Rob talks about his late brother Will after finally spreading his ashes over the weekend, Molly digs into "The Life of a Show Girl" Easter Eggs Taylor Swift left behind on the set of the New Heights podcast.

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Watch the New Heights episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lX9XESvDE&t=5776s

Taylor Swift official store

https://store.taylorswift.com/

TLOAS Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Showgirl

Documentary premiere at Vancouver Film Festival?

https://www.tiktok.com/@beeperbolts/video/7539716890931875102?_t=ZP-8yy64iiE4kR&_r=1

Braille in the lights for Bejeweled?

https://www.tiktok.com/@lunethemoviegal/video/7539024557739363614?_t=ZP-8yy4QPs6NXr&_r=1

Plaid

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurosweetheart/video/7538274295026388279?_t=ZP-8yy48eSCL1j&_r=1

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After a week of following Kendra, a woman on TikTok who claims to be in love with her psychiatrist, reading the New York Times piece about a man who wound up institutionalized after ONE MONTH of using a chatbot, and ChatGPT's 5o update, Molly can't get A.I. Psychosis.

Rob just watched 2002's Auto Focus, a dramatized movie about Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane and his sick little adventures with a camera dealer that resulted in his death.

Please check out BringJohnnyHome.com to help reunite a father with his son who was kidnapped by a non-custodial parent and brought out of the country.

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Get Molly's 12 page summary of Kendra's videos and listen to the bonus episode about it here (or use the free trial of SolidListen+ on Apple Podcasts for the same thing in The Afters feed)

ChatBots can go into a delusional spiral. Here's how it happens - NYT piece (no paywall)

A Twitter thread that has all of Kendra's videos (we do not endorse the language used to introduce the thread but this is a good resource for those who do not want to give her clicks or do not have TikTok)

Henry trying to level with Kendra on TikTok live

Kendra asks Claude to play devil's advocate

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Rob tackles the DVD collectors on TikTok live, Molly reads the email that Scott Swift sent to Taylor Swift's former manager, Dan Dymtrow.

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Read the full email from Scott Swift to Dan Dymtrow and other documents from the same filing

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Molly's half is dedicated to the Season 2 Big Brother case learning about the terror attacked on September 11th, 2001, specifically Dr. Will Kirby's reaction, and Rob talks about one of his favorite bands, Dashboard Confessional. 

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⁠Big Brother cast reacts to the news of 9/11 and Monica cousin's Tamitha possibly being affected⁠

⁠Mike "Boogie" Malin and restraining order history⁠

Will's Instagram

Will posted a picture with Monica from Season 2 in 2017 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIqTDUH7Zo/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

He looks completely different in this 2016 ad for Dove Men’s deodorant ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/BFmmId_ImOV/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Theo Von?  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9E05FlYZm/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==⁠

Pauly Shore ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/9_SKDnomJB/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Shirtless pic celebrating “dad bod” ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/CthaFCFvB5k/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

“Being gay is fine” ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/4LEBrUomEg/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Jeffree Star mid-injection with numbing cream on his lips ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyS0wxjANX/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Hired Lil John to host the LaserAway Christmas Party ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/CI7ZZdMDpnC/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Clare Crawley from The Bachelor ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/CGU8sAsDxsN/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

URKEL (Jaleel White) ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/BdEJRtqH3XA/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Katherine Schwarzenegger ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/BZJzkBnnSCJ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Jay Mohr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/BWEGHUcld4m/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Another picture with Theo Von ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/B-R-lK8jB_r/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Is Theo Von his BFF? ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ijxCCF3GE/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Yes, they’ve been best friends for 15 years ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/B57DHakFe41/?img_index=3&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Seriously, he loves his BFF Theo Von ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk1MfOSBbj8/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==⁠

Dr. Will and Theo Von met through Laker’s co-owner Jeanie Buss

⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoVon/comments/97z7pg/guest_request_dr_will_kirby_big_brother_goat_and/?utm_source=chatgpt.com⁠

The pineapple picture comes from her:

⁠https://x.com/JeanieBuss/status/1014684045748236288

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For Rob's half, we discuss Jax Taylor being put on ice for Season 3 of The Valley, what might be going through his mind when he watches TV, how he wound up marrying Brittany to begin with, and theorize on his Red Pill behavior.

For Molly's half, we discuss some horror films she watched over the weekend, including Drop (2025), Host (2020), and Borderline (2025).

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Molly talks about a phenomenon that Millennials are observing when they initiate a normal and often necessary everyday interaction with someone between 17-25 and getting back that alarming 😐 or 😳 face. Find more Molly here.

Rob is doing his occasional rewatch of The Drew Carey Show and has notes, particularly on how well a sexual harassment story arc aged, a shocking guest appearance, and the villain that won everyone's hearts. Find more Rob here.

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The Gen Z Stare

Dante’s video about then Gen-Z stare

Boston College students at a elite internship doing the stare throughout orientation

Example from an angry Gen Zer about someone abruptly ordering a large black hot coffee

Gen Zer claims that they do this because they’re trying to control themselves from saying something horrendous to your face and they want to keep a job

Marv gives a perfect example of how the stare shows up even in how Gen Z will treat each  other

The Drew Carey Show - The Batmobile

The most popular opening credit sequence

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Two hosts, two topics, one split-down-the-middle show. On Halfsies, Molly McAleer and Rob Schulte each bring something to the table. A double feature podcast for whatever they’re obsessed with this week.

