Good Not Great

Saoirse got married! to Jack Lowden! Congrats! Sophia Bush can be annoying but get off her back you guys ok! We love the Olympics! Jillian answers some of Ryann's burning basketball questions, we discuss the rising stars of the 2024 Summer Games (shout out New England's own Ilona Maher and Steve Nedoroscik), and Jillian also teaches Ryann how rugby works! Also Candace Cameron Bure, ya burnt. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Affleck (née Lopez) worked on a film together (PDRS - pre divorce rumors spreading). It's coming out in the fall and might contain some upsetting material for some messed up people like Ryann. Ryann burns through some topics near and dear to her like Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix's new single, Angel of My Dreams, if she can wear a t-shirt she bought, Halsey and Britney, and Charli XCX. Jillian also gives us some Cardi B updates , what fun!

The democrats and Peacock are in cahoots! Jillian would advise against Ryann being on Love Island because she is no fun. Love Island USA SPOILERS begin at 2:50 and end around 19:00 (yikes, lots of talk). Jillian gives an update on Sean Kingston's legal issues (he is Anna Delvey) then during a quick Kardashian aside Ryann drops her fork on the ground loudly (spoiler alert). We then give some Olympic previews and discuss our favorite past Olympic games (Summer only, sorry) and Olympic memories. Also Coco Gauff has been selected as the female representative for team USA to carry the US flag. (We did not yet know at time of recording.) Jillian is coming to terms with the fact that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez might be over - also be nice to JLo guys she has given us so much. Can we talk about President Biden? (He's stepping down, he's not running for president...one last time... we're gonna teach em how to say goodbye you and I...) Jillian gives us all a history lesson on presidents who didn't run for re-election (I bet your sister doesn't know that info!) Ryann misses Limewire and thinks that if music be the food of love, play on. (She just made that up, herself!)

Welcome back everyone, we're both feeling sick! Thank goodness Jill had a bevvy of topics to discuss as Ryann only consumes Love Island USA now. John Mulaney and Olivia Munn got married and had an amazing witness! Love Island continues and has incredible glam teams. Vanessa Hudgens had a baby, mazel tov! Lena Dunham drops out of the Polly Pocket movie, #gasp, #spilledmilk. The only other culture Ryann consumed was The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie on Roku, go watch! We share our updates on the Alex Baldwin trial. Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh are in a new film together. Margot Robbie is also (allegedly) pregnant, get it girl! We're very happy for our girl Huma Abedin who got engaged! We have a quick Real Housewives of OC detour (Ryann's caught up now). Also when she was talking about graphic tees; she meant t-shits with words on them. I wish America would know better, do better. Enjoy!

Happy birthday America! Nothing says American independence more to us than 1995 film, Now and Then! But before we get into all of that how do you all pronounce the word mauve? Anyway back to Now and Then - did you know that Demi Moore was a producer on the film? Get that bag, older!Samantha. Come along with us as we discuss the Vietnam War (slightly), which is the (correct) best song on the soundtrack, if there was too much fat shaming in the film, and so much more!

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Good not Great! Episode 75 of all time to be exact. Jill kicks us off by letting us know that Freaky Friday 2 is filming! We hope Lindsay and Jamie Lee are getting a nice bag. Ryann goes off on a quick One Tree Hill tangent and then lets Jillian know all about Love Island USA Season 6. Ryann would like to be buried in Soul Ties when she dies. Jill thinks this show sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. The Bear season 3 has premiered on Hulu, Jill started the first few episodes and is visited by an old (EX) friend of ours. Ryann tries to put on her youth council hat and explain the Girl So Confusing Remix with Charli XCX and Lorde to our audience. (I ride for you Charli, y'know I ride for you too) Give the song a listen! She also has a quick Gracie Abrams and Dylan O'Brien aside as well. Someone once sent Ryann milk at a TGI Friday's on Staten Island, New York of all places. Diplo has revenge porn charges brought against him for the second time! WTF Diplo!! Minnie Driver also let us know he is a kook when it comes to surfing. Maren Morris and Julia Michaels are getting theirs in the form of new song Cut! (Give the song a listen!) We saw MJ the musical as part of our Broadway in Boston package (against our will?) and share our thoughts - spoiler alert we do not feel bad for Michael Jackson. We also discuss who we think the best celeb appearances at the London Eras tour shows were so far. All this and even more, can you believe??? Bye! (Wow, not one Bravo television show discussion. #growth)

Happy Summer everyone! No dogs allowed on the beach!! Ryann explains what 'AITA' means to Jill then gives her a scenario that involves getting the shoobies out of her town. Then we discuss the 2024 Tony awards! Ryann takes it all back, Daniel Radcliffe deserved that Tony award! Justin Randall Timberlake charged with a DUI in Sag Harbor! We share our thoughts with no strings attached. Does Beyoncé fuck with JRT? Christians drive drunk too, you guys. We discuss Bridgerton Season 3, Part 2 - to avoid SPOILERS FOR BRIDGERTON SEASON 3 ignore from 27:14 - 42:54 but you will be missing out on some great banter. Also #justiceforcressida, but that's all I'll say. Willie Mayes died live on the podcast you guys, RIP. Ryann discusses male and female nudity and asks the age old question - can I take my tits out, police officers? She also discusses Chapell Roan's quick rise to fame and popularity and how it is affecting our girl mentally! Love you Chapell (also she's 26, not 23, my b). Also, fuck you Justin Timberlake, but *NSYNC's songs are sooo good. What's your fav? Stay tuned to hear who we award the pop culture diamond of the season award to!

