Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, and Unpacking Country...

Chelsea welcomes back Voice Notes From the Group Chat host Caitie Rosen to deep dive into two pieces from The Cut: “Why Friendship Betrayal Feels Impossible to Get Over” and “Losing My Friend Over Wegovy." Somehow, it all comes back to the “Summer House” scandal. They look at two ...  Show more

Chelsea teams up with the hosts of Podstruck for a special crossover episode diving into “Something’s Gotta Give,” the Nancy Meyers rom-com classic starring Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, and Keanu Reeves. Together, they break down the film’s take on age-gap relationships and ask: ...  Show more

Renaissance Act II truthers, your time has come: There’s new music from Beyoncé, and boy, is it country. Her two new singles dropped two weeks ago, and in the time since, they’ve both climbed up the chart and taken the internet by storm. There’s the barnstorming stomp and holler ...  Show more

When Beyoncé took the stage at the 2016 Country Music Awards, alongside the Chicks, the racist backlash was immediate.  Eight years later, she alluded to that experience when she announced her new album, Cowboy Carter.  In recent years, we’ve seen some pushback against the genre’ ...  Show more

'Cowboy Carter' is here, marking Beyonce's foray into country music—or has she been here all along? Nora and Nathan talk about the breadth of this 27-song album (1:00), the array of influences that Beyoncé pulled from for this project (39:13), and some of their favorite and least ...  Show more

From Lemonade to The Gift, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter keeps finding ways to turn her personal struggles into chart-topping hits. On this episode, we talk to Jill Hopkins, host of the “Making Beyoncé” podcast about what makes Bey the blueprint for the industry, how she took full ad ...