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How Pop Culture Explains The World

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Sh*t You Should Care About

I spend my entire life (or at least, my entire job) trying to figure out how to explain the world to people in ways that actually make sense. And when I’m not doing that, I’m listening to Harry Styles, re-watching Ted Lasso, or scrolling on TikTok—I’m only human!!

For those of you who don’t know me (or what my job is), I’m Luce and I run a media company with my two best mates called Shi*t You Should Care About. Our job is to explain the news to people in our daily newsletter, on our two podcasts The Sh*t Show and Culture Vulture, and over on our Instagram.

To do our jobs we need to be able to understand some pretty complex stuff (I’m looking at you, supply chains 👀) so when I find something that combines my two loves—pop culture and trying to make sense of the world—it’s my favourite thing to read and my favourite way to learn. I figured you’d like it too, so I’ve put together a list of the best pieces I’ve found that do just this. Enjoy!!

Rebecca Jennings

Lucy Blakiston

Lucy runs Sh*t You Should Care About—an online media company—with her two best mates Rubes and Liv. Her goal is to help people make sense of the world around them by explaining the world in words we all use (and understand) and in a way that won’t leave you feeling down in the dumps!

How does she do this? She gets up each day at 5am to send out a daily newsletter, wrapping up the news of the day, she chats on their news podcast The Sh*t Show and pop culture podcast Culture Vulture, and of course, she posts on Instagram. She also has an extremely healthy obsession with Harry Styles.