Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad - Genius or Dog Whistle?

Is The Mic Still On

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

This week, we break down the controversy behind Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad—was it clever marketing or a total misread of the room? Then the crew dives into the drama surrounding Ari Lennox's take on Martin and the decades-long debate about how the show treated Pam. Later, we get into the online war over which cities truly run the culture (Is Atlanta really Top 4?), and close out with: Are there even any rap superstars under 30? (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:29) – Fun Facts Kicking things off with some quick hits and random facts to warm up the episode. (00:13:34) – Best Thing We’ve Seen This Week (00:33:57) – Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle Ad Is the backlash justified? 👉 Read more (01:17:32) – Ari Lennox vs. Martin Sitcom Legacy Was Pam disrespected on Martin? (01:39:57) – Top 4 Major Cities in the U.S. Debate Online debates rank NYC, LA, Chicago, and ATL. But should ATL even be in the convo? (01:52:00) – Where Are the Young Rap Superstars? Are NBA YoungBoy and Playboi Carti the only real rap superstars under 30? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Uh, you're tuned in to your favorite pod because the people want to know is the mic still on.
0:15.8	I'm saying.
0:17.8	What up everybody?
0:18.8	Welcome to another episode of the Friendsance for a second podcast my name is
0:22.0	kenneth bianz joining me on the show we are big spike mike and rott what up dude what
0:26.9	up what up y'all we appreciate you guys joining us uh if you want exclusive conversations
0:31.9	they can only be found on the patreon uh at least anywhere from 25, 30 minutes
0:38.8	of just the
0:39.9	you know we're sitting now
0:41.0	kind of warming up
0:41.7	B,
0:41.9	stretching our legs a little bit
0:43.4	before we start to show
0:45.0	you know
0:46.7	so we were talking about
0:48.3	kind of
0:49.7	a big conversation
0:51.4	last week
0:52.2	about this group on Twitter
0:53.6	so we had a conversation about that.
0:55.9	And, you know,
0:58.6	parents playing
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