Happy Thursday you pop culture junkies!

There was no newsletter this week because of the holiday, so we are pouring everything into the podcast today.

You know Brooke tries to keep this a politics-free zone, but sometimes the real world is just unavoidable. She touches on the current state of the pop culture "geist"—for better or for worse—and vent-sessions about that 2016 meme that she absolutely cannot stand (you know the one).

Then, we get into the heavy hitters of the week:

As always, thank you to Live Nation for sponsoring the pod!