BDS: How to Organize Friends and Influence Enemies (feat. Virgil Masters)
VIRGIL’S READING RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!!! IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EMAIL VIRGIL@BIGSOYNATURALS. WORLD, SAY YOU WANT TO “BORROW” A “COPY” Episode Sources:
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The Jonas Brothers’ Chastity Crusade, Parts One-Nine
We just can’t help ourselves: our latest episode is the premiere of our brand new fall series, The Jonas Brothers’ Chastity Crusade! In the first episode, we dive into the comically obvious PR spin being applied to Joe’s divorce from Sophie Turner! Palestine Resources: Links:
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Finale)
In the finale of our series on Ariana Grande, things finally fall apart. Rumors of an affair with Wicked co-star Ethan break the internet as Scooter Braun jet skis in Europe. But is the story tabloids have told really what happened behind closed doors? Sources:
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Part 5)
Our audio sync issues have been fixed! Fresh off more scandals than she had rings, Ariana Grande “quarantine n chills” with now ex-husband Dalton Gomez. A pandemic looms, and the long shadow it casts over Grande’s Midsommar-themed 27th bday bash spells doom for these star-crossed lovers! Links:
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Part 4)
Following immense tragedy, Ariana Grande experiences a year of contrasts in 2019: record breaking achievements are overshadowed by more scandals and controversies than any other contemporary in her lane. That hair? She’s gonna wish she never bought it! Links:
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Ariana Grande Broke Up With Scooter Braun Cuz She’s Bored (Intermission)
Let’s take a brief intermission in the middle of our 5 part Ariana Grande series to tear apart the flood of rumors around Scooter Braun’s mass client exodus. Some very shady stuff happening with all those “sources” talking to the tabloids! Sources:
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Part Three)
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains long conversations about violence, terrorist attacks, suicide, drug use, and alcohol addiction. As moral panic descends, let’s be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week’s third installment of our deep-dive series, we look into Ariana’s modern pop culture moments and the events leading up to the Manchester bombing…
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Part Two)
As moral panic descends, let’s be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week’s followup to Part One, we look into Ariana’s big-break moment and her debut commercial album to learn what turned the Nickelodean actress in the world’s next big superstar. Links:
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We Forgive You Ariana Grande (Part One)
As moral panic descends, let’s be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week’s episode, we dig into their careers and personal lives to seek…absolution? Forgiveness? Healing? A ponytail joke? Sources:
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Barbie Girls in a Barbie World (feat. Rashida Renée)
To get things started with a bang on our return from summer vacation, we brought on the most hotly discussed and begged for guest in E4F history: Joan’s sister, the legendary fashion scholar and Barbie officianado, Rashida Renée! We talk Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, and Barbie! Links:
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It’s BibleGirl B*tch! (feat. BibleGirl)
This week we’ve got the legendary BibleGirl on to tell it. What exactly? Everything! Quitting drag, bulding a drag merch empire, the Target controversy, and the liberation of Britney, bitch! Links:
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About These Menaces
The only podcast and blog transmitting live from the absolute edge of the internet!
Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood’s favorite pastime. The truth, they’ve found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.
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Meet the Team
Joan Summers / editor, writer, host / twitter
Matthew Lawson / writer, content producer, host / twitter
Ashlyn Thomas / writer, audio producer, social / twitter