Blonde After Forever Happy The Great British Bake Off / Baking Show  Listening  Twenty Whatever podcast Yaz's Fall Vibes playlist  Politics  Sweden  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/once-far-right-pariah-sweden-democrats-eye-kingmaker-role-2022-09-07/ https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-election-the-astonishing-rise-of-the-right-wing-sweden-democrats/a-63100694  Italy https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/09/giorgia-meloni-italy-election-fascism-mussolini/671515/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/26/far-right-leaders-in-europe-celebrate-expected-brothers-of-italy-election-win  General https://www.vox.com/world/2022/9/24/23366464/italy-elections-meloni-sweden-europe-far-right  https://www.politico.eu/article/understanding-europes-shift-to-the-right/  https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/europe/italy-meloni-populism-intl-cmd/index.html  Pop Culture  Trisha Paytas https://hollywoodmask.com/p/trisha-paytas-moses-hacmon-baby.html https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/queen-elizabeth-reincarnated-as-trisha-paytas-baby Edit: "Malibu" itself isn't a Native American word. The city is named for the Ventureño Chumas settlement "Humaliwo". Adam Levine https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/adam-levines-cheating-scandal-and-drama-everything-to-know/ https://nameberry.com/babyname/sumner/girl https://www.npr.org/2022/09/28/1125519915/the-try-guys-ned-fulmer The Kardashians  https://www.capitalfm.com/news/kylie-jenner-son-second-baby-boy-name/ https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/what-did-khloe-kardashian-name-baby-no-2-see-clues Baldwin baby https://www.today.com/parents/babies/hilaria-baldwin-baby-name-rcna49837

Happy September, folks! The end of August got a little crazy but we MADE IT and now we're ready to discuss Sanna Marin's dancing, Linda Evangelista's British Vogue cover, and much, much more!   Reading  Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith  Watching  Charade Breaking Away The Rehearsal on HBO Listening  Normal Gossip  Room on Fire by The Strokes (vinyl re-release from Vinyl Me Please) Politics  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/dancing-finnish-premier-s-stardom-causes-headaches-at-home https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/hillary-clinton-tweet-picture-dancing-sanna-marin-prime-minister/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/19/world-leaders-dancefloor-videos-sanna-marin https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a40975626/sanna-marin-finnish-pm-party-video-opinion/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sanna-marin-video-canadian-women-politicians-reaction-1.6559714 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-video-finnish-sanna-marin-b2156179.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/style/sanna-marin-partying-finland.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/23/sanna-marin-women-dancing-solidarity/  Pop Culture  Note: Shia LaBeouf exited Don't Worry Darling in August 2020. He was sued by FKA Twigs for sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress in December 2020.  Also, the author of the Guardian article mentioned is a neuroscientist rather than a psychologist. The more ya know! https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/linda-evangelista-british-vogue-interview https://people.com/style/linda-evangelista-shares-first-photos-of-her-body-since-fat-freezing-nightmare-people-exclusive/ https://www.ibtimes.com/twitter-reacts-linda-evangelista-being-brutally-disfigured-after-coolsculpting-3303087 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/style/linda-evangelista-vogue.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/12/the_year_of_outrage_2014_everything_you_were_angry_about_on_social_media.html https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768489375/how-outrage-is-hijacking-our-culture-and-our-minds https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/apr/29/outrage-public-widespread-anger-is-so-common-psychology

July was a big one: the Pope visited Canada, Bennifer got married, and we're here to recap it all!   Keep up with us before our next episode on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.   Reading  Every Summer After by Carley Fortune A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand  Watching  Nope Leave Her to Heaven  Listening  Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV Politics  https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-tuesday-edition-1.6532503/pope-faces-calls-to-renounce-the-doctrine-of-discovery-at-the-heart-of-colonialism-1.6532787 https://vimeo.com/704670907  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/the-pope-s-apology-was-a-start-now-the-real-work-begins-some-catholics-and-indigenous-leaders-say-1.6531879  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-pope-alberta-apology-1.6530947 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/steven-newcomb-doctrine-of-discovery-1.6533637  https://www.afn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18-01-22-Dismantling-the-Doctrine-of-Discovery-EN.pdf https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-title-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery  Pop Culture  How Las Vegas Became the World's Quickie Wedding Capital Celebrity Couples Who Got Married in Vegas The decline of Vegas weddings in The Cut and The LA Times Wedding cost "What's classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor" Reddit thread The wedding industrial complex

As Bon Jovi once said, we're halfway there! "There" being the year 2022, which makes this our June episode. This month has been a tough one for a lot of people so we hope this episode offers some reprieve while still being educational. We also encourage you to join us in donating to abortion funds in the United States, which you can find right here: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/   Follow us on Instagram as @dtbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.   Reading The Switch by Beth O'Leary  Paying the Land by Joe Sacco  Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas Watching  Top Gun: Maverick (go see it in theaters please!)  RRR The Other Two on HBO Listening  Harry's House by Harry Styles  Politics  https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61985652 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-18167345 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/30/ben-jerrys-criticises-deal-that-will-resume-sales-in-occupied-territories https://hbr.org/2021/01/why-ben-jerrys-speaks-out https://www.benjerry.com/about-us#3timeline  https://jewishcurrents.org/ben-jerrys-tests-anti-bds-laws  The Israeli Palestinian Conflict in the US (not by my friends, but still smart)  https://jewishcurrents.org/trumps-disloyalty-comments-are-what-the-jewish-right-believes  https://jewishcurrents.org/ritchie-torres-is-the-future-of-pro-israel-politics  Pop Culture  Celebrity clothing lines: https://fashionista.com/2017/08/celebrity-clothing-lines-history Incense and Orris Substack piece on celebrity perfume: https://miccaeli.substack.com/p/a-cultural-autopsy-of-the-celebrity LA Times about celebrity tequila: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-17/celebrity-tequila-history-from-michael-jordan-to-the-rock Rise of beauty brands: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/celebrity-beauty-brands/ More on beauty brands: https://www.allure.com/story/inside-celebrity-beauty-brands  Hailey Bieber's line: ​​https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/skin/a35403674/hailey-bieber-skincare-line-rhode/ Hailey Bieber sued: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leylamohammed/hailey-bieber-sued-minority-business-skincare-line-rhode

Surprise! We're together IRL again and ready to blow your mind (but hopefully not your eardrums) with reading, watching, and listening recs as well as all the details on upcoming elections and *that* celebrity wedding.    Reading  Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Beach Read by Emily Henry  Reputation by Lex Croucher  Watching Petite Maman  Heartstopper on Netflix Conversations with Friends on Hulu Listening  I've Felt All These Things by Anna Leone  Dear God by Hamilton Leithauser and Paul Maroon  Politics Australia  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/australia-s-next-parliament-will-be-its-most-diverse-ever https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/25/australias-election-sets-a-heartening-precedent-on-climate-change  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/australia-pm-scott-morrison-loses-female-support-before-federal-election  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/australia-pm-scott-morrison-loses-female-support-before-federal-election  Philippines  https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/asia/philippines-election-results-marcos-claims-victory-intl-hnk/index.html  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/25/new-era-for-philippines-begins-as-ferdinand-marcos-jr-officially-proclaimed-president  Brazil ​​https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-brazils-2022-presidential-election  https://time.com/6130308/bolsonaro-brazil-2022-election/  Pop Culture  cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35534446/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-relationship-timeline/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a40064865/travis-barker-moved-calabasas-date-kim-kardashian-fans-think/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a40007104/why-kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-got-legally-married/ https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a40075020/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-italian-wedding/ https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/dolce-gabbana-alta-moda-venice/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/05/23/kardashianbarker-wedding-latest-proof-controversial-brand-dolce--gabbana-cant-be-canceled/?sh=54c16063590d https://pagesix.com/2022/05/24/dolce-gabbana-made-millions-off-kourtney-kardashian-travis-barkers-wedding/

Just like your place of work, we're back in-person! That's right; for the first time since 2018, we've recorded an entire episode in the same room. Tune in to hear us deviate from our usual politics and pop culture format, and instead, take things down a more personal--and dare we say, scenic?-- route.    Follow our IRL adventures together on Instagram where we post as @dtcbpodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.    Reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell  House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J. Maas  Watching The Northman  Listening  Lorde - Solar Power Tour  Remi Wolfe  Other RWL Mentioned  The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers  A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green Beach Read by Emily Henry  The Before Trilogy  To All the Boys Trilogy  Set It Up  I Want You Back Twin Solitudes - Leif Vollebeck The New Abnormal - The Strokes Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers  The Loves of Your Life - Hamilton Leithauser   

This episode mentions the Oscars a lot but doesn't rehash The Thing That Happened at the Oscars. You're welcome.   Follow our upcoming reunion on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.   Reading Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gabby Noone The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Watching Life of Beth  Abbott Elementary  Everything, Everywhere, All at Once  The Batman Turning Red Listening  As it Was by Harry Styles  Coolest Fucking Bitch in Town by Haley Blais Politics  https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/02/brittney-griner-team-usa-training-camp/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60701050 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/brittney-griner-support-from-usa-teammates-1.6405816 https://www.si.com/wnba/2022/03/05/brittney-griner-arrest-russia-statements-wnba-team-usa-phoenix-mercury https://www.chron.com/politics/article/Silence-around-Brittney-Griner-Russia-detainment-17038676.php https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/usa-basketball-teammates-break-silence-on-brittney-griner-1.6403294  (Not real news, just the onion) https://www.theonion.com/brittney-griner-s-plea-for-help-relegated-to-espn2-1848733916 Pop Culture https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/27/whats-inside-the-nearly-140000-dollar-gift-bag-given-to-top-oscar-nominees.html https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/22/14688240/oscars-gift-bags-distinctive-assets

