Martha Stewart’s Bagel Tips, the Vanity Fair January Issue, and More ‘Heated Rivalry’ | We’re Obsessed

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Let’s have some fun with bagels! Jodi and Nora start out with some listener obsessions from the Instagram, including Martha Stewart’s infamous bagel technique (6:25) and, of course, ‘Heated Rivalry’ (25:21). Then they dive into Vanity Fair’s January issue, which is anchored by Chris Whipple’s profile of the second Trump administration’s innermost circle and includes some viral photography by Christopher Anderson (34:30). Finally, they talk through some truly deranged real headlines that sound fake, including a doozy about Riley Keough’s alleged egg donation to John Travolta (46:36), KJ Apa’s vocal performance in the upcoming film ‘Jimmy’ (53:58), some alleged drama from the upcoming ‘Traitors’ season (59:45), and Casey Wilson’s rat infestation (1:05:11), before each sharing their personal obsession for the week (1:11:54). DM us on Instagram at instagram.com/wereobsessedpod! Hosts: Jodi Walker and Nora Princiotti Producers: Sasha Ashall and Belle Roman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We're Obsessed, a podcast here on the Ringer Dish feed.
0:19.3	I'm Jody Walker.
0:20.5	And I'm Nora Pinceotti. Oh, and
0:23.1	Nora, I have to tell you something. Oh, boy. Everything's really bad right now. Yeah. Yeah.
0:30.7	There was a moment earlier this week. And thankfully, there have been a few, I don't know, heartwarming might be a bit of a stretch, but a few more fun topics that have revealed themselves throughout the week. But there was a time when we were sort of looking at each other and going, hey, so all the news is tragedy. What do we do for our podcast? Oh, I'm going to be honest. I'm going to peel back the fourth wall here and say,
0:55.2	we're still kind of there. There's just everything. Okay, actually, though, you're right,
1:01.4	that in the last analysis, some truly wild stuff has started happening in pop culture,
1:05.2	and we've got some real headlines that sound fake and some reader requests to roll through that I kind of can't
1:12.2	believe the quality of. And then, you know, I do feel that this week is trolling us, that the
1:20.8	vibes are atrocious and we are leading up to the holidays. And so it's not just that terrible
1:26.2	things are happening in the real world, but also that like, why haven't people stopped emailing?
1:31.8	Yeah. Why haven't they? It's a great question. Why still Zooms, I wonder. The mind wonders.
1:40.3	The vibe of everything right now, a week before Christmas, is sort of like, hey, let's try again in 2026.
1:48.7	This is what I'm trying to remember too, Nora. Is it always like this?
1:53.8	Like, kind of yes, but also definitely no. This is like I really prefer age-wise. I prefer even number years. I think those are good years for me.
2:03.2	And I'm like, is it- You're the second person to say this to me this week. I've never had a
2:07.0	unique thought in my life. Okay, but that's crazy. Who else said that to you? My friend, Betsy. Was it me drunk?
2:13.4	No, my friend. That would make three people.
2:22.6	My friend Betsy literally was like, I like the even years better.
2:24.3	Well, Betsy gets it.
2:26.9	I mean, I do think that there, I know I have a lot of series.
2:31.7	Betsy actually have, Betsy's actually going to pop up at the very end of this podcast as well.
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