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The Sauce with Maya Gurantz and Rebecca Cohen
Hosted by Maya Gurantz & Rebecca Cohen · EN
A culture & politics podcast where we drink cocktails and ruin the stuff you love.
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Midterms and Dem Messaging
2w ago01:00:03Tap to summarizeAs we head into the midterms, Maya and Rebecca break down the discourse about Democratic campaign messaging, asking the perennial question: Is there anything Democratic candidates can say that voters can actually hear?
Transcribe →WTF are we doing in Iran?
May 401:07:32Tap to summarizeWhat in the ever-loving fuck has Trump been doing in Iran? Maya and Rebecca try to unpack Trump and Netanyahu’s recent misadventure in the Middle East, as it becomes clear that, in fact, no one involved understands what the fuck they’re doing in Iran.
Transcribe →Sauce Classics: Michael Jackson ONE and Cirque de Soleil
Apr 2400:52:42Tap to summarizeOn the release date of Michael, the (by all accounts terrible) Jackson-estate approved hagiography of the Gloved One, Rebecca and Maya revisit our episode from a year ago about Cirque du Soleil’s insane Michael Jackson show, and unpack what it teaches us about how to make a spectacle out of a very bad man.
Transcribe →INSIDE THE MANOSPHERE
Apr 1701:03:00Tap to summarizeMaya and Rebecca deploy their years of expertise at ruining the Manosphere to ruin Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary, INSIDE THE MANOSPHERE. We pinpoint what Theroux missed, what he got right, and what’s going on with sad, angry men these days.
Transcribe →Andor
Apr 801:12:01Tap to summarizeWas Star Wars Antifa all along? Rebecca finally convinced Maya to watch ANDOR, and they both have a lot of thoughts. Can a show about fighting space fascims in a galaxy far, far away shed light on our current moment, and maybe even help inspire the IRL rebellion?
Transcribe →Sinners and Black Film (with Special Guest David F. Walker!)
Mar 2401:10:00Tap to summarizeMaya and Rebecca talk about Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with special guest David F. Walker, author of Black Film, a new illustrated history of Black cinema and Hollywood. Together we uncover how Sinners fits into that long, illustrious, yet definitely under-appreciated history.
Transcribe →ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Mar 1601:01:24Tap to summarizeMaya and Rebecca ruin ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-littered opus, outlining just what made it such irresistible bait for Academy voters (hint hint: prestige white guys being “political”).
Transcribe →Dispatch from Minneapolis (with Very Special Guests Lisa Channer and Sonja Kuftinec!)
Feb 1201:10:55Tap to summarizeThis week, we’re joined by friends in Minneapolis to hear eye witness reports of a city under siege by its own government. Maya and Rebecca welcome very special guests, artists/professors/activists Lisa Channer and Sonja Kuftinec, who join to talk life under federal occupation, how hyper-local mutual aid networks are saving the day, and how art and activism operate together to make effective organizing possible.
Transcribe →EVERYONE IS TWELVE
Jan 2801:16:07Tap to summarizeIs “everyone is 12” the unifying theory of our times? Through the power of dramatic reading and drawing upon their experience wrangling actual 12-year-olds, Maya and Rebecca explore whether we can survive the immaturity of those currently in power and holding guns. Drinking highly recommended.
Transcribe →Heated Rivalry (with Very Special Guest Guy Branum)
Jan 1601:13:06Tap to summarizeHow did gay hockey player smut become the most galvanizing pop culture artifact of our fascist times? Very Special Guest Guy Branum joins us to figure out why HBO’s HEATED RIVALRY is making so many people freak out, and to talk cottaging, cock-sucking, house porn, and what happens when straight romance novel tropes meet the erotics of the closet.
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