High Brow
High Brow is a chic podcast for cool girls and self-identified intellectuals. Hosted by Mina Le, the pod is an extension of her eponymous Youtube channel. Follow Mina every Wednesday as she leads you through the culture & fashion landscapes, dissecting topics that probably resonate most with the chronically online... but through the lens of someone who has touched grass of course (or so she claims!). Find Mina on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter @gremlita
Episodes
December 6, 2023 • 59 mins
In today's episode, Mina discusses the items on her personal Christmas wishlist, the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibit "Women Dressing Women," her thoughts on the new Balenciaga show, the lack of "third places" in the U.S. and, in the same vein, the overpriced oat milk lattes that are RUINING community, also: children being worse than ever before?, Emma Chamberlain "discourse," and the potential return of big dairy.
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November 22, 2023 • 58 mins
In this episode, Mina starts off by talking about NYC party etiquette, but then delves into the topic of MOVIES – a topic she's been barred from speaking about... until now. Let's discuss Priscilla (2023), how it compares to Elvis (2022), and most importantly... Jacob Elordi vs. Austin Butler's portrayals. Also: tangents on Alfred Hitchcock, Jacob Elordi/Kissing Booth drama, David Fincher's The Killer (2023), and the importanc...
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November 8, 2023 • 57 mins
Mina serves some of her Booktok hot takes, opinions on anti-intellectualism, the rise of literary it girls/writer influencers, her first-hand experience risking her life with mercury poisoning, and the history of depression era food (white american food is bland because of PROHIBITION?) (loading her food history commentator phase...)
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Instagram: @highbrow.pod
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Support the podcast on Patreon!
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October 25, 2023 • 65 mins
In today's episode, Mina talks about how to launder your clothes, the ethics of wearing clothing made of human hair and also eating your friend's leg, urbanites cosplaying as farm girls (guilty), and the history of the dude ranch industry.
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Instagram: @highbrow.pod
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Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
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October 11, 2023 • 67 mins
In today's episode, Mina embraces Meg Ryan Fall™, asks the question "do the rats run this city?" (yes they do), her algorithm-induced David Byrne fixation, why review systems are no good (especially Rotten Tomatoes), what it means to be a "content creator" (barf?????), and online friendship etiquette.
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@g...
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@g...
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September 28, 2023 • 50 mins
Also... PR girls, the Idaho cottagecore fantasy, Victorian book censorship, and fake alien abductions.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina
Tumblr: https://horsegir1.tumblr.com/
Mina's list:
What Amanda Seyfried Can't Live Without
The Dostoevsky Dash: The Reasons for Dashed Out Information in Literature
Kurtis Conner: Stop Filming Strangers
Abby Cox: We Need to Talk about TikT...
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina
Tumblr: https://horsegir1.tumblr.com/
Mina's list:
What Amanda Seyfried Can't Live Without
The Dostoevsky Dash: The Reasons for Dashed Out Information in Literature
Kurtis Conner: Stop Filming Strangers
Abby Cox: We Need to Talk about TikT...
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September 13, 2023 • 71 mins
Mina discusses her experience at New York Fashion Week. Also: why we all get upset about influencer attendance, the Kylie Jenner/Timothee Chalamet relationship, the hustle of working corporate in the industry, and how she gets a seat at a fashion show.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina
Vogue Business' Debunking the Dream Series
Debunking the dream: Is working in fashion going out of style?
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina
Vogue Business' Debunking the Dream Series
Debunking the dream: Is working in fashion going out of style?
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August 30, 2023 • 56 mins
Mina discusses some major updates for Patreon, Youtube, and the High Brow pod. Also: Hozier, Renaissance Faire turkey legs, the fashion influencer economy, the Real Housewives of New York City, whatever happened to Jeffrey Campbell, and “the commodification of taste.”
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Rachel's articl...
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August 23, 2023 • 69 mins
The director's cut version of Mina's the circus of celebrity house tours video. In this extended version, she discusses the modern farmhouse hgtv agenda, landlord-core, and celebrity property feuds, spurred on by your answers to the question "what is the ugliest interior design trend?"
