Episodes

  • Still buying yourself toys? So is everyone

    Still buying yourself toys? So is everyone
    Nov 13 2026
    Adults are buying toys, playing games, and watching cartoons in massive numbers. Why are our childhood tastes following us into adulthood? And could it have something to do with “millennial optimism?” About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Is 'Fashion Slop' Killing Personal Style?

    Is 'Fashion Slop' Killing Personal Style?
    Nov 6 2026
    The age of algorithmic fashion is here, and we’re wearing a lot of slop. Fashion journalist Amy Odell gives Audie and Ari advice for finding a personal style amid the AI, buying clothes that last, and feeling good in what you wear. About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Rick Steves Has Been Everywhere. He's Noticing Something Weird.

    Rick Steves Has Been Everywhere. He's Noticing Something Weird.
    Oct 30 2026
    Boxy apartment buildings. Industrial-chic coffee shops. Fast-casual salads. Are cities everywhere becoming indistinguishable? Audie and Ari dissect the trend with help from travel guru Rick Steves, who has ideas for how to keep the places we visit and call home vibrant and real. About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Listen to the Travel with Rick Steves podcast and check out Rick's memoir and guidebooks on his website. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Bonus: Code-switching and Cussing

    Bonus: Code-switching and Cussing
    Oct 25 2026
    Audie and Ari recently joined one of their favorite people, writer and journalist Anne Helen Peterson, on her podcast Culture Study. They talked code switching, gay slang, Southie accents, swearing and much more. You can follow Culture Study wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Why We Hate the Surveillance State but Love Receipts

    Why We Hate the Surveillance State but Love Receipts
    Oct 23 2026
    We’re living in an age of surveillance anxiety. And yet, hand us a leaked DM or security footage of Kelly Clarkson at a Brooklyn toy store and we’re here for it. Are we feeding into the very surveillance culture we claim to fear? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • For Nathan Fielder, the Truth Is a Joke

    For Nathan Fielder, the Truth Is a Joke
    Oct 16 2026
    In You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder sets his reality-distorting comedic documentarian talents on disgraced tech founder Elizabeth Holmes. The movie had the internet in a chokehold even before its release. Are there lessons in Fielder’s theater of the awkward and the cringe comedy genre for traditional journalism? About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Is Sobriety the New Flex?

    Is Sobriety the New Flex?
    Oct 9 2026
    Former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio got sober before “sober-curious” was trending. As an original arbiter of internet culture, he’s got a long view of today’s drinking discourse — and advice for anybody questioning their relationship with their vices. About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • How a Lesbian Bar Sparked a Week of 'Woke 1' Whiplash

    How a Lesbian Bar Sparked a Week of 'Woke 1' Whiplash
    Oct 2 2026
    From a viral story on a lesbian bar’s masking policy to Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay on making school segregation a personal issue to the “Cornell Seven,” Audie and Ari connect the dots on the internet’s reckoning with "Woke 1.” About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds. Subscribe to the Engagement Party newsletter! The weekly send lets you catch up on the latest trends, obsessions and culture online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins