Episodes

  • Degrees of Separation: The Barrier Between Audience and Entertainer

    Degrees of Separation: The Barrier Between Audience and Entertainer
    May 13 2024

    Dystopian reality shows, digital begging & swatting: Landen & Madi uncover the price for fame in the modern era, and the ways it can break the barrier between audience and entertainer.

    SHOW NOTES:

    • https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-marsden-ronald-gladden

    • https://www.tofugu.com/japan/nasubi-naked-eggplant-man/

    • https://www.thisamericanlife.org/529/transcript#:~:text=Remember%2C%20Nasubi%20didn't%20even,live%20stream%20of%20his%20actions.

    • https://movieweb.com/japanese-reality-show-nasubi/

    • https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/12/1/23983677/netflix-squid-game-challenge-review-reality-show-spoilers

    • https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-swatter-tyler-barriss-sentenced-20-years-death-kansas-man-n978291

    • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206616

    • https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/serial-swatter-sentenced-to-20-years-prison-1203176052/amp/

    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/08/15/keffals-adin-ross-ishowspeed-swatting-twitch-youtube/

    • https://apnews.com/article/crime-police-shootings-kidnapping-wichita-1dc334273f81d08053dd4caa227023b7

    • https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/arts/television/jury-duty-freevee.html

    • https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/reality-tv-show-tortured-man-503961-20230210

    • https://junkee.com/what-is-swatting-twitch/351679

    • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206616

    • https://www.dexerto.com/general/fbi-arrest-swatter-responsible-for-attacks-on-gamers-and-journalists-1313778/

    • https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/serial-swatter-sentenced-to-20-years-prison-1203176052/amp/

    • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/technology/twitch-stalking.html

    • https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-you-re-contracted-space-dude-npc-miles-morales-annoys-security-guard-tiktok-livestream-fans-react


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    25 mins
  • The Atrocious World that is the Drama Between YouTubers

    The Atrocious World that is the Drama Between YouTubers
    Apr 11 2024

    Manipulation, allegations, and destroying reputations: Landen & Laura dissect the world that is YouTubers and their multitude of controversies.

    • Disclaimer, many of our quotes from this episode are from videos that are no longer available, so they have been sourced from various news websites.


      Sources:

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/trisha-paytas-david-dobrik-jason-nash-history-2021-2

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/frenemies-trisha-paytas-quit-ethan-klein-podcast-leaving-stepping-down-2021-6

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenemies_(podcast)#:~:text=It%20consisted%20of%2039%20episodes,podcast%20revenue%20and%20production%20ownership.

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/trisha-paytas-gabbie-hanna-frenemies-controversies-jessi-ethan-moses-2021-6

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/charli-damelio-james-charles-trisha-paytas-dixie-feud-timeline-cancelled-2020-11#in-response-paytas-pivoted-and-went-after-charles-who-clapped-back-in-a-tiktok-5

    • https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/the-internet-unravels-shane-dawson-s-dark-past-cancels

    • Jaden Smith Reacts to Shane Dawson ''Sexualizing'' Willow Smith (eonline.com)

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffree-star-sexual-assault-allegations-violence-accused-predator-myspace-payments-2020-9

    • Laura Lee, Jeffree Star and that racism scandal that's tearing Beauty YouTube apart - The Washington Post

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffree-star-james-charles-dramageddon-2-tati-westbrook-2020-5#new-alliances-have-been-drawn-in-the-beauty-community-with-star-and-dawson-on-one-side-and-charles-smaller-gurus-and-tiktok-stars-on-the-other-17

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/tati-westbrook-video-shane-james-charles-youtube-bye-sister-private-2020-6

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-shane-dawson-manipulated-james-charles-2020-6

    • https://youtu.be/uFvtCUzfyL4?si=UBwDHAaRgHaLjMaF
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    28 mins
  • Set Incidents

