The Club Chalamet Deep Dive
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
It's been a bumper week for the Timothee Chalamet stans - Marty Supreme is getting hit reviews, his hair is starting to grow back and the very controversial key holder of the kingdom has done her first ever media feature. That's right, Club Chalamet just got profiled by the Wall Street Journal.
This week, hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with the reaction surrounding the feature, Club Chalamet's fraught political and internet history, and what her disproportionate impact tells us about fandom and fan culture today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Gina. Hi, Ione. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester. And I'm I'm Iione, the founding |
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| 0:34.1 | Do we have any reviews, Ione? |
| 0:35.6 | We do. It's our last one. |
| 0:39.0 | This is from MDG-11-1-1-1-TFF in New Zealand. You make me feel better when I feel sad. |
| 0:48.3 | Thanks, guys. I love you. So cute. And it's five stars. And then on Spotify, M says, |
| 0:55.3 | Because I knew you, polyestine, because I knew I've been changed for good. |
| 0:58.8 | Love you girls and how you dissect the nuances in these topics. |
| 1:02.4 | Thank you, Em. |
| 1:03.2 | Thanks, Em. |
| 1:04.1 | Kate says, this is about wicked. |
| 1:06.3 | Such a shame as the theatre show is fap. |
| 1:09.0 | Well, they're both about wicked. |
| 1:10.1 | Yeah, I know, but I didn't say that yet. Oh, okay, sorry. Anyway. Anyway, what we're talking about today, Ione? Miss Club Shalame. And what the response to her Wall Street Journal profile piece tells us about how we feel, about fandom. It's been a long time coming, I think, this episode. |
| 1:29.0 | So who is Club Chalamey? |
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