Lana del Rey's dating a crocodile alligator hunter and everyone's favourite Russian spy whale is dead in Norway. Broadly Relevant is back and we're bursting with decorum.

On this week's episode we chat about men having no clue how to date properly, Zayn Malik's favourite childhood game, and Sabrina Carpenter's brilliant new album. Plus, we cover the digital-sex-crime epidemic going on in South Korea, Scotland's plans to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026, and the mess that is LGBTQIA+ representation in Australia's census.

And to top it all off, we dive deep into where all the bands went. Why don't we have anymore One Direction and Fifth Harmony, and can K-Pop fill the void?

👋 Welcome to Episode 25 of the podcast for burnt out girlies trying to stay Broadly Relevant, hosted by your favourite personality hires, Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton.

🔗 Research Links

• Victorian taxpayers would pay for Scotland’s $220m Commonwealth Games under new proposal | Victoria | The Guardian
• Beluga whale alleged to be Russian ‘spy’ found dead in Norway | Norway | The Guardian
• Israel lays Siege to Jenin | Al Jazeera
• Zayn Malik Unmasked As Nocturne In Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Livestream
• Draft sexuality and gender identity census questions 'weren't appropriate', prime minister says - ABC News
• South Korea Digital Sex Crimes
• Nicky Reardon - Death Of Music Groups
• Melbourne Yo Chi Man

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🎶 Thanks to Seb Whitaker for our lovely intro music.

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🖤💛❤️ We recorded this episode on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations, but Simran and Ryan met and grew up together on the land of the Kombumerri people, part of the Yugambeh Language Group. We’d like to acknowledge and pay our respects to Kombumerri annd Wurundjeri elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We encourage settlers like us to Pay the Rent.

We’re back in the podcast studio for a tea-stuffed whirlwind of poddy x. Ben and JLo are over it but maybe Jane Fonda called it, Macklemore cancels shows in over the gen0c!de in Sudan, a gay penguin is dead, Chappell Roan is setting boundaries, Roxanne Tickle wins her sex discrimination battle against Giggle, and Gen Zs obsession with nostalgia reaches a new level. See you on the other side cuties.

👋 Welcome to Episode 24 of the podcast for burnt out girlies trying to stay Broadly Relevant, hosted by your favourite personality hires, Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton.

🔗 Research Links

• Botswana diamonds: World's second-biggest stone found by Canadian firm Lucara
• Fast fashion giant Shein finds child labour cases in supply chain
• Roxanne Tickle speaks after landmark 'what is a woman' case win | SBS News
• Sphen the penguin, known for same-sex love story, dies at Sydney aquarium aged 11 - ABC News
• French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO - The Verge
• Chappell Roan’s statement
• Macklemore’s Statement on Sudan
• Why TikTok conspiracy theorists are saying a “second lockdown” is going to happen.
• Mackelmore accidentally helps cops arrest fugitive

🫶 Enjoyed this episode and want to support us? We’d love if you told a friend about the show and left us a review. Thanks mates!

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📱 You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, at @BroadlyRelevant

🎶 Thanks to Seb Whitaker for our lovely intro music.

〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️

🖤💛❤️ We recorded this episode on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations, but Simran and Ryan met and grew up together on the land of the Kombumerri people, part of the Yugambeh Language Group. We’d like to acknowledge and pay our respects to Kombumerri annd Wurundjeri elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We encourage settlers like us to Pay the Rent.

You see how we are back to our regular posting schedule? Very demure. Very mindful. You see how we discuss culture, news, and dive into the extractive nature of art-making? Very cutesie.

This week we chat about protests in India, Blake Lively’s messiness, Thailand’s new PM, and heaps more. Hope you enjoy cuties x

👋 Welcome to Episode 23 of the podcast for burnt out girlies trying to stay Broadly Relevant, hosted by your favourite personality hires, Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton.

🫶 Enjoyed this episode and want to support us? We’d love if you told a friend about the show and left us a review. Thanks mates!

〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️

📱 You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, at @BroadlyRelevant

🎶 Thanks to Seb Whitaker for our lovely intro music.

〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️

🖤💛❤️ We recorded this episode on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations, but Simran and Ryan met and grew up together on the land of the Kombumerri people, part of the Yugambeh Language Group. We’d like to acknowledge and pay our respects to Kombumerri annd Wurundjeri elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We encourage settlers like us to Pay the Rent.