The Daily Zeitgeist - Summer FashTrend Week 7/6: Balenciaga, Nipsey Hu$$le, COVID, Stranger Things, Boris Johnson

Episode Date: July 6, 2022

In this edition of Summer FashTrend Week, Jack and super producer Becca discuss Becca's new TV, Balenciaga's showing at Summer Fashion Week, Nipsey Hu$$le's killer finally being sentenced, a COVID vibe check, Stranger Things Season 5?, and the myriad scandals of Boris Johnson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me for I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Listen to Forgive Me for I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just

starting your career. That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports.

Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. I'm Keri Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry, Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese. People are talking about women's basketball just because

of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's basketball. And on this new season, we'll cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio apps, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of Summer Fast Trend Week. I am Jack, and I am joined by super producer Becca Ramos.

What's up, Becca? Hello, I'm back. You're back, baby. It's Fast Trend Week. In Paris. Paris. You have a new TV. I do have a new TV. It's very exciting. It is very big. It was very scary installing it.

My partner and I, we were very much on the same page of we will pay whatever it takes to have somebody do it. Because then at the end of the day, if they break it, it's their fault and not ours. And the person did an amazing job. It's up on the wall. It's the thinnest TV I've ever owned. It was so scary carrying it into the other room so we could install it. My hands are sweaty thinking about it.

Yeah. So my roommate, when I lived in New York, we moved to three different apartments together. Right before we moved in together, had scored, like, fell off the back of a truck. I think it was like a 72-inch TV. Wow, that is huge. Very big, especially when you consider it was not a flat screen.

It was the last of the cathode ray TVs. Heavy TV. It was the heaviest thing I've ever encountered i have tried to move a piano before this thing was heavier than that and it uh it was it was bad it was like we we would hire people to help us and they would walk out no on us um but we we brought it to all three of the apartments. And I think it's still in that last apartment just because nobody they were just like, we've got to build around this thing because it's impossible to move. But TVs used to be very heavy, very expensive. I mean, they are still very expensive depending on what you get we this is our first like big like life tv

this is a samsung like 65 inch tv and we did an open box deal and we got it for like half off it was incredible but with an open box deal you have the fear of it not turning on when it you know comes home right so we it was like literally wrapped up in bubble wrap. Like they didn't put like a makeshift box on it. There was no remote involved or a stand. So we had to buy like a universal remote. But when we turned that thing on, we got home, we're like,

okay, it turns on. We just got to make it under the wall. And now we did. I've never once installed a flat screen TV, like personally with my own hands. I was like, I would, screen TV, like, personally with my own hands. I was, like, I would, I would rather, like, you know, install the brake pads on my car. Like, because I've just seen so many viral videos, viral videos, horrifying videos of, like, those falling on people.

I mean, that stand is heavy like the um oh yeah the mount that they installed the guy who's installed it who you know was like a big man he like literally hung on it to show us like this tv's not gonna fall like look how strong this mount is and i was like holy shit damn okay much that's cool um all right well let's get back to important stuff like fashion week the the big news is that balenciaga uh did a did a show that was just celebrities and the designs were not there yeah so in paris uh you know balenciaga did their second couture collection and you know it was lots of celebrities sitting in the show a lot of celebrities walking the show notably Kim Kardashian Nicole Kidman and Dua Lipa

um a lot of a lot of jokes going around check out Saint Hugs check out Diaprata my favorite places to look at uh pop culture and specifically fashion memes you know they're saying it is uh drag all-stars uh no walk though very true the walks were horrible the looks were okay you know a lot of um very similar silhouettes kim's been wearing that same silhouette forever um and yeah they looked kind of strange like nicole kidman looked like a robot. It was very wild. Naomi Campbell's look was giving cone of shame, but gorgeous. She's the only one that I felt like could walk the show. And even some of the other dress silhouettes, the models, I'm sure were very capable walkers, but the dresses were so big for the runway that they couldn't walk down the runway so i think it was it left

a lot to be desired in the fashion and also just like the show design in general so i don't know it was a little fun fashion news for to kick off our our trending yeah the the dresses definitely don't look fashion week worthy like i yeah exactly i expect the things that i see when i'm looking at fashion week to look like they belong in the museum of modern art um the dress that is too wide to walk down the aisle kind of looks like that it's pretty cool but like nicole kidman's looks like it is the third act of a thing like a tv show where they were like the dresses burnt in a fire we need to like make something quickly out of just this uh you know marathon cape that they usually give people those like tinfoil capes that they give people after they run marathons it does move like have been in

