You have officially perverted by choosing this episode with Joel Kim Booster on what is apparently his 18th time on this podcast. And thank god for the disease! Everything in this episode is under the ALLEGEDLY banner, and you need to remember that. Joel comes into the room in the weird LA building Las Cultch is recorded in with his snatch pins on to talk about the audacity it takes to send a flaccid dick pic, shade vs. insult, and anthropomorphizing cum, Also, Liz McGraw, Lindsay Hubbard and Stacey Rusch, oh my! All this, Joel's genderqueer bowl cut era, deep connection to Jennifer Hudson and participation in the phenomenon that is KPop Demon Hunters. Go see Joel and go follow Joel! @ihatejoelkim

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Miss Peppermint is here! Shall she be mother?! The legend and NYC Pride Grand Marshall (alongside Bowen!) spills tea literally and figuratively on this week's Las Cultch. She's come toting her Transcendence tea, so you know it's really on sight. Pep discusses how she's become more and more of a political messenger throughout her life, community in karaoke AND karaoke in the community, and how the art of the flirtation may be at risk in the culture! All this, topping yourself, Desperate Housewives viewings at gay bars pre-Drag Race, and thriving as a drag queen with hot wings. Peppermint, we love ya! Watch Survival of the Thickest on Netflix!

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Mindy Kaling elevates all our lives and sits down with Matt + Bowen— on Culture Awards release day, no less!— to discuss the place of awards shows in culture as collisions of couture and competition. Also, being that person who knew the writing staffs of your favorite series, “webisodes” culture, and portraying both Kelly Kapoor and Ben Affleck onscreen. All this, burrata, spacebar smudging, and door knocking as an expression of one’s kooky self. Not Suitable For Work is Mindy’s latest and it’s streaming now on Hulu! So to Hulu with you! And also Bravo and Peacock to watch those Culture Awards… and get a taste of the glamorous life.

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If you haven't heard, there's a Glamazonian Express headed directly into a massive Stormaganza. For more information, you must see Stop! That! Train! in theaters June 12th! That film's director, the incredible Adam Shankman, joins Matt + Bowen today to discuss the new movie, and his indelible contributions to cinema: movies like Hairspray, A Walk To Remember, The Wedding Planner and so much more. Also, Adam discusses The Sound of Music as his formative culture, and explains (for the very first time) its link to a traumatic time in his young life when he was put into conversion therapy. All this, Bowen's parasocial attachment to Adam going way back to the A Walk To Remember DVD commentary, comedy's very necessary cinematic resurgence, the blossoming of Jon M. Chu, the reckoning facing Steve Spielberg on STD Day, and finally an answer to the question, "can you talk to someone with wet hair?" Stop! That! Train! and Listen! To! Las Cultch! Adam is the greatest <3

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The legendary Gina Gershon joins Matt and Bowen to discuss concerts, chance encounters with Sarah Vaughan and whether it's better have a Solly Bowles who can actually SING. After sharing about her beautiful friendship with Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, the boys embark on very educational demos on being an Alphapussy (title of memoir AND ep...) with varying degrees of success. Plus some fiery IDTSHs on film ratings, tacky billionaire boobs and Waymos. Read the book and watch "Bound" on Criterion you brown-rice-and-vegetable freaks!

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The woman who Charli XCX once proclaimed on Las Culturistas was the "sexiest woman alive" is here! Dr. Orna Guralnik, the iconic star of Couples Therapy on Paramount + with Showtime, makes her Las Cultch debut alongside her stunning Alaskan Klee Kai, Nico! The reigning winner of the Style Icon Award at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards joins Matt + Bow to discuss how every couple is like a miniature political system, navigating putting therapy on TV and avoiding the "narcissistic therapist" trope we often see on television. Also, David Lynch's Twin Peaks, the emotional work of Pina Bausch, and what Dr. Orna has seen change in same sex relationships over time. All this, insight into conversion therapy, open relationships, passive aggression and all kinds of noise (white, brown, pink, electronic ambient, etc.) Iv you're not streaming Couples Therapy, you're missing some of the most captivating and fascinating television available. Don't miss it!

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This is TODAY, with Matt + Bowen... and their friend Jenna Bush Hager! The host of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle and STAR of The Devil Wears Prada 2 (yeah, we said it!) joins Las Cultch for the very first time to discuss getting dragged by her 13 year old, 30 Rock as an office environment and the best time to take in a Lobster Roll. Also, The Babysitters Club actually inspiring a young Jenna to start her own babysitting organization, Paula Abdul's "Straight Up", and "botox minimalism". All this, being parodied on SNL by Amy Poehler, choosing a front-facing life after many years of forced front-facing life, and a discussion of which presidents may have been gay. Save the libraries, y'all! They need our help! And if you're in a bookstore, look for that Read With Jenna sticker!

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Happy Pride month from Las Culturistas! For more of your favorite LGBTQ+ content, check out the Outspoken Network from iHeartPodcasts.

All hail the Pope of Trash/Filth Elder/Sultan of Sleaze, the one and only John Waters is here fresh off his 80th birthday. The boys talk to him about bonus holes, shooting machine guns, and somehow stepping into respectability in spite of those topics. Girl, it is SURREAL to see him, can we take a pitcher?! It's an acid trip at whatever age so press play right now.

John Waters stars in the animated series Kevin on Prime Video, available to stream now.

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