BEEF with Bridget Todd

This week on Beef, famed naturalist John James Audubon and his eccentric contemporary Charles Waterton engage in a war of words that sets the birding world ablaze. Check out Melissa T. Yang's writing and research on her website! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In For the Love of History, TK is your guide to the past as we uncover the people, events, and little-known-facts hidden in the shadows of your old history textbooks. From empress baddies to activist profiles, turkey gods and the history of the toothbrush, tattoos, Pompeii peepees, and everything in between, you can find it all here. There is no telling how far we'll dig or how many "historical facts" we'll reexamine. No event too small and no topic too big, because this is For The Love of History. The first Empress Baddie of the season, well kind of. In this week's time travel trip to the past we combine our two loves women's history and tattoo history to explore the incredibly recent discovery of Lady Cao, a possible Peruvian queen. Why do I say possible? Well you'll just have to tune into the episode to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, the two pioneering music television programs, Dick Clarke’s American Bandstand and the Buddy Deane Show, bring youth, rock and race to the cultural forefront. Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Natalie McGill Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, senior producer Benjamin Austin-Docampo interviews space travel historian Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony about the United States' tremendous undertaking traveling to the moon, the mutual propaganda war that ensued, and the U.S.S.R.'s unique approach to space craft development. Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and the curator of the Smithsonian Institute's Apollo Collection at the National Air and Space Museum. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she earned a Ph.D. from MIT. She has also held positions at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, the American Institute of Physics, and the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. And her book "Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo" won the American Astronautical Society's Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature in 2020. Her scholarship has been featured by CBS, the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and numerous other media outlets. Muir-Harmony’s research and writing have been supported by the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, the MIT Presidential Fellowship, the Smithsonian Institution Graduate Research Fellowship, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and the National Science Foundation. At the Air and Space Museum, she is the lead curator for the One World Connected gallery and serves on exhibit teams for Destination Moon and the Allan and Shelley Holt Innovations Gallery. Her collection comprises over 2,000 artifacts related to the Apollo program, the Skylab program, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. She co-organizes the Space Policy & History Forum, serves on the Executive Council of the Society for the History of Technology, is a member of the American Astronautical Society History Committee, and participates in the US State Department’s Speakers Program. In addition, she teaches in Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, the Space Race reaches unprecedented heights as the Soviets and the Americans compete to be the first to put a man on the moon. Grab a copy of Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's award-winning book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo. Read more about William P. Barry's incredible work for NASA! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A podcast of fascinating facts! What do extraterrestrial radio signals and a mushroom from Texas have in common? What is a “number station“ and why is it so spine-tinglingly creepy? Join comedians Shane Rogers and Duncan MacEwan for an entertaining and hilarious deep-dive into obscure facts from science, history and pop culture. The internet is a dangerous place. Hold onto your wallet as MFFI takes you on a scamtastic tour of two of the most notorious online swindles of the last decade -- the Fyre Fest and the 2017 GoFundMe Con. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie-Josephe Angélique was an enslaved Portuguese woman brought to Montreal, Canada in 1732. Two years later, the city burned down: did she set the fire? We investigate! Reference: The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal by Afua Cooper Vulgar History is researched, written, and hosted by Ann Foster. Editor is Cristina Lumague. Listen to Vulgar History wherever you find podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, the 20th century’s two global superpowers, the United States of America and the USSR, seek supremacy amongst the stars in the Space Race. Grab a copy of Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony's award-winning book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo. Read more about William P. Barry's incredible work for NASA! