Good Noticings

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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. New episodes drop every Wednesday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network. 

  1. 4d ago

    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

  2. Sep 23

    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

  3. Sep 16

    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

  4. Sep 9

    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

  5. Aug 19

    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

  6. Aug 12

    Noticing Girlboss Erasure, Katseye’s Roster, and Leopold Aschenbrenner

    What do Katseye, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Girlbosses have in common???? Their numbers are dwindling!!! This week we’re talking about the many Katseye member hiatuses, Leopold’s bad bets, David Ellison’s plea for more stuff, and the truth about Girlbosses vs. online vulnerability.  Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!  12 min: Katseye 21 min: David Ellison 32 min: Leopold Aschenbrenner 50 min: Girlbosses  78 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ 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  ___________________________________ Leopold:  https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/what-does-the-humbling-of-leopold-aschenbrenner-mean-for-the-ai-bubble Girlbosses:  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/female-ambition-alex-cooper-alix-earle/688080/ https://www.thecut.com/article/social-media-last-taboo-struggling.html David Ellison:  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  7. Aug 5

    Noticing John Galliano’s Met Gala, Jared Leto’s Cult, and a No Influencers Sign

    Great news gang Jared Leto is headed for another reckoning but if he plays his cards John Galliano style he’s only a few years from being honored at the Met Gala! John Gallino, famed anti-semite and fashion designer will be the third ever living designer to be honored by the costume institute. In other news, Emily Wilson hated Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey and Nantucket hates influencers.  Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!  13 min: John Galliano’s Met Gala 55 min: Jared Leto Allegations 63 min: Emily Wilson’s Critique of The Odyssey  77 min: The No Influencers Sign 101 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ 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 ___________________________________ 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  ___________________________________ The Met Gala: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/style/met-gala-costume-institute-john-galliano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.0NiT.An9IYTbHbf9i&smid=tw-share https://jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of-the-american-jewish-establishment The Odyssey: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/maga-joyce-carol-oates-criticises-emily-wilson-for-criticising-nolans-odyssey No Influencers:  https://www.vulture.com/article/influencer-recession-audrey-peters-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=threads https://www.thecut.com/article/nantucket-locals-vs-influencers-paige-lorenze-dairy-boy.html Jared Leto:  https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jared-leto-accused-criminal-sexual-conduct-bbc-documentary-1236823153/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  8. Jul 29

    Noticing Co-Star’s New Home, Sophie Cunningham, and the Death of Punk

    Co-star, Sophie Cunningham, and Tyra Banks are all showing their true colors and perhaps its not what you thought? But perhaps it’s exactly what you thought. We’re also chatting about whether or not the counterculture can even exist anymore!!! Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!  15 min: Co-Star was Acquired 27 min: How Mad Should You Be at Cheating??? 47 min: Who is Sophie Cunningham? 64 min: Is Punk Dead? 78 min: Caps off to Tyra Banks ___________________________________ 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 ___________________________________ 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  ___________________________________ Punk is dead:  https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.middlebury.edu/dist/d/2396/files/2010/09/dissent.pdf Co-Star: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/how-astrology-took-over-the-internet.html https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ Cheating:  https://www.vox.com/culture/457569/coldplay-cheating-ceo-why-people-love-cheating Sophie Cunningham:  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/ Modelland:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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. New episodes drop every Wednesday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network. 

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