Straight Up

Straight Up

They say music is the gateway to the soul, so get to know the world's most successful stars better than ever before with Straight Up: the music podcast that sits down with some of the biggest names in culture to talk about the songs that shaped them. From the song that soundtracked their childhood and their first romance to the song that makes them feel invincible and the one that makes them cry, Straight Up digs deep to reveal the real person behind the work. Expect intimate, informal conversations unlike any interview you’ve ever read, and always recorded over a strong drink.

  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Lena Dunham's Too Much, the Salt Path controversy and a Beckham prenup

    Lena Dunham remains one of the most controversial people in pop culture, but that hasn’t stopped a glittering roster of A Listers from appearing in her fun new London-based Netflix romcom Too Much. We assess some of her biggest online scandals, while looking at how autobiographical the show really is. Plus, an explainer of the Salt Path: the latest furore to rock the publishing industry. Are readers right to feel betrayed by writer Raynor Winn’s alleged lies and does publishing have a fact-checking problem? We’ve also got yet another juicy little Beckham family feud update for you, hunnies, plus a debate on whether prenups are feminist and two fab book recs! 


    We love hearing from you, DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠ and follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too!


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    Recs/reviews

    • My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 
    • The Tenant by Freida McFadden 
    • Too Much, Netflix 
    • Too Much: what film and TV get wrong about London, BBC
    • Did the Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff Relationship Lore Inspire Too Much?, Marie Claire 
    • Will Sharpe went too hard on himself in the Too Much finale, Vulture 
    • Lena Dunham’s change of pace, New Yorker  
    • Too Much Is Full of Lena Dunham Lore, Vulture
    • TALA founder: ‘We weren’t going to make payroll — so I sold my car’, Financial Times 
    • The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation, The Observer 
    • The Salt Path revelations should be no surprise to anyone in publishing, The Observer


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    17 July 2025, 12:00 am
  • 49 minutes 11 seconds
    Brad Pitt’s PR tricks, the American Apparel cult and Charlize Theron

    Brad Pitt’s carefully crafted F1: The Movie promo run has us thinking about how celebrities script their own stories and how easily we buy into them. From Brad’s quiet erasure of abuse allegations by Angelina Jolie to Chris Brown packing stadiums despite a long history of violence, we’re diving into the messy, age-old question: can you really separate the art from the artist? Also this week: a gorgeously candid Charlize Theron interview, Tim Key’s rom-com of the summer The Ballad of Wallis Island and Netflix’s jaw-dropping exposé on the cult of American Apparel and the toxic founder Dov Charney. 


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    Recs/ reviews:


    • Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
    • Charlize Theron, Call Her Daddy 
    •  Brad Pitt is Fooling You, Vulture 
    • A Complete Timeline of Chris Brown’s Controversies, People
    • Scooter Braun, Diary of a CEO
    • Brad Pitt, GQ interview by Otessa Mosfegh, 2022
    • I think I'm done with being interviewed by women. Jameela Jamil Substack 
    • Millie Bobby Brown, ageing and Lucy Boynton on domestic violence, our March 6 episode 
    • Trainwreck:The Cult of American Apparel, Netflix
    • The Ballad of Wallis Island, in cinemas now

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    10 July 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    The Bezos wedding, surgery transparency and a Glastonbury debrief

    Billionaires, botox, and a newly single Orlando Bloom – this week we’re diving into Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s ultra-extravagant Venice wedding, a spectacle that’s reminded the internet that money definitely can’t buy taste. From the Hollywood attendees that made headlines like Sydney Sweeney and Leonardo DiCaprio to the inevitable backlash to the whole thing, we’re getting into it all. Also, as Khloe Kardashian follows in Kylie Jenner’s footsteps and comes clean about her plastic surgery, we’re asking just how much we should applaud the KarJenners for their new transparency. And Ellie reports back from Glastonbury!


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    Recs/ reviews:


    • The Affair with Anna Williamson 
    • Story Time with Kayla Jade
    • Waterfront, Netflix 
    • The Shark Whisperer, Netflix 
    • The Shallows
    • 47 Metres Down
    • House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J Maas (Crescent City series) 
    • Deep Cover, Amazon Prime 
    • The Dark Poetry of the Bezos Wedding, Atlantic
    • Vogue's Confidently Oblivious Lauren Sánchez Cover Story, Back Row, Substack 
    • Khloé Kardashian Is Talking About Her Plastic Surgery Too, The Cut

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    3 July 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    NOUGHTIES IT GIRLS: feuds, falls and the reign of the tabloids

    We’re on hols this week, hunnies, but ofc we weren’t going to leave you without an ep! So, we’ve dug into the archives and stitched together one of our very first specials: a *very* juicy two-parter on the iconic Noughties ‘It Girls’ Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie, which feels extremely relevant right now thanks to the publication of the amazing new book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. In this deep-dive, we cover everything from the toxic rise of tabloid culture and the paparazzi, to how this era ended up shaping celebrity and pop culture as we recognise it today. We know most of you haven’t heard this one yet and so we want to rectify that, bc we’re very proud of it!