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with fashion historian Dr. Valerie Steele about the importance of Parisian couture, the delicious drama that surrounded it in the 1960 and 70s, and what the clothes we wear say about our culture. Dr. Valerie Steele is the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has personally organized more than 25 exhibitions at the Museum, including “The Corset: Fashioning the Body,” “Gothic: Dark Glamour, A Queer History of Fashion,” and “Paris, Capital of Fashion.” Dr. Steele is also founder and editor in chief of “Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture,” the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in Fashion Studies. She is author or co-author of more than two dozen books, including “Paris Fashion: A Cultural History, Women of Fashion,” “Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power,” and “Fashion Designers A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT.” She gives lectures frequently and has appeared on many television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and the PBS special, “The Way We Wear.” And The Washington Post described her as one of "fashion's brainiest women." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, iconic designers Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent fight for love and luxury in the sex, drugs and drama-fueled Paris fashion world. Come see Dr. Valerie Steele's work at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Adrián Duston-Muñoz Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Art Manke and designed by Lindsay Jones, Amy Freed’s translation of “The Taming of the Shrew” pits the two smartest people in the room against each other in a match of wits to tame the society that surrounds them. Set in Renaissance Italy with a cast of seasoned pros including Allen Gilmore, Susannah Rogers, Danny Scheie, Annie Abrams, Mike McShane, Rob Nagle, Tessa Auberjonois, Kasey Mahaffy, Kyle Hester, Tom Patterson and J.Paul Boehmer. When the wealthy Baptista announces that he will not marry off his beautiful young daughter, Bianca, until he finds a husband for his temperamental eldest daughter, Katherina, Bianca’s suitors welcome the arrival of the overly confident Petruchio, who has come to Padua to find himself a wife with money. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by AMY FREED. All episodes were directed by ART MANKE. Radio play by AMY FREED and LEANNA KEYES. The cast is as follows: SUSANNAH ROGERS as KATHERINA ALLEN GILMORE as PETRUCHIO ANNIE ABRAMS as BIANCA MIKE McSHANE as BAPTISTA TOM PATTERSON as LUCENTIO KYLE T. HESTER as TRANIO DANNY SCHEIE as GREMIO and CURTIS J. PAUL BOEHMER as HORTENSIO and PEDANT ROB NAGLE as GRUMIO and VINCENTIO KASEY MAHAFFY as BIONDELLO and TAILOR TESSA AUBERJONOIS as WIDOW and HABERDASHER Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Play On Podcast Series “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS DOT COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAY ON SHAKESPEARE DOT ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to Play On Podcasts dot com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “A woman may be made a fool if she has not the spirit to resist”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Max Wolfson talks with wine writer Rod Phillips about the history of alcohol, the moralizing that surrounds it and the customs that celebrate our need for inebriation. Rod Phillips is a wine writer, wine historian, and wine judge based in Ottawa, Canada. He's also a professor of history at Carleton University where he teaches courses on European (especially French) history and the history of alcohol and food. Additionally, he's written several books on the subject, incuding Alcohol: A History, 9000 Years of Wine, and Wine: A Social and Cultural History of the Drink that Changed our Lives and is an occasional contributer to The World of Fine Wine (U.K.) and GuildSomm.com, the Guild of Sommeliers’ web site in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, brewers and booze-hounds of every social strata go head to head in 18th century England over what’s better: beer or gin. Pick up a copy of Stuart Walton's book "Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication" Learn more about Rod Phillips' wine writing on his website! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Max Wolfson Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto talks with Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto about the spirit of adventure, the human cost of exploration and the mythmaking that happens around people who seek the forbidden and the unknown. Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a professor of Ancient, Early Modern, Medieval, and Modern History at the University of Notre-Dame. Professor Fernández-Armesto earned his doctorate at the University of Oxford, and has also taught at Tufts University and the University of London. He is author of dozens of books on history, “Oxford History of the World” several focusing specifically on famous explorers, including “Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan,” “Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America,” and “Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration,” for which he won the 2007 World History Association Book Prize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, fearless explorers Sir Richard Burton and Captain John Hanning Speke face unimaginable dangers, and their own divisiveness, while searching for the source of the Nile River. Check out Felipe Fernández-Armesto's latest book The Oxford History of the World. Learn more about Robin Hanbury-Tenison's adventures in South America! Hosted by Bridget Todd Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Showrunner Pete Musto Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at nextchapterpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, host Bridget Todd talks with journalist and author J. Randy Taraborrelli about the complexities of the Bouvier family, the weight of international fame, and what our fascination with celebrities says about our culture. J. Randy Taraborrelli is a frequent contributing entertainment reporter for Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, Today and CBS This Morning. And he’s written multiple New York Times best-selling biographies of some of the world's biggest celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Madonna and Diana Ross, and several covering the lives of the Bouviers and Kennedys, including his most recent book "Jackie - Public, Private, Secret.