The NFL is Bravo (with Megan Gailey)

The NFL is Bravo (with Megan Gailey)

You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate the wild and jaw dropping tale of a sports reporter and a head coach whose affair may have changed the direction of the entire football league. Joining Tess to talk VrabelGate is Megan Gaiiley [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sports-bitches/id1766166071] @bettermegaingailey [https://www.instagram.com/bettermegangailey/?hl=en] Sports Bitches [https://open.spotify.com/show/3aK37TI0Dm59nSYJlDhr3l], The Roasts of Tom Brady and Kevin Hart) Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter [https://x.com/popmysterypod], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@popmysterypod] @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker [https://www.instagram.com/tesstifybarker/?hl=en]. Produced by Tyler Hill.  Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d [https://www.instagram.com/rickw00d/]. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod [http://patreon.com/PopMysteryPod] Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady [https://ladytoladycomedy.com/] and Toxic: The Britney Spears Story [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473] wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

An Alleged Tupac Assassin Stands Trial. Who Hired Him?

Nearly thirty years after the killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane Davis is set to face murder charges in a Nevada court. Additionally, Davis has been named in a civil complaint filed by Tupac’s step brother Mopreme Shakur. If Davis was contracted to kill Tupac Shakur, why is he the only guy facing trial?  Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter [https://x.com/popmysterypod], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@popmysterypod] @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker [https://www.instagram.com/tesstifybarker/?hl=en]. Produced by Tyler Hill.  Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d [https://www.instagram.com/rickw00d/]. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod [http://patreon.com/PopMysteryPod] Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady [https://ladytoladycomedy.com/] and Toxic: The Britney Spears Story [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473] wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The TMZ Secret Sauce (with Lauren Vino)

When TMZ reports on a tragedy in Los Angeles, chances are, it’s true. How does this tabloid source its seedy confidential information, and why do TMZ and its founder Harvey Levin remain such powerful forces in the land of pop journalism? Joining Tess to talk TMZ sleaze is comic and journalist Lauren Vino @boxedvino [https://www.instagram.com/boxedvino/] (Playboy, GQ, Mel Magazine, Black Out Diaries)  Read “The Digital Dirt” by Nicholas Schmidle  [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/inside-harvey-levins-tmz?_sp=8cba7d8a-4b5d-4092-905c-5a67549e8091.1780268704200] Read the LA Times Coverage of the fallout from Mel Gibson’s arrest [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-08-la-me-mel-gibson-deputy-20100908-story.html] Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter [https://x.com/popmysterypod], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@popmysterypod] @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker [https://www.instagram.com/tesstifybarker/?hl=en]. Produced by Tyler Hill.  Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d [https://www.instagram.com/rickw00d/]. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod [http://patreon.com/PopMysteryPod] Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady [https://ladytoladycomedy.com/] and Toxic: The Britney Spears Story [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473] wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A Literal Captive Audience

After Tess learns about a shocking method of filling live studio audiences, she is sent on a long journey to get to the bottom of a clandestine and widespread practice.  In her search for the truth, Tess talks with comics Allen Strickland Williams (@allenstricklandwilliams) and Julia Hladkowicz (@juliacomedy).  Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, [https://x.com/popmysterypod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/?hl=en], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@popmysterypod] @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill. Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady [https://ladytoladycomedy.com/] and Toxic [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473] wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show!  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Terrifying Face Behind Those Pass It On Billboards (from the vault)

This is dark money hiding in plain sight. Tess revisits the twisted reality of those strange ads  the in one of her favorite vault episodes.  There’s something unsettling about those “Pass It On” billboards that feature celebrities like Dolly Parton, Whoopi Goldberg, and William Shatner. These ads don’t seem to be selling anything except abstractly positive concepts like perseverance and resilience. But what’s really going on here? Investigative journalist and pop culture junkie uncovers the dark truth behind these seemingly banal signs.  Featuring Judd Legum [https://popular.info/]of the Popular Information newsletter.  Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, [https://x.com/popmysterypod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/?hl=en], and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@popmysterypod] @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill. Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess’s other podcasts Lady to Lady [https://ladytoladycomedy.com/] and Toxic [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473] wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show!  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.