The past month has been...a lot. Particularly in politics. So, we're attempting to make even a sliver of your day a little lighter by focusing on the politics of language revitalization and the drama over at Peloton. We hope this can serve as a small escape for you!   Reading Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi  Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Watching Top of the Lake Parallel Mothers  I Want You Back Picnic at Hanging Rock  Listening The Trojan Horse Affair from Serial Productions & The New York Times Age of Apathy Aoife O'Donovan Politics:  Hebrew https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/israel-hebrew/reviving-hebrew-persian-ancient-languages-eliezer-ben-yehuda-manekji-limji-hataria/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBiiad9fO-g https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-revival-of-hebrew/  Maori https://www.kohanga.ac.nz/en/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/new-zealand-maori-language.html  https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7886 https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/new-zealand/articles/why-the-revival-of-the-maori-language-is-so-important/ https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/history-of-the-maori-language  Pop Culture: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a30172338/peloton-girl-commercial-meme-explanation/ https://slate.com/business/2022/01/peloton-stock-production-supply-chain-problems.html https://www.ft.com/content/29e18453-dfea-4236-a18c-2c3a018a843a der.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/02/10854189/what-happened-to-glossier https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2  https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html  Our episode on 'cheugy': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-people-v-oil-and-cheugy/id1380846237?i=1000524274408  Our episode on fast fashion: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-tour-of-majka-s-brain-and-the-future-of-fast-fashion/id1380846237?i=1000534153737 Video essay on fast fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6Hwx20m5M

Happy 2022! We're kicking off the first month of the year by chatting about the potentially tenuous situation on the Ukrainian AND the phenomenon that is Wordle. If you believe variety is the spice of life, you've come to the right place!   Find us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.    Listen to our very first episode (mentioned in this episode) here.    Reading  The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Thank you to Brooklyn and Bailey for recommending this series here My Body by Emily Ratajkowski Buying Myself Back, the essay mentioned in this episode, can be read here Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Watching  Emily in Paris S2 on Netflix The Tragedy of Macbeth Bright Star Listening  Crimes of the Centuries The Big Hit Show Collapsed in Summer by Arlo Parks Politics  https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine https://globalnews.ca/news/8538732/ukraine-russia-ndp-mps/  https://globalnews.ca/news/8536644/ukraine-russia-crisis-explainer/ https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-01-27-22/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/ukraine-russia?name=styln-russia-ukraine Pop Culture  All About Wordle: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/wordle-explained-everything-you-need-to-know/ Millenial Shade: ​​https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/what-is-wordle-what-to-know-about-the-popular-game-among-millennials Knoll-Gate: https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/01/wordle-was-hard-today-and-youre-not-the-only-one-who-struggled.html Origins of Wordle: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes HQ Trivia: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51528801  The Angelus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angelus_(Irish_broadcast)  Pokemon Go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go Spelling Bee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Spelling_Bee     

Another bizarre year is over and we're waving it goodbye by drinking festive cocktails and recapping some of our top things of the year!   Reading House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland  How to Break Up with Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner Detransition, Baby by Torrey Petters Beautiful World Where are You by Sally Rooney  Watching Zola To All The Boys: Always and Forever Mitchell's vs the Machines  Bergman Island  Worst Person in the World  C'mon C'mon  White Lotus S1 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City S2 Succession S3 How to with John Wilson S2  Sex Education S3 Listening Red (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo  Daddy's Home by St. Vincent  Star-Crossed by Kacey Musgraves Not Without My Sister (Patreon) How to Win NaNo: A Writing Podcast Life Skills by Rookie Canadaland Chatty Broads with Bekah and Jess  Doing It with Hannah Witton  Different Things Can Be Sad Politics The Beginning of the End of Roe v Wade Climate Change Wet'suwet'en Protests Pop Culture John Mulaney and Olivia Munn #FreeBritney Brooklyn and Bailey

In one of our final episodes for 2021, we're discussing our NYC reunion, The Hunger Games (in painstaking detail), the art collective who just won the Turner Prize, and budding romance between Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. Enjoy!  Reading Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Out of Love by Hazel Hayes The Ballad of Snakes and Songbrids by Suzanne Collins  Watching  House of Gucci Holiday Home Makeover with Mr Christmas  The Hunger Games Series  Listening Valentine - Snail Mail 30 - Adele Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift  Hamilton Leithauser Politics  https://www.archpaper.com/2021/12/2021-turner-prize-goes-to-array-collective-for-its-fake-pub-and-take-on-northern-irish-social-issues/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/02/array-collective-winning-turner-prize-belfast-bar-drinking-den  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/arts/design/turner-prize-winner.html  Their Website: http://www.arraystudiosbelfast.com/array-collective.html Their Insta: https://www.instagram.com/arraystudios/?hl=en  Pop Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian  https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a36696207/why-kim-kardashian-divorced-kanye-west/ https://www.insider.com/kanye-west-slams-snl-kim-kardashian-monologue-divorce-joke-2021-11 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-ariana-grande-pete-davidson/id1380846237?i=1000414782140 https://www.glamour.com/story/kim-kardashian-and-pete-davidson-complete-relationship-timeline https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqy9dy/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-pr-relationships-promances https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/48337951/image/48391876/Ren%C3%A9e-Zellweger-Ant-Anstead

How was your spooky szn, friends? Tune into this episode to find out how ours was and learn about two very different events that happened this October: the hunger strike for climate justice taking place outside the White House and British girl band Little Mix's very public feud. Stay in the loop on all things Different Things Can Be Sad by following us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax. Trigger warning for this episode: discussions of depression, eating disorders, and suicide. Reading  Luster by Raven Leilani The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang  Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert  After We Collided by Anna Todd Watching  The French Dispatch  Arrival The Worst Person in the World  Listening  Freestyle Fellowship  Politics: Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hunger-strike-for-climate-justice  https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hunger-strike-for-climate-justice-dc  https://newrepublic.com/article/164062/sunrise-climate-activists-hunger-strike  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/manchin-biden-climate-clean-electricity-progressives.html  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/20/sunrise-movement-climate-activists-hunger-strike https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/18/joe-biden-climate-crisis-legislation  https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/us/climate-hunger-strike-white-house/index.html  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hunger-strike-young-climate-activists-biden-democrats_n_6179e0c8e4b093143213e787  https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/why-i-m-fasting-demand-bold-action-climate-change  Pop Culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mix https://thetab.com/uk/2021/10/11/jesy-nelson-little-mix-drama-explained-225671 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/08/jesy-nelson-boyz-review-derivative-and-dated-p-diddy-mashup  https://www.instagram.com/p/CUxBLWloACK/  https://www.vogue.com/article/the-problem-with-blackfishing-jesy-nelson https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/nicki-minaj-jesy-nelson-blackfishing-controversy

Welcome to spooky szn! Let's kick it off together by looking back on the things that made September 2021, well, September 2021!  Catch us at the same time, same place next month. And in the meantime, follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast,@yazminelomax, and @majkahahn (who is also on Twitter as @majkahahn). Reading Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney  Crying in the H Mart by Michelle Zauner Watching  Breaking Bad  El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie  Jen Lilley Hallmark Movies  Harvest Love  A Dash of Love Eat, Play, Love Listening  Yearbook by Seth Rogan (the audiobook)  star-crossed - Kasey Musagraves Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast  Bartees Strange  Politics https://theconversation.com/the-disturbing-history-of-how-conservatorships-were-used-to-exploit-swindle-native-americans-165140 https://www.vogue.com/article/history-of-reproductive-coercion-britney-spears-conservatorship https://www.teenvogue.com/story/britney-spears-conservatorship-disability-rights https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-bill-introduced-congress-conservatorships-1235024037/ Pop Culture  https://editorialist.com/lifestyle/what-is-an-instagram-photo-dump/ https://www.cnet.com/news/photo-dump-is-the-easiest-trend-of-the-pandemic-and-its-kinda-fun-too/ https://www.inputmag.com/culture/instagram-photo-dump-trend-captions-meaning-kim-kardashian-kylie-jenner-bella-hadid-emma-chamberlain https://www.gq.com.au/success/opinions/asking-for-a-friend-why-are-we-all-posting-instagram-photo-dumps/news-story/721127543f8211e9b4d7e1e70ed96f10 https://mashable.com/article/instagram-photo-dump-trend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitposting

