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Y’all better knock on wood! We know what you’re here for, but you know we have to start off with Hilaria Baldwin’s elimination from ‘Dancing With the Stars’ (2:30), this very haunting season of ‘Love Is Blind’ in Denver (8:20), Club Chalamet’s reaction to ‘Marty Supreme’ premiering at the NYFF (16:55), and Tyra Banks’s new business in Australia (27:30). Then, they dive into a track-by-track reacti...

The revolution will be podcasted!! Jodi starts off with her rapture over Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, ‘One Battle After Another,’ and Nora wonders whether she had some stolen valor this weekend (1:35). Then they talk about their pre–‘The Life of a Showgirl’ jitters and the bizarre wedding rumor going around the internet (12:35). They also check in on a few developing stories, including Bad Bun...

Are y’all still there? Did you get raptured? No? We didn't, either. Nora and Jodi start off with the rapture that was announced on a podcast and, as far as we’re aware, did not happen (0:30). Then they move on to some stories that are just so 2025, including Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension (14:03), the ’Dawson’s Creek' reunion (24:41), more victims of the ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’ spirit tunnel (30:33), an...

Can you see us this week? Yes, you can! Jodi and Nora embark on their first ever full video episode to bring you just the absolute best of the best in culture. They start off with a big beautiful Emmys roundup (4:08), including everything ‘The Pitt,’ the incredible news that Taylor Frankie Paul is the new ‘Bachelorette’ (21:51), and a quick check-in on what fresh hell ‘9-1-1’ is cooking up over on...

An episode for the big and small screen … and also France! Nora is first joined by Joanna Robinson and a very special guest to talk all about their thoughts on Season 3 of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ leading up to the finale next week (0:40). Then, Jo and Nora catch up on all things movies and television, including the insane “Wuthering Heights” teaser trailer (53:45), anticipation for ‘The Morni...

Celebrities … they’re not like us! Nora and Jodi first lament the end of summer and the great tennis tournament that ushers in fall (0:41). Then, they really hand it to the celebrities who are making waves this week, including Donald Trump and the rumors of his death (9:23), Sydney Sweeney and her inadvisable dating choices (18:04), Harry Styles and his rumored relationship with Zoe Kravitz (24:24...

It’s a girl week MEGA-EPISODE!!! Nora is back with Jodi, where she belongs. First, they talk about some Instagram topic suggestions from listeners that are on the niche side (7:18) and a few delusional women whom we nonetheless love and support, such as Lana Del Rey, Club Chalamet, Caleb Hearon’s she/they army, and ourselves for being fooled by the Benson Boone Adele dub (15:10). Then, they dive i...

You asked, we delivered! Welcome to the ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ extravaganza with special guest Sophia Benoit. But first, they talk about some of Sophia’s 2025 predictions that have seemingly come true (0:35) and go through some headlines that don’t sound fake but do sound like something Jack Donaghy would say to Liz Lemon in ‘30 Rock’ (15:06). Then, Jodi and Sophia dive headfirst into everything...

It’s a day for the divas! Jodi and Nora first get into law-yer loy-er-gate and read some real headlines that sound fake, but make it diva (9:18). Then, it’s the big unavoidable glaring gigantic story of the week: Taylor Swift announced her new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ on her boyfriend’s podcast (30:10). Finally, Jodi explains a beautiful still of hot dogs from the movie ‘Weapons’ that circ...

It’s been a huge week for the female gaze (and gays)! Jodi and Nora begin by supplying some insider info about Big Law’s favorite biter (1:55) before recapping a few cursed news headlines from this week, including Matt Rife purchasing the Connecticut home and occult museum of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (13:42). Then they discuss the potential return of culture from the mid-201...

This episode is for all the haters out there! Nora and Jodi dive into Instagram politics by talking about Jodi’s extra-late Beyoncé photo dump (01:19) before getting into reader’s corner, where they get more info on J.Lo’s Leo-season birthday celebrations (08:38), learn about K-pop demon hunter songs of the summer (16:21), and share what they would put on their merch (18:02). They spend most of th...

Nora’s back, and we’re doing one for the girls! Jodi and Nora first ring in Leo season with Jennifer Lopez’s brand-new birthday bop, "Birthday" (10:00), and then ring in illicit affair summer with arguably the most viral story of the year, the (now-former) Astronomer CEO and CPO getting caught in their alleged affair at a Coldplay concert (24:00). Then, they talk about the juicy excerpts from Amy...

