Welcome to a brand new EIC! 

Seth Rogen and his long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg have taken aim at the film industry – and no one is safe. A star-studded cameo line-up is the least interesting thing about The Studio, which is a testament to the brilliant writing of this hilarious satire. 

(TW; we mention sexual abuse from 23 mins in.) Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault. We explore the historic public image evolution he's undergone, and his rebrand to a conspiracist.

Finally, we're being forced to check-out of the White Lotus and it doesn't feel good! Here's what we thought of Mike White's ambitious meditation on desire, demons and drama.

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Ruchira has been loving Lucky Boy.

Beth has been loving The Righteous Gemstones and Dying For Sex.

Oenone has been loving Costa's pistachio cookie.

The Studio review – Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire is fast, furious and beautifully fun

'White Lotus' and the pain of desire

The off-the-grid adventures of Walton Goggins

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It's Wednesday, which can only mean one thing... we've got to have a chat!

There always used to be a sort of joke about how when we're asleep it is the only time we're not conforming to patriarchal beauty standards, when we’re free from being advertised to and commodified, only now the billion-dollar beauty and wellness industry has managed to infiltrate that, too.

Women of the internet are sharing their 'morning shed' where they remove various layers of skin-care products and anti-ageing aids. We discuss what we make of this new trend, and hear from you at home, too!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in their thoughts, we love being in conversation with you. We would love it if you left a review and rating on your podcast player app, it helps others to find the podcast and us to keep making it :)

Remember we will be back on Friday for the main episode - so we will see you then, enjoy! xxx

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Everything is Friday! And Friday is for content. 

In this week’s big and beautiful main episode we kick off discussions with the Netflix game show Inside. Is watching already-rich people cosplay frugality for money really where we're at?

Next up: why so many stories about the same couple, Daily Mail? We ask- when does celeb gossip cross the line into cruel harassment? Is there even a line at all?

And lastly, what’s all this about Hailey Bieber stalking her husband? An 18-minute “documentary” tried to expose her and we have THOUGHTS.

Thanks so much for listening! While we have you, a rating and a review would be amazing for us so we can keep making EIC!

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This week, Ruchira was loving Free Solo 

Beth was loving liking The Residence 

Oenone was loving Last One Laughing and The Vegetarian 

Netflix - Inside S2

The Guardian - *** Inside review 

NYTIMES - Willing To Die For Mr Beast 

Amazon Prime - Beast Games

The Guardian - Rebekah Vardy's bid to sell story

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Whoah – the number of messages in our inbox for this week's Everything In Conversation was huge. Turns out you all have lots of thoughts for.... our deep-dive into allegations Gen Z are killing the club, and forecasts nightclubs are set to become extinct as a result.

Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts. It was such a pleasure to sift through them and wade into this topic with your help.

Please consider giving us a review and following us on your podcast player. It ensures we can go on making EIC <3

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Central London to get designated “quiet zones” amid ongoing nightlife battle

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The most blessed day of the week is here – EIC drop day.

Bury your face in some classic online discourse with this week's furore around a few grainy pics of Margot Robbie on-set for Wuthering Heights.

Perhaps less silly – the misogyny slop network funnelling you into alt-right content...

Finally, we might be spending hours online a day, but are any of us Very Online anymore?

Thank you so much for listening! If you could give us a rating on your podcast app, we would be SO grateful!

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This week, Ruchira was loving Perfect Days

Oenone was loving It's My Party

Beth was loving Parks and Recreation and The End of Children

Why Fans Are So Mad About Emerald Fennell's Adaptation of Wuthering Heights

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation looks terrible already

Margot Robbie Drifts Through The Moors In A Wedding Dress In The First On-Set Photos From Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights

How Pop Culture Is Radicalizing You

The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why.

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It's Wednesday- let's talk. This week we chatted with you about the now infamous and highly-memed morning routine of American fitness influencer Ashton Hall, which included multiple ice dunkings, healthy food prepared by female staff, some mid-air hovering and a lot of alone time. With over 2.93 million subscribers on YouTube and 4.7 million followers on TikTok (at time of recording), he’s in the ears and eyes and minds of many modern men. What we want to know- and try to figure out- is if this is a new and healthier frontier of manliness or something more insidious How has something that would have been relentlessly mocked a decade ago now the epitome of high value and peak performance? 

As always we loved being in conversation with you! If you want to take part in future episodes, see behind the scenes clips or just have a chat with us in our DMs or comments, follow us on IG and TikTok @everythingincontentpod.

See you Friday!

O, R, B

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Congratulations – you've made it through the week. Your gift is a brand new EIC episode!

Everyone has (rightly) been floored by Netflix's latest drama tackling misogyny, online bullying and radicalisation. Adolescence has been praised as 'flawless' TV. Is four episodes enough to explore such a rich issue? And are the right characters platformed in this story?

