Trent Reznor is Actually a Terry (And Other Truths)
About this episode
Ben and Ione celebrate a graduation and discuss various cultural topics including celebrity ethics and music's impact.
Ben and Ione celebrate Ione's daughter graduating from Sydney Uni — the first in her family — and unpack what an Australian graduation ceremony actually looks like (part Downton Abbey, part casual). They dissect the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Part 3 reunion, debate the ethics of celebrity course-selling, and induct Mac DeMarco, Leonardo DiCaprio and Trent Reznor into the Ione Skye Hall of Fame Mispronunciations. Ben reflects on performing in Alice Springs the night after the vigil for Kumanjayi Little Baby, and why music is good medicine even when it feels trite. Plus: the Bluey/ABC rights debate, the expert economy, and divorce finances. Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com
People in this episode
Host: Ben Lee
Guest: Ione Skye
Topics covered
- graduation ceremony
- celebrity culture
- music as medicine
- reality TV
- ethics in celebrity
- divorce finances
- Australian culture
Keywords
- graduation
- celebrity course-selling
- music
- Australian culture
- reality TV
- divorce finances
- Bluey
- ABC
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sydney Uni, ABC
Books & works: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Bluey
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