<p>Dolly Parton's fire Playboy cover recreation this week got me thinking about age and sex. Ageism is a constant talking point in Hollywood, especially in men versus women. But is there merit in the double standards, cliches, and taboos?</p>

Dolly Parton's fire Playboy cover recreation this week got me thinking about age and sex. Ageism is a constant talking point in Hollywood, especially in men versus women. But is there merit in the double standards, cliches, and taboos?

Ep 81: Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are You Just a Hot Old Man?

"Don’t tell me what I can and can’t say." Veteran journalist Taylor Ferber wrote this in her unprecedented Playboy feature, challenging the idea that brains and beauty are mutually exclusive, as the only woman who both posed and was a featured writer. After years as Hollywood's "Celebrity Whisperer" who interviewed and humanized the biggest A-listers, her irreverent show empowers viewers to think freely outside rules in politics, media, and pop culture, getting big guests like Blake Shelton, Tucker Carlson, Dave Portnoy, to say what they really think.

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Ep 81: Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are You Just a Hot Old Man?

Ep 81: Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are You Just a Hot Old Man?