Babbling On

Well, here’s quite a kitten. For the first time EVER, Babbling On is leaving New York City for stranger tides. We’ve brought our equipment to sunny (cold and rainy) LA to talk shop with some of the most articulate and hilarious voices within driving distance of the Pacific. Today, comedian, scholar, and real estate agent Danielle Shvartsman stops by our traveling studio to dish on the City of Angels, in a new type of episode that has earned the distinction of Volume One, since we’re sure there are many more takes to come regarding the great city where John Travolta once said those immortal words: Adele Dazeem.

Please welcome to the stage the legendary curators of the iconic THNK1994 Museum, Viviana Olen and Matt Harkins. These two legends have put on exhibits about Kim Cattrall scatting, Real Housewives pointing fingers, the Olsen twins smoking, and so many more important historic events that require museum placards for full understanding. Today, they unpack skincare, Marshalls, Princess Diana’s private chef’s YouTube, and so much more. Enjoy!

HBO’s Girls premiered 13 years ago today, randomly… which leads us to speak of the craftsperson who created it all, Mrs. Lena Dunham. One of the great girls of all time, writer, songstress, actress, and thinker Misha Lambert, joins the podcast to unpack the woman who changed… everything…

Today we’re joined by superstarlet Missy McIntosh to talk about the Jo Bros. Missy has an upcoming show, Hello, Piece of Glass at Union Hall April 28 that you can buy tickets for here. She’s fabulous as all hell and boy does she know a thing or two about The Jonas Brothers, you just wait, you. So anyway The Jonas Brothers are some of the more amazing artists of our time. They really did the damn work. And now here we are. Comment “orchard” if you read this far.

Music makes the people come together. Yeah. What more can be said? Part two of Sander’s grand survey of the life and legacy of Madonna, for your nerve. Enjoy little Babbles. Comment with your top three Mayhem tracks at your earliest convenience, please.

Morning Babbles, and welcome to an important dissection of the life and times of Mrs. Madge Madonna Mommy. We’ve been reticent to discuss the pop star due to allegiances forged in 2008 when Lady Gaga gave birth to us, but today we’re joined by an open-minded scholar to reflect on the decades-long artistry of Madonna. Enjoy the show!

Four walls, a roof, a window, a door. These are traditional features of a house. But is a house a home? Is a chair still a chair even if no one is sitting there? What color should you paint your cabinets? These are questions we will be debating with person-who-lives-in-a-home, Tatiana Perez. Let us swing from the chandelier as we do so.

Miranda had a hairy bush. Charlotte had explosive diarrhea. Samantha had some fabulous guacamole. And Carrie? Well, Carrie got left at the damn altar. This is the Sex and the City movie, and it pulls no punches. Big, big things happen here, and we’ve brought on well-regarded grad student Martha May Whovier to discuss the matter at hand. In today’s trying times, we hope this episode can offer you a brief respite from the hellscape of our crumbling planet. F*ck the president, f*ck this government, f*ck! Trans people deserve respect and dignity and the right to exist by the way!

One fine day a man named Michael Cunningham won a Pulitzer Prize. This was, of course, for his novel The Hours, which charts a day in the life of three women: acclaimed British writer Virginia Woolf, depressed suburban housewife Laura something, and New York lesbian Clarissa something.

Today, we’re joined by celebrated actor Cole Doman to talk about the seminal text and it’s film adaptation by Stephen Daldry, who cast Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore in one of the great movies ever made. Let’s dive in, shall we?

Have you ever seen a film called The Witch? Yes? Oh, so you’re smart. No? Oh, so you need to get a life. Maybe you’ve seen The Lighthouse. This is where Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe do a dom/sub thing in a cold, wet (and, yes, titular) lighthouse. Or maybe you saw The Northman and had a sexual experience with Alexander Skarsgard playing a Norwegian Hamlet (admittedly, who hasn’t?). Ohh, I remember now. You saw Nosferatu over Christmas and now things are awkward between you and your uncle. Yes, that’s what it was. Well, have we got a treat for you then! Beloved playwright/ film director/ superstar Sam Max graces the podcast today for a stimulating conversation about Eggs, four ways.

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