Good for U(?) – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to episode sixty-five. Our most unhinged and ThingTested episode yet.

We're talking:

• The pod is heading into retirement! Have no fear, we’re giving you a good long irish goodbye 😢
• Are Facebook groups going to make a comeback? Have they been going as strong as subreddits this whole time?
• ThingTesting’s Content and Community curator, Emma Apple Chozick, joins us today to share how she spots new brands, which DTC categories are ripe for disruption, and the sexy unique scam of functional mushroom marketing and curated brand reviews

Emma Apple Chozick is the head of community and curation at Thingtesting, a third party review platform for modern consumer brands. She oversees the platform’s curation and user incentive programming. Her role gives her a look into what’s coming up and the ability to spot the next big thing to surface for Thingtesting’s community.

Follow along with Emma on the gram and Twitter

Check our Emma’s chair project @sitting.home

Check out Emma’s feature on Arch Digest

Our theme song is by ⁠⁠Parallel Dance Ensemble⁠⁠

This podcast is edited by ⁠⁠Softer Sounds.Studio⁠⁠! Check em’ out

Welcome to episode sixty-four. Our most unhinged and de-influenced episode yet.

We're talking:

• Coachella — is it still cool? Are we over it? Is it about the music again? Who cares?
• What are influencers to do when they’re done with influencing? We discuss Lee from America’s new content pillars and her NYT profile
• TickerMaster’s continued monopoly. SUS?
• Our least haunted carts of late

Join fellow ghouls in The Grext,⁠ our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

Our theme song is by ⁠Parallel Dance Ensemble⁠

This podcast is edited by ⁠Softer Sounds.Studio⁠! Check em’ out

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Welcome to episode fifty-five. Our most unhinged and placenta-pilled episode yet.

We're talking:

• We discuss our problematic favs from The New York Magazine’s New Rules
• Binge drinking is out, BORGs are in. Who is this good for?
• Perimenopause is coming for our TikTok algorithms, halp!
• Are placenta pills a Sexy Unique Scam or worth the splurge? We discuss. 

Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble

This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out

Welcome to episode fifty-four. Our most unhinged and joggy doggy episode yet.

Today on the pod we’re lucky to be chatting (and fan girling) with Ty Haney, the founder of Outdoor Voices. Ty shares her take on the future of DTC, what’s perennially haunting her cart, and what to expect from her two new ventures, Try Your Best, and joggy.

Check out Try Your Best at tyb.xyz and don’t miss trying the joggy products at getjoggy.co

All of our listeners can use code HOLISTICISM for 15% off full priced products getjoggy.co!

We’re talking

• Good for who? A terrible year of partnerships for Adidas. They’ve lost $200M to Ivy Park.
• Will Ty pull a Dove Charney, à la American Apparel = Los Angeles apparel, take her IP to new pastures? Not no ...
• Ty’s thoughts on the current struggles of the DTC marketplace, and how building OV has shaped her latest ventures
• What’s haunting the eternally cool recreational trend-setter? It’s not what you think!
• A sneak peek at the latest clean energy drink, which may or may not improve your AM joggy with your doggie ;)

Join fellow ghouls in The Grext,⁠⁠ our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

Our theme song is by ⁠⁠Parallel Dance Ensemble⁠⁠

This podcast is edited by ⁠⁠Softer Sounds.Studio⁠⁠! Check em’ out

⁠Join OPEN now for 30 days free and get unlimited access to breathwork, meditation, yoga, pilates, and more!⁠

Welcome to episode fifty-three. Our most unhinged and Embedded episode yet.

Join us in gossip with our chronically online and very special guest @kathrynfiona. Kate Lindsay is a culture writer, Pinterest apologist, and co-founder of the Embedded newsletter, your essential guide to what’s good on the internet.

Subscribe to the Embedded Substack for weekly essays, interviews, and the very personal browsing habits of Le Internet Cool Kids.