In the inaugural episode, Rob talks about reading Stephen King's 1987 horror novel Misery then rewatching the movie with new eyes. Molly's all in on Real World: New Orleans star Kelley Limp Wolf's divorce from Party of Five's Scott Wolf, which led to a rewatch of Real World Homecoming: New Orleans and endless questions about what the hell is wrong with Julie Stoffer.

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Misery

COCKADOODY CAR

Kathy Bates Breaks down her career Vanity Fair (3:33)

Kelly Limp Wolf, Scott Wolf, and Julie Stoffer

Kelley Wolf (Real World New Orleans) in The News Megathread

Kelley Wolf divorce announcement post on Instagram

~3 days after they announced the divorce, Kelley posted this video of her being detained at a hotel and telling the cops that Scott Wolf abused her

Scott Wolf’s Instagram (generally)

Cambridge University article about mental illness and perimenopause

Rent/buy Real World Homecoming: New Orleans on Prime

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GET TICKETS TO SEE FRIENDS ONLY LIVE AT LAUGH BOSTON 6/25

The Karen Read verdict should be coming any day now, Candace Cameron speaks out against Liquid Death and horror movies, Doja Cat got manhandled by a fan, and Vance Boelter's roommate.

On The Afters: A raw discussion about the Call Her Daddy documentary, "Call Her Alex"

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Vance Boelter

Vance Boelter’s manifesto had dozens of pro-choice lawmakers on it

Vance’s alleged roommate weeps while reading a text from him

Man’s strange meals

“W meal”

Beanut Bowl

Candace Cameron 

Candace Cameron says she doesn’t even let people watch horror movies in her home because it opens the portal to something demonic 

Karen Read closing arguments

Defense closing argument in the Karen Read trial

Commonwealth's closing argument in the Karen Read trial

The Genius of Hank Brennan’s Closing Argument | Karen Read Trial

Alessi’s daughter posts then deletes bizarre clip of her dad at a fundraiser

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Justin Bieber asks the paparazzi, “is it not clocking to you that I’m standing on business?”

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A woman discovers her color blindness, Elon Musk dropped a nuke on his former bestie, a Scottish child shoots the shit while assembling a chicken wrap, and Kylie Jenner gave us the boob job tea.

On The Afters: A stroll through cartel Instagram, NYC's chance at a Juggalo Mayor, and predator in Long Beach

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Elon v Trump

The Independent has a live updating article

How the nasty feud between Trump and Musk unfolded minute by minute

Bonus: Trump underrated/funny tweets (let’s read these at the end so we don’t doom spiral)

The Blue/Grey Couch

User “im.krispy” posts to TikTok about trying to sell her blue chair, which a potential buyer keeps trying to tell her is grey

Is she cracking? “It can’t be grey”

Oh god. She holds up a grey blanket as an example of what blue is.

She works in furniture staging LOL “are you responsible for millennial grey?”

Girl takes the time to match colorways for her to show that it is, in fact, grey

She probably has tritanopia, a type of colorblindness that’s from a lack of blue cone cells

Karen

A perfect timeline of events from January 29th from leaving the Waterfall to going to bed at 1 Meadows and back to 34 Fairview in the morning (with phone calls)

AI movie trailer made by FKR of what they think happened that night

Detailed testimony from John O’Keefe niece

Scottish child

This Scottish child has the soul of a woman in her 50s

Kylie Boob Job Deets

Kylie Jenner’s boob job confession

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From The Eyes of Karen Read: AI demo

Vivian Jenna Wilson teaches Hasan how to vogue

Insane X account convinced Hasan is biologically female

Saddam’s granddaughter is on TikTok now?

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A dirty little meme fit for your grandparents is shocking young adults on TikTok, a North Korean cellphone, a Welch Five break-up, and Elon Musk tripping ballz.

On The Afters: Perplexing subreddits, The Lola in Hoboken fights back against a former employee who has been slandering them

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Hair products

IGK Disco Disco Shine Spray

IGK Good Behavior 4-in-1 Detangler

IGK Best Interest Air Dry

Redkin Acidic Bonding Concentrate Shampoo

Want a macaron?

Know Your Meme - Want a macaron?

A general explanation of the trend from a young man who seems legitimately scared?

Noah Glenn Carter explains the “want a macaron” comments that are popping up on TikTok. People are replying to videos with an crude drawing of a woman holding a tray of macarons with her vagina out

More images that are going around

Elon

Elon Musk is tripping balls in the Oval Office while standing next to Trump. He’s wearing a DOGE hat instead of a MAGA one.

Best Clip

“Drugs + Autism + Dense assortment of neurons = Overworking genius” LOL

Did Steven Miller give Elon his black eye?

The Democrats post a cuck chair

North Korean Phone Smuggled Out

Oppa to Comrade pipeline

Welsh Five Tea

Gender reveal mini vlog

Charly Anne’s Video

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Brain surgeon does origami

Former In-N-Out cook shows you how to recreate the burger perfectly at home

Son eats grandad

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