August did it again--it slipped away into a moment in time! And did so like a bottle of wine! So here we are again, recapping all things politics and pop culture that happened in August. More specifically, the headline issues that Majka has been pondering and Molly-Mae Hague's appointment as Creative Director of Pretty Little Thing. Enjoy!   Can't get enough? Follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn (who is also on Twitter).   Reading  The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green The Brown Sister series by Talia Hibbert  A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Jaquette Ray (discussed in the Politics section) We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry  All Girls by Emily Layden  On Yaz's list for fall: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (coming out in September), Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (coming out in October), Toil and Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft (YA anthology), Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, The Secret History by Donna Tart, Cackle by Rachel Harrison, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, The Once and Future Witches by Alice E. Harrow  Recommended for fall: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Watching  Luca  Motel Makeover  White Lotus  Search Party  Listening  Pressure Machine - The Killers Solar Power - Lorde  Politics  Climate Change and the IPCC Report  Simon Clark video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4&t=229s  Lena Norms Chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/justkissmyfrog/featured  Dear Hank and John (they start talking about IPCC at the 22:50 mark): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/300-robocalling-ryans/id1002937870?i=1000532148472  Hank Green video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis  Canadian Election Canadaland podcasts: https://www.canadaland.com/podcasts/ Indigenous Resistance Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fairy-creek-blockade-indigenous-land-defenders-protest-forest-logging-climate-justice This Land podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/  Afghanistan Mutual Aid: Kamala Mutual Aid Collective https://www.instagram.com/kalamamutualaid/?hl=en Traditional Charity: https://give.unhcr.ca/page/86611/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=OL21_AFG_HQ&utm_source=unhcr.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=CA_PS_EN_Georedirects  Pop Culture  Molly-Mae's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCDcmLoFN_/  Molly-Mae and PLT: https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/27/molly-mae-hague-how-love-island-star-built-her-brand-after-plt-deal-15163260/ Drapers interview: https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/molly-mae-hagues-plans-to-elevate-prettylittlething-in-new-role Good on You directory: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/ Impact of fast fashion: https://goodonyou.eco/fast-fashions-environmental-impact/ Rana Plaza collapse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Dhaka_garment_factory_collapse Boohoo Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boohoo.com  Pangaia's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSw8rfcN_Cq/ Pretty Little Thing's Good on You rating: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/brand/prettylittlething  The rise of Shein: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained

Happy summer, pals! This episode, we're looking back at the month that was July 2021 -- from the start of the very contentious Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to the likes of Blake Lively and Gigi Hadid calling out paps for snapping photos of their kids. So find a hammock, grab a frozen margarita, and enjoy!   Find us on Instagram at @dtcbspodcast. Keep up with Majka on Instagram and Twitter as @majkahahn, and Yaz as @yazminelomax on Instagram.    Reading Reproduction by Ian Williams Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hildebrand Watching  Love Island  Maggie's Plan 20th Century Women Listening Chatty Broads Politics  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/28/its-impossible-separate-politics-olympics/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/female-athletes-grabbing-spotlight-olympics-political-social-demonstrations-n1275222 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/right-rooting-against-americas-olympic-athletes https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/japans-government-faces-dual-challenge-tokyo-olympics-covid-19/    Pop Culture  https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/g10381781/celebrity-parents-against-paparazzi-following-their-kids/?slide=10 ​​https://www.birthandbeyondmagazine.com/lifestyle-news-blog/2014/2/26/why-its-time-to-end-our-obsession-with-celebrity-kids https://stylecaster.com/children-paparazzi/ https://www.bustle.com/articles/120312-north-west-shutting-down-the-paparazzi-may-be-cute-but-its-also-really-sad-video http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/nokidspolicy-how-a-hashtag-changed-the-way-the-media-treat-children-20140820-3e0np.html https://www.bustle.com/articles/17488-kristen-bell-and-dax-shepard-got-into-a-heated-argument-with-the-paparazzi https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1412371953017667588 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRaYEhsNowN/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a792c916-4f13-43ec-8106-53b54762eadd https://people.com/celebrity/people-does-not-support-paparazzi-who-target-celebs-kids-editors-letter/

We're not gonna beat around the bush here. We're releasing this episode on Canada Day 2021 and encourage you to head straight to the resources Majka has shared so you can learn more about Canada's residential "schools", including what you can do to support survivors and the families of victims.  Reading Rachel Lindsay article: https://www.vulture.com/article/rachel-lindsay-the-bachelor-franchise.html Lowlands by Jhumpa Lahiri  One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston  Watching  In the Heights  https://www.vox.com/culture/22535040/in-the-heights-casting-backlash-colorism-representation The OC  Listening  Solar Power by Lorde  Welcome to the OC, Bitches  Politics TRC Calls To Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf A tracker on the progress of the TRC: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform-single/beyond-94?&cta=1 Places to Donate: Indian Residential School Survivors Society https://www.irsss.ca/  Orange Shirt Society: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/orange-shirt-society.html Native Women's Association of Canada: https://www.nwac.ca/  More Information from Indigenous Journalists  On the Catholic church not releasing records: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/catholic-order-staffed-kamloops-residential-school-refuses-share-records-1.6065322 Aftermath of first discovery: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-residential-school-remains-update-1.6053467 General History: https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/  On Canceling Canada Day: https://idlenomore.ca/cancelcanadaday/  Newfoundland Ends Seizure of Indigenous children: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-birth-alerts-discontinued-1.6080729  Pop Culture The bear pushing incident: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/06/02/girl-pushes-bear-viral-tiktok-video-dogs-experts-say-dont/7495123002/ The Texas Beeworks controversy:  https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/the-bee-lady-tiktok-fraud-controversy-explained.html Erika Thompson profile: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/erika-thompson-beekeeper-tiktok/ About Pekingeses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekingese  AKC popular breeds: https://www.akc.org/most-popular-breeds/  Flea isn't happy: https://uproxx.com/indie/red-hot-chili-peppers-bassist-flea-westminster-dog-show/

Tune in this month to hear Majka discuss recent legal action that's been taken against oil companies, and Yaz define May's word of the month--cheugy! Plus, we've got a bumper discussion of Emily Henry's new book, People We Meet on Vacation, in there too. Don't say we don't look after you.  Find us on Instagram as @DTCBSpodcast or follow us individually as @MajkaHahn and @YazmineLomax.  Episodes Mentioned: Wet'suwet'en Protests and The One With The Reunion The Global Gag Rule and Drivers License The Politics of Pride and Old Town Road Reading  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Skip to 22:05 to avoid spoilers) Watching Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max Barry on HBO Max Listening  SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo  Politics https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadas-oil-industry-on-watch-after-dutch-court-orders-shell-to-cut/ https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/eyes-on-climate-lawsuits-after-landmark-dutch-ruling-against-shell https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/shell-dutch-court-ruling-emissions-1.6040842 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_litigation https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/may/28/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-lawsuits-big-oil-is-in-the-dock https://theappeal.org/the-lab/explainers/the-climate-change-lawsuits-against-big-oil-explained/ Pop Culture  https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=6945562242259684613#/@webkinzwhore143/video/6945562242259684613 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cheugy https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowvre8WSspX8KQ5IAAM%2FdHSFZeCjSLt4dDeOEygZjeW4sR%2BWCs8Ova4%2BX%2Fxdf1dKP9GgA%3D&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAHiIr3p18lPmO4Ekrf_1vvsDZ2WmWJfkcdaSH9oWWr-A5U02-Gt1sizg4r3t_6nJx&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=6958851811080031493&share_link_id=163DE237-6A8F-46F3-9151-4E5BB38C6C02&source=h5_m×tamp=1620327351&tt_from=copy&u_code=d8g5g72hc4leec&user_id=6743271165337289733&  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html https://www.instagram.com/cheuglife/  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-is-cheugy-millennial-girlboss-tiktok-aesthetic-1163515/ https://foundation.app/gabyrasson/the-cheugy-nft-35394

We're back! You'll have to listen to this episode to find out what the hell happened last month, and to learn all about the politics of childcare as well as the fall out of Demi Lovato walking into a yogurt store. And if you can't wait until next month, catch us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkhahn, and @yazminelomax in the meantime.  Reading How To Break Up With Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Watching  Minari Girlboss (Netflix) Better Call Saul Broken Hearts Gallery Shiva Baby Listening  Somewhere by Sun June  Today We’re the Greatest by Middle Kids Politics  Employment gap: https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#intro Gender wage gap: http://mjpa.umich.edu/2020/04/10/narrowing-the-gender-wage-gap-with-universal-child-care/ Gender wage gap: https://canadianwomen.org/blog/no-moms-the-gender-pay-gap-is-not-on-us/ Gender wage gap and children: https://www.vox.com/2018/2/19/17018380/gender-wage-gap-childcare-penalty Canada’s child care plan: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2021/04/budget-2021-a-canada-wide-early-learning-and-child-care-plan.html Biden is also trying to get government funded childcare to be a thing: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/28/biden-plan-could-save-families-nearly-15000-a-year-on-child-care.html  Pop Culture  About Demi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Lovato Demi calls out Disney: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/demi-lovato-slams-disney-channel-over-eating-disorder-joke/ Eating disorders and diet culture: https://recreation.ucsd.edu/2021/01/diet-culture-social-media/#:~:text=What%20Is%20%E2%80%9CDiet%20Culture%E2%80%9D%3F,good%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cbad%E2%80%9D. https://anad.org/get-informed/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/ https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/recognizing-and-resisting-diet-culture  The yogurt store incident:  https://www.eater.com/22393899/demi-lovato-bigg-chill-frozen-yogurt-fight-explained https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-the-bigg-chill-diet-culture_n_607d8b66e4b0eac48140a68b About Eat Me Guilt Free: https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article250862739.html 

