The Only 2026 Ins And Outs List You Need
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Happy new year girlies! As is tradition in this joint (and across the internet at large), our hosts are giving their hot or not predictions for the upcoming twelve months.
In this week's episode, Ione and Gina discuss the possible return of woke, whether Substack is over, Timothée Chalamet’s chances of winning the Oscar, whether we’ll finally see the death of on the street voxpop TikToks, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Gina. Hi, Ione. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor-in-chief of Pollyester. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm I'm Iione, the founding editor-in-chief of Pollyester. And this is The Polyester podcast, |
| 0:22.1 | a feminist pop culture podcast by sexing the discourse on a weekly basis. Please make sure to like, rate, subscribe and review. And if you didn't know, members get a free copy of every zine we put out as well as lots of extra perks like one-on-one |
| 0:21.6 | mentoring, a group WhatsApp chat where you can talk to me in Ione and loads loads more. |
| 0:26.8 | Sign up via the link in our description. Do we have any reviews Ione? We do. This is five stars from |
| 0:32.8 | M M-M-E-I-G-S-S in the USA. I think this podcast makes me 25% cooler. Listening to this podcast makes me feel so cool. It's like overhearing conversation at a coffee shop with two ladies you'd love to be friends with, but you don't want to interrupt their vibe. Anyway, love the podcast and all the conversation it generates in my life. Thanks for thinking seriously about pop culture. Oh, thank you. |
| 0:54.7 | That's very nice. I think it makes me 25% less cool. Makes you 25% less cool. Makes me feel swag as |
| 1:00.9 | fuck. Yeah, we're just going to start on the podcast last week. So this is our Spotify comments |
| 1:05.6 | on the club shallomay episode. This one's from Katie who says, I only referring to Miss |
| 1:10.7 | Club Chalame throughout as Just Club. It's really giving, I only referring to Miss Club Chalamey throughout as Just Club is really giving RuPaul |
| 1:12.7 | saying, I saw Deer Evan Hanson on Broadway and Ben Platt, who plays dear, which then |
| 1:17.3 | reading this comment gave me a vocal stim. |
| 1:22.0 | Of O. |
| 1:22.9 | Oh. |
| 1:23.8 | Oh. Who plays O Mary. |
| 1:26.7 | You did a nurse of voice for the O? did a what? A Nessa voice No, I didn't. You did? Oh. You're doing it enough. That's my normal is. Oh. I'm curious. Okay. And then Eva Barling says, I literally love polyester so much, you guys make my Mondays. |
| 2:01.9 | Also, not to be creepy stand of you guys, but tell Gina I saw, oh, this is what you put the sun in. Tell Gina I saw her at the car boot on Sunday. I wanted to say hi, but was too busy haggling. Oh, thank you, Eva. You should come over and say hi. She's very friendly. I love the car boot. she does she's there every Sunday if you want to know where Gina is. |
| 2:01.5 | On a Sunday. |
| 2:02.2 | On a Sunday. So what are we talking about today, Ione? Happy 2026. |
| 2:07.3 | New year. How are you feeling? New. New? Fresh. Brand new. |
| 2:11.8 | Honestly, this break off has been revitalising. For you? For me? Not for me. |
| 2:16.4 | No. Well, I had some touch on good days, but, you know, I'm on the inside of it. |
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