    We hope you enjoy and we’ll be back to usual business next week! We would love to hear your thoughts, pop culture recs and future special ideas so DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x




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    26 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 51 minutes 36 seconds
    WEDDINGS: pop culture, tradition and marital myths

    It’s wedding szn hunnies so we get into the bonkers and wonderful world of weddings, from the most absurd and insufferable wedding tropes to our favourite wedding pop culture, including two excellent book recs. Plus, a few top tips from recent bride Kathleen!


    We really hope you love this bonus special! We would love to hear your thoughts on all things weddings or ideas for future bonus eps, so DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x


    Recs/reviews

    • The Fence
    • The Wedding People, Alison Espach
    • You’re Cordially Invited, Amazon Prime
    • The Materialists, in cinemas August 
    •  The Ballad of Wallis Island
    • Father of the Bride
    • Bridesmaids 
    • The Bachelorette 
    • An Attempt to Make Sense of the Jennifer Lopez Wedding Industrial-Complex Canon, Vulture
    • Four Weddings and Funeral
    • Shotgun Wedding
    • Ticket to Paradise 
    • Crazy Rich Asians
    • The Princess Diaries
    • All Hail the New York Influencer Who Posted TikToks Throughout Her Wedding, The Cut 
    • The Happy Couple, Naoise Dolan
    • Dear Dolly, Should we let a pet dog come to our wedding?


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    25 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Cooper and the new age of sexism

    The backlash against Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover supposedly satirising the male gaze has left us grappling with difficult questions, from how much moral responsibility Sabrina owes her young fans to whether this satire serves any greater purpose. Tying in with the release of Laura Bates’s brilliant new book The New Age of Sexism, we debate everything from how messy female ‘empowerment’ has become and what misogyny actually looks like in our terrifying age of AI. On theme, too, is our review of Alex Cooper’s new documentary about her meteoric Call Her Daddy fame: how does her sexual agency compare to Sabrina’s? And on a lighter note we start off with a juicy debrief on Dua Lipa’s new British Vogue cover. Enjoy hunnies!


    We love hearing from you, DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠ and follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too!


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    Recs/review

    • Dua Lipa, British Vogue 
    • Dua Lipa, SkinnyTok and the Labubu doll craze
    • Pop Culture Takes Up Smoking Again, New York Times
    • Why Are People Mad at Sabrina Carpenter Again, The Cut
    • How Sabrina Carpenter Dream-Come-True'd Her Whole Life, Rolling Stone
    • The New Age of Sexism: how the AI Revolution is reinventing misogyny, Laura Bates 
    • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Conversation With Lana Del Rey, Pitchfork
    • Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert 
    • Call Her Alex, Disney+ 
    • There's more to Alex Cooper than the 'Call Her Daddy' documentary suggests, Washington Post

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    19 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 57 minutes 16 seconds
    Bonnie Blue’s petting zoo, Billie Eilish and Blake Lively’s big win


    It’s a big week for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, with the judge dismissing Baldoni’s $400m countersuit against Lively and his $200m defamation suit against the New York Times. Who is now winning and where does that leave the trial in March? We bring you up to speed with all the latest developments, as well as news of another legal drama: nine women have accused Jared Leto of sexual impropriety. Now his ‘Mars Island cult’ feels very disturbing indeed. First up, though, we’re talking babies: from Nara Smith’s fourth pregnancy announcement to Jamie Laing’s podcast rebrand. Plus, a primer on Billie Eilish’s new boyfriend, as well as a much overdue debrief on Maya Jama’s adorable hard launch with Ruben Dias. And is the fallout from Bonnie Blue's now cancelled sex stunt valid? Finally we review BBC’s What It Feels Like for a Girl, which might just be the best show of 2025!


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    Reviews/ recs:

    • Chicken tarragon lasagne, So Good by Emily English 
    • Pearl, Netflix 
    • Sinners, AppleTV
    • Newlyparents podcast 
    • What It Feels Like For a Girl, BBC iPlayer 
    • 'All of us felt like we had touched gold': What It Feels Like for a Girl, the BBC’s electric coming-of-age tale, Guardian 
    • Jake Dunn Is Fiercely Protective of BBC Trans Drama ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’, Hollywood Reporter 
    • What It Feels Like for a Girl star Ellis Howard on frank sex scenes, that toilet brush moment, and the emotional finale, British GQ
    • Paris Lees and What It Feels Like For An Icon, Polyester 
    • Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400m defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, BBC
    • How Many Times Will Blake Lively Have to Beat Justin Baldoni in Court for It to Matter?, Slate

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    12 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    FRIENDSHIP BREAKUPS: ghostings, exes and group politics

    A friendship ‘breakup’ is an experience more than 80% of women have been through and it can be even more gut-wrenching than ending a romantic relationship. Yet in our society that prioritises romantic over platonic love, there’s no social script for dealing with it. We dive into a topic that still feels like a taboo despite its clear universality, with the help of many of your deeply honest and moving DMs, which proved to us just how devastating – and common – friendship break-ups can be. We cover everything from ghostings and estrangement to boundaries and therapy-speak, as well as how politics, exes and different life stages can lead to rifts and resentment. Hopefully, if you’ve been through something similar, then this ep will help you feel less alone! 


    We really hope you love this bonus special! We would love to hear your thoughts on all things friendship, so DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x


    Recs

    • Bad Friend, Michelle Elman
    • Bride Wars 
    • We Need to Talk about Our Ex Best Friends, Elle
    • Bad Friend, Tiffany Watt Smith
    • The Lingering Wounds of Friendship Breakups, Elle 
    • The White Lotus S3 E8, HBO 
    • Will Our Friendship Survive Your Baby, New York Magazine  

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    11 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater, the ‘literary man’ and a Beckham feud update

    On today’s show: BookTok is engulfed in controversy after an Australian rugby star was seemingly handed a book deal after just a month of posting on BookTok and with no former writing experience or manuscript to his name. We discuss the accusations of white male privilege, the inner workings of influencer publishing and whether we need more ‘literary men’ in our age of incel culture. Plus, is Sydney Sweeney selling droplets of her used bath water to male fans genius marketing or normalising objectification? And, following the news of Bella and Gigi Hadid’s secret sister, how wise is genealogical testing? Finally our usual film and TV recs (including a very honest And Just Like That review), and a highly revealing update on the Beckham feud. 


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    Recs/reviews

    • Sydney Sweeney, Dr Squatch ad 
    • The Elysian, Elle Griffin, Substack 
    • The disappearance of literary men should worry everyone, New York Times  
    • Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
    • The Principle of Moments, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
    • Evenings and Weekends, Oisín McKenna (audiobook on BookBeat)
    • The Gift, BBC Radio 4 podcast 
    • You’ve found a lost relative. Now what? Vox
    • The Better Sister, Prime Video 
    • Long Bright River, c4
    • Overcompensating, Netflix 
    • And Just Like That, NOWTV
    • The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Disney +
    • Mormon wives on swinging scandals, friendship fallouts and religious backlash, BBC


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    5 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa, Sirens and the Hollywood facelift

    Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa’s *very* hard launch and rumours of multiple joint TV projects has got us wondering: is this a rare example of a PR relationship? We dive in! Plus, an explainer of TikTok’s Odd Muse drama: can founders get called out without it being bullying? Also, a little look at Kris Jenner’s face lift and how one surgeon seems to be becoming the most popular man in Hollywood. And of course we had to debrief on the Netflix show starring Julianne Moore and Meghann Fahy that everyone is talking about: Sirens. Why are we so obsessed with eat the rich satire and gorgeous cult leaders? 


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    Recs/ reviews 

    • Pure flourish sleep tape
    • My brain finally broke, New Yorker
    • How to fix your focus and stop procrastinating, Johann Hari  
    • Aimee Smale on Working Hard, Hardy Working podcast 
    • Nine Perfect Strangers, Prime Video 
    • Sirens, Netflix 
    • Maid, Netflix
    • Netflix’s Sirens will leave you with questions, Hollywood Reporter 
    • ‘Sirens’ Creator on the Power of Lilly Pulitzer, Michaela’s Bird Obsession and Turning Greek Myth Into New England Nightmare, Variety
    • It must be nice to be a West Village girl, The Cut 

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    29 May 2025, 12:00 am
  • 51 minutes 30 seconds
    ONLYFANS: Bonnie Blue, sex stunts and the rise of the porn 'influencer'

    From Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips to Kayla Jade and Ari Kytsya, OnlyFans influencers are everywhere. In this bonus ep, we’re deep-diving into the porn star meets social media matrix. How did OnlyFans become such a cultural and economic powerhouse? And who are ‘bops’ and ‘mattress actresses’ taking over TikTok? This special covers it all: sex stunts, stigma, empowerment, Margot’s Got Money Troubles, the celebs making millions on OF, explainers on our fave creators and the problem with sex extremism.


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    Recs

    • ‘We’re not influencers’: Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips tell us why anger over their sex stunts is ‘misdirected’, Brit Dawson for Cosmo
    • Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 
    • Everyone's a sellout now, Vox
    • Kayla Jade on TikTok, @blueeyedkaylajade
    • Story time with Kayla Jade podcast 
    • Ari Kytsya on TikTok @notburnttoasthehe
    • I Slept With 100 Men in One Day | Documentary by Josh Pieters
    • Keily Blair, OnlyFans: ‘We are an incredible UK tech success story’, Financial Times 
    • OnlyFans and the Myth of Owning Your Own Hustle, Vanity Fair 
    • I’m an  Ex Playboy model. My son 12 was banned from a sports team because of my job.
    • 7 top OnlyFans creators on how it changed their lives, GQ
    •  Why are we shaming Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips, but not the masked men queuing up to have sex with them? Glamour 
    • Virgin Island, Channel 4
    • From Bonnie Blue To Boysober: Why Sex Extremism Is Doing No One Any Good, Elle

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    28 May 2025, 12:00 am
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