Your friendly neighborhood Hotties are here to bring you the culture and news you crave yet again! In Nonsense in Higher Ed, KW gives us an update on the now iconic Tyrone the Scammer, and CT brings you a moment from #BeyChella and the Queen you may have missed [1:34]. KW gets to gross out CT in Hey, Facts though, and everyone learns about what a scam taxes are [9:56]. Then, the Hotties take a deep dive into fictionalized stories about trauma [25:18]— what draws us to them? What, if anything do we get out of them? And why is prestige TV so damn blue?? As per, they have culture aplenty for your butts [48:52]. Join them, won't you?

This episode contains swearing and the N word. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

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Things and Thots

• Tyrone the Scammer
• Beyonce wants to give niggas money.
• Chicken tender or gecko?? YOU DECIDE.
• Taxes be a Scam, Fam.
• Queer youth have it rough.
• Whales got big for WARMTH basically.
• Space will *literally* change you
• WYNC's Caught
• Kacey Musgraves, The Golden Hour
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
• Benton Snail Be High Content Steam Cream
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, streaming on Netflix