Happy pandemic-versary! Yes, it's now March 2021 which means it's been a whole year since March 2020 aka the month everything went downhill. But today we're reflecting on February and the politics and pop culture happenings that occurred within its 28 days - including the Myanmar coup and celebs celebrating Valentine's Day! Listen on to learn it all... Miss us already? Follow @DTCBSpodcast on Instagram! You can also find Majka on Twitter and Instagram as @MajkaHahn, and Yaz on Instagram as @YazmineLomax. Reading They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life and Growing Up by Eternity Martis  You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle  Watching  Succession  Judas And The Black Messiah  Barb And Start Go To Vista Del Mar  Listening Anna Leone   Politics The Coup https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55902070 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/world/asia/myanmar-protests.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2021/02/28/thai-marchers-link-their-democracy-cause-to-myanmar-protests.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-democracy-protests-fatalities-1.5931068 The Rohingya  https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/rohingyas-burma/540513/ https://www.hrw.org/tag/rohingya https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41566561 History https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar/Resources-and-power  THE workout video https://www.nbcnews.com/video/pe-teacher-leads-workout-as-myanmar-s-coup-unfolds-behind-her-100518981756  Pop Culture  How celebrities celebrated Valentine's Day: https://people.com/celebrity/celebrities-celebrating-valentines-day-2021/? 2020's Sexiest Man Alive episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drug-decriminalization-and-2020s-sexiest-man-alive/id1380846237?i=1000501120546  Lori Harvey: https://people.com/movies/michael-b-jordan-girlfriend-lori-harvey-everything-to-know/ Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-ariana-grande-pete-davidson/id1380846237?i=1000414782140 2018 New Year's Special (in which we discuss Ariana Grande): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2018-new-years-special/id1380846237?i=1000426898721  Chrishell Stause and Keo Motsepe split: https://www.etonline.com/chrishell-stause-speaks-out-following-split-from-dancing-with-the-stars-pro-keo-motsepe-161331 Clare Crawley and Dale Moss: https://people.com/tv/clare-crawley-dale-moss-spotted-kissing-after-split/  Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barkers-relationship-timeline/january-2021-20/  Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers: https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-north/green-bay-packers/shailene-woodley-aaron-rodgers-engagement-surprise  Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35181428/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-relationship-timeline/  Skeet Ulrich and Lucy Hale: https://pagesix.com/2021/02/28/skeet-ulrich-gets-flirty-with-lucy-hale-on-instagram/ 

Happy New Year! While the advent of 2021 didn't quite bring the end of COVID/all our other woes, it did bring a helluva lotta politics and pop culture news. Here's what you need to know.  Reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings  *We found the story about the book with an error! https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/naomi-wolf-interview-book-error-bbc-interview.html  Watching  Never Rarely Sometimes Always  On The Rocks  Small Axe  Promising Young Women  Blown Away  Listening  right where you left me and it's time to go by Taylor Swift  *And our Taylor Swift episode for your reference: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-health-care-and-taylor-swift-7/id1380846237?i=1000437216656  Politics  Planned Parenthood International: https://globalgagrule.org/ Guttmacher Institute: https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2020/04/unprecedented-expansion-global-gag-rule-trampling-rights-health-and-free-speech# The impact of the global gag rule https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-019-0113-3 COVID impacts: https://www-thelancet-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31679-2/fulltext  Pop Culture Olivia Rodrigo background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Rodrigo Olivia and Josh dating?: https://www.feelingthevibe.com/news/are-high-school-musicals-olivia-rodrigo-and-joshua-bassett-dating/ Relationship timeline/breakup: https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/what-happened-between-high-school-musical-spin-off-stars-joshua-bassett-olivia-rodrigo-explainer/6bf0a9c1-c0cf-4046-a8ac-dbba0a8ac78e Josh and Sabrina: http://www.justjaredjr.com/2020/08/17/sabrina-carpenter-grabs-weekend-lunch-with-fellow-disney-star-joshua-bassett/

2020 IS OVER! Ring in the new year with our 2020 Party where we drink themed cocktails, present awards to our favorite Reading, Watching and Listening items of the year, and discuss the politics and pop culture moments that made 2020 what it was. Go on. You deserve it.  Reading  One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green Untamed by Glennon Doyle Beach Read by Emily Henry Watching  Schitt’s Creek The Great Sex Education High Fidelity Normal People Selling Sunset Emma Palm Springs Boys State Holidate Eurovision First Cow Listening  Women in Music Part III by HAIM  I Feel Alive by TOPS The Loves of Your Life by Hamilton Liethauser Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Folklore and Evermore by Taylor Swift Staying In with Emily and Kumail Resistance Nice White Parents Maybe Baby by Hayley Nahman Not Without My Sister by Rosemary and Beatrice MacCabe Politics Wetsu’wet’en Protest (Listen to episode #23: Wetsu’wet’en Protest and The One With The Reunion for more) Black Lives Matter India Farmers Protests Pop Culture Braniston (Listen to episode #22: Royals and Braniston 2020 for more) Schitt’s Creek Dominic West

Hello hello hello! Welcome to another episode of Different Things Can Be Sad, specifically one where we're discussing the movement to decriminalize drugs (inspired by a wave of this happening during a certain event that dominated November) and the lovely Michael B. Jordan.  Can't get enough of us? Check out @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn and @yazminelomax on Instagram (and @majkhahn on Twitter!).  Reading Beach Read by Emily Henry  Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb Again but Better by Christine Riccio  Watching  The Holidate (Netflix) Dawson’s Creek  Listening  Therefore I am by Billie Eilish  Copycat Killer by Phoebe Bridgers  Politics  https://drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-decriminalization https://drugpolicy.org/resource/drug-decriminalization-portugal-learning-health-and-human-centered-approach https://www.theverge.com/21578535/oregon-drug-decriminalization-ballot-measure-intitiative-public-health https://globalnews.ca/news/7471363/vancouver-drug-decriminalization/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drug-decriminalization-vancouver-philpott-1.5808764   Pop culture Michael B. Jordan Talks OnlyFans: https://www.buzzfeed.com/terrycarter/michael-b-jordan-only-fans-mustache People Magazine story: https://people.com/movies/michael-b-jordan-people-sexiest-man-alive-2020/ People Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_(magazine) Why Michael B. Jordan Was Chosen: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/entertainment/people-sexiest-man-alive-michael-b-jordan/index.html 73 Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOQ-wZQhZZo  PeopleTV Interview: https://peopletv.com/video/sexiest-man-alive-2020-michael-b-jordan/

How was your Halloween? Spooky? Socially distanced? Good! If your November is looking less so (read: a lot more stressful) channel your energy into learning about the current protests in Poland or aquatic mystery n Ireland.  Reading Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (to skip this discussion, go to: 8:15)  All Adults Here by Emma Straub Watching  Deaf U (Netflix) Dream Home Makeover (Netflix) Selling Sunset (Netflix)  The Bachelorette (every Tuesday!)  Listening  Resistance (podcast) Two Chatty Broads (podcast)  Politics  Wikipedia article (useful in that it translates Polish sources): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2020_Polish_protests Human Rights Watch:https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/14/poland-reject-new-curbs-abortion-sex-ed NYTimes 2020 election: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/world/europe/poland-election-court-challenge.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article NYTimes Poland in 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/world/europe/poland-european-union.html Politico on the Protests: https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-abortion-protests-shake-government-retreat/  Pop Culture  About Fungie: https://www.ireland.com/en-us/articles/dingle-dolphin-fungie/ More about Fungie: https://dingle-peninsula.ie/attractions-on-the-dingle-peninsula-co-kerry/family-friendly-activities-on-the-dingle-peninsula/28-attractions-on-the-dingle-peninsula/family-friendly-activities-on-the-dingle-peninsula/122-fungi-the-dingle-dolphin.html Reporting on his disappearance: https://www.baltimoresun.com/pets/sns-nyt-ireland-missing-dolphin-fungie-20201031-4h6s3i3mgradpd6n3bj7s4paoq-story.html Migration theory: https://www.irishpost.com/news/could-fungie-have-simply-moved-new-research-suggests-missing-dingle-dolphin-has-migrated-not-died-196503 Fungie conspiracy: https://www.irishpost.com/news/worlds-longest-living-wild-dolphin-fraud-169542 Bryce Dallas Howard on The Graham Norton Show: https://www.dailyedge.ie/bryce-dallas-howard-ireland-4036269-May2018/

It's officially fall, y'all! If you're interested in learning more about the best season, you'll love this month's pop culture segment in which Yaz covers pumpkin spice lattes and Christian Girl Autumn. And if being knowledgable and informed about the election process is on your fall to-do list, Majka's got your back with a politics portion that dives deep into the definition and execution of fair and free elections. Reading The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson  An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Watching  Parenthood  Say I Do (Netflix)  Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)  Listening Last Seen: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen Chasing Cosby: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/los-angeles-times-la-times-studios/chasing-cosby S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/  Politics  Help Floridians vote: https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/ Inter Parliamentary Union: https://www.ipu.org/our-impact/strong-parliaments/setting-standards/declaration-criteria-free-and-fair-elections  Bishop and Hoeffler article: https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/doi/full/10.1177/0022343316642508 Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media/digital-election-interference  Elections during pandemics: https://theconversation.com/how-to-hold-elections-safely-and-uphold-democracy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-145628 The Daily episode on Russian troll farms: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/podcasts/the-daily/russia-trolls-misinformation.html  A Vox video about online voter suppression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Veo_T4a5dM  Pop Culture  The science behind our obsession with fall: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_n_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?guccounter=1 More of said science: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/why-are-people-so-obsessed-with-fall-experts-explain-your-love-for-autumn-18735529#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20to%20enjoy%20autumn,and%20think%20turkey%20is%20tasteless. The pumpkin spice industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2018/10/31/inside-the-600-million-pumpkin-spice-industrial-complex/#661a54e11b95 Pumpkin spice latte facts: https://grow.acorns.com/coronavirus-spending-pumpkin-spice-lattes/ Even more pumpkin spice latte facts: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pumpkin-spice-industry_ca_5d654fb4e4b0d2fa2db1ef89 Cost of Thanksgiving: https://lendedu.com/blog/cost-of-thanksgiving/ Hot Girl Summer: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained Christian Girl Autumn: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained

As the wonderful and wise Taylor Swift once said: August slipped away like a bottle of wine. So here we are, already talkin’ all about the month of August 2020! Listen to hear us discus the legacy and influence of Shirley Chisholm, the viral power of that Strawberry Dress, and exciting new media bits like Nice White Parents, Boys State, and I May Destroy You. Keep in touch with us until the next episode: Instagram: @dtcbspodcast Personal ‘Grams: @msclearwater, @yazminelomax   Reading The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks on Race (essay collection by Jesmyn Ward) Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer   Watching American Made Boys State on Apple TV I May Destroy You on HBO (USA) – Trigger Warning: Sexual violence. Please feel free to skip from 15:00 to 19:15 if you would like to skip this discussion.   Listening Nice White Parents by Serial and The New York Times Imploding The Mirage by The Killers Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was by Bright Eyes   Politics  *Note: Lena Dunham was actually involved in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign in a different, controversial way to the one we discussed in this segment (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/01/25/politically-illiterate-democratic-celebrities-continue-to-embarrass-themselves/) It was actually Taylor Swift who felt her public image would be detrimental to the campaign (https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20791816/taylor-swift-hillary-clinton-2016-endorsement-vogue-september-issue) https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-shirley-chisholm/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/unbought-and-unbossed-when-black-woman-ran-for-the-white-house-180958699/ https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CHISHOLM,-Shirley-Anita-(C000371)/  Pop Culture  https://lirikamatoshi.com/pages/about https://www.vogue.com/article/strawberry-dress-lirika-matoshi-popular https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/lirika-matoshi-strawberry-dress https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/style/strawberry-dress-tiktok-instagram-who-designed-where-to-get.html https://www.allure.com/story/tess-holliday-strawberry-dress-tiktok-trend-fatphobia https://goodonyou.eco/how-ethical-is-zara/ https://thecurvyfashionista.com/size-inclusive-vs-plus-size/ https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kim-kardashian-fashion-nova-mugler-knockoff-1203037428/ https://www.glamour.com/story/fat-tax-is-about-more-than-money

We hope this episode *finds you well in these unprecedented times* and, y’know, that you like it! If you do and you want more Different Things Can Be Sad in your life, make sure to follow our podcast Instagram @dtcbspodcast, as well as our personal accounts @yazminelomax and @msclearwater.   Reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham  So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo   Watching  The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)  Michael Clayton (2007)  The Babysitters Club on Netflix    Listening  Women in Music Part III by Haim  Folklore by Taylor Swift   Politics (If you’d like to skip this section, jump to 41:35) Gender and Covid research: https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/ Turkey: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1714741/middle-east https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/turkey-convention-combating-violence-against-women-must-not-be-abandoned http://bianet.org/english/male-violence/228290-istanbul-convention-what-is-it-what-is-it-not  Poland: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics/heightening-eu-frictions-poland-queries-pact-on-violence-against-women-idUSKCN24V1UU https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49844/1/how-lgbtq-rights-are-under-threat-in-poland-and-how-to-help-fight-it https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53538205 https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/poland-should-not-withdraw-from-the-istanbul-convention-says-secretary-general   Pop Culture  Rolling Stone article that explains why albums are being pushed back: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/album-delays-caused-by-covid-19-973870/ Phoebe Bridgers’ New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/phoebe-bridgers-frank-anxious-music Cousin Greg’s pandemic song: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/succession-cousin-greg-nicholas-braun-song-antibodies-1234720585/ Grey’s Anatomy featuring coronavirus next season: https://ew.com/tv/greys-anatomy-season-17-coronavirus/ Newsletter recommendation! Maybe Baby by Haley Nahman: https://haleynahman.substack.com/ Not Without My Sister podcast: https://www.thewarren.ie/not-without-my-sister Pants2Bags: https://www.instagram.com/pants2bags/?hl=en Sundae Service: https://www.instagram.com/sundaeservice.nyc/?hl=en

Welcome to the second half of 2020! Here's hoping act two has more happiness in store for us than the first did, hey? This month we're returning to our regular Politics and Pop Culture format, as well as providing you with a BLM focused Reading, Watching and Listening. Bon app the teeth! Reading  *Got some bookshop.org links for ya, not affiliate links!  If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin: https://bookshop.org/books/if-beale-street-could-talk-9780307275936/9780307275936 Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson: https://bookshop.org/books/red-at-the-bone/9780525535270 Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid: https://bookshop.org/books/such-a-fun-age/9780525541905 The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds: https://bookshop.org/books/opposite-of-always/9780062748379 Watching  Da 5 Bloods on Netflix  Do the Right Thing  Malcolm X  13th on Netflix Listening  1619 from The New York Times Code Switch from NPR Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Politics  Wet’suwet’en https://globalnews.ca/news/6936521/wetsuweten-draft-agreement-details/ https://thepostmillennial.com/alberta-energy-minister-says https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/20/gas-pipeline-wetsuweten-coronavirus-pandemic-indigenous-sovereignty-canada-oil/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wet-suwet-en-territory-rcmp-armed-officers-1.5633987?cmp=rss Hong Kong  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/world/canada/huawei-extradition-meng-wanzhou.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/05/27/hong-kong-is-no-longer-politically-autonomous-from-china-pompeo-says/#3a1adf3b30fb https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/28/video-hong-kong-police-conduct-mass-arrests-in-mong-kok-as-clashes-continue-into-night/ Pop Culture Celebrities being unrelatable online: https://www.insider.com/celebrities-quarantine-social-media-distancing-have-been-completely-unrelatable-in-2020-4#ellen-degeneres-comparing-being-in-quarantine-to-being-in-jail-21 Imagine video:https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/celebrities-singing-imagine-video-explained.html I Take Responsibility video: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2020/06/12/i-take-responsibility-video/ 'Celebrity Culture Is Burning', New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/arts/virus-celebrities.html 'Celebrity Quarantine Posts Are Inflaming Tensions Between The Haves and Have Nots', Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/4/22/21228696/celebrity-quarantine-coronavirus-influencer-instagram-ellen-degeneres-arielle-charnas-class-wealth Wear A Damn Mask challenge: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a33023419/celebrity-wear-a-damn-mask-challenge

This month, we're asking you to use the time you'd normally spend listening to Different Things Can Be Sad consuming a different podcast (or podcasts!). Our recommendations are a mixture of podcasts that focus on anti-racism, and ones that are fun listens by amazing Black creators. We are excited to join you on this important listening journey!    1619 from The New York Times Code Switch from NPR About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge Good Ancestor Podcast by Layla F. Saad

Hold up: it’s (gonna be) May already? April 2020 passed in a bit of a blur so this month we’re talking all things April 1920 because...well, why the heck not? Get ready to hear Majka discuss some significant political events from 100 years ago, and Yaz dissect the juicy pop culture happenings of the time.    Plus… IT’S OUR SECOND BIRTHDAY! Different Things Can Be Sad is officially a toddler now and we’re celebrating by holding a bookish giveaway. Head over to @dtcbspodcast on Instagram, fill out and share our Story template, and you’ll be in with a chance to win a book of your choice from Bookshop.org, a new site that benefits independent bookstores.   Reading  The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston   Watching  Alex Strangelove on Netflix Bridget Jones’s Diary Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu Listening  I Feel Alive by TOPS Songs From A Broken Chair, and Gemini by Noah Reid The New Abnormal by The Strokes The Loves Of Your Life by Hamilton Leithauser Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple   Politics  All the April 1920 news: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1920   Pop Culture Scott Fitzgerald’s wedding: http://airshipdaily.com/blog/04032014-fitzgerald-wedding Gigi and Zayn’s baby news: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a32307065/gigi-hadid-zayn-malik-pregnant-expecting-child-together/ Edward VIII surfing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9187691/King-of-the-waves-Edward-VIII-pictured-surfing-in-1920.html Harry, Meghan, and LA: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1270884/prince-harry-Meghan-markle-la-renting-house-Duke-Duchess-Sussex-royal Harry’s HeadFIT: https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-is-back-doing-what-he-loves-most-helping-the-military/ Harry and Thomas the Tank Engine: https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-helps-celebrate-75th-anniversary-of-one-of-his-childhood-heroes/ Ice hockey at the Olympics: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ICH/mens-ice-hockey.html Gronk becomes a Buccaneer: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29078406/patriots-trade-rob-gronkowski-buccaneers-4th-round-pick

YOU GUYS! March has been...well, rough. It's been scary. It's been emotional. It's been looooong. So that's why we're breaking from our usual formula to bring you Pandemic Support Group, a very special episode designed to get you through this spell at home. Think of it as both an audio hug and your go-to guide to beating boredom. And remember: if we all pray to Noah Centineo and Timothee Chalamet enough, hopefully April's episode will be dropping into a happier and safer world.   Reading  Normal People by Sally Rooney  Women Talking by Miriam Toews The Younger Man by Zoe Foster Blake    Watching  Emma  Schitt’s Creek New Girl   Listening  Step by Haim The Local by Pulp Fever Caution by The Killers Bad Feeling and Broken Tambourine by Muzz Persona Non Grata by Bright Eyes   Isolation Reading  Dreamland by Sarah Dessen The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman Looking For Alaska by John Green Red, White and Royal Blue by Cassie McQuiston Emma by Jane Austen Stasiland by Anna Funder   Isolation Watching  The Big Sick La La Land  Looper Twilight Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Office The West Wing  It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia   Isolation Listening Fine Line by Harry Styles Yours To Keep by Albert Hammond Jr. 19 by Adele Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts Staying In with Emily & Kumail  Life Uncut

