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Eating For Free

Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
79 minutes
Episodes
236
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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About the Boycott: BDS and the Fight for Palestinian Liberation with Alex Verman (Part 2)

About the Boycott: BDS and the Fight for Palestinian Liberation with Alex Verman (Part 2)

What is BDS? Why are people around the world calling for the social and economic boycott of Israel? Why are the celebrities that perform there entrenched in controversy? In this extra-special two-par…

00:52:00  |   Wed 21 Aug 2019
Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: Disney Waged War Against Unions While Cannibalizing Your Nostalgia

Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: Disney Waged War Against Unions While Cannibalizing Your Nostalgia

And... we’re back! Between our amazing interview about the BDS movement with the iconic Alex Verman, let’s get back into our listener letters! We talk #JANA and the horror that is YouTube media, list…

00:56:04  |   Wed 14 Aug 2019
About the Boycott: BDS and the Fight for Palestinian Liberation with Alex Verman (Part 1)

About the Boycott: BDS and the Fight for Palestinian Liberation with Alex Verman (Part 1)

What is BDS? Why are people around the world calling for the social and economic boycott of Israel? Why are the celebrities that perform there entrenched in controversy? In this extra-special two-par…

00:48:16  |   Wed 07 Aug 2019
Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: Nothing Makes This Pop Star Feel More Alive Than Her American Express Credit Card

Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: Nothing Makes This Pop Star Feel More Alive Than Her American Express Credit Card

Hello from the ether girls and gays! Even on our brief August hiatus, we still brought together your emails and hot-line calls for our second annual anti-capitalist, listener letter happy hour—we tal…

00:51:00  |   Wed 31 Jul 2019
Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 4)

Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 4)

What does the Australian ministry, a charismatic Evengalical church, neoliberal tech companies, and the state of late-capitalism all have in common? Yes girls and gays, it’s the end of our ongoing mi…

01:16:34  |   Thu 25 Jul 2019
Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 3)

Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 3)

What does the Australian ministry, a charismatic Evengalical church, neoliberal tech companies, and the state of late-capitalism all have in common? Yes girls and gays, it’s the beginning of our ongo…

00:57:05  |   Thu 18 Jul 2019
Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 2)

Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 2)

What does the Australian ministry, a charismatic Evangalical church, neoliberal tech companies, and the state of late-capitalism all have in common? Yes girls and gays, it’s the beginning of our ongo…

00:59:01  |   Thu 11 Jul 2019
Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 1)

Hillsong, Corporate Christianity, and the Neoliberalization of Jesus (Part 1)

What does the Australian ministry, a charismatic Evengalical church, neoliberal tech companies, and the state of late-capitalism all have in common? Yes girls and gays, it’s the beginning of our ongo…

01:29:17  |   Thu 27 Jun 2019
Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: The Scene Queen To Communist Pipeline

Anti-Capitalist Happy Hour: The Scene Queen To Communist Pipeline

It’s time, girls and gays, for our anti-capitalist happy hour! We take your emails and hotline tips to discuss updates, questions, and insightful feedback on our recent episodes. We follow up on our …

01:13:58  |   Thu 13 Jun 2019
Through The Looking Glass Of The Cult Of Wellness (Part Two)

Through The Looking Glass Of The Cult Of Wellness (Part Two)

Get ready for the final part in our vitamin/Instagram diet/GOOP deep dive! We quickly summarize where we ended last week’s show, continuing on debunking the myths regarding detoxing, cleansing, and s…

01:13:28  |   Thu 06 Jun 2019
Through The Looking Glass Of The Cult Of Wellness (Part One)

Through The Looking Glass Of The Cult Of Wellness (Part One)

Hello girls and gays, the time has finally arrived! Joan and Matt spend the next two weeks deconstructing and dissecting the incredibly shady, unsubstantiated, manipulative, expensive, and exploitati…

01:22:55  |   Thu 30 May 2019
Jeffree Star, Tati Westbrook, and James Charles: Look At All These Dummies

Jeffree Star, Tati Westbrook, and James Charles: Look At All These Dummies

Joan and Matt officially hit the edge of the internet, and what they found on the other side was something much darker. For an entire 90 minutes we break down everything that has happened throughout …

01:36:44  |   Thu 23 May 2019
Tati Westbrook Used The Downfall of James Charles To Sell Hair Vitamins

Tati Westbrook Used The Downfall of James Charles To Sell Hair Vitamins

We break down the ongoing downfall of James Charles and the many capitalist manipulations of Tati Westbrook. We were sold a story about a predator to sell HAIR GUMMIES. HAIR GUMMIES! Who benefitted f…

01:13:54  |   Thu 16 May 2019
What The F*** Happened At Jake Paul’s House Last Weekend?

What The F*** Happened At Jake Paul’s House Last Weekend?

What happened at Jake Paul’s million-dollar Calabasas mansion that put eight different women in the hospital for suspected drugging? Joan and Matt go on a deep-dive investigating the short but contro…

00:59:10  |   Thu 09 May 2019
Listener Letter Happy Hour: Gay Communists, Jojo Siwa, and Spotify-core!

Listener Letter Happy Hour: Gay Communists, Jojo Siwa, and Spotify-core!

It’s time for listener letters! We start with our favorite communist book recommendations,, turn towards a follow-up on the Noodles and Beef story, and bring up the historical significance of “shotgu…

01:15:27  |   Thu 02 May 2019
Fixer Upper Transformed Waco, Texas Into An Instagram-able Capitalist Nightmare

Fixer Upper Transformed Waco, Texas Into An Instagram-able Capitalist Nightmare

What happens when two reality television stars turn a former cult stronghold and out of the way Texas town into a mecca for the Instagram obsessed, Christian millennial? How have Chip & Joanna Gaines…

01:07:02  |   Thu 25 Apr 2019
Captain Marvel & The U.S. Military's Hollywood Propaganda Machine (Part Two)

Captain Marvel & The U.S. Military's Hollywood Propaganda Machine (Part Two)

For almost 100 years, the American Military has funded, controlled, and manipulated Hollywood’s image of the Armed Forces. With the release of Marvel’s Captain America, we investigate the disturbingl…

01:11:48  |   Thu 04 Apr 2019
Captain Marvel & The U.S. Military's Hollywood Propaganda Machine (Part One)

Captain Marvel & The U.S. Military's Hollywood Propaganda Machine (Part One)

For almost 100 years, the American Military has funded, controlled, and manipulated Hollywood’s image of the Armed Forces. With the release of Captain Marvel, we investigate the disturbingly deep tie…

01:00:41  |   Thu 28 Mar 2019
Breaking Down Operation Varsity Blues (Eat The Rich!)

Breaking Down Operation Varsity Blues (Eat The Rich!)

We fell asleep. And the next day woke up into a world where venture capitalists, Youtube influencers, and Mossimo for Target were sharing headlines with a widespread college admissions scandal. Not o…

01:17:09  |   Thu 21 Mar 2019
You Can’t Say Dumbledore Is Gay And Not Show Hole

You Can’t Say Dumbledore Is Gay And Not Show Hole

Shane Dawson apologized for not having sex with his cat? Chelsea Clinton exposed herself as a rampant, neoliberal centrist? Lisa Vanderpump did body shots with noted Oscar winner Stefani Germanotta? …

00:52:02  |   Tue 19 Mar 2019
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