a natural disaster um yeah and yeah they just look like very straightforward dresses for the most part anyways uh i know like the fashion world was on the edge of its seat waiting to hear my take on the valenciaga show and there it is not it that is not it all right so eric r holder jr has been found guilty of murdering the rapper nipsey hustle this is the person who i mean we kind of saw it on there was videotape of it happening but apparently they knew each other and had a run in outside of the store earlier. But yeah, I don't know. It's horrible, but I guess good that it's, you know, they're bringing some closure to it. Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, I think the community needs that closure. His, you know, friends and family need that closure. It's incredibly sad. And we lost a hero to the LA community, not only as an artist, but as someone who really was the embodiment of giving back. Like when you rise up and reach back, he did so much for inner city LA kids. And it's sad.

It has been sad. It's incredibly sad, but good that there is some justice, so to speak. Yeah. COVID is trending again. I don't know how to feel anymore other than that I am now wearing a mask when I'm indoors. I've started feeling very itchy. It seems like nobody else's. I was in a room full of like 50 people yesterday.

I was one of two people wearing masks. And I'm not mad at anyone. I'm not doing this to be like, God, everybody, because i totally understand masks suck but it definitely feels like we are at a place where people like the new york times just had a story that was like people now feel like we've we're past it and their lives have gone back to normal and i'm glad that people feel that way but but there's like the numbers in LA are really bad yeah I'm not sure what the numbers in in New York are but as someone who just had their you know

older parents come visit I was really strict with them that they had to wear their mask everywhere and that I also wore my mask but we did a lot of tourist attractions and so many people weren't wearing their masks. I would say at the museum, luckily, we went to the American Natural History Museum and they were pretty strict there, which was really nice. I want to say most of the arts in New York City have been pretty strict with the mask regulations, but Empire State Building, not a single mask in sight rockefeller no mass it's been so wild and i i don't know i i have friends more now than ever that i'm hearing get sick with covid and it's not even just the lack of wearing masks but it's also i don't think being diligent with your quarantine periods like i know people who were like oh i tested positive for covid at the beginning of the week and then i saw them out you know so i was like i feel fine which is it

yeah i was like okay well i'm not gonna see you for a while because my parents are in town and i just don't feel comfortable you know and yeah and i feel like that might be it now is just like yeah you get you just have to make your own decisions based on how you feel and whether your elderly parents are going to be in town or not. And not to call your parents elderly, but yeah. They're getting older though. And it's like their health isn't perfect. And especially my parents live in Texas. The amount of walking we did was very tough on them. They were not ready for the hustle and bustle that was new york city and you know in july is no joke it's no joke i do not blame your parents yeah it's very

hot so yeah it just it sucks i you know even caught myself until i got covet in may i was like oh i'm fine like i still haven't gotten it and then now that i've gotten it i was kind of being you know lax again because i was like well i'm, I was kind of being, you know, lax again. Cause I was like, well, I'm in my refractory period. Like I, you know,

I got like however many days, but I'm like wearing my mask again pretty regularly. That is what they're saying is this new version of Omicron is, um, less like you, you have less protection. Uh, if you were recently sick,

like, because it's changing so fast. Um, it has basically the same severity as past versions of the coronavirus and like the vaccines are helpful so continue to uh listen to the end of the show where we tell you to go get a vaccine um but yeah it's, it's going up for sure and continuing to mutate. So just be careful and be aware of what you're careful with and also be respectful of, I guess, what other people are comfortable with as well. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be right back. Be right back. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and LA-based Shekinah Church,

an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. Jessica and I will delve into the hidden truths between high-control groups and interview dancers, church members, and others whose lives and careers have been impacted, just like mine. Through powerful, in-depth interviews with former members and new, chilling firsthand accounts, the series will illuminate untold and extremely necessary perspectives. Forgive Me For I Have Followed will be more than an exploration. It's a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk

Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions, like how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job? Girl, yes. Each week we answer your unfiltered work questions. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in experts who do, like resume specialist Morgan Saner. The only difference between the person who doesn't get the job and the person who gets the job is usually who applies. Yeah, I think a lot about that quote. What is it like you miss 100 percent of the shots you never take?

