Pop Apologists

While Lauren is away on the high seas, Chanler invites her newest and hands down funniest friend Joe Peacock on the pod to do a complete critical analysis of Taylor Swift. Before we get into the woman of the hour (of a lifetime really) we discuss some iconic pop cultural moments from Joe's youth, e.g. Britney Spears Baby One More Time album release, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe's demise and why he none of his offspring follow him back on IG. We juxtapose the thirst of Ryan Phillipe with the wonderful subtlety of Brad Falchuck's social media ~ a Pop Apologist classic ~ . Then we get to the matter at hand and discuss our thoughts on her first self-titled album, Taylor Swift. Then we reflect on Joe Jonas's massive impact on Fearless and all the T-Swift former flames scorned and immortalized on Speak Now. *Swifties and stans, beware, we do not hold back. Please also note that we accept full responsibility for listening to the "stolen version" of some of these albums, it was a necessary evil for the production of this podcast. Screw Scooter Braun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we dive into the disturbing, sick world of beauty standards on social. Why are celebs like Denise Richards posting photos of themselves that are as detached from reality as Chanler's spending habits? What impact are filters that distort and "enhance" having on young girls and women? What do we do when instagram makes us feel like total shit about our bodies, faces, and lives? What is the difference between plastic surgery and an edited photo if both aren't "real?" We have an honest conversation about the way instagram has changed our perception of ourselves, our experiences, and what we do to safeguard our mental health in this brave new IG era. Buckle in, baby! Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week Chan and Lauren catch up from across the pond. First, the gals dig into Denise Richard's most recent IG post and ask one burning question: wtf is happening on IG these days? Then, they regale each other with transatlantic tales from the weekend and discuss the disturbing news about Afghanistan. (Move over, Christiane Amanpour!) Finally, they embark on NYT's 36 questions that lead to love. Do they want to be famous? Would they rather have the body or mind of a 30 yr old forever? You know their answers already, but listen along as the Pop Apologists confirm their reputations as thirsty, shallow bitches. Buckle in, bb's. Many thanks to this week's sponsors! Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month Thank you to Athena Club for making the most incredible shave kits and sponsoring this episode! Go to athenaclub.com and use code POP for 20% off! BEST RAZOR OF ALL TIME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lauren speaks to us across the airwaves from Portugal. Listen along as she gives us all the details on her business class transatlantic flight in true nouveau riche, basic b fashion. Chanler discusses her upcoming plans for her birthday and strategies for avoiding a meltdown. Finally, we intro a new segment, "What Lauren's Reading." This week, Lauren's tome of choice is "T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us" by Carole Hooven. The book seeks to illustrate how the hormone to testosterone can explain the documented, cross-cultural differences between men and women. We start at the beginning, though, and chat about how ancient practices of castration were the first indicators of a powerful substance in a man's nether regions ultimately leading to the discovery of Testosterone. Buckle tf in. For an extra weekly episode of Pop Apologists every Friday, check out our Patreon where you can subscribe and keep the podcast alive. Visit http://patreon.com/popapologists for an additional hour of nonsense each week. Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we get into a spirited debate over a nagging question Lauren can't get off her mind: how does wealth flow from ultra rich celebs to their normal, civilian family members? Does Taylor Swift party on yachts with the Hadid sisters while her brother grinds away from 9-5 at Allstate Insurance? How is the playing field artificially leveled to avoid vast chasms of resentment on both sides?! We get into a heated conversation about this and then turn to an even hotter topic: J-Lo's and Ben Affleck's nostalgia tour of Europe with PDA-packed throwback pics. Finally, Chanler gives a stunning recap of @houseinhabit on IG's deep dive on JFK Jr., and Lauren issues her thoughts on the news that Prince Harry is writing a memoir. Buckle in and hold onto your hats! Can't get enough of Pop Apologists?! Join us on Patreon where we release a brand new, additional episode every Friday! Visit patreon.com/popapologists to support the pod and access our weekly bonus episode! Many thanks to this week's sponsors! Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Need to make a gorgeous, beautifully designed presentation? Check out Canva Pro! Visit canva.me/pop45 for a FREE 45-day extended trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

