Let them eat cake — Today’s episode is dedicated the cost of living crisis and humanitarian crises that contemporary society forces our complicity in.

We chat about the demographic most at risk of homelessness in Australia, Labour’s lacklustre support, Al Jazeera’s banning from Israel, and the Commonwealth Government’s unique solution to misogynistic radicalisation.

Plus, we dissect Dua Lipa’s floppy flop flop era, plus the controversies and bops going down at the Met Gala and Eurovision.

And to top it all off, we have the ultimate Diva showdown—trying to figure out who is the ultimate diva.

Hope you love it x

👋 Welcome to Episode 11 of the podcast for burnt out girlies trying to stay Broadly Relevant, hosted by your favourite personality hires, Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton.

🔗 Research Links

• Eurovision winner Jamala says Ukraine ‘cannot afford’ to boycott contest | Eurovision | The Guardian
• Macklemore's pro-Palestine rap Hind's Hall has got social media buzzing - ABC News
• TikTok - Bianca
• A Marvelous Order - Wikipedia
• Dua Lipa is a pop star with no lore on ‘Radical Optimism’ - LA Times
• The Garden of Time by J.G. Ballard | Goodreads
• Jane Jacobs - Wikipedia
• WAY » fortyfivedownstairs
• Met Gala 2024 Red Carpet Looks: See Every Celebrity Outfit and Dress from Last Night | Vogue
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities - Wikipedia
• Macklemore - The Language of My World Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius
• Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?
• 8. Heiress or terrorist? - history of Patty Hearst - Found Objects - a history podcast | Podcast on Spotify

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🎶 Thanks to Seb Whitaker for our lovely intro music.

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🖤💛❤️ We recorded this episode on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations, but Simran and Ryan met and grew up together on the land of the Yugambeh people. We’d like to acknowledge and pay our respects to Yugambeh, Kulin, and particularly Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We encourage settlers like us to Pay the Rent.