Poor Things: Feminist Fable or Just Another M...

As we’re slowly learning more about drugs like Ozempic, we’re also finding out more about their side effects. Does botox reduce our ability to empathise? Are we all just numbing ourselves from the world in the pursuit of self optimisation?In this week’s episode, hosts Ione and Gi ...  Show more

It's that time y'all! The Polyester Podcast is wading into the discourse deep end about another widely critiqued movie but this time, there's a twist: We're actually enjoyed the film!In this week's episode, hosts Ione and Gina dig into the subtext of Kristoffer Borgli's new dark ...  Show more

Dima Khatib, managing director at AJ+, is leading crucial work to speak truth to power in the face of what we’re witnessing in Palestine: tackling misinformation, dismantling false narratives on multilingual platforms, and standing apart in the current media landscape.

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(This is an upload from Ep 10 of our 2022 Webby-Nominated Investigation: REP: A Story About The Stories We Tell)Listen at ⁠www.ays.media/rep⁠*Politics, Pop Culture, and Public Opinion. We call them the 3Ps; and they are at play in the stories that define our world and shape our b ...  Show more

In this week's episode, we're joined by the incredible Leena Norms (she/her) to talk about Timothée Chalamet's latest venture: Wonka.

This holiday blockbuster from director Paul King (Paddington, Paddington 2) made many people on the internet cringe even before it's ...

Feminist writer Laura Bates has recently published a new book titled "Men Who Hate Women." In it she details just how little some fringe groups like incels think about women. However, Lauren thinks that Bates also unfairly maligns anyone who would critique feminism. Are they all ...  Show more