What's Your Issue?

What's Your Issue?

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What's Your Issue? episodes

  • Candie's Ads From the 1990s - 2010s

    To see the Candie's ads as we dissect them, watch this episode exclusively on Patreon!

    Troy McEady and Dara Laine get into Jenny McCarthy and her toilets, Hayden Panettiere - the Candie's queen, Britney Spears' ad campaign with pictures by Terry Richardson, the David LaChapelle of it all, the evolution of the brand identity, and more!

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    42 min
  • Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, and TLC with Kara Berry

    Today Troy and Dara discuss the February 1998 issue of Vibe magazine with the perfect Kara Berry from the podcast Everyone's Business (But Mine) !!

    They talk about Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim's feud and their influence on high fashion, which TLC girl they are, a hypothetical Missy Elliott Lilith Fair, the best of hip hop in 1997, and Troy's new Oprah DVD box set.

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    1 hr 9 min
  • 2000s Teen Fan Magazines, Jonas Brothers, & Miley Cyrus

    Today we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008!

    In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan advice, our horoscopes, "Which TV Show Are You?", "What's Your Scarf Style?", fan sweepstakes, and more!

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    Unit #V815
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    1 hr 3 min
  • Chappell Roan, Saving Britney, and PAPER Mag with Joan Summers

    Today we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers!

    We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed right as she was taking off... plus! her time as Jezebel's tabloid reporter, the US Weekly Saving Britney article from 2019, the time she pissed of Countess Luann, media literacy, and more!

    Go listen to Eating For Free and read her Substack Local Gossip

    WYI Podcast

    1920 Hillhurst Ave.
    Unit #V815
    Los Angeles, CA 90027

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    1 hr 40 min
  • A Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular

    In 2024 we released a Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular discussing the spreads for the RHOBH ladies Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, and Denise Richards. We're re-releasing that episode with a brand new 40 extra minutes covering the March 2010 Playboy spread for RHONY's Kelly Bensimon. If you listened to the original on our regular free feed, then this will be an extra hour of content because this version also includes the patreon extended cut of the episode.

    To read along with us, here's a link to all four editorials.

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    2 hr 1 min
  • Is Rosie O'Donnell About to Punch Barbara Walters?

    In today's episode we discuss "How the Donald Trump–Rosie O’Donnell Feud Wreaked Havoc at The View" by Ramin Setoodeh with our guest Zach Patton-Garcia!

    Listen to Zach's podcast Coffee & Tequila or watch it on Youtube!

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Victoria Beckham is Coming to America

    Comedian and writer Melissa Rich joins Troy and Dara to discuss the David and Victoria Beckham cover story from the August 2007 issue of W Magazine.

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    Topics include: Victoria’s place in the Spice Girls | the parallels of Geri Halliwell and Lindsay Lohan | Victoria and David’s move from the UK to LA sponsored by Simon Fuller | the Coming to America TV special | their homoerotic photo spread by Steven Klein | David’s extramarital affairs | the Nicola Peltz of it all | what was going on with them and Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony, Katie Holmes, and Tom Cruise? (swingers? scientologists?) 

    Link to American Idols by James Reginato

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    Watch/listen to our latest patreon exclusive episode covering the January 7th, 2013 issue of US Weekly

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    1 hr 36 min
  • Bethenny Frankel, Cool Girl Bridal, and Reality TV Therapists

    In this week's episode we cover the US Weekly January 7th, 2013 cover story detailing the split between Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy. We also discuss Bethenny's talk show, whether or not the Skinnygirl is actually a good business woman, plus!! cool girl bridal gown culture, TV therapists, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, moms who want to be their daughters' best friends, other Real Housewives break ups, and vintage Bravo.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Nicole Richie, The Simple Life, and Stuff Magazine

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    This week, we're discussing the July 2004 issue of Stuff magazine with cover girl Nicole Richie fresh off the second season of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton. We talk about Nicole's lore, her uniquely LA Melrose dirty girl fashion sense, bead in hair extensions, paparazzi videos, and more!

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    WYI Podcast
    1920 Hillhurst Ave.
    Unit #V815
    Los Angeles, CA 90027

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Gay Old Hollywood!

    In our final episode of pride month, we're discussing Scotty Bowers, the old Hollywood hustler who hooked up secret gay and lesbian celebs with sexy companions from 1945 to 1980. We talk about Scotty's wild background, plus some of the closeted stars he set up like Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey, Cary Grant, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

    This week's article:

    A Hollywood Hedonist Turns 95 by Michael Schulman - New Yorker article

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    1 hr 20 min

About What's Your Issue?

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"What's Your Issue?" is a pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine. Each week, they take a nostalgic deep dive into the past, dissecting magazine articles from various decades and…

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