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, Former First-Lady Jackie Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill play tug-of-war with the public’s affection and adoration. Grab a copy of J. Randy Taraborrelli's latest book about the Bouviers - Jackie: Public, Private, Secret. Hosted by Bridget Todd Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Showrunner Pete Musto Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Adrián Duston-Muñoz talks with professor of Hispanic Studies Dr. Stephanie Kirk about Mexico's Baroque period, the gender politics of knowledge during that time, and the connections between Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and modern day feminism. Dr. Stephanie Kirk is the Director of the Center for the Humanities and a Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of two books: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico (Routledge, 2016) and Convent Life in Colonial Mexico: A Tale of Two Communities (Florida UP, 2007). She has also published numerous articles and essays on gender and religious culture in colonial Mexico, and on the life and work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. She has edited two collected volumes: Religious Transformations in the Early Modern Americas (Penn Press, 2014) and Estudios coloniales en el siglo XXI: Nuevos itinerarios (IILI, 2011). She is currently preparing a translation and critical edition of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora’s convent chronicle Paraíso occidental. Stephanie Kirk is the editor of the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, the brilliant 17th century nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz dares to defy the Catholic Church with her scholarship and searing wit. Pick up Dr. Stephanie Kirk's fascinating book Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico. Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Adrián Duston-Muñoz The actors who voiced Sor Juana’s words are Luisa Sofia and Franco Machado-Pesce Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto chats with pop culture historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong about TV history, diverse representation in media, and how Sex and the City paved the way for countless other hit shows like HBO's Girls and Comedy Central's Broad City. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is a former entertainment journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of several incredibly enlightening books on television history, including “Seinfeldia: How A Show About Nothing Changed Everything,” “Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All the Brilliant Minds who made The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” And her book “Sex and The City and US: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love” details how the HBO series revolutionized TV for women. Grab a copy of her latest book "So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We're Still So Obsessed with It." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Catrall, the stars of the groundbreaking HBO megahit series Sex and the City, exhibit peak mean girl behavior. Grab a copy of Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's latest book "So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We're Still So Obsessed with It." Look for Felix Gillette's comprehensive history of HBO: "It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO." Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Nicole Walkow-Benedi Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto sits down with University of Edinburgh paleontology professer Dr. Steve Brusatte to talk about the joy of finding fossils, why people are fascinated by dinosaurs, and the problematic legacy of the Great Bone Wars. Dr. Steve Brusatte has worked as a researcher at the Division of Paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History, acted as scientific consultant for the BBC Earth and 20th Century Fox's 2013 film Walking With Dinosaurs, and discovered more than a dozen new species of vertebrate fossils. He also the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books on dinosaurs and paleontology, including Dinosaurs (2008), Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2009), Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012), The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals. Grab a copy of his latest book "The Rise and Fall of Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2024, two Next Chapter Podcasts shows received nominations for Ambies awards: "Play On Podcasts" and "BEEF!" So on March 8, Bridget co-hosted an IG live with composer Lindsay Jones, who was nominated for 'Best Original Score' for his work on Play On's adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Enjoy the audio from that conversation, where they discuss their own work and BEEF's nomination for 'Best Indie Podcast.' Ambies winners will be announced on Tuesday, March 26! