DirtCast

DirtCast

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DirtCast episodes

  • Skins Alive: The Agony and Ecstasy of the British Teen Show

    If it’s wrong for an adult to love British teen shows like Skins and My Mad Fat Diary, then we don’t want to be right! Joining us this week on DirtCast is new Jezebel staff writer Ashley Reese to talk about her passion (which we share) for the raw and extremely out there British teen shows of the late aughts and slightly after.

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    45 min
  • And the Oscar Goes to...Mother!

    As awards season finally winds its way to a close, we sit down with some old friends--Joanna Rothkopf and Bobby Finger for a very special Oscar’s episode. We discuss Tim-o-tee Chalamet, the indignity of mother!’s erasure, and whether or not they’ll fuck it up like they did last year with the best picture winners.

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    45 min
  • Cabs are Here! (RECAST)

    This week, we got Sallyann Salsano, creator of Jersey Shore and the upcoming Hunter Mountain and Jersey Shore: Vacation to talk about the making of a successful reality show empire.

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    45 min
  • Whither the Pop Star Purity Ring?

    Cupid’s arrow strikes only the lucky few, but for a handful of mid-2000s pop stars, if it did, they couldn’t actually seal the deal. Why? God, of course. We sit down with Jezebel’s own Hazel Cills for a discussion about the great moral sex panic of the early 2000s.

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    44 min
  • Megan Went to the GOOP Summit and All She Got Was Brainwashed

    After a long and restful hiatus, we’re back and ready to punch 2018 square in the face!!! We will be talking about all the juicy pop culture crap that we missed while we were off, including all the awards shows you missed or maybe didn’t want to watch, the GOOP summit, Kylie Jenner’s baby and the dirtiest dirt of all: Robert Wagner has FINALLY been named a “person of interest” in the 1981 death of Natalie Wood. Alex Bedder and Rachel Lubitz join us to discuss.

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    47 min
  • Nip/Tuck: A Century of Actors Fucking with Their Faces (RECAST)

    Splinter’s Dodai Stewart joins Madeleine and Megan to talk about two of their favorite subjects, celebrities and plastic surgery! From the early facelift that left silent movie actress Mary Pickford unable to smile to the not-so-secret nose jobs of the Mickey Mouse Club, we’re exploring the trends in and ramifications of the elective cosmetic surgeries and dermatological procedures of the rich and the famous.

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    1 hr 16 min
  • What Is a “Rape Choreographer” and Why Do Movie Sets Need Them? (RECAST)

    With rape scenes more prevalent in TV and movies than ever before, it’s become all the more important for directors to insure a safe set in which all performers (whether they’re portraying the victim or the rapist) feel safe and supported. LA Weekly film critic April Wolfe joins us on this week’s episode to discuss the dangerous history of rape in film and how sets are evolving to correct the violations committed by actors and directors of the past.

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    57 min
  • What Celebrity Wine to Bring to Your Holiday Dinner

    Celebrities are good at many things (sponcon, achieving the effortless beach waves etc.), but is making decent, drinkable wine one of them? Joined by our friends Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen of the Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum, we debate whether Dave Matthews’ Dreaming Tree is good for a BBQ, if Madeleine Davies is a secret wine expert, and the THNK 1994 Museum’s latest exhibit.

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    1 hr 8 min
  • It’s Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Mariah Carey’s Christmas

    Is Mariah Carey the queen of Christmas? Or is she--as she says (now)--unworthy of such a lofty, made-up title? This week, we’re joined by Jezebel Senior Writer and Mariah Carey superfan Rich Juzwiak to discuss Mimi’s love of the holiest of days.

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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Stassi Schroeder Apology Tour

    This week, we sat down with Jezebel staff writer Ellie Shechet to dig through the mountains of fresh, loamy celebrity gossip--Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged! Lena Dunham is apologizing for something, as is Stassi Schroeder of Vanderpump Rules!--for an extended, apologetic game-filled edition of the Dirtiest Dirt.

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    1 hr 6 min

About DirtCast

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A weekly pop-culture breakdown show based on Jezebel's daily column Dirt Bag. Each week Madeleine Davies and Megan Reynolds dig deep on the shallow industry of celebrity gossip, giving you an inside…