Poppish

Today we get into STATUS SYMBOLS! Two products that are so luxurious and so limited, people lose their minds over them a little bit. We’re unpacking the phenomenons of the Hermes Birkin and the Faberge Eggs.

How did these pieces come to be? Who gets to have one? Can I have one if I go to the store and act cool and mysterious?

Join Ellie, in her apartment, and Anneliese, recovering in the country, to get to the bottom of it.

You remember being a teenage girl: the makeup, the magazines, the urge to kill. Many of us failed to commit to the bit, but these ladies pulled it off: Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Lizzie Borden (32-year-old-teenager).

What drove them to kill? And did they even do it? How should they be remembered? Join us on our journey to eventually land on Lizzie Borden’s side of the whole axe murder thing.

Plus: workshopping the Poppish theme song, where we’d take historical figures to eat, and Ghost Mouse.

PSA if you are invited to an island DO YOUR RESEARCH! This week on Poppish: the tales of two island destinations that proved extraordinarily disappointing: The Lost Colony of Roanoke and Fyre Festival. What was the plan? Where did all the people/money go? How is Ja Rule involved? We unpack it all.

Plus: Ellie’s perfect pee, more insurance mysteries, and the mobile trash can.

You know how getting a little honey on your finger can ruin your whole day? Our stories this week crank that feeling up to 11, as we delve into two TRULY sticky situations: The Boston Molasses Flood and The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. These syrupy events caused a SYRUP-lus of issues for all involved.

Plus: musings on Love Island, a cultural examination of the communal fitting room, and which dips we’d dig into Pooh Bear-style.

Choose 5 words to change history: “The regulars are coming out” OR “That’s not the truth Ellen.”

We delve into two cases of powerful, outspoken whistleblowers who changed the world: Paul Revere and Dakota Johnson. They used their voices when it mattered most and warned the world of changes to come.

Plus: unpacking the similarities between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations (ultimately: okay, and?), our platforms as Principle For A Day, and what it would take to get us out of our seats and dancing in homeroom.

We’ll see you in court to discuss two infamous, high profile celebrity civil trials: the 1934 Gloria Vanderbilt Custody Trial and the 2023 Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Crash Trial.

We learn about two women who overcame the farkakte justice system and media scrutiny and went on to live their dreams, from selling dark wash, tight fitting jeans to being Goop. Hear about the juicy trial details, media circus frenzies, and legal gotcha moments (flop or not).

Plus: an inside look at Ellie’s treat lockbox, a road trip with a spaghetti squash, and alternate names for the Catastrophic insurance plan.

Get taped in for an episode on working conditions, baby! We unpack similarities between the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Shein Influencer Brand Trip controversy. What lessons can we take from past tragedies? Are women people? Globalization good or bad?

Plus: the fate of the penny, being a tween on the internet, and a reminder that we DO NOT fuck with The Flinstones.

Can animals understand language? And if so, should we subject them to it? After all, it’s the devil behind fanfic-to-film atrocities like “The Idea of You” and “After.”

We explore two cases of animals who seem to have developed a grasp of human language: Koko the Gorilla and Bunny the Dog. But are these creatures truly comprehending, or are they clout-chasing fame whores who don’t speak a lick of English at all? We unpack.

Plus: middle school romance trauma, attorney client privilege, and the great butter-on-counter debate.

Boys trip! This week we cover two major jewel robberies: the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian at Paris Fashion Week, and the 1964 robbery of the American Museum of Natural History by The Beach Boys (not those ones).

Both heists gained massive media attention, and fun nicknames get involved. We discuss the legal advantages of being either really hot or really old. We sympathize with a Kardashian.

Seventeen Magazine readers will love this episode. CosmoGirl fans… don’t you have a doctor’s appointment to get to?

Not bad for a girl with no talent! This week we explore the singing careers of two artists who defied the odds and gained popularity despite critical disfavor: Florence Foster Jenkins and Sanjaya Malakar. These icons remind us not to listen to the haters, either by choice or by syphilis, and to chase our dreams. Plus, hear about how Ellie became a mother, Coachella being back, and how the Presidential Medal of Freedom REALLY came to be.