Good Noticings

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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I guess the government needs to just step in and control everything because restaurants, plastic surgery, and hobbies are out of control! And don’t even look at whats happening with surrogacy. This week we’re looking at what happens when everything is done to the absolute extreme but nothing really matters!!

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 

15 min: Hobbyamory

24 min: What Happened to Horses (the restaurant)

60 min: Young People & Plastic Surgery 

67 min: The State of Surrogacy  

106 min: Caps Off to Phoebe Bridgers

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: 

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

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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Surrogacy: 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fate-of-twenty-one-los-angeles-siblings

https://www.thecut.com/article/surrogate-triplets-custody-china.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/they-asked-their-surrogate-to-have-an-abortion-she-refused.html

Horses: 

https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-21/im-cancelable-but-im-not-a-cat-killer

https://www.grubstreet.com/article/horses-restaurant-la-will-aghajanian-elizabeth-johnson-chef.html

Plastic Surgery: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/07/magazine/face-lift-plastic-surgery-stories.html?searchResultPosition=1

Hobbies: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/style/single-dating-hobbies-hobbyamory.html

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What do Katseye, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Girlbosses have in common???? Their numbers are dwindling!!! This week we’re talking about the many Katseye member hiatuses, Leopold’s bad bets, David Ellison’s plea for more stuff, and the truth about Girlbosses vs. online vulnerability. 

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 

12 min: Katseye

21 min: David Ellison

32 min: Leopold Aschenbrenner

50 min: Girlbosses 

78 min: Caps Off

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: 

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

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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Leopold: 

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/what-does-the-humbling-of-leopold-aschenbrenner-mean-for-the-ai-bubble

Girlbosses: 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/female-ambition-alex-cooper-alix-earle/688080/

https://www.thecut.com/article/social-media-last-taboo-struggling.html

David Ellison: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story

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Great news gang Jared Leto is headed for another reckoning but if he plays his cards John Galliano style he’s only a few years from being honored at the Met Gala! John Gallino, famed anti-semite and fashion designer will be the third ever living designer to be honored by the costume institute. In other news, Emily Wilson hated Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey and Nantucket hates influencers. 

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 

13 min: John Galliano’s Met Gala

55 min: Jared Leto Allegations

63 min: Emily Wilson’s Critique of The Odyssey 

77 min: The No Influencers Sign

101 min: Caps Off

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: 

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

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

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The Met Gala:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/style/met-gala-costume-institute-john-galliano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.0NiT.An9IYTbHbf9i&smid=tw-share

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment

The Odyssey:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/maga-joyce-carol-oates-criticises-emily-wilson-for-criticising-nolans-odyssey

No Influencers: 

https://www.vulture.com/article/influencer-recession-audrey-peters-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=threads

https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.html

Jared Leto: 

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jared-leto-accused-criminal-sexual-conduct-bbc-documentary-1236823153/

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Co-star, Sophie Cunningham, and Tyra Banks are all showing their true colors and perhaps its not what you thought? But perhaps it’s exactly what you thought. We’re also chatting about whether or not the counterculture can even exist anymore!!!

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 

15 min: Co-Star was Acquired

27 min: How Mad Should You Be at Cheating???

47 min: Who is Sophie Cunningham?

64 min: Is Punk Dead?

78 min: Caps off to Tyra Banks

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: 

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: 

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

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Punk is dead: 

https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middlebury.edu/dist/d/2396/files/2010/09/dissent.pdf

Co-Star:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/how-astrology-took-over-the-internet.html

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/

Cheating: 

https://www.vox.com/culture/457569/coldplay-cheating-ceo-why-people-love-cheating

Sophie Cunningham: 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/

Modelland: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54

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Everything is better when its bigger!! Alix Earle’s butt should be bigger, Karlie Kloss’s media empire should be bigger, and movies should be bigger! Starting with The Odyssey!!

13 min: Alix Earle & Butts

41 min: Pink Cleats

49 min: The Odyssey in IMAX

62 min: All About Karlie Kloss 

92 min: Caps Off

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Karlie: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5_-7_SjQI

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29152064/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-relationship-timeline/

https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/

Pink Cleats: 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/sport/world-cup-pink-boots-cleats-nike-adidas-spt-intl

IMAX: 

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-difference-between-filmed-for-imax-and-shot-with-imax-1236425200/

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