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What's Your Issue?
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"What's Your Issue?" is a pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine. Each week, they take a nostalgic deep dive into the past, dissecting magazine articles from various decades and genres.
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2000s Teen Fan Magazines, Jonas Brothers, & Miley Cyrus
3d ago01:03:00Tap to summarizeToday we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008! In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan advice, our horoscopes, "Which TV Show Are You?", "What's Your Scarf Style?", fan sweepstakes, and more! Watch this video ad-free on Patreon Check out the pages on Instagram Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Chappell Roan, Saving Britney, and PAPER Mag with Joan Summers
1w ago01:39:40Tap to summarizeToday we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers! We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed right as she was taking off... plus! her time as Jezebel's tabloid reporter, the US Weekly Saving Britney article from 2019, the time she pissed of Countess Luann, media literacy, and more! Go listen to Eating For Free and read her Substack Local Gossip WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →A Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular
3w ago02:00:33Tap to summarizeIn 2024 we released a Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular discussing the spreads for the RHOBH ladies Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, and Denise Richards. We're re-releasing that episode with a brand new 40 extra minutes covering the March 2010 Playboy spread for RHONY's Kelly Bensimon. If you listened to the original on our regular free feed, then this will be an extra hour of content because this version also includes the patreon extended cut of the episode. To read along with us, here's a link to all four editorials. Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Listen to this episode ad-free on Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Is Rosie O'Donnell About to Punch Barbara Walters?
3w ago01:11:24Tap to summarizeIn today's episode we discuss "How the Donald Trump–Rosie O’Donnell Feud Wreaked Havoc at The View" by Ramin Setoodeh with our guest Zach Patton-Garcia! Listen to Zach's podcast Coffee & Tequila or watch it on Youtube! Watch or listen ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow @TroyJeanSpears @Daralaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Victoria Beckham is Coming to America
Jul 1601:35:02Tap to summarizeComedian and writer Melissa Rich joins Troy and Dara to discuss the David and Victoria Beckham cover story from the August 2007 issue of W Magazine. For show notes, become a free member on the What’s Your Issue? Patreon Topics include: Victoria’s place in the Spice Girls | the parallels of Geri Halliwell and Lindsay Lohan | Victoria and David’s move from the UK to LA sponsored by Simon Fuller | the Coming to America TV special | their homoerotic photo spread by Steven Klein | David’s extramarital affairs | the Nicola Peltz of it all | what was going on with them and Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony, Katie Holmes, and Tom Cruise? (swingers? scientologists?) Link to American Idols by James Reginato Follow Melissa on Instagram @rich__melissa and subscribe to her Patreon Watch/listen to our latest patreon exclusive episode covering the January 7th, 2013 issue of US Weekly Follow us on Youtube @whatsyourissuepodcast Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bethenny Frankel, Cool Girl Bridal, and Reality TV Therapists
Jul 1101:10:08Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode we cover the US Weekly January 7th, 2013 cover story detailing the split between Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy. We also discuss Bethenny's talk show, whether or not the Skinnygirl is actually a good business woman, plus!! cool girl bridal gown culture, TV therapists, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, moms who want to be their daughters' best friends, other Real Housewives break ups, and vintage Bravo. Subscribe on Patreon for our exclusive episode covering the rest of this US Weekly! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Nicole Richie, The Simple Life, and Stuff Magazine
Jul 301:06:17Tap to summarizePlease rate! review! subscribe! This week, we're discussing the July 2004 issue of Stuff magazine with cover girl Nicole Richie fresh off the second season of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton. We talk about Nicole's lore, her uniquely LA Melrose dirty girl fashion sense, bead in hair extensions, paparazzi videos, and more! Link to article PDF Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Watch or listen ad-free on Patreon Watch our Patreon-exclusive episode about Jonathan Taylor Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Gay Old Hollywood!
Jun 2601:19:52Tap to summarizeIn our final episode of pride month, we're discussing Scotty Bowers, the old Hollywood hustler who hooked up secret gay and lesbian celebs with sexy companions from 1945 to 1980. We talk about Scotty's wild background, plus some of the closeted stars he set up like Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey, Cary Grant, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. This week's article: A Hollywood Hedonist Turns 95 by Michael Schulman - New Yorker article Subscribe to our patreon to watch our latest exclusive episode, Searching for Jonathan Taylor Thomas Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Watch on Youtube @whatsyourissuepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →David Beckham: The Metrosexual Episode!
Jun 1901:31:26Tap to summarizeIt's the World Cup and Pride Month crossover everyone's been begging for... this week, we're talking David Beckham and Metrosexuals! In June 2002, David Beckham was the first footballer to appear on the cover of the UK gay men's magazine, Attitude. Inspired by that appearance, writer Mark Simpson wrote a Salon.com piece, MEET THE METROSEXUAL, and the term became a cultural phenomenon. This week's articles: AND GOD CREATED… DAVID By Paul Flynn MEET THE METROSEXUAL by Mark Simpson Watch ad-free on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Yep, I'm Gay: Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche
Jun 1101:06:35Tap to summarizeYep, it's still gay pride month, and this week, Troy and Dara are discussing the groundbreaking moment when Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet with her girlfriend Anne Heche by her side. Our issues include: Ellen's iconic April 14, 1997, Time Magazine cover story, written by Bruce Handy Anne Heche's contentious interview with The Advocate's Anne Stockwell in 2001 Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Subscribe on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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