This week on Intuit, Vulture's Culture Podcast. Ukrainian army kicking Russian arse, retaking a huge swath of territory and enforcing Putin's troops into an embarrassing retreat. A new season of the Kardashians reality show has launched. Gastropod goes behind the scenes to find out how food stylists in Hollywood bring all those pangolactic gargle blasters and lembous bread to life.
The Russian president is calling on reservists and holding fake referenda to legitimize his war. Washington Post reporter Mary Ilyushina explains.
This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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