Severance stans – you've waited long enough. We finally clocked in for our Severance shift, and dissected the much-loved Apple TV thriller, and its second series. 

Meanwhile, if things weren't dark enough in pop culture, IRL fatphobic TikTok filters have been gaining in popularity. But how did we get here... again? The blatant cruelty is galling.

Thank you so much for listening! Please consider leaving us a review and rating, and following us wherever you're listening <3

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Ruchira has been loving... Lady Gaga's Mayhem and The End of Seriousness 

Beth has been loving... Tea alarm and Ellie and Natasia

Oenone has been loving... Running Point

Adolescence

Adolescence review – the closest thing to TV perfection in decades

The Parental Panic of Adolescence

Severance

The ‘Chubby’ and ‘Skinny’ TikTok Filters Prove Fatphobia Is Worse Than Ever

Society has never hated fat people as much as we do now

Maintenance Phase

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Hello EIC-heads, happy Wednesday... let's chat!

One two-word phrase has blown up on the internet in the past year - let them. Its creator, Mel Robbins, is a popular motivational speaker and self-help figure. In 2023, she posted a tiktok on the theory, which now has 20m views and an instagram post where she said 'I’ve just learnt about this thing called the ‘let them theory’. 

The Cut’s review of the book makes a really good point for why ‘let them’ resonates with our times - ‘One is that it’s catchy and sounds easy to do. Another, more depressing hypothesis: Let Them Theory appeals to passive resignation, placing all real power outside our control. Let Them is easily adopted by people who want to do what they were already going to do while pretending their actions don’t really matter, because change is impossible and we’ve already lost.'

She’s also been criticised for not crediting the poet Cassie B Phillips, whose poem Let Them went viral in 2022 - i.e. a year before Mel’s viral post on it. Cassie has spoken out about the situation on a number of occasions, and believes she’s been plagarised. She’s even drawn parallels between the theory and her poem, which has lines like ‘let them lose you. You were never theirs’ and ‘trying to control any outcome regarding their decision is a waste of time. Just let them be, and let them do it on their own.’

So if you will let us, let's get into it ;) As always we'd love to hear your thoughts! Send us a dm, and don't forget to leave us a review on your podcast player app!

'Let them’: can this viral self-help mantra change your life? - The Guardian

Does Mel Robbins' 'The Let Them Theory' Work?: A Review

Chanté Joseph FOMO TikTok

Mel Robbins conceals the truth of her let them “discovery” - Andy Mort

Cassie Phillips Instagram

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Happy Everything Is Content day & Happy Friday!

Ruchira is back from her holiday... We're SO back... but we're also so sorry to tell you that we’re now old enough that Gen Z are romanticising the 2010s. After years of us Millennials being an absolute joke to them, they’re now craving a life of Buzzfeed, hipster myspace and American Apparel disco pants. We ask what it is about Millennial culture that is so cringe, but also, somehow better than whatever is going on right now.

Next up, women in male dominated fields! Beth found a really interesting article on the website Semafor by Max Tani called “Young conservative women build an alternative to the manosphere.” And in the piece Tani explores several key female right wing creators who are now building empires and audiences in a way that feels very new and separate to the existing right wing media, which has historically been very male-dominated, often headed by controversial middle aged men who focus on recruiting young men into the fold and tend to espouse really misogynistic views that aren’t particularly appealing to women anywhere on the political spectrum. Was it only a matter of time before we got a femosphere?

And lastly, our timelines have been absolutely ablaze this week after Natalee Barnett, founder of the women's only gym, The Girls Spot, went back on her 2021 statement that her gym would be inclusive of trans women. We share our thoughts!

We hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and remember to follow on your podcast player app :)

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Beth's been loving, Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Letter Loop

Ruchira's been loving, Hacks, A Real Pain

Oenone's been loving, I Found A Body, White Lotus Recap Pod

Millennial Redemption Arc Substack

@romulusedits TikTok

Young conservative women build an alternative to the manosphere

What’s Going On With the Pretty Little Thing Rebrand?

Influencer’s U-turn on decision to set up trans-inclusive gym sparks massive backlash online

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It's another highly requested Everything In Conversation! This time we're diving into the discourse surrounding actor Millie Bobby Brown, after she was highly criticised for 'looking old'. Are we right to scrutinise young stars and their aesthetic choices, or have we slipped back into 00s cultural shaming?

Thank you to everyone to messaged in with thoughts for this. Remember you can also get your hands dirty in these pop culture debates just by following us on Instagram @everythingiscontentpod. Also PLEASE could you give us a glowing review? We're growing thanks to your help, and this is the primary way to make sure we can keep going as an indy podcast <3

See you on Friday for the main episode! xxxx

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