It’s been a cursed and horny week! While Nora is off on a stylish and fabulous vacation, Jodi is joined by prolific hot chocolate drinker Sophia Benoit to go through some real headlines that sound pretty fake concerning Crumbl cookies, Sarah Jessica Parker, Denise Richards, and JoJo Siwa (3:34). Then, they go through all the celebrity and nepo-baby couples that are revealing themselves in this sum...

We’re celebrating the halfway mark of 2025 with some mid-year awards for our favorite and most fascinating pop culture stories and internet creatures. Welcome to The Obsessies! Check out our Instagram @wereobsessedpod to fill out a ballot of your own and email us at wereobsessedpod@gmail.com to tell us what we got right and wrong and what we missed. Hosts: Jodi Walker and Nora Princiotti Producers...

It’s been a cursed and chaotic week! Jodi and Nora first gag over Jodi’s surprise visit to Washington, D.C., to crash Nora’s book signing (1:00) and talk about the cursed weather they experienced there, which has been described with the catchy term “wet bulb” (10:17). Then, as a palate cleanser, they gush over some earnest culture from this week, including the ever-entertaining 2025 Jimmy Awards (...

We’re obsessed with ‘Materialists’ this week! Jodi and Nora first talk through some smaller stories that took the internet by storm, including Pedro Pascal’s uncanny look-alike, who also happens to be the lighting designer for ‘The Daily Show’ (2:45); Justin Bieber changing the world with his words “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business” (10:32); and the disastrous styling on Ryan...

It’s a just-trying-to-get-through-the-week type of week! Jodi and Nora first talk about all the sort-of songs of summer suggestions from listeners (1:25), which has been compiled into a playlist for your pleasure and convenience, and specifically ‘Manchild’ and the discourse surrounding Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover release (7:13). Then, they go through everything they loved about the Tonys...

It’s a Nora episode! Jodi and Nora discuss the question du jour on the internet: Is Kylie Jenner a feminist for revealing her boob job recipe (7:54)? Then, Jodi and Nora do a massive pop music download. They talk about Miley Cyrus’s appearance on Every Single Album this week, Nora’s book ‘Hit Girls,’ the ramifications of Taylor Swift buying her masters, and the eerie lack of a song of the summer t...

The divas are diva-ing! Jodi and Nora start out with a recap of Nora’s experience at the Cowboy Carter Tour in New Jersey, which famously had a tremendous amount of rain and a gender reveal (1:00), then go through some fake-sounding real-life headlines sent in by listeners (12:00). Then, they dig into the New Yorker’s feature interview with Broadway legend Patti Lupone and her feud with everyone a...

Is this real life? Jodi and Nora start out with some things from around the internet this week that sound really fake, including Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia’s bisexual jorts era, Jane Goodall’s appearance on Call Her Daddy, a Whac-A-Mole movie, Selena Gomez Oreos, Skims nipple piercing bras, Chappell Roan’s opinions about Pop Crave, and Romy Mars releasing new music (4:35). Then we continue our...

Girl, the tariffs! Jodi and Nora first go through a couple of viral tidbits that made them giggle this week, including Max reverting to HBO Max (11:07), Pope Leo XIV’s brother calling him from an iPad in the middle of an interview (18:48), and Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner looking very in love courtside at a Knicks game (24:46). Then they dive into the truly disastrous drama of Justin Baldoni...

Icons only this week! Jodi and Nora first go through some incredible, introspective questions emailed in by listeners (2:46) before getting to our breaking story of the week: A new pope has been chosen (10:00)! Then they talk about their favorite Met Gala looks (32:44) and the myriad NYC-related features and personal essays they’ve read this week, including The Cut’s West Village Girl piece and Le...

It’s a Nora week! Jodi and Nora dive right into the NFL drama that has been making the rounds, starting with Shedeur Sanders falling precipitously in the draft, the ensuing media crashout, and the prank call heard 'round the world (3:26). Then, they chow down on the juiciest ‘CBS Morning Show’ interview with Bill Belichick, in which his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, made her presence well...

Let’s have a conclave! Jodi and Nora first address some stories from across the Internet, including how ‘The Masked Singer’ goes viral (2:00), Billy Ray Cyrus’ new girlfriend (13:12), and Khloe Kardashian’s new protein popcorn (21:14). Then, they enter the conclave to introduce you to all the possible future popes and give some of their own options (27:06). Finally, Jodi gushes about ‘Sinners’ (59...

Our favorite group of boss babes returned from space this week, and the internet had thoughts! Jodi and Nora start with some rapid-fire micro-obsessions, including pop culture anniversaries, a fun week in sports (shout-out to the WNBA draft and the Masters), and the shocking reveal that Nurse Jesse from 'The Pitt' used to drum for Rooney (1:40). Then, Jodi and Nora touch on the unhinged Pitchfork...