What's Your Issue?

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What's Your Issue? episodes

June 19 David Beckham: The Metrosexual Episode!
It's the World Cup and Pride Month crossover everyone's been begging for... this week, we're talking David Beckham and Metrosexuals!
In June 2002, David Beckham was the first footballer to appear on the cover of the UK gay men's magazine, Attitude. Inspired by that appearance, writer Mark Simpson wrote a Salon.com piece, MEET THE METROSEXUAL, and the term became a cultural phenomenon.
This week's articles:
AND GOD CREATED… DAVID By Paul Flynn
MEET THE METROSEXUAL by Mark Simpson
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1 hr 32 min
June 11 Yep, I'm Gay: Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche
Yep, it's still gay pride month, and this week, Troy and Dara are discussing the groundbreaking moment when Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet with her girlfriend Anne Heche by her side.
Our issues include:
Ellen's iconic April 14, 1997, Time Magazine cover story, written by Bruce Handy
Anne Heche's contentious interview with The Advocate's Anne Stockwell in 2001
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1 hr 7 min
June 04 Whitney Houston's 2000 OUT Magazine Interview
Happy Pride, gay !! We’re kicking off a month of queer pop culture history with a deep dive into the revealing Whitney Houston profile from the May 2000 issue of Out Magazine.
Written by Barry Walters and photos by David LaChapelle, this was Whitney’s first and only sit-down interview with a gay publication.
"Yeah, this is Girlfriend's first big G-A-Y interview, something queer guys and gals from Kentucky to Kalamazoo have been craving since we first found Cissy Houston's daughter, the cousin of Dionne Warwick, calling to us across the airwaves in the mid '80s, singing about savin' all her love--for somebody. There's so much more to Houston's connection to gay culture than her much speculated upon sexual orientation, and with the release of her double-disc Greatest Hits comes an occasion to reappraise the omnipresent sister we've watched break records and survive trends since she became a near-instant superstar at age 21."
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WYI Podcast
1920 Hillhurst Ave.
Unit #V815
Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Dara Laine @daralaine

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1 hr 17 min
May 28 NXIVM & Stan Culture with Amanda Montell from Sounds Like a Cult
In today's episode, Troy and Dara are talkin' cults with two-time NYT best-selling author and podcaster, Amanda Montell!
We compare NXIVM vs the Manson Family, Jared Leto's budding cult, and the stan CULTure of Taylor Swift, Heated Rivalry, and Britney Spears.
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Check out her podcasts:
Sounds Like a Cult and Magical Overthinkers
Buy her books! Cultish, The Age of Magical Overthinking, and Wordslut
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The article we discussed in this episode:
The Horny Holy Man by Vanessa Grigoriadis

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1 hr 8 min
May 26 2000s Perfume, OG Urban Decay, & Real World Las Vegas
If you miss our original episode format, you're going to love this week's bonus episode, where we discuss a few more pages from ELLEgirl's Holiday 2002 issue!
We cover some 2000s fashion trends, our favorite vintage fragrances, OG Urban Decay makeup, and The Real World: Las Vegas. To read along with us, watch the video episode on Youtube.
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1 hr 3 min
May 21 ELLEgirl: Mandy Moore & Kelly Osbourne
"Everyone knows Mandy Moore and Kelly Osbourne are totally good friends. But do they ever drive each other crazy? Steal each other's clothes? Go hunting for boys? We gave them a list of our most burning questions, and they interviewed each other."
This week, we cover the iconic but underappreciated ELLEgirl magazine and the Holiday 2002 issue with cover girls Mandy and Kelly!
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1 hr 14 min
May 14 The Evolution of Christina Aguilera
This week, we're doing a supersized episode covering three Xtina Aguilera Rolling Stone profiles, including one that's been scrubbed from the internet (but of course, we found it and it's linked below).
1999 - The Christina Aguilera Story (So Far) by Anthony Bozza
2000 - Christina Aguilera: The Hit Girl by Neil Strauss
2002 - Has Anyone Seen Christina? Inside the Dirty Mind of a Pop Princess by Chris Heath
Relevant viewing: Wendy Williams Discusses Meeting Christina Aguilera
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1 hr 58 min
May 07 Anna Wintour and Vogue in the 90s
"Amid a blizzard of gossip about an affair and the defection of a key protegee, Vogue's ice queen suddenly seems vulnerable. But for Anna
Wintour, maybe that's not all bad—she's just as powerful without the
sunglasses."
This week's issue is New York Magazine from September 20th, 1999, with Anna Wintour profile "Summer of Her Discontent" by Kevin Gray.
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1 hr 10 min
May 01 Lindsay Lohan Listener Questions
In today's bonus episode, Dara and Troy answer Patreon subscriber questions about Lindsay Lohan and The Canyons. We chat about what our ideal Lilo comeback looks like, how starring in Disney movies might have hurt more than they helped her career, our favorite fashion moments, and more!
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1 hr 27 min
April 30 Jennifer Lopez's Infamous Movieline Interview
"Beautiful and bodacious Jennifer Lopez is full of surprises, not the least of which are raging talent and a two-million dollar price tag. Here, the actress who seems to have burst out of nowhere into stardom explains why she gets roles Sandra Bullock doesn't, describes how Wesley Snipes wouldn't give it a rest, and reveals that Oliver Stone smells like 'spicy lavender.'"
This week's issue is Movieline from Feb. 1998 with Jennifer Lopez. THE WOW, written by Stephen Rebello, is one of Troy's favorite Hollywood profiles of all time, and for good reason... A 27 year old JLo, post SELENA but pre superstardom, talks SO MUCH shhh throughout the interview. This is a must read!
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1 hr 19 min

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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…