What happens when your best friend of 22 years is a feminist pop culture critic who left social media—and you decide to give her a microphone? Pure magic. In this episode, Stacy sits down with her longtime bestie Daynah Burnett to get real about everything from TikTok slang confusion and “Love is Blind” hot takes to why reality TV might be secretly good for your emotional intelligence.

They unpack the state of media, generational drama (yes, your mom did mess up your bangs and your boundaries), emotional intelligence on screen, and why Pedro Pascal is everyone’s daddy. It’s sharp, hilarious, occasionally spicy, and exactly the kind of late-night-deep-dive-energy your group text wishes it had.

Spoiler alert: there are actual spoilers. For “The Last of Us,” “Hacks,” “Love on the Spectrum,” and probably whatever you’re watching next.



00:00 | Introducing Daynah + Friendship Origins




02:00 | English Majors, Feminism, and Cultural Criticism




06:00 | Career in Tech, Leaving Social Media, and Ethical Work




11:00 | Social Media, Teen Slang, and Digital Overload




16:00 | Pop Culture Consumption Without Social Media




21:00 | The Last of Us, Grief, and Emotional Intelligence in TV




27:00 | Generational Trauma in Media: Hacks + Representation




32:00 | Reality TV as Emotional Modeling: Love on the Spectrum




38:00 | Neurodivergent Representation + Viewer Bias Awareness




44:00 | Recommendations: The Rehearsal, Sirens, The Goat, Studio




50:00 | Book Recs, Celebrity Bios, and Pandemic Storytelling




55:00 | Celebrity Encounters + Shared Memories




58:00 | Closing Thoughts + Listener Invitation




Find Stacy:


⁠realeverything.com⁠

⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠

⁠missionmakersart.com


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