Tefi Talks

About Tefi Talks

Tefi is your favorite work bestie who’s always ready to yap about celebrities, read their star charts, give romantic advice, and be your best excuse to avoid the actual work. Every week on Tefi Talks, you can expect sharp reflections on celebrity, astrology, and modern life. Dishing on all of the zeitgeisty news you actually care about. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Sound good? Great. See you there. From The Cut and The Vox Media Podcast Network.

Publisher

The Cut & The Vox Media Podcast Network

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

21 of 51 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Has the Ariana Grande Body Image Conversation Gone Too Far? | Tefi Talks

   Host Tefi Pessoa and The Cut's Olivia Craighead explore the evolution of public discourse surrounding celebrity body image and parasocial relationships.

2. 

   6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Brandy Melville TikTok Influencer Fallout | Tefi Talks

   Host Tefi Pessoa interviews guests about the Brandy Melville influencer fallout, a Nantucket store banning influencers, and Nara Smith rejecting the tradwife label.

3. 

   30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Gen-Z Women Are Bankrolling their Jobless Boyfriends | Tefi Talks

   Host Tefi Pessoa interviews senior writer Angelina Chapin about why Gen-Z women financially support their unemployed boyfriends, offering insights into modern relationship dynamics.

Inside a recent episode

Has the Ariana Grande Body Image Conversation Gone Too Far? | Tefi Talks

Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] His children and family were in the home at the beginning of the episode, is what they said in a statement, and they were quickly removed from the situation. And he's now in... a sort of he's in in a hospital in miami he's stable but it's very he lost a lot of blood he needs surgery so it's a very like scary serious situation so obviously you know everyone hopes that he's doing okay and ariana grande recently announced that she would be taking a step back what what i found interesting is that ariana team put forward a statement that said at the end of the tour, Ariana is going to be taking a step back for some much needed rest after a lot of public scrutiny, blah, blah, things like that. […]

Who has been a guest on Tefi Talks

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Olivia Craighead
• Angelina Chapin
• Jennifer Lopez
• Edward James Olmos
• Lauren Chan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

126 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

264 ratings

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