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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. P...
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What you think of me is none of my business by Terry Cole-Whittaker (1979-05-03)
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Born Gay
The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation
It was described as a vintage book cover with a potentially provocative image of a man with a knife, suggesting masculinity and a gay identity.
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Some prints of these like fun Little vintage book covers I kind of love this
— Episode: "More Sluts" (w/ Julie Klausner)
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It was described as a vintage book cover with a potentially provocative image of a man with a knife, suggesting masculinity and a gay identity.
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Some prints of these like fun Little vintage book covers I kind of love this
Born Gay By J.X. Williams
Fear drove Fear drove him into the third sex shadow world
Is that what they called it back then? That seems like propaganda to me But oh the men are really handsome
I mean one of them has a fucking knife out
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
It was mentioned in passing during the discussion of a Disney trip, with the speaker referencing a short story from this collection.
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who wrote a good man is hard to find that that short story collection that famous Um short story writer from the from the 50s reader.
— Episode: "Summer of Kunt 2: The Klumps" (w/ Sudi...
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Episode: "Summer of Kunt 2: The Klumps" (w/ Sudi Green)
It was mentioned in passing during the discussion of a Disney trip, with the speaker referencing a short story from this collection.
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who wrote a good man is hard to find that that short story collection that famous Um short story writer from the from the 50s reader.
This is a flannery rick honors short story.
Girl, Interrupted
Bowen Yang mentioned that Brittany Murphy was in Girl, Interrupted, showing she had a wider range than he initially thought.
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Never mind, I take it back I take it back good.
— Episode: "The Brown Recluse" (w/ Mo Fry Pasic)
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Episode: "The Brown Recluse" (w/ Mo Fry Pasic)
Bowen Yang mentioned that Brittany Murphy was in Girl, Interrupted, showing she had a wider range than he initially thought.
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Never mind, I take it back I take it back good.
Slave Play
Bowen Yang noted that while the play 'Slave Play' by Jeremy O. Harris was well-received, the audience was predominantly white, and he expressed interest in seeing a more diverse audience response.
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Yeah, even even Slave Play was a mostly white audience, which is great Like that was the audience that probably needed to see that.
— Episode: "The Brown Recluse" (w/ Mo Fry Pasic)
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Bowen Yang noted that while the play 'Slave Play' by Jeremy O. Harris was well-received, the audience was predominantly white, and he expressed interest in seeing a more diverse audience response.
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Yeah, even even Slave Play was a mostly white audience, which is great Like that was the audience that probably needed to see that.
not needed to but it's like I would have also loved I would have also loved a more like I would have also loved to like See like some kind of texture there to that audience and be like, how is everyone else responding to this?
Tikki Tikki Tembo
It was described as a widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, but Sabrina Woo criticized it for including a slur in the first sentence and for the author's response to criticism.
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Widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, Tiki Tiki Tembo. For those of you who don't remember, the first sentence is, 'there once was a Chinese boy named Tiki Tiki Tembo, no saw, red bow,...
— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 13" (Part 1)
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It was described as a widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, but Sabrina Woo criticized it for including a slur in the first sentence and for the author's response to criticism.
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Widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, Tiki Tiki Tembo. For those of you who don't remember, the first sentence is, 'there once was a Chinese boy named Tiki Tiki Tembo, no saw, red bow, cherry berry, ruchi, pimp berry, pembo.' What a slur!
I once knew a real Chinese man, wanna know what his name was? It was Lee!
And the author, in response to criticism said, 'I'm sorry, I don't speak Chinese, I just wrote down what I heard my neighbor say.'
So I'm gonna say real Chinese and then I'm gonna switch to not quite Chinese, but I won't tell you when, you tell me when.
My name is Wu Junyi, I love eating watermelon, and have you heard of this book called Tiki Tiki Tembo? Cherry berry ruchi, pimp berry, fucking pembo!
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Sorrow Is Not My Name by Ross Gay (SuperSummary)
Katie Ruth Ashcraft chose to recite a poem by Ross Gay titled 'Sorrow Is Not My Name' as a positive and hopeful message, ending with a passage about her niece running through a field.
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And in my true whimsical optimistic self I'm gonna end with a poem. Okay where I'm gonna say I'm gonna recite Ross Gay's 'Sorrow Is Not My Name'.
— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 13" (Part 1)
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Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 13" (Part 1)
Katie Ruth Ashcraft chose to recite a poem by Ross Gay titled 'Sorrow Is Not My Name' as a positive and hopeful message, ending with a passage about her niece running through a field.
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And in my true whimsical optimistic self I'm gonna end with a poem. Okay where I'm gonna say I'm gonna recite Ross Gay's 'Sorrow Is Not My Name'.
But look My niece is running through the field Calling my name My neighbor Has a voice like an angel At the end of my block Is a basketball court And I remember My color is green I am spring
The life and loves of a she-devil
Kara mentioned that it was a favorite film of hers and her family, featuring Meryl Streep as a romance novelist.
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You ever seen She Devil with She Devil?
— Episode: "Impending Mother" (w/ Kara Klenk)
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Episode: "Impending Mother" (w/ Kara Klenk)
Kara mentioned that it was a favorite film of hers and her family, featuring Meryl Streep as a romance novelist.
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You ever seen She Devil with She Devil?
It's like a Clank family favorite. We used to watch it all the time.
At Begley Jr. Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr and I don't support Roseanne but that movie is a great movie.
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Cole Escola's upcoming book was mentioned, and it was implied that it is a novel or memoir. It was briefly discussed as a source of inspiration.
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Okay, and I think you you need which is coming out this fall. Yes called. How do I do it at 72?
— Episode: "White" (w/ Cole Escola)
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Cole Escola's upcoming book was mentioned, and it was implied that it is a novel or memoir. It was briefly discussed as a source of inspiration.
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Okay, and I think you you need which is coming out this fall. Yes called. How do I do it at 72?
Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking
It was mentioned as a book that could supposedly help people quit smoking, but only if they read it once and do not relapse.
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But I want, there's this book apparently that's called How to Quit Smote or Something that everybody is like, you read this. Read this book and you will quit.
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It was mentioned as a book that could supposedly help people quit smoking, but only if they read it once and do not relapse.
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But I want, there's this book apparently that's called How to Quit Smote or Something that everybody is like, you read this. Read this book and you will quit.
But you only, you can only quit, you can only attempt one quitting attempt basically as you get the book. Or else the book won't work.
Or else the book won't work if you, if the book won't work if you read the book, you quit and then you fall off the wagon and start back up.
Captain of My Soul
Living Life Sideways Series Book 3 (True Story of Heart-Pounding Adventure and Heart-Wrenching Survival)
Chelsea Handler's book "My Sideways Life" was mentioned, with the guests mentioning that they got a book deal offer for something similar to Chelsea's book, but they wanted to do something different.
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But they wanted something really salacious, like my sideways life.
— Episode: "Phantom Hole" (w/ Krystyna Hutchinson &...
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Chelsea Handler's book "My Sideways Life" was mentioned, with the guests mentioning that they got a book deal offer for something similar to Chelsea's book, but they wanted to do something different.
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But they wanted something really salacious, like my sideways life.
Sure. And like I love that. And I've read that and I love Chelsea's books, but that's not what we're doing.
We're doing something different. And also like that's already been done. Chelsea did it. So we got to do something new.
I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But
The Truth About Fame, Fortune and My Life in Music by Simon Cowell (2003-11-20)
Simon Cowell's book was mentioned by Corinne Fisher, when talking about the Spice Girls. She said she read his book about the Spice Girls and that he wrote about how they were an undeniable force in the music industry and how everyone knew about the song "Wanna Be" the day after its release.
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Simon Cowell released a book like years ago, like when I was really drinking the American Idol Kool-Aid, I bought Simon Cowell's book.
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Simon Cowell's book was mentioned by Corinne Fisher, when talking about the Spice Girls. She said she read his book about the Spice Girls and that he wrote about how they were an undeniable force in the music industry and how everyone knew about the song "Wanna Be" the day after its release.
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Simon Cowell released a book like years ago, like when I was really drinking the American Idol Kool-Aid, I bought Simon Cowell's book.
And I read it. Damn, that's some good Kool-Aid. Strong shit. I love Simon Cowell.
Honestly, he talks a lot about like when the Spice Girls first hit and he said that it's like it was like this undeniable thing.
Like everyone in the industry like they heard want to be before everyone else.
And then it was like the next day everyone heard it.
Bohemian Rhapsody Songbook
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Guitar Recorded Versions)
It was mentioned as a film that was worse than Green Book, and the discussion was had whether it was bad and/or whether the people who liked it were tired of the criticism.
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Wait, it's at least it's better than Bohemian raps.
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It was mentioned as a film that was worse than Green Book, and the discussion was had whether it was bad and/or whether the people who liked it were tired of the criticism.
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Wait, it's at least it's better than Bohemian raps.
I feel that Bohemian Rhapsody... was... Wait, who was that? Wait, wait. Hi, we see a hand. What was your noise about?
Is it tired because talking about it sucks because the movie's bad or is it tired to criticism and you want me to shut up?
You know what movie sucks? Bohemian Rhapsody
As If!
The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew
It was mentioned as a 90s movie that a young person in the audience only knew from an Iggy Azalea video.
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And she was like, anytime you guys reference something in the 90s on the podcast, I'm like... I ask my mom if that actually happened. And she says, yeah.
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It was mentioned as a 90s movie that a young person in the audience only knew from an Iggy Azalea video.
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And she was like, anytime you guys reference something in the 90s on the podcast, I'm like... I ask my mom if that actually happened. And she says, yeah.
We were like, do you know what Clueless is? Do you know the movie Clueless?
She was like... I think I saw it. Yeah, I think so. I saw it in an Iggy Azalea video.
Like Water for Chocolate
A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
It was discussed as the type of movie that would make someone cry and lose motor functions due to their gayness, and was used as a segue into theme parks and Universal Studios.
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When you were like, um, oh my God. This is such a good impression of me.
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It was discussed as the type of movie that would make someone cry and lose motor functions due to their gayness, and was used as a segue into theme parks and Universal Studios.
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When you were like, um, oh my God. This is such a good impression of me.
Wait, this is so good, Bo. Hagrid's crazy ride is reportedly the most highly themed poster in all of Orlando.
NIV, The Story, Hardcover, Comfort Print
The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People
A short piece of literature read by comedian Josh Sharp under the pseudonym Clint Dimples, which is about a girl who lives with her grandfather in a small cabin upstate, and her grandfather eventually transforms into a bird.
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Hello, my name is Clint Dimples. And this is a piece of short literature that I call The Story.
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A short piece of literature read by comedian Josh Sharp under the pseudonym Clint Dimples, which is about a girl who lives with her grandfather in a small cabin upstate, and her grandfather eventually transforms into a bird.
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Hello, my name is Clint Dimples. And this is a piece of short literature that I call The Story.
There was once a girl with deep brown hair who lived with her grandfather in a small cabin upstate. Though her parents, who had been professors, died eight months before in an automobile accident while returning from an academic conference on the viability of the universal basic income.
The girl was of a happy sort, her optimism only fading to melancholia on nights such as these, when the rain shuttering at the windows made her wish for her mother's arms.
Her grandfather, a wiry man with a great beak of a nose, had just climbed the old stairs to her attic bedroom when he heard her quiet sniffles.
Is everything all right? He asked the girl, I'm just having trouble sleeping. She said it's hard sometimes.
Yes, I know, said the grandfather. Maybe a story would help.
Love Story
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Wielder of Shadows
An Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Romance (Daughter of Darkness Book 1)
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Atria
Padma mentioned reading it and enjoying the poetic and tragic nature of the book, also finding it inspiring.
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Actually I, three years late but I'm on almost like within pages of finishing 'Tanwi Nandini Islam'.
— Episode: "Big Gay Iconography" (w/ Padma Lakshmi)
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Padma mentioned reading it and enjoying the poetic and tragic nature of the book, also finding it inspiring.
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Actually I, three years late but I'm on almost like within pages of finishing 'Tanwi Nandini Islam'.
It's so good. It's so, I've inhaled it. Like I started yesterday and it's great.
Go, Dog Go (I Can Read It All By Myself, Beginner Books)
It was described as a hilarious scenario for Casey Jost, and the only book he could think of that he liked, with a focus on the actions and interactions of a group of dogs.
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If I have to pick a favourite book which is a hilarious scenario, I pick Go Dog Go. That describes the actions and interactions of a group of highly motivated dogs who operate cars and other conveyanc...
— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 9" (Part One)
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It was described as a hilarious scenario for Casey Jost, and the only book he could think of that he liked, with a focus on the actions and interactions of a group of dogs.
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If I have to pick a favourite book which is a hilarious scenario, I pick Go Dog Go. That describes the actions and interactions of a group of highly motivated dogs who operate cars and other conveyances in pursuit of work, play, and a final mysterious goal, a dog party.
I Want You
It was mentioned as a book that has just been released.
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Did you read Aaron's book? I Want You So Bad.
— Episode: "Art Chat" (w/ Jeffery Self)
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It was mentioned as a book that has just been released.
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Did you read Aaron's book? I Want You So Bad.
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