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Hosted by Lauren & Emily · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 37 episodes
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The pop culture podcast for the rest of us. TV, Books, Reality, Movies, Celeb Gossip, and More.
Lauren & Emily hosts Midwest Besties, a news show with 37 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re catching up on all the pop culture that matters! We’re talking Reece starring in Chicago , breaking down the House of the Dragon finale (and, more importantly, Rhaenyra’s smoky eye), and
Send us Fan Mail In the latest edition of Besties Read Books™ , Emily and Lauren dive into the romance queen of Canada’s latest summer must-read, Our Perfect Storm . We rank it against Carly Fortune’s other books, dive i
Send us Fan Mail The besties break down the Emmy nominations, biggest snubs, surprise picks, and their predictions. Then they dive into DCC: America's Sweethearts Season 3 to debate if Kelli and Judy are simply complicat
Send us Fan Mail Our favorite artist, Taylor Alison Swift, is married! And while our hearts are full, the nuptials have left us majorly scratching our heads. Madison Square Garden? Stadium seat chair covers? Adam Sandler
Send us Fan Mail You've asked for more deep dives into the books we're reading, and we listened! Originally recorded back in May as part of our Pop-Culture Potluck , we're releasing this Flyover Deep Dive as a standalone
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s pop culture potluck, the besties have a lot to discuss. First up: the explosive Vanity Fair article on Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network (spoiler alert: it’s not going well). Then, they dive in
Send us Fan Mail It’s finally here: the end of the road for Summer House Season 10 (we mean it this time). The besties unpack The Aftermath sit-downs, including Lindsay giving Amanda every possible reason to run far, far
Send us Fan Mail We got our first heat wave of the season, besties—not just from these Midwestern temps, but from all the pop culture news, too. On today’s episode, we share our concerns about how World Cup international
Send us Fan Mail I’m tired of this reunion, Grandpa! Emily and Lauren are back to discuss the Summer House Season 10 Reunion Part 3. And wow! We hope you weren’t hungry because West and Amanda gave us nothing. And much l
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s pop culture potluck, the besties talk about what is possibly the darkest of your for you page: Boy Moms™. Jenny Mollen’s weird Instagram post with her son and bizarre Substack essay left u
Send us Fan Mail In this fly over deep dive, your favorite besties get into the Summer House season 10 reunion (part two). The girlies discuss Amanda’s walk-off, West and Amanda giving us absolutely nothing, and Kyle try
Send us Fan Mail The Summer House Season 10 Reunion Part 1 is officially here, and after weeks of us being absolutely rabid waiting for it, it did not disappoint. Who else is ready for the “She’s Your Wife. She’s Not My
Send us Fan Mail The besties are back with a jam-packed episode. Emily and Lauren recap the Summer House season finale that lowkey felt like a series finale(yes, Lauren cried) and unpack the explosive reunion trailer. La
Send us Fan Mail In this Flyover Deep Dive, the besties unpack Famesick by Lena Dunham. In her memoir, Lena gets into it all: skyrocketing to fame with Girls , her deeply dysfunctional friendship with Jenni Konner, Adam
Send us Fan Mail Pop culture Potluck is BACK, and we have a smorgasbord! In this episode, we discuss our complicated feelings about the Met Gala and share our favorite and least favorite looks. Just because 90% of our cl
Send us Fan Mail Besties, it’s Book Club Time! This week, Emily and Lauren take a break from discussing TV the internet can’t stop talking about to discuss the BOOK the internet can’t stop talking about. Yesteryear, by p
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s pop culture potluck, we start off strong with the latest Summer House gossip. We chat about West and Amanda’s at the Yankees game, Ciara’s Glamour Cover, Mia’s WWHL interview, and recap S1
Send us Fan Mail What is up, Daddy Gang?! It’s us, your besties! And this week in our Pop Culture Potluck, we have quite the spread! First, we discuss the trailer for the new Summer House spin-off, In The City. Lauren ta
Send us Fan Mail Carl’s a mess, and so are we! In this week’s pop culture Pot Luck, the besties discuss the aftermath of the Summer House Scamanda (™). Emily explains the latest Lindy West memoir, Adult Braces, and the b
Send us Fan Mail Have you checked on your Bravo fans lately, Besties? You should. They are not okay. In this very special episode, Lauren and Emily go FULL detective mode and take you through the Summer House scandal tha
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