Grab your dauber and pour yourself a crispy rootbeer float because it's BINGO time, baby! Yarden filled in her bleached brows, marched herself to an ATM, and faced down security guards to bring us an exclusive peek into the most sceneless of all scenes: a Veterans of Foreign Wars Bingo Hall. And yet... aren't the most sceneless scenes in some ways the sceniest scenes of all? Other topics discussed include the ethics of gambling, meta-analysis of reality tv editing, and the right way to depict genitalia on a bingo card.

Warning: listening may cause vocal exclamations and/or celebratory shouts of victory.

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Time limits, greyscale, and Brick not working to curb your phone addiction? Maybe you just need to toss it altogether! That's what anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm did. She dialed in to NMS via dumb phone to tell us about her experience as an artist in NYC without a smartphone or computer. Consider us inspired!! Other discussion includes the cuntiest dumb phone options, what we'd miss from the internet, and bleached eyebrows.

Sources and further reading:

August Lamm's Substack

Katie Lowe's essay about her first year without a smartphone

Luddite Teens 2022 NYT article

Luddite Teens 2025 NYT article

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Not My Scene will be back for a new episode on March 31st, but in the meantime we’re excited to share this episode of STAN that we were on!

STAN is hosted by Allegra Ponti and explores obsessive celebrity worship, parasocial relationships and digital intimacy. On this episode, we go all in on Gossip Girl. We get into how media catalyses the loss of childhood innocence, unrealistic expectations of adulthood and the versatility of New York City as a background character. Tangents include…
•the completely unwarranted shame that accompanies menstruation
•the feminine urge to (unsuccessfully) experiment with ‘preppy’ clothes 
•the black box of Connecticut (what actually happens there!?!?!)

Find more episodes of STAN here: https://linktr.ee/contactus.stanpod

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In honor of awards season we are tapping in to the cinephile community. Filmmaker and host of the podcast Behind the Slate Aaron Strand (@behindtheslatepod) joins us for an insightful conversation (19:20) about the importance of IRL film community, Letterboxd culture, gatekeeping, KPop Demon Hunters, and what the heck the Criterion Collection is all about. Plus, we give our two cents on Olympic figure skating and, of course, the Oscars.

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The girls are joined by fan fiction expert Annamarie who gives us a history lesson on the origins of the art form (spoiler alert - always been gay!) and catches us up on where it is now (kinky and somehow even gayer?). We also discuss fan fiction's impact on mainstream media (Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, The Love Hypothesis) and Kaia and Yarden read some of their extremely embarrassing fan fiction based on their 8th grade classmates.

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We're doing our "big day" here at NMS and watching the birdwatchers! Joined by birding friend Allison, we discuss the birder archetypes, our adventures in the field, and the hit YouTube documentary Listers. Who knew birding could be so cutthroat (finch)! 

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On this week's episode we're sharpening our cheekbones, locking into our 'hunter eyes,' and mogging so hard that we promise you'll be able to sense our physical ascension even through an audio medium. We went deep on incel manosphere forums to get the scoop on looksmaxxing so that you can spot the warning signs when your tween boy cousins start referencing 'bonesmashing' at the next family function. Chads, Staceys, and Beckys, oh my! 

Topics discussed include the PSL scale, Clavicular, a multigenerational history of mewing, tabi footwear, and a very brave and vulnerable reddit interaction with the looksmaxxing community.

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PIN HEADS RISE!!! We got an EXCLUSIVE interview with Mo Davis of Den of Pin, the largest collection of pre-digital pinball machines on earth!!! PLUS our own experiences at Den of Pin, an interview with a regular, and our 2026 predictions!!

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It's finally time... to reveal the dark underbelly of renaissance festivals!!! We discuss the glorious origins of the festival and its descent into a capitalist hellscape built on the labor of unpaid volunteers and rife with sexual harassment. Fortunately, there are lots of heroic community members working to build local festivals and change the toxic culture. Among them is our anonymous interview subject who gave us all the tea!

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Hear ye hear ye! Calling all barbarian bombshells, swashbuckling sailors, and washing well wenches for we have a tale to tell! Are renaissance festivals magical sanctuaries for the fairies and witches of the world or simply an excuse to get drunk on mead and make lewd jokes? Both? We're discussing our personal experiences as well as an interview with a professional ren faire performer! Discussion topics include KATSEYE, ren faire performance as the truest thespian art, and WWZMDAARF? (What Would Zohran Mamdani Do At A Ren Faire?)

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