David Yontef, BFF of our most beloved housewives and host of the super successful podcast Behind the Velvet Rope, joins to give us all the insider Bravo tea. We explore some of the great questions of our time, like did Heather Dubrow get Braunwyn fired from RHOC? Where does the Dubrow fortune come from? How does one become friends with reality stars and perhaps even A-listers? Did Braunwyn fake her alcoholism for the show? Was Kelly Dodd fired bc of her politics or did Heather Dubrow get her ousted from our screens? We may be left with more questions than answers, but the investigative journey is in itself one toward enlightenment. Finally, David regales us with his conspiracy theory on Erika Jayne's divorce and the dark secret pact he imagines Tom made with Erika pre-divorce. David is the real deal of podcasters; he has interviewed all the housewives and is besties with many of them, and holds back no secrets. Check out his pod, Behind the Velvet Rope, to get all the hottest celeb and Bravo interviews, out five days a week! Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The smartest Bledsoe sis, Ash, is BACK to get into all things midwifery, pregnancy, giving birth, and postpartum care. Ash is an absolute wealth of knowledge and as a certified professional midwife, she isn't giving fraudulently uncredentialed, bad advice like Chanler and I do regularly. Ash tells us all about why a home birth is actually safer for women in many cases than a hospital birth and explains the truly shocking statistic that over thirty percent of babies are delivered by C-section in US hospitals. She gets into pregnancy nutrition advice and explains why it is so critical to stay active and eat mindfully during pregnancy. Finally, she tells us about her scariest moment as a midwife and gives some truly phenomenal advice about how to emotionally grapple with not having a good birth experience. Ash is incredible and we are so happy to have her back on the pod. Can't get enough of Pop Apologists?! Join us on Patreon where we release a brand new, additional episode every Friday! Visit patreon.com/popapologists to support the pod and access our weekly bonus episode! Many thanks to this week's sponsors! To learn more about Ash's face serum, visit johnsdottirapothecaries.com Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Finally, thank you to Athena Club for making the most incredible shave kits and sponsoring this episode! Go to athenaclub.com and use code POP for 20% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After a long and luxuriating holiday weekend, we return to the airwaves to recount how we respectively celebrated the 4th. Chanler travels to the East Coast and meets her man's family; Lauren does what she does best and #yachts all around PR. We then dive into the alarming details of The Bachelorette's Clare Crawley decision to remove her breast implants, why Pete Davidson is removing all of his tattoos, the lame reasons why we are not cut our for tattoo life, and finally what it means to be "demisexual" and why it suits our tender hearts. Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Just when you thought we had nothing left to say, we're back with another hour of total nonsense. Chanler reveals how her first week in NYC is doing and Ben's dark comments about her choice of footwear. If you're still awake after this portion, listen along as we discuss #freebritney post the conservatorship hearing heard around the world. We then reveal our PR strategies for Erika Jayne to somehow resurrect her public image from the depths of hell Tom's criminal activities have plunged her into. The conversation goes completely off the rails and we take a nostalgic walk down memory lane as we reveal the most romantic movie trailer of all time. Trigger warning to all of you who so passionately loathed Songs That Stir Us. Finally, we reveal our favorite things of the week in a new segment, "Latest & Greatest." Thank you to Canva Pro for sponsoring this ep! Go to Canva.me/pop45 to get your free 45-day extended trial. Thank you also to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week our very own sis, Ash Johnsdottir, the enigmatic and eldest Bledsoe comes out of the shadows and joins the pod to regale our listeners with family tales growing up as a Bledsoe sis. Ash tells the story of choosing to change her last name to "Johnsdottir" and our parent's reaction to her foregoing our family name. We share family memories of growing up with Ash as a sister/family terrorist, a unique experience to say the least. :) Ash gives her thoughts on growing up with Lauren and Chanler, and what they were really like as kids. Finally, Ash shares her skin care philosophy including what she believes is the holy grail of all skin care products and her unique approach to purchasing sunscreen. For part two of our interview with Ash with even more skin care scoop, be sure to subscribe and listen to this week's Patreon episode on Friday. To learn more about Ash's face serum, visit https://www.johnsdottirapothecaries.com Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.