Kirby & Hart Online

Grande Finale: Updates, Goodbyes, and Jo-Jo Siwa

Kirby & Hart off-line! This our last episode (for now). Like Dav and Bethy, we have left the group chat but we wanted to give ourselves a proper send-off with internet updates, a look back at our favorite episodes, and recommendations to get you through those lonely hours without us. 

Updates include

• Jojo Siwa, accused love bomber, continues her journey towards self-discovery on Big Brother UK 
• Ben Platt makes a public break with his family
• Bethy and Dav claim group chats are a form of social media and redditors are confused

Past favorite episodes

• Internet Boyfriends 
• Bama Rush Tok
• Fundie Influencers 

Watch Yourself (While Watching the Media)

Kirby & Hart are perplexed. Here's the situation: celebrity stories are everywhere. Baring a monastic existence, they are impossible to avoid and it's even harder to know which stories are true.

While we don't always want to think about this stuff, we end up feeling about it anyways, so we've come up with strategies to shepherd our media-infused minds. Using the Blake Lively story as a (very brief) jumping off point, we explore the problem from psychological, spiritual, and pop culture media literacy angles, then we test this all by reflecting on the discursive, truth resistant dog pile that is the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt divorce. 

K-Pop

Our special guest, the estimable Meagan O’Keefe gives us an overview of the k-pop landscape: major players, recent melt-downs, and so much corporate intrigue. From hostile takeovers to rebuffed hellos, ball-cap sell outs and unhinged tell all press conferences, join us as we learn to root for team New Jeans.

Niche Celebrity Internet Gossip

Hey friends. Here is our latest episode. We made this before the election and it is the most usual of our usual schtick—niche celebrity internet drama—-except we also had our friend Meagan with us, which was extra fun. This may not be the tone you seek right now and, if so, we get it and we hope you’ll check back in later. But in case our schtick is a helpful balm/distraction, it is here for your ears. Topics include: Ben Platt and Molly Gordon’s friendship break-up, Phoebe Bridgers’ rumored dating history, and speculation into what’s gone unsaid between the former ladies of One Tree Hill. 

Bama Rush Tok

Femininity is not a competition...til it is. Kirby breaks down the phenomenon of these sorority sisters-cum-content creators at the University of Alabama and the internet that tunes in to watch.

Join us as we resolve to think hard about this exactly one time and then banish Greek Life from our thoughts forever. Bonus content includes a demure highlight and reflections on our brief and/or failed attempts at #sisterhood. 

Internet Diaries

What are the implications of dronegate? Can you put neosporin on a cat? Who is the nice Micaela? How fast can you order a Stand-To-Pee device while waiting in line for a stall at the airport? 

For two weeks, Kirby and Hart kept internet diaries to discover how and why they use the internet in their daily lives. Join us for a montage of Kirby fact checking the Olympics and Hart researching ailments he's afraid he has. Plus, Kirby accidentally finds the one question the internet can't answer: how tall is Rob Raush from Love Island USA?

 

Link to the weaving workshop discussed: https://ponnopozz.com/products/intro-to-weaving-workshop

What We Talk About When We Talk About J.Lo

Going on three decades now, we have not stopped talking about J.Lo. But when we talk about J.Lo, she's often a cover for covert cultural conversations about identity, authenticity, the body, and worthiness. 

 

This episode is a dive into all the ways we use J.Lo as the table we gather around to think through various cultural moments. It's a stand alone episode, but, if you need more Lo, scroll two episodes back for our take on J.Lo's recent output and the renewed furor surrounding the Bennifer saga.  

 

Lorde and the World's Most Famous Powerpoint

In 2018, the absolute workhorse of the Mircosoft office suite had a viral moment when a powerpoint about an alleged affair between Lorde and Jack Antonoff made the rounds on social media. 

On the way to discussing this newly vintage moment in online history, Kirby and Hart check in about Love Island USA (Kirby, franchise expert, endorses this season), Hart pitches a million dollar idea for a reality show about labor organizing, and we get into the cheez-its vs. goldfish marketing drama, sparked by the influencers on the reality show Summer House.