What's Your Issue?

What's Your Issue?

"What's Your Issue?" is a pop culture podcast hosted by Troy McEady and Dara Laine. Each week, they take a nostalgic deep dive into the past, dissecting magazine articles from various decades and genres.

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October 26, 2026 • 58 mins
NOTE: redownload if the first few minutes of audio doesn't play! This week we're discussing Final Cut by Chris Nashawaty from the August 14th, 1998 issue of Entertainment Weekly with photos by George Lange. We talk about Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween H20, nepobabies, and more! Watch on Youtube Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Subscribe to Patreon to listen to the rest of this episode! For this subscribers-only episode, we're dissecting the Sept. 2026 GQ cover story, "Tom Cruise: Hollywood's Most Elusive Star Speaks" by Zach Barron, with photos by Mario Sorrenti. We discuss Tom's relationship with Scientology now, the differences between his relationships with Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes, the 6 hour acting Masterclass tape Tom made for Glen Powell,...
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This week's episode is about the intersection between two pieces of tragic Hollywood lore: the untimely deaths of Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunne, the young starlets of the first Poltergeist movie. We discuss two Vanity Fair articles: What Really Happened During the Making of Poltergeist by Anthony Beeznican and JUSTICE: A Father's Account of the Trial of His Daughter's Killer by Dominick Dunne plus The Epic Rise and Fal...
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October 13, 2026 • 61 mins
*This episode originally aired on October 31, 2024* At the end of last week's episode, "The Bloody Battle Over Scream 4," Dara and Troy talked about Ariana Madix's stint as a Girls and Corpses magazine model. Here's a spooky season rerelease of an episode we did covering Sheri Moon Zombie on the cover of G&C. Keep in mind, this episode was before our rebrand, so the format is a little different. We talk about the lore behi...
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October 9, 2026 • 59 mins
This week's issue is Entertainment Weekly from April 15th, 2011 with cover gworl, Ghostface, and story, OH, THE HORROR, written by Tim Stack with photos by James Dimmock. We'll be discussing the behind-the-scenes gossip from the first four Wes Craven Scream film's, including the relationship and break up of Courtney Cox and David Arquette, plus the feud of the Weinstein's v. the filmmakers, a cast acid trip, and more! Also! Our ...
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This week, Troy and Dara go through Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaires taken by Dolly Parton, Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul, Tiffany Haddish, Stevie Nicks, Howard Stern, Sandra Bernhard, and Martha Stewart. To listen to Dara and Troy elaborate further on their own answers, subscribe on Patreon to listen to an hour-long director's cut of this episode. The video version of this episode is also only available on Patreon. L...
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This week Pop Pantheon's Russ Martin joins us to discuss Vanessa Grigoriadis's April 5, 2010 NY Mag cover story, Growing Up Gaga: "The self-invented, manufactured, accidental, totally on-purpose New York creation of the world's biggest pop star. " This piece is one of Russ's favorites, and celebrity investigative journalism at its finest! We discuss Gaga's early life in the NYC scene, the building of her pop star persona, the e...
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This week, Dara and Troy are breaking down Teen People's 25 Hottest Celebrities Under 25 from the year 2000. They discuss: what happened to going out tops and casual red carpet looks? Mandy Moore lore. That 70's Show's social dynamics. Who would Jessica Simpson be in another life? P!nk and her aerial fabrics. Read the article here Watch ad-free on Patreon Follow us @whatsyourissueshow @daralaine @troyjeanspears Watch on Youtub...
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September 24, 2026 • 10 mins
In this Patreon exclusive, we discuss US Weekly's 2009 cover story about RHONY's Hailey Glassman ("Jon and His Bimbo"), Ed Hardy, our uber-less college party days, and more! Subscribe to listen or watch the whole episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week, we dissect Nancy Jo Sales’ lesser-known (but no less fabulous) October 19, 2009 Vanity Fair article, The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin. "How did two average parents from rural Pennsylvania with an outsize brood rise to such dizzying heights of stardom and tabloid infamy? The author peers behind the curtain of the biggest celebrity story of the year." We discuss the state of print media in 2009, Halloween w...
