Good Noticings

It’s time for a lesson but teachers are few and far between! Ed Sheeran is only listening to an incredibly misguided IG statement writer and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has put her faith in teachers above the reality of her daughter’s education and people are soooo mad.

13 min: Ed Sheeran and Macklemore

51 min: Tom Cruise for GQ

62 min: Channing Tatum on IG

66 min: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter’s Education

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Ed Sheeran:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o

https://x.com/GilletteStadium/status/2100337429886427309

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/18/robert-kraft-macklemore-ed-sheeran-israel-donations/

Nikole Hannah-Jones:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/choosing-a-school-for-my-daughter-in-a-segregated-city.html

Tom Cruise:

https://www.gq.com/story/tom-cruise-2026-cover-story-interview

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This week anything you imagine can be real! Mr. Beast can write a bestselling book, Aaron Rodgers can invent a new reality, and AI is bringing all the evil tech billionaires together in song.

6 min: Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley

33 min: Hyrox

41 min: Mr. Beast, Bestseller

48 min: AI and the Future

75 min: Caps off to Jennifer Lawrence

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Mr. Beast’s Book:

https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/mrbeast-youtube-james-patterson-book-games.html

Hyrox:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/09/14/hyrox-athlete-soils-herself-what-happened-in-hyrox-china/91759299007/

AI and the Future:

https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/

https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html

Jennifer Lawrence:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHAY9TuvhK/

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers:

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/shailene-woodley-environmentalist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcj6LXY_e8

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Got Nicole Kidman on the brain??? In this week’s Katseye corner we’re digging into the hopes and dreams of non-Katseye member Adéla and her Nicole Kidman-less acknowledgement of Nicole Kidman. The storms this fall will be crazy thanks to a Super El Nino but is a storm better or worse than a senator who hates having to show up to senator club?? Finally, reading is over and freak youtube will freak you out.

18 min: Adela & Nicole Kidman Fall

31 min: John Fetterman Doesn’t Wanna Work

46 min: An El Nino for the Ages

57 min: Books & What Happens When You Don’t Read Them

98 min: Caps Off to Nikki Glaser

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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https://goodnoticings.substack.com/

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Fetterman:

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3

Adela:

https://www.wmagazine.com/wyouth/adela-prima-album-interview-katseye-nicole-kidman

Nicole Kidman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA1P8ZzoLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB4Iv_tM7U&list=RD3sB4Iv_tM7U&start_radio=1

Reading:

https://defector.com/what-do-booksellers-make-of-the-end-of-reading

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/

https://newrepublic.com/article/212923/the-atlantic-magazine-endism-fetish?utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=every-new-beginning-comes-from-some-other-beginning-s-end&_bhlid=f0362b10ec5929389542e36de348ca99d8fe4ddc

Lawn Guy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/magazine/greg-chism-youtube-bad-baby.html

Nikki Glaser at Taylors Wedding:

https://www.threads.com/@deuxmoi/post/Dc689NsgPyQ/nikki-glaser-shares-some-behind-the-scenes-details-from-taylor-swift-and-travis/

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I guess the government needs to just step in and control everything because restaurants, plastic surgery, and hobbies are out of control! And don’t even look at whats happening with surrogacy. This week we’re looking at what happens when everything is done to the absolute extreme but nothing really matters!!

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!

15 min: Hobbyamory

24 min: What Happened to Horses (the restaurant)

60 min: Young People & Plastic Surgery

67 min: The State of Surrogacy

106 min: Caps Off to Phoebe Bridgers

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Keep up with all the latest:

https://www.goodnoticings.com/

Read our many musings on Substack:

https://goodnoticings.substack.com/

Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday!

https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings

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Surrogacy:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fate-of-twenty-one-los-angeles-siblings

https://www.thecut.com/article/surrogate-triplets-custody-china.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/they-asked-their-surrogate-to-have-an-abortion-she-refused.html

Horses:

https://airmail.news/issues/2026-3-21/im-cancelable-but-im-not-a-cat-killer

https://www.grubstreet.com/article/horses-restaurant-la-will-aghajanian-elizabeth-johnson-chef.html

Plastic Surgery:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/07/magazine/face-lift-plastic-surgery-stories.html?searchResultPosition=1

Hobbies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/style/single-dating-hobbies-hobbyamory.html

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What do Katseye, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Girlbosses have in common???? Their numbers are dwindling!!! This week we’re talking about the many Katseye member hiatuses, Leopold’s bad bets, David Ellison’s plea for more stuff, and the truth about Girlbosses vs. online vulnerability.

Head to Patreon for our chat with Caro Claire Burke!

12 min: Katseye

21 min: David Ellison

32 min: Leopold Aschenbrenner

50 min: Girlbosses

78 min: Caps Off

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Clash talk at Edinburgh Fringe:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-noticings

Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk in Toronto:

https://comedybar.ca/shows/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show-with-good-noticings

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Keep up with all the latest:

https://www.goodnoticings.com/

Read our many musings on Substack:

https://goodnoticings.substack.com/

Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday!

https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticings

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Instagram- @goodnoticingspod

Theme song by: Bri Connelly

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Leopold:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/what-does-the-humbling-of-leopold-aschenbrenner-mean-for-the-ai-bubble

Girlbosses:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/female-ambition-alex-cooper-alix-earle/688080/

https://www.thecut.com/article/social-media-last-taboo-struggling.html

David Ellison:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story

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