    Set Incidents
    Mar 6 2024
    TITLE: Film Sets: Curses, Myths, & Catastrophes Description: Film set accidents: When movie magic ends, real life tragedy begins. Landen and Margot cover notorious film curses, myths, and catastrophes in this week's Tea Time episode. SHOW NOTES: https://commonplacefacts.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/how-did-star-wars-nearly-cause-a-real-war/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shinings-shelley-duvall-terrorised-stanley-28217136 https://aif.ru/culture/person/posledniy_epizod_bodrova_15_let_so_dnya_tragedii_v_karmadonskom_ushchele https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/world/rising-star-lost-in-russia-s-latest-disaster.html https://www.kp.ru/daily/22878.5/20624/ https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-a-new-hope-tunisia-libya-war-gaddafi-jawa/ https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/the-poltergeist-curse-its-heeere https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-and-two-children-killed-on-twilight-zone-set https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/titanic-pcp-chowder https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-and-two-children-killed-on-twilight-zone-set https://allthatsinteresting.com/michael-massee https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1FJ2R4/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/02/01/mark-salling-death-officially-ruled-suicide-los-angeles-coroner-says/1088851001/ https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/30/mark-salling-dead-suicide-dies/ https://people.com/tv/inside-mark-salling-glee-days/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-found-lake-piru-california-where-actress-naya-rivera-went-n1233665 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/naya-rivera-drowning-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-glee-actors-son https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/nov/03/dark-knigh-stuntman https://www.eightieskids.com/poltergeist-real-skeletons-swimming-pool-scene/ https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1396719/shelley-duvall-the-shining-trauma-wendy-torrence-crying-rare-interview-jack-nicholson https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shinings-shelley-duvall-terrorised-stanley-28217136 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9251041/Shelley-Duvall-gives-rare-interview-recalls-trauma-making-Shining-Stanley-Kubrick.html https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/features/787573-interview-shelley-duvall-on-the-shining https://variety.com/gallery/catastrophic-on-set-accidents-timeline/ https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/noahs-ark-shocking-movie-actors-drown/
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    48 mins
  • The Dark Side of Celebrity Obsession

    The Dark Side of Celebrity Obsession
    Feb 7 2024
    Want to know how a fan’s obsession can drive them to murder their idol?  Look no further than this episode of Tea Time, where Landen and Margot uncover the dark side of paparazzi, stalkers, and celebrity breakdowns.  SHOW NOTES: https://people.com/britney-spears-reveals-why-shaved-off-hair-in-2007-exclusive-8362494  https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Jennifer-Lopez-Stalker-Lived-Her-Pool-House-Week-58513.html  https://nypost.com/2013/08/22/stalker-camps-out-in-jennifer-lopezs-hamptons-mansion-for-six-days/  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1097087/Simon-Cowell-reveals-regret-American-Idol-contestants-suicide.html  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-60048-001  https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/harry-styles-speaks-about-dread-anxiety-caused-stalker-1670298  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/25/harry-styless-stalker-harasses-former-police-officer-hired-protect/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harry-styles-constantly-guard-after-28051771 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/16/lily-allen-stalked-singer-police  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6556955/Lily-Allen-reveals-stalker-attempting-contact-10-year-harassment-rumbles-on.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-tiktok-doppelganger-swifties-1234676170/  https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/taylor-swift-look-alike-ashley-leechin-slammed-for-stunt/  https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/shock-new-details-about-britneys-infamous-2007-breakdown/news-story/d1de891bc6ff1d380263efe354cd3917  https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/heartbreaking-cause-britney-spears-harrowing-21687469  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-britneys-meltdown/  https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/01/kanye-west-details-factors-leading-up-to-mental-breakdown-says-he-feared-doctors-would-kill-him/#:~:text=Kanye%20West%20and%20Charlamagne%20interview,says%20contributed%20to%20his%20breakdown.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/05/01/kanye-west-talks-mental-breakdown-relationship-jay-z-and-trump-comments/570097002/  https://pagesix.com/2020/07/25/close-family-friend-says-death-of-kanye-wests-mom-ruined-him/  https://www.thethings.com/10-times-celebrities-almost-got-violent-with-the-paparazzi/  https://fandomwire.com/get-the-fuk-out-of-the-way-motherfuker-spider-man-no-way-home-star-tobey-maguire-was-infuriated-after-paparazzi-invaded-his-privacy-almost-caused-an-accident/  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtube-stars-dolan-twins-ask-fans-not-treat-father-s-n961741  https://www.j-14.com/posts/dolan-twins-warn-fans-not-to-attend-their-fathers-funeral/  https://www.insider.com/bretman-rock-says-fans-crashed-fathers-funeral-for-photos-2019-11  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship.html ⁠https://apnews.com/article/princess-diana-death-august-1997-coverage-f95a64d93949bf73a5644a91627d204b⁠
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    33 mins
  • Scandalous Celebrity Trials

