Strange Country Ep. 303: It's Britney, Bitch

It's Strange Country, bitch. Yes, we're back. Has anything happened? Likely no. In today's episode cohosts Beth and Kelly tackle the conservatorship saga of pop icon Britney Spears and how gross people were to her much of her life. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Aswad, Jem. "Britney Spears: Full Court Transcript Against Conservatorship." Variety, 23 June 2021, https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-full-statement-conservatorship-1235003940/. Accessed 11 August 2025.   Austin, Sophie. "After #FreeBritney, California to Limit Conservatorships." AP, 30 September 2022, https://apnews.com/article/britney-spears-california-gavin-newsom-government-and-politics-c4ba9815e41cf6c00210eaf73b38a7a2.   Bacher, Danielle. "Britney Spears Paid $2.12 Million in Dad's Legal Bills: Settlement (Exclusive)." People.com, 21 February 2025, https://people.com/britney-spears-paid-over-2-million-dollars-dad-conservatorship-legal-fees-settlement-agreement-details-exclusive-11683751. Accessed 12 August 2025.   "Britney Spears in Hospital After Standoff." The New York Times, 5 January 2008, https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/arts/05brit.html. Accessed 12 August 2025.   Coscarelli, Joe. "Britney Spears Quietly Pushed for Years to End Her Conservatorship (Published 2021)." The New York Times, 2 November 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship.html. Accessed 13 August 2025.   Farrow, Ronan, and Jia Tolentino. "Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare." The New Yorker, 3 July 2021, https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/britney-spears-conservatorship-nightmare. Accessed 11 August 2025   Gilbert, Sophie. Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. Penguin Publishing Group, 2025.   Grigoriadis, Vanessa. "The Tragedy of Britney Spears." Rolling Stone, 21 February 2008, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-tragedy-of-britney-spears-241056/. Accessed 11 August 2025.   Lee, Ken. "Judge: Britney a 'Habitual' User of Alcohol, Drugs." People, 1 December 2020, https://people.com/celebrity/judge-britney-a-habitual-user-of-alcohol-drugs/.   Schmidt, Mackenzie. "House Where Brittany Murphy Died and Britney Spears Felt a Portal for Sale for $17M." People Magazine, 15 December 2024, https://people.com/house-where-brittany-murphy-died-and-britney-spears-felt-a-portal-to-another-dimension-for-sale-8757472. Accessed 11 August 2025.   Spears, Britney. The Woman in Me. Gallery Books, 2023.   Stark, Samantha, director. Framing Britney Spears. 2021. The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/article/framing-britney-spears.html.   Stevens, Mark. "Britney Spears's Meltdown - Why She Shaved Her Head." New York Magazine, 23 February 2007, https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/features/28528/. Accessed 12 August 2025.   Wagmeister, Elizabeth. "Britney Spears' attorney Mathew Rosengart no longer representing singer after finalizing litigation for her conservatorship." CNN, 24 June 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/entertainment/britney-spears-mathew-rosengart. Accessed 12 August 2025.