She was EVERYWHERE in the early 00s. ALL YOU WANTED was for her song to come on the radio. Yes, I’m making Michelle Branch puns bc my good friend Mary from When They Popped joins me this week to walk through Michelle Branch’s career as she pivots from pop  to rock, soft rock, pop, and country. Michelle might write a lot of songs about love, but her most toxic relationship was with her label. Welcome to True Cost of Fame: Michelle Branch.

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Blonde bombshell, southern belle, ditzy tuna connoisseur, and powerhouse belter. Jessica Simpson has been called everything in the book (and then wrote her own)! Lia (ashleeandjessicast) and I take a look through Jessica's career start all the way to her releasing NEW music. We discuss the image she was forced to portray and her constant struggle for authenticity in the Britney-era and beyond. This episode was recorded before Jessica released new music and I am a HUGE fan of Use My Heart Against Me!

IG Post Referenced

Particles Live Performance

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True Cost of Fame: Samantha Mumba

S4E1 is officially live, and I'm joined by friend of the pod, Zach Rickel, host of Homophonic and curator of the @afunctioninggay social pages, to discuss what happened to Samantha Mumba! Primed to be a hard-hitting peer of Britney Spears and other teen pop acts, she had so much momentum that seemingly disappeared overnight. What happened?

My Samantha Mumba Tiktok referenced in the episode

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Record labels should be held accountable for how they prey on their artists, as Chappell Roan indicated in her recent Grammy's acceptance speech. This isn't a new phenomenon, though, and this season I want to explore how some of my favorite artists have been impacted. I'm covering ALL NEW GIRLS for this series, so get ready for a proper season to give them their shine and hear their stories. It's been a while ;)

S4E1 Drops TONIGHT

Golly gee willickers do we have a piping hot episode for you tonight!! Need a distraction? Let's talk about how an actress on one of the biggest teen dramas of the past 20 years was in a *checks notes* RELIGIOUS CULTS? Kelli Williams joins me this week to break down One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz's incredible memoir, Dinner for Vampires.

Bethany in the Five music video referenced in the episode: https://youtu.be/mpdcKmaHk_s?si=IZRJNxZ33fz6EluE

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For this Christmas special episode, I'm joined by Zach from Mummy Dearest Podcast to recap Lindsay's final Netflix film in the trinity!

We talk fish, Zach’s stalker, how silly this movie was and we RANK all of the Lindsay Lohan Netflix films and discuss their critical and audience ratings. Then we talk about Mariah Carey, who I wish was featured on the Brat remix album.

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My gummy hit and I had a lot to say because life is DARK for many people. Let's lighten the mood and give some hot takes about Tate McRae, Addison Rae, Victoria Monet, Jade, Perrie, Leigh-Anne, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX... okay I covered a lot of ground. Tune in!

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This week, Van and I dissect conversations Demi Lovato had with fellow child stars in her Child Star documentary on Hulu. Trigger warning, we will discuss topics such as disordered eating, sexual assault/child abuse, and suicide.

With a truly incredible collection of celebrities, this documentary had so much potential, but did it live up to the combined star power of its subjects, including Kenan Thompson, Christina Ricci, Alyson Stoner, Raven, Drew Barrymore, and Jojo Siwa?

Please note, this episode was recorded in September, so the episode of Best Week Ever Podcast we reference about Janet Jackson can be found here! Also, we initially were using the wrong pronouns for Alyson Stoner who uses they/them pronouns. Please forgive this oversight!

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I'm in my Fall Out Boy song title era, so I thought I'd make this one LONG. Hilary Duff's birthday is fast approaching (September 28th), so I needed to post this dang episode Blake and I recorded a MONTH ago.

In today's episode, Blake and I discuss our mutual love of Hilary Duff, how miss Duff's music allowed him to go VIRAL, and we answer some listener questions/play some this-or-that games.

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You heard it here, folks! We flipped the script this week. I'm joined by return guest (and hunkety hunk) Lamar Dawson (aka dirrtykingofpop) to talk all about my favorite subject, ME! Lamar asks me tons of questions about my childhood and how I developed my love of music and pop culture. This is a fun one to kick off my 33rd year on this spinning rock, so I hope you will enjoy!

Remember, to stay in the loop about all things Jesse's Girls, follow along on Instagram and Twitter. You can also check out my Tiktok and tune in to my quarterly playlists on Spotify! Want to hear me guest on other pods? I made a great playlist of my guest spots here! Don't forget to rate and subscribe because I need the attention.