The Experts

Aggie and Irene discuss the life and career of tabloid obsession Nadya Suleman (aka Octomom).

Aggie and Irene talk RuPaul, John Waters, The Conjuring franchise and a mega-list of mainstream favs! 

Legends and movie recommendations abound in this one! Irene tells a tale of royal paupers living in squalor while Aggie excavates one of Shakespeare's villains.

 

We also talk Cassavetes, Billie Eilish (and whether youth culture is worth investigating), and end on up on the same page that the Handmaid's Tale is best as a short subject. 

In this episode, Aggie and Irene discuss corrupt billionaires, a historical trailblazer, and 1.5 poems all inspired by the randomly generated word, "Orange". 

Given the suggestion "REQUEST" from random word generator, Aggie and Irene go on QUITE the journey. 

Irene discusses the history, context and content of the 'last meal' and Aggie talks about dystopian internet artist Josh Harris and his ill fated project "Quiet: We Live in Public". 

 

We also touch on #challengeaccepted and how we engage with social media and then offer fans a shoutout on Instagram if they (you) rate us five stars. 

 

Next week ... ORANGE. 

This week Aggie and Irene talk about two famous cases of blackmail: David Letterman  and the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III. 

 

We round out the episode by discussing Alyssa Milano's appearance on Ziwe's brilliant Instagram live show Baited and after learning the truth about Griffith J. Griffith, vow to only refer to it as Tina Park (after his long suffering ex-wife). 

Aggie and Irene are inspired by the word "palace" and educate each other on Ferdinand Cheval's Ideal Palace and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 

In the first episode of the Potpourri series, Aggie and Irene attempt to surprise each other by each selecting a story to tell based on a random word ("van"), but end up picking the same exact thing. 

Aggie and Irene are emerging from the depths of corn teen to update THE PUBLIC on an outrageous development in the Mary Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy marriage. Spoiler alert: it's over and it's ugly.

The Experts also tackle: hearing the news from Cat Marnell's twitter feed, what isolation for the Olsen Twins might look like, leather face masks and our upcoming season.

Aggie and Irene discuss the power couple Oprah and Gayle and their own friendship.