High Brow is a chic podcast for cool girls and self-identified intellectuals. Hosted by Mina Le, the pod is an extension of her eponymous Youtube channel.
Follow Mina every Wednesday as she leads you through the culture & fashion landscapes, dissecting topics that probably resonate most with the chronically online... but through the lens of someone who has touched grass of course (or so she claims!).
Find Mina on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter @gremlita
In today's episode, Mina discusses the items on her personal Christmas wishlist, the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibit "Women Dressing Women," her thoughts on the new Balenciaga show, the lack of "third places" in the U.S. and, in the same vein, the overpriced oat milk lattes that are RUINING community, also: children being worse than ever before?, Emma Chamberlain "discourse," and the potential return of big dairy.
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Instagram: @highbrow.pod (https://www.instagram.com/highbrow.pod)
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
Reading List:
Third Places TikTok video (https://www.tiktok.com/@ournextgreatadventure_/video/7307280523926277419?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7286608436849231402)
kids can't read and it's YOUR FAULT (https://open.substack.com/pub/1234kyle5678/p/kids-cant-read-and-its-your-fault) by Kyle Fitzpatrick
The 2023 Gen Z Gift Guide, According to TikTok (https://open.substack.com/pub/afterschool/p/the-2023-gen-z-gift-guide-according) by Casey Lewis (paywalled)
Got Milk? Not This Generation. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/dining/milk-dairy-industry-gen-z.html) by Kim Severson
US retail sales of oat milk decline in latest quarter after years of explosive growth (https://agfundernews.com/us-retail-sales-of-oat-milk-decline-in-latest-quarter-after-years-of-explosive-growth) by Elaine Watson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MILK SHAME, THE BANE OF DAIRY-LOVING ADULTS EVERYWHERE (https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/adults-drinking-cows-milk-shame%20) by Andy Kryza
Whole Milk Mounts Its Triumphant Comeback (https://www.grubstreet.com/2021/08/whole-milk-is-back.html) by Emily Sundberg
THE CRIMES BEHIND THE SEAFOOD YOU EAT (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/16/the-crimes-behind-the-seafood-you-eat) by Ian Urbina
22 Nov 2023
my priscilla (2023) review
In this episode, Mina starts off by talking about NYC party etiquette, but then delves into the topic of MOVIES – a topic she's been barred from speaking about... until now. Let's discuss Priscilla (2023), how it compares to Elvis (2022), and most importantly... Jacob Elordi vs. Austin Butler's portrayals. Also: tangents on Alfred Hitchcock, Jacob Elordi/Kissing Booth drama, David Fincher's The Killer (2023), and the importance of Letterboxd reviews (they are NOT annoying!!)
Support the podcast on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina)!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod (https://www.instagram.com/highbrow.pod)
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
READING LIST
Hitchcock/Truffaut: The Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut
Scriptwriting from soup to nuts. Swicord, Robin (https://www.proquest.com/docview/237087817/3A6E0BB719C64E5BPQ/10?accountid=35635#). Sight and Sound (https://www.proquest.com/docview/237087817/3A6E0BB719C64E5BPQ/10?accountid=35635#); London Vol. 7, Iss. 11, (https://www.proquest.com/indexingvolumeissuelinkhandler/40577/Sight+and+Sound/01997Y11Y01$23Nov+1997$3b++Vol.+7+$2811$29/7/11?accountid=35635)(Nov 1997): 28-30,3.
How Jacob Elordi Became The New King (https://www.gq.com/story/jacob-elordi-men-of-the-year-cover-2023)
Consensus Empire: Empowering the Spectator through Letterboxd Reviews (https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2023/feature-articles/consensus-empire-empowering-the-spectator-through-letterboxd-reviews/)
Not Another Lonely Assassin Movie (https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023/11/7/23949516/the-killer-movie-review-netflix-david-fincher)
8 Nov 2023
so no one wants to read anymore!
Mina serves some of her Booktok hot takes, opinions on anti-intellectualism, the rise of literary it girls/writer influencers, her first-hand experience risking her life with mercury poisoning, and the history of depression era food (white american food is bland because of PROHIBITION?) (loading her food history commentator phase...)
Support the podcast on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina)!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod (https://www.instagram.com/highbrow.pod)
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
READING LIST
How can I donate hair / fur / fleece? | MatterofTrust.org (https://matteroftrust.org/collecting-hair-fur-fleece/)
Are We Losing the Ability to Read Books? - Scott H Young (https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/03/21/reading-fewer-books/)
Skimming, scanning, scrolling — the age of deep reading is over (https://www.ft.com/content/421210aa-8a29-416a-8f52-f5510c30582f)
Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-reading-new-normal-maryanne-wolf)
THE MAKINGS OF A LITERARY IT GIRL (https://www.nylon.com/life/the-makings-of-a-literary-it-girl)
Consumer Expenditures in the New York Metropolitan Area — 2021–22 : Northeast Information Office (https://www.bls.gov/regions/northeast/news-release/consumerexpenditures_newyork.htm)
The Great Depression diet: 4 ways our eating habits have changed since the 1930s (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-what-people-ate-during-the-great-depression-spicy-was-out-and-bland-was-in-2016-09-22)
Creamed, Canned And Frozen: How The Great Depression Revamped U.S. Diets (https://www.wbur.org/npr/489991111/creamed-canned-and-frozen-how-the-great-depression-changed-u-s-diets)
Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition (https://www.wbur.org/npr/472568085/why-hunting-down-authentic-ethnic-food-is-a-loaded-proposition)
HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE CANNING OF. FISHERY PRODUCTS (https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-pdfs/leaflet78.pdf)
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592 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
7 ratings
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