Good Noticings

Does everyone out there have ulterior motives??? A gal can’t just have an affair with the top dog at Nvidia anymore? A brand can’t just give ya 24 little presents anymore?? Don’t even get me started on a writer who went on some dates. 

11 min: The State of Advent Cals

30 min: Nvidia’s Spy Situation 

37 min: Taika Waititi vs. the Critics

50 min: Good Enough for a Tuesday Night

71 min: Caps off to Ariana Grande

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Enough for a Tuesday Night: 

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/good-enough-for-a-tuesday-night

Indie Wire’s Response to Taika Watiti: 

https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/taika-waititi-bad-instagram-post-critics-klara-and-the-sun-1235225140/

Advent Cals: 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dahvishira/2024/11/20/inside-the-bustling-competitive-holiday-advent-calendar-business/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/style/chanel-tiktok-advent-calendar-controversy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Jennifer Lawrence has long hair and doesn’t care about anything besides you loving her new hair brand which is why it’s so strange that she botched the roll out so badly. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have short hair and they care deeply that they’re disturbing you enough that you keep pestering them and then they have something to talk to each other about. 

12 min: The Marathon

20 min: Jennifer Lawrence Hair

60 min: Kristen and Dax

93 min: Caps off to Martha Stewart

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Jennifer Lawrence Hair: https://www.thecut.com/article/jennifer-lawrence-cut-cover-mes-october-2026.html

Martha Stewart: 

https://pagesix.com/2026/11/02/celebrity-news/martha-stewarts-instagram-apology-for-homeless-halloween-costume-eviscerated/

Kristen and Dax: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58R4nJz8skgB16cKbvu3Xo?si=0120b2cf9caf402f

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Nathan Fielder’s new documentary has everyone asking, was this just all one big misunderstanding like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s feud? To find out we read Bad Blood! We also look into the family feuds of Charlie D’Amelio and Ethan Klein!

8 min: Ethan Klein Cheater Cheater

23 min: Charlie D’Amelio’s New Era

33 min: A Look at Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos 

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Bad Blood: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/152473165X?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Billy Evans Pod: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAywoHiIpo

Charlie D’Amelio: 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/charli-damelio-interview-life-tiktok-career-1236736245/

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This week everything is about perspective because todays hot topics have a different look depending on your algorithm. Is the Victoria’s Secret fashion show a heroic endeavor for women or an outdated fad? Is voting Independent a waste or a viable option for the future? Is cooking a guy thing??

13 min: Sally Rooney Took Her Books Out of the UK

22 min: Protests in France

30 min: Matthew McConaughey’s Politics

46 min: Men Who Cook

59 min: The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

71 min: Caps off

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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French Protests: 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/whats-driving-the-french-student-protests#intcid=_the-new-yorker-homepage-bkt-a_fba0e3d4-ddff-41cd-97ae-975303bee527_cygnus-personalized

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/europe/france-protests-violence-wwk-intl-hnk

Men Cooking: 

https://slate.com/life/2026/10/food-men-women-cooking-marriage-kitchen.html

Matthew McConaughey: 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/texas/2026/10/20/trump-to-visit-texas-for-ken-paxton-senate-race-against-james-talarico/92343240007/

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Deo1LIJxS3p/

Sally Rooney: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world/europe/rooney-britain-palestine-book-sales.html

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Everything you see before you has been planted!!! Danielle Bernstein’s new brand strategy has been carefully crafted. Your opinion on the F Factor diet could be fake. A secret PR/ Legal team could be building websites full of misinformation!!! The only thing that’s true is Kelly Clarkson is not allowed to buy that bird. 

14 min: Danielle Bernstein is Changing Her Strategy

39 min: Was the F Factor Diet Poison?

59 min: Publicists are Controlling the Internet

70 min: How Short Should a Movie Be?

88 min: Interview with Muhammad Ali

105 min: Caps off to Kelly Clarkson 

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Buy Flame of Love!

https://www.persianpoetics.com/pages/the-flame-of-love-book?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAadVD_2dOFZbQVbF7EPJqiNrOoVFR1XY34T6hmrfVAkjKuUydGAv3Fg7oU3vdg_aem_iG-b1hg7r5hWVVXNX3F7lQ

Short Shorts: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magazine/microdramas-tv-shows-hollywood-entertainment.html

Danielle Bernstein: 

https://daniellebernstein.substack.com/p/15-years-online-what-i-built-what

https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/danielle-bernstein-influencer-weworewhat-d484a5a9

PR Menaces: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/nyregion/smear-campaigns-blake-lively-bryan-freedman.html

F Factor: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/style/f-factor-diet-influencer-apology-zuckerbrot-gellis.html

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No matter where you go someone is watching. If you’re Zack Bia, that someone is Drake and sometimes hot girls. If you’re a private citizen, it’s a surveillance org. If you’re a hot new fashion brand, it’s Rihanna. Finally, if you’re a reader, PEN America is watching to make sure you don’t boycott the wrong books. 

