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Good Noticings is the pop culture podcast that makes you smarter. Every week, comedians Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton dive beyond the biggest headlines with thoughtful analysis and sharp banter. Tune in for recommendations and rapid-fire reviews of all the latest fiction, music, movies, and TV alongside their signature exploration of buzzy nonfiction.
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- 1 weeks ago1h 18m
Noticing Matthew McConaughey’s Independence, Victoria’s Secret’s Relevance, and Sally Rooney’s Book Sales
This week everything is about perspective because todays hot topics have a different look depending on your algorithm. Is the Victoria’s Secret fashion show a heroic endeavor for women or an outdated fad? Is voting Independent a waste or a viable option for the future? Is cooking a guy thing?? 13 min: Sally Rooney Took Her Books Out of the UK 22 min: Protests in France 30 min: Matthew McConaughey’s Politics 46 min: Men Who Cook 59 min: The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 71 min: Caps off ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ French Protests: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/whats-driving-the-french-student-protests#intcid=_the-new-yorker-homepage-bkt-a_fba0e3d4-ddff-41cd-97ae-975303bee527_cygnus-personalized https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/europe/france-protests-violence-wwk-intl-hnk Men Cooking: https://slate.com/life/2026/10/food-men-women-cooking-marriage-kitchen.html Matthew McConaughey: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/texas/2026/10/20/trump-to-visit-texas-for-ken-paxton-senate-race-against-james-talarico/92343240007/ https://www.instagram.com/reels/Deo1LIJxS3p/ Sally Rooney: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world/europe/rooney-britain-palestine-book-sales.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago1h 56m
Noticing Danielle Bernstein’s Pivot, Kelly Clarkson’s Magic Bird, and Justin Baldoni’s PR Team
Everything you see before you has been planted!!! Danielle Bernstein’s new brand strategy has been carefully crafted. Your opinion on the F Factor diet could be fake. A secret PR/ Legal team could be building websites full of misinformation!!! The only thing that’s true is Kelly Clarkson is not allowed to buy that bird. 14 min: Danielle Bernstein is Changing Her Strategy 39 min: Was the F Factor Diet Poison? 59 min: Publicists are Controlling the Internet 70 min: How Short Should a Movie Be? 88 min: Interview with Muhammad Ali 105 min: Caps off to Kelly Clarkson ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Buy Flame of Love! https://www.persianpoetics.com/pages/the-flame-of-love-book?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAadVD_2dOFZbQVbF7EPJqiNrOoVFR1XY34T6hmrfVAkjKuUydGAv3Fg7oU3vdg_aem_iG-b1hg7r5hWVVXNX3F7lQ Short Shorts: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magazine/microdramas-tv-shows-hollywood-entertainment.html Danielle Bernstein: https://daniellebernstein.substack.com/p/15-years-online-what-i-built-what https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/danielle-bernstein-influencer-weworewhat-d484a5a9 PR Menaces: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/nyregion/smear-campaigns-blake-lively-bryan-freedman.html F Factor: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/style/f-factor-diet-influencer-apology-zuckerbrot-gellis.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 28m
Noticing Zack Bia’s Career, Matières Fécales at Paris Fashion Week, Flock Cameras and PEN America’s Bias
No matter where you go someone is watching. If you’re Zack Bia, that someone is Drake and sometimes hot girls. If you’re a private citizen, it’s a surveillance org. If you’re a hot new fashion brand, it’s Rihanna. Finally, if you’re a reader, PEN America is watching to make sure you don’t boycott the wrong books. 12 min: Is Matières Fécales Genius? 32 min: Who is Zack Bia? 48 min: Flock Cameras Are Watching 64 min: Is anyone really boycotting Israeli literature? 79 min: Joyce Carol Oates hates romance novels ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Who is Fecal Matter: https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/70867/1/matieres-fecales-dazed-cover-autumn-2026-hannah-rose-dalton-steven-raj-bhaskaran https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/style/matieres-fecales-ninety-nine-percent-show-pfw.html PEN America: https://pen.org/a-silent-moratorium-interviews-with-israeli-and-jewish-writers/ https://pen.org/a-statement-to-our-community/ https://jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-america-got-wrong-about-antisemitism-in-publishing What is Flock: https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/ Joyce’s Tweet: https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/2105382365761769600 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 30, 20261h 21m
Noticing Ella Langley’s Music, Beck’s Cult, and Bryan Johnson’s Measurements
This week Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo are choosin to live forever with or without each other while Ella Langley tried to date someone who chose Texas. We’re also looking into whether or not Beck is or was a scientologist and is Scientology parenting low key closer to what normal parenting should look like? 10 min: Ella Langley is Choosin Texas 20 min: Should Kids Be Able to Walk Around? 33 min: Nolan Wells’s Family Still Needs Answers 39 min: Bryan Johnson and Kate Tolo 58 min: Losing Beck ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Ella Langley https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ella-langley-choosin-texas-never-heard-the-song-meaning-1235631932/ Bryan Johnson: https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-kate-tolo-relationship-love-story-2026-9?gift-id=DeifUA2CY6EFKgUy6pYClA Nolan Wells: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/nolan-wells-family-still-wants-answers Beck and Scientology: https://www.vulture.com/article/beck-scientology-leigh-limon-sea-change.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 23, 20262h 1m
