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Who you think you are.

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Our top podcasting stories for today that you didn't know you needed but now can't live without The Golden Globes Add Best Podcast Category because Hollywood is desperate to stay relevant Yep, the Golden Globes, the awards show that once gave Pier Zadora a statue and survived a complete boycott, has now added a podcast category for its 2026 ceremony.

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Why?

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Because celebr celebrities reading ad copy for meal kits apparently counts as award worthy.

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Now both audio and video podcasts are eligible, meaning your mom's menopause and Murder true crime show, filmed in a living room with her ring light, may now just be a contender.

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The shortlist will be out in December, giving everyone time to bribe a publicist or start a fake mental health awareness series.

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Swedes Buy lemonada media for $30 million Meghan Markle's mic gets a new owner Podex, a Swedish podcast company that clearly had money burning a hole in its sensible trousers, has acquired Lemonada Media, home to audio delights from Dewey Louise Dreyfus and duchess of Spotify flops Meghan Markle.

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Yes, that Lemonada, the one whose business model seems to be trauma but make it palatable.

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$30 million is the reported price, which feels generous for a network best known for podcasts that double as sponsored therapy sessions.

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America's audio export just got IKEAed Kristin Cavallari's Laguna beach reunion podcast, a bit like high school but sadder.

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On the live tour for her podcast, let's be honest.

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Oh, the irony.

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Kristin Cavallari tried to reunite with her Laguna beach castmates and, shockingly, discovered that 20 years later, none of them want to be trapped on stage rehashing their most Botoxed years, she said the wheels started falling off, which sounds about right for a show with the emotional range of a bottle of Taddy oil.

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Expect the awkwardness to be repackaged into at least four bonus episod episodes and a wellness partnership by the end of next week.

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That's all for today, you salty little kittens.

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Until next time, stay bitchy, stay brilliant, and remember, there's more life in a forgotten SoundCloud account than in half the new podcast launching this week.

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Choose Better or Stay better.

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Love ya, Pod bitch.