Yeah, rejection is scary, but it's better than you rejecting yourself. Together, we'll share what it really takes to thrive in the early years of your career without sacrificing your sanity or sleep. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This podcast is an intergenerational conversation between Latinas from Gen X to Gen Z. We're covering everything from body image to representation in film and television. We even interview iconic Latinas like Puerto Rican actress Ana Ortiz. I felt in control of my own physical body and my own self. I was on birth control.

I had sort of had my first sexual experience. If you're in your señora era or know someone who is, then this is the show for you. We're your hosts, Diosa and Mala, and you might recognize us from our flagship podcast, Locatora Radio. We're so excited for you to hear our brand new podcast, Señora Sex Ed. Listen to Señora Sex Ed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In a galaxy far, far away. No, babe,

that's taken. We're in our own world, remember? Right. In our own world, we're two space cadets and totally normal humans. Sure, totally normal humans. Embark on a journey across the stars, discovering the wonders of the universe one episode at a time.

We'll talk about life, love, laughter, and why you should never argue with your co-pilot. Especially when she's always right. Right. And if we hit turbulence, just blame it on Mercury retrograde. Or Emily's questionable space piloting skills. Hey! Join us on In Our Own World

for cosmic conversations, stellar laughs, and super corny dad jokes. Listen to In Our Own World as a part of the My Cultura podcast network available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And don't worry, we promise to avoid any black holes. Most of the time

and we're back and stranger things season five i thought season four was it i've been viewing this from a distance uh you are a Stranger Things head. I would say I'm a fan. I've been around since the beginning. I did watch those. I was a little late. I stayed off the internet to finish the last two episodes. But by the time I got to them,

I was watching that thing on 1.5 speed because I cannot believe they had the audacity to drop two final episodes and have them both be longer than a normal episode. The seventh or the eighth episode was an hour and a half. And the ninth episode was two and a half hours. Absolutely not.

I don't have time for that. It was exhausting and long. But then, as you mentioned just now, I was under the impression and listeners, tell us if we're wrong. I thought season four was marketed like this is it. This is the end. We're going to find out what happens, like do or die, like let's go. And I feel like the way it's been marketed, like from an experiential point in New York,

there's been quite a few like Stranger Things experiences that you can pay to go. Weirdly, I noticed when I was out and about with my family this weekend that at the Empire State Building, there's an activation for Stranger Things. You can take a photo by the endemic organs. Don't know why. But yeah, I was under the impression this was it and then to find out that um the tougher brothers made a announcement that they're like oh no there's a season five we're coming to you it's the finale and then there's spinoffs yeah i think like just from a uh you know how i experienced the uh the marketing campaign for season four. Whether they specifically said this or not, it did seem like they were trading on the

this is it people, get ready, everything gets wrapped up. I don't know if that's because I was experiencing it through other people or what, but that definitely is the impression I got. Could be that Netflix just gave a light dusting to the marketing campaign to suggest that season four was it to kind of goose the numbers, give it a little goose suit, because

they are in a panic and have just completely abandoned everything that was cool about themselves and been like, whatever, just get the numbers up. And then the Duffer brothers came out and said, yeah, no season five's coming. And also there's going to be a spinoff, which is always interesting that I think that information just dropped as we're

recording it. Yeah. So they're going to better call Saul this shit, which makes sense because like, I think I've always thought better call saul helped my theory that like by the end of breaking bad there was like a tug of war between vince gilligan and brian cranston and like brian cranston was like you know walter white was too much of a part of him and so he couldn't be like objective anymore and so like rather than continuing to deal

with that vince gilligan just ended breaking Bad and then started a new thing in the universe of Breaking Bad that didn't involve Bryan Cranston. But this, it makes more sense because like you just have an issue where the cast is. They're so grown. Yeah, they're grown now. From when they started the show to now, it's so crazy how big they've gotten like literally physically they were so little and now they're so big which is why i was kind of frustrated that the way the show ended did because i was kind of like i think they're done i'm kind of done i was watching this and i assume with the way the marketing was done whether or not they said there was a fifth season or not the um i read a time article that had mentioned that the duffer brothers had said that it would take

