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Engagement Party

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#88#115#141#168#194Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27Episode released Oct 16: For Nathan Fielder, the Truth Is a JokeEpisode released Oct 23: Why We Hate the Surveillance State but Love ReceiptsEpisode released Oct 25: Bonus: Code-switching and Cussing
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Oct 16#98#79#91
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Latest episodes

  • Bonus: Code-switching and Cussing

    October 25, 2026 · 55 min

    Audie and Ari recently joined one of their favorite people, writer and journalist Anne Helen Peterson, on her podcast Culture Study. They talked code switching, gay slang, Southie accents, swearing and much more. You can follow Culture…

  • Why We Hate the Surveillance State but Love Receipts

    October 23, 2026 · 36 min

    We’re living in an age of surveillance anxiety. And yet, hand us a leaked DM or security footage of Kelly Clarkson at a Brooklyn toy store and we’re here for it. Are we feeding into the very surveillance culture we claim to fear? Learn…

  • For Nathan Fielder, the Truth Is a Joke

    October 16, 2026 · 37 min

    In You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder sets his reality-distorting comedic documentarian talents on disgraced tech founder Elizabeth Holmes. The movie had the internet in a chokehold even before its release. Are there lessons in…

  • Is Sobriety the New Flex?

    October 9, 2026 · 37 min

    Former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio got sober before “sober-curious” was trending. As an original arbiter of internet culture, he’s got a long view of today’s drinking discourse — and advice for anybody questioning their relationship with…

  • How a Lesbian Bar Sparked a Week of 'Woke 1' Whiplash

    October 2, 2026 · 37 min

    From a viral story on a lesbian bar’s masking policy to Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay on making school segregation a personal issue to the “Cornell Seven,” Audie and Ari connect the dots on the internet’s reckoning with "Woke 1.”  About the…

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  • Kandi Burruss on Life After Reality T.V.

    September 29, 2026 · 28 min

    It's been 20 years since Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise changed the face of reality T.V. In this special bonus episode, former Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss joins Audie to talk about why reality shows feel so different these…

  • Letterboxd Is the Last Best Corner of the Internet

    September 25, 2026 · 36 min

    The film review app Letterboxd is a social hub for movie fans everywhere. But has democratizing criticism somehow lowered the bar, or is this the last truly great social media app? Plus, how makeup "dupes" sparked the internet’s latest…

  • The Novel of the Century Is NSFW

    September 18, 2026 · 48 min

    With The Disappearers, Marlon James has written an explicit and violent epic that’s been called “the novel of the decade, if not the century." He joins the party to talk about queer Jamaican culture, ’80s music icons, and the gay sex scene…

  • Should Nepo Babies Embrace the Label?

    September 11, 2026 · 31 min

    Nepo babies have sparked debate for years, but chart-topping singer-songwriter Stella Lefty, who also happens to be the daughter of a billionaire, is reigniting the conversation. Audie and Ari debate how the rich and privileged should…

  • Dating Apps Were Never About Romance

    September 4, 2026 · 38 min

    The internet is full of dating horror stories and think pieces the death of traditional romance. It’s a concept built for virality. But is the moral panic real? Audie and Ari turn to relationship writer Karley Sciortino to talk navigating…

  • Television's Prestige Hangover Era Is Here

    August 28, 2026 · 38 min

    Television's golden age is over, replaced by one that’s decidedly more, as they say, “mid.” Audie and Ari weigh in on whether TV really got worse, the industry's post-prestige identity crisis, and the ingredients for making some of your…

  • RushTok is Southern Soft Power

    August 21, 2026 · 32 min

    This week, the internet turned its eyes to an annual 2020s tradition: watching freshman girls rush sororities at big Southern state schools via an endless stream of social videos. What does our obsession with RushTok tell us about the…

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About the show

Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture podcast. Party hopping between what you're watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds.