Posts tagged everything is annoying
Episode 10: Playlisting with Saidah Blount

From Fader Magazine to NPR, Sai has been curating the music we listen to for years. She currently runs special projects at Sonos, overseeing programming for Sonos Sound System which means she basically DJs the DJs. Sai joins me to talk about how to playlist for a global audience, being goth, all things Babs, and things that give us mental papercuts.

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Episode 9: Let’s Organize! With Candice Fortin

This week's episode is one of my favorites. This week's episode is one of my favorites. Political organizer Candice Fortin from Color of Change teaches us how to remain strong and resilient in our activism. Candice is Co-Founder HAVEN Media, a safe space collective for BIPOC women. Her work is centered on equity and racial justice. I was super inspired by her. PLUS! I share my juiciest Natasha Lyonne story involving us going almost fisticuffs back in the day when we were both babies.

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Follow Candice on Instagram at @candicefortin and on Twitter at @candicefortin.

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Episode 8: 2020 Was Pretty Annoying with Samee Junio

Our first episode after a one-year COVID-19 hiatus features our very own producer, Samee Junio! Samee edits the wildly popular Forever35 and Let's Go Atsuko! podcasts, runs tech at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles, and she executive produced Historical Roasts for Netflix. Samee and Aviva discuss an infinitesimal fraction about what sucked in 2020, fear hacks, white supremacy, a "Brazilian Bikini Baptism" and we've added two new segments to the show: a Speed Round and "Things I Like." We hope you enjoy a slow return to griping. Please subscribe to our Patreon to gain first access to new episodes, a weekly newsletter, discounts and exclusive content made especially for our patrons.

Follow Samee on Instagram at @it_your_sam and on Twitter at @samee_junio

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Episode 7: Activism but Make it Fashion with Karla Welch

Karla Welch is a Hollywood stylist who clocks Justin Beiber, Amy Poehler, Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross, American Ferrera and Olivia Wilde as clients. She’s been profiled in the New Yorker and Vogue and recently launched her styling app Wishi which is actually good, and she’s done collaborations with Levi’s and Hanes, the latter of which she modeled after her custom work for Beiber. You can buy her collections at xkarla.com.

Follow Karla at @karlawelch

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Episode 6: Annoying Mountains with Graydon Sheppard

Creator of viral hit Shit Girls Say and host of the Criterinot podcast, Graydon Sheppard joins Aviva to talk Trypophobia, murder-y marsupials, haunted mountains, and more. Graydon and Aviva shit all over Grimace and celebrity crushes are revealed.

Follow Graydon at @graydonsheppard on Instagram and @graydonsheppard on Twitter

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Episode 5: Kibitzing and Kvetching with Russell Steinberg

Meet legendary NYC nightlife entertainer Johnny Fava aka Russell Steinberg. We get into Soho House fuccbois, our fave shows Curb, #PUMPRULES and ROHNY, the latter of which his partner Sarah Sweeney is a cast member. We swap stories about how our Jewish mothers love nothing more than to talk about their wills. Just a couple of Jews trying to break into Hollywood! Russell also answers the burning question: is it worse to date someone who only takes selfies or raise a kid who only posts selfies? A hideous choice.

Follow Russell at @rustyknob on Instagram.

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Episode 4: Annoying Comedy with David Cross

David Cross is a legendary comedian who has been compared to George Carlin and Lenny Bruce. David and Aviva discuss pet peeves, being Jewish, David's comic heroes, cancel culture, his wife Amber Tamblyn and their annual holiday party hosted by Questlove. David has a surprise nominee for the Great Jewish Woman segment and Uncle Morrie is back with a *chefs kiss* voicemail at the end of the episode. We call that a “tag” in showbiz.

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Episode 2: Annoying Foods with Carla Music

Carla Music is the food director of Bon Appetit. We talk about the dirty details of cooking with celebrities, her cookbook “Where Cooking Begins,” the Great British Baking Show, tracking the secret trash pile at Conde Naste HQ, how Pharrell got Aviva started me on #RAISINWARS, and airdropping dick pics on the subway. We also get really deep on the GOOP-ing of Jewish food, and of course we end with Uncle Morrie’s voicemail guilt trips.

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