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Good Noticings
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Good Noticings is the pop culture podcast that makes you smarter. Every week, comedians Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton dive beyond the biggest headlines with thoughtful analysis and sharp banter. Tune in for recommendations and rapid-fire reviews of all the latest fiction, music, movies, and TV alongside their signature exploration of buzzy nonfiction.
New episodes drop every Wednesday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Noticing John Galliano’s Met Gala, Jared Leto’s Cult, and a No Influencers Sign
1w ago01:46:25Tap to summarizeGreat news gang Jared Leto is headed for another reckoning but if he plays his cards John Galliano style he’s only a few years from being honored at the Met Gala! John Gallino, famed anti-semite and fashion designer will be the third ever living designer to be honored by the costume institute. In other news, Emily Wilson hated Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey and Nantucket hates influencers. Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 13 min: John Galliano’s Met Gala 55 min: Jared Leto Allegations 63 min: Emily Wilson’s Critique of The Odyssey 77 min: The No Influencers Sign 101 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ The Met Gala: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/style/met-gala-costume-institute-john-galliano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.0NiT.An9IYTbHbf9i&smid=tw-share https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment The Odyssey: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/maga-joyce-carol-oates-criticises-emily-wilson-for-criticising-nolans-odyssey No Influencers: https://www.vulture.com/article/influencer-recession-audrey-peters-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=threads https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.html Jared Leto: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jared-leto-accused-criminal-sexual-conduct-bbc-documentary-1236823153/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Co-Star’s New Home, Sophie Cunningham, and the Death of Punk
2w ago01:26:51Tap to summarizeCo-star, Sophie Cunningham, and Tyra Banks are all showing their true colors and perhaps its not what you thought? But perhaps it’s exactly what you thought. We’re also chatting about whether or not the counterculture can even exist anymore!!! Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 15 min: Co-Star was Acquired 27 min: How Mad Should You Be at Cheating??? 47 min: Who is Sophie Cunningham? 64 min: Is Punk Dead? 78 min: Caps off to Tyra Banks ___________________________________ Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Punk is dead: https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middlebury.edu/dist/d/2396/files/2010/09/dissent.pdf Co-Star: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/how-astrology-took-over-the-internet.html https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ Cheating: https://www.vox.com/culture/457569/coldplay-cheating-ceo-why-people-love-cheating Sophie Cunningham: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/ Modelland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Alix Earle’s New Butt, Karlie Kloss’s Media Empire, and Sydney Sweeney’s Sayings
3w ago01:39:55Tap to summarizeEverything is better when its bigger!! Alix Earle’s butt should be bigger, Karlie Kloss’s media empire should be bigger, and movies should be bigger! Starting with The Odyssey!! 13 min: Alix Earle & Butts 41 min: Pink Cleats 49 min: The Odyssey in IMAX 62 min: All About Karlie Kloss 92 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Karlie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm5_-7_SjQI https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29152064/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-relationship-timeline/ https://wwd.com/business-news/media/karlie-kloss-i-d-magazine-reluanch-print-1237025499/ Pink Cleats: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/sport/world-cup-pink-boots-cleats-nike-adidas-spt-intl IMAX: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-difference-between-filmed-for-imax-and-shot-with-imax-1236425200/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Dave Portnoy’s Insecurities, Phia’s Illegal Practices, and FIFA’s VAR Scheme
4w ago01:42:42Tap to summarizeBad news my friends, Dave Portnoy has a book and I acknowledged its existence. In slightly better news, the world cup was ruined by technology, Phoebe Gates’s app is doing some very shady things, StubHub is a scam, and Jia Tolentino wrote another essay. 14 min: Stubhub at it Again 22 min: Phia Broke the Law 33 min: Is VAR Ruining the World Cup? 44 min: Jia Tolentino’s New Essay 62 min: Dave Portnoy’s Memoir 96 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Jia: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/our-plastic-surgery-nightmare Phia: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/ World Cup VAR: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8jv326d7vo https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2026-07-12/how-var-became-2026-world-cups-biggest-villain https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/world-cup/var-changes-are-the-worst-thing-about-the-best-world-cup/ Stubhub: https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/stubhub-marketplace-mass-scalper-sec-filings-9.7265230 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Taylor Swift’s Wedding, Caroline Calloway’s Peptide Journey, and Art vs. Attention
Jul 801:33:31Tap to summarizeIf life is like a fourth of July fireworks show, your wedding is the part that is giant and loud and maybe on fire. At least that’s what Taylor Swift’s looked like to me. This week we’re talking about Taylor Swift’s wedding, the empire state building climbers and whether or not what they’re doing is art, peptides, and the best rower. 15 min: Kelsey Pfendler Rowed So Far 25 min: Is The Empire State Building Couple Art 38 min: Tay and Trav Forever 66 min: Caroline Calloway and Peptides Today ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Peptides: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-peptide-legalization-gold-rush/ https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/caroline-calloway-ozempic-drinking https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/can-ozempic-cure-addiction Empire State Building Couple: https://6abc.com/post/empire-state-building-climbers-angela-nikolau-ivan-beerkus-starred-netflix-skywalkers-documentary/19434573/ Kelsey Pfendler: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/rowing-record-pacific-kelsey-pfendler.html https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/american-solo-rowing-hawaii Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Olivia Wilde’s Reputation, Jack Schlossberg’s Loss, and Lizzo’s New Album
