This week, Dusty’s frustrated about the Instagram update no one asked for, and Christina has thoughts about the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. But most of our conversation centers around pop culture, the need for digital boundaries, and a desire for more light-hearted conversations in the online space.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED:

* Dusty’s reaction to Instagram’s new disappearing content feature is a face that says everything you need to know.

* Why the bot purge on Instagram might actually be the beginning of social media collapsing in on itself.

* The question every parent is quietly wrestling with — when do you actually give your kid a phone, and what do you do in the meantime.

* Why Substack being desktop-first might be its most underrated feature, and what that means for people trying to break a scrolling habit.

* The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ending has people divided — and it says a lot about how you see women and ambition.

* Tolkien vs. George R.R. Martin as a proxy for two completely different beliefs about whether humans are capable of redemption.

* Dusty got banned from watching Grease as a child for repeating something Rizzo said, and she has not recovered.

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