Welcome back GnGers! Do you guys get sucked in by the Sephora birthday gift, or just Ryann? Jillian gives us an update on Halsey's health and we discuss some of her tunes (what isn't about Matty Healy these days?) Also I meant anagram not acronym when discussing Ashley to Halsey. Sabrina Carpenter has put out another song of the summer?! And had her boyfriend, Barry Keoghan, act in her music video - thoughts? Ryann gives some TMI about regency era bloody sheets and then of course we have a quick Bravo corner section of the pod! We chat Dina Manzo and her ex, The Real Housewives of Orange County, who is John? And lastly there will be no RHONJ reunion this year, the horror! Ryann went to NYC and saw the musical, Merrily We Roll Along! She also saw two comedy shows and inadvertently stalked some comedians she enjoys. The cast of the four Sam Mendes' Beatles films has been announced - some IT boys from England and Ireland - shocking! Ryann discusses the movie Am I OK? which might be the most Ryann McGrath coded film of all time - Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allyne directed! Whitmer Thomas is in it! Dakota Johnson has phenomenal hair! We circle back to our previous email, I mean thoughts about Vanderpump Rules' Lala Kent. SMH. Lastly, we discuss the Bridgerton press tour and if Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton are dating or #diftp (doing it for the press) - since we recorded Luke was photographed holding his (seemingly) girlfriend's hand so there goes that theory. I guess Jill was right. Which Broadway singer would you like to sing you to sleep? All this and more!

Double stuf Oreos are the best food of all time! The only recent pop culture Ryann consumed was the film Iron Claw which is perhaps one of the saddest films of all time! Did Zac Efron work out his face off? Our thoughts are with our queen Jennifer Lopez who cancelled her upcoming This is Me Now tour, we love you JLo. We have a quick aside about upcoming broadway musical: Oh, Mary! Ryann also watched Nicola Coughlan in the television program Big Mood on Tubi, it's good! Jill gives us the lowdown on this season and season finale of Summer House. When is Bravo going to hire her to run programming? Ryann has some quick thoughts on fashion designer, Rachel Antonoff that she'd like to share and a bevy of superlative questions.

We're back and we're eating! Ryann is back from our whirlwind adventures and Sophia Bush led her a bit astray with a taco place recommendation. She also had her human design chart read - oh boy. Dick Van Dyke is not American. Ryann also drove past Kelsea Ballerini's old house. Bradley Cooper is embarrassing at dancing at a Swift concert in Paris. People be living in farms in Pennsylvania because all roads lead back to Yolanda Hadid. A quick aside on Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White as well as Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. We head to the Bravo-verse briefly to talk VPR Reunion stuff and the latest on divorce reality show, The Valley. Sean Kingston is a fraud and he did not pay for his television! We share some thoughts on Bridgerton Season 3 and Bridgerton in general. Demi Moore is really hitting the publicity trail in Cannes and Jillian has some thoughts. Sophie Turner did a Vogue article - it wasn't as newsworthy as I might thought. Ryann's new rising hyper fixation is comedian, Whitmer Thomas, check him out.

Welcome to our very special The Challengers episode of GNG. Maybe this movie was good! We hope this makes sense to anyone else other than us! It's just us rambling. MAJOR SPOILER WARNINGS for the 2024 film Challengers starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor, respectively. We give a quick background of Celine Song and her husband Justin Kuritzkes (who wrote Challengers). Jillian educates us about the film industry and director Luca Guadagnino. We have to see it again to see what scenes they filmed in Massachusetts. Team Art or Patrick? Team Feist or O'Connor? Art is trying to accomplish the EGOT of tennis. Was the ending that big of a thing? Are the boys HOT? Like Hemsworth hottie hearththrobs? The majority of people attracted to men don't have our taste in men, guys. When you're a mom, you have a bob. Whose side are you on in the BIG COLLEGE FIGHT Art/Tashie vs Josh? Jill was the Lebron James/Caitlin Clark of high school basketball. Of course Ryann has to bring up Sam Mewis. Apologies that my mouth is dry and making weird noises (Ryann). What happens the next day in this movie? Do you want to talk about the t-shirts, guys? Does Uniqlo sponsor tennis? It's a bush DOOF not, a bush DUSH (sorry Aussies).