A St, Louis news reporter's Tweet about an upcoming segment led to "Mile 420" trending on Twitter. Black TikTok creators refusing to dance to Megan Thee Stallion's new single is proving a massive point. Britney Spears spoke her truth in front of a judge for the first time in thirteen years and validated everything the #FreeBritney has been fighting for. David Dobrik returns to YouTube and gets a handjob in the form of a Rolling Stone article.... or does he? Links: KMOV's Paige Hustley Tweets Abo...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Monica Lewinsky is Twitter's hero of the day for her response to an HBO Max intern who accidentally struck gold. Tati Westbrook (GlamLifeGuru) makes her return to YouTube amidst a lawsuit with her former business partner, Clark Swanson. The word "divination" is thrown around. Aaaaaaand, an April 2021 TikTok from Mal Bum about relationships' stitches keep popping up and it's time for Brian and Molly to give them an official review. Scroll down for links to our sources, where we're going to be, wh...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Brian is back from a week long vaycay, so he and Molly catch up on the Yashar Ali tea that dropped this week. Chrissy Tiegan's new apology, Pete Davidson's "ex-wife" Michelle Mootready moving on and of course, produce. They wrap it all up by taking a quiz designed to tell them how toxic they are to the online community. Spoiler: They both failed. Get the extended version of this Trend Lightly episode and other exclusive content by joining the Solid Listen Network on Patreon. Links: The Curious R...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 17
When viral TikToks blow up on Twitter, ugly truths come out. This weeks victim? The bee removal specialists Texas Bee Works, who TikTok knows as an Insta-ready one woman show known for scooping up the little stingers with her bare hands. Brian sheds some perspective as a parent on why teen retailers like Justice and Claire's have fallen out of favor. And of course there's plenty of discussion on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul PPV Exhibition and a little Jake/Logan incest fanfic to spice thi...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Scientists say there’s a possibility that convicted felons could serve a life sentence in a handful of hours, but somehow it seems worse than just dying in jail. Molly and Brian really dig in to a “kooky modern love story” that played out over Twitter this week and frankly, they resent it. And as always, this is a podcast that’s horny for two things 1) food, 2) disgusting, unapologetic judgement and this week we doubled down. Links! Woman Flies from Orlando to Portland to profess her love for a ...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Brian Beckner and Molly McAleer answer this week's biggest questions. Is it abusive to wake your spouse up every 15 min until dawn? Can a manicure manifest your dream boy? What hard lesson did John Mulaney's divorce teach his parasocially related fans? What the hell happened at Adrian's lil beach function? It's 10 PM, where are your children? Links: Gucci_Pineapple on TT via Horny4Bitcoin Adrian's Kickback thread via Taylor Lorenz on Twitter KCAL9 Report on Adrian's Kickback This has happened in...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Facebook might be catering to some unique fetishes. Chrissy Teigan is cancelled once again. Brian and Molls turn to fan-fic to process Bill Gates' affair and then they make t-shirts about it. Join us on 5/18 on Stereo for our live after show. 3pm EST/12pm PST stereo.com/mollymac stereo.com/brianbeckner Links: What happened between Chrissy Teigan and Courtney Stodden Products disappear from Target website Pulled from Macy’s Bill Gates left Microsoft in 2020 because of investigation Untitled (Bill...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 13
What did we think was going to happen? Molly talks about investing the $200 KFC from Barstool owes her in $DOGE the day of Elon Musk's SNL appearance and got hosed. Plus, they talk about the biggest baby names of 2021 and take a Buzzfeed Trending quiz to figure out how old they are. Oh, and Raya? It's done. Totally done. Links: TikTok from creator with autism re: Elon's diagnosis reveal Ben Afflek's Raya encounter goes viral Twitter introduces Tip Jar Most popular baby names around the world GUE...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Growing up a meme turned out to be worth a pretty penny for Disaster Girl. Taylor Swift fans theorized about the potential release of TS10/Woodvale/Lakeshore/Sea Shore/Red (Taylor's Version)/Speak Now (Taylor's Version)/1989 (Taylor's Version on April 30th. Cheugy became the unofficial breakout word of 2021. What's an apology dinner? Links: Swiftie TikTokers: ChampagneFolkie (Molls' favorite) Oatmilk623 WillyWill1377 Stevensully1 Taylor Lorenz's NYT piece on cheugy Disaster Girl makes $500k sell...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 11
What do Disney World and Demi Lovato have in common? WOKENESS, AND TOO MUCH OF IT. #DietCultureVulture Brian Beckner and Molly McAleer work through some personal stuff at the top of the show. Brian dives deeper into his failed commercial acting career and the inappropriate therapist who led him there. Molly acknowledges that her groin tension is an issue and looking back on her sessions with Radiant Human, it should be more obvious. Mothers asked strangers on Twitter to "demonstrate kindness" to...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Updates and story gaps on the Paul vs. Askren fight, addressing the elephant in the room, the Telly of it all and Brian commits to showing the BTS of his relationship. This is a replay of the after/pre show we do every Tuesday and Friday on the Stereo app. Molls Stereo Brian Stereo Follow us on social media: Twitter/Instagram: @trendlightlypod Molly's Twitter/Instagram: @molls Brian's Twitter/Instagram: @brianbeckner Submit stories trendlightlypod@gmail.com Get bonus content for Trend Lightly by...
