Chewing on Pearls

On this episode of Chewing on Pearls, artist, maker, and friend Cache Taylor joins us to discuss the 2024 film Joker 2: Folie à Deux. We chat about Lady Gaga's performance as Lee Quinzel, the film's subtext around mental health, violence, and spectacle, and the relationship between the Joker's split identity and Gaga's public and private personae.
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Hosted and produced by Tom and Patrick.
Intro and outro created using Lady Gaga's "I Like it Rough" and SFX from freesound.org.

On this episode of Chewing on Pearls, we kick off a mini series celebrating 10 years of Lady Gaga's Joanne by discussing its opening track, "Diamond Heart." Stay tuned for future episodes dissecting the rest of the tracklist one-by-one!
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Hosted and produced by Tom and Patrick.
Intro and outro created using Lady Gaga's "I Like it Rough" and SFX from freesound.org.

We're back!
On this episode of Chewing on Pearls we spit fact and spew fiction in the latest installment of our current events series, THAT'S GOSSIP!
Join us as we gush over the arrival of Rose Bean Polansky (aka Baby Gaga), discuss the unexpected rollout of Gaga's biotech ventures, grapple with the frustrations and shortcomings of celebrity culture, and speculate for what is to come for Mother Monster in the near future.
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Hosted and produced by Tom and Patrick.
Intro and outro created using Lady Gaga's "I Like it Rough" and SFX from freesound.org.

On this episode we're celebrating the 2nd anniversary of Chewing on Pearls! We discuss how the show has grown over the last two years, break down our top 5 episodes of all time, share which episodes are our personal favorites, reveal those we think are underrated, and consider how we plan to expand the show's scope in the future.
THANK YOU to everyone who has listened to the show, engaged us online, and/or attended one of our events. Your encouragement and excitement for Chewing on Pearls is essential to the show and means so much to us!
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Hosted and produced by Tom and Patrick.
Intro and outro created using Lady Gaga's "I Like it Rough" and SFX from freesound.org.

On this episode of Chewing on Pearls, we wrap up our series celebrating 15 years of Born This Way!
Join us as we discuss and dissect the (self-directed!) music video for Lady Gaga's energizing and cathartic final single from Born This Way: “Marry The Night”! We traverse Gaga’s fantasy-filled, surrealist memoryscape while dissecting every moment from the minty medical clinic to the ethereal, diva-fied phoenix rising in Paco Rabanne and everything in between. This revelatory short film marks a critical and revelatory turning point in Gaga’s artistry, when she bravely decided to tell us more of her story with every creative tool in her repertoire.  
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Hosted and produced by Tom and Patrick.
Intro and outro created using Lady Gaga's "I Like it Rough" and SFX from freesound.org.