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In the very first episode of Shit You Should Care About: The Podcast, Luce and Abby are in your ears, breaking down:

• Why people across the U.S. are protesting ICE
• What’s actually in the Epstein Files
• A new social network where AI bots are posting memes and manifestos
• Harry Styles’ new disco era, his tour with ticket prices that are laughable
• The Grammys going political
• And the Wuthering Heights press tour that’s hotter than it is accurate

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Giving you the news without giving you the blues.

Each week, Luce and Abby bring you:

• The biggest news stories, broken down simply, without any of the bullshit

• The pop culture moments shaping our algorithms and, therefore, our lives

It’s a blend of what’s happening in the outside world, and what’s taking over our inner worlds.

Find us anywhere you get your podcasts, from Wednesday 4th of February 2026.

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Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here! 

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Luce and Bel are back on the mics to bring you one massive tell-all from the book publishing world. Together they go through their debut book 'Make It Make Sense' chapter by chapter, spilling all the tea on what was going on in their private lives (and their publishing lives) as they wrote each chapter. You're gonna love it.

Get your copy of Make It Make Sense here!

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Coming back to you with part two of our Taylor Swift two part series! And as a bonus, you get Liv content!!!!

In part two of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv discuss why Taylor Swift has chosen to re-record her masters. What went down with Scooter Braun? Does she own the music and just not the final song? Why should we only be listening to ‘Taylor’s Versions?’ What does this mean for the future of the music industry? Is she now feeling happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way? Is it miserable or magical?

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Seems like a fitting time to re-upload our Taylor Swift two part series right???

In part one of our two-part series on Taylor Swift, Luce and Liv relive Taylor Swift as we’ve always known her. Era by era, we discuss the music, the look, and the people who inspired (sometimes in a good way, sometimes... not) Taylor Swift to become the superstar we’re all enamoured with today. All I can say is it was enchanting to record this episode for you. 

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Luce and Squish are back on mic to talk to you about Trump winning Iowa, and about the 40 OTHER COUNTRIES HAVING ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. It's about to be a crazy year for democracy - thank god you've got us to help you make sense of it!

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Meri Kirihimete to our wonderful podcast listeners!

Luce and Squish are taking a well-deserved break but will see you back on the 19th of Jan! In the meantime, enjoy some of our favourite episodes of 2023!

In today's episode we chat about:

• The British man who stole hundreds of thousands of Cadbury Creme Eggs and has now been sentenced to 18 months jail
• The story behind that Albert Einstein photo where he's poking his tongue out
• Singapore is executing a woman for first time in almost 20 years
• Elon rebranding Twitter to X
• Americans leaning into NZ culture by becoming obsessed with real fruit ice creams
• Taco John's letting go of their trademark on 'Taco Tuesday's'

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Meri Kirihimete to our wonderful podcast listeners!

Luce and Squish are taking a well-deserved break but will see you back on the 19th of Jan! In the meantime, enjoy some of our favourite episodes of 2023!

This week Squish and Luce try to track down the person who wrote about her in the bathrooms at her high school, before discussing the soldier who crossed into North Korea, and the Neopets renaissance! Listen wherever you get your pods!

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Meri Kirihimete to our wonderful podcast listeners!

Luce and Squish are taking a well-deserved break but will see you back on the 19th of Jan! In the meantime, enjoy some of our favourite episodes of 2023!

This week on the mic we discuss all the new decisions from the Supreme Court, explain what's going on in France, talk about a 'Mars' simulator, a hot dog eating competition AND Lolita the whale being released from captivity!

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This week on the Shit Show Luce and Squish chat about Rizz winning word of the year, Taylor Swift winning PERSON of the year, a Youtuber who fakes a plane crash, brands creating worlds in Roblox & why are kids crawling through malls?

