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April 29, 2021 Bonus 21 - Where the Onions Bloom (PREVIEW)
An hour is hardly sufficient time to sing the praises of the Bloomin Onion itself, but it is long enough for the LCB gals to explore its home: Outback Steakhouse. The crew reviews the decidedly not-Australian-but-Australian-themed fare, its fickle architectural styles, and theorizes as to why America fell into Oz obsession for a brief period in the 1980s. Grab a fat Shrimp on the Barbie, crack open an oversized Fosters, and break out the tossin' knives for this one, folks!

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5 min
April 27, 2021 E19 - Kitty Cults
A year after the world stopped and 30 million people became engrossed in Netflix's feline frenzy of a documentary, team LCB takes on Tiger King. The gals explore the cultish nature of both Doc Antle and Joe Exotic, and decide once and for all: Is Carole Baskin a murderer, or just damn lucky? Plus the Gripe Zone: tech edition!

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1 hr 13 min
April 22, 2021 Bonus 20 - Der Ohrwurm (PREVIEW)
Has the melody celebrating pizza's union with bagels become an intrusive thought? Do you know the phone number of a carpet treatment firm, but not that of your mother? Into the heart of advertising darkness we go with the LCB trio taking on the world of jingles— where they started, regional favorites, and why these pesky ear worms are so damn enduring.

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5 min
April 20, 2021 E18 - Waldos and Goof Butts
420 babyyy! Team LCB goes into the history of weed, why it's a moral imperative to legalize it, how it became trendy and uncool, good stoned music recommendations, and personal (horror) stories. High times has devoted 50 years to the subject, dear listeners, but we can only give you one glorious episode. Courtney wasn't present because she's a cop.

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1 hr 7 min
April 15, 2021 Bonus 19- See Paris Die (PREVIEW)
The full power of the new LCB trio takes to the 2006 remake "House of Wax". A vehicle for Paris Hilton, the movie is notable as much for its sadistic promotional campaign as it is for its campy style. The crew explores the misogyny of slashers as a genre, the psychosexual overtones of this flick, and discovers no one can pronounce the names of the early 00's biggest stars.

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4 min
April 13, 2021 E17 - Dunkin [Donuts] w/ Josh Gondelman
The LCB trio welcomes sage knower of all things Dunkin Josh Gondelman to talk about this fine establishments working class history, baffling order protocol, and pervasive New England character. Plus Josh enlightens us on new ways of eating cereal, Worcester townie parlance, and the top Dunkin products you just GOTTA have! Dunkin, baby!

Follow Josh on Twitter @joshgondelman and see his work on Showtime's Desus and Mero.

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1 hr 11 min
April 08, 2021 Bonus 18 - Dumpster Dive #2 (PREVIEW)
CHAOS REIGNS this month's dumpster dive, aka LCB's top trash picks, as we are without Rax, but joined by new third member Amber Rollo. The crew meanders through a countdown including fishnets and a spongy, yellow, unionized friend we all love to hate.
4 min
April 06, 2021 E16 - Short Funky Ones w/ Minion Death Cult
Team LCB joins forces with Minion Death Cult to review some choice 90s one-hit wonders. The crew explores what is actually quite admirable in the otherwise derogatory label, waxes philosophical on a truly good hook, and also doing a close read of some of the most exquisite non-sequitur lyrics put to tape. "Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets," indeed. Become a trash patron today! patreon.com/lowcultureboil
1 hr 17 min
April 01, 2021 Bonus 17 - Martha, Inc. (PREVIEW)
Drawing from the eponymous 2003 camp classic as well as Martha herself (plus a little help from Joan Didion), Team LCB goes into the life and phenomenon of Martha fucking Stewart. How did a middle class Polish girl from Jersey cultivate the WASPiest of WASP personas and briefly attain billionaire status? How do her shows charm us into a state of hypnosis despite an utter lack of charisma? Did she really reject an engagement ring and go out to buy herself a suitably large diamond?

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3 min
March 30, 2021 UNLOCKED: Depths of a Sloar Pt 2 w/ Matt Christman and Daniel Bessner
In Part 2 of our Ghostbusters deep dive, Matt and Danny dive more into their seminal article "Slimer on Coke, Muncher on Zoloft", the aesthetics of the movie and what they betray about the state of the Working Man, and Courtney delights all with a profound connection between Ghostbusters and Alien beyond the mere presence of the inimitable Signourney Weaver. Check out their article here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/ghostbusters-afterlife-reboot-slimer-muncher Become a trash patron today! patreon.com/lowcultureboil
32 min

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Hosted by trashy babes Rax King and Amber Rollo. If you've ever asked yourself "would Susan Sontag have enjoyed 'Jersey Shore'," why did Twinkie file for bankruptcy, or if you don't know how to read…