We don't just watch these women. We memorize them.

I'm Laura Diaz, and this is a show about the characters we love to consume.

The reality TV stars we can't look away from, the fictional women who live rent-free in our heads,

and the pop culture legends who shaped how we see ourselves.

Each episode, I'm joined by guests for smart, intimate conversations about the portrayals of

real people, the power of storytelling, and why certain characters stick, long after the

screen goes dark.

This isn't recap culture, it's context, curiosity, cultural obsession, examined.

If you've ever felt seen by a character,

judged by a reality TV star a little too hard, or wonder why some stories won't let go of you.

You're in the right place. Characters is available wherever you get your podcasts. Bitch. Is that better? It's bitch better? It's bitch better? It's bitch better?

Is bitch better? It's bitch better? It's bitch better?

I love a memoir in general, but I know if there's going to be tea in there, I can't not read it.

So, yeah, I'm likely going to be doing that. Judge me not.

Raise your hand if you're also going to read it and let me know that I'm not alone.

I just, I got to know what's in that book.

I have to.

And speaking of which, Sophia Franklin, who used to host Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper,

and then they had all that drama,

and she left the podcast, and now Alex is, like, insanely rich and successful from that podcast.

Her. She has a book coming out called Daddy Issues, and she's going to talk about all the drama,

and I'm going to read the shit out of it. Okay. And it's so crazy because I never even

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