In the final episode of Yeah No Yeah, Molly and Katie explore death as they celebrate the life of their 5-year-old podcast. They talk Zoom funerals, the experience of dying, embalming, and the funeral industry. Then the film turns grainy and unfocused as a montage of the girls recording in apartments in New York and Texas plays. They've screamed at 5 and 1-star reviews alike, fought with strangers on Twitter, and made friends on Patreon and Instagram. Yes, it had been a wild ride for the girls, but all good things must come to an end. Better to go out on a high note than wither away slowly and run out of ideas.
Good night and see you on the other side!
Find out what Katie meant when she told her elementary school class: "My Dad is on an African safari." On this penultimate episode, the gals talk consequences and life at the Big House. There's a cottage industry of former inmates who prepare white-collar criminals for their sentences, plus the shining examples set by "Club Fed" stars like Martha Stewart and Lori Loughlin. YouTube and Instagram have their own felonious stars who bring us surprising (and handy!) jailtime hacks.
Botox, menopause, the fear of death: Katie and Molly contemplate the aging process with the help of Cher's Tweets. We also discuss a recent age discrimination lawsuit brought by 5 anchorwomen against news corporation NY 1.
Molly and Katie are staring down the barrel of the baby gun. Together, they unpack some of the most common parenting controversies: Crying it out, attachment parenting, and free-range kids. They're also deciding how they feel about home birth, and its tinfoil hat-wearing cousin free birth.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ffs1Z06LRIDd3DBQ36IRJf9XegGt64AKMcca5kfZPpg/edit?usp=sharing
Katie and Andrew are getting married! (And in a beautiful twist, Molly got engaged shortly after this was recorded. To a (very) different Andrew.) So it's a good thing Molly did so much wedding research because it turns out most wedding traditions are based on a.) fear of evil spirits b.) capitalism. Find out what you can do to keep your marriage free of evil spirits and chock full o' Queen Victoria. Also in this episode: Katie reveals why being a bridesmaid made her decide against having any bridesmaids.
Long-time listeners will remember the legendary Tinder-er "Tugboat Annie" from Season 1 of Yeah No Yeah. We're all considerably more settled down in 2020, and Annie has some hard-earned wisdom to share with modern-day daters. We discuss dating during quarantine and remind our audience that they're probably not missing much.
Outtro by Ted and Liam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB5BWYMYMTg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3xvO2c7HGrTgU9-iB-5xL4LoSOLPHfQ6M_SsVE2PPhTVK-ZEcaACUBY6w
Molly and Katie skim the book that got our generation reading: Harry Potter. Our guest and die-hard fan Mariette Dorobis unpacks how she feels about the series now that JK Rowling has made it clear she likes the weather way over there on the wrong side of history.
Gone are the days of hard labor for teenagers. And you know what? We're certain they're not missing anything. Molly and Katie discuss their first jobs, first bosses, and first times being told to hit the curb!
Song Credit:
Angie K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3v8icnhhc
Did you know that your butthole is connected to your ovaries? Neither did our friend Amanda until she attended a public school in Texas. In this episode, we recall the lies our teachers told us, and review some of the school scandals that shaped our educational experiences.
Molly and Katie kick off Yeah No Yeah Season 5: "From the Womb to the Tomb" with a look at the very beginning of life, more specifically the special moment when mom and dad celebrate their soon-to-arrive infant by setting most of California ablaze. In this episode, Molly gives Katie a rundown on some of the very worst examples of genital reveal disasters. Helicopters, pipe bombs, and an unhappy alligator all make appearances. We also discuss the historical origins of baby showers and tell you the surprising reason the woman who invented baby gender reveal parties wants them to STOP.
Hybristophilia, aka Bonnie and Clyde syndrome, is the technical term for sexual arousal inspired by someone else's crimes. Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, Chris Watts — all received a ton of love letters in prison, often with bikini pics enclosed. Ramirez and Bundy each married women after they had gone to prison for a slew of disgusting crimes. Theories abound for this bizarre attraction: Are these women lonely victims of manipulation? Or is something more sinister afoot? Molly thinks she knows, and Katie begs us all not to drag bad boys' good names into this.
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_QwM-mu87DCQtPe3c9LwXZfgzZZyXrNL4xhsOwrSq38/edit?usp=sharing
Blind items often reveal Hollywood scandals long before they hit the newstands. Crazy Days and Nights, a blind item gossip site, talked about Harvey Weinstein and Keith Raniere (of the NEXIVM cult) long before reputable news outlets revealed their crimes to the public. Who's next? Katie and Molly look into the rumours swirling around Chris Cuomo, and speculate as to why so many blind item websites seem to have it out for Meghan Markle.
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QjSiEfnWnygT-C8GhPHucFZ6qm1wgzqiNiCBDy-PWkI/edit?usp=sharing
This episode brought to you by Gal Gadot's celeb-studded rendition of John Lennon's famous anti-war song "Imagine." We unpack why it's the wrong song for the crisis at hand, and why it's the exact opposite of playing the trumpet for your neighbors. We're also covering why it is that celebrities and basketball players can get tested for COVID-19 while the rest of us stay home and suck it up. Also: Which social media influencers are capitalizing on the crisis? This all probably has Lennon rolling in his grave, but Katie shares her best guess for what he would want us to do if he was still alive: Stay in bed and grow your hair.
