The hilarious Bryanlicious joins me this week to talk about all things TTPD that gave us TTPTSD and more. We go over Taylor Swift's newest album track by track and analyze, speculate, joke and more!

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1:09 How Bryan started his Taylor Swift content

9:50 Original thoughts on TTPD

12:46 Fortnight

20:22 The Tortured Poets Department

26:16 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

28:35 Down Bad

33:50 So Long London

39:38 But Daddy I Love Him

43:50 Fresh Out The Slammer

46:58 Florida!!!

48:43 Guilty as sin

51:30 Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me

55:00 I Can Fix Him (no really I can)

56:06 loml

57:09 I can do it with a broken heart

58:22 The smallest man who ever lived

59:58 The alchemy

1:00:50 Clara Bow

1:01:57 The Black Dog

1:03:00 imgonnagetyouback

1:04:40 The Albatross

1:05:15 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

1:07:14 How did it end?

1:10:26 So high school

1:12:54 I hate it here

1:14:40 thanK you aimer

1:18:00 I look in people’s windows

1:20:23 The prophecy

1:22:13 Cassandra

1:23:20 Peter

1:23:50 The Bolter

1:26:11 Robin

1:27:16 The Manuscript

1:29:40 Questions to wrap up

Today we dive into food theories! From the food pyramid and the interests that changed what the pyramid was, to theories about nightshade vegetables (and celebrities that don't eat them) to junk food in the US compared to junk food in the UK, and more!

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2:52 The food pyramid is a lie!

19:30 Food industry executives find their way into the USDA

22:59 How stress and your mindset changes the affect food has on your body

29:26 Celebrities who don’t eat nightshades

39:27 Junk food in the US vs. UK

48:48 High fructose corn syrup and its different names

53:06 Ending on a positive note

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Today I dive into Dune 2! We cover the lore of this franchise, I give some thoughts on the movie, and then we talk about gossip surrounding the movie, the cast of the movie, and take a closer look at the two leads (in my mind) Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson.

0:00 Intro of Dune and facts about the movie

17:31 General Dune gossip

42:05 Rebecca Ferguson

52:40 Timothee Chalamet

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This week we're joined by Amanda Montell from Sounds Like A Cult to talk about her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. From thoughts and biases on stan culture, conspiracy theories, how we love nostalgia, and more!

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I had an absolute BLAST with Megan and Liz this week as they filled me in on the underbelly of the music industry. From working with pop music hitmakers Max Martin and Martin Johnson, to spilling tea about how some people get ahead in radio, we break down every question you've had about the music industry, industry plants, stars with the "It Factor" and more!

0:00 Intro and how YouTube “made” Justin Bieber celebrities

5:00 What it’s like to work with Max Martin

10:50 Working with Martin Johnson…and how he dated Taylor Swift

15:50 Industry plants

21:27 Musicians with the “it factor”

37:19 Artists with good and bad work ethics

40:56 Sleeping your way to the top in the music industry

44:06 How artists make money today

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Today I take a look at Drake Bell and Alexa Nikolas - Nickelodeon child stars who were both featured in the Quiet on Set docuseries - and how their lives were shaped by Nickelodeon, and what they did after leaving the network as a child star. 

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Today we dive deep into the viral Quiet on Set docuseries that exposes and explores the toxic culture at Nickelodeon, and the egomaniac Dan Schneider who fostered the culture of abuse on set. From tragic testimonies from victims (adults and children) to a deep dive into Nickelodeon's "Golden Boy" Dan Schneider we cover it all today.

2:50 Recapping Quiet on Set

41:08 Overview of Dan Schneider begins

42:45 Dan Schneider childhood

1:02:55 Dan’s interview/apology/response

1:09:22 Dan Schneider blind items

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Today I pour over all of the Kate Middleton conspiracy theories and speculation around her disappearance. Was it planned? Are we taking this too seriously or not seriously enough? From rumors of divorce, to a rocky marriage, to facelifts and hostage situations and more - we take a look at the most popular theories around the crown right now.

4:44 Timeline overview of events

10:35 The royals apparently have a history of photoshopping photos

24:00 Getting into all the theories

40:02 Kate Middleton latest blind items

42:20 Never complain, never explain

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Thanks to a floozy for this suggestion! Today we go over stories that have been scrubbed (or were attempted to be scrubbed) from the internet. From Channing Tatum being bisexual, to Kanye West wearing a leather kilt, to Jennifer Garner allegedly being a homewrecker, and more!

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Shout out to Tily Nation for this episode!!! Her TikTok and Tumblr here. Today we're joined again by the lovely Cam from What I Will Say to talk about Tily - the theory that Taylor Swift and Lily Donaldson dated back in the day. Put your open-minded helmet on as we explore lyrics and timelines that line up with the Tily theory. 

3:44 The current world of Gaylor

12:06 Diving into the Tily theory

19:22 Is “Dress” about Lily Donaldson?

32:50 Tily in Autumn 2016

38:01 “Snow on the Beach”…a Lily song?

41:50 Victoria’s Secret angel ring

46:35 The jewelry Easter eggs

52:51 A different way to listen to “The Man”

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