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This week on The Shit Show Luce and Squish discuss:

• The strange Oxford Word of the Year contenders
• Gen Z on TikTok quitting vaping in solidarity with Congo
• South Korean farmers threatening to release 2 million dogs to protest a dog meat ban
• The new NZ government
• The 41 workers who were rescued from a collapsed tunnel in India after 17 days

And more news you can use!

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• Tech-mogul Bryan Johnson who's undergone shock therapy on his penis to get ‘erections of an 18-year-old’
• George Santos allegedly spent his campaign funds on Botox and OnlyFans
• Argentina's news far-right president Javier Milei
• Binance CEO pleading guilty to money laundering charges
• The crazy week Sam Altman and AI have had
• Updates on Israel-Palestine

Listen wherever you get your pods!

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This week Luce and Squish are in the new studio to bring you a LOT of big news. From a shock reappearance in UK politics, to an update in Gaza, to what's going on in Iceland, and how climate change is affecting BEER? Don't worry though, we end on some good news about the 'Attenborough Echidna.'

For trusted information on Israel & Palestine and how we can help visit here, and to preorder our book Make It Make Sense, visit here!!!

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• For trusted information on Israel & Palestine and how we can help visit here
• To preorder our book Make It Make Sense, visit here!!!

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Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!!!

This week we've got Squish back on the mic thanks to all of your messages hounding him to make an epic return. AND we've got a bit of an AI special for you! From fake videos of Bella Hadid to an executive order from Joe Biden to try and regulate it, to an advancement in cancer research thanks to the new tech, we give you the low down on what this type of technology means for us and our futures.

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In this week's ep you've just got Luce on the mic! She chats about a new program in Australia to target toxic masculinity online, a step forward for transgender rights in Japan, and how kids are using Roblox to protest!

• To get Squish to come back on The Shit Show full time DM him on Instagram at @nickblakiston.
• For trusted information on Israel & Palestine and how we can help visit here.
• To preorder our book Make It Make Sense, visit here!!!

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Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture on Spotify here.

Or on Apple Podcasts here.

A Luce and London Laura IRL special!!! This week we chat about:

• Starting new things - like university or moving to a new country
• Stanley Tucci lite joins us to talk about Formula 1
• More chat about our book (of course)

Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!!

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This week on the The Shit Show podcast we give you:

• The latest on Israel Palestine and how we can help from wherever we are
• How the NZ election unfolded and what this means for New Zealand
• Millie Bobbie-Brown finding out she's a feminist through her psychic
• META's new AI celebs and how much they freak us out

Listen wherever you get your pods!And if you want to donate, visit Charity Watch or Charity Navigator.

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Preorder our book Make It Make Sense here!

This week on The Shit Show podcast:

• Squish is back to talk about Fat Bear week

• You can rent Shrek's swamp!

• The NZ election is coming up

• Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been freed from prison in China

• an update on Israel and Palestine

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Introducing to you our book ✿MAKE IT MAKE SENSE✿

Make It Make Sense is a mix of cultural analysis, anecdotes, personal essays and poems, interplayed like a conversation between friends - because that’s what they are. You should be able to pick it up, read something that will make you laugh or cry or punch you in the gut, and then put it down until you’re ready for your next hit. From introducing new words for things that we’re all feeling but don’t know how to describe (hi phoenixing!) to real-life anecdotes of being young and ambitious and pressed up against the glass ceiling that still exists despite our best 2010 Girlbossing, how not to rob ourselves of joy, what happens when you lose someone you love, and how all of this is intrinsically bound up with the way the world’s working around us - this book is going to be the bedside table essential that you’re going to want to give everyone in your life who wants to feel less alone in whatever shit they’re dealing with.

Preorder Make It Make Sense here!

