Merry Christmas listener friends! We need to talk about Karl Stefanovic’s unceremonious dumping from TODAY, the Love Actually debate that’s making us feel slightly exhausted, and the tricky terrain of tanning culture.

Listen to Allison P. Davis on Longform here: https://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-323-allison-p-davis

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For those interested, here is Molly Ringwald’s piece revisiting The Breakfast Club, decades on: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/what-about-the-breakfast-club-molly-ringwald-metoo-john-hughes-pretty-in-pink

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This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews with royalty free music from BenSound.