Babbling On

By the end of this four-hour-and-two-minute course in Awards Season knowledge, you will have: a solid foundation in the must-see films of the year and their basic loglines; a battle-ready knowledge of the frontrunners in each of the major awards categories at this year’s Oscars; a can-do attitude and an open heart; a newfound appreciation for Best Supporting Actress Jonathan Bailey. Enjoy part two...

Happy season 2 of Babbling On, dear little Babbles. We hope your year is off to a swimming start, and boy oh boy do we have a delightful New Year’s surprise for you: the one and only cultural phenomenon, editor-at-large for Them and all-around celebrated intellectual Michael Cuby is on the airwaves, talking about our favorite topic of all time, Awards Season. Please enjoy this deep dive into the y...

Which Christmas movie is the best one… it’s time we tried to figure that out, isn’t it? You’ll notice some woefully ignorant omissions here: It’s A Wonderful Life, Meet Me In St. Louis (never seen)… but actually, now that I think about it, we pretty much covered the other important ones. Dig in for a highbrow conversation with veteran film critic Natalie Price to find out our winner. Get full acce...

Today we’re joined by celebrated New York City gallerist Sammy Kapp, co-founder of the Kapp Kapp gallery in Tribeca, for a discussion about two inextricably related spheres of culture: art and pop. No, this isn’t an episode about the Lady Gaga album Artpop (stay tuned) but it is an episode that explores Gagatian circles as well as Gagosian circles. Listen on for more. Get full access to Babbling O...

Can I just guess that you’re probably in severe debt at the moment? Yesterday was Cyber Monday. The other day was Black Friday. Not that all of us participate in these corporate sacrificial monstrosities, but I did happen to buy a hoodie from Abercrombie and a pan from somewhere and now, more than ever, I need to know: how do you make money? Well-known successful person Merce joins us to explain i...

Ever felt trapped when it comes time to baste that turkey? Scared when someone asks you to pass the green bean? Unsure what to do when you need creamy mashed potatoes? Don’t worry, buster, this year we’ve got you covered. Holiday cooking is made simple with Lesbian Food Account at the wheel. Just don’t expect the car not to fly off of a cliff. Let’s make some stuffing and be merry! Get full access...

Sul sul! Today I’m joined by energetically-attuned scholar of life and the arts, the legendary mind of Mrs. Nick Kraus, to discuss the most important topic of all: The Sims franchise. One of the best-selling video games franchises in history, this game captivated all the best people for about four years’ of our respective lives, and today we examine the history, the gameplay, the culture, and the...

Today, which happens to be Election Day in America, is a Tuesday, which also means it’s Babbling On Day. Since we probably won’t know the election results until at least tomorrow, we’re proceeding with the podcast business as usual, and 2 hours spent discussing the Nora Ephron classic You’ve Got Mail seems like a better use of one’s time than doom scrolling, so why don’t you hop on over to the pol...

Today we are joined by New York City’s premiere drag queen, the one and only Mrs. Izzabella Uncut. She’s everything, first of all, and secondly we would like to draw your attention towards the film Cruel Intentions, in which Ryan Philippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar basically reinvent what it means to be a human. Let’s do this! Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe

Today we’re joined by Mall Goth author and Like A Virgin podcast host Rose Dommu for an exceptionally important conversation around Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Hermione, Snape, McGonagall… Expelliarmus m’dear. This is perhaps our most important episode yet and we here at the Babbling On Institute wish you all a happy Transfiguration exam. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden....

Hey, sweetheart. Happy Tuesday. If you haven’t already listened to part one of our Solar Power conversation, I encourage you to do so. And if you have, come join me and preeminent Lordalian scholar Chase Porter to round out our chat about every track on Lorde’s third studio album, Solar Power. C’est la vie. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe

Hey, it’s Hilton. Today’s topic couldn’t be more important - Solar Power, the third studio album from New Zealand mastermind Lorde. Let’s just dive in, shall we? Chase is the most preeminent Lordatian scholar working today, and there’s so much to cover. Don’t worry, we’re touching on the whole career of the damn lady, but we will be specifically focusing on her sun-drenched weed album, for reasons...