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August 16, 2023 • 51 mins
Mina talks about the Depop styling bundle grind, whether or not they're a viable purchase, and how to choose between the many personal shoppers out there. Also: Erewhon "Hailey Bieber" smoothie review, Goodwill bins trauma, changes in Asian factory labor and what that means for the rest of the world, the ethics of doxxing Selena Gomez haters, and why we're all tired of the "hot take."
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August 9, 2023 • 74 mins
This is an extended version of the aesthetics episode that came out on Monday. Mina addresses your babygirlification concerns, shares audience experiences navigating online aesthetics, and includes insightful commentary from Evan Collins, co-founder of CARI (the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute).
Take a look at the CARI website when you have the time!
You can support their valuable work through donations.<...
Take a look at the CARI website when you have the time!
You can support their valuable work through donations.<...
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August 2, 2023 • 49 mins
Join Mina as she shares audience getting-off-social-media tactics and rambles on about Cillian Murphy, being a girl's girl, Paris Hilton's hyperbaric oxygen chamber, Samba fatigue, and where to shop for vintage clothes online.
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Why everyone online is calling these Hollywood...
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July 26, 2023 • 48 mins
Mina discusses the SAG strike and how that's impacting Hollywood, but also my content, Find My Friends addiction, dealing with the TikTok age filter, and how the tourism industry is making American tourists more annoying than need be.
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Mina's reading list:
“Orange Is the New Black...
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“Orange Is the New Black...
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July 12, 2023 • 51 mins
Mina talks about her first time solo traveling in Italy a few weeks ago, making and losing new friends on vacation, unfollowing politics in the Instagram age, tangents on Sarah Jessica Parker and 60s high society, and the so-called democratization of "it girls" and the internet's shift towards hyper-individualism... or not???
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July 5, 2023 • 69 mins
This is an extended version of Mina's the "perfect" wedding dress is a myth video, including digressions in royal weddings and bridezilla discourse, as well as some crazy wedding stories from the listeners!
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Written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter
Edited by Sophie Carter<...
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Written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter
Edited by Sophie Carter<...
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June 28, 2023 • 77 mins
Mina interviews writer, podcaster, and activist Aubrey Gordon!
Find Aubrey's books (and other relevant info) here and columns she's written here.
Listen to her podcast with Michael Hobbes, Maintenance Phase.
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Edited by Sophie Carter
Music by Olivia Martinez
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Find Aubrey's books (and other relevant info) here and columns she's written here.
Listen to her podcast with Michael Hobbes, Maintenance Phase.
Keep up with High Brow on Instagram!
Subscribe to the Patreon!
and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok!
Edited by Sophie Carter
Music by Olivia Martinez
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June 21, 2023 • 73 mins
Director's cut version of Mina's The Cult of Celebrity Relationships video, featuring discussions on age gap relationships, Machine Gun Kelly + Megan Fox, and an interview with Dr. Kate Kurtin on what we're all misunderstanding about parasocial relationships.
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Emotional ar...
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June 14, 2023 • 62 mins
Join Mina as she talks about private parties, Marvel fatigue, and Netflix's broken streaming model!
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Her reading list:
How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party
How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood
The Binge Purge
Get started with Athena Club ...
Keep up with High Brow on Instagram!
Subscribe to the Patreon!
and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok!
Her reading list:
How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party
How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood
The Binge Purge
Get started with Athena Club ...
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June 7, 2023 • 69 mins
This is the director's cut episode for Mina's how do rich people actually dress? video, with explorations on hypergamy, cosplaying as poor, and a special interview with Amanda Mull on the mythology of quiet luxury!
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Changing patterns of conspicuous consumption: Media repre...
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Changing patterns of conspicuous consumption: Media repre...
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May 31, 2023 • 64 mins
Mina and guest of the pod Avery Trufelman discuss all things rich people fashion, American Ivy, Ralph Lauren mania, and trend predictions for the future.
Check out Avery's podcast Articles of Interest and her accompanying Substack.
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Edited by Mina Le
Music by Olivia Marti...
Check out Avery's podcast Articles of Interest and her accompanying Substack.
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and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok!
Edited by Mina Le
Music by Olivia Marti...
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