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In the week's episode of The Shit Show:

• The plane that had to be turned around because of a literal shit situation
• A part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers who wanted a shortcut
• Wagner (the Russian mercenary group) is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government
• The Proud Boys' former leader has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the US Capitol riot
• The ACT party in New Zealand explained

Links, links, LINKS:

• The Spinoff's Policy Guide
• And go give Nick some love on socials

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On today's episode of The Shit Show podcast:

• All the new and crazy scams we're seeing lately
• A woman had a LIVE WORM extracted from her brain
• The aftermath of Trump's mugshot
• The NZ green party, explained

Today’s sponsored segment was brought to you by our mates at One New Zealand, who are helping New Zealanders stay safe online!!

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This week on the shit show:

• Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was in a plane crash with no survivors
• Japan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean
• The NZ National party, explained

Thank you to Neon for sponsoring this episode of The Shit Show! Sign up for a 7-day free trial and binge their box sets here. 

Links links LINKS:

• Nick's tunnel video
• NZ Political Part Quiz

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• Zepotha, explained
• An update on the soldier that crossed the border into North Korea
• The mother of the six-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia has pleaded guilty to a charge of felony child neglect
• The NZ labour party, explained

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This week on The Shit Show

• The Australian mushroom poisoning case that’s got everyone talking

• National’s policy on banning cellphones

• Zoom requiring people to be in the office

• An explainer on load shedding

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• Trader Joe’s Recalls Cookies and Falafel Because They ‘May Contain Rocks’
• Hangzhou Zoo confirms their Sun bears are real, not humans in disguise
• A Kansas farmer surprised his wife by planting 80 acres of sunflowers for their 50th wedding anniversary
• Explaining the new charges against Trump
• Have you heard of Worldcoin and the ORB?
• Subway offers free sandwiches for life contest if you legally change your name

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In today's episode we chat about:

• The British man who stole hundreds of thousands of Cadbury Creme Eggs and has now been sentenced to 18 months jail
• The story behind that Albert Einstein photo where he's poking his tongue out
• Singapore is executing a woman for first time in almost 20 years
• Elon rebranding Twitter to X
• Americans leaning into NZ culture by becoming obsessed with real fruit ice creams
• Taco John's letting go of their trademark on 'Taco Tuesday's'

Come and join our geneva group chat here!

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to our last episode of Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. 

This episode was built on all the things YOU’D sent in that you’d learnt from your first break up and all the things WE learnt while helping you own all these confusing feelings.

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. 

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

• For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ 
• To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
• or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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This week Squish and Luce try to track down the person who wrote about her in the bathrooms at her high school, before discussing the soldier who crossed into North Korea, and the Neopets renaissance! Listen wherever you get your pods!

Thank you to KidsCan for sponsoring this episode of the Shit Show. For just $15 a month (that’s giving up only three coffees) you can help kids eat, learn, and have the best chance of a bright future. To donate, click here.

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. 

Break-ups are very rarely happy occasions - and often we can feel things like guilt and shame, even when we know we did the right thing. In this episode, we help you navigate and alleviate these feelings of shame, with tips on how to feel content with the decisions you made. 

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. 

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

• For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ 
• To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
• or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. 

This week we’re talking about the online break-up. With the rise of the internet, a global pandemic, and access to everyone, everywhere, all at once, how do we reconcile a break-up with someone we may not have ever physically met, but still felt deeply for?

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. 

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

• For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ 
• To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
• or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here.

Or on Spotify here.

Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break up better - which means owning whatever we’re feeling and learning how to deal with it. 

This week we’re talking Situationships - what are they, why are they everywhere, and how do we deal with a break-up when it was never an ‘official’ relationship?

A huge thank you to Love Better, and everyone who gave us their stories to make these podcasts possible. If you want to know more about how to break-up better, listen to next week's episode, and head to https://www.vice.com/en/topic/love-better. 

If anything you've heard in this podcast makes you think you should reach out for a little more help, please do!

Here are some spots to head to:

• For peer support: https://1737.org.nz/ 
• To talk about sexual harm: https://safetotalk.nz/
• or for other advice on how to deal with a breakup you can email lovebetter@youthline.co.nz or text lovebetter to 234

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