We’re talking

• Good for who? Kristen Bell’s CBD skincare company is shutting its doors. The people have spoken, CBD is out, THC is in.
• Will YouTube usurp TikTok’s prom queen status? We discuss.
• Kate has a super sexy unique user generated scam-ola
• Y2K is perennially haunting our carts

Try 30 days of free meditation on O-p-e-n here! 
Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble

This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out

Welcome to episode fifty-two. Our most unhinged and predictably lit episode yet.

We're talking:

• Good for who? The Diva Cup may cause uterine prolapse?! Yikes.
• Our top 2023 trend predictions including boutique matchmaking services, psychedelic parties, a boon for boomer care, down with overconsumption and mucho mas. 

Referenced

• Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.
• Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble
• This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out
• ⁠Join OPEN now for 30 days free and get unlimited access to breathwork, meditation, yoga, pilates, and more!⁠

Welcome to episode fifty-one. Our most unhinged and beer filled episode yet.

We're talking:

• Is Pinterest’s annual prediction report a sexy unique scam? We have thoughts.
• These DTC companies are opting to crowd-fund, instead of seeking further investment from VCs. Good for who?
• Are jeggings really back? Yikes. 
• Our haunted haul’s of late, including vintage calendars, the best compression leggings, and the cuticle hack of the decade

Check out this episodes Haunted Cart here.

Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble

This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out

⁠Join OPEN now for 30 days free and get unlimited access to breathwork, meditation, yoga, pilates, and more!⁠

Welcome to episode fifty. Our most unhinged and safely wrapped episode yet.

Today we have Yasemin and Whitney, co-founders of Jems condoms, on the pod to talk about the sexual wellness CPG space, and their goals of re-imagining how we talk, think, and market safe sex, both at the checkout counter and behind closed doors.

While looking for contraception options between pregnancies, Yasemin and Whitney noticed a void in the condom aisle and put their zone of genius in design, creative, and marketing to work building their sexual wellness company, one condom at a time. Jems condoms contain no hidden ingredients, and the brand aims to speak to the multiplicity of gender and sexual expressions, while providing education on sexual health and wellness.

Follow Jems Instagram and TikTok at @jemsforall

We’re talking:

• Condoms at the counter. Good for who? Whitney and Yasemin founders have thoughts …
• Are sex toy cleaners an extremely sexy, unique scam? Or should we stan?
• TikTok and IG don’t want to hear about your pleasure (shocker!). Jems founders share how they navigate censorship on the biggest platforms.
• What’s haunting these master brand builders’ carts right now 😊

Referenced:

• Susan Alexandra bags
• U Beauty. Worth it?

Welcome to episode forty-nine. Our most unhinged and “wrapped” episode yet.

We're talking:

• The best of the best of GFU 22’
• Lauren Hayne’s sexy unique scams to watch
• SPF scams with Chelsea Naftelberg, and her take on embracing your palest and most ghostly self
• The rise and demise of the Girlboss archetype and The Glass Cliff
• Book stylists. How do we sign up?
• BookTok and what TikTok has done for the book publishing industry
• Fall trend predictions. Did they land? We thought we burned the underwire bras …

Free! Write us an apple podcast review to win this week’s prize: A pack of these super cool Chunks hair clips 

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Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

• Check out our ShopMy shelf for the DL on our latest haunted carts
• Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble
• This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out

Welcome to episode forty-eight. Our most unhinged and health-rewarded episode yet.

Today we have a very special guest, Derek Flanzraich of The Ness. Derek previously founded Greatist, and is now on a mission to build the next great credit card company that rewards people for living healthier lives.

This week we're talking:

• Venture capital in the wellness space. Good for who? Derek has thoughts
• Why is being “healthy” still so expensive?
• What SUS’s should we be wary of? The sexy unique scam’s on Derek’s radar
• Honestly, we can’t get over this one thing in Derek’s haunted cart … 

Join fellow ghouls in The Grext, our free sexy unique group chat, where you’ll get the tea on the latest products and which scams to avoid.

• Check out our ShopMy shelf for the DL on our latest haunted carts
• Our theme song is by Parallel Dance Ensemble
• This podcast is edited by Softer Sounds.Studio! Check em’ out