Second Thought

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The Free Press

Second Thought is a new podcast from The Free Press tackling pop culture with a sharp, open-minded, and funny point of view. Hosted by Free Press co-founder Suzy Weiss and comedian Dan Ahdoot (Cobra Kai, Undercooked), the show cuts through the noise to explain what everyone is watching, talking about, arguing over, and quietly obsessed with—or will be soon. Expect cutting commentary, unexpected guests, and cultural translating for Gen Xers who want to understand their kids, millennials who are starting to feel like boomers, and everyone in between.

  1. 3 pv sitten

    Tom Brady’s Midlife Crisis

    In this episode, Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot unpack this week's very important culture news and spotlight the bizarre stories you probably missed. They examine Tom Brady’s increasingly strange post-divorce reinvention and his latest publicity stunt with Logan Paul, asking whether the GOAT is in the throes of a midlife crisis. They dig into the legal challenge to South Carolina’s face tattoo ban and debate whether face tattoos are really an expression of free speech. Then they ask the only question that really matters: Would you buy parasite-contaminated lettuce for 50 percent off and play “lettuce roulette” with a few days of explosive diarrhea? Plus: Why the outrage over Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is aimed at all the wrong things, the viral deformed raccoon uniting Seattle, and why Scientologists may deserve a little more respect than they usually get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 17.7.

    Inside the Golden Age of Porn

    Is porn empowering? Is it a scourge? And either way: Was it better in the ’80s? In this episode, Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot sit down with writer Allie Rowbottom to dig into her new novel, Lovers XXX, set in the cocaine-fueled “golden age” of Los Angeles’ adult film industry. They discuss the evolution of pornography from VHS tapes to OnlyFans and why feminists remain deeply divided over whether porn liberates women or exploits them.  Plus: the dark side of Los Angeles, the differences between East and West Coast strip clubs, and the enduring American greatness of Jell-O. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 10.7.

    All the Details on Taylor Swift’s Gaudy Wedding

    In this episode, Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot unpack this week’s *very* important culture news and highlight the bizarre, fascinating stories that you probably missed.  They dissect Taylor Swift’s unhinged Madison Square Garden wedding, from the “schizophrenic” buffet menu and Chanel bag raffle to the bizarre guest list (why was George Stephanopoulos there?)—plus how one artist made money by selling cubes of trash collected outside the venue. They break down how AI is helping people talk to dead relatives, raising the question: Can your dead grandfather finally tell you he’s okay with the fact that you skipped law school? Plus: Paris Hilton’s surprisingly effective crusade against abusive “troubled teen” schools, why only Japanese people should ask guests to take off their shoes, and an airtight theory for why America will never dominate soccer: We have too much dignity to fake injuries like socialist European players do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 26.6.

    Child Star, Neuroscientist, Crunchy Mom: The Many Sides of Mayim Bialik

    Few public figures have a résumé as eclectic as Mayim Bialik’s: child star, sitcom icon, neuroscientist, Jeopardy! host, “crotchety” feminist, and unapologetic Zionist. On this episode of Second Thought, she joins Suzy Weiss for a  conversation about growing up as a child actress, finding fame on Blossom, spending a decade on The Big Bang Theory, and why Hollywood has never quite felt like home.  Plus: feminism, GLP-1s, abortion, plastic surgery, “naturalistic” parenting, generational trauma, whether toxic shock syndrome is real, being labeled both an out-of-touch liberal and a secret Republican, trying to raise “normal” kids in Los Angeles, and being a proudly Jewish actress in a post–October 7 world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 19.6.

    How Our Culture Became ‘Cult-Like’

    According to Luke Burgis, our biggest social problem isn’t loneliness or polarization or the decline of trust in institutions. Our problem is that most of us don’t even really understand ourselves. We dress dress alike, flock to the same restaurants, and chase the same goals not because we’re adjusting our behavior to fit in, but because the people around us have fundamentally transformed our inner desires and flattened our personalities  That’s the subject of Burgis’s new book, The One and the Ninety-Nine, which explores how to build a “solid self” in a world of mimetic desire, social contagion, and intoxicating group dynamics. In this episode, Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot cover all of this with him, plus Knicks mania, Cacio e Pepe, voice notes, and the unwritten rules of “dude-on-dude” phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 12.6.

    Jeff Ross on Tom Brady, Trump, and the Roast of Kevin Hart

    Roast comedy is one of the last places where truly unfiltered commentary still lands in public, says “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross. Few people understand the art of the insult better than Ross, who has presided over the brutal, hilarious takedowns of everyone from Joan Rivers and Justin Bieber to Charlie Sheen. Today, he joins Suzy Weiss to break down his new Netflix special, Take a Banana for the Ride, which manages to be both hilarious and serious—addressing the loss of both of his parents as a teenager, the grief that shaped him, and how comedy became a way to build resilience and develop a thicker skin. In their conversation, they also discuss why the Tom Brady roast unexpectedly helped thaw old tensions between Brady, his former team, and Bill Belichick, how Ross persuaded Brady to step back onto the dais for the roast of Kevin Hart, the resurgence of the word retarded in public use, Ross’s relationship with Donald Trump, why he adopted a geriatric dog during the pandemic, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 5.6.

    I Am Not a Robot (but My Boyfriend Was)

    For a year, tech writer Joanna Stern turned herself into an AI guinea pig. She let artificial intelligence into every corner of her life: testing robot assistants, commuting in autonomous vehicles, reading AI bedtime stories to her children, and even going on a road trip with her AI boyfriend, Evan.  That experiment became her new book, I Am Not a Robot. In this episode, Joanna breaks down what we can expect from the next wave of AI technology. One question hangs over the episode: When the podcast host bots of the future are interviewing AI guest bots for the listening audience bots, who exactly will buy the mattresses? Plus: “rizz camming,” Dua Lipa’s restaurant recommendations, Backrooms, why online reviews are useless, Gen-Z jeans, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 28.5.

    Scooter Braun on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Becoming the Internet’s Villain

    Scooter Braun reflects on how he became one of pop music’s most powerful kingmakers, helping to engineer the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande—and the controversies that reshaped his public image, from Kanye West’s antisemitic spiral, which ended their relationship, to the Taylor Swift masters dispute that turned Braun into one of the internet’s biggest villains. Braun says he barely knew Swift personally and argues the feud was flattened into a simplified tale that painted him as an exploiter in a story far more complicated than the public understood. He opens up about the intensity of the backlash—and how the online fury pushed him into a suicidal low point. They also discuss the changing economics of music, celebrity, fandom, and power in the social media era. Plus: why Braun thinks Spencer Pratt could actually become mayor of Los Angeles, and how he felt watching most of the music industry stay silent after Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Second Thought is a new podcast from The Free Press tackling pop culture with a sharp, open-minded, and funny point of view. Hosted by Free Press co-founder Suzy Weiss and comedian Dan Ahdoot (Cobra Kai, Undercooked), the show cuts through the noise to explain what everyone is watching, talking about, arguing over, and quietly obsessed with—or will be soon. Expect cutting commentary, unexpected guests, and cultural translating for Gen Xers who want to understand their kids, millennials who are starting to feel like boomers, and everyone in between.

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    The Free Press
  • Tekijä
    The Free Press
  • Julkaisuvuodet
    2026
  • Jaksot
    16
  • Luokitus
    Lapsille sopimaton
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    Second Thought
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