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Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help.

Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world.

New Podcast episode every Thursday.

Airs Friday at 1:30pm. Repeated Saturday at 11pm, Sunday at 2pm and the following Friday at 2am.

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Scrolling under the mumfluence

This ep guest critic Hannah Reich opens up about how she spends her TikTok Time, introducing us to the accounts of famous mumfluencers, Indy Clinton and Nara Smith.

Published: 31 Jan 2024Wed 31 Jan 2024 at 8:00pmwith Beverley Wang

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Duration: 35 minutes 50 seconds

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Did Barbie get an Oscar nod? Nope. Just Ken.

Justice for Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, who were left out of the Oscar nominations for best actress and director. Meanwhile Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, scored a best actor nod.

A screen grab from the Barbie movie shows a smiling blonde woman in a pink car, against a pink wall.

Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

Published: 24 Jan 2024Wed 24 Jan 2024 at 11:00pmwith Beverley Wang

World of wonder and Kween Kong

We're ushering in Drag royalty and their champions. Local legend Kween Kong stops by to talk about how life has changed since being a finalist on the second [and best] season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Three drag queens in colourful gowns stand holding hands

Duration: 54 minutes 5 seconds

Published: 18 Jan 2024Thu 18 Jan 2024 at 11:00pm

Designing an inclusive future with Sinéad Burke

We're getting the inside story on a new documentary about legendary YA author Judy Blume and spending time with disability inclusion advocate Sinéad Burke How did Sinéad Burke go from teen fashion blogger to two-time British Vogue cover model with…

Sinead Burke stands on stage in a pink dress, she's holding a microphone and smiles to the crowd

Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds

Published: 11 Jan 2024Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 11:00pm

Fame management with Alison Roman and Ronald Gladden

We're learning about managing fame, making mistakes and the art of forgiveness. Celebrity chef, cookbook author and millennial influencer Alison Roman takes BW + BL behind the scenes of her YouTube Home Movies and shares her biggest regret of 2020.

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Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds

Published: 4 Jan 2024Thu 4 Jan 2024 at 11:00pm

Feature Articles

Yes, I know mumfluencer videos show me an unattainable ideal. But can I give them up?

From Ballerina Farm to Nara Smith, we can't help but fixate on the perfect lives of mumfluencers, no matter how problematic. But, for my own wellbeing, I need to look away.

Illustration of a woman applying makeup in a mirror with a crying baby on her hip, flames all around them, phone glowing

Published: MonMon 5 Feb 2024 at 11:50pmby Hannah Reich

The US screen industry is facing an existential crisis. Is Australia next?

Australian screenwriters and actors say our local industry provides a worrying blueprint for their US counterparts, as a reckoning over royalties and writer's rooms begins to brew here.

The cast of Heartbreak High pose on set in colourful outfits.

Published: 19 Sep 2023Tue 19 Sep 2023 at 2:02amby Hannah Reich

'If you're a lover of cinema, Barbie is cinema': A guide to the cultural moment that is Barbie

It's produced by Margot Robbie, directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Issa Rae as President Barbie — and it's become a cultural moment before it even opens in cinemas. Here's what you need to know.

The actor Margot Robbie in a pink dress and long blonde hair playing the character Barbie in the movie, standing in a pink set

Published: 18 Jul 2023Tue 18 Jul 2023 at 10:11pmby Hannah Reich

Eight queer games to play with your friends, on your phone – and even on your Game Boy

From dating as a trans man to caring for house plants, here is a selection of video and tabletop games made by queer designers from Australia and New Zealand.

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Published: 7 Jun 2023Wed 7 Jun 2023 at 11:20pmby Hannah Reich

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