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, the natural historians who started the Great Bone Wars refuse to bury the hatchet, wreaking havoc on the future of their field. Grab a copy of Dr. Steve Brusatte's latest book "The Rise and Fall of Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us." Look for Dr. Matthew Carrano's contribution to "The Complete Dinosaur." Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Nicole Walkow-Benedi Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, pioneering 19th century paleontologists Othneil Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope help build a discipline of science with their bitter backbiting in part one of the "Great Bone Wars." Pick up a copy of David Bainbridge's "Paleontology: An Illustrated History." Check out Robert Peck's co-authored history of the Academy of Natural Sciences, "A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science." Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Nicole Walkow-Benedi Showrunning, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James "Sam" Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our first piece of bonus content for season 2 of Beef, senior producer Sam Levine sits down with pro wrestling commentator and former-WWE writer and producer Kazeem Famuyide to talk about his his love of the sport, all the weird little idiosyncrasies that make it so unique and appealing, and what a monumental chapter in history the Monday Night Wars really were. Kazeem Famuyide is the co-host of The Masked Man Podcast for the Ringer network, a former managing editor for the Bleacher Report, and a former creative writer and producer for World Wrestling Entertainment. Follow him @kazeem on IG and @kazeem on X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Beef, professional wrestling promoter Vince McMahon and media mogul Ted Turner use their companies WWF and WCW to transform cable television into a sweaty warzone. Listen to Kazeem Famuyide on The Masked Man on the Ringer network! Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by James "Sam" Levine Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wait is almost over! Our hit show BEEF with Bridget Todd is back by popular demand. After a stellar first season that earned us not one... not two... but THREE Gold Signal Awards (thanks to your incredible support), the pettiness returns to prey upon your better natures. Follow the show on all platforms and tune in on February 19 for the first episode of season two! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beef team is honored to be named as finalists for Best Writing, Best Emerging Podcast and Best Host in the 2023 Signal Awards. Check the show notes to learn how to vote! Voting is open until October 5th. Go to ncpodcasts.com/signal to cast your ballot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gil visits a psychic after Lex asserts he has the worst luck of any person he’s ever met. Nadya, the beautiful psychic, isn’t exactly truthful about what she sees in Gil’s tarot spread. Later, after attending a college philosophy class, Gil has serious doubts about his standing in the universal order. “IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON. Cast: CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL STEVEN BOYER as LEX LAILA ROBINS as BELLA JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA CHUKWUDI IWUJI as PROFESSOR PETER TOWERS ROBERT CUCCIOLI as JIM JOANNA GLUSHAK as CATHERINE CORKER, HELGA and OTHERS MAHRI SANDOVAL as CLEA and OTHERS CHRIS HENRY COFFEY as BRYSON and OTHERS NANCY RODRIGUEZ as MONICA and OTHERS DELPHI HARRINGTON as MRS. TASSIOPOULOS and OTHERS MICHAEL GOODFRIEND as ROBERT and OTHERS ADDITIONAL VOICES performed by: AMY MALLOY GIGI HENDERSON DECLAN HENDERSON ADAMARIS GUTIERREZ …and COURTNEY ROSEMONT Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Original Music Composition, Sound Design and Mix by SHANE RETTIG. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES. Special thanks to Jeff Talbott, Mike Mariano and Tallula Henderson “IN THE CARDS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit ncpodcasts.com for more about the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 138: I'll Always Have Coach - What's Your Beef? Coach has complications with cat sitting, JD tiffs with taxes, and Davis makes a first class friend. Beef. Everybody's got it. Join feral comedians Leah Kayajanian (Coach), Jenny Davis (JD), and Emily Davis (Davis) as they take a deep dive into the petty beefs we all encounter, dissecting life's little stresses and inviting you to share your beefs too. WYB covers the spectrum of the absurd and laughs at the small stuff. Beef with us and leave a little lighter. www.whatsyourbeefpod.com Subscribe to WYB YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ufHd8rT52IWkX8obCGaqQ Edited by Jeff Sewing of Pat and Jeff Like Sports Music and cover art by Andy Bar. Follow him on YouTube, Instagram @werdnabar, and Soundcloud. Email us your beefs! [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Kiki Andersen finds the funny in the most uncomfortable corners of our culture. Sex. Politics. Religion. But in the digital age, what can and can’t be talked about at the dinner table has changed dramatically. Indecent is a podcast all about what’s off-limits and who sets the boundaries for today’s