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Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang host your end-of-week blitz on what everyone's watching and listening to right now. Featuring big-name interviews that go deep, and big thoughts on pop culture with your two smart friends — this is the show about how everything in your feed reflects – and affects – the world. Culture moves fast — so Stop Everything! and listen in.
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We're all guilty of loving problematic faves
We're all guilty of loving problematic faves. Is it still OK to read Harry Potter or watch Woody Allen movies? How do you reconcile your love for murky pop culture with the ethics of being a good person? In this special episode, Benjamin Law and Wen… -
Big egos and big drama in The Newsreader and Morning Wars
It's a great week for anyone who loves a scandal, especially a media one. The return of The Newsreader and Morning Wars within days of each other means we're well served when it comes to fictional high-drama in newsrooms. All that shouting and backst… -
Streaming is a total mess and we're paying for it, literally
Cancellations! Price rises! Too many services! Streaming was supposed to be a pop culture utopia where audiences could pay $10 for everything they ever wanted to watch. A decade on, viewers are forking out for multiple services and their favourite s… -
The bin fires that are Disney, And Just Like That and Fyre Festival 2.0
Everywhere you look, there's a cultural bin fire. The flames of disaster are burning down the house and we can't stop staring. First there's the shameless comeback of the Fyre Festival, the disastrous party that never was. Then there's Disney scuttl… -
Taylor Swift is having a very good week
If Taylor Swift's nemesis Scooter Braun is having a bad week, is it a pretty safe assumption that TayTay is having a good one? So, why is everyone talking about Braun right now? Plus, Real Housewives superfan Ben mounts a spirited defence of the rea… -
Smouldering sex and cake calamities in Red, White and Royal Blue
The internet is blowing up over the bedroom antics in queer rom-com Red, White and Royal Blue, but is it actually sexy? And is mediocrity what's been missing in LGBTQI+ representation? BL and WM discuss the messy, QAnon-adjacent controversy that's e… -
Ugly crying over Celine Song's Past Lives
Already proclaimed as one of the best films of the year, Past Lives is a stunning drama that hits you right in the feels. There will be tears. Past Lives writer and director Celine Song drops in to talk about her semi-autobiographical movie, reinven… -
Bone-chilling ghost stories with Daniel MacPherson and Remy Hii
Superstars and Neighbours alums Daniel MacPherson and Remy Hii drop in to chat about their new stage production, 2:22: A Ghost Story, and reveal their own spooky encounters with the unexplained. BL and WM delve into the Logies Awards and what Sonia … -
Barbenheimer explodes, but are you ready for The Afterparty?
Barbenheimer has conquered the world, inspiring film lovers to return to the cinema. But is it enough to save moviegoing after the pandemic drop-off? And, are Barbie and Oppenheimer actually any good? We talk to Barbie stars America Ferrera and Issa… -
Getting cosy with Australia's most iconic knitwear legend
Jenny Kee's designs have travelled from Bondi beach to the catwalks in France to Princess Diana, who famously wore Jenny's Blinky koala knit at a polo match in the 80's The self-dubbed 'glamorous granny' was a proponent of slow fashion before fast f…
