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Low Culture Boil episodes

March 30, 2022 EPISODE 59: Shark Tank with Matt Christman
Late post, but great post! In this episode Amber talks to Matt Christman about their favorite structured reality program, Shark Tank. They talk about the Sharks, which ones they would get into business with and which ones they would... Mostly it's a love letter to Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful.
1 hr 23 min
March 22, 2022 EPISODE 58: Instant Noodles
Rax and Amber dig into the surprisingly luxurious past of instant noodles. Did you know they were originally sold as a fun novelty food for rich people? Or why they're so quick and easy to cook? Or what percentage of rodent parts they're legally allowed to contain? Find out today!
1 hr 11 min
March 15, 2022 EP 57: Insert Glitter Pun Here
This week Rax and Amber dive into glitter and why loving it is a sign of intelligence actually. Did you know glitter is sometimes put in animal feed to study their feces? There is also glitter you can put in cereal if that bowl of Fiber One is bumming you out. Or how about a glitter capsule for, well, listen to the ep for that one. Or watch it on our YouTube channel to see our glitter outfits: youtube.com/lowcultureboilpodcast
1 hr 5 min
March 10, 2022 BONUS 65: They Want Showgirls Dum Dum! (PREVIEW)
Rax and Amber are joined by writer Chingy Nea (@thegaychingy) to chat about history's campiest backstage melodrama, Showgirls. Is it weird not having anyone come on you? Let's find out!
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1 min
March 08, 2022 EPISODE 56: Oversquirted Twinkies
Amber and Rax talk about THE classic hostess snack, Twinkies. Invented by an enterprising baker in 1930 trying to find another use for the strawberry short cake tins when strawberries were not in season. Did you know twinkies was orininally filled with a banana cream? Or that they are named after shoes? If not, have no fear, Amber and Rax cover tons of Twinkie history, including the Twinkie Defense, the Twinkie Diet and the Twinkie the Kid. What's your favorite junk snack food? More importantly, what are your food plans for the apocalypse? We hope it's not twinkies. 🧁😋
1 hr 1 min
March 01, 2022 EPISODE 55: TikTok is the New Fashion Week
Rax is joined by Vox's Rebecca Jennings to talk about her recent story on TikTok's hostile takeover of fashion and trend forecasting. Are the kids really dressing like clowns, apocalypse survivors, and Bridgerton characters these days? Should we really plan to accommodate two dozen new fashion trends per month? Is a vibe shift really coming? (And with this, Rax's solo reign over the pod is over! LCB will soon be back to its regularly scheduled many-girled content! Thanks for hanging out with me everybody 💋)
56 min
February 22, 2022 EPISODE 54: Drinking in the Despairverse
Rax takes over for the day to talk to journalist Dave Infante about his experience in the Miller Lite...metaverse bar? Will the future be full of bars where you can't even drink? Is the outer limit of Web3's imagination really a virtual dive bar spattered in virtual filth? And what is the official Low Culture Boil position on the metaverse? (Anti, but Dave has other thoughts!) All this plus the usual anti-capitalism on this week's free episode 🍻
1 hr 8 min
February 17, 2022 Bonus 63 - Rats With Wings (PREVIEW)
Why do we hate pigeons? Is it because they don't give a flying rat's ass about our designated boundaries? Or perhaps it's that they remind us of our animal nature? In this episode Amber and Courtney get into the history of our relationship with these little iridescent workers and why they deserve your respect.
2 min
February 15, 2022 UNLOCKED Bonus 61 - Fad Diets Pt. 2
The gals continue with the part 2 of fad diets. This ep they cover arsenic pills, the vogue grapefruit diet, slimfast and more! If you do the full 30 you are never full. Rax, Courtney and Amber are here to tell you all about it.

To see Vera's guest spot watch the ep on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_XaGy-_b2aw
1 hr 13 min
February 10, 2022 Bonus 62 - They Live(d) (PREVIEW)
"Marry and Reproduce!" "Obey!" "Conform!" These are just a few suggestions the humanoid aliens from the 1988 movie They Live have for reaching your highest potential in a capitalist utopia. That's right, this week the ladies dive into the Rowdy Roddy Piper action-sci-fi-western magic that is John Carpenter's They Live and boy do they have a good time giving the ol' bird to President Regan. Interested? No? Well then let's have a nine minute fight about it!

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2 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…