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rp2KEKbgzJMXx_pDBeYNVwXAZbJ_QT20Yb1d5oZOSRw/edit?usp=sharing
The Doctors will see you now! And this time... they're real doctors. Dr. Shiloh & Dr. Scott from "LA Not So Confidential" join Yeah No Yeah to discuss celebrity stalkers: the who, the why, and the what the hell. Molly opens with a stalker who studied a pop singer's selfies, zooming in and enhancing the reflection in her pupils to find out where she lived. Then we cover Taylor Swift's most persistent stalker, the woman with an erotomanic obsession with David Letterman, and the obsessed fan who tried to murder Bjork. Along the way, the doctors talk erotomania, delusion, and the connection between suicidal and homicidal ideation.
LA Not So Confidential: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/lansc
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S_tTYWpUlMraOK7fT_6Ws7ppQ8Tp0hcyi9BDpJtcNeM/edit?usp=sharing
Outtro Song: Kevin Lien cover of “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5usmT0igK8
Yeah No Yeah recorded this episode from our respective homes, muddling our way through the covid-19 pandemic with rest of the world. We thought we'd take this time to check in with some of the celebrity doctors and MLM scams we've covered the past two seasons: What do the essential oil peddlers and schlocky TV doctors have to say about coronavirus? We talk about Goop-approved physician Dr. Kelly Brogan, the suspect psychiatrist who doesn't "accept coronavirus as a reality." Did Dr. Drew not treat the virus with the seriousness it deserved? Why is Dr. Phil giving toilet seat-licking "coronavirus challenge" tik-tokkers a platform? This episode also covers the rumor that the coronavirus came from bat soup, and the role of Chinese traditional medicine in the illegal wildlife trade.
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_A2jcvO6o4HDXYAqNAB87Kn0VTIJoccKJn4yZ4lmyuc/edit?usp=sharing
Young fans of YouTube and TikTok believe a few of their favorite entertainers have been kidnapped, and are being forced to make extremely creepy videos against their will. According to Katie, "There's nothing the teen detective of YouTube can't do...except properly identify when someone is being held captive." We go over the conspiracy theories that swirl around BonSkinny, Marina Joyce, and Kate Yup, as well as the Alternate Reality Games that may provide some explanation for a few internet mysteries. This episode also touches on the real missing person cases of Karlie Guse and Kayla Berg, and how certain YouTubers have used concern over these cases to grow their channels.
SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeoJ-9ue5ARhiVs68iu6_gExmu-oDyeoL5Fm3Peyy8w/edit?usp=sharing
15 years later, we’ve gone where few women have gone before, wading into Neil Strauss’s The Game and swimming in its somewhat slimy waters. While dorky and somewhat manipulative, his writing seems blissfully inoffensive compared to the incel rants that get upvoted on Reddit today. We talk about some major misconceptions that date-challenged men like to circulate, including the notion that hypergamy relates to modern dating or square jaws. Although this episode nearly put us off all men everywhere, our old pal Chris (from YNY seasons 1 & 2) made an appearance to explain what it is that men are looking for when they crack open a book by Neil Strauss.
Roosh V Shut Down:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-mens-rights-site-shuts-down-after-paypal-amazon-bans
Here’s what Hypergamy Actually Is:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp12185.pdf
Neil Strauss Divorce:
https://theblast.com/neil-strauss-divorce/
Neil Strauss on The Truth:
Content Warning: Lots of suicide talk, especially hanging.
In spite of threats from the Mossad, the CIA, the FBI, Hillary Clinton, and more than one president of more than one oligarchy, we’re doing it...we’re talking about Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide.” How did a predictable meme get so much traction as a legitimate conspiracy theory?
As it turns out, whether he killed himself is one of the least interesting questions surrounding his life.
Dr. Michael Baden made a recent appearance on “60 Minutes” to tell us why Epstein’s injuries point to homicide rather than suicide. We talk about how Dr Baden's analysis contradicts other expert opinions on hanging injuries, and his history of controversial expert testimony.
Wexner and Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html
Ghislaine and Giuffre:
https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/with-epstein-gone-will-focus-turn-to-ghislaine-maxwell.html
Hanging suicide:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6750587/
Neck injuries related to hanging:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10736625_Analysis_of_Neck_Injuries_in_Hanging
ROBERT MAXWELL AND THE MOSSAD
Michael Baden is a douche:
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/why-to-be-skeptical-of-michael-baden-on-epsteins-death.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html?searchResultPosition=10
Vicky Ward:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-tried-to-warn-you-about-sleazy-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-in-2003
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight
Epstein Wexner House Sale:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html
Jeffrey Epstein at Mar a Lago
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-and-trump-mar-a-lago-resort-connections
Mukbang started in Korea, with a few beautiful eaters that left their audience craving more. Since it's migrated to America and YouTube, the trend has taken some unsettling turns. We're not here to kink shame, but we do think there's a limit to how much seafood you can safely eat in one sitting. Molly and Katie reveal one of the weirdest fandoms in this follow-up to their wildly unpopular ASMR episode.