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NOTE: redownload if the first few minutes of audio doesn't play! This week we're discussing Final Cut by Chris Nashawaty from the August 14th, 1998 issue of Entertainment Weekly with photos by George Lange. We talk about Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween H20, nepobabies, and more! Watch on Youtube Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Patreon to listen to the rest of this episode! For this subscribers-only episode, we're dissecting the Sept. 2026 GQ cover story, "Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks" by Zach Barron, with photos by Mario Sorrenti. We discuss Tom's relationship with Scientology now, the differences between his relationships with Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes, the 6 hour acting Masterclass tape Tom made for Glen Powell, our favorite Tom Cruise movies, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is about the intersection between two pieces of tragic Hollywood lore: the untimely deaths of Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunne, the young starlets of the first Poltergeist movie. We discuss two Vanity Fair articles: What Really Happened During the Making of Poltergeist by Anthony Beeznican and JUSTICE: A Father's Account of the Trial of His Daughter's Killer by Dominick Dunne plus The Epic Rise and Fall of Ma Maison, The Restaurant That Made Wolfgang Puck Famous by Crystal Coser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This episode originally aired on October 31, 2024* At the end of last week's episode, "The Bloody Battle Over Scream 4," Dara and Troy talked about Ariana Madix's stint as a Girls and Corpses magazine model. Here's a spooky season rerelease of an episode we did covering Sheri Moon Zombie on the cover of G&C. Keep in mind, this episode was before our rebrand, so the format is a little different. We talk about the lore behind this magazine, the Playboy parody photo spread, its former cover models, Courtney Stodden and Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham, and where those corpses actually come from. We also get into horror movies and the Rob Zomb-ification of the Halloween franchise. Here's a link to a copy of this issue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's issue is Entertainment Weekly from April 15th, 2011 with cover gworl, Ghostface, and story, OH, THE HORROR, written by Tim Stack with photos by James Dimmock. We'll be discussing the behind-the-scenes gossip from the first four Wes Craven Scream film's, including the relationship and break up of Courtney Cox and David Arquette, plus the feud of the Weinstein's v. the filmmakers, a cast acid trip, and more! Also! Our New York PO Box: PO Box 20181 New York, New York 10014 Our LA Box: 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 If you want something specifically to go to Troy send to the NY address; for Dara, send to the LA box. If it's for both of us, you can send it all to whichever address you're closest to. Love you all, and thank you to Larissa for our latest magazine haul!! Watch ad-free on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Troy and Dara go through Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaires taken by Dolly Parton, Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul, Tiffany Haddish, Stevie Nicks, Howard Stern, Sandra Bernhard, and Martha Stewart. To listen to Dara and Troy elaborate further on their own answers, subscribe on Patreon to listen to an hour-long director's cut of this episode. The video version of this episode is also only available on Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Pop Pantheon's Russ Martin joins us to discuss Vanessa Grigoriadis's April 5, 2010 NY Mag cover story, Growing Up Gaga: "The self-invented, manufactured, accidental, totally on-purpose New York creation of the world's biggest pop star. " This piece is one of Russ's favorites, and celebrity investigative journalism at its finest! We discuss Gaga's early life in the NYC scene, the building of her pop star persona, the evolution of her public image and music, her most creatively impactful love interests and mentors, and more! Follow Russ Listen to Pop Pantheon Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram Follow Troy Follow Dara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Dara and Troy are breaking down Teen People's 25 Hottest Celebrities Under 25 from the year 2000. They discuss: what happened to going out tops and casual red carpet looks? Mandy Moore lore. That 70's Show's social dynamics. Who would Jessica Simpson be in another life? P!nk and her aerial fabrics. Read the article here Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us @whatsyourissueshow @daralaine @troyjeanspears Watch on Youtube @whatsyourissuepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Patreon exclusive, we discuss US Weekly's 2009 cover story about RHONY's Hailey Glassman ("Jon and His Bimbo"), Ed Hardy, our uber-less college party days, and more! Subscribe to listen or watch the whole episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we dissect Nancy Jo Sales’ lesser-known (but no less fabulous) October 19, 2009 Vanity Fair article, The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin. "How did two average parents from rural Pennsylvania with an outsize brood rise to such dizzying heights of stardom and tabloid infamy? The author peers behind the curtain of the biggest celebrity story of the year." We discuss the state of print media in 2009, Halloween wigs, TLC's exploitation of poverty-stricken families, was Kate really shtooping the bodyguard?? media ethics and responsibility, Jon's hair plugs, evolving gender roles in the age of Obama optimism, Pennsylvania hot tubs, Haley Glassman on RHONY, and more! Listen (or watch!) ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow @TroyJeanSpears @DaraLaine Watch on Youtube @whatsyourissuepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're covering the September 2025 article from The Cut: ⁠What Happened at Wondermind?⁠ Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart. By Angelina Chapin "Wondermind was supposed to build a world of mental-health-related content — through a website, podcasts, TV shows, and films — and its mission was lofty: to “destigmatize” mental-health problems and “democratize” its care. [...} Something to the opposite effect seems to have played out at Wondermind. Out of 29 former and current employees, 14 agreed to speak with me, most on the condition of anonymity. According to dozens of conversations, the company’s grand mission and basic operations were tanked by Gomez’s and Teefey’s personal and family dysfunction, including the denial of Teefey’s instability." This episode has everything you want: child stars, toxic mother/daughter relationships, polyamorous lesbians, one Sex and the City reference, and ashwagandha Cheetos. To watch this episode ad-free, SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON Become a free member on Patreon to see other links mentioned in this episode Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Follow Troy @TroyJeanSpears Follow Dara @DaraLaine Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To see the Candie's ads as we dissect them, watch this episode exclusively on Patreon! Troy McEady and Dara Laine get into Jenny McCarthy and her toilets, Hayden Panettiere - the Candie's queen, Britney Spears' ad campaign with pictures by Terry Richardson, the David LaChapelle of it all, the evolution of the brand identity, and more! Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Watch other episodes on Youtube Emails us at [email protected] Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Troy and Dara discuss the February 1998 issue of Vibe magazine with the perfect Kara Berry from the podcast Everyone's Business (But Mine) !! They talk about Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim's feud and their influence on high fashion, which TLC girl they are, a hypothetical Missy Elliott Lilith Fair, the best of hip hop in 1997, and Troy's new Oprah DVD box set. Link to the article scans Follow Kara on Instagram Follow us on Instagram Listen ad-free on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008! In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan advice, our horoscopes, "Which TV Show Are You?", "What's Your Scarf Style?", fan sweepstakes, and more! Watch this video ad-free on Patreon Check out the pages on Instagram Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers! We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed right as she was taking off... plus! her time as Jezebel's tabloid reporter, the US Weekly Saving Britney article from 2019, the time she pissed of Countess Luann, media literacy, and more! Go listen to Eating For Free and read her Substack Local Gossip WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Follow us on instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices