Mar 23, 2023
This week on Child Star Hell, "Justin Bieber's Inferno", we begin to examine how the patron saint of "Bieber Fever" went from an unknown Youtube prodigy... to the most famous kid on earth... to the most hated man in America.. all in just five years!
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Mar 16, 2023
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, haunted by adolescent fame, have been entangled for over a decade. Invasions of privacy, exploitation, and stints in rehab are just the tip of the iceberg.
What can save their souls from this child star hell?
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Mar 9, 2023
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Mar 2, 2023
In 1990, a landmark case about "obscenity" in rap music sparked decades of discourse. 30 years later, hundreds of black artists have been prosecuted based on lyrics and their music.
Part three of "Pop Music That F*cks", The Long War on Rap, is out now!
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Feb 23, 2023
From 'The Real Housewives' to A-listers, controversial diabetes drug Ozempic is the talk of TikTok and Tinseltown med-spas. This week, we trace its origins, unpack its ubiquity, and link it to past weight loss drug disasters like fen-phen in the '90s.
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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson,...