Pop Fiction Women - Side Bar on real life being better than Instagram, Kate's summer bucket list, Chappell Roan, and Jennifer Lopez as the new Elizabeth Taylor

Side Bar on real life being better than Instagram, Kate's summer bucket list, Chappell Roan, and Jennifer Lopez as the new Elizabeth Taylor

08/28/24 • 34 min

It’s time for another Sidebar conversation – a cheeky reference to the fact that we’re both lawyers and love to have conversations incidental to our main topics and episodes – where we let you in on our lives and what we’re obsessing over in pop culture. In today’s episode we talk about how sometimes real life is better than Instagram, the joyful status of Kate's summer bucket list, Carinn’s obsession with Chappell Roan, and whether Jennifer Lopez is the new Elizabeth Taylor. Listen to hear how the writer’s subconscious has manifested itself as Carinn has been discussing The Astrology House in interviews!

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