About:

Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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• Joan Summers’ Twitter: @laracroftbarbie
• Matthew Lawson’s Instagram: @_matthewlawson

Sources [may cut off in certain apps]:

• President Bush Addresses the Nation [George W. Bush - White House Archives]
• 30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30, 03/06/19 [Elle]
• Taylor Swift shows in Vienna canceled after 2 arrested for planning ISIS-inspired terror plot, [ABC]
• Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials, [USA]
• Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say, [AP]
• US confirms role in identifying alleged terrorist plot for Taylor Swift shows, [USA]
• Swifties rally in Vienna after three Taylor Swift concerts cancelled over planned terror attack, [PinkNews]
• Blake Lively Reacts to Terror Plot Planned for Friend Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Shows in Austria: 'How Terrifying', [People]
• Alleged Taylor Swift terror plot fits a worrying trend as ISIS targets teens online, [CNN]
• Taylor Swift terror suspects part of terrifying rise in teens radicalized online — account for two-thirds of ISIS-related arrests in Europe, [NY Post]
• SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PFLUGER INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS TERROR THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREIGN, CLOUD-BASED APPS LIKE TIKTOK, 08/7/24, [HOMELAND SECURITY]
• We Were Supposed to See Taylor Swift in Vienna. We Learned a Surprising Lesson About Human Nature Instead. [Slate]
• Taylor Swift Cancels Vienna Shows Over Foiled Terror Attack Plot, [FP]
• The Biden-Harris failure in Afghanistan is making world a more dangerous place, even at Taylor Swift concerts, JOHN BOLTON [NY Post]
• Did George W. Bush Create ISIS?, Dexter Filkins [NYer]
• Key Controversies and Missteps of the Postwar Period [PBS]
• Ahmed Chalabi: A proud pawn for a big American lie, 11/04/15 [Al Jazeera]
• Iraq’s de-Baathification still haunts the country, 03/12/13 [Al Jazeera]
• Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests, [Washington Post]