In which we discuss The Times (London) data-driven analysis of what differentiates London from NYC, the exciting results of the Irish presidential election, updates from the Louvre jewelry heist related to arrests and conspiracies, rumors that Sophie Turner and Chris Martin are dating, and LVMH selling Marc Jacobs to Authentic Brands (never a good sign). In tennis we focus solely on our boy, Jannik Sinner, including his dating life and the fact that the Italians are livid with him for dropping out of Davis Cup. In F1, we review the most exciting race in months: last weekend's GP in Mexico City. Alexa covers the factors that made this race exciting and the implications for the World Drivers' Championship race. In content we cover Celebrity Traitors episodes 5 + 6 (with spoilers!), Sumner's review of Nobody Wants This (season 2 on Netflix now), and a BRIEF preview of House of Dynamite (Netflix). Sumner eats crow about her new favorite show, The Diplomat, and Alexa shares that she abandoned all responsibilities and obligations this weekend to binge 2015 PBS historical drama, Poldark.

[0:00-23:20] News

[23:20-30:14] Tennis

[30:14-42:42] F1

[42:42-51:05] Celebrity Traitors

[51:05-End] Other Content

In which we discuss the AWS outage's direct impact to this podcast, the Louvre heist, Carla Bruni dropping off Nicolas Sarkozy at prison, Prince Andrew and Fergie title updates, Taylor Swift's hobby of browsing and donating to GoFundMe and the chain reaction that ignites, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's viral meet-cute, and Alexa's strong negative reaction to the upcoming Audible Harry Potter series rerecord. Tennis talk is quick; we wrap up Six Kings coverage and react to Holger Rune's severe achilles injury. In F1, we hear about funny business at Maclaren, Alexa's disdain for Oscar Piastri, and we touch on Tapegate from the Austin GP. In content we share what we are looking forward to in the coming months: Down Cemetery Road (Apple TV+, October 29th), Hijack (season 2, Apple TV+, January 14th), Shrinking (season 3, Apple TV+, January 28th), Trespasses (Channel 4, unknown- maybe November). To finish we share our excitement that Project Runway has been renewed for another season with the same hosts + judges panel!

[0:00-32:11] News

[32:11-37:16] Tennis

[37:16-47:42] F1

[47:52-End] Content

In which we discuss a sweet anecdote about our high school exchange program, the news (directly from Pierpaolo Piccioli himself) that Meghan Markle invited herself to the recent Balenciaga show, Taylor Swift's $100M payday from Disney for the Era's documentary, the shooting schedule of season 2 of a pod favorite TV show, Rivals, and our befuddlement around the 2025 Victoria Secret fashion show. We keep the tennis and F1 updates brief (tennis- Six Kings, F1- Mercedes signed contracts and Charlies being funny) so that we can dive fully into our favorite sport: Celebrity Traitors UK. We cover this weeks episodes (3 +4), pontificating on murders, banishments, favorite players, castle fashion, and all-time one-liners.

[0:00-22:33] News

[ 22:33- 25:08] Tennis (with a Victoria's Secret disgression)

[25:08-31:47] F1

[31:47-End] Celebrity Traitors UK Episodes 3 +4

In which we discuss the long-rumored news that Taylor Swift is putting out a documentary about the Eras tour, Chris Briney heart-throbbing on the set of Hacks season 5, the arrest of Dr. Wendy and Happy Eddie from Real Housewives of Potomac, and the best application of the viral Anthropologie rock trend (it involves Gayle and Oprah). In tennis we cover the heartwarming final of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai which included first cousins (one a qualifier!!), Coco's big win over Jess Pegula in Wuhan, and the upcoming Six Kings Slam. In F1 we react to the news that F1 coverage in the states will move to Apple TV+ once ESPN's contract expires, try to make sense of Chloe Stroll's music career, and go back and forth about the news that Christian Horner has paid out a handsome sum to his former employee to avoid a public trial after accusations of harassment. In content we give a brief review of Victoria Beckham, the new three-part documentary on Netflix and give long-winded but valuable thoughts about our latest obsession: Celebrity Traitors UK. We go through the cast, providing comparisons of the cast to US celebrities, and identifying our favorites. At closing, we move into a spoiler-filled conversation about week one's episodes.

[0:00- 17:47] News

[17:47-31:55] Tennis

[31:55-41:18] F1

[41:18-45:27] Victoria Beckham documentary

[45:27- 1:09:00] Celebrity Traitors UK (spoiler-free)

[1:09:00-End] Celebrity Traitors UK (SPOILERS)

In which we return to transportation corner to discuss Sumner's thought on reverse commuting to Connecticut from New York this week. We share our full thoughts on both Taylor Swift's TLOAS album (be warned: we go track by track) as well as the press tour around it. In tennis, we discuss Jannik Sinner's retirement in Shanghai due to leg cramps and Amanda Anisimova's further ascendency as a star of women's tennis. In F1, we reflect on the boring news that Maclaren have officially been declared winner of the 2025 Constructors' Championship and the exciting news around Oscar Piastri having a total meltdown in Singapore. Alexa takes the helm on content this episode due to Sumner's tunnel vision in rewatching Dawson's Creek for the 95th time. Alexa shares her thoughts on the the first few chapters of Richard Osman's new latest Thursday Murder Club book, The Impossible Fortune. and the first episode of RTE's The Walsh Sisters. She also gives a negative review of HBO's The Pitt, which is an egregiously wrong opinion.

