Money Can't Buy You Class

Gemma and Phoebe talk about European vacations, what gives in friendship, why this season of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is NOT boring, Kathy’s tequila, Kim's SKKY, the trope of the “make up,” the world of the public image, and touch on the confusing finale of The Bachelorette. Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on Instagram and @sad_porous_grad on Twitter. And plzzz like comment subscribe lol 

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by @YAgamben and @CNoumena of DECODE podcast (@Decode_cast) to discuss post-post-modernism, sincerity, Plato's ethics, used cOndoms, and the camera-as-character in Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal, a television show about actors. Read "Attention, Reality, and Sincerity" by @CNoumena  —> https://cutenoumena.substack.com/p/attention-reality-and-sincerity Listen to Decode —> patreon.com/Decodecast Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by Molly Lambert (creator of Heidiworld: The Heidi Fleiss Story, streaming everywhere you find your podcasts) to discuss everything from the “violence of desire” to what to do with racism on TV, Charlie “Chaz” Sheen, the narrative identity of the LAPD, and Cardi B. Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry to discuss motherhood, Judaism, Kyle Richards, what it means to be an outsider, feeling comforted by recognition, the pleasure of reality television crossovers, and false feminism. Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe dissect the second season of Peacock’s Ultimate Girls Trip, focussing on the various elements of haunting (at Bluestone Manor and beyond), how the Housewives franchise could perhaps be characterized as a man, the exacting-yet-subtle humor which makes a perfect housewife, and touch upon how Kim’s SKIMS has moved beyond skin.  Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe return to talk about why recapping is the most boring version of discussing reality television, the drama of misspeaking on the current season of Beverly Hills, and the focus on professionalization and sisterly differentiation on season one of The Kardashians. Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by friend of the pod Mia Antezzo to discuss the nationalist tactics of love, the relationship between imagination and disappointment, and approximations of reality on ABC’s The Bachelor and Netflix’s Love is Blind. Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by @iamageniuspod host Emma Burke to discuss seasons 1-4 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey through the lens of Charles Kipps' Cop Without a Badge, the revelatory biography of Danielle Staub's ex-fiance, Kevin Maher. They touch on: the internal logic of the Family, paranoid delusion, and how to pronounce the word "ingredientses." Follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo) moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site

Gemma and Phoebe discuss the Vanderpump Rules Season 9 Reunion, the end of James and Raquel and the possible end of Vanderpump Rules, what “high school” means on reality television, and the firing of Jennie Nguyen. Also Gemma saw Kim Kardashian in the flesh at an art opening.  visit us at moneycantbuyyouclass.cargo.site follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo)

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by poet Ry Dunn to take a deep dive into The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City through the lens of conspiracy: Did Jen really do it? Is Meredith’s business a CIA front? Why does Whitney know so much about money laundering? How might the conspiratorial ethos of QAnon be refracted into SLC’s Season 2 plot line and production? follow @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod on instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter  (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo)

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by Jasmine Johnson (@jasmine.johnson) to discuss why everyone is discussing Julia Fox. What we read: “Break the Internet: Pete Davidson,” Tommy Dorfman (Paper Mag) “Break the Internet: Kim Kardashian,” Amanda Fortini (Paper Mag) “Date Night,” Julia Fox (Interview Mag) “A Retired Dominatrix Goes to Church,” Naomi Fry (The New Yorker) “Kim and Kanye and Pete and Julia,” Naomi Fry (The New Yorker) “When Instagram Killed the Tabloid Star,” Amanda Hess (NYT) “My Dinner with Kanye,” Natasha Stagg (Substack) “Ye’s True Love is Hiding in Plain Sight,” Rachel Tashjian (GQ) “Coolest Person in the Room: Julia Fox,” Megan Walschlager (Paper Mag) “Kanye West: In His Own Words,” Kanye West (Paper Mag) “Julia Fox: Mother, Lover, Angel, Devil, Home,” Rachel Rabbit White (Office Magazine) Follow us on instagram @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod & twitter @sad_porous_grad (don't forget to like, comment & subscribe xoxo)

Gemma and Phoebe convene for the first time in 2022 to talk about Dave Quinn’s “Not All Diamonds and Rose,” the first “The Kardashians” teaser, what Time means in the ever-expanding universe of reality television, interior design vs. the inner lives of rich women, and the inception of the Housewives.

Gemma and Phoebe discuss the intellectualization of reality television, the spiritual significance of NBC’s Peacock’s peacock, and the end-as-rebirth of the Real Housewives franchise.

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by writer and LA socialite Gracie Hadland to discuss celebrity closet-tombs, vagina tunnels, and the notion of empty desire in Architectural Digest’s Open Door series. READINGS: Inside Hilary Duff's Family Home With A Chicken Coop | Open Door | Architectural Digest Inside Adam Levine & Behati Prinsloo's Serene L.A. Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest Inside Cara Delevingne's Fantastical L.A. Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest Inside Dakota Johnson's Serene Hollywood Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest Inside Vanessa Hudgens's Enchanting L.A. Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest *Follow Gracie at @gracies_office on instagram & on twitter @disgraciee *Read her work at graciehadland.com & Follow us on instagram @moneycantbuyyouclass_pod in instagram & @sad_porous_grad on twitter <3

Gemma and Phoebe talk about parts two and three of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion: What happens when we view a talk show host through a parasitical lens? How does wealth further stratify notions of the woman? Is the weekly structure of the Real Housewives franchise an antiquated concept?

Gemma and Phoebe dive into the first of the four-part Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion to discuss Erika Jayne’s cinematic strategies, wealth as an indication of delusion, and LA Confidential

Gemma and Phoebe are joined by cultural critic and novelist Natasha Stagg to discuss the various social and technological implications of final season of Keeping up with the Kardashians, the desire for revelation, and cinematically-disguised tackiness.

Gemma & Phoebe struggle to convey the emotional minutia & toll of their night out at Lisa Vanderpump’s supposedly acclaimed West Hollywood restaurants, Sur & Pump. Gemma tries the Goat Cheese Balls, Phoebe reviews the bathrooms, and both revel in the vulnerability of fandom. Bravo Song of the Week: Raise your glass - Memoir featuring Dena Deadly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQyLehzSpIE Readings: SUR Menu https://surrestaurant.com/dinner-menu

Gemma & Phoebe are joined by our favorite Adorno scholar Becca Teich to discuss Vanderpump Rules’ stakes in the culture industry and fascist propaganda. Buy Becca’s Caffeine Chronicles from Portable Press here: https://yoyolabs.com/teich.html

Phoebe and Gemma are joined by Chris (@YAgambem) to take a deep dive into the Kardashian obsession with apocalypse and RHOBH’s Erika Jayne’s legal… situation.

Gemma & Phoebe are joined by Housewives fan Alex Weinstock to discuss Kelly Bensimon, psychosis, Manet’s Olympia, and Al Sharpton

Gemma & Phoebe discuss the first episode of the final season of Keeping up with the Kardashians.

Gemma & Phoebe talk about Doreen St. Felix’s read of SLC as “culturally sensitive trash,” the Violence of Brooks Marks, Juergen Teller, and the celebrity obsession with Living Life

Gemma & Phoebe talk about RHONY’s obsession with the Devil, Anton Szandor LaVey, & female prophets.

Gemma & Phoebe talk about trauma, accountability, & icon Aviva Drescher.

Gemma & Phoebe discuss Meredith Marks’ bejeweled mask, fascist architecture, & incest.