This week we get into:
A winding discussion about Train Dreams, Blue Moon, Felicity Jones Bad Actor Disease, and an important plug for our forthcoming annual Oscars Special Edition episode
Producer Sam gives us the local perspective on the Texas Senate primaries
She also reminds about that weird scandal involving James Talarico and Collin Allred
The Free Press’ Olivia Reingold is at it again! This time she has a bombshell report on New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes
And in our After Dark segment available only to subscribers, we break open the biggest story of the year: Donna Kelce’s home renovation!
This week’s cultural recommendations:
Jack recommends watching and/or listening to our annual Oscars Special Edition episode. Listen to last year’s here!
Sam recommends Breaking Bad
Aleks recommends The Sundays’ album Static & Silence
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