[0:00-7:56] Transportation Corner and Episode Outline

[7:56-46:38 ] The Life of a Showgirl

[46:38-52:04] Tennis

[52:04-58:58] F1

[58:58-End] Content

In which we discuss Princess Anne's visit to Ukraine, the Kimmel-Colbert swap, excitement around Bad Bunny as a Super Bowl halftime performer, Taylor Swift's very impending album release, and the Nicole Kidman-Keith Urban split. In tennis we rect to the happy-sad news of Gael Monfils's retirement next year and some notable scores out of the asian WTA/ATP swing. In F1 we are sad for Lewis Hamilton after the loss of his beloved dog, Roscoe, we preview the Singapore GP, and chat about the latest round of rumors about Charles Leclerc leaving Ferrari. In content, Sumner recommends new Netflix cooking competition show, Next Gen Chef, and Alexa builds excitement around the Price William episode of Eugene Levy's Apple+ show, The Reluctant Traveler.

[0:00-35:45] News

[35:45-43:41] Tennis

[43:41-49:47} F1

[49:47-End] Content

In which we discuss Sumner's spotting of Tomato, Tomato person-of-interest, Jimmy Carr, the latest chapter in Jimmy Kimmel's return, possible repercussions of Eric Adams dropping out of the NYC mayoral race, and Emma Watson's somewhat perplexing appearance on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast. In tennis we react to the surprise news that Jack Draper WILL be playing more competitive tennis before the year is done and we check in on the Asian swings of both the WTA and ATP tours. In F1 we continue to worry about Lewis Hamilton and his sweet bulldog, Roscoe. In content we are here, there, and everywhere. Sumner shares a spoiler-free view of the new Leonardo DiCaprio-starring, Paul Thomas Anderson-directed film, One Battle After Another (in theaters now). In summary, if you live CINEMA this is a can't miss. We share our spoiler-filled thoughts on the entire first season of Netflix's House of Guinness (it's really fun and you should watch it). We wrap up our coverage of Freeform/Hulu's season 21 Project Runway with a review of the finale (meh) and the entire season (incredible). Last, Alexa plugs tv series Doc (season 1 is on Netflix and season 2 is currently airing on Fox).

[0:00-23:48] News

[23:38-35:16] Tennis

[35:16-37:15} F1 (but really Lewis Hamilton news)

[37:15-End] Content

In which we discuss Alexa's reckoning with current events, the upcoming military squid games, Jimmy Kimmel's triumphant return (for 80% of us), former French president Nichloas Sarkozy's current, very bad legal trouble, Jessica Chastain's Apple+ Movie, The Savant, and FINALLY for some levity, the Burberry's Spring/Summer 2026 fashion show. No sports this week but in content we preview documentary, Prime Minister, coming to HBO Max on 9/30, distant-future Amazon tennis shoe, Rally, and House of Dynamite coming to theaters 10/10 and Netflix 10/24. Sumner co-signs Alexa's review of Amazon miniseries, The Girlfriend, and gives her early review on Netflix miniseries, The House of Guinness. **Please note that f-bombs in this episode are not bleeped out because we are out of transcription hours for the month. We appreciate your understanding**

[0:00-27:00] Serious News

[27:00-32:00] Unserious News

[32:00-34:07] Sports (but actually just a Lewis Hamilton pet update)

[34:07-End] Content

In which we discuss Disney bowing to public pressure (positive) by reinstating Jimmy Kimmel, the utter idiocy of Trump's new H1B visa fee, our theories around the Nina Dobrev-Zac Efron + friends yacht trip, the Kelsea Ballerini + Chase Stokes breakup, and rumors of Taylor Swift starring in a remake of The Bodyguard. In tennis, we share final thoughts about both the Billie Jean King and Laver Cups. In F1, Baku has given us a Carlos podium plus many, many off-the-grid giggles. In content we discuss even more news in the Marian Keyes cinematic and literary universe (in addition to Sumner's first reaction to her 1995 novel, Watermelon- the first in the Walsh sisters series). We also discuss what upcoming content is exciting us: the latest Thursday Murder Club book (The Impossible Fortune, out 9/25), The House of Guinness (Netflix, out 9/25), Celebrity Traitors UK (out 10/8 in the UK), and Nobody Wants This (Netflix, out 10/23). Finally, Alexa recommends The Girlfriend now out on Amazon Prime.

[0:00-37:37] News

[37:37-47:16] Tennis

[47:16-57:35] F1

[57:35-End] Content

In which we discuss a potential upside of TikTok, the Jimmy Kimmel Live situation, the US president's state visit to the UK, and icky behavior from Travis Kelce and Josh Allen. In tennis we hype up our girlies currently competing in the final stages of the Billie Jean King cup and in F1 world we discuss travel logistics for Baku. In content we make a potentially surprising recommendation: aka Charlie Sheen on Netflix. We also ponder what to do about Dancing with the Stars given the current ABC situation. At the end of our episode we, of course, do a deep dive into the series final of The Summer I Turned Pretty (spoiler alert: it's positive).

[00:00 – 36:00] News

[36:00-41:00] Tennis

[41:00 – 49:00] Formula 1

[50:00 – End] Content

• 50:00 aka Charlie Sheen
• 56:24 Dancing with the Stars
• 1:05:00 The Summer I Turned Pretty series finale