Since everyone else is talking about 2016, we thought we'd try and mooch off the relevant keywords and make a bonus episode about it.

We discuss celebrity couples, The Good Wife, American Idol, Katy Perry at Burning Man, Kim Kardashian's robbery, and more!

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This week, Troy and Dara discuss The New Yorker 1994 article "Chloë's Scene" by Jay McInerny, and New York Magazine/The Cut's 2024 (and recirculated in 2025) profile, "A Suitable Change for Chloë Sevigny" by Emily Gould.

The conversation evolves into a meditation on It Girls:

Paris Hilton and Tinsley Mortimer - It Girls or That Girls?

The It Boy

The It Girl and Existentialism, and

Will society allow the It Girl to become an It Woman?

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In our first AMA bonus, we talk about the trouble with biopics, our thoughts on homophobia in the Real Housewives franchises, our favorite high-fashion celebrity brand ambassadors, Lizzie Grubman, what we were like growing up, and more!

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This week, we discuss The Cut article that launched a thousand ships: "Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group" penned by Ashley French. Troy and Dara talk about the mom drama, Mandy Moore's previous mom group and how she could heal her trauma with a Vegas residency, plus Hilary Duff and her petty husband. It's the perfect intersection of nostalgia and current events.

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Let's revisit one of our favorite episodes before our relaunch! We discuss 3 separate Lindsay Lohan profiles spanning her career from the early 2000s to present. 

2004, Rolling Stone - Lindsay Lohan: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

2010, Vanity Fair (by Nancy Jo Sales!) - Adrift...

2024, Bustle - Lindsay Lohan's Back!

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Let's revisit one of our favorite episodes before our relaunch! We discuss 3 separate Lindsay Lohan profiles spanning her career from the early 2000s to present.

2004, Rolling Stone - Lindsay Lohan: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

2010, Vanity Fair (by Nancy Jo Sales!) - Adrift...

2024, Bustle - Lindsay Lohan's Back!

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Dara and Troy discuss their favorite pop culture moments of 2025. Subscribe on Patreon to hear a full exclusive episode covering Vulture's "What the Culturati 50 Loved in 2025."

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Troy and Dara cover a cursed end of year wrap up: Star Magazine's 50 Most Annoying Celebrities of 2006. There's Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Katie Holmes, Tyra Banks, Clay Aiken, Nicole Richie, and sooooo many more.

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In today's bonus episode, Dara and Troy give each other a couple quizzes from teen magazines.

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Troy and Dara discuss Lana Del Rey's 2014 profile for Rolling Stone, in which she gets fed up with the reporter and kicks him out. They also examine her August 2025 W Mag interview to trace her evolution as an artist and her relationship to fame.

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