Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.

Episodes

December 24, 2025 72 mins

A re-release of the iconic Las Culturistas episode with Lady Gaga. 

This episode was selected as one of Apple Podcasts Best Episodes of 2025!

We will be back with new episodes on 1/7/2026. Happy holidays! 

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Matt + Bow welcome their new pal, noted pop culture icon and famous M&M Lisa Rinna to Las Cultch. The three talk about Lisa Rinna as Hollywood Rorschach, how Real Housewives can feel like professional wrestling, and learning to think out loud on reality TV. Also, the decision to return to reality TV with Traitors season 4, Rinna’s sartorial vibe in high school, and the culture that made Rinna say culture was for her: Dyna...

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December 10, 2025 75 mins

The iconic musical trio of Matt Rogers, Bowen  Yang and Lucy Dacus is BACK. The Grammy winning artist and dream person joins Las Cultch to ponder many questions. Are people who want to be politicians all bad? Who is hotter: you in the mirror or you in the picture? How do you make the first movie conversationally when you’re… a little shy? Also, The Muppets, engaging with strangers on planes despite your wishes, be...

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December 3, 2025 77 mins

This is THEE elevated messy episode of Las Cultch! Rachel Sennott joins the sisters to get right into it. From poppers initiation, addiction, and recovery to having things just to hold, suck on and play with. They talk about how I Love LA's characters are just representations of Rachel's own friends in her twenties and also break down the origins of Rachel's revolutionary "Come on! It's L.A.!" video. Plus thoughts on Bowen missing ...

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November 26, 2025 100 mins

After meaningfully connecting in the south of France, Matt + Bow welcome Heather Gay to Las Cultch! Like ya do! After a brief culture catchup discussing Wicked: For Good, BravoCon and Pluribus, the three pals get into RHOSLC dynamics, what reality TV expects and enhances, and how telling her story of extricating herself from the Mormon church is the greatest thing Heather has done. Also, her full circle latest trip to Cannes after ...

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November 19, 2025 93 mins

True symbol of excellence and full fledged icon Brittany Snow finally joins Las Cultch after Matt + Bow recorded an episode in her NAME all those months ago in Ptown! The three discuss attending teen clubs in Orlando, memories from American Dreams, how Brittany is a Kingdom Hearts legend, and auditioning twice for Hairspray. Also, finding the tone of Hunting Wives, being the party ringleader on the Pitch Perfect set, psychics and h...

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November 12, 2025 76 mins

Giving Amelia Earhart-but make-it-Fashion Pirate, the iconic and ultra talented Sarah Paulson joins Las Culturistas for an episode of all episodes! She speaks with Matt + Bowen about Kim K's revolutionary relationship with red carpet lighting, the Dynasty-coded character names in All's Fair, playing Lynette's sister on Desperate Housewives back in the day, and being a scaredy cat who stars in a lot of scary shit. Also, Sa...

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Matt + Bowen are thrilled to welcome a certified Reader/Kayteigh to Las Cultch: Jennifer Lawrence!!! The star of the new film Die, My Love has many pressing matters to address with Matt + Bow, including The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the horniest part of a pregnancy, what actor might bang Tilly Norwood on screen first, docking and soaking in Mormon culture, and which celebrities are dead and alive. Also, Jennifer ...

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October 29, 2025 71 mins

This episode? Tea. It’s an event in gay guy podcasting history as Jake Shane visits Las Culturistas! Matt, Bow and Jake speak mostly about the pop girls but also touch on being a food snob, Iron man races and marathon performance, JADE and Little Mix lore and how gay guys actually love Tame Impala. Also, Gaga’s Fame Monster HBO special as Jake’s formative culture, how Kim K headlining a legal drama is emblematic o...

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October 22, 2025 101 mins

Matt + Bowen finally welcome a true icon in the Las Cultch lore, Demi Lovato, to the podcast! The artist with the #1 song on the Great Global Songbook joins the boys after a culture catchup to discuss what is driving her new sound, working with manager Brandon Creed, figuring huge Demi vocals into hard electronic production, and honesty as a constant throughline in her work. Also, Kelly Clarkson on American Idol and her format...

