The Maxi Pod is back to snap you out of your brainwashing and get back to what is really important: Entertainment and Pop Culture Gossip. A perfect episode to catch you up on current events and analyze our heroes and their contemporaries. Eras vs Renaissance, Lizzo and Ariana, New music, new make-ups and break-ups, and a truly unhinged yet profound Destiny's Challenge.

Episode Breakdown:

5:45 Ya Heard? with Perd (Pop Culture Terdlets)

• 7:30 Lizzo Controversy
• 15:00 Ariana's public image/career post-cheating scandal
• 18:30 Raquel interview, Tom Schwartz crisis platinum
• 22:30 The Challenge USA/the return of Paulie
• 25:00 Bachelorette Breakup (Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason)
• 26:00 Britney Spears divorce
• 28:40 Rumblings of an Nsync reunion/Humbling Justin Timberlake
• 31:10 Bad Idea Right- Olivia Rodrigo
• 32:00 Kendall Jenner/Bad Bunny PDA
• 33:30 Claudia on Ozempic/self confidence/jealousy
• 40:00 Chris Brown/Ciara
• 41:15 Usher/Keke Palmer
• 43:00 Snow White Source Material

45:30 Concert Corner (Reviews and Takeaways)

• 46:00 Taylor Swift "Eras" Tour
• 50:00 Drake "It's All a Blur" Tour
• 53:05 Beyonce "Renaissance" Tour
• 60:00 Taylor vs. Beyonce- which concert was better?

64:00 Destiny's Challenge!

• Medium-Height Guys, Brainwashed Barbies/Barbie Movie Review, The unbothered love triangle escapee, Kissing is a handshake, Beyonce?!?!, Taking action