“We’re trying to make listeners feel included in our friendship, like you’re part of the squad.” How Lily Marotta and Steven Phillips-Horst turned their pandemic project into one of the hottest podcasts of the year.
episodes run about an hour, going into detail on a single celeb bio, from Andre Agassi to Steve Aoki to even WWE superstars the Bella Twins.
“And, you know, the function of the royal family throughout history was to give the peasants something to look at,” says Phillips-Horst. “It’s ‘bread and circuses’: give them food and entertainment, and they will not care about their oppression. They will be docile. And so the carnival of celebrity keeps the masses down.
The 15 episodes they’d banked before the release helped the series emerge seemingly fully formed, as though listeners were tuning into a program that was already mid-stride. In more recent episodes, they’ve occasionally invited guests: friends from the comedy, media or podcasting worlds. “It always amazes me how many different anecdotes they can pull out of their sleeve,” Neyfakh says. “They have these encyclopedic memories of tabloids they read in high school. A lot of people, when they talk extemporaneously, can’t reach for specifics so easily. That ability is what makes it virtuosic.”
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