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This week, we're covering the September 2025 article from The Cut: What Happened at Wondermind? Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart. By Angelina Chapin "Wondermind was supposed to build a world of mental-health-related content — through a website, podcasts, TV shows, and films — and its mission was lofty: to “destigmatize&rdqu...
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August 30, 2026 • 41 mins
To see the Candie's ads as we dissect them, watch this episode exclusively on Patreon! Troy McEady and Dara Laine get into Jenny McCarthy and her toilets, Hayden Panettiere - the Candie's queen, Britney Spears' ad campaign with pictures by Terry Richardson, the David LaChapelle of it all, the evolution of the brand identity, and more! Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow Watch other episodes on Youtube Emails us at whats...
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Today Troy and Dara discuss the February 1998 issue of Vibe magazine with the perfect Kara Berry from the podcast Everyone's Business (But Mine) !! They talk about Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim's feud and their influence on high fashion, which TLC girl they are, a hypothetical Missy Elliott Lilith Fair, the best of hip hop in 1997, and Troy's new Oprah DVD box set. Link to the article scans Follow Kara on Instagram Follow us on Insta...
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Today we're flipping through a couple teen fan magazines: Teen Beat from May 2000 and Tiger Beat, Nov 2008! In this issue: our favorite teen fan mags, the Jonas Brothers, O'Town, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Joan Hart gives fan advice, our horoscopes, "Which TV Show Are You?", "What's Your Scarf Style?", fan sweepstakes, and more! Watch this video ad-free on Patreon Check out the pages on Instagram Send us your old magazines! WYI Podca...
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Today we have a most iconic guest, PAPER Magazine's senior editor and Eating For Free podcast's Joan Summers! We talk about her work at PAPER like Angie K's Lunatic Fringe profile and the Chappell Roan cover they nabbed right as she was taking off... plus! her time as Jezebel's tabloid reporter, the US Weekly Saving Britney article from 2019, the time she pissed of Countess Luann, media literacy, and more! Go listen to Eating F...
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In 2024 we released a Playboy x Real Housewives Spectacular discussing the spreads for the RHOBH ladies Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, and Denise Richards. We're re-releasing that episode with a brand new 40 extra minutes covering the March 2010 Playboy spread for RHONY's Kelly Bensimon. If you listened to the original on our regular free feed, then this will be an extra hour of content because this version also includes the patreo...
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In today's episode we discuss "How the Donald Trump–Rosie O’Donnell Feud Wreaked Havoc at The View" by Ramin Setoodeh with our guest Zach Patton-Garcia! Listen to Zach's podcast Coffee & Tequila or watch it on Youtube! Watch or listen ad-free on Patreon Follow us on Instagram @whatsyourissueshow @TroyJeanSpears @Daralaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 16, 2026 • 95 mins
Comedian and writer Melissa Rich joins Troy and Dara to discuss the David and Victoria Beckham cover story from the August 2007 issue of W Magazine. For show notes, become a free member on the What’s Your Issue? Patreon Topics include: Victoria’s place in the Spice Girls | the parallels of Geri Halliwell and Lindsay Lohan | Victoria and David’s move from the UK to LA sponsored by Simon Fuller | the Coming to Ame...
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In this week's episode we cover the US Weekly January 7th, 2013 cover story detailing the split between Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy. We also discuss Bethenny's talk show, whether or not the Skinnygirl is actually a good business woman, plus!! cool girl bridal gown culture, TV therapists, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, moms who want to be their daughters' best friends, other Real Housewives break ups, and vintage Bravo. Subs...
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Please rate! review! subscribe! This week, we're discussing the July 2004 issue of Stuff magazine with cover girl Nicole Richie fresh off the second season of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton. We talk about Nicole's lore, her uniquely LA Melrose dirty girl fashion sense, bead in hair extensions, paparazzi videos, and more! Link to article PDF Send us your old magazines! WYI Podcast 1920 Hillhurst Ave. Unit #V815 Los Angeles, ...
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