We Stan Together
What do you stan? Hosted by real Pop-Culture Professors, We Stan Together podcast is smart people about dumb topics.
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Show overview
We Stan Together has been publishing since 2019, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 134 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 150 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 1m and 1h 15m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 3.7 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 52 episodes published. Published by Caitlin Bitzegaio & Lauren Brickman.
From the publisher
What do you stan? Hosted by real Pop-Culture Professors, Caitlin Bitzegaio and Lauren Brickman, We Stan Together podcast is smart people about dumb topics. The history of pop culture is a rich, wild, and ever expanding playground. Not to mention, a full time job. Who has time to read every Insta post, think piece, and Twitter thread? Don’t worry, we did, so you don’t have to. We’ll be your CliffsNotes to pop culture. Listen in each week and you’ll be a hit at whatever happy hour, office function, or bridal shower you are forced to attend. Caitlin has written for The Rundown with Robin Thede, Impractical Jokers and Project Runway. Lauren has written for The Cherry Picks, Glamour Magazine and performed with Lisa Lampanelli’s Losin’ It. She is a Company Member of the Story Pirates. They're both UCB performers & directors! Together, they are the Pop Culture Professors, because yes, they both have advanced degrees and have taught college. Weirdly.
Latest Episodes
View all 134 episodesJournalism with Shane O’Neill
Shane O’Neill (The New York Times) joins the classroom to discuss journalism in media. Caitlin and Lauren each discuss unloved May-December romance journalism movies and we make Shane pitch shows based on headlines based on breaking news. The Bagel Brunch Buzz? Get into it! A big announcement about the future of We Stan Tog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Challenge with Kate Vatter & Bill Shaefer
Kate Vatter (XOXO Riverdale) joins Caitlin as a guest professor to discuss MTV’s long-running cult hit The Challenge. Bill Shaefer (Quality Time) is our guest as we interrogate the changing landscape of the show, Jenna’s cousin’s dad’s bakery, THE Betrayal and who our ultimate partners would be! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bravo with Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam
Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam (Watch What Crappens) join the classroom to discuss Bravo! We have them draft more B-List actresses to Real Housewives, pick their Below Deck fantasy charter and cast NBC primetime drama Sisters with Real Housewives. Caitlin guides the group through the mind-bending world of Real Housewives book titles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Virgo Season with Glo Tavarez
Glo Tavarez (Late Night, noted Virgo) joins the classroom to discuss the best season, Virgo season. Caitlin talks about the Virgo window characters that raised Millennials, Lauren thinks Keke Palmer should be elected Queen of Virgos and Glo is concerned about the bullying Kevin Jonas is experiencing from his brothers. Weirdly, the show addresses theories of Julia and Eric Roberts’ falling out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Food Movies with Bryan Yang
Bryan Yang (What’s Eating You?) joins the classroom to discuss food movies. Caitlin finds Nothing But Trouble disgusting, Lauren is inspired by Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Simply Irresistible, Bryan plays Breaking Chef and Help The Yelp, and can the three of them buy Rainforest Café? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
RERUN! The Meaning of Mariah Carey with Matt Rogers
We loved this Mariah Carey Christmas-tastic episode so much, we’re dropping it again with guest king of summer on Fire Island, Matt Rogers! Matt Rogers (Fire Island, I Love That For You, Las Culturistas) joins the classroom to emancipate our knowledge of Mariah Carey. Caitlin compares Mariah to Dolly, we torture Matt’s knowledge of Mariah’s Japanese B-Sides, Matt casts Mariah’s Kennedy Center Honors performances, Lauren is convinced that Mariah will win an Oscar and Matt pitches Mariah as Mama Rose in a Gypsy set in the modern music industry! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Summah Explosion
Lauren and Caitlin pod sans-guest in an ep all about summah fun. Lauren laments the dearth of summer TV seasons, Caitlin stans Back To The Beach and they pick their dream celeb fantasy Below Deck guests if they were the primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Games with Jason Sweeten
Jason Sweeten (SiriusXM) joins the classroom to talk about all things GAMES! Jason gives us the elevator pitch for Dungeons & Dragons, Caitlin thinks Kramer and Newman playing RISK showed us their true character, Lauren desperately wants someone to play the game from TheNew Girl and we unearth a gaming moment in Britney Spears’ history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of PItchfire!
