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Have You Heard About...
Welcome to 'Have You Heard About...,' a pop culture podcast with a social conscious. We dismantle what you think you know about pop culture, telling stories and going deep on what these stories mean to our cultural collective. This is the podcast for true students-of-pop-culture, as culture enthusia...
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Trad Wives with Caro Claire Burke
So excited to continue the trad wife conversation with writer and content creator Caro Claire Burke. I first stumbled across her hot takes on my TikTo...
Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart (Jen Sookfong Lee)
When I first read Jen Sookfong Lee's thoughtful memoir 'Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart,' I knew I'd have to have her on the show. A fellow V...
Introducing my new Substack - 'We need to unpack this'
I started a Substack! It covers all the podcast culture beats you love, but also standalone topics that are best explored through writing. I'll also p...
Ballerina Farm & the Trad Wife of it all
You know when that incredibly divisive Ballerina Farm article by Megan Agnew for The Times created such a social media frenzy, we would have a lot to...
Perimenopause with Dr. Carley Akehurst, ND (Judy Blume didn't prepare us for this!)
This episode is quite the departure for the show and was born out of some Instagram stories around perimenopause, when I realized- hey, we all seem pr...
Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture (feat. Sara Petersen)
So thrilled to interview Sara Petersen, author of 'Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture' for the podca...
Princess Catherine's Cancer Announcement & Scandoval's Reality Reckoning: What Treatment of Women in the Media Tells Us About Ourselves
Today’s pod was meant to focus strictly on the reality reckoning and the aftermath of Vanderpump Rules explosive Scandoval that took over the pop cult...
Britney Spears: The Woman In Me
This is more than just a ghostwritten autobiography, it's Britney's ultimate manifesto of feminist rage.
From the betrayal of having friends an...
The Big Business of Taylor Swift
Hey... we're back! Kicking off the new season exploring the singular Taylor Swift who is currently the reigning champ of our pop culture zeitgeist, se...
The Provocative Business of Being a Kardashian
We’re tackling one of our most requested topics today, a deep-dive on the First Family of Reality TV and their ascent into major A List status, the Ka...
Tamara Taggart: Award-Winning Broadcaster, Advocate, & Mother
Award-winning Canadian broadcaster Tamara Taggart joins the show! Former co-anchor of the evening news in Vancouver, Tamara has been a fixture in Cana...
Gilmore Girls: A Retrospective
This episode is a long time coming, an in-depth look at one of our favourite shows, the aesthetically cozy 'Gilmore Girls!'
Cousin Mary is back...
Go Fug Yourself with Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
So thrilled to have Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the brilliant creators behind the iconic Go Fug Yourself on the podcast!
So many of us ha...
True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
The episode for reality tv stans everywhere!
How many times have we referred to reality tv as a guilty pleasure? Or trash tv? Or just generally...
The Wild Boom of the Teen Magazines with Atoosa Rubenstein
Who better to deep dive the boom of the teen mags than legendary editor Atoosa Rubenstein!? As Founding Editor of CosmoGirl (at age 26!), and former E...
Part Two: Jillian Harris & The Wild Influencer Economy
Mahsa and guest-host Rachel are back at it with Part Two of the Jillian Harris/Influencer Economy deep dive!
We get to the meat of it in this s...
Part One: Jillian Harris & The Wild Influencer Economy
This is by far the most asked for episode from our listeners, and your complicated feelings on the subject fascinates us!
Mahsa and guest-host R...
Yellowjackets
A deep dive on the best new show we have seen in a long time, the wildly chilling Yellowjackets!
Mahsa and guest-host Mary cover lots of ground,...
The Rise & Fall of Elizabeth Holmes: Tried and Convicted
The verdict is in, and while it was a mixed bag, Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on 4 charges of defrauding investors.
Pop culture writer and...
Caroline Calloway: The OG Social Media InstaScam
The podcast episode we've been wanting to do forever; the definitive guide to Caroline Calloway's rise to fame, subsequent fallout, and iconic place i...
Culture Journalist Anne Helen Petersen & her Must-Read Newsletter 'Culture Study'
Such a pleasure to have culture writer and author, Anne Helen Petersen, on the show. A former senior writer at Buzzfeed News, she now pens her own new...
Part 2: The Rachel Hollis Takedown, and a Critical Look at 'Girl, Wash Your Face'
We're back at it in part two of the Rachel Hollis deep dive/takedown!
We explore the hot mess that is 'Girl, Wash Your Face,' and wonder about t...
Part One: The Rachel Hollis Takedown
The podcast is back after a short break! And we come back with a vengeance as we take on Christian mommy blogger/entrepreneur/author/Tony Robbins wann...
Minisode Roundup: Chrissy Teigen's Twitter Drama, Ex Bachelor Colton Underwood Coming Out, the Death of Prince Philip, and Natasha Lyonne & Chloe Sevigny's Enduring Friendship
The minisode series tackles some of the stories/movies/books/tv shows I'm currently following in a snazzy roundup way-- you brush up on current pop cu...
VC Andrews & the Wild Bestseller 'Flowers in the Attic'
Join Mahsa and guest host Mary as they explore the illicit and wild world of VC Andrews novels, with a synopsis of cult classic 'Flowers in Attic.'
Minisode Roundup: Rachel Hollis Drama, Sharon Osbourne Exits The Talk, Chet Hanks 'White Boy Summer,' and Q Anon doc 'Q: Into the Storm'
The new minisode series will tackle some of the stories/movies/books/tv shows I'm currently following in a snazzy roundup way-- you brush up on curren...
Actress, Comedian, TikTok Sensation: Mary-Alice Farina
We chat with our favorite TikTok comedian Mary-Alice Farina, whose spot-on impression of Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep doing a riff on Anna Wintour i...
College Admissions Scandal: Operation Varsity Blues on Netflix
This is the real-life story of the College Admissions Scandal that took the US by storm in 2019. Rick Singer, an elite 'college counsellor,' worked wi...
THAT Royal Interview: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Bombshell Interview with Oprah
Were you silent, or were you silenced? We dissect the television event of the year: Oprah sits down with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meg...
Framing Britney Spears
Mahsa and guest co-host Mahan grew up in the Britney Spears era where she ruled all. You either wanted to be with her, or you wanted to be her best fr...
What happened between Sasha Exeter & Jessica Mulroney
In June of 2020, Toronto influencer Sasha Exeter posts an 11 minute video to her Instagram calling out Jessica Mulroney, stylist and alleged bff of Me...
Fake Heiress: Anna Delvey
Join 'Have you heard about....' host Mahsa and cohost Joe as we do a deep dive on the wild story of Anna Delvey (Sorokin), the fake heiress who tricke...