Good Noticings

This week Sydney Sweeney has done yet another interview that has made people say, “what’s that girl on about???” so Claire dove deep into nearly a decade of interviews to figure out what she’s going for. We also discuss the incredible journalism from the New York Times about how women are ruining the world based on a vibe.  12 min: The Kardashians 17 min: Skincare for babies 23 min: Sydney Sweeney  1 hour 3 min: Did women ruin the workplace? Good Noticings Book Club is in New York City on November 21! Get your tickets! Join us for a screening of Eternity with A24 in New York on November 18! ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Sydney Sweeney in GQ:  https://www.gq.com/story/sydney-sweeney-gq-cover-story-interview-men-of-the-year-2025 Did Women Ruin the Workplace?: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html The Great Femenization:  https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/ Skincare for babies:  https://www.thecut.com/article/shay-mitchell-rini-skincare-for-kids.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week the girls have gone wild! We’re talking about whether or not you can be mad at an ex, a woman addicted to babies, and a nanny who nannied too close to the sun! 15 min - Bill Deblasio 2 20 min - Planned Parenthood Southeast 25 min - Celebrity Halloween and Kayla Nicole  34 min - 15 Children and Counting  58 min - The Nanny Who Wouldn’t Leave  ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Kayla Nicole’s Costume:  https://www.thecut.com/article/kayla-nicole-halloween-costume-travis-kelce-taylor-swift.html Planned Parenthood Southeast:  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/planned-parenthood-southeast-abortion-threat-takeover/ The Nanny Squatter:  https://www.thecut.com/article/nanny-drama-hillsdale-carano-nordenstrom-molnar.html 15 Kids and Fraud:  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magazine/marybeth-lewis-13-children-felony-charges.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever noticed that Kevin Federline is a deflective loser? This week we’re talking about it. He’s put out a menacing memoir that’s almost more disturbing than learning what it means to enter a goonstate! We’re also talking about the Louvre and embarrassing boyfriends so pull up a chair and microwave some food that you didn’t order from Wonder.  14 min - The Louvre was Robbed 21 min - What is Wonder 39 min - Is Having a Boyfriend Embarassing Now? 49 min - Welcome to the Gooniverse 1 hour 4 min - Kevin Federline’s Memoir 1 hour 56 min - Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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 Goon Squad: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ Wonder Restaurant:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/business/marc-lore-wonder-food-delivery.html https://www.eater.com/24296780/wonder-food-hall-delivery-company-explained-marc-lore-grubhub-acquisition Are Boyfriends Embarassing? https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wednesdays are for lovers!!! This week, we’re talking about unstoppable duos like Dua Lipa and Callum Turner and Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry. We also discuss lovers of the unhinged ramble Ned Fulmer and Lee from America, and finally, lover of the grift Mel Robbins!! 11:00 - Dua Lipa and Callum Turner Read Books 15:00 - Ned Fulmer and Lee from America  25:00 - Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Party 36:00 - Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau   39:00 - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline 44:00 - Mel Robbins 1:43:00 - Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Lee from America and Ned Fulmer:  https://shows.acast.com/baby-steps/episodes/getting-canceled-mental-health-de-influencing-lee-from-ameri Zohran Mamdani: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-race-democratic-party-frank-rich.html Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau:  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/justin-trudeau-and-katy-perrys-teenage-dream Mel Robbins:  Let Them (2024) Stop Saying You’re Fine (2011) Mel Robbins Ted Talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Lp7E973zozc&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ted.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ted.com&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY Boston Magazine:  https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/10/30/mel-robbins-is-not-the-bashful-type/ New York Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/well/mind/mel-robbins-let-them-profile.html#commentsContainer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you happen to be interested in celebrity memoirs, we’re returning to form today with a chat with Lukas Gage! His memoir is out now and he’s live in studio to discuss. We also take a needle to the AI bubble and we hope for the best for Wendy Williams.  12:00 - The AI Bubble 28:00 - Where is Wendy Williams 37:00 - Lukas Gage’s Memoir Rundown 1:00:00 - A Chat with Lukas Gage 1:37:00 - Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Lukas Gage wrote a memoir:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Wrote-This-for-Attention/Lukas-Gage/9781668080078 What Happened to Wendy Williams:  https://www.thecut.com/article/what-happened-wendy-williams-update-dementia-facility-guardianship.html The AI Bubble:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/why-experts-are-warning-the-ai-boom-could-be-a-bubble?embedded-checkout=true Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week the internet was ablaze with Swiftian discourse so dense only Taylor Swift and her background in English teaching can sort through it. We also discuss the new rules for men and Bari Weiss’s destruction of the news.  9 min: The Ryder Cup  16 min: Bari Weiss Becomes Head of CBS News 31 min: Rules for Modern Gents 50 min: The Life of a Showgirl  1 hour 10 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Bari Weiss:  https://theintercept.com/2025/10/03/cbs-news-bari-weiss-david-ellison/ Rules for Gents:  https://www.gq.com/story/gq-125-rules-for-modern-gentlemen-manners-etiquette-guide The Atlantic Reviews Life of a Showgirl:  https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-review/684444/ The New Yorker Reviews Life of a Showgirl:  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/do-we-still-like-taylor-swift-when-shes-happy Rolling Stone Reviews Life of a Showgirl:  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-review-1235439733/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The word of the week is discernment! Because if you don’t have it, fake friends, tradwives, Jay Shetty, Yolanda Hadid, and Elizabeth Gilbert will try to get ya! 12 min: Friend  24 min: Birth Control  32 min: Jay Shetty and Emma Watson  54 min: Amy Griffin  1 hour 9 min: Selena Gomez 1 hour 14 min: Eat Pray Love 2 1 hour 47 min: Caps Off ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ I Hate My Friend: https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend/ Who Am I Without Birth Control  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/style/birth-control-skepticism-wellness-tiktok.html Jay Shetty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2caQ4j9oohE The Billionaire, The Psychedellics, and the Bestselling Memoir https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/nyregion/amy-griffin-memoir-psychedelic-drugs.html Elizabeth Gilbert:  https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good Noticings, Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton try to forgive a former Try Guy, explore Edward Enninful’s new magazine, and explore Lizzo’s next chapter.  