Low Culture Boil

Rax and Amber dig into the surprisingly luxurious past of instant noodles. Did you know they were originally sold as a fun novelty food for rich people? Or why they're so quick and easy to cook? Or what percentage of rodent parts they're legally allowed to contain? Find out today!

This week Rax and Amber dive into glitter and why loving it is a sign of intelligence actually. Did you know glitter is sometimes put in animal feed to study their feces? There is also glitter you can put in cereal if that bowl of Fiber One is bumming you out. Or how about a glitter capsule for, well, listen to the ep for that one. Or watch it on our YouTube channel to see our glitter outfits: youtube.com/lowcultureboilpodcast 

Rax and Amber are joined by writer Chingy Nea (@thegaychingy) to chat about history’s campiest backstage melodrama, Showgirls. Is it weird not having anyone come on you? Let’s find out! Subcribe to our patreon to to hear the whole episode: patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Amber and Rax talk about THE classic hostess snack, Twinkies. Invented by an enterprising baker in 1930 trying to find another use for the strawberry short cake tins when strawberries were not in season. Did you know twinkies was orininally filled with a banana cream? Or that they are named after shoes? If not, have no fear, Amber and Rax cover tons of Twinkie history, including the Twinkie Defense, the Twinkie Diet and the Twinkie the Kid. What's your favorite junk snack food? More importantly, what are your food plans for the apocalypse? We hope it's not twinkies. 🧁😋

Rax is joined by Vox's Rebecca Jennings to talk about her recent story on TikTok's hostile takeover of fashion and trend forecasting. Are the kids really dressing like clowns, apocalypse survivors, and Bridgerton characters these days? Should we really plan to accommodate two dozen new fashion trends per month? Is a vibe shift really coming?   (And with this, Rax's solo reign over the pod is over! LCB will soon be back to its regularly scheduled many-girled content! Thanks for hanging out with me everybody 💋)

Rax takes over for the day to talk to journalist Dave Infante about his experience in the Miller Lite...metaverse bar? Will the future be full of bars where you can't even drink? Is the outer limit of Web3's imagination really a virtual dive bar spattered in virtual filth? And what is the official Low Culture Boil position on the metaverse? (Anti, but Dave has other thoughts!) All this plus the usual anti-capitalism on this week's free episode 🍻

Why do we hate pigeons? Is it because they don't give a flying rat's ass about our designated boundaries? Or perhaps it's that they remind us of our animal nature? In this episode Amber and Courtney get into the history of our relationship with these little iridescent workers and why they deserve your respect.

The gals continue with the part 2 of fad diets. This ep they cover arsenic pills, the vogue grapefruit diet, slimfast and more! If you do the full 30 you are never full. Rax, Courtney and Amber are here to tell you all about it. To see Vera's guest spot watch the ep on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_XaGy-_b2aw

“Marry and Reproduce!” “Obey!” “Conform!” These are just a few suggestions the humanoid aliens from the 1988 movie They Live have for reaching your highest potential in a capitalist utopia. That’s right, this week the ladies dive into the Rowdy Roddy Piper action-sci-fi-western magic that is John Carpenter’s They Live and boy do they have a good time giving the ol’ bird to President Regan. Interested? No? Well then let’s have a nine minute fight about it! Subcribe to our patreon to to hear the whole episode: patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Get ready for a romp as the gals take on the exciting history of rompers (and jumpsuits, catsuits, onesies, etc.). If you’ve ever wondered why babies and mechanics both love wearing bottoms connected to their tops, then this episode is for you. Strap in and buckle up your siren suit buddy, cause we’re gonna drive down fashion highway To see all the fashion pics, check out the ep on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hmRLEoPxcwk And join our patron for our bonus ep every week! patreon.com/lowcultureboil