You asked, we delivered. Our coverage of Keira Knightley’s magical ouevre is back. Oh, honey, yes, it is back. The coverage returns with Knightlatian scholar Professor Isa James Braun, who reveals her college thesis statement about our favorite actress and provides important insight into the collective work of one of history’s most influential trailblazers. Listen now for that conversation. Get fu...

Today we dive into the filmography of the living legend, the starlet, the beautiful and talented and chameleonic, emotionally true keeper of the keys, Mrs. Keira Christina Knightley. I speak with premiere Knightlesian scholar Isa Braun for more on this story. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe

“California.” “California.” “California.” While those sentences may look exactly the same, I was actually referencing three different songs there. Can you guess which ones? Listen to this episode, with celebrated music critic and filmmaker Sohrob Nayebaziz, for more on this crucial story about a long-wondered-about subgenre of the music industry. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.sub...

Well, we’re back to finish out our coverage of The Twilight Saga. Films covered in part two, starring the indomitable nocturnal scholar Natalie Price, include Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Breaking Dawn Part 2. And so it goes. Another episode joins your eardrums. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe

Ladies and gentlebots, today is the day you have all been waiting for. It’s the day that we begin that fateful discussion about Twilight. Don’t be confused by the episode title - we will be discussing all five films in The Twilight Saga . Today’s episode covers the first two, and we’re joined by the indomitable Natalie Price, a true smart cookie and supermodel, not to mention hilarious as the livi...

Ballet. Tap. Jazz. Rhythmic. There are different ways to dance. And not everyone is comfortable with wiggling on a floor. Not everyone is. Luckily, today we have Gay Choreographer, a notable gay guy also named Alec Cohen, to talk shop. What do we do with our arms and faces while cutting a rug? What do we do. He will tell us, fear not. And don’t miss his upcoming dance class on September 5 in the l...

The day was October 5, 2018. The event was A Star Is Born hitting theaters. The key players were Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. The tale was as old as time. The audience members were the one who were gagging upon the circumstances. The history was forever changed. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe

Well, you asked, we listened: today Babbling On discusses one of the most important, universal topics: food. To do so responsibly, we’ve brought in Lesbian Food Account’s matron saint, Mrs. Hayley Wanda Yates, for an in-depth talk about food. What is it? How do you make it? Can it taste good? Can it taste bad? How do you afford to buy it and how do cleverly steal it? Let’s find out. Get full acces...

Today I wanted to try something different. I’ll be reading two essays in today’s episode. One is The Ache , a Substack I wrote a year ago, and the other is Three Sisters, which you can also read below. Three Sisters July 24 It’s my little sister’s birthday. My little sister who loves frogs, who called herself Ribbit as she smeared chocolate across her face and hopped around in our inflatable bounc...

So… Trans. That lovely little thing. On today’s episode we talk to the one and only pop sensation Mel 4Ever about just that, and so much more, including but not limited to death, sex, grief, farts, and the secret to the universe. Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, that stuff is like crack to me. But this conversation is perhaps even more important in the societal journey of battling bigotry and defe...

There’s two periods in the history of the planet. No, sweetheart, nothing to do with Jesus Christ’s crucifixion or the dinosaurs dying or anything like that (Catholicism is sick). No, no, none of that, although the marker of time in question does have to do with death, or, rather, our predisposition to dying. I’m talking of course about the release of Lana Del Rey’s seminal debut album, Born to Di...

We all know Peyton Dix to be one of those legendary hot and funny bisexuals. But did you know we were RAs together in college and that she’s a true psychopath? At last, we’ve put her on the record without any question as a Nickelback stan. And that path led us both to reveal which songs have been unfairly maligned by the public and are actually really good. Playlist attached. Get full access to Ba...

Oh, I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You, listening to The Daily , think you chose what podcasts go in your ears. When actually, podcasts were created by two gay guys in this room, one of them named beautiful Drew Anderson, from a pile of stuff. Get full access to Babbling On at hiltondresden.substack.com/subscribe