This week, Juliet and Amanda have some interesting celebrity news to cover, starting with Ben Affleck receiving two visits from the FBI regarding unauthorized drone activity, amid the fire devastation in L.A. (2:25). Hugh Grant interviews Renée Zellweger for British 'Vogue' (12:29), Harry and Meghan watch (28:28), and a new divorce watch on the Obamas (43:13).

To continue to support the LA Wildfires and devastation here is a link to the Altadena Girls to help teenagers in the Altadena area get support after the fires

https://www.pledge.to/altadena-girls

Hosts: Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Producer: Jade Whaley

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Welcome to 2025, folks! Jodi is joined by Alexis Wilson in our first episode of the new year to first go over a few funny little things that have happened over the past two weeks, including Zendaya and Tom Holland getting engaged, Mrs. Fields of cookie fame being revealed to be a baddie, a Carrie Underwood stan account turning on her, and Club Chalamet’s busy month (0:45). Then, they name the United States government as Traitor of the Week for banning TikTok (22:37) and do a full deep dive on the bizarre and wonderful Robbie Williams (who?) musical biopic, ‘Better Man,’ throughout which he is depicted as a CGI chimp (35:35). Finally, in honor of the new year and all it can bring, they share their ins and outs for 2025 (1:03:18).

If you wish to donate to those in our Ringer family affected by the L.A. wildfires, the three GoFundMe fundraisers below are for Alexis Wilson’s aunt and uncle, Chelsea Stark-Jones’s parents, Yasi Salek, and Yasi's neighbors George and Mary Buck, all of whom lost their homes.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-coach-arins-family-after-fire-loss

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-jones-family-after-devastating-fire-loss

https://www.gofundme.com/f/yasis-house-burned-down-to-the-ground

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-george-and-mary-buck-rebuild-after-the-eaton-fire

Host: Jodi Walker

Guest: Alexis Wilson

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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This week, the ladies return on our new day, TUESDAYS, to discuss their favorite things right now amid the Los Angeles wildfires. The ladies discuss their favorite things for various categories, including books, TV shows, skin care, makeup, clothing, and more! Please find their recommendations below. With the L.A. wildfires still going on, we also want to take the time to spread the word and help those in need. We have linked a few Google Docs below containing links to various GoFundMes for families who need support after their homes were destroyed. If you are able, please consider donating. Thank you!

Hosts: Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Producer: Jade Whaley

LA WILDFIRE RELIEF

Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

https://shorturl.at/FziM1

Additional Aid/Resource List

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1w7Rxmcw8naEqRXc6UoXCYSoR3_k-u8elafDk-GFteDY/htmlview?usp=gmail

JULIET AND AMANDA’S FAVORITES LIST 

BOOKS

• Juliet: Wolf Half by Hilary Mantel, Best Land Under Heaven by Michael Wallis 
• Amanda: The Talent by Daniel D’Addario, Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

TV SHOWS

• Juliet: Day of the Jackal on Peacock 
• Amanda: Say Nothing on FX, Anora (a movie)

SKINCARE/MAKEUP 

• Juliet: Youth To the People’s Kale + Spinach Superfood Cleanser, Cerave Skin Renewing Night Cream 
• Amanda: Dennis Gross LED Mask, Merit Flush Blush, T3 Airebrush, Chanel Roussy lipstick from Marisa Meltzer's Soft Power substack

CLOTHING

• Juliet: Uniqlo Waffle Long Sleeved 
• Amanda: J. Crew Cotton Poplin Pajamas

INTERNET DISTRACTION 

• Juliet: Nordstrom’s January Sale 
• Amanda: Kaitlin Phillips’s Substack and Tina Brown’s Substack

CELEB PHOTO

• Juliet: Jamie Dornan 
• Amanda: The Graham Norton show

INTERNET STORY

• Juliet: Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag getting her music to the top of the charts after losing their house 
• Amanda: The Timothee Chalamet experience

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This week, Amanda officially returns to ‘Jam Session’ along with Juliet to discuss the 82nd Golden Globe Awards that happened over the weekend (2:04). The ladies discuss all the major celebrities that attended the event, the atmosphere, the production, big-hit moments, and their overall thoughts on the night! Next, the two continue their discussion on the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni saga, and Justin’s counteraction against the New York Times (28:12), as well as Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series, ‘With Love, Meghan’ (43:17), and Brad and Angelina’s divorce settlement after eight years (51:30). Plus, they catch up with Amanda at the end. As the new year has arrived we will be doing some new scheduling; Jam Session will now be moving to Tuesdays so make sure to tune in now every Tuesday for new episodes!

