Today's a long one, so buckle in. We deep dive into the politics of representation and the actual good that celebrity has to shape a better world. Particularly, we chat about Cowboy Carter (what a great album) and the politics of Beyoncé. Perhaps in counterpoint, we discuss the healing potential of friendships, and how restructuring our lives around friendship has led to a fuller life for us. Plus, lots of extra fun tidbits along the way.

💖 We hope you love Episode 6 of the podcast for burnt out girlies trying to stay Broadly Relevant, hosted by your favourite personality hires, Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday at 6PM (AEDT)

🔗 Research Links

• Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’
• The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom
• ‎How to Keep Time: What Do We Owe Our Friends? on Apple Podcasts
• Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and the flip-flop, flippy flip flop and ass bitches

🎵 Shoutout to Seb Whitaker for composing our theme music.

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