Culture Vulture

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it. Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming back to you with part two of our Taylor Swift two part series! And as a bonus, you get Liv content!!!! In part two of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv discuss why Taylor Swift has chosen to re-record her masters. What went down with Scooter Braun? Does she own the music and just not the final song? Why should we only be listening to ‘Taylor’s Versions?’ What does this mean for the future of the music industry? Is she now feeling happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way? Is it miserable or magical? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seems like a fitting time to re-upload our Taylor Swift two part series right??? In part one of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv relive Taylor Swift as we’ve always known her. Era by era, we discuss the music, the look, and the people who inspired (sometimes in a good way, sometimes... not) Taylor Swift to become the superstar we’re all enamoured with today. All I can say is it was enchanting to record this episode for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast - why the hell did no one tells us that Mean Girls was a MUSICAL??? Also our obsession with Renee Rapp and the next generation of celebrities. And then the bones of the episode - how BookTok is turning books into fast fashion and reading into a competition! Preorder our book 'Make It Make Sense' Luce's newsletter on hobbies Cafe Hysteria's newsletter on BookTok & Fast Fashion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show: Ariana Grande's new single, Margot Robbie giving people 'a break' from her, Gypsy Rose Blanchard becoming 2024' 'It Girl' and why 12-year-olds are spending hundreds of dollars in Sephora. This podcast was brought to you by Neon, our fave NZ streaming service! Sign up and get a free 7-day trial at neontv.co.nz!! Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) December book club podcast! Last month Luce and Bel sat down to talk about Sheena Patel's book 'I'm a Fan' !!!! If you want access to the full podcast episodes, author interviews, Book Club group chats and weekly prompts we've got a 10% discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meri Kirihimete to our wonderful podcast listeners! Luce and Bel are taking a well-deserved break but will see you back on the 18th of Jan! In the meantime, enjoy some of our favourite episodes of 2023! In this episode Luce and & Laura introduce Shit You Should Cook About, before launching into a huge and personal chat about the rise in the new "miracle weight loss drug" (in huge quotation marks there!), Ozempic. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Luce's piece on Ozempic Become a close friend! ASDAH piece Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meri Kirihimete to our wonderful podcast listeners! Luce and Bel are taking a well-deserved break but will see you back on the 18th of Jan! In the meantime, enjoy some of our favourite episodes of 2023! This week we discuss something very near and dear to our hearts - the dangers of the tortured artists trope and why we shouldn't expect artists to live in their pain to create art for us. Also, Adele is sick of you throwing shit at people on stage, Olivia Rodrigo has a new song out and we're OBSESSED, and Zoe and Alfie are having another baby. Laura's links: Can Music Make You Sick Can Music Make You Sick? Measuring the price of musical ambition (book extract) Help Musicians: Mental Health Music Helps Help Musicians: Eligibility FAQs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier this week we released our exclusive interview with Rebecca Yarros to our SYSCA Book Club subscribers ... BUT we know how OBSESSED with Fourth Wing you all are so we wanted to share it with our Culture Vulture listeners too! Bel sat down with Rebecca for her very last interview of the year and it did NOT disappoint. She chatted about her INSANE writing process, what she’s working on now, the tricks of the trade and so many other little pearls of wisdom that I know you’ll adore! If you want access to the full Book Club podcast episodes, author interviews, Book Club group chats and weekly prompts we've got a 10% discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our final episode of Culture Vulture of the year, we are giving out awards for our fave pop culture moments of the year! From the biggest moments, to the trends we loved (and hated the most), the breakups, the new couple debuts, and the biggest winners and losers in pop culture this year - you won't want to miss it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast: • Variety “outing” Billie Eilish • Taylor Swift and her publicist going head to head with Deuxmoi • People are calling Em Rata fatphobic for her recent photoshoot • What’s up with all these gift guides? All this & more in the week's Culture Vulture ep! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A very influencer-y episode for you today! From Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury, to Jason Nash begging for money ok TikTok, to autotuned musicians, to... Matt Rife. Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Taylor Swift postponing her shows in Rio, Dylan Mulvaney being named Woman of the Year before diving into Jacob Elordi's latest comments about The Kissing Booth and why we can't let women just have interests!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Luce is joined by Kate Lindsay from Embedded to talk about Emma Chamberlain, what happens when we grow out of our favourite creator, how she (oddly) reminds us of Zoella. Sign up to Embedded here, read Kate's piece on TJ Mack here, and pre-order our book Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) book club podcast! This month Luce and Bel sat down to talk about Danielle Pender's book 'Watching Women and Girls' !!!! If you want access to the full podcast episodes, author interviews, Book Club group chats and weekly prompts we've got a 10% discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about The Beatles “final”‘release and how AI made it happen, Kourtney Kardashian’s new baby, and The Bear coming back to our screens, before trying to figure out what we expect from celebrities during a crisis, and what that means for the world. For trusted information on Israel & Palestine and how we can help visit here, and to preorder our book Make It Make Sense, visit here!