CT: Pokémon Cards, Punch the Monkey, and Family Resilience

A Pokémon card sells for $16.4 million, Barna research sheds light on the three things resilient families prioritize, and everyone seems to relate to an abandoned monkey in a Japanese zoo.

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USA hockey set viewership records at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's teams winning gold, setting hockey up to hang on to its place as the fourth most-followed sport in the US—at least, until the FIFA World Cup in Los Angeles enters the chat. The so-called "boy blush" trend is gaining traction, with artists like Sangwon and Bad Bunny wearing noticeable blush on major stages, and teen boys increasingly experimenting with makeup as part of their personal style. A TikTok meme called "baby boo" started with people dancing to a clip that repeats "she gon' call me baby boo" and has since morphed into users calling it "baby boo syndrome." Eric Dane, known for his roles in Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria, passed away on February 19, one year after announcing his ALS diagnosis. Since then, TikTok has filled with edits of his most emotional scenes. At the BAFTA film awards, a guest with Tourette's syndrome involuntarily shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage. The moment sparked conversations about the real harm that racial slurs carry for Black people, alongside questions about the awareness around Tourette's and the responsibility of live broadcasting.

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25 Sep 48min

CT: Gerwig's Narnia, Sports Betting, and Iced Lattes in Job Interviews

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24 Sep 9min

Roundtable: Another Sydney Sweeney Ad, Charlie Kirk Memes, and Why Kids Don't Want to Be Influencers

Three Big Conversations: Sydney Sweeney released a borderline pornographic commercial for Novig - 3:18 what the memes about Charlie Kirk may really mean - 19:52 why not every tween wants to grow up t...

18 Sep 49min

CT: Another Sydney Sweeney Ad, Charlie Kirk Memes, and Why Kids Don't Want to Be Influencers

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17 Sep 8min

Roundtable: The Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, Alix Earle, and 9/11

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11 Sep 57min

CT: The Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, Alix Earle, and 9/11

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11 Sep 9min

The Gospel of Risk-Taking: What Gambling Apps Get Wrong (and Right) with Abby Perry

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8 Sep 31min

Roundtable: Intuition vs. Anxiety, Gen Z Foragers, and Nimrod Workman

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4 Sep 51min