We revisit the Best of We Stan Together agnature game, Pitchfire. Featuring past guests Lauren Lapkus, Latisha Di Venuto, Steve Jeanty & Andrew Barlow, Tai LeClaire, Lisa Kleinman & Casey Jost, Chriss Shackelford, and Khalia Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Newlyweds with Ben Cohen & Sabrina Cartagena
Ben Cohen & Sabrina Cartagena (real newlyweds IRL!) join us to discuss newlyweds in the media. Caitlin worships at the altar of MTV’s Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, Lauren wants to convince us Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hush is underrated, and we dive into the multiple pop culture costume changes at Ben and Sabrina’s wedding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Family Sitcoms with Jonterri Gadson
Jonterri Gadson (The Upshaws) joins the classroom to discuss family sitcoms. Jonterri’s talks about her career inspiration Malcolm In The Middle, Caitlin wants to see more extended family chaos on television and Lauren apparently stans the Munsters. Learn what “The Shadow” means to Lauren. You’ll never guess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duets with Mykal Kilgore
Mykal Kilgore (A Man Born Black) joins the classroom to discuss duets! We share our bizarre meet cute with Mykal, Lauren encourages the reboot of Celebrity Duets, Caitlin loves women dueting about cheaters and Mykal reveals his dream duet partners. We finally decide which Powerpuff Girls correlate to which Boyz II Men member. Caitlin maybe made a factual error in her game, but be cool about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Golden Girls with Khalia Davis
Khalia Davis (Bay Area Children’s Theatre) joins the classroom to discuss Golden Girls, the best show ever. Caitlin recounts all the cast’s Emmy wins, Lauren casts a reboot -- with added sexual tension! We play Golden Hallmark and Did You See Sophia after Khalia shows us her collection of Golden Girls shirts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Strippers In Film with Gianmarco Soresi
Gianmarco Soresi (Hustlers, Comedy Central) joins the classroom to discuss Strippers in Film. Lauren reveals Channing Tatum canceled their Zoom meeting, Caitlin thinks it’s time for Striptease 2 and Gianmarco designs Hustlers: The Musical! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fast Casual Restaurants in Media with J.W. Crump
J.W. Crump (Pod Ledom, Fakerz Dozen) steps in as sub-pop culture professor with Caitlin and they discuss Fast Casual Restaurants in media from Breadstix to Central Perk to whatever the hell that fake brunch spot is on Sex And The City! J.W. thinks every show needs to think about the restaurant tie-in before they even premiere, Caitlin loves Always Sunny’s dedication to Guigino’s RIP and somehow, someway they pitch what a Raven-Symoné video game would look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Daria with Grace Edwards
Hot off the news that she’s developing the film Jodie with Tracee Ellis Ross, Grace Edwards (Insecure, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) joins the classroom to discuss MTV icon Daria. Caitlin thinks the parents are criminally underrated, Lauren pitches a Mystik Spiral spin-off and we ponder: did Trent invent Pete Davidson? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jane Austen Adaptations with Mary Kate Wiles
Mary Kate Wiles (The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries) joins the classroom to discuss the adaptations of Jane Austen in pop culture. Lauren sets us strait on the Lost In Austen, Caitlin bemoans Northanger Abbey’s and Mary Kate champions the 2005 Pride & Prejudice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dawson’s Creek with Emily Longeretta
WB Madness concludes with the crown jewel of the WB, Dawson’s Creek. Emily Longeretta (Variety, Reality Rundown) joins the classroom to discuss dating while a Creek fan, interviewing cast members, how the characters would fair on the Challenge and Lauren’s brilliant idea for a reboot called Capeside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The WB Non-Live Call-In Show
In a truly wild episode, Lauren and Caitlin open the line for the stan stans to call on and voice all their opinions on The WB. Julie Harrison-Harney (Turnbuckles Pod), Sarah Beling (freelance writer), Kate Vatter (XOXO RiverPod), Jessica Carabajal (OKC Celebrity), and Sydney Hollis (The Sydney Hollis Show) join the pod and we touch on old WB commercials, the professors of Gilmore Girls, ponder whether Popular good, 7th Heaven, Michigan J. Fox’s sex appeal, shipping Khloe and Scott, and selling ads at a Chattanooga WB affiliate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sabrina The Teenage Witch with Aaron Porschia
Continuing with WB Madness with the first WB sitcom we’re discussing Sabrina The Teenage Witch with the wonderful Aaron Porchia (Marriage Shit). Caitlin thinks Sabrina was capstone for Millennials, Lauren goes on a wild student housing rant, we play “Salem or John Waters” and ponder a universe where Sarah Michelle Gellar was cast as Sabrina (can you imagine!?) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices