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Bestie, Listen
Bestie, Listen is your weekly deep dive into the hyper-specific corners of pop culture, where nostalgia, internet lore, and cultural chaos collide. It’s the chaotic recap, twenty years too late, that you didn’t know you needed, because nothing is too niche or too sacred. Hosted by Sean Ross and Jordan Appugliesi, each episode revisits the moments, trends, and pop culture eras that defined us. Whether it’s a genre that disappeared, a legacy that doesn’t quite hold up, or…
Episodes
Bestie, ListenNot Another Teen Movie
Teen movies raised us, for better or worse. From Clueless and Mean Girls to Bring It On and beyond, we revisit the prom queens, cheer squads, burn books…
Bestie, ListenGirl Groups Changed Our Lives
From chart-topping hits to headline-making breakups, nobody does pop culture quite like a girl group. From the Spice Girls and TLC to Little Mix, Girls Aloud…
Bestie, ListenWe Take Halloween Very Seriously (Featuring: Snooki)
We’re back for Season 2 of Bestie, Listen, and we’re starting with a scream. From our favourite Halloween movies to the soundtracks that completely…
Bestie, ListenWe Need To Talk About Horror (Featuring: Matthew Lillard & Samantha Sloyan)
Who doesn’t like horror movies? Seriously. This episode is a love letter to the genre that gave us nightmares, questionable decision-making, and some of…
Bestie, ListenB*tch I'm Madonna
Name another artist who has reinvented herself more times than Madonna. We’ll wait. From the music to the controversy to the countless chart-topping…
Bestie, ListenThe Golden Age of Reality Competitions
The 2000s were a golden age of reality competition TV. One minute you were auditioning for superstardom, the next you were eating a cockroach, getting…
Bestie, ListenWe All Wanted to Be a Pop Rock Girl
There is pop, there is rock, and then there are the pop rock girls. The side bangs, the power chords, and the inexplicable urge to wear a necktie over a tank…
Bestie, ListenWe Were Raised by Messy Daytime TV (And It Shows)
Today we’re talking daytime talk shows. The messy ones. The loud ones. The ones that raised an entire generation of opinionated, slightly confrontational…
Bestie, ListenWhy We Keep Fighting About Movie Musicals
Today, we’re talking movie musicals. The genre where the emotions are huge, the budgets are outrageous, and one bad casting choice can send an entire…
Bestie, ListenWho Gets to Be a Gay Diva?
Who is your diva? It’s the question that starts everything. From pop royalty to the most unexpected cultural icons, the diva you claim reveals your…
Bestie, ListenDo We Really Need a Buffy Revival?
We’ll say it. Buffy the Vampire Slayer does not need a revival. It’s controversial, but it’s true. This is the show we loved, cried over, and…
Bestie, ListenYou Don’t Have to Survive to Be Iconic
It’s all about the scream queens. Whether they made it to the end or were taken out way too early, it doesn’t matter. They’re iconic either…
Bestie, ListenThis Is My Comeback
Three seasons later, we’re finally ready to talk about The Comeback. From iconic Valerie‑isms to the evolution of the show itself, this episode dives…
Bestie, ListenAm I The Villain?
It’s simple: the gays love a villain. In this episode, we tear into the villains of film, TV, and beyond: the ones we were told to boo but somehow ended…
Bestie, ListenGhosted by the Rom‑Com
Rom‑coms were everywhere… until they ghosted us. From Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan to Sarah Jessica Parker, this episode dives into the movies we loved…
Bestie, ListenWhatever Happened to Compilation Albums?
Compilation albums were everywhere… until they weren’t. From Big Shiny Tunes and MuchDance to Women in Song and blockbuster soundtracks, they…
Bestie, ListenSeason Trailer: If The Podcast Comes, Beep Me
Bestie, Listen is your weekly deep dive into the hyper-specific corners of pop culture, where nostalgia, internet lore, and cultural chaos collide. It’s…