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!!! Luce and Bel are on the mic this week to talk about Taylor Swift's re-release of 1989 (and all the Haylor tea), Charli D'Amelio cosplaying as a Walmart worker, North West's Halloween tribute to Kanye, and the tragic passing of Matthew Perry. How do we mourn a celebrity? Should we feel strange for doing so? Why did this one cut so deep? Listen wherever you get your pods! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!! This week Luce and Bel talk about the two biggest books on the block this week - Jada Pinkett Smith's memoir 'Worthy' and Britney Spears' memoir 'The Woman In Me.' Then, we chat about whether we've reached 'peak' celebrity memoir yet and tell you what's on our radar this week! Links, links, LINKS: The Vox piece Bel's ID piece Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!! A Luce and London Laura IRL special!!! This week we chat about: Starting new things - like university or moving to a new country Stanley Tucci lite joins us to talk about Formula 1 More chat about our book (of course) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pre-order our book Make It Make Sense here! This week on Culture Vulture Olivia Wilde shared a tweet saying "I wish Taylor Swift would date a climate scientist" and the world forgot how to critically think Doja Cat wore a t-shirt with the face of an alt-right dude on it and is just... taking the trolling a bit too far now Robin Williams' daughter Zelda speaks out against AI replicas of her Dad's voice What Tube Girl says about society Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) book club podcast! This month Luce and Bel sat down to talk about Deborah Levy's book 'The Cost of Living' and what it costs to be a woman in 2023!!!! If you want to join our book club and have access to our group chats and weekly prompts we've got a 10% discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Culture Vulture: Someone has been charged with the murder of Tupac Kim and Kourtney Kardashian's feud continues Brie Larson has been called to... dance? All the celebrity breakups so far this year Laura's Links: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reasons-for-divorce-2023_uk_63aea33ae4b0ae9de1b61117 https://www.vulture.com/2023/09/hugh-jackman-divorce-wife-deborra-lee.html https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/love-is-not-a-permanent-state-of-enthusiasm-an-interview-with-esther-perel https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/30/ex-everything-complete-me-broke-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing to you our book ✿MAKE IT MAKE SENSE✿ Make It Make Sense is a mix of cultural analysis, anecdotes, personal essays and poems, interplayed like a conversation between friends - because that’s what they are. You should be able to pick it up, read something that will make you laugh or cry or punch you in the gut, and then put it down until you’re ready for your next hit. From introducing new words for things that we’re all feeling but don’t know how to describe (hi phoenixing!) to real-life anecdotes of being young and ambitious and pressed up against the glass ceiling that still exists despite our best 2010 Girlbossing, how not to rob ourselves of joy, what happens when you lose someone you love, and how all of this is intrinsically bound up with the way the world’s working around us - this book is going to be the bedside table essential that you’re going to want to give everyone in your life who wants to feel less alone in whatever shit they’re dealing with. Preorder Make It Make Sense here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A solo pod this week while London Laura gets her voice back!! This week is a bumper 'should we care' about all the important stories of the past few weeks. From Taylor Swift being in her jock era, to Sophie Turner being out of her Joe era, to Russel Brand being the worst, listen wherever you get your pods! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Culture Vulture: Our takes on Olivia Rodrigo's Guardian interview The Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorce Ruby Franke is being charged & the end of family vlogging Timothee Chalamet & Kylie Jenner Hozier being handsome Squidward And all our other fave celebrity digital footprint moments NZ Followers: WIN a vinyl of Olivia's Rodrigo album Guts! Enter through our Newsletter between the 8th - 14th of September to be in to win! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of Culture Vulture: What's going on in the Cyrus family Is Fyre Fest 2.0 fr? Alix earl and the potential of earls girls Doja Cat is charting even after losing a million 'fans' Girl boss, beigefluencer, that girl, messy millenials, and all the ways we've been told to brand ourselves Links links LINKS: “Girlboss”Culture was for White Women Anyway. Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman Beware the ‘beige-fluencers’, cheerleaders for a life of no surprises The Downfall of The Girlboss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of Culture Vulture: Fans swarm Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley's wedding to try and catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift (and all the ways that is NOT okay) Anna Paul and Glenn broke up and the internet is reacting in a unique way A list of the people who have potentially dropped Scooter Braun as their manager All the shows, movies, books, and THINGS that bring us comfort Thank you to Neon for sponsoring this episode of Culture Vulture! Sign up for a 7-day free trial and binge their box sets here. Links links LINKS: Lucy's comfort things newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Culture Vulture: Micheal Oher (who inspired the film The Blind Side) has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Tuohy family tricked him into a conservatorship and lied about his adoption status Alex Cooper's new network 'Unwell' has signed Alix Earl and Madeline Argy Addison Rae is about to drop new music (and maybe become the next pop it-girl?) Stevie Nicks says that Daisy Jones & The Six feels like 'her story' and that she hopes the show will continue Why we all feel like teenage girls in our 20s right now Links: Luce's piece on being a teenage girl in your 20s Laura's piece on what I would tell my twenty-something self Article on nostalgia Join our Geneva chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) book club podcast! Join us for an hour of swooning over the way author Gabriel Zevin manages to squeeze so many important and relevant topics into one novel, romantic pressure on male-female friendships, creative rushes, and whether we can all find our own persimmon tree to stand at the foot of, marvel at, and take a huge bite. If you want to join our book club and have access to the full podcast episode, our group chats, and weekly prompts we've got a 10% off discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Culture Vulture: • Everything we know about the Lizzo allegations • What Jonah Hill can teach us about boundaries and therapy speak Laura's Links: https://www.thecut.com/article/couples-therapists-therapy-speak.html https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/13/jonah-hill-texts-therapy-speak-therapist-boundaries https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/06/esther-perel-amateur-therapy-speak https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/to-therapy-speak-or-not-to-therapy-speak/id1573867093?i=1000610746105 Come and join our Geneva group chat here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our gorgeous Culture Vulture listeners, we have a wee snippet of our Shit You Should Read About (SYSRA) book club podcast! Luce and Bel discuss alllllll their thoughts and all your HILARIOUS answers to our book club prompts in our first-ever book club podcast, and Bel even interviewed the author, Curtis bloody Sittenfeld!!!! If you want to join our book club and have access to the full podcast, our group chats, and weekly prompts we've got a 10% off discount for you to join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Culture Vulture (our pop culture podcast): A tribute to Angus Cloud Doja Cat loses 500k followers after saying she doesn't love her fans Emily Mariko's 'quiet luxury' wedding Fans throwing things at Cardi B & Cardi B throwing things at fans Every single Barbie take you could ever imagine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Description: Luce and Bel on the mic today to talk about why you should fall back in love with your local library how harry styles has reintroduced uninhibited joy to us ariana grande and her husband dalton gomez splitting up (and who she's rumoured to be dating now) what the 1975's statements have meant for queer youth in malaysia Read Lucy's Pocket Collection on heartbreak here. and our cute new book club group chat which you can join here!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our last episode of Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. This episode was built on all the things YOU’D sent in that you’d learnt from your first break up and all the things WE learnt while helping you own all these confusing feelings. A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do! Here are some spots to head to: For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/ or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. Break-ups are very rarely happy occasions - and often we can feel things like guilt and shame, even when we know we did the right thing. In this episode, we help you navigate and alleviate these feelings of shame, with tips on how to feel content with the decisions you made. A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do! Here are some spots to head to: For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/ or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the mic: Keke Palmer clapping back to her baby daddy in the BEST way, Zayn on Call Her Daddy, and a new Britney Spears book. Then, the main event, EVERYTHING you need to know about Barbie! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. This week we’re talking about the online break-up. With the rise of the internet, a global pandemic, and access to everyone, everywhere, all at once, how do we reconcile a break-up with someone we may not have ever physically met, but still felt deeply for? A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do! Here are some spots to head to: For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/ or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss something very near and dear to our hearts - the dangers of the tortured artists trope and why we shouldn't expect artists to live in their pain to create art for us. Also, Adele is sick of you throwing shit at people on stage, Olivia Rodrigo has a new song out and we're OBSESSED, and Zoe and Alfie are having another baby. Laura's links: Can Music Make You Sick Can Music Make You Sick? Measuring the price of musical ambition (book extract) Help Musicians: Mental Health Music Helps Help Musicians: Eligibility FAQs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. This week we’re talking Situationships - what are they, why are they everywhere, and how do we deal with a break-up when it was never an ‘official’ relationship? A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do! Here are some spots to head to: For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/ or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Laura are back on the mic this week to talk about Glastonbury, Lana Del Rey being late to her set, the girl eating mustard and raw veges, and then whether the Kardashians are still relevant. All of this and more wherever you get your pods! I Won’t Stop Intellectualising The Kardashians article Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.