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Amy Odell

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  1. 1日前

    How Meta Turned Smart Glasses Into 'Hot Surveillance Summer' (with Taylor Lorenz)

    In this special episode in collaboration with the Power User podcast Amy Odell joins tech journalist Taylor Lorenz to trace the arc of wearable tech — from the abomination that was Google Glass to Snapchat's vending-machine Spectacles and the company's recent $2,000 flop. Also, why Meta's rollout of it's new $299 fashion-first AI glasses, odious as many find them, may end up being a smash hit. Follow Taylor's show Power User on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube, and subscribe to her newsletter, UserMag. Chapters: 00:00 Intro — why everyone's arguing about Meta's glasses 01:36 Turning a camera into a fashion accessory 01:55 Welcome + the "hot surveillance summer" question 02:45 Google Glass and the original abomination 04:16 Snapchat Spectacles, vending machines, and a $130 flop 06:48 GoPro and how sports normalized filming everything 08:55 Ray-Ban Stories (2021) and the "creep" problem 10:57 2025: Oakley Meta and the first AI glasses 11:55 2026: low-profile frames, rhinestones, and AI as the real sell 13:25 The influencer rollout and the decline of fashion media 18:39 Why Kylie Jenner 21:40 How phones already normalized recording everything 24:56 Fashion, plausible deniability, and getting women on board 26:20 Will they actually sell? Meta's copy machine 29:19 The anti-screen crowd may be Meta's best customer 32:14 Beyond glasses: pins, pendants, and camera AirPods 35:29 Who owns the data? Facial recognition and the scary part 37:11 Zuckerberg, Bezos, the Met Gala, and OpenAI's fashion play 39:59 Snap's $2,000 flop and why ugly tech dies 43:03 Wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 4日前

    The Kennedys and British Royals: Diana's Death, Meghan Markle's Muse, and JFK Jr.'s Ego

    ***SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription.*** Town & Country editor Caroline Hallemann's new book is The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made. She joins Amy to discuss the eerie parallels between these two dynasties. Among the surprising stories in Hallemann's book: how Jackie Kennedy fought to keep wearing French designers as First Lady, why JFK Jr. wanted Princess Diana on the cover of George, the real story behind Diana's death and the ongoing conspiracy theories, and how Meghan Markle copied Carolyn Bessette's style. Plus: what Jack Schlossberg's blistering congressional loss means for the Kennedy dynasty. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Young Jackie at Miss Porter's and her enduring fashion influence 08:00 What "American Love Story" got wrong about Carolyn Bessette 10:30 JFK Jr. launches George magazine 14:00 Why John wanted Diana on the cover 20:00 Diana's death: what actually happened 32:00 The conspiracy theories that still swirl around Diana's death 39:00 Why Meghan Markle keeps copying Carolyn Bessette's style 53:00 Is Jack Schlossberg the next JFK Jr.? Subscribe to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Follow Caroline Hallemann: https://www.instagram.com/challemann/ Buy the book: https://amzn.to/4fVX8Bq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 7月7日

    13 Biggest Questions About Taylor Swift's Wedding

    Subscribe to the Back Row newsletter. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access paywalled podcasts and all newsletter stories. Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden — and nobody's seen the photos yet. Will Vogue get them? Will anyone? Amy Odell is joined by veteran celebrity journalist Justin Ravitz (former Executive Editor at Us Weekly and Rolling Stone) to count down 13 burning questions about the wedding of the year — 13, of course, because it's Taylor's lucky number. From the Dior couture ceremony looks to the guest list chaos (Zadie Smith? Wayne Gretzky? No Kardashians?) to whether this whole thing might end up as a theatrical release, Amy and Justin go through it all. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:50 #13 – What did she get talked out of? 06:23 #12 – What did Travis Kelce wear? 10:52 #11 – How close were they with their guests, really? 22:08 #10 – What was in the guests' NDAs? 25:33 #9 – Who leaked the wedding photos? 28:19 #8 – Were there religious elements? Was Adam Sandler ordained? 30:45 #7 – Did anyone try to slip them a gift? 37:27 #6 – Were there brand or corporate sponsors? 38:59 #5 – What were her cats doing? 40:54 #4 – Whose idea was the TT logo? 42:22 #3 – What celebrities were invited and said no? 44:57 #2 – Who was deliberately not invited? 51:59 #1 – Will the wedding be a theatrical release? 58:47 Final thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Fashion, style, celebrity and culture. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.