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October 15, 2025 75 mins

This week the sisters are joined by their third sister: Executive Creative Director of Victoria Secret Adam Selman! They get into his work at Savage X Fenty, how interacting with some of the most iconic supermodels of all time has gone down, the craft of lingerie and the history of bras, and musical performances at the VS Fashion Show. Plus they forecast some men's fashion for us! Also not without touching on some gay love signs, c...

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Matt + Bowen can barely believe that J. Lo is on Las Cultch! The star of Kiss of the Spider Woman discusses her track star past, filming Selena and performing in the Houston Astrodome for the film, and tabloid noise vs. social media noise. Also, Jennifer’s pride in her new film Kiss of the Spider Woman, how the movie explores diva worship as salvation, and what it means to connect with queer fans in a real way through ar...

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October 1, 2025 82 mins

Matt + Bow, booted from their usual studio by Malala, are joined by one of their oldest friends, and current Oh, Mary! star, Hannah Solow! The gals flap their gums and kick their gams about belting Blue Bayou at dinner theater, flopping around New York, and the life of an understudy (which is much like that of a showgirl). Also, Hannah’s viral “We Could See BOOP!” phenomenon, Jane Goodall’s impact, and tales...

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September 24, 2025 81 mins

Stars are BACK. Jinkx Monsoon is wrapping up her stint leading Oh, Mary! and she's stopped by Las Cultch to talk about it all! After some Emmys reactions and BTS (so proud of our pals that won!!!!!), the self-proclaimed bossy bottom drops by to discuss enjoying the surreal nature of her life lately, Jeff Hiller's Emmy victory and queer camaraderie in entertainment, "straight voice", and how to pronounce "Penzance". Also, letti...

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September 17, 2025 79 mins

It's a moment in Las Cultch history as Reese Witherspoon makes her debut! The Morning Show is back! Reese chats with Matt & Bowen about studying Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin for Legally Blonde, creating Tracy Flick and Election in retrospect, owning your ambition, producing Gone Girl and Wild, exploring the inner workings of female friendships on Big Little Lies and the importance of a good set-piece. Also, The Morning Show ...

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September 10, 2025 57 mins

Legal minds participate in a Silicon Valley summit to discuss the latest advances in tech, the CBSMTV Video Music Awards, and how Nick Jonas actually should start queerbaiting again if he feels like it. Also more.

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September 3, 2025 72 mins

And on today's Las Cultch: an examination of We've Reached Peak Gay Sluttiness, the new piece written by Steven Phillips-Horst for The Cut, thoughts on the new South Park, and Sabrina Carpenter as a Rorschach test. Also, thoughts on SC's latest album Man's Best Friend, Parvati and Cirie's Australian Survivor takeover, the theatrical achievement that is Lady Gaga's The Mayhem Ball, and US Open culture. All this, RHOP trailer thought...

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August 27, 2025 89 mins

Reality "forks" in this episode of Las Cultch with friend of the show and noted fresh, young, creative talent Julio Torres, who has truly made it Off-Broadway with his new show Color Theories, running from 9/3 to 9/22 at Performance Space NY. He joins our hosts Matt + Bowen to discuss the greatest dresses of all time, The Dress (you know the one), the origin of the phrase "demon twink" and the plot of Bye Bye Birdie (they...

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Our hosts take a break from their vacation in Ptown to break down The Hunting Wives, give the final word on the finale of And Just Like That, and anticipate an upcoming pop girl takeover… and it may not be who you think! 

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Matt + Bow hop on the mic to say they love, say they love, say they love YOU for streaming The Las Culturistas Culture Awards! Our hosts recap the experience, give some BTS, and share cut jokes and content from the show. Also, TS12 is upon us! The Life of a Showgirl is coming very soon, and Matt + Bowen are discussing the numerology of it all, the podcasting of it all, the "circus" of it all, and the ORANGE of it all. All...

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