Go Touch Grass

I love listening to Milly and Alisa break down internet stories that the perfect combination of petty, ridiculous, but also a real reflection of societal ills. The pod is super well researched and organized, which I really appreciate. I will go touch grass now.

I’m an avid WNBA fan who decided to try out the podcast starting with the episode on Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark. There are a lot of awful, uncurious takes about this moment in the WNBA and I hoped this would be a departure. I thought based on this podcast’s title that it would offer some sort of nuanced cultural criticism to cut through boring, tired Twitter brain rot. I’m not sure if this is part of the podcast’s regular format, but the hosts essentially assumed listeners have no PRIOR context for anything related to Reese or Clark despite them being two of the most well-known basketball players in the zeitgeist. Not convinced either hosts give a single care about women’s basketball despite speaking about it from an authoritative place (I’m talking about Milly especially here). Felt diminishing to both players and the league as a whole. If you have a genuine interest in learning more about either of these players or the WNBA in general would not recommend this podcast. Maybe their other content is better!

Such a huge fan! even if I know most of the discourse bc I’m quite online, I love hearing the recaps and usually I get more insight into it. I am now a patron and dedicated listener!

Idk wasn’t for me