
The Review of Mess
Hosted by Emily Kirkpatrick and Jessica DeFino · Jessica DeFino
4.9from 291 ratings
- 33
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 291
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About The Review of Mess
Mess World is a podcast by Jessica DeFino and Emily Kirkpatrick that takes a critical look at the dregs of pop culture. Jessica is the writer behind FLESH WORLD, which has been called the newsletter “the beauty industry fears,” and Emily is the creator of I <3 Mess, a weekly roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion. Together, they dissect the biggest and dumbest celebrity happenings every month and give their unfiltered opinion on everything going on in the world of fashion and beauty. jessicadefino.substack.com (https://jessicadefino.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Jessica DeFino
- Category
- arts · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 33 episodes have a transcript.

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Foucault of Eye Patches

4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
All About That Treble

7 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
All Aboard The Glambulance!
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The Foucault of Eye Patches
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But yeah, we also, we know that we have a literacy crisis and beyond that, I think we have like a comprehension crisis. Like even when we are reading and consuming this stuff, we're not fundamentally not understanding. I feel like I keep saying fundamentally, sorry, everyone, but. Stuck in my head. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 134 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 157 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Emily Kirkpatrick and Jessica DeFino host the show. Published by Jessica DeFino.
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