Recorded LIVE at Union Chapel in London, a true place of G*d, it’s the Proppa Fa**ot Tour! Matt & Bowen were bloody thrilled to share in the cultch across the pond, read British tabloids aloud, and get to the bottom of who Cheryl Cole is. Also, an interview with true queen and legend Michelle Visage! The Bodyguard album, Soul System, Seduction, musical theater, UK punk rock, old school hip hop, Madonna, Harlem ball culture, Leah Remini, Scientology, the domestic exclusivity of Percy Pigs, a ...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you thought Summer of KUNT was dead, well… maybe you would be right actually. Or MAYBE you would see it as an opportunity to herald the arrival of the first ever KUNTUMN, during which returning legend Sudi Green inspires us all to get in our full woman-in-her-30s bag. Join the boys as they record from a Las Cultch Cultural Heritage Site (Matt’s LA apartment) and talk the first episodes of “The Morning Show” season three. What follows is a spirited discussion on Lauren Boebert’s perfectly movi...
Sep 20, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast The truth is finally really spoken aloud on Las Culturistas this week as Matt & Bowen catch up on culture, discussing interim agreements vs. scabbing during strike era, The Morning Show returning, Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS and the important of the sophomore album, Chappel Roan on the horizon, the fact that Shucked on Broadway is a blast and, unfortunately, the Drew Barrymore of it all. All this, BONGOS, Joe catching Sophie on the ring camera, Married To Medicine and the overuse of "god damn" in ...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sitting in an apartment. What could be better? In the culture lab, (Matt’s apartment in Queens) our Las Cultch hosts catch up with culture. Topics include: RIP Jimmy Buffett, if Lady Gaga ever came on the podcast, remembering high school math, Charli and Rina, whether anyone actually saw Camp Rock, and all the SILVER at renaissance world tour. All this, a live listen if Nicki’s “Last Time I Saw You”, rocket fuels, Busted Queen, problem of sand, the issue of glitter, and conundrum of tape. Take a...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Bowen are reporting to you readers straight from FIRE ISLAND (scabs…) and MENTION IT ALL (tw: Bethenny). Bonus episodes are available early for subscribers to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/lasculturistas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 30, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast She’s back and she’s cute as a pumpkin, it’s Sarah Squirm! Bowen’s flying solo this week but is joined but his OTHER Long Island track star Piscean legend, and she’s currently “of touring experience” in a city near you. Bowen and Sarah discuss what grade they would teach, what the Eras Tour even is, and how incredible it was that Michael Jackson was the biggest freak who was also the most famous person in the world. Fascinating treatises on “relatability” in culture get their overdue space on th...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast RPKFs, Las Cultch favorite Greta Titelman returns to the pod and joins us from Scotland with Matt, who has gone through one of the most harrowing travel experiences in recent personal memory. All this as Bowen has a terrible fever? It’s giving I DON’T Think So, Honey. Find out what on earth the Witches Well is and whether or not Edinburgh has amazing food options (it doesn’t). Noomi Rapace, early memories of curse words and the plausibility of “And Just Like That” pave the way for emphatic discu...
Aug 16, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt & Bowen may be back in little boxes on a computer, but that doesn't mean they're not injecting you right in the little veins with a culture catch up for the ages. After Matt's two-Eras-Tour weekend and Bowen's one-canceled-Carly Rae-concert-Monday, there is much to discuss, such as Alex Newell in Shucked, Patti LuPone's upcoming shows at Cherry Grove, being in indictment watch for the third time (got him! btw), the Lizzo of it all, psychics, and getting fingered. All this, how GHB is ki...
Aug 09, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this BONUS episode, Matt and Bowen bring you their Top 10 Julia Robert films. Tune in next month on Monday 9/4 for the Top 10 Batman Villains, coming first to Big Money Players Diamond. This bonus episode is available early for subscribers to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/lasculturistas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 08, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bonus Content! Once a month, Las Culturistas is bringing you a new Top 10 list for various aspects of culture. In this inaugural list, Matt and Bowen break down the Top 10 Pop Girlie Debut Singles. There are more bonus episodes waiting for you! All you need to do is subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/lasculturistas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 07, 2023•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast HAUS! Readers, it is time for you to meet a sister. Dear friend of Matt and Bowen, Patrick Rogers, joins our hosts to tackle culture and be their astral guide. Nicole Kidman's AMC ad: how much longer are we doing this? Should we ever stop? Should it reboot? It's discussed. Matt and Bowen reveal something huge about when they went to see Oppenheimer. The girls discuss Iceland's pleasures, Björk's genius, Taylor's Eras... and next era, what they want to see from Lorde, and Tina Knowles Lawson's In...
Aug 02, 2023•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The dolls are in back the room, and by dolls we mean pills, of course. Bowen runs into Matt’s loving embrace and the two marvel at the beautiful fan-bound Rules of Culture book. They r-e-m-i-n-i-s-c-e on all the culture of the last few weeks, starting with the single biggest monocultural release of the year (“Barbie”) and promptly discuss the meaning of the double strike era we are officially in. Opinions on the new RHONY women finally take shape which officially means this reboot is in full swi...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Piccolo-voiced culturista Matt Rogers is joined by his close friend, bassoon-throated actor Zane Phillips, on this episode of Las Culturistas to discuss being a lil academic smart girl, science fairs, hot coffee-and-crossword culture, and serving STEM at a young age. Also, coming up in the queer "scat pack" (lol noooo), playing against type when you are A Type, and why superhero movies are so washed out as of late. All this, America's Next Top Model and the act of transformation, Television With...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the DATING EPISODE of Las Cultch with some good old-fashioned LC fan favs. Marie Faustin and Dave Mizzoni, the host and producer of the terrific new live show “Why Are You Single? Starring Marie Faustin” are here to talk red flags, bad dates, good sex, when to approach and when to walk away. All this, Keke Palmer, Threads, Insta Prison, compliments during sex, kinks, and brutal honesty with family members. Also, a performance of Usher’s “Burn”. Go see Why Are You Single? and check out Marie...
Jul 12, 2023•2 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast To be the star of a series called "Glamorous", you kinda have to have that X Facta, you see. And Miss Benny just so happens to have THAT to spare. She joins Matt (Bowen is on break!) on this episode of Las Cultch to discuss shooting Glamorous with a big old queer cast, the "Star or Actress" game, how Glee low key changed things, And Just Like That's return to our screens, the process of selecting a wig, "having that effect of people", nudity and how to correctly objectify men on TV. Also, Americ...
Jul 05, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast No, this is not a joke. Kelly Clarkson is actually on Las Culturistas. Recorded in person on the day her new album Chemistry was released, the word’s greatest singer joins Matt & Bowen to talk about… well, everything! The new album, the old albums, the new life, the old life, touring, recording, medicating, parenting, living, laughing, sobbing, singing, loving and, of course, the submersible. It’s the Kelly interview to end all Kelly interviews. And we can’t believe we got her time. Stream C...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt and Bowen are fresh from the 2023 LCCA’s and break it all down for all the readers, Kayteighs, publicists and finalists who were not in attendance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Prepare yourself for the 2023 Las Culturistas Culture Awards by listening, once again, to all the Culture Award nominations, in one single episode. Tomorrow is the night! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 16, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Edgelords, you will NEVER win. And Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang will NEVER stop talking about pop culture! In fact, this is an episode chock full o' pop cultch talk. The Tony Awards are (sort of) recapped! Tears of the Kingdom is reviewed (no spoilers though)! Matt and Bowen get into Pokémon for some reason! Tina Turner is remembered! Mariah at LA Pride is discussed! So, yeah... you could say this episode of Las Cultch is giving EPISODE OF LAS CULTCH. All this, Past Lives, Pink catapulting into th...
Jun 14, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast A LOT is covered in this'un! Our London girls have seen the Eras Tour and the Renaissance Tour in between sips of gin and tonics and were also on DRAG RACE as guest judges! And while all of that went down, Vanderpump Rules was pumpin' and Succession was concludin'. And now Samantha is coming back to And Just Like That? The fuck?! Padam, PaDAMN! Matt & Bowen get into and out of every little nook and cranny of recent cultch on this episode. They talk, squawk and more. If you died tomorrow, at ...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast “The final installment of the nominations are revealed…” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 02, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast What WE do in the shadows? We TALK to amazing people like Harvey Guillén, who joins Matt & Bowen on this terrific episode of Las Cultch to get into it on poppers culture, celebs being "on the A-list", the Met Gala and how Harvey celebrated but also lightly stuck it to Mr. Lagerfeld, Drag Race guest judging, Sasha Colby, shooting and auditioning for What We Do In The Shadows, Toronto cultures, rude men in fedoras, and navigating homophobia. Also, how Titanic and Kate Winslet gave way to Harve...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast “The second third of the nominations are revealed…” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 26, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jon Lovett on Las Cultch?! Likely story! And also literal story. Because it's true... Lovett (the host of the Lovett or Leave It, and Pod Save America podcasts and co-founder of Crooked Media) is finally here on LC - live from Vanessa Hudgens' former home! - to chat with Matt & Bowen about all things CULTURE under the sun. Topics include Succession, Brian Cox's sense of humor or lack thereof, edutainment, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Barney as "hustle culture", gaymer culture and a referendum...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast “The first third of the nominations are revealed…” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 19, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here's what: Andy fucking Cohen is on Las Culturistas. And this, readers, is THEE definitive Andy-On-Bravo unfiltered podcast episode you have been waiting for! It is ALL discussed. The author of the new book "The Daddy Diaries" goes deep with Matt & Bowen on not only all things Housewives and Vanderpump, but also Andy's relationship with Jimmy Buffett, his iconic first meeting with the legendary Susan Lucci, MetLife as a flop venue for concerts, All My Children as formative culture and Kell...
May 17, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast And the categories are.... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 12, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast BAM. Surprise! Yeah, today is different. Not only because we have reader/Kayteigh/publicist/finalist favorite D'Arcy Carden (The Thanksgiving Play on Broadway) on the pod, but because it is officially AWARDS SEASON. Publicists, start campaigning for your Las Culturistas Culture Award nominees! Whatever that means to you! Matt, Bowen and D'Arcy discuss doin' Broadway, Succession lately, hearing Melanie Lynskey say the name "D'Arcy Carden" out loud, Sunny Hostin vs, Bethenny Frankel, leaving room ...
May 10, 2023•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sisters are back at it! They're joined by Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales - the hosts of the Betches Sup podcast. You may even recognize Milly's voice from a certain Clown Parade series?? (The Janelis J Show!) This episode has topics! Including nepo babies, Minions, and straight men?? But really they get into doing improv at UCB and the jobs you do in order to survive. And of course they need to discuss child actors and the culture that made them who they are today! This episode? It's wild a...
May 03, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a culture catch up about legacy MEDIA! And this media includes being put in your place, being self-indulgent, sharing psychics, ContraPoints, drones in Oz, Kelly's new singles, wedding playlists, and a very gay X-Files? Canned messy talking heads? Are the sisters next? Media personalities are being hunted but don't worry because vacation is slaying and certain sponsors are staying. We're talking corporations, globalization, and making memories with friends! An informative break down of w...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