12 min: Is Matières Fécales Genius?

32 min: Who is Zack Bia?

48 min: Flock Cameras Are Watching

64 min: Is anyone really boycotting Israeli literature?

79 min: Joyce Carol Oates hates romance novels

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Who is Fecal Matter: 

https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/70867/1/matieres-fecales-dazed-cover-autumn-2026-hannah-rose-dalton-steven-raj-bhaskaran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/style/matieres-fecales-ninety-nine-percent-show-pfw.html

PEN America: 

https://pen.org/a-silent-moratorium-interviews-with-israeli-and-jewish-writers/

https://pen.org/a-statement-to-our-community/

https://jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-america-got-wrong-about-antisemitism-in-publishing

What is Flock: 

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/

Joyce’s Tweet:

https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/2105382365761769600

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This week Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo are choosin to live forever with or without each other while Ella Langley tried to date someone who chose Texas. We’re also looking into whether or not Beck is or was a scientologist and is Scientology parenting low key closer to what normal parenting should look like?

10 min: Ella Langley is Choosin Texas

20 min: Should Kids Be Able to Walk Around?

33 min: Nolan Wells’s Family Still Needs Answers

39 min: Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo

58 min: Losing Beck

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

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Ella Langley 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ella-langley-choosin-texas-never-heard-the-song-meaning-1235631932/

Bryan Johnson: 

https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-kate-tolo-relationship-love-story-2026-9?gift-id=DeifUA2CY6EFKgUy6pYClA

Nolan Wells: 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nolan-wells-family-still-wants-answers

Beck and Scientology: 

https://www.vulture.com/article/beck-scientology-leigh-limon-sea-change.html

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It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad.  

13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore

51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ

62 min: Channing Tatum on IG

66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education 

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto: 

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Ed Sheeran: 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o

https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/

Nikole Hannah-Jones:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/choosing-a-school-for-my-daughter-in-a-segregated-city.html

Tom Cruise: 

https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview

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This week anything you imagine can be real! Mr. Beast can write a bestselling book, Aaron Rodgers can invent a new reality, and AI is bringing all the evil tech billionaires together in song. 

6 min: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley

33 min: Hyrox

41 min: Mr. Beast, Bestseller

48 min: AI and the Future

75 min: Caps off to Jennifer Lawrence

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto: 

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Mr. Beast’s Book: 

https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/mrbeast-youtube-james-patterson-book-games.html

Hyrox: 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/09/14/hyrox-athlete-soils-herself-what-happened-in-hyrox-china/91759299007/

AI and the Future:

https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/

https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html

Jennifer Lawrence: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHAY9TuvhK/

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers:

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/shailene-woodley-environmentalist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcj6LXY_e8

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Got Nicole Kidman on the brain??? In this week’s Katseye corner we’re digging into the hopes and dreams of non-Katseye member Adéla and her Nicole Kidman-less acknowledgement of Nicole Kidman. The storms this fall will be crazy thanks to a Super El Nino but is a storm better or worse than a senator who hates having to show up to senator club?? Finally, reading is over and freak youtube will freak you out. 

18 min: Adela & Nicole Kidman Fall

31 min: John Fetterman Doesn’t Wanna Work

46 min: An El Nino for the Ages

57 min: Books & What Happens When You Don’t Read Them  

98 min: Caps Off to Nikki Glaser 

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto: 

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Fetterman: 

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3

Adela: 

https://www.wmagazine.com/wyouth/adela-prima-album-interview-katseye-nicole-kidman

Nicole Kidman: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1P8ZzoLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB4Iv_tM7U&list=RD3sB4Iv_tM7U&start_radio=1

Reading: 

https://defector.com/what-do-booksellers-make-of-the-end-of-reading

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/

https://newrepublic.com/article/212923/the-atlantic-magazine-endism-fetish?utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=every-new-beginning-comes-from-some-other-beginning-s-end&_bhlid=f0362b10ec5929389542e36de348ca99d8fe4ddc

Lawn Guy: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/magazine/greg-chism-youtube-bad-baby.html

Nikki Glaser at Taylors Wedding: 

https://www.threads.com/@deuxmoi/post/Dc689NsgPyQ/nikki-glaser-shares-some-behind-the-scenes-details-from-taylor-swift-and-travis/

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