about four or five seasons to tell the story they want to tell that doesn't confirm if it was four or five um but oh yeah like it was like that was quote, but I don't know if it was ever made clear to, you know, the watchers that it was going to be four or if it was going to be five. Like there was like a for sure deal or whatever. But I felt like the way that the season was even like played out, like from the beginning of the episodes, you know, one of the season to episode nine. The story was telling me to sound like this was the end like the way that the storylines were wrapping up like this was the conclusion we're finally figuring out what beckner is like you know beckner has actually always been the whole upside down thing like the whole way through you're like okay this is this is it like

we're coming to the end so to have episode nine conclude the way it did felt very like, I don't have time. I don't have my breath for this anymore. I just, I'm tired. You burnt me out. I was excited to watch season four to get to the bottom of it. And now I feel burned out by episode nine,

knowing there's a whole, if it's going to be nine more episodes of an hour and a half plus, I just don't know if I have it in me. I don't. Fortunately, have it in me i don't fortunately i was burnt out after season one so i uh but better luck to uh on next season to netflix to stranger things fans um all right in keeping with the uh the theme of this episode being impressions of news stories I don't know much about. Let's talk Boris Johnson, because the headline, Boris Johnson, like on the ropes, Boris Johnson, this might be it. This is it. He's definitely gone this time. Has happened, I feel like, conservatively 17

times in the last six months. And every time I'm too... It's a little bit like a TV show that keeps teasing, like, this is the final thing where we find out what the smoke monster really is, where I've just been like,

I don't even know who Boris Johnson is anymore, man. I don't even want to read this. But now people are really like, I think one of the headlines. So Vox is saying, is this the political end for Boris Johnson? So many ministers have resigned from Johnson's government, which feels like it could be, it's interchangeable with every single other headline that I've seen. I think New York Meg was like, no, but like for real, for real, this is like really real deal. Last deal. Last thing.

Is it really like they really went out of their way to be like, nah, but seriously though. I don't know. What are your thoughts? Is this something you have paid any attention to? Absolutely not. You know, I've been too wrapped up in the dreariness of the United States news that I have not been able to catch up on the UK news. But the Vox article, like you you mentioned when we were talking about this

before we started recording and i google boris johnson and it was like 80 articles in the past like i feel like day that was like is this the political end for boris johnson but i guess the latest scandal has been with uh his appointment of the deputy chief whip. Let me look at his name again. I will just read the, well, while you look that up, I'll read the headline. New York Magazine said, this really, really, really might be the end for Boris Johnson.

After the uptenth scandal of his tenure, the prime minister is rapidly losing support from his political allies. Again, well, I we'll we'll see trump i feel i feel like this feels similar to the trump situation absolutely yeah it's it's but it's interesting you're saying uh before we got on air how like it's nice to see that other places will actually penalize their leaders that are not doing a good job versus ours you know like he led a coup and he still hasn't had any repercussions from that but yeah um i guess the latest scandal has been from um conservative deputy chief whip chris pincher who was forced

to resign last week amid allegations that he got drunk at a private club and groped two men. And Pinscher is a Johnson loyalist. Johnson was a little too late to make a comment on it and basically, you know, still appointed him despite Pinscher's shortcomings. Yeah, it does feel like that is a like if America existed in a different timeline like that that feels like a past political scandal that would people would have been like scandalized by and been like this is the end of this particular republican's career and then like they would have like figured something out to be able to stay but it does feel like kind of quaint which not to not to be dismissive of anything it's just um america is so fucked that like currently the idea of like not be it not taking seriously

you know illegal behavior by what somebody who works on your staff doesn't i don't know that that feels like something that a republican would brag about in their political ads. Anyways, we'll see. The latest is refuses to quit. That's what that's. So maybe this is really, really, really, really not the end. But we'll see. All right.

Well, Becca Ramos, it's been a pleasure having you on The Daily Zeitgeist trending episode. Where can people find you and follow you? You can find me at Bex, B-E-C-C-S, Ramos on all platforms. We are back tomorrow with the whole last episode of the show. Until then, be kind to each other. Be kind to yourselves. Get the vaccine. Get the fucking booster. Don't do nothing about white supremacy.

And we will talk to you all tomorrow. Bye. Bye. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in.

Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil.

I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. I'm Keri Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports.

Up first, I explore The Making of a Rivalry, Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's basketball. And on this new season, we'll cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio apps, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke.