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Feb 11, 2025 • 1h 4min

The "Emilia Pérez" Backlash-Backlash, Kanye's Latest Nonsense & Is "Severance" Okay?

T Lo look at the recent comments surrounding the "Emilia Pérez" backlash and whether anyone's being unfair to its star, Karla Sofia Gascon and unpack all of the rhetoric surrounding Kanye at the Grammys with wife Bianca Censori. After that, it's a spoiler-filled deep dive into the second season of "Severance" and all the ways the show's direction has them concerned about its future.
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Feb 3, 2025 • 46min

Please Stop Talking, Karla Sofía Gascón!

T Lo unpack all of the news surrounding what may go down as one of the most disastrous Oscar campaigns of all time, "Emilia Pérez" star Karla Sofía Gascón's rocky road to a Best Actress nomination. After explaining why Brazilian fans are so furious with her, they dive into the string of racist and inflammatory tweets dug up in the last week and ask how anyone let things get this far.
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Jan 24, 2025 • 51min

The "Emilia Pérez" Problem and Other Oscar Nomination Topics

T Lo run down the major categories in the 2025 Oscar nominations and pick out the snubs, surprises, and likely winners before launching into a deep dive on all the issues surrounding the history-making, much nominated "Emilia Pérez" and why so many queer and Latin-American critics have been speaking out against. PLUS: What it's like to get quote in a Vanity Fair article about Meghan Markle. Spoiler: not that much fun!
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Jan 16, 2025 • 49min

What to Do When Your Fave is a Monster

T Lo unpack the sexual abuse accusations against Neil Gaiman and how to respond when a favorite author turns out to be a monster. Plus, the latest on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, their charity efforts during the wildfires and why everything they do is met with backlash. And they explain why further calls to cancel awards season are problematic and tone deaf.
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Jan 10, 2025 • 1h 7min

Back From Outer Space

T Lo return from their European Christmas vacation with tales of gluhwein and stroopwafels to tell. They check back in on the Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively drama surround "It Ends with Us," offer their thoughts on the Golden Globes and the Oscar race, talk about how the L.A. wildfires are likely to affect awards season, and make some predictions about Zendaya's wedding gown(s).
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Dec 14, 2024 • 58min

"Maria," "Babygirl," & "The Last Showgirl" and What They All Have in Common

T Lo review three films about women assessing their lives, choices, art and bodies: Pablo Larrain's "Maria," starring Angelina Jolie, Gia Coppola's "The Last Showgirl," starring Pamela Anderson, and Halina Reijn's "Babygirl," starring Nicole Kidman, PLUS: Lorenzo recommends "100 Years of Solitude."
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Dec 6, 2024 • 59min

T Lo Gets Critical!

T Lo flip on the mics and give their opinions on: the Keira Knightley Netflix spy thriller "Black Doves," the Jesse Eisenberg-directed "A Real Pain," the astonishing "Anora," which manages to avoid so many cliches, and the unforgettable but occasionally flawed "Queer," starring Daniel Craig.
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Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 3min

T Lo Saw "Wicked" and They Have Opinions!

T Lo run down all of the good and a few of the bad parts of "Wicked: Part One" from the perspective of two people who never saw the musical or listened to the cast recording, including their thoughts on which witch was the best witch, who surprised us, who was misused and what went wrong with some of the numbers. PLUS: A deep dive into Hulu's "Say Nothing," and a review of "Dune: Prophecy."
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Nov 15, 2024 • 57min

T Lo's Soothing, Frivolous Podcast of Distractions

T Lo give their thoughts on how to deal with the results of the 2024 election without driving yourself crazy (or off a cliff), give the full rundown on their recent trip to Ireland and why you should go, and go deep into the finale of "Disclaimer" and why the series was such a miss, even with a typically fantastic Cate Blanchett performance at its center.
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Nov 5, 2024 • 57min

T Lo's Soothing Podpourri of Distractions

T Lo serve up an hour of chatting on a range of topics to keep you distracted from looking at election returns, from the brilliance of Maya Rudolph's Kamala impersonation, to all the plans for their trip to Ireland, to the dangers of AI, the breakdown of social media and what it means for independent publishers, to Chappell Roan's fantastic "Saturday Night Live" appearance and her stans getting a little homophobic about it. PLUS: A debate over whether "Disclaimer" is still working or not!

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