This week, we're covering the September 2025 article from The Cut: What Happened at Wondermind? Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart. By Angelina Chapin "Wondermind was supposed to build a world of mental-health-related content — through a website, podcasts, TV shows, and films — and its mission was lofty: to “destigmatize” mental-health problems and “democratize” its care. [...} Something to the opposite effect seems to have played out at Wondermind. Out of 29 former and current employees, 14 agreed to speak with me, most on the condition of anonymity. According to dozens of conversations, the company’s grand mission and basic operations were tanked by Gomez’s and Teefey’s personal and family dysfunction, including the denial of Teefey’s instability." This episode has everything you want: child stars, toxic mother/daughter relationships, polyamorous lesbians, one Sex and the City reference, and ashwagandha Cheetos. To watch this episode ad-free, SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON Become a free member on Patreon to see other links mentioned in this episode Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Follow Troy @TroyJeanSpears Follow Dara @DaraLaine Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To see the Candie's ads as we dissect them, watch this episode exclusively on Patreon! Troy McEady and Dara Laine get into Jenny McCarthy and her toilets, Hayden Panettiere - the Candie's queen, Britney Spears' ad campaign with pictures by Terry Richardson, the David LaChapelle of it all, the evolution of the brand identity, and more! Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Watch other episodes on Youtube Emails us at whatsyourissuepodcast@gmail.com Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Troy and Dara discuss the February 1998 issue of Vibe magazine with the perfect Kara Berry from the podcast Everyone's Business (But Mine) !! They talk about Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim's feud and their influence on high fashion, which TLC girl they are, a hypothetical Missy Elliott Lilith Fair, the best of hip hop in 1997, and Troy's new Oprah DVD box set. Link to the article scans Follow Kara on Instagram Follow us on Instagram Listen ad-free on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008! In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan advice, our horoscopes, "Which TV Show Are You?", "What's Your Scarf Style?", fan sweepstakes, and more! Watch this video ad-free on Patreon Check out the pages on Instagram Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers! We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed right as she was taking off... plus! her time as Jezebel's tabloid reporter, the US Weekly Saving Britney article from 2019, the time she pissed of Countess Luann, media literacy, and more! Go listen to Eating For Free and read her Substack Local Gossip WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices