What happens when your best friend of 22 years is a feminist pop culture critic who left social media—and you decide to give her a microphone? Pure magic. In this episode, Stacy sits down with her longtime bestie Daynah Burnett to get real about everything from TikTok slang confusion and “Love is Blind” hot takes to why reality TV might be secretly good for your emotional intelligence.

They unpack the state of media, generational drama (yes, your mom did mess up your bangs and your boundaries), emotional intelligence on screen, and why Pedro Pascal is everyone’s daddy. It’s sharp, hilarious, occasionally spicy, and exactly the kind of late-night-deep-dive-energy your group text wishes it had.

Spoiler alert: there are actual spoilers. For “The Last of Us,” “Hacks,” “Love on the Spectrum,” and probably whatever you’re watching next.

00:00 | Introducing Daynah + Friendship Origins
02:00 | English Majors, Feminism, and Cultural Criticism
06:00 | Career in Tech, Leaving Social Media, and Ethical Work
11:00 | Social Media, Teen Slang, and Digital Overload
16:00 | Pop Culture Consumption Without Social Media
21:00 | The Last of Us, Grief, and Emotional Intelligence in TV
27:00 | Generational Trauma in Media: Hacks + Representation
32:00 | Reality TV as Emotional Modeling: Love on the Spectrum
38:00 | Neurodivergent Representation + Viewer Bias Awareness
44:00 | Recommendations: The Rehearsal, Sirens, The Goat, Studio
50:00 | Book Recs, Celebrity Bios, and Pandemic Storytelling
55:00 | Celebrity Encounters + Shared Memories
58:00 | Closing Thoughts + Listener Invitation

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