Hosts: Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Producer: Jade Whaley

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Juliet is joined by fellow Ringer colleague, Van Lathan, to discuss the biggest pop culture stories of 2024, including JLo and Ben Affleck’s breakup, Diddy’s indictment, Drake and Kendrick Lamar's beef, the new rise of pop singers including Sabrina Carpenter and Brat, and more!

Hosts: Juliet Litman

Guest: Van Lathan

Producer: Jade Whaley

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Jodi Walker is joined by chronically online comrades Nora Princiotti and Kate Halliwell to participate in the 2024 chronically online draft. They each draft six of their favorite internet it girls, main characters, viral moments, memes, and more for their 2024 brain rot teams.

Host: Jodi Walker

Guests: Nora Princiotti and Kate Halliwell

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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For the six weeks leading up to Christmas, Jodi Walker has a meet-cute with your Ringer favorites to binge the best original holiday movies that Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix have to offer. On the final day of Bingemas (also known as Christmas Day), Jodi and Rob Mahoney bring to you two movies filled with animal-based holiday love stories: ‘Happy Howlidays,’ starring the dead-eyed winner of Hallmark’s reality show to find a new holiday hunk ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’ (6:35), and ‘Christmas on the Alpaca Farm,’ featuring a man who would rather his entire life fall to ruin than make sweaters with blended fabrics (55:50).

Thank you so much for binging with us this year!

Host: Jodi Walker

Guest: Rob Mahoney

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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Amanda makes an early return to 'Jam Session' to discuss Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni and the New York Times article that details the events leading up to it. They also go over subsequent events since the lawsuit was filed on December 20, and they parse the various people named in both lawsuit and article. They conclude by asking what happens next for the people involved.

To read the NY Time story: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html.

Host: Juliet and Amanda

Producer: Jade Whaley

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This week is all about fangirling! Jodi is joined by Sophia Benoit to first fangirl over Ethan Slater (a.k.a. SpongeBob)’s ex-wife Dr. Lilly Jay’s personal essay in The Cut (1:40). Then, they fangirl over some pop girly music moments (21:02), including Chappell Roan’s Carpool Karaoke, and the A-listers that are just being so charming (30:50), including Nicole Kidman, Timothée Chalamet, Kieran Culkin, and Colman Domingo. In honor of the holidays, they visit some Christmas Obsessions past and present, in the form of the iconic “Danita, it’s Christmas” video, the viral Beanie Baby Cookie, and Rihanna getting Mariah Carey to sign her boobs (58:18). Finally, they each share their personal obsessions for the week (1:06:55).

Host: Jodi Walker

Guest: Sophia Benoit

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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For the six weeks leading up to Christmas, Jodi Walker will meet-cute with your Ringer favorites to binge the best original holiday movies that Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix have to offer. On the fifth day of Bingemas, Jodi and Joanna Robinson bring to you two movies filled with family legacy Christmas businesses and the healing spirit of the holiday: ‘The Santa Class,’ about a school that teaches you how to be Santa Claus (6:30), and ‘The Holiday Junkie,’ featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt sobbing in every way humanly possible (49:45).

Host: Jodi Walker

Guest: Joanna Robinson

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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This week on ‘Jam Session,’ we have a packed episode filled with lots of celebrity news to cover. Juliet is joined by Ringer colleague Katie Baker and the two start off with reactions to Katie Holmes’s recent clap-back posts to the Daily Mail (1:21), Gayle King’s 70th birthday party (11:26), and the break-in at NFL star Joe Burrow's house (14:21). Juliet also gives some book and entertainment recommendations (22:59), and the two also discuss Jacob Elordi (31:41), Prince Harry’s 'Polo' show on Netflix (34:27), and more!

Host: Juliet Litman

Guest: Katie Baker

Producer: Jade Whaley

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