ETC chats with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, on this week’s episode! Fangirl turned journalist, Kelsey writes about what people are talking about. We discuss Kelsey’s journey as a writer, her new It List newsletter, Grammy nominations, our shared love for Jeremy Strong, and much more.  

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The rumors are true… ETC was on hiatus because we were hosting the Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest. welcome to a spooky edition of the pod !

we’re joined by critic, influencer, and friend of the pod Adam Patla to talk all things that go bump in the night i.e. vampires, witches, disney channel original movies, and the bone-chilling fact the election is less than a week away. Adam also fills us in on what he watched at Chicago Film Fest and we provide our thoughts on the biggest culture event of the decade featuring a certain Twink. 

Listen to this episode while you’re in line to vote and make sure to vote blue <3

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what do Empty Theater Club and Chappell Roan have in common? We’re both pissed off at the world! The earth is dying, the election is right around the corner, Hoda is leaving the Today Show, and we STILL don’t have tickets to the short n sweet tour.

in this episode of etc, no pop culture stone is left unturned. the cultural digest includes our first twitter feud, the Wuthering Heights casting fiasco, the Bridgerton experience scam, Lana Del Rey’s recent nuptials, an update on the Benito Skinner cinematic universe, the best songs of the decade, how theater kids are infiltrating the masses, and so much more.

scream into the void with us, then stream any Adam Brody project to forget your troubles for another day. we’re all just trying to survive!

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in this episode of etc, val briefs us on her franz kafka sick diaries, kam is finally VEEP-pilled, and all is right in the world.

we discuss reconnecting with nature post doomscroll, the Demissance, Cillian Murphy’s literal mixtape he made for us, and out of pocket villains in pop culture. the cultural digest includes Bella Hadid being loved Mexicangly, animal videos being in vogue again, our SNL host predictions, and more.

take our advice and listen to this episode on a walk — after all, we’re too online so YOU don’t have to be.

(apologies for the audio technical issues with the mic in the beginning — god forbid a woman has a voice!)  

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A conversation for people who know a little too much about pop culture! This week we sat down with Bobbi Miller, culture critic and host of The Afternoon Special.

Bobbi is a conduit for culture and curiosity and we had a blast gabbing about our current hyperfixations, her transition to long-form content on her YouTube channel, Culture Kitsch, her mission to make film & television analysis FUN again, and so much more.

Kam and Bobbi are given a safe space to discuss vampire media, Val gushes over her favorite costuming on screen as an homage to NYFW, and Bobbi fills us in on the Hollywood starlet persona taking over the professional wrestling world. This week's cultural digest includes Lady Gaga’s new era, Hollywood handing Kenny Ortega a blank check again (rightfully so), and the defying gravity of it all. Plus a sneak peek of Bobbi’s upcoming content!

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our favorite seasons? festival, awards, and back to school!

Kam and Val kick off dark academia fall by ranking our top 10 "back to school" films that left us with a list that no one saw coming. the cultural digest of the week includes unpacking the Venice Film Festival, discussing the final press tour of summer sports, mourning the fall of the Brazilian twitter fandom empire, and questioning delta airlines' in-flight film & television catalog.

also did ANYONE get Oasis tickets? In the words of Sabrina Carpenter, "don't smile because it happened, cry because brat summer is over."

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not to sound parasocial but we had a blast chatting with Ali Sivi, the mastermind behind the viral Bald Ann Dowd account on Twitter!

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Kam and Val chat with the very special Emily Uribe! the gals discover the woman behind the TikTok persona, dive into how she went from your FYP to the red carpet, and get into being your harshest critic. digressions include Emily’s Marvel and Modern Family historian skills, earnestness being in, craving security in a disposable industry, and all of our hot takes - plus we hear the career advice Jimmy Fallon gave her that made us weepy. this episode has it all! 

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BUM—BUM—ba-ba-ba-BAH-BAH-- it's the Olympics! in this minisode, the gals curate their very own Team USA to represent us on the global stage.

getting into the context of it all! the gals match each others freak on the movie roles they would recast and discuss how they are exploring how to use their platform for good (aka figuring out how to get Jack Schlossberg to watch Jackie).