For decades, Victoria’s Secret was a mall lingerie giant. In recent years, however, the brand has fallen from grace as executives faced allegations of harassment, bullying, fat-shaming, and promoting a company culture of misogyny. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, between 2015 and 2020, the company’s sales dropped by more than $2 billion. …
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Tom Scharpling has developed one of America’s most unique comic sensibilities over the past couple of decades, thanks largely to a radio show that earned him a deeply devoted following but not, for much of its run, any money. As host of “The Best Show With Tom Scharpling,” which began …
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Double Elvis Productions and iHeartRadio have released the trailer forAbout a Girl, a new podcast that explores the lives of women who shaped and influenced music’s most iconic male artists. Hosted by writer and director Eleanor Wells, About a Girl is a scripted anthology series that highlights 12 women from …
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Spotify shook up the podcast world on Tuesday when popular and polarizing podcaster Joe Rogan announced his show “The Joe Rogan Experience” would become a Spotify exclusive this September. But it wasn’t a total surprise — the news further bolstered Spotify’s high-profile podcasting moves from the past year and a …
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A new podcast, Wind of Change, will explore the tantalizing possibility that Scorpions‘ 1990 power ballad of the same name was actually written by the CIA as a piece of late Cold War propaganda. The show is hosted by New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and all eight episodes premiere …
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The Daily Show With Trevor Noah will launch a five-episode podcast miniseries parodying the current podcast boom on January 13th. The Daily Show Podcast Universe will feature Noah and other Daily Show correspondents, plus an array of special guests. The episodes include “Slowbama,” ostensibly a Slow Burn parody (described as …
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