    Scandalous Celebrity Trials
    Dec 12 2023
    He said, she said, tune in as Landen and Madi dissect some of Hollywood’s most publicized celebrity trials. SHOW NOTES: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-won-depp-v-heard-timeline-b2343074.html   https://www.insider.com/johnny-depp-amber-heard-relationship-timeline-2020-7#:~:text=Depp%20and%20Heard's%20defamation%20lawsuit,her%20experience%20with%20domestic%20violence.  https://www.vox.com/culture/23043519/johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-fairfax-county-domestic-abuse-violence-me-too  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/02/johnny-depp-trial-how-the-judge-ruled-on-14-alleged-assaults https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/26/trolls-tweets-and-famous-friends-the-vicious-pr-war-between-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard  https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab3yk/daily-wire-amber-heard-johnny-depp  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-lawsuit-jury-f42bf61e97af2fd182017614fe6d8efd  https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-summary-timeline-rcna77570  https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/alec-baldwin-pleads-guilty-waives-1st-court-appearance/story?id=97313556  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Simpsonchron.html  https://www.britannica.com/event/O-J-Simpson-trial http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Oj.htm#:~:text=Orenthal%20James%20Simpson%2C%20known%20commonly,and%20winning%20the%20Heisman%20trophy.  https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/24/OJ-Simpson-sentenced-to-probation-in-wife-beating/6045611985600/  https://littlethings.com/entertainment/nicole-brown-simpson-last-years/nicole-brown-last-years-12  https://www.bustle.com/articles/166611-when-did-oj-simpson-nicole-brown-get-divorced-their-relationship-was-complicated  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/o-j-simpson-leads-l-a-police-on-a-hig-speed-chase  https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/law-and-disorder-15-ridiculous-and-crazy-lawsuits-filed-against-celebrities-over-the-years-520560.html  https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/mila-kunis-was-once-slapped-with-a-5000-lawsuit-for-stealing-a-chicken-by-her-childhood-friend/  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3124448/Woman-suing-actress-Mila-Kunis-stealing-chicken-childhood-friends-drops-lawsuit-therapist-taught-forgive.html  https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/04/23/mila-kunis-ashton-kutcher-chicken-lawsuit-video/26229779/ https://ew.com/article/2015/04/23/no-really-woman-sues-mila-kunis-over-chicken/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/mila-kunis-chicken-lawsuit-dropped/2015/06/15/62bd1dea-1347-11e5-8457-4b431bf7ed4c_story.html  https://www.biography.com/crime/oj-simpson-trial-timeline  https://people.com/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-pleads-not-guilty-trial-date-set-7629333  https://variety.com/2023/film/news/rust-armorer-evidence-tampering-hannah-gutierrez-reed-1235652524/  https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-halyna-hutchins-files-wrongful-death-suit-alleging/story?id=82900883  https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/trial-scheduled-in-2024-for-movie-armorer-in-fatal-shooting-of-cinematographer-by-actor-alec-baldwin/#:~:text=SANTA%20FE%2C%20N.M.%20(AP),set%20of%20a%20Western%20film.  https://variety.com/2023/film/news/david-halls-rust-plea-hearing-negligent-use-deadly-weapon-1235570124/  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/arts/alec-baldwin-grand-jury-rust.html#:~:text=Baldwin%2C%20who%20had%20an%20earlier,which%20they%20said%20contradicted%20Mr.  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-lawsuit-jury-f42bf61e97af2fd182017614fe6d8efd  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-utah-ski-crash-lawsuit-38ee255a616afac432baaa37fba01c8c  https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-summary-timeline-rcna77570 
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    35 mins
  • Separating Art From the Artist

    Separating Art From the Artist
    Nov 27 2023
    EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Good art, bad person: do we separate the art from the artist?  Find out for yourself as Landen and Margot break down one of pop-culture’s most pressing moral dilemmas.   SOURCES: https://www.distractify.com/entertainment/2018/09/06/Z1erpVw/celebrities-who-are-jerks  https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/24/can-you-enjoy-good-art-bad-people#toggle-gdpr  https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/38829/1/what-do-we-do-with-art-made-by-bad-people   https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/07/cruel-cancel-picasso-monstrous-misogynist-anniversary  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/adele-haenel-cesar-awards-roman-polanski  https://www.timesofisrael.com/doubling-down-on-antisemitism-kanye-west-praises-hitler-in-unhinged-interview/  https://www.fox5ny.com/news/r-kelly-and-aaliyah-a-look-at-an-illegitimate-marriage  https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/3/7/separating-art-from-artist-rick-and-morty-thinkpiece/  https://commonwealthtimes.org/2022/10/27/separating-art-from-the-artist-is-impossible/ https://www.theasburycollegian.com/2023/03/separating-the-art-from-the-artist/  https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/separate-art-from-artist-cancel-culture-monsters-book/673497/  https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qwp9v/its-really-surreal-how-salvador-dal-was-a-fascist-who-hit-women  https://spinditty.com/artists-bands/Reasons-Why-John-Lennon-Was-a-Bad-Person  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12487125/Marrying-stepdaughter-controversy-Woody-Allen-never-escape-despite-claiming-hes-not-cancelled.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/music/r-kelly-sentenced-federal-child-sex-crimes.html#:~:text=The%20jury%20in%20Chicago%20convicted,sex%20tapes%20involving%20a%20minor.  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-wests-love-of-hitler-and-nazis-allegedly-goes-back-20-years-1234647700/  https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/this-director-married-his-daughter-was-accused-of-sexually-abusing-adopted-daughter-article-100623201 
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    28 mins
  • Nepo Babies

    Nepo Babies
    Nov 8 2023

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION: It’s not what you know, but who you know: uncover the controversial yet entertaining lives of Hollywood’s favorite nepo babies.


    SOURCES:

    https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/cinema/vanessa-paradis-c-etait-complique-pour-notre-couple-de-se-dire-que-nous-allions-etre-sur-scene-ensemble-tous-les-soirs-20230406 

    https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jamie-lee-curtis-officiates-daughter-ruby-guests-cosplay-wedding/ 

    https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/gigi-hadid-on-paparazzi-social-media-haters-and-learning-to-say-no/news-story/d572e9c897008798f0c34c3915d6f636

    https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/nepo-babies-celebrity-kids-whove-spoken-out-about-nepotism/

    https://harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrities-who-are-nepotism-babies/

    https://www.evoluted.net/blog/studies/it-s-in-the-genes-the-nepo-babies-index

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/nepo-babies-who-are-the-best-and-worst-celebrity-kids 

    https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-the-warehouse-alessandro-delfanti-pluto-press-163008791.html#:~:text=Bezos%20himself%20started%20Amazon%20in,money%20to%20start%20the%20company. 

    https://www.findmypast.com/blog/discoveries/benedict-cumberbatch-family-tree

    https://dailytargum.com/article/2022/01/nepotism-in-hollywood-cant-be-stopped-but-privileged-celebrities-need-to 

    https://www.cracked.com/amp/article_36371_5-nepo-babies-that-crashed-and-burned-spectacularly.html

    https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/chet-hanks-white-boy-summer
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    18 mins
  • Tea Time With Landen: Cursed Child Star

    Tea Time With Landen: Cursed Child Star
    Oct 23 2023

    EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Delve into the elusive lives of child stars, as Landen and co-host Madi uncover the veil of fame & glamor, to reveal the dark reality beneath.

    SOURCES: 

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodhousekeeping.com%2Flife%2Fa40807182%2Fjonbenet-ramsey-murder-beauty-pageant-backlash%2F 

    https://12ft.io/ 

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/child-stars#:~:text=As%20the%20media%20and%20advertising,become%20an%20enduring%20part%20of 

    https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/06/more-than-pocket-money-a-history-of-child-actor-laws/ 

     

    https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/09/23/child-stars--the-power-and-the-price-of-cuteness.html#:~:text=The%20first%20real%20child%20star,star%20before%20he%20was%2010.
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    7 mins