The Blondes

What if you made a podcast series about a fictional pandemic and then a real pandemic happened? In 2019 Brian J Davis and Emily Schultz adapted her hit novel, The Blondes, into a podcast. A few months later the world plunged into the Covid lockdown and things got weird from there. To mark the fifth anniversary and the release of these remastered episodes, Brian and Emily discuss what happened alon...

This season's final episode begins with Frieda Wells' tearful apology for the Lux Festival. Then, Broad Strokes returns with a special guest who reveals a secret that will leave us rethinking everything we know about the virus, and gender. Written by Brian J Davis and Emily Schultz. Directed by Brian J Davis. Cast: Madeline Zima, Helen Hong, Yvonne Zima, Dana Berger, Jenny Grace, Carson Elrod, Bre...

Now remastered ! Bowing to pressure from the underbelly of Reddit and Youtube, Broad Strokes' spot is taken over this week by a fringe media personality who has a very different take on Hazel Hayes and the quarantine. Tim K Rylander is convinced she's more of a part of SHV's story than we knew before. We also meet Wanda Kovacs, Hazel's former thesis advisor, who gives a TED Talk on what blonde mea...

Now remastered ! Broad Strokes continues its history of SHV and Hazel, who, through her recordings, talks about life in a deteriorating quarantine. Her final recording ends when she's forced to rescue a friend from the much feared "Room Three." With Hazel's fate in limbo we also meet Broad Strokes' new sponsor, the actress and wellness guru Frieda Wells, who has turned from selling questionable cu...

Now remastered ! Jennifer Lim hosts Broad Strokes, a podcast that is investigating the story of Hazel Hayes and SHV, also known as the Blonde Rabies. In this episode the escalation of the outbreak among blonde women, both natural and bleached, is explained, as well as the spread of misinformation in the media. We first meet Hazel through "The Hazel Tapes," the recordings she made telling how she w...