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 

Watching 

• Breaking Bad 

• Harvest Love 

Listening 

• Yearbook by Seth Rogan (the audiobook) 

Politics

• https://theconversation.com/the-disturbing-history-of-how-conservatorships-were-used-to-exploit-swindle-native-americans-165140

Pop Culture 

• https://editorialist.com/lifestyle/what-is-an-instagram-photo-dump/

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

Watching 

• Luca 

Listening 

• Pressure Machine - The Killers

Politics 

• Climate Change and the IPCC Report 

• Simon Clark video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4&t=229s 

• Canadaland podcasts: https://www.canadaland.com/podcasts/

• Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fairy-creek-blockade-indigenous-land-defenders-protest-forest-logging-climate-justice

• Mutual Aid: Kamala Mutual Aid Collective https://www.instagram.com/kalamamutualaid/?hl=en

Pop Culture 

• Molly-Mae's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCDcmLoFN_/ 

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

Watching 

• Love Island 

Listening

• Chatty Broads

Politics 

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/28/its-impossible-separate-politics-olympics/

Pop Culture 

• https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/g10381781/celebrity-parents-against-paparazzi-following-their-kids/?slide=10

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

Watching 

• In the Heights 

• https://www.vox.com/culture/22535040/in-the-heights-casting-backlash-colorism-representation

Listening 

• Solar Power by Lorde 

Politics

• TRC Calls To Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society https://www.irsss.ca/ 

• 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

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/

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

Reading 

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Skip to 22:05 to avoid spoilers)

Watching

• Friends: The Reunion 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/

Pop Culture 

• https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=6945562242259684613#/@webkinzwhore143/video/6945562242259684613

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

Watching 

• Minari

Listening 

• Somewhere by Sun June 

Politics 

• Employment gap: https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#intro

Pop Culture 

• About Demi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Lovato

• 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://www.eater.com/22393899/demi-lovato-bigg-chill-frozen-yogurt-fight-explained

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 

Watching 

• Succession 

Listening

• Anna Leone  

Politics

• The Coup

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55902070

• https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/rohingyas-burma/540513/

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar/Resources-and-power 

• 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/?

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

Watching 

• Never Rarely Sometimes Always 

Listening 

• right where you left me and it's time to go by Taylor Swift 

Politics 

• Planned Parenthood International: https://globalgagrule.org/

Pop Culture

• Olivia Rodrigo background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Rodrigo

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. 

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

Schitt’s Creek

The Great

Sex Education

High Fidelity

Normal People

Selling Sunset

Emma

Palm Springs

Boys State

Holidate

Eurovision

First Cow

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

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

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 

Watching 

• The Holidate (Netflix)

Listening 

• Therefore I am by Billie Eilish 

Politics 

• https://drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-decriminalization

Pop culture

• Michael B. Jordan Talks OnlyFans: https://www.buzzfeed.com/terrycarter/michael-b-jordan-only-fans-mustache