Noticing Ed Sheeran’s Instagram Apology, Tom Cruise’s Personality, and Fighting for Equality in Education
It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad. 13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore 51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ 62 min: Channing Tatum on IG 66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk in Toronto: https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Ed Sheeran: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309 https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/ Nikole Hannah-Jones: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/choosing-a-school-for-my-daughter-in-a-segregated-city.html Tom Cruise: https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 16, 20261h 24m
Noticing AI’s Future, Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley’s Relationship, and Hyrox Hygiene
This week anything you imagine can be real! Mr. Beast can write a bestselling book, Aaron Rodgers can invent a new reality, and AI is bringing all the evil tech billionaires together in song. 6 min: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley 33 min: Hyrox 41 min: Mr. Beast, Bestseller 48 min: AI and the Future 75 min: Caps off to Jennifer Lawrence ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk in Toronto: https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Mr. Beast’s Book: https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/mrbeast-youtube-james-patterson-book-games.html Hyrox: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/09/14/hyrox-athlete-soils-herself-what-happened-in-hyrox-china/91759299007/ AI and the Future: https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/ https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html Jennifer Lawrence: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHAY9TuvhK/ Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/shailene-woodley-environmentalist/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcj6LXY_e8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Sep 9, 20261h 47m
Noticing Nicole Kidman Fall, Adéla’s Rise, John Fetterman’s Hoodie, and the Death of Reading
Got Nicole Kidman on the brain??? In this week’s Katseye corner we’re digging into the hopes and dreams of non-Katseye member Adéla and her Nicole Kidman-less acknowledgement of Nicole Kidman. The storms this fall will be crazy thanks to a Super El Nino but is a storm better or worse than a senator who hates having to show up to senator club?? Finally, reading is over and freak youtube will freak you out. 18 min: Adela & Nicole Kidman Fall 31 min: John Fetterman Doesn’t Wanna Work 46 min: An El Nino for the Ages 57 min: Books & What Happens When You Don’t Read Them 98 min: Caps Off to Nikki Glaser ___________________________________ Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk in Toronto: https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Fetterman: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3 Adela: https://www.wmagazine.com/wyouth/adela-prima-album-interview-katseye-nicole-kidman Nicole Kidman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1P8ZzoLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB4Iv_tM7U&list=RD3sB4Iv_tM7U&start_radio=1 Reading: https://defector.com/what-do-booksellers-make-of-the-end-of-reading https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ https://newrepublic.com/article/212923/the-atlantic-magazine-endism-fetish?utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=every-new-beginning-comes-from-some-other-beginning-s-end&_bhlid=f0362b10ec5929389542e36de348ca99d8fe4ddc Lawn Guy: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/magazine/greg-chism-youtube-bad-baby.html Nikki Glaser at Taylors Wedding: https://www.threads.com/@deuxmoi/post/Dc689NsgPyQ/nikki-glaser-shares-some-behind-the-scenes-details-from-taylor-swift-and-travis/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- Aug 19, 20261h 53m
Noticing Phoebe Bridgers’s Lyricism, The State of Surrogacy, and Horses the Restaurant
I guess the government needs to just step in and control everything because restaurants, plastic surgery, and hobbies are out of control! And don’t even look at whats happening with surrogacy. This week we’re looking at what happens when everything is done to the absolute extreme but nothing really matters!! Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke! 15 min: Hobbyamory 24 min: What Happened to Horses (the restaurant) 60 min: Young People & Plastic Surgery 67 min: The State of Surrogacy 106 min: Caps Off to Phoebe Bridgers ___________________________________ Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago: https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show Clash Talk in Toronto: https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://goodnoticings.substack.com/ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings Follow us on: TikTok- @goodnoticingspod Instagram- @goodnoticingspod Theme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________ Surrogacy: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fate-of-twenty-one-los-angeles-siblings https://www.thecut.com/article/surrogate-triplets-custody-china.html https://www.thecut.com/article/they-asked-their-surrogate-to-have-an-abortion-she-refused.html Horses: https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-21/im-cancelable-but-im-not-a-cat-killer https://www.grubstreet.com/article/horses-restaurant-la-will-aghajanian-elizabeth-johnson-chef.html Plastic Surgery: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/07/magazine/face-lift-plastic-surgery-stories.html?searchResultPosition=1 Hobbies: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/style/single-dating-hobbies-hobbyamory.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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