262: Jenny Slate Enters the Blake Lively Vortex ft. Kate Kennedy

Pop Apologists

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Society & Culture, Talk Radio

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Lauren and Chan are joined by Kate Kennedy from the Be There in Five podcast to chat about all the things living rent-free in their minds. They discuss Jenny Slate’s It Ends With Us HR complaint and why Justin Baldoni’s communication style may be the issue (2:32). They dive into Ballerina Farm and which publication Lauren thinks should be featuring Hannah (10:57). They take a moment on Nara Smith’s account and content strategy (13:40). They loop back around to Blake and Justin to discuss the recent Hollywood Reporter article and SNL appearance (19:15). They discuss their take on Blake and Taylor’s friendship in light of the lawsuits (33:33). They give their take on Meghan Markle’s upcoming ventures As Ever and With Love, Meghan (38:00). Finally, they give their complete thoughts on Pookie, and whether they buy what she and Jett are selling (52:44). Check out our amazing sponsors: Clean Simple Eats: Shop Clean Simple Eats protein powder and use code POPAPOLOGISTS for 10% off! Earlybird: Click here to try EarlyBird CBD/THC gummies and use code POP20 for 20% off. Progressive: Visit Progressive.com to see if you could save on car insurance. To support the show, consider subscribing on Patreon or anywhere you listen to podcasts, where you can get a bonus episode of Pop Apologists every Friday! Please note this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

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0:00.0	You guys, this episode is so fun.
0:02.1	We have the one and only Kate Kennedy from the Be There in Five Pod.
0:05.8	And we just, we get into all of our favorite things, I would say.
0:09.2	We get into all of our favorite things.
0:10.4	We talk about the latest with Lake and Justin, of course, something, you know, Lauren and I have to get into.
0:15.1	We also talk about Megan Markle and as ever.
0:18.2	This is a quintessential pop apologist podcast. We get into the Pookinator.
0:23.1	We get into Ballerian Farm. We get into Donara Smith. Just so many of the women who live rent-free
0:29.2	in our brains full-time. So it's such fun episode. And Kate just has so many interesting thoughts.
0:34.6	I love listening to her talk because she's clearly, you know, she's working out a higher level sometimes. And she has a lot to teach me. She unlocks some things
0:41.4	about pooky. So if you listen to the end, you're going to hear some unsettling things that
0:46.4	maybe we need to all come to grips with. And with that, enjoy the episode, everyone.
1:03.4	Well, well, well, I'm so excited because today we are joined by the host of the Be There in Five podcast, Kate Kennedy.
1:09.2	Kate is the author of One in a Millennial on Friendship, Feeling, Fangirls, and Fitting In.
1:11.8	I'm so excited to have you here, Kate, because I have to tell you, when we were first starting our podcast, I kind of knew we had a lot of overlap. And I was like,
1:17.1	I would just love to do a swap at some point. But to be honest, I was just like always too nervous to
1:21.9	reach out because you were just like so successful. You're a big name to us. This is like so fun. Well, likewise, you guys have
1:28.9	blown up and I was shook when you reached out. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you. And I love
1:33.9	what you're doing in the space. And I feel like we have, what we have in common is extracting
1:37.6	meaning from pop culture. Yes. Precisely. We're anthropologists. We really are. We're scholars, or historians, or journalists. And today, we have subject matter to really dig into. So everyone knows we're doing, everyone on this planet knows that we are doing a series.
1:54.6	Chandlerma's facial expression, or she looks at me on the pot is always like, what's she going to say? Like, what's happening? What's going to come out of your? What? Are you going to make a sentence?
2:02.5	No, no, no, I'm ready.
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