taboos. Through conversations with comedians, psychologists, journalists, theologians and scientists, Kiki peels at the wallpaper of polite society on Indecent, where NSFW meets LMAO. Subscribe now to get all the new episodes! You never forget your first. And in our inaugural episode, Kiki talks with Dr. Laurie Betito, Director of Pornhub's Sexual Wellness Center, about how much jacking off is too much, the conservative obsession with limiting adult content, and the importance of wearing a condom when having sex with a tree. Also, comedian and porn producer Kenny Weber shines some light on the realities of shooting high-quality smut. Dr. Laurie Betito is a Clinical Psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for over 30 years. She is also the director of Pornhub’s Sexual Wellness Center. She has appeared on the weekly show "EROS" on The Life Channel as as well as on MenTV where she hosted the show "LET'S TALK SEX". She has appeared frequently on various television programs and documentaries, both as a commentator, and as a regular "sexpert", and is an accredited member of ACTRA. She is the host of The Passion Podcast and the author of “The Sex Bible For People Over 50: The Complete Guide To Sexual Love For Mature Couples.” Follow Dr. Laurie at @drlauriebetito on Instagram and Twitter! Follow Kenny Weber at @heykennyitskenny on Instagram and @itskennyweber on Twitter! Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read: https://marketing4ecommerce.net/en/which-are-the-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/ https://statisticsanddata.org/data/most-popular-website/#:~:text=In%202022%20Xvideos%20is%20the,November%20of%20the%20same%20year. https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/does-society-have-a-sex-addiction-problem#:~:text=A%20study%20found%20that%204.7,women%20also%20can%20be%20addicted. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/teaching-porn-literacy https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/louisiana-law-requiring-proof-of-id-for-porn-site-access-has-privacy-advocates-worried/ https://apnews.com/article/porn-age-verification-utah-8f8f4960ad1ec4afc5d59fd7d34c3b9d "Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chapter Podcasts. Hosted by Kiki Andersen Produced by Pete Musto & Max Wolfson Executive produced by Jeremiah Tittle Follow the show at @indecentkiki on Instagram and follow Kiki at @itskikiandersen Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode for season 1, the writing team behind Beef sat down to talk about how they put the show together and give you a peek behind the curtain as to how these stories got told. Our writing team are James Levine (who scripted the stories of Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels and Adidas vs. Puma Pt. 1 & 2), Ben Austin-Docampo (who wrote James Brown vs. Joe Tex, Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Steven Seagal, and Captain Henry Morgan vs. The Spanish Empire) and showrunner Pete Musto (who penned Dear Abby vs. Ann Landers and Penthouse vs. Playboy). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our third piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with wrestling journalist Keith Elliot Greenberg to talk about pro wrestling’s unusual history, the thin line between truth and reality within the sport, and the lack of punches pulled between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Keith Elliot Greenberg is a New York Times bestselling author and television producer. He has written articles for World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s WWE magazine, Playboy, Men's Journal, HuffPost, Maxim and The Village Voice. His books include December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, and Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19. In 2016, he co-authored the third edition of the WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment, as well as the fourth edition in 2020. He's a regular writer, contributor, and reporter for WWE. And he also co-authored a number of biographies of professional wrestlers, including Freddie Blassie, Ric Flair, and Superstar Billy Graham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our second piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with African American music historian Dr. Portia Maultsby to talk about the origins of soul music, black culture’s unique effect on art, and the bitter divide between singers James Brown and Joe Tex. Dr. Portia Maultsby. Dr. Maultsby is a professor emerita of ethnomusicology at Indiana University where she also formerly directed the Ethnomusicology Institute. She was the founding director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University and a consultant for the National Museum of African American Music. She is also the founding director of the Indiana University Soul Review, a credited course specializing in black popular music. She co-edited African American Music: An Introduction, the definitive book on black music in America. She was a consulting scholar for PBS’s award-winning series about the Civil Rights movement Eyes on the Prize. And her work is the basis for Carnegie Hall’s "Timeline of African American Music." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our first piece of bonus content for season 1 of Beef, host Bridget Todd sits down with sex & relationship advice columnist Dan Savage to talk about his experience as an advice giver, some of the best and worst words of wisdom he’s ever offered, and his love of Ann Landers. Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster, an author, and has appeared on numerous television shows. “Savage Love,” Dan’s sex-advice column, first appeared in the The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative weekly, in 1991. The column is now syndicated across the United States and Canada. Dan has published six books. His newest book, Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on Sex and Relationships, Dating and Mating, Exes and Extras. In 2006, Dan launched the “Savage Lovecast,” a weekly, call-in advice podcast. It has 300,000 unique monthly downloads and 100,000 paying subscribers for premium Magnum content. It ranks consistently in the top ten Sexuality podcasts on Apple Podcasts. In 2010 Dan and his husband Terry Miller founded the It Gets Better Project, which has gathered tens of thousands of videos from people all over the world offering hope to LGBT kids. The book—It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living—was a New York Times best seller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Athletes and advertising seems so synonymous these days that it can be hard to imagine a time when the two didn't go hand in hand. But everything has to start somewhere. And in this case it all started with a small German shoe company that grew into the global corporate megaliths Adidas and Puma. The inner-family grudge that divided the original company in two may have started with brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler, but it came to its existential conclusion with their sons: Horst and Armin. Be sure to watch Chris Silber's excellent series of films about the Dassler brothers: Rivals Forever. And read Naomi Braithwaite's fascinating research into shoe design. Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by James Levine Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nowadays, the shoe game may have reached unprecedented heights. But modern sneaker heads might gasp at the realization that the options for dripped-out kicks were, at one point, severely limited. In the mid-twentieth century, between World Wars, even metal cleats on a futbol boot were an unfathomable innovation. That was until brothers Rudolf and Adi Dassler founded a company that, through a combination of athletic competitiveness, sibling rivalry and genuine paranoia, split into two titans of the sportswear industry: Puma and Adidas. And this schism was so deep and festering, that it would linger well after both men were dead and gone. poisoning the generation to come. Be sure to watch Chris Silber's excellent series of films about the Dassler brothers: Rivals Forever. And read Naomi Braithwaite's fascinating research into shoe design. Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by James Levine Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long before Marvel and DC started digging through their archives for whatever semi-recognizable spandex-clad heroes they could squeeze into FunkPop form, the people saving the day in Hollywood were just that: people. Everyday ordinary joes, off-duty cops, and cooks who were really former Navy SEALs in disguise. Back in the 80s and 90s, when blockbusters were all about bazookas and brawn, some of the biggest movie stars in the world were guys who looked good in a bloodstained tank-top. Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme were never the major A-listers. But they certainly knew how to sell a few well-time karate chops. And their verbal sparring brought the two of them close to blows at the height of their fame. Be sure to read James Kendrick's insightful texts on the action genre: Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema and A Companion to the Action Film. Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sexual imagery and erotic content are nothing new. Whether for artistic enjoyment or pure carnal pleasure, humans have been obsessed with watching each other "do it" since the dawn of time. But the forms this has taken in the public sphere have transformed greatly. Nowadays, with the advent of the internet, Western society seems to take the almost ubiquitous nature of pornography for granted. But in the mid-twentieth century, magazines like Playboy and Penthouse weren't just publishing nude pictorials. They were the vanguards of the sexual revolution and the free speech debate. And their creators Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione were engaged in a game of brinkmanship to determine just how much was acceptable to print. Dive into former Screw editor-in-chief Mike Edison's fascinating history of the industry Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers An American Tale of Sex and Wonder. And then pick his most recent book about The Rolling Stone's iconic drummer Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters. Also read Carrie Pitzulo's fascinating analysis of the impact of Playboy: Bachelors and Bunnies: The Sexual Politics of Playboy Hosted by Bridget Todd Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pirates have long fascinated us as a society and have been a cultural touchstone for anyone who dreams of a life free of rules and full of high adventure. But the reality of life as a 17th century buccaneer in the Caribbean was far harsher and much bloodier than most popular fiction depicts. There is one swashbuckler who cheated death time and time again, though, in addition to foiling the Spanish Empire's attempts to maintain a stranglehold on the riches of "the New World." His name was Captain Henry Morgan, and was brave, brutal and brilliant. To learn more, dive into Graham A. Thomas's excellent book "The Buccaneer King: The Story of Captain Henry Morgan." Also check out Robert C. Ritchie's newest book "The Lure of the Beach." Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're a lifelong fan or just a casual observer of the cultural zeitgeist, there's a good chance professional wrestling has entered your orbit in some capacity. There's an undeniable appeal to seeing enormously muscular men and women fly at each other from the top ropes to deliver a precision flip kick that actually does little harm to either party involved. The overblown theatricality of the "backstage" storylines and larger-than-life characters also creates an atmosphere of sincere joyfulness. But in an industry this large, there are bound to be egos at play, and more cynical motivations afoot. And no two wrestlers ever demonstrated the outcome of these internal forces colliding better than the legendary fighters Bret "The Hitman" Hart and Shawn Michaels, a.k.a. "The Heartbreak Kid" during an event called "The Montreal Screwjob." Pick up a copy of Keith Elliot Greenberg's latest book about wrestling: "Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19." Check out Sharen Mazer's book: "Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle" Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by James Levine Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soul music is a wholly unique genre that evolved out of many areas of African American cultural heritage and tradition. It may have taken years for white audiences to grow accustom to eventually appreciate it. But soul music also produced some of the most widely-beloved and iconic artists of the 1950s, 60s and beyond, not the least of which was the Mr. Dynamite: James Brown. Yet while Brown may have dubbed himself the "hardest working man in show business," he was not the only performer with drive, style and undeniable talent to come out of the Chitlin Circuit. Joe Tex danced, sang and wrote songs just like James. Though to this day only one of them bears the title of Godfather of Soul. A title that was earned in blood. Pick up a copy of Dr. Portia Maultsby's book African American Music: An Introduction. Check out her work on Carnegie Hall's "Timeline of African American Music." Hosted by Bridget Todd Written by Benjamin Austin-Docampo Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James Levine Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Advice columns have been a part of our culture for almost as long as there have been newspapers to print them. People of all backgrounds have turned, anonymously to these sources of cultural wisdom for help with all manner of personal issues. There have been few advice dealers more prominent than Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren a.k.a. Dear Abby, In the latter half of the 20th century, they were two of the most influential columnists in the word. But what you might not know about them is that in real life they were known as Esther and Pauline Friedman, twin sisters who counseled millions and hated each other's guts. Check out Dan Savage's award winning podcast Savage Love: Pick up David Gudelunas' book Confidential to America: Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education. Hosted by Bridget Todd Writing, Editing & Sound Design by Pete Musto Produced by James Levine & Benjamin Austin-Docampo Created by Executive Producer Jeremiah Tittle Find out more about all of Next Chapter Podcasts' incredible content at ncpodcasts.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BEEF is an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast where Business Wars meets pop culture history. Award-winning host Bridget Todd tells the stories of legends in their fields and how they tried to stomp out their competition only to find that their enemies become the driving force behind their success, ultimately changing the world as we know it. Subscribe, rate & review the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your app of choice. Follow Next Chapter Podcasts on Twitter @ncpodcasts (https://twitter.com/ncpodcasts) and on Instagram @ncpodcasts (https://instagram.com/ncpodcasts) Follow the host Bridget Todd on Twitter @BridgetMarie (https://twitter.com/BridgetMarie) and on Instagram @bridgetmarieindc (https://www.instagram.com/bridgetmarieindc) Bridget Todd BIO: Bridget Todd is a frequently cited expert, trainer, and speaker on combating disinformation and extremism online, advocating for social media platform accountability, creating safer digital experiences for women and other marginalized people, and celebrating and amplifying marginalized people’s contributions to tech and the internet. Her critically acclaimed podcast, There Are No Girls on the Internet, explores how marginalized people show up online in response to the lack of inclusion in conversations around the internet. The hit podcast earned “Best Technology Podcast” at the iHeart Radio Podcast Awards and a Shorty Award for “Best Podcast Miniseries”. As Director of Communication for the national gender-justice advocacy organization Ultraviolet, Bridget regularly meets with leadership from platforms like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok to advocate for and develop policy recommendations to make digital experiences safer and more inclusive. Bridget’s writing has been featured in the Atlantic, Newsweek, the Nation, and the Daily Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices