Can you OD on OJ? Not today. Kim Goldman’s podcast delivers - from the plaintive wail dude and his shocking back story, to OJ’s new lawyer competing in the Olympics of telephone smarminess, to a nuanced look at a family’s grief. 

Links:

Confronting: OJ Simpson - With Kim Goldman

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/confronting-oj-simpson

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Gina’s boyfriend is pretty funny and motherhood can be dead serious. This week, on our podcast about podcasts, we are talking about some shows that are very close to home. One is actually, kind of, in Gina’s home.

Links:

Andy Harris, Everybody - Ep.4 - "Bless Your Heart"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andy-harris-everybody/id1458695317?i=1000443947750

http://www.andyharriseverybody.com/

Motherhood Sessions: Not Cut Out For Motherhood  

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-cut-out-for-motherhood/id1457515962?i=1000435214441

Motherhood Sessions: Parenting Through Trauma

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gimlet/motherhood-sessions/e/60728785

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A binge-eating expert explains why diets don’t work, and the Post Secret guy shares about the ongoing catharsis of sending secrets through the postal system. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser review their favorite podcasts of the week, and kibbitz about how they relate to the shows they love.

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Links:

Food Psych: The Truth About Binge Eating

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/repost-149-truth-about-binge-eating-amy-pershing-anti/id700512884?i=1000441034243

TED Radio Hour:  “Keeping Secrets”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keeping-secrets/id523121474?i=1000436543039

Tom Brady and the case for being a generalist on “The Good Life Podcast,” the one Buddhist mantra that could change everything, ‘Freakonomics” tells us how to change our minds, and why crying at work isn’t as bad as you think. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser explore their favorite podcasts of the week. 

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Links:

Ram Dass Here and Now: with Sharon Salzburg episode 49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSR5WHlKJBo

Freakonomics Radio: How to Change Your Mind

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519?i=1000440113108

The Good Life Podcast: Roger vs. Tiger

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/good-life-project/e/62303032

This is Uncomfortable: Crying at Work

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crying-at-work/id1466681015?i=1000442222676

On the podcast about podcasts: “Gangster Capitalism” goes deep on the college admissions scandal, so hosts Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser go deep on this A+ new podcast series, sampling some of the show’s most compelling clips. As a bonus, they explore a podcast about a bizarre cat-fishing scheme, and a new pod exploring corporate failures, including the wildly popular theme park of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

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LINKS: 

Spectacular Failures: A Christian Theme park plunges into scandal:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-christian-theme-park-plunges-into-scandal/id1466271396?i=1000441796363

Gangster Capitalism: Episode 3 – The Dominoes Fall

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence13/gangster-capitalism/e/61291696

Gangster Capitalism: Episode 5 – Where You Start is Where You Finish:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cadence13/gangster-capitalism/e/61827406

Gangster Capitalism: Episode 6 – Watershed Moment

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gangster-capitalism/e/61984129?autoplay=true

This is Actually Happening - Season 8 Episode 121 - What if your favorite celebrity has a crush on you? 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/121-what-if-your-favorite-celebrity-had-a-crush-on-you/id497227384?i=1000424647768

Amy Schumer’s dad may be her best podcast guest ever, National Geographic helps us understand why kids lie, a makeup guru creates an empire out of the nude look, and the 400-yard dash that will make you want to sprint, laugh, cry and cheer. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser discuss the best podcasts of the week.

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Links: 

How I Built This: Bobbi Brown

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i-built-this/e/56285155?autoplay=true

The Moth: Ties That Bind

https://themoth.org/radio-hour/the-ties-that-bind

Overheard: Evolution of a Little Liar

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overheard-at-national-geographic/id1466697207?i=1000441883207

3 girls, one Keith: Death and Memory

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IHbqCo86LzKnQVsSFxefQ?context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2UtdM2mvBQesTqGTyiKn8w&si=d7IIr1LLSNeIjxWbLkfAlA

The podcast about podcasts! Terry Gross gives rapper and flutist Lizzo the “Fresh Air” treatment. “Ear Hustle” returns to let us know Death Row is both better and worse than we think it is. Marc Maron and Dan Harmon explore apologies and hosts Gina and Teresa discuss “Very Bad Words,” the most intellectual effing look at swearing in the podcast world.

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Very bad Words

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/27-b-ch-is-back/id1097614316?i=1000406327181

Ear Hustle

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ear-hustle/id1240841298?i=1000412123407

WTF with Eve Ensler

https://wtfpod.libsyn.com/episode-1028-eve-ensler

Dan Harmon’s epic apology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKA8ARBSkw

Fresh Air with Lizzo:

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/01/719013062/lizzo-proves-shes-ready-for-the-big-time-with-cuz-i-love-you

This week, Gina and Teresa delve into the world of psychotic psychiatrists with "The Shrink Next Door", they discuss why sit-com death beats sit-com divorce on "Mobituaries with Mo Rocca", they break down the data that proves you're most likely a good mom on "Freakonomics" and finally G & T choke back tears as they listen to what the Love Junkies refer to as a "throw up song" on "Broken Record."

LINKS: 

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca:  Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sitcom-deaths-and-disappearances/id1449045549?i=1000428366117

The Shrink Next Door: Welcome To The Neighborhood

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-1/id1459899275?i=1000438957448

Broken Record with Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, Bruce Headley – Love Junkies

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-write-a-hit-song-the-love-junkies/id1311004083?i=1000435037170

Freakanomics Radio – episode 376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/parenting/

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This week, how to influence an election, how to find Nirvana at SoulCycle, how to have a cathartic cry over a dead dog with the help of Mike Rowe, and the unintended consequences of free porn — this week’s podcast about podcasts.

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Links:

The Butterfly Effect, episode 5 – The Yes Ladder

http://thebutterflyeffect.audible.libsynpro.com/ep-5-the-yes-ladder

Tim Ferriss: Julie Rice, Co-Founder Of “Soul Cycle”

https://tim.blog/2019/05/30/julie-rice/

Planet Money: How to meddle in an election

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/915-how-to-meddle-in-an-election/id290783428?i=1000439260699

Mike Rowe - The Way I Heard It - Ep 16 - The Orphan Hero

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-way-i-heard-it-with-mike-rowe/id1087110764?i=1000368400280

On this week’s show, a porn star’s tweet leads to a mysterious death. Or does it? There’s a new true crime podcast in town from Jon Ronson (The Last Days of August), and Ira Glass (The American Life) is here to let us know about it. And, Queer Eye for the podcast guy! Jonathan Van Ness tackles cults, and who might be vulnerable to an especially delicious brunch at the Scientology Centre. Gina and Teresa celebrate some of the podcast world's best johns.  

Links:

The Last Days of August 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-last-days-of-august/id1258779354

Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness: What Makes a Cult a Cult 

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jonathan-van-ness/getting-curious-with-jonathan-van-ness/e/54056447

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