Apr 22, 2021•59 min
The news of Chrissy Tiegan being back on Twitter has Brian and Molly pondering the age old question, "is simping kindness?"Paula Abdul is filling in for Luke Bryan on American Idol and known heterosexual Ryan Seacrest helped welcome her back with a FaceTime from Randy Jackson that instantly transported the audience back to 2007. The biggest Internet event of last week, though, probably had to be the heavily-hyped fight between Jake "The Problem Child" Paul and Ben "The Dad Bod" Askren. After a s...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Kris Jenner is doing her best to run a photo of Khloe Kardashian off the Internet forever. Dave Portnoy's third sex tape is leaked and $PENN takes a hit. Azealia Banks declares crypto a dead man walking. Molls gets vulnerable and shows Brian her GoDaddy receipts. Links: Barstool's Dave Portnoy shrugs at sex tape as Penn Stock Slides Dave Portnoy responds to leak via Twitter Sydney Raines' Instagram statement MJ Copyright Claims a photo Kim DMs fan accounts to have the photo removed Khloe takes t...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Brian updates everyone on his thoughts about in-home jewelry and Molls commissioned some inspiring art. Then they talk about a personal trainer who shamed his client on Instagram, Danielle Bregoli's stunning first day on OnlyFans, take a quiz about stir-fry and wrap up with the trailer for Janicza Bravo's ZOLA. A movie is being made about a banger Twitter thread! What?! Links: King_Primus_ tweets about PT's Instagram behavior Danielle Bregoli makes $1M on OnlyFans in 6 hours Bhad Bhabie's NFT an...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
To borrow a phrase from Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair, "wooooo!" What a freakin' week. A man named Jensen Karp found shrimp tails and mouse crap in his breakfast cereal and it went viral. Then he goes viral AGAIN when people find out he's a former rapper who went by the name Hot Karl PLUS it turns out he's married to Topanga from Boy Meets World. And then he goes viral a THIRD TIME for probably being a not-very-good person. Plus, Twitter Queen Chrissy Tiegan steps down from her throne, Chet Haze de...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Did you know that Brian and Molls go live on the Stereo app on Tuesdays at 12 PST? It's uncensored, off the cuff, but hopefully on the topic of what's trending at the moment. As you'll hear, Stereo is basically like talk radio for your phone and people can call in and interact. This week they talked about some of the biggest revelations that have come out since recording our episode "The Whole David Dobrik" thing. David's big boy apology, what level of cancelled he is now and what Trisha Paytas ...
Mar 25, 2021•58 min
Ooooh, this is another long one. Sorry, things just keep happening. Accusations of sexual assault against Vlog Squad member Dom Zeglaitis broke this week, and there's a lot to it. Who is David Dobrik? What's the Vlog Squad? How did one of the most popular YouTube creators in history wind up at the center of a sexual assault scandal and what's going to happen to him, his friends, his new app Dispo, and variety of other business ventures. [Edited at 11:29PST: We wrapped recording at 7:58 PM on 3/2...
Mar 22, 2021•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Fruit is cereal these days, so Molls dug up a BuzzFeed classic video to share with Brian. They also talk about these Cheerleader mom deep fakes and check out the teenager Rita Ora might be trying to financially ruin. Links: Pa. woman created ‘deepfake’ videos to force rivals off daughter’s cheerleading squad: police Nautre_Food's Nature's Cereal TikTok BuzzFeed: This Guy Tries Fruit For The First Time Ryan Schocket's Personal TikTok page Video compilation of Aaron Chan's Rita Ora TikToks I (33f)...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Meghan Markle vs. Bravolebrities, a commune that feels like a cult gets its day in the sun, spooky NYC real estate and OMG, BRUNCH!!!! Molls and Brian get into all of that and a fight.... Apartment goes full Candyman Bethenny called out by Bossip Millionaire Matchmaker throws herself in the ring BuzzFeed trending brunch quiz 8967 Galen Rd. TikTok compilation TheFreeGarden.org Trisha Paytas Vulture piece Bonus Link: Domestic abuse reporting via fake skin-care Twitter @trendlightlypod Instagram @t...
Mar 09, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This week we've got an axe to grind, and so does Taylor Swift. After accidentally winding up in the crosshairs of KFC from Barstool Sports and his legion of Stoolies, Molly decided to do what she does best and troll back with flair. Brian and Molly also cover Gabbie Hanna being slammed with accusations of being ableist and the concept of tone indicators. Could all of the KFC drama have been resolved with a simple, "/nm"? Links: Taylor Swift swipes back on Twitter after Netflix's Ginny & Geor...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On the debut episode of Trend Lightly, Brian and Molly talk about their mutual hatred of Justin Timberlake and how it drove her to buy a Peloton, whether or not Helen Keller was real and read some Kimye fan fiction, before diving into Chris D’Elia’s comeback and a TikTok user’s confusing relationship with reality TV. Links: J.T.'s notes app "apology" Cody Rigsby's rant horny4bitcoin Instagram page All I Need in This Life (is Everything) by pistol_red Chris D'Elia's return video The Truman Show D...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Introducing Trend Lightly, a new podcast from Brian Beckner (The Baller Lifestyle) and Molly McAleer (Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?). Join them for their weekly recaps on what everybody’s talking about online! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 17, 2021•2 min