It's us again, folks! This February we're discussing the Wet'suwet'en pipeline protests in Canada and the forthcoming Friends reunion. Plus, in news that will surprise exactly zero loyal listeners, we read books with feminist themes and listened to the new Strokes songs so you'll get to hear our take on those too!   Reading  Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney Mrs Everything by Jennifer Weir Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino   Watching  Uncut Gems Next In Fashion on Netflix 'Reality Shows Don't Have To Be Cruel': https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/02/netflix-next-in-fashion-new-era-reality-tv/606859/ High Fidelity on Hulu High Fidelity review: https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/02/tv-review-high-fidelity/   Listening  Frankie Cosmos 'At The Door' and 'Bad Decisions' by The Strokes   Politics  Governance in Canada: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/02/25/Politicians-Columnists-Dont-Get-Wetsuweten-Crisis-Governance/ The protests: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blockades-continue-hamilton-bc-1.5474916 The protesters: https://globalnews.ca/news/6399938/bc-pipeline-protesters-speak/ Trudeau's handling of the protests: https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/02/24/very-slippery-ice-wetsuweten-blockades-critical-for-trudeau-governments-credibility-say-former-indian-affairs-minister-pollsters/237024 UNDRIP: https://globalnews.ca/news/6101723/undrip-indigenous-relations-canada/ Unist’ot’en: http://unistoten.camp/   Pop Culture  Friends: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Millenials' views on Friends: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/friends-netflix-sexist-racist-transphobic-problematic-millenials-watch-a8154626.html Friends on HBO Max: https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-friends-reunion-is-official-at-hbo-max-its-a-perfect-example-of-how-to-turn-fans-into-customers.html The One Where Monica Goes On A Hike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AaW_oRI_mk  

Happy 2020! It's a new year and a decade but the same old Majka and Yaz are back to break down the latest in politics and pop culture for you. This month, Majka teaches a masterclass on the concept of royals in light of #Megxit, while Yaz discusses the road to a potential Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston reunion. Oh, and there is definitely a Lorde singalong. You've been warned.  Reading Nothing Breaks Like A Heart by Katherine Webber Tiny Love Stories in The New York Times   Watching  The Bold Type on Hulu Next In Fashion on Netflix Killer Inside: The Mind Of Aaron Hernandez on Netflix Sex Education season 2 on Netflix Longshot Little Women   Listening  Hamilton Leithauser Bright Eyes Foolish Loving Spaces by Blossoms Marriage Story soundtrack Little Women soundtrack   Politics  The purpose of the monarchy and the problem of inequality: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/06/the-purpose-of-the-monarchy-and-the-problem-of-inequality Why monarchies are still relevant and useful in the 21st century:https://thediplomat.com/2014/06/why-monarchies-are-still-relevant-and-useful-in-the-21st-century/ Monarchies are more useful than you think:https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/monarchies-more-useful-than-you-think.html European monarchies still have a purpose:https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/do-european-monarchies-still-have-any-purpose?lang=fr Royal family costs and benefits: https://fullfact.org/economy/royal-family-what-are-costs-and-benefits/   Pop Culture Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt relationship timeline: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a30378889/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt-relationship-timeline/ Looking back on Jennifer Aniston's romance history: https://www.eonline.com/news/1013117/looking-back-on-jennifer-aniston-s-surprising-romance-history#photo-963205 Pittaissance: https://www.vogue.com/article/best-brad-pitt-moments-golden-globes-2020 Jennifer Aniston's Huffington Post op-ed: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/for-the-record_b_57855586e4b03fc3ee4e626f Why Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt should never get back together: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jen-dont-do-it-why-jennifer-aniston-and-brad-pitt-should-never-get-back-together?ref=scroll

It's our last episode of 2019 and it is, if we do say so ourselves, a cracker! This month we finally got our long-awaited reunion in New York City and are proud to present the Watching and Listening that occurred there. We're also giving you the story behind *that* J.K. Rowling tweet as well as a rundown of all the big breakup, engagement and baby news that naturally comes in December. Happy New Year! Watching Marriage Story  (And Little Women of which we spared you our fangirling)  Listening Leif Volleback Djo  Politics  Jackson Bird NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/opinion/jk-rowling-twitter-trans.html Gender Recognition Act: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a29590439/gender-recognition-act/ https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45838021 Maya Forstater: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-against-charity-worker-who-lost-job-over-transgender-tweets https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919 J.K. Rowling: https://globalnews.ca/news/6318018/j-k-rowling-backlash-transgender/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/12/jk-rowling-terf-tweet-harry-potter-fandom   Pop Culture Guidice family:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Giudice#Conviction  Engagement announcements:https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-engagements-of-2019-celebrities-who-got-engaged-this-year/freida-pinto-and-cory-tran/ The Atlantic on engagements:https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/everyone-you-know-really-did-just-get-engaged/282770/ Pregnancy announcements: https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/celebs-expecting-babies-2019-pregnant-stars-3017707.gallery

It’s our November episode already which begs the question: 2019 where are you going? This month, we’re reflecting on the surge of strategic voting and a viral Twitter take down while being very very excited about our upcoming IRL reunion. Reading One Day In December by Josie Silver   Watching The Irishman (now on Netflix) Parasite   Listening  Blossoms  Johnny Utah SuperM New Ways by Leif Vollebeck  Bad Ideas by Tessa Violet    Politics  Current Polling: https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/ Telegraph Voting Guide: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/tactical-voting-general-election-2019-guide/ 25 Key Seats: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-tactical-voting-seats-brexit-referendum-constituencies-polls-a9219106.html Pop Culture: Slate article:https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/sarah-dessen-ya-books-authors-brooke-nelson-social-media-attack.html Original Aberdeen News article: https://www.aberdeennews.com/news/common-read-hits-years-at-northern/article_058790e6-00ab-11ea-9449-5bac5966e4b6.html Lizzo Is Being Sued: https://www.fastcompany.com/90432486/lizzo-is-being-sued-for-being-a-nightmare-postmates-customer Taylor Swift vs Big Machine: https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/11/15/taylor-swift-vs-big-machine-how-did-we-get-here/4202070002/ Scooter Braun’s post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-taylor-swifts-amas-fight-with-scooter-braun-scott-borchetta-resulted-in-online-chaos-and-death-threats/2019/11/22/68dfdd82-0d3b-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html Taylor Swift’s Tumblr post: https://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/189068976205/dont-know-what-else-to-do

Did you have a swell spooky szn? We sure did and are ready to share our favourite bits of it with y’all1 We've also got your regular programming of politics and pop culture so buckle up and get ready to learn about all things Ruth Bader Ginsburg and R-Patz this episode.    Reading The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen   Watching Fleabag Live The Politician Looking For Alaska Succession  The Good Place (again) Paris Texas    Listening  'The 200 Best Songs Of The 2010s', Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/ Puppets (Succession Remix) by Pusha T The Politician Soundtrack  Lights Up by Harry Styles    Politics  ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wins $1 Million Berggruen Award’, The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/arts/ruth-bader-ginsburg-berggruen-prize.html ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg’, Oyez: https://www.oyez.org/justices/ruth_bader_ginsburg ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg’, Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg ‘Tribute: The Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg And WRP Staff’, ACLU:https://www.aclu.org/other/tribute-legacy-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-wrp-staff#emerging ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Reading List’, The Library At Washington And Lee University Of Law: https://libguides.wlu.edu/c.php?g=601727&p=4166850 ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Landmark Opinions On Women’s Rights’, History: https://www.history.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-landmark-opinions-womens-rights-supreme-court ‘Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt’, Oyez: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-274    Pop Culture ‘Robert Pattinson’, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pattinson ‘Landmark Moments in ‘Twilight’ Fandom’, The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/landmark-moments-twilight-fandom/321382/ ‘Robsessed’ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlGMgF5sx20 ‘Robert Pattinson Hates Twilight’, Tumblr: https://robertpattinsonhatingtwilight.tumblr.com ‘I Think About This a Lot: The Time Robert Pattinson Blatantly Lied on the Today Show’, The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/i-think-about-robert-pattinson-lying-on-the-today-show-a-lot.html ‘Robert Pattinson’s Viral Moments, Ranked’, GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-viral-moments-ranked ‘Harry Styles’ New Direction’, Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/harry-styles-new-direction-119432/

Happy Struggling Girl Fall! It's a term we've just made up that we think accurately describes the metaphorical mountain we had to climb to put our September 2019 episode together but HERE WE ARE! Please enjoy learning about the history of blackface and the end of aspiration. Please. It'll make our struggle worth it. Reading The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo 'I was Caroline Calloway', The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/the-story-of-caroline-calloway-and-her-ghostwriter-natalie.html Watching  Schitt's Creek Fleabag Crashing  Tall Girl  Listening  Vampire Weekend 'I Warned Myself' by Charlie Puth Politics 'Canada's Surprising History of Blackface', The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/canadas-surprising-history-of-blackface/598468/ 'Blackface: The birth Of An American Stereotype', NMAAHC: https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/blackface-birth-american-stereotype 'Justin Trudeau Isn't The Only One. Here's A List Of Politicians Who Got In Trouble Over Blackface', CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/us/politicians-in-blackface-list-trnd/index.html 'How did Canadians react to Trudeau's blackface photos? With a big meh, polls find', National Post: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/how-did-canadians-react-to-trudeaus-blackface-images-with-a-big-meh-polls-suggest 'On Justin Trudeau, Virginia Woolf, and the Orientalist History of Brownface', Literary Hub: https://lithub.com/on-justin-trudeau-virginia-woolf-and-the-orientalist-history-of-brownface/ 'The Complicated History Of Canadian Blackface', The Tyee: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/09/20/Complicated-History-Canadian-Blackface/ 'Justin Trudeau’s blackface incidents are part of a long history of racism in Canada', Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/21/justin-trudeaus-blackface-incidents-are-part-long-history-racism-canada/ 'Blackface has a long history in Canada - here's a look',: Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/5926620/blackface-canada-history/ 'On the back of blackness: contemporary Canadian blackface and the consumptive production of post-racialist, white Canadian subjects', Phillip Howard: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504630.2017.1281113 'Timeline of Canadian Blackface Incidents', McGill: https://www.mcgill.ca/aapr/blackface-canada/timeline Pop Culture 'Instagram Starts Test To Hide Number of Likes Posts Receive for Users in 7 Countries', TIME: https://time.com/5629705/instagram-removing-likes-test/ 'TikTok time: why teens love the goofy social networking app with a billion downloads', Style: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3018661/tiktok-time-why-teens-love-goofy-social-networking-app 'Who Would I Be Without Instagram. An Investigation', The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/who-would-tavi-gevinson-be-without-instagram.html 'Jonathan Van Ness of ‘Queer Eye’ Comes Out', The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/style/jonathan-van-ness-hiv-memoir.html  'The Rolling Stone Interview: Taylor Swift', Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-rolling-stone-interview-880794/?fbclid=IwAR0GRydFg95UVZoOFoh90OQVBwdBtQwMHsuKWsl1gp5J7MIRXjFtrZMmBy4 

Did you have an awesome August? Did you drink awesome shooters and listen to awesome music and then just sit around and soak up each other's awesomeness? Or did you end the month wanting to know more about the protests in Hong Kong and Disney's growing influence in the entertainment world? Then you've come to the right place! Reading  Red, White And Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Dreaming The Beatles by Rob Sheffield Watching Good Boys  Blinded by the Light  Euphoria on HBO/Sky Atlantic Listening  Lover by Taylor Swift  Golden Hour by Kasey Musgraves  Politics  ‘Hong Kong Protest Timeline’, CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/asia/hong-kong-protests-evolution-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html ‘Hong Kong leader starts dialogue on protests, but won't budge on demands’, CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protests-carrie-lam-serious-violent-escalation-1.5260883 Pop Culture  ‘Acquisition Of 21st Century Fox By Disney’, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fox_by_Disney#Reactions_and_antitrust_concerns ‘Chart: Everything That Disney Owns’, Cartoon Brew: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/chart-every-company-that-disney-owns-172130.html ‘Disney vs. The Public Domain: How Mickey Mouse Continues to Protect His Copyright’, Lucentem: https://lucentem.com/2018/12/05/disney-vs-the-public-domain-how-mickey-mouse-continues-to-protect-his-copyright/ ‘Spider-Man’, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man ‘For Disney, it's all about 'quality over quantity' with Disney+’, Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/25/disney-plus-netflix-uk-gdpr-interview-d23-expo/ ‘Sony, Marvel to Split on Future 'Spider-Man' Releases’, The Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-marvel-split-future-spider-man-releases-1233383 ‘Here's Everything Hilary Duff Has Said About The "Lizzie McGuire" Reboot’, Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/hilary-duff-lizzie-mcguire-reboot-instagram

Happy Hot Girl Summer! This month, we're bringing you politics and pop-culture updates inspired by our summer activities i.e. Majka went to a wedding so is keen to educate y'all on the politics of marriage, while Yaz watched a whole heap of TV and needs to dissect the off-screen relationship between Riverdale co-stars immediately.   Watching  The Farewell Hamilton The Musical  Swiped on Netflix Yesterday Love Island  Stranger Things on Netflix  ‘Lena Dunham on Love Island: “I’m asking the same question they do - can you love after hurt?”’, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/27/lena-dunham-love-island-can-you-love-after-hurt ‘Can A Beatles Fan Believe In ‘Yesterday?’’, Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/can-a-beatles-fan-believe-in-yesterday-rob-sheffield-853956/   Listening The Big Day by Chance The Rapper Roddy by Djo  Archer by Taylor Swift  Vancouver Folk Music Festival   Politics  Public Vows by Nancy F Cott  Bound In Wedlock by Tera W Hunter  'Why Do We Need The State's Permission To Get Married Anyway/', Wall Street Journal: https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/01/14/why-do-we-need-to-ask-the-state-for-permission-to-get-married-anyway/ 'How Long Has The Institution Of Marriage Existed For?', The Spruce: https://www.thespruce.com/history-of-marriage-2300616 'Marriage And The Politics Of America', HuffPost: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marriage-and-the-politics_b_2166695? 'New Danish Divorce Rule Criticized For Dragging Out Separations', The Local: https://www.thelocal.dk/20190722/new-danish-divorce-rule-criticized-for-dragging-out-separations 'Denmark's New Divorce Laws Make It Harder For Couples To Split', Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/5666620/denmark-new-divorce-laws/   Pop Culture  'Rebel Wilson Defamation Payout Is A Game-Changer For Gossip Magazines', The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/13/rebel-wilson-defamation-payout-is-a-game-changer-for-gossip-magazines 'As the Love Islanders pack their bags for the season finale, a top psychologist reveals how dangerous sudden fame can be...', Glamour UK: https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/love-island-mental-health-concerns  Lili Reinhart's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WOffWgXJk/ Lili Reinhart's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lilireinhart/status/1154538736551714816 Cole Sprouse's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WOfcZJp0B/ Nikki Reed's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQOJj2Jhqxh/

Jumping Joe Bidens (or Jonas Brothers, whatever floats your boat) - HOW are we already halfway through 2019? It’s been a helluva year so far and Month Six has been no exception. In this episode, Majka explains an under-reported situation in the Middle East while Yaz dissects the cultural importance of Keanu Reeves through the lens of Internet Boyfriends.  Reading Daisy Jones And The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Fraya  Watching  Big Little Lies on HBO and Sky Atlantic Fleabag on BBC and Amazon Prime  Booksmart  Listening  ‘Song Review: ‘Your Girlfriend’ by Blossoms’, Yazmine Lomax: http://yazminelomax.com/2019/06/21/song-review-your-girlfriend-by-blossoms/ Throughline by NPR: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline Armchair Expert by Dax Shepard: https://armchairexpertpod.com/ Politics 'Iran's Revolutions: Crash Course World History 226', Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w4Ku6l7OEI&t=4s 'How The Iranian Nuclear Deal Works, Explained In 3 Minutes', Vox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqvghou5m3U 'What Is Happening In Iran?', BBC:https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42555015 'The U.S. And Iran Are Marching Toward War', Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2019-06-28/us-and-iran-are-marching-toward-war 'The Shah’s Actions', The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1980/03/23/the-shah-as-tyrant-a-look-at-the-record/218c6a8e-dcb7-4168-ac9c-8f23609f888f/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b6fa5af231a2 'Poll: Most Americans Support The 2015 Iranian Nuclear Deal', Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/10/12/poll-most-americans-support-the-2015-iran-nuclear-deal-infographic/ 'Hezbollah', Simon Fraser University: https://www-jstor-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/stable/26296878?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents 'What Are The Rules Of War And Why Do They Matter?', ICRC:https://www.icrc.org/en/document/what-are-rules-of-war-Geneva-Conventions 'The Geneva Conventions Of 1949 And Their Additional Protocols', ICRC: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/geneva-conventions-1949-additional-protocols 'Just War Theory', Internet Encyclopaedia Of Philosophy: https://www.iep.utm.edu/justwar/ Pop Culture  ‘Internet Boyfriends vs. Internet Husbands’, Cosmopolitan, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a25346889/internet-boyfriend-husband-definition/ ‘How To Build An Internet Boyfriend’, Cosmopolitan, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a23101778/noah-centineo-peter-kavinsky-pop-culture-phoneomenon/ Offset March Madness Internet Boyfriend, Twitter, https://twitter.com/weareoffset_uk/status/978964156593385472?lang=en ‘Conspiracy Keanu’, Know Your Meme, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/conspiracy-keanu ‘Keanu Reeves’, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves ‘How Keanu Reeves Became The Internet’s Boyfriend’, CNN, https://edition.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2019/06/17/keanu-reeves-internet-boyfriend-kc-orig.cnn ‘Why Keanu Reeves Has Always Been The Internet’s Soul Mate’, TIME, https://time.com/5603032/keanu-reeves-best-moments/  ‘Keanu Reeves Plays With Puppies While Answering Fan Questions’, Buzzfeed Celeb, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOqUiXhECos ‘Make Keanu Reeves 2019 Times Person Of The Year’, Change.org, https://www.change.org/p/time-magazine-make-keanu-reeves-2019-times-person-of-the-year

Justin Timberlake once (pretty much) said, “It’s gonna be May” so we think it’s only right to honour this very significant month with a fan-freaking-tastic episode of Different Things Can Be Sad. This time, Majka and Yaz are joined by Audrey The Dog to break down the politics of Pride Month and dissect the popularity of Old Town Road.   Reading ‘Faith, Friendship And Tragedy At Santa Fe High’, Texas Monthly: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/remembering-sabika-sheikh-pakistani-student-killed-santa-fe-school-shooting/ ‘A Dangerous Delay’, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../university-of-maryland-mold-adenovirus/ The Hundred Year Old House by Rebecca Makkai Watching Alexa Chung YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZYnKtMbF0k2FewIgU5c3g Sex Education (Netflix) Listening I Am Easy To Find by The National A Fine Mess by Interpol The Adults Are Talking by The Strokes Beach House blackbear Alabama 'Groups Sue Over Alabama Abortion Ban, Judge Blocks Mississippi Ban', Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-alabama/groups-sue-over-alabama-abortion-law-judge-blocks-mississippi-ban-idUSKCN1SU1OE 'Here Are The Details Of The Abortion Legislation In Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana And Elsewhere', TIME: http://time.com/5591166/state-abortion-laws-explained/ Politics 'The Origins Of Pride Month: What You Should Know About Its History', Bustle: https://www.bustle.com/articles/166925-the-origins-of-pride-month-what-you-should-know-about-its-history 'The History Of LGBT Pride, From 1970 To Now', Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/blog/the-history-of-lgbt-pride-from-1970-to-now 'Overlooked: Marsha P Johnson', The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-marsha-p-johnson.html 'Bruce McArthur, Toronto's Accused Landscape Killer, Was Hiding In Plain Sight All Along', Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/07/toronto-serial-killer-bruce-mcarthur-accused-landscaper 'Opinion:Pink Washing', The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/opinion/pinkwashing-and-israels-use-of-gays-as-a-messaging-tool.html Pop Culture ‘Lil Nas X: Inside The Rise Of A Hip-Hop Cowboy’, Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-interview-new-album-836393/ ‘Old Town Road’, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Road ‘Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Was Destined To Disrupt’, Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-controversy-explained.html ‘Welcome To The Yeehaw Agenda’, GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/old-town-road-yeehaw-agenda 'Country At The Crossroads', Switched On Pop: https://www.switchedonpop.com/no-country-for-old-town-road/ The American Meme on Netflix @theyeehawagenda on Instagram

This month we gon' party like it's our birthday because it really is our birthday! That's right, April 2019 marks one whole year of DTCBS *screams while flapping hands* To celebrate, we're doing a lil giveaway over on the 'gram (https://www.instagram.com/dtcbspodcast/) and chatting about women's health care and Taylor Swift 7! Reading The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Educated by Tara Westover Watching Avengers Endgame What The Constitution Means To Me Someone Great on Netflix Listening Cuz I Love You by Lizzo When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? By Billie Eilish Catfish and the Bottlemen I’ve Seen The Future by Blossoms April Playlist: http://yazminelomax.com/2019/04/28/april-playlist/ Politics ‘The Healthcare Gender Bias: Do Men Get Better Medical Treatment?’, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/20/healthcare-gender-bias-women-pain “Everybody Was Telling Me There Was Nothing Wrong”, BBC: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180523-how-gender-bias-affects-your-healthcare ‘When Doctor’s Downplay Women’s Health Concerns’, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/well/live/when-doctors-downplay-womens-health-concerns.html ‘Gender Bias In Health Care Is Hurting Women’, The Globe And Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-gender-bias-in-health-care-is-hurting-women/ ‘The Heart Attack Gender Gap’, Harvard Health: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/the-heart-attack-gender-gap ‘Disparities In Access To Health Care For Women’, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2017/11/22/disparities-in-access-to-health-women/#4d816c9f4783 ‘Why America’s Black Mothers And Babies Are In A Life-Or-Death Crisis’, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/magazine/black-mothers-babies-death-maternal-mortality.html?fbclid=IwAR1Rwh2AcwK80RMf_Yf0N1_MMXcREnFg8WqWaZlkF7QrmZUcqHMKQuIJQ30 Caroline O’Donoghue Twitter: https://twitter.com/Czaroline?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Books about the topic: Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery Invisible Women by Caroline Cariado Perez Ask me about my uterus by Abby Norman Invisible by Michele Lent Hirsch Promising Young Women by Caroline Donoghue The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman  New York Times review of some of these books: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/books/review-doing-harm-maya-dusenbery-ask-me-about-my-uterus-abby-norman-invisible-michele-lent-hirsch.html?searchResultPosition=1 Pop Culture ‘Taylor Swift Has Been Hinting At Her Next Music Drop With A Series Of Complicated Clues’, BuzzFeed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/taylor-swift-ts7-countdown-13 ‘Here Are All The Clues Taylor Swift Has Dropped About Her Upcoming Album’, BuzzFeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/taylor-swift-ts7-album-clues ‘All The Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In Taylor Swift's "Me" Music Video’, BuzzFeed:https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/taylor-swift-me-video-hidden-detail ‘On Taylor Swift’s new single, she’s all about ‘Me!’, Boston Globe: https://www2.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2019/04/27/taylor-swift-new-single-she-all-about/vOdzKVOiDdTvvPq5exz2DJ/story.html ‘Taylor Swift Causes A PANIC!’, Switched On Pop: https://www.switchedonpop.com/the-sorcery-of-swift-and-panic/

March 2019 was a busy one: we read lots of books, watched lots of movies and TV shows, listened to lots of sweet jams, and learnt lots about Wangari Maathai and the closure of Victoria’s Centre For Youth Literature. Come join us on another educational journey - it’s like The Magic School Bus but for your ears! Reading Normal People by Sally Rooney ‘A Normal Person Conversation with Sally Rooney’, The Cut On Tuesdays: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/a-normal-person-conversation-with-sally-rooney/id1437189814?i=1000433471487&mt=2 Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter/Sea Horses: The Talisman by Louise Cooper/Any book you loved as a teen Watching Queer Eye on Netflix ‘Queer Eye Season 3 Might Not Seem That Different But It’s Actually A Quiet Revolution’, Junkee: https://junkee.com/queer-eye-season-3/198200 Three Identical Strangers ‘The Story of the Dionne Quintuplets Is a Cautionary Tale for the Age of ‘Kidfluencers’’, TIME: http://time.com/5555131/dionne-quintuplets-kidfluencers/?xid=tcoshare Instant Family Made In Mexico on Netflix Us Listening Ulfilas’ Alphabet by Sundara Karma Sucker by the Jonas Brothers FM by Vince Staples Politics ‘Wangari Maathai’, The Green Belt Movement: https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai/biography ‘Wangari Maathai’, The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/ Pop Culture ‘Writing’s On The Wall As State Library ‘Retires’ Youth Literature Centre’, The Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/writing-s-on-wall-as-state-library-retires-youth-literature-centre-20190308-p512p6.html ‘Why Victoria Needs A Real Centre For Youth Literature’, Publishing ArtsHub: https://publishing.artshub.com.au/news-article/opinions-and-analysis/writing-and-publishing/mike-shuttleworth/why-victoria-needs-a-real-centre-for-youth-literature-257478 ‘’Alarm Bells’: Students Rally After Centre For Youth Literature’s Closure’, The Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/alarm-bells-students-rally-after-centre-for-youth-literature-s-closure-20190326-p517ot.html Danielle Binks Twitter: @danielle_binks Michael Pryor Twitter: @michaeljpryor Lili Wilkinson Twitter: @twitofalili Zhana Maticevski-Shumack Instagram: @ghostcryptid

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by - wait. Sorry. Wrong media production. While we are neither Jamie Lee Curtis nor Lindsay Lohan, this month we are presenting to you a body swap story of sorts; Yaz takes over politics, Majka takes over pop culture and you (yes, YOU!) get to learn how Gina Martin changed the law on upskirting, and why the Vlogbrothers are YouTube royalty.   Reading My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Becoming by Michelle Obama The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed  Watching Dumplin’ (Netflix) Siempre Bruja (Netflix) Listening Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves Harmony Hall / 2021 by Vampire Weekend Politics ‘Meet Gina Martin, The 25-Year-Old Who Wants to Make Upskirting a Sexual Offence in England and Wales’, RightsInfo https://rightsinfo.org/gina-martin-upskirting/ ‘Why I’m Changing The Law On Upskirting’, Refinery29 UK https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/10/176791/upskirting-campaign-law-change-gina-martin ‘One in ten men don’t think upskirting is sexual harassment – we investigate why’, GQ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/what-is-upskirting (A link to this very informative article was found in this fantastic interview with Gina by Julia Bullas: https://juliabullas.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/gina-martin-we-all-have-a-role-to-play-in-calling-out-upskirting-as-a-crime/) ‘Celebrities Call Out The Paparazzi For Upskirting At The Brit Awards’, Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/02/191650/brit-awards-upskirt-photos-upskirting ‘#15: Guest Episode: Gina Martin on upskirting, the environment and body shame’, The Figure podcast (Gina talks about white feminism from about 22:00): https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/15-guest-episode-gina-martin-on-upskirting-environment/id1387631921?i=1000418704530&mt=2 ‘Upskirting to become a criminal offence punishable by two years in jail’, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jun/15/upskirting-to-become-a-criminal-offence-punishable-by-two-years-in-jail ‘Enniskillen schoolboy guilty in upskirting case’, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47388359 ‘Upskirt’, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upskirt#cite_note-blogs.findlaw.com-30 Link to pre-order Gina Martin’s book: https://pages.littlebrown.co.uk/bethechange/ Pop Culture ‘The Official NerdFighter Lexicon’, Nerdfighteria: https://nerdfighteria.com/lexicon/#T ‘Vlogbrothers’, Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/vlogbrothers ‘The History Of The Vlogbrothers’, FootofaFerret Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXiMB-SMVuE ‘YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through The Ages’, Vlogbrothers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIRpgkLK7r0 John and Henry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhkbZ0J-o88