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A look at what's happening in popular culture, online and otherwise. Expect health, wealth, art, dating, food and more. Plus, what's worth your time in movies and television, and occasionally books and music.
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Taylor Swift’s Wedding Was Insane . . .
Plus: My ode to ‘Jackass.’ An interview with the standard bearer for MAGA’s anti-AI rage. And more!
Suzy Weiss
All the Details on Taylor Swift’s Gaudy Wedding
Plus: Paris Hilton’s quest for rich-kid justice, death doulas, and why Americans don’t care about the World Cup.
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Mayim Bialik Never Fit Into Hollywood. She Made it Anyway.
The ‘Big Bang Theory’ star speaks on Zionism, being confronted in a parking lot, and falling out with the Democratic Party. Politically, she said, ‘I…
Suzy Weiss
Child Star, Neuroscientist, Crunchy Mom: The Many Sides of Mayim Bialik
The sitcom icon talks fame, faith, and parenting.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 25M
Why We All Want the Same Things
Luke Burgis on the one theory that explains Knicks fans, froyo lines, and maybe even Anthropic. Plus: I meet the AI millionaires.
Suzy Weiss
How Our Culture Became ‘Cult-Like’
Luke Burgis on how to build a ‘solid self’ in a world of mimetic desire.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 12M
The Return of the Roast, with Jeff Ross
Why do we love being mean to each other?
Suzy Weiss
Jeff Ross on Tom Brady, Trump, and the Roast of Kevin Hart
The “Roastmaster General” breaks down the art of the insult.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 10M
Heidi Montag Is Already LA’s First Lady
Plus: Joanna Stern on dating an AI chatbot.
Suzy Weiss
I Am Not a Robot (but My Boyfriend Was)
Joanna Stern on the age of AI everything.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 11M
A Showdown over Israel in Park Slope
And Scooter Braun tells all on ‘Second Thought.’
Suzy Weiss
EXCLUSIVE: Scooter Braun Tells His Side of the Taylor Swift Masters War
I spoke to the former mega-manager about working with Kanye West, how management is like parenting, and about being cast as the villain in Taylor…
Suzy Weiss
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