Dirtcast

The Met Gala may have come and gone, but the memory of gowns, glamour, celebrities and Rihanna lives on forever. Jezebel’s deputy editor and resident fashion EXPERT Julianne Escobedo Shepherd joins us to dissect why we love to hate to love fashion’s biggest night.

On the next two episodes, we sit down with the father and mother of celeb-reality television, real life couple Mark Cronin and Lisa Lopez, whose shows The Surreal Life, Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, and all their spin-offs dominated VH1 from 2003-2009. Now working on their latest creation, Bravo’s Below Deck, the pair indulge us in looking back and dishing dirt on casting and corralling volatile people, being friends with New York, and all the tawdry delights that they’ve given us throughout the years.

The Harvey Weinstein scandal has brought new focus to an old concept that never fully went away: the casting couch, the sexist and harmful trope of female actors having sex with producers for movie roles. Joining us in the studio is Jezebel staff writer and resident historian Kelly Faircloth to talk about the history of the casting couch--and the association of actresses and sex work--that dates as far back as the restoration.

We sit down with Jezebel pop culture reporter Hazel Cills to unpack the grossest dirt of all: the nasty mess of influencer drama. We take a walk down memory lane with Jeffree Star, excavate the Bhad Bhabie/WoahhVicky/Lil Tay fracas, and reminisce about that time Logan Paul offended literally the entire world with one vlog...and both Pauls offend us with their presence. 

With Jordan Peele’s Oscar win for “Get Out” and John Krasinski’s directorial breakout “A Quiet Place,” horror films have become in demand for A list talent. What does that mean for the genre? What does it mean for the press cycle? What makes a good horror film good and a bad horror film bad, and are bad scary movies actually the BEST scary movies? Joining us for the discussion is writer, editor, and lifelong horror fan, Corban Goble  (Pitchfork, the Players Tribute, Inverse).

Jaye Hunt and Robert Ackerman of the podcast "One More Thing" join us to discuss their theory that Glee star Lea Michele possibly, maybe, can't read.

Madeleine and Megan have a nice chat with Jezebel staff writer Kelly Faircloth to talk about the end of Fixer Upper, the guiltiest of guilty pleasures, and the reasons why HGTV is so damn compelling.

Madeleine and Megan are joined by friend of the podcast Kate Dries to look back at our favorite home improvement show of the aughts, TLC’s Trading Spaces, which is being rebooted for 2018. Joining them in conversation is our pal Ryan Creed, who just so happened to appear on the show at the end of its run. Listen along as he takes us behind the scenes.

Days after the shocking end to a lackluster season of the best show on television, Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars, we sit down with Miss Congeniality herself, BenDeLaCreme, to talk about the self-elimination, reality television, and the high art of lip syncing for your life.

Last week’s episode was all about British teen dramas and this week, we’re keeping in theme--only this time we’re traveling to Korea (through our televisions at least) where KDrama reigns supreme and male celebrities have to step away at their peak for mandatory military service.

If it’s wrong for an adult to love British teen shows like Skins and My Mad Fat Diary, then we don’t want to be right! Joining us this week on DirtCast is new Jezebel staff writer Ashley Reese to talk about her passion (which we share) for the raw and extremely out there British teen shows of the late aughts and slightly after.

As awards season finally winds its way to a close, we sit down with some old friends--Joanna Rothkopf and Bobby Finger for a very special Oscar’s episode. We discuss Tim-o-tee Chalamet, the indignity of mother!’s erasure, and whether or not they’ll fuck it up like they did last year with the best picture winners.

This week, we got Sallyann Salsano, creator of Jersey Shore and the upcoming Hunter Mountain and Jersey Shore: Vacation to talk about the making of a successful reality show empire.

Cupid’s arrow strikes only the lucky few, but for a handful of mid-2000s pop stars, if it did, they couldn’t actually seal the deal. Why? God, of course. We sit down with Jezebel’s own Hazel Cills for a discussion about the great moral sex panic of the early 2000s.

After a long and restful hiatus, we’re back and ready to punch 2018 square in the face!!! We will be talking about all the juicy pop culture crap that we missed while we were off, including all the awards shows you missed or maybe didn’t want to watch, the GOOP summit, Kylie Jenner’s baby and the dirtiest dirt of all: Robert Wagner has FINALLY been named a “person of interest” in the 1981 death of Natalie Wood. Alex Bedder and Rachel Lubitz join us to discuss.

Splinter’s Dodai Stewart joins Madeleine and Megan to talk about two of their favorite subjects, celebrities and plastic surgery! From the early facelift that left silent movie actress Mary Pickford unable to smile to the not-so-secret nose jobs of the Mickey Mouse Club, we’re exploring the trends in and ramifications of the elective cosmetic surgeries and dermatological procedures of the rich and the famous.

With rape scenes more prevalent in TV and movies than ever before, it’s become all the more important for directors to insure a safe set in which all performers (whether they’re portraying the victim or the rapist) feel safe and supported. LA Weekly film critic April Wolfe joins us on this week’s episode to discuss the dangerous history of rape in film and how sets are evolving to correct the violations committed by actors and directors of the past.

Celebrities are good at many things (sponcon, achieving the effortless beach waves etc.), but is making decent, drinkable wine one of them? Joined by our friends Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen of the Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum, we debate whether Dave Matthews’ Dreaming Tree is good for a BBQ, if Madeleine Davies is a secret wine expert, and the THNK 1994 Museum’s latest exhibit.

Is Mariah Carey the queen of Christmas? Or is she--as she says (now)--unworthy of such a lofty, made-up title? This week, we’re joined by Jezebel Senior Writer and Mariah Carey superfan Rich Juzwiak to discuss Mimi’s love of the holiest of days.

This week, we sat down with Jezebel staff writer Ellie Shechet to dig through the mountains of fresh, loamy celebrity gossip--Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged! Lena Dunham is apologizing for something, as is Stassi Schroeder of Vanderpump Rules!--for an extended, apologetic game-filled edition of the Dirtiest Dirt.