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EPISODE 107: Rugrats
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08/30/23 • 63 min
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EPISODE 103: The Goop Zone
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07/26/23 • 63 min
Rax and Amber sort of can't believe they've never talked about Goop before, so here it is! Tune in to learn about some of Goop's most insane recommendations, among other things.
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EPISODE 101: Watergate Salad
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07/04/23 • 76 min
We're baaaaaack! Amber and Rax catch up after a much needed break and chat about the most American foods they can think of. First they chat about the food of the gods, ambrosia salad, you might know it as green stuff or even watergate salad. How did we start mixing cool whip with fruit and coconut and why is it so gooood?! We also chat about micorwave cooking for singles, equally American. Rax wrote a piece for slate where she cooked a holiday meal in the microwave and learned the magic of how to adjust the levels.
And for you article heads here are the pieces we read for to learn about fluff salad:
Jenny McGruther, Fresh Ambrosia Salad, Nourished Kitchen
Mrs. Barringer (no first name), Dixie Cookery or How I Managed My Table For 12 Years
Ellen Gutoskey, Jell-O Journalism: Investigating the Origins of Watergate Salad, Mental Floss
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EPISODE 86: Facebook, It's Complicated
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11/29/22 • 70 min
Amber and Rax talk about the social network that connects and divides thanksgiving tables everywhere, Facebook. Why is Facebook beef so juicy? Are boomers' minds safe on the internet? And what do zoomers do to humiliate themselves now that they don't need to tell their aunts when "it's complicated”?
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09/07/23 • 51 min
Rax and author Elyssa Maxx Goodman discuss drag from 17th century kabuki theater to RuPaul's Drag Race and pandemic-born Zoom drag shows, all as told in Elyssa's forthcoming book "Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York"! The book comes out on 9/12 and is a must-read for anyone who loves, duh, glitter and concrete.
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EPISODE 102: Blockbuster
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07/20/23 • 69 min
In this ep Amber and Rax talk about the video rental store that killed all other video rental stores, Blockbuster. We look back now with nostalgia at the time when we went to a physical Blockbuster before it was ruined by Netflix, but we forget that they were once the bad guy taking out independent video rental stores. We forget that Netflix was once the new kid on the block taking down big bad Blockbuster and their late fees. So the question is, now that Netflix is the big bad guy, who's going to take them out? Maybe it will be NPC tiktoks streamers? Probably not that, but something new will come and Netflix needs to remember that history repeats itself.
Oh, for all you article heads, here are the pieces we referenced:
Viral TikTok NPC Streamer Pinkydoll Doesn’t Care What You Think (Samantha Coke, Motherboard, July 17 2023) https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ny9/viral-tiktok-npc-streamer-pinkydoll-doesnt-care-what-you-think
Why Hit Movies AreCalled Blockbusters (Olivia B Waxman, Time Magazine, 2020) https://time.com/5776406/blockbuster-meaning/
Blockbuster: The Rise and Fall of the Movie Rental Store and What Happened to the Brand (Frank Olito and Alex Bitter, Business Insider, April 24 2023) https://www.businessinsider.com/rise-and-fall-of-blockbuster?amp
Is Blockbuster Video About To Make A Comeback? (Stuart Heritage, The Guardian Mar 23 2023) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/23/is-blockbuster-video-about-to-make-a-comeback
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EPISODE 89: Mac and Cheese, The Holy Pasta
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01/04/23 • 52 min
We can't believe we haven’t covered Mac & Cheese before! The dish that finally opened Rax's cold child heart to cheese. Amber and Rax finally get into it, and they are in person so they wear their best Mac outfits. Check out the YouTube vid (https://youtu.be/vstTLgtbpPk) to see what that means. We talk about the history, the ways to eat it and foot doctors.
CORRECTION: Matt likes his Kraft without milk, not without butter.
02/25/21 • 2 min
In Part 2 of our Ghostbusters deep dive, Matt and Danny dive more into their seminal article "Slimer on Coke, Muncher on Zoloft" and Courtney delights all with a profound connection between Ghostbusters and Alien beyond the mere presence of the inimitable Signourney Weaver.
Check out their article at Jacobin: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/ghostbusters-afterlife-reboot-slimer-muncher
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Episode 70: Jerry Springer
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07/05/22 • 56 min
JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! Amber and Rax talk about THE tv show we all watched when we were faking being sick, Jerry Springer, the first place we saw pixelated boobs in all their glory. Did you know Jerry hosted a radio show in college, was a partner in a law firm, the mayor of Cincinnati and a news anchor before the show? As an anchor his tagline was "Take care of yourself, and each other." What turned this good boy lawyer into the host of the most salacious talk show of the 90s and early aughts? "Check" out this episode to find out!
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How many episodes does Low Culture Boil have?
Low Culture Boil currently has 190 episodes available.
What topics does Low Culture Boil cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts, Arts and Food.
What is the most popular episode on Low Culture Boil?
The episode title 'EPISODE 108: On Glitter and Concrete — Talking NYC Drag With Elyssa Maxx Goodman' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Low Culture Boil?
The average episode length on Low Culture Boil is 44 minutes.
How often are episodes of Low Culture Boil released?
Episodes of Low Culture Boil are typically released every 5 days.
When was the first episode of Low Culture Boil?
The first episode of Low Culture Boil was released on Dec 8, 2020.
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