Low Culture Boil

The Antifada's Sean KB joins team LCB to answer: What would you do if you were given a bunch of dogshit ingredients and had to cook with them on national TV? Yes, this week we're talking Chopped, the only place you'll be forced to cook with pickles and the seminal fluid of fish for an 18 hour shoot. Malfunctioning ovens and frowny judges be damned, this show makes us the viewers judgy monsters and we love it.

Rax and Courtney snack on spoonfuls of everyone's favorite lard alternative. Learn how Procter & Gamble preyed upon kosher households to offload its ingenious, gelatinous invention. How does cotton seed oil fit into making the perfect pie crust? Can one achieve optimum crumble with butter, or do we need that Country Crock goodness?

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Salon chains: What would we do without 'em? Join team LCB for a look into our favorite franchised hair establishments, from the mediocre (Great Clips) to the mediocre-with-a-fun-gimmick (the boxing themed Knockout Hair Salon). Discover how the salon was where franchise itself began and how Christian Scientists might be responsible for millions of shitty haircuts across the ages.

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The full LCB crew is BACK and ready to pay an arm and a leg for some profoundly mediocre American fare while staring at a costume from Lethal Weapon 3. That's right, we're taking a trip to Planet Hollywood, the a 90s creation that is somehow clinging to life, and ready to welcome at least one of our hosts. All brought to you by the producer of Sophie's Choice.

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Videographer and podcaster Molly Mary O'Brien (@missmollymary) joins a lone Amber to talk up the mean girl of bottled water: Evian. Plastic might be destroying the planet, but we're talking vibes, and you don't need a boutique bottle with a crystal in it to feel em. Take a sip of this ambrosia from the south shores of Lake Geneva and hydrate like French nobility.

Check out Molly's music crit podcast And Introducing, @andintropod

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Elle Features Editor and Discourse Blog contributor Katherine Krueger joins the gals to muse on ancient reality show "The Hills". Yes, we're going back to club drama, pre-Marxist Teen Vogue, and whale tails for this one, choosing our problematic faves, marveling at the lack of production value, and asking what we'd do if we stumbled upon a wall of Post-its plotting our future.

Follow Katherine on Twitter @kath_krueger

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It's a special Father's Day edition of our monthly dumpster dive, this time with the added bonus of LCB father Brian Rawlings! Join the crew as we explore Brian's Appalachian origins, divorced dad meals, Amber's childhood reality TV appearance, a hip-shattering wasp, and of course a jerky bouquet!

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From Aesop's Fables to tasteful flappers, fishnet hosiery— tights, gloves, bodystockings— has been a mainstay in fact and fiction for at least 100 years. Journey with team LCB into the world of this enticing accessory, a favorite among pin-ups, punks, and even Perry Ellis, a fabric flaunting that sexy "intermittence of skin flashing between two articles of clothing", according to Roland Barthes.

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