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What's Your Issue?

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About this Podcast:

"What's Your Issue?" is a pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine. Each week, they take a nostalgic deep dive into the past, dissecting magazine articles from various decades and genres.

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What is What's Your Issue? about?

"What's Your Issue?" is a pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine. Each week, they take a nostalgic deep dive into the past, dissecting magazine articles from various decades and genres.

Who hosts What's Your Issue??

What's Your Issue? is hosted by Cloud10. The show has published 93 episodes to date.

What has What's Your Issue? covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Nepobabies" (26 October 2026, 58 minutes), "[PATREON PREVIEW] Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks" (21 October 2026, 14 minutes), and "The Poltergeist Curse and Two Hollywood Tragedies" (19 October 2026, 90 minutes).

How often does What's Your Issue? publish?

What's Your Issue? publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 69 minutes across 93 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on What's Your Issue??

Booking probability for What's Your Issue? is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. What's Your Issue? requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. What's Your Issue?'s contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch What's Your Issue??

The strongest fits for What's Your Issue? are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. What's Your Issue? has a society audience.

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Cloud10 hosts What's Your Issue?, a society podcast with 93 episodes published.

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  • What's Your Issue?

    Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Nepobabies

    Oct 26, 202658 min

    NOTE: redownload if the first few minutes of audio doesn't play! This week we're discussing Final Cut by Chris Nashawaty from the August 14th, 1998 issue of Entertainment Weekly with photos by George Lange. We talk...

  • What's Your Issue?

    [PATREON PREVIEW] Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks

    Oct 21, 202614 min

    Subscribe to Patreon to listen to the rest of this episode! For this subscribers-only episode, we're dissecting the Sept. 2026 GQ cover story, "Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks" by Zach Barron, with...

  • What's Your Issue?

    The Poltergeist Curse and Two Hollywood Tragedies

    Oct 19, 20261h 30m

    This week's episode is about the intersection between two pieces of tragic Hollywood lore: the untimely deaths of Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunne, the young starlets of the first Poltergeist movie. We discuss two...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Reissue: Girls and Corpses Magazine

    Oct 13, 20261h 1m

    *This episode originally aired on October 31, 2024* At the end of last week's episode, "The Bloody Battle Over Scream 4," Dara and Troy talked about Ariana Madix's stint as a Girls and Corpses magazine model. Here's a...

  • What's Your Issue?

    How Lady Gaga Became The World's Biggest Pop Star

    Oct 2, 20261h 8m

    This week Pop Pantheon's Russ Martin joins us to discuss Vanessa Grigoriadis's April 5, 2010 NY Mag cover story, Growing Up Gaga: "The self-invented, manufactured, accidental, totally on-purpose New York creation of the...

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    Jessica Simpson, Pink, & Eve: 25 Hottest Celebs Under 25

    Sep 25, 20261h 14m

    This week, Dara and Troy are breaking down Teen People's 25 Hottest Celebrities Under 25 from the year 2000. They discuss: what happened to going out tops and casual red carpet looks? Mandy Moore lore. That 70's Show's...

  • What's Your Issue?

    [PATREON PREVIEW] US Weekly July 27, 2009

    Sep 24, 202611 min

    In this Patreon exclusive, we discuss US Weekly's 2009 cover story about RHONY's Hailey Glassman ("Jon and His Bimbo"), Ed Hardy, our uber-less college party days, and more! Subscribe to listen or watch the whole...

  • What's Your Issue?

    The Unreal Rise of Jon & Kate Gosselin by Nancy Jo Sales

    Sep 18, 20261h 12m

    This week, we dissect Nancy Jo Sales’ lesser-known (but no less fabulous) October 19, 2009 Vanity Fair article, The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin. "How did two average parents from rural Pennsylvania with an...

  • What's Your Issue?

    The Cut: Selena Gomez and Her Mother's Failed Start-Up

    Sep 4, 20261h 14m

    This week, we're covering the September 2025 article from The Cut: ⁠What Happened at Wondermind?⁠ Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Candie's Ads From the 1990s - 2010s

    Aug 30, 202640 min

    To see the Candie's ads as we dissect them, watch this episode exclusively on Patreon! Troy McEady and Dara Laine get into Jenny McCarthy and her toilets, Hayden Panettiere - the Candie's queen, Britney Spears' ad...

  • What's Your Issue?

    2000s Teen Fan Magazines, Jonas Brothers, & Miley Cyrus

    Aug 14, 20261h 2m

    Today we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008! In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Chappell Roan, Saving Britney, and PAPER Mag with Joan Summers

    Aug 7, 20261h 39m

    Today we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers! We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed...

  • What's Your Issue?

    A Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular

    Jul 30, 20262 hour

    In 2024 we released a Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular discussing the spreads for the RHOBH ladies Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, and Denise Richards. We're re-releasing that episode with a brand new 40 extra...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Is Rosie O'Donnell About to Punch Barbara Walters?

    Jul 24, 20261h 10m

    In today's episode we discuss "How the Donald Trump–Rosie O’Donnell Feud Wreaked Havoc at The View" by Ramin Setoodeh with our guest Zach Patton-Garcia! Listen to Zach's podcast Coffee & Tequila or watch it on Youtube...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Victoria Beckham is Coming to America

    Jul 16, 20261h 35m

    Comedian and writer Melissa Rich joins Troy and Dara to discuss the David and Victoria Beckham cover story from the August 2007 issue of W Magazine. For show notes, become a free member on the What’s Your Issue? Patreon...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Bethenny Frankel, Cool Girl Bridal, and Reality TV Therapists

    Jul 11, 20261h 9m

    In this week's episode we cover the US Weekly January 7th, 2013 cover story detailing the split between Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy. We also discuss Bethenny's talk show, whether or not the Skinnygirl is actually a...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Nicole Richie, The Simple Life, and Stuff Magazine

    Jul 3, 20261h 6m

    Please rate! review! subscribe! This week, we're discussing the July 2004 issue of Stuff magazine with cover girl Nicole Richie fresh off the second season of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton. We talk about Nicole's...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Gay Old Hollywood!

    Jun 26, 20261h 20m

    In our final episode of pride month, we're discussing Scotty Bowers, the old Hollywood hustler who hooked up secret gay and lesbian celebs with sexy companions from 1945 to 1980. We talk about Scotty's wild background...

  • What's Your Issue?

    David Beckham: The Metrosexual Episode!

    Jun 19, 20261h 31m

    It's the World Cup and Pride Month crossover everyone's been begging for... this week, we're talking David Beckham and Metrosexuals! In June 2002, David Beckham was the first footballer to appear on the cover of the UK...

  • What's Your Issue?

    Yep, I'm Gay: Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche

    Jun 11, 20261h 7m

    Yep, it's still gay pride month, and this week, Troy and Dara are discussing the groundbreaking moment when Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet with her girlfriend Anne Heche by her side. Our issues include: Ellen's...

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