rabbit h0le

Nov 02 2024 11 ep. 50 mins 20
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We can't sleep and we ask too many questions.

Matthew Gault and Emily Lipstein

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TEASER - 11 - On Baseball and Zionism

Nov 02 2024 12 mins  
This is a teaser of a full episode released just for Patreon subscribers. For $5/month, you get access to our extra episodes. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/c/RabbitH0lePodcastWe’re both trying to keep ourselves sane during this election cycle. Emily has turned to baseball for comfort. I’ve turned to pondering Zionism. Which hasn’t been less stressful.We recorded this whe

010 - Telegram and the Ghosts of Discourse Past

Oct 10 2024 57 mins  
Greetings from the hurricane ravaged coasts of South Carolina. Emily and I recorded this episode a few weeks ago and then, well, a bunch of stuff happened. Including a hurricane. I’m fine. We got incredibly lucky here in South Carolina but it did delay things a bit.Do you want to feel old? Want to feel how horrifyingly fast the year is moving? Then take a listen to this podcast a

TEASER - 09 - Emergency Brittany Dawn Update

Sep 23 2024 7 mins  
Content warning for discussion of pregnancy and miscarriage.We recorded an emergency episode because Brittany Dawn is pregnant, and we have a lot of feelings about it.Listen to the whole thing by subscribing to our Patreon. For $5, you're supporting the show, and get two extra episodes a month.https://www.patreon.com/RabbitH0lePodcast Mentioned in the episode:What’s in Brittany D

08 - Rise of the New Pop Girlies

Sep 18 2024 63 mins  
Rolling Stone staff writer Brittany Spanos joins us in the warren this week to walk us through one of our weirder rabbit holes: pop music.Matthew’s Katy Perry gaffeTaylor is not done, Taylor is never doneThe rise of the new pop girliesKaty Perry was bad long before thisFalse nostalgia for the Obama eraWe’re all trapped in 2016Katy Perry CAN’T fix thisThe Hannah Montana G

TEASER - 07 - Welcome to the Secret Warren

Sep 11 2024 11 mins  
https://www.patreon.com/RabbitH0lePodcastIn this ep:Matthew on the things that get donated to a used bookstoreEmily on Julie and Julia (2009)Matthew on Telegram and France and Elon and BrazilThe concept of “hate following” da new york mets baby love da metsBiblequest review on board game geek Half price booksBonnie’s cookbook store Seattle bookstoreMicrowave co

06 - TikTok Radicalized Me (to Watch Young Sheldon) with Alex Cranz

Sep 03 2024 63 mins  
https://www.patreon.com/RabbitH0lePodcastWhat’s the deal with all of those “pirated” movie and TV clips that show up on TikTok and Instagram? Well, some of them are being quietly breadcrumbed across your feeds by the studios themselves—and it’s proving to be a great way to get people to watch at least one network sitcom.This week, Emily and Matthew go down the rabbit hole

05 - The Unemployed Media People For Harris Zoom Call

Aug 22 2024 70 mins  
Support us on Patreon!Today’s episode begins with a very long discussion about the perils of buying semi-legal weed in NYC and South Carolina.We’re here with the incomparable Gita Jackson of Aftermath to discuss Charli XCX, Brat Summer, and the Kamala Harris pop culture moment. Do we keep getting sidetracked? Yes, but it’s an incredible discussion and we do get to Brat and Ka

04 - The Final Cyber

Aug 17 2024 69 mins  
https://www.patreon.com/RabbitH0lePodcastBefore starting rabbit h0le, Emily and I hosted a little show over at Vice called Cyber.Towards the end of February 2024 we heard a rumor that everyone would be fired and the site would be deleted. It turned out half of that was true. When we knew our days were numbered but before they’d revoked access to everything else, we recorded one f

03 - The Habsburg Way (in Suburban America) with Christopher Hooks

Aug 09 2024 79 mins  
The Habsburg royal family was once the most powerful dynasty in Europe. Now they’re a joke associated with inbreeding, Paradox grand strategy games, and VERY prominent chins. The Habsburgs lost most of their political power in the Great War, but they got to remain rich. And influential.How influential? Ask journalist Christopher Hooks, who attended a Habsburg convention in suburb

02 - Tracking the king of romance audiobooks with Anna Merlan

Jul 31 2024 57 mins  
Joe Arden had a pretty good thing going. As the voice of dozens of romance novel hunks, he commanded the adoration of listeners and high prices from authors looking to put his voice to their fantasies. Fans called him “the king of fuck.”Then a sexting scandal turned that audience against him. It’s a story that involves BookTok, smut, and a man who built a following while neve