Jul 102:03:43Tap to summarizeWhat is fame and does it just happen to you or does it take effort??? This week we’re talking about famous loser Jack Schlossberg, reality star fame/ longevity/ and strategy when it comes to Love Island’s Olandria, being famously beautiful but also a director when it comes to Olivia Wilde, and being famous and lost like Lizzo. 16 min: Jack Schlossberg and the Democrats 27 min: Boots Riley, Pharrell Williams, Art and Stealing 40 min: Lizzo’s Album 58 min: Olandria’s Fame 75 min: Olivia Wilde’s Reputation ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Schlossberg: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/kennedy-jack-schlossberg-political-dynasty.html https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/jack-schlossberg-makes-his-case Olivia Wilde: https://www.vulture.com/article/dont-worry-darling-drama-timeline.html https://www.thecut.com/article/olivia-wilde-the-invite-i-want-your-sex-profile-cut-cover-june-2026-interview.html Olandria: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a71547584/olandria-interview-2026/ Lizzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AvXwyqLx0w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Ballerina Farm’s Store, Anne Hathaway’s Pregnancy, and Peter Thiel’s Dialog Society
Jun 2401:24:36Tap to summarizeWomen can have kids at any age and ballerinas are allowed to sell you poison milk this is the future babydoll we’re just livin in it. Also Peter Thiel founded an evil party but you already could have guessed. 14 min: Anne Hathaway 22 min: Serena Williams 26 min: Sports Journalism 26 min: Peter Thiel’s Dialog Society 55 min: Ballerina Farm 78 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Ballerina Farm: https://www.vulture.com/article/ballerina-farm-interview-yesteryear-tradwife.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/midway-utah-is-now-a-tourist-destination-thanks-to-ballerina-farm Sports Journalism: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/how-athletes-teams-are-replacing-sports-journalism/ Dialog Society: https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Emily Ratajkowski’s New Essay, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Politics, and Alex Cooper’s Leadership Skills
Jun 1702:03:39Tap to summarizeThe girls are Unwell this week and not just the ones employed by Alex Cooper and her evil husband. Emily Ratajkowski wrote about getting back in the dating game, it was traumatic. The only happy lady is Gwyneth Paltrow because she’s a centrist, meaning she’s on whichever side is doing the most war and right now there’s so much war and she’s doing so great. 13 min: Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network 31 min: Deed Theft 41 min: Emrata’s New Essay 79 min: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Politics 117 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Deed Theft: https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-announces-deed-theft-prevention-office-in-wake-of-nyc-councilmembers-arrest Unwell Network: https://www.vanityfair.com/story/alex-coopers-mean-girl-problem#intcid=_vanity-fair-verso-hp-trending_ae8c341f-37bf-4fac-a5d6-bcb768c9bfdd_popular4-2 Emily Ratajkowski Essay: https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html Gwyneth: https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-trae-stephens-has-built-ai-weapons-and-worked-for-donald-trump-as-he-sees-it-jesus-would-approve/ https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/gwyneth-paltrow-israel-advert-gaza-8qq7n6dkc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Celebrity Weddings, Sad Pop Songs, and Graham Platner’s History
Jun 1001:47:25Tap to summarizeDua Lipa got married and set the bar high for cool girls everywhere. Luckily Taylor Swift is in a league of her own and the rumors about her upcoming wedding can only be described as jaw dropping. In other news, pop girls are writing sad music, Graham Platner has even more controversies tainting his campaign, and Steven Bartlett loves to track his health but should you do the same? 12 min: Wedding Watch 38 min: Graham Platner 62 min: Sad Pop Summer 70 min: 100k College 88 min: Diary of a CEO and Fitness Trackers ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Wearable Tech: https://hbr.org/2014/09/just-thinking-you-slept-poorly-can-hurt-your-performance https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/07/the-health-tracker-backlash-is-here-so-ditch-the-data-and-set-yourself-free Sad Pop Summer: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/entertainment/summer-pop-songs-sad-girls-cec 100k tuition: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/colleges-hundred-thousand-dollars-per-year.html Graham Platner: https://time.com/article/2026/06/08/the-democrats-platner-problem/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Noticing Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia, Hetero-optimism, and the Real Scooter Braun
Jun 301:38:59Tap to summarizeIts pride month but the straight agenda is louder than ever at The New York Times, Patagonia, and The Free Press. From Scooter Braun interviews to meandering op eds, there’s a lot to unpack here. 16 min: Alexa Demie interview 22 min: Hetero-optimism op-ed 40 min: Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia 60 min: The Pope Hates AI 1 hour 7 min: Sooter Braun 1 hour 32 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Patagonia: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/28/patagonia-sues-drag-queen-pattie-gonia-trademark-infringement-ntwnfb https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drag-queen-pattie-gonia-asks-apparel-company-patagonia-drop-trademark-rcna347549 Scooter Braun: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a28244059/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-justin-bieber-catalog-feud-drama-explained/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_esq_md_pmx_prog_org_us_18717285305&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18710104992&gbraid=0AAAAACq-et1OkW1O_gxxG4lWGPXzqr-BS&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2_TQBhCnARIsAF3-Xhz1vbsITLs6qv0A-GZgjPbwY31aj6DWKOTW3NQtJbMswW3nrXHmRsYaAkvWEALw_wcB Alexa Demie: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/alexa-demie-interview-euphoria-1236609237/ Pope Leo: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-pope-leo-xiv-said-about-ai Straight Culture: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/opinion/heteropessimism-straight-dating-love.html Caps Off: https://www.instyle.com/jenny-mollen-faces-backlash-defends-social-media-post-about-son-most-toxic-man-11989523?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6a1fe615a610700001641626&utm_campaign=instyle_instyle&utm_content=news&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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