12 min: Edward Enninful’s 72 24 min: Bad Walkers in New York  32 min: Lizzo is Starting Over 50 min: Summer House Spinoff  54 min: Ned Fulmer (the Try Guy) is Back, Too Come to Memoir Practice Live at The Strand! ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Edward Enninful’s Big Reveal:  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/style/edward-enninful-magazine-vogue.html This Frustrated New York Pedestrian Calls Out Bad Walkers: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/nyregion/this-frustrated-new-york-pedestrian-calls-out-bad-walkers.html Lizzo Starts Over:  https://www.vulture.com/article/lizzo-comeback-lawsuit-canceled-zeitgeist-interview.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Good Noticings Claire and Ashley discuss ghosting and if all good Pop Culture has in fact ghosted us. They also look into the new head of Vogue, if there even is such a thing.  6 min: Chloe Malle Takes Over at Vogue 13 min: AI scraping 19 min: Wet Leg 26 min: Ghosting  33 min: Is This The Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture? 1 hour 7 min: The Emmys ___________________________________ Follow us on: TikTok- ⁠@goodnoticingspod⁠ Instagram- ⁠@goodnoticingspod⁠ Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings⁠ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search Theme song by: Bri Connelly  ___________________________________ Pop culture article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/american-pop-culture-decline/682578/ Wet Leg:  https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/wet-leg-rhian-teasdale-new-album-moisturizer-new-look-harry-styles-tour Who is Chloe Malle:  https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/vogue-chloe-malle-editor-in-chief-anna-wintour-net-worth-b2819165.html Is Ghosting Innevitable? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ghosting-inevitable AI Scraping: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-scraping-free-for-all-by-openai-google-meta-ending.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WELCOME TO GOOD NOTICINGS! Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton are diving into celebrity gossip and hot topics every Wednesday. This week, Selena Gomez’s mom outgirlbossed the best of ‘em, we review Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, and Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner cover Vogue! 7 min - Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles are hanging out 13 min - What happened to Wondermind? (Selena Gomez and her mom’s startup??) 32 min - Wired’s Surrogacy story 59 min - Sabrina Carpenter’s album 1 hour 5 min - Kendall and Gigi on the cover of Vogue ___________________________________ Keep up with all the latest: https://www.goodnoticings.com/ Read our many musings on Substack: https://cmbc.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search 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  ___________________________________ Selena Gomez Article: https://www.thecut.com/article/selena-gomez-wondermind-mental-health-start-up-mandy-teefey.html Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-baby-died-whose-fault-is-it-surrogate-pregnancy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Good Noticings! A new podcast by Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton. Every week, they'll rapid-fire recommend everything they've been loving in music, movies, fiction, and more. Then they'll get into the latest in pop culture beyond just the headlines. Finally, every episode will feature a deeper look into a non-fiction book, a long read, or a buzzy moment in culture. New episodes drop every Wednesday starting September 10th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final chapter, we turn to Alyson Stoner and their brutally honest memoir about child stardom. From success as a dancer and a Disney kid and the lack of money and support that comes with that kind of fame to the truth about what happens to the family of a child star, Alyson legit tells all and then pops by to chat with us!! BRAND NEW SUMMER MERCH https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/collections/all If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest:  https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub  Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Backstreet’s back… alright? Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys member and brother of Aaron Carter, did a low to medium amount of emotional work and wrote a whole book about what you can learn from him.  BRAND NEW SUMMER MERCH https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/collections/all If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest:  https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub  Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Head into the 90210, make a left at Tori Spelling and you’ll run straight into Jennie Garth. The 90210 cast member has been in the center of some of Hollywood’s biggest tabloid stories but none of it was her fault.  BRAND NEW SUMMER MERCH https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/collections/all If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest:  https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub  Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s there to say about Scheana Shay that hasn’t already been said? In her wildly anticipated memoir, Scheana finally gets to talk about herself in the one place it’s most allowed. From her childhood, to a long list of celebrity flings, to how Scandoval affected her most of all, it’s hard to believe she’s left anything out. BRAND NEW SUMMER MERCH https://shop.celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/collections/all If you want to host a CMBC meetup here’s a meetup 101 packet to help you plan! Keep up with all the latest:  https://celebritymemoirbookclub.biz/ Join our Geneva Community to chat with the other worms!!!!  Join the Patreon for new episodes every Thursday! https://www.patreon.com/celebritymemoirbookclub  Follow us on Twitter @cmbc_podcast and Instagram @celebritymemoirbookclub  Art by @adrianne_manpearl and theme song by @ashleesimpsonross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices