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welcome to the Why We Don't Sleep podcast. A media theory show where two incredibly tired and hyperfixated friends analyze the online moments that refuse to let them sleep.
new episodes on the last wednesday of every month.
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They’re on our screens, they may be in our homes, but most of all, they’re in our hearts! The girls discuss how the media portrays housewives. Tangents include: thoughts on Desperate Housewives, the Real Housewives franchise, and brain dumps on the historical context many miss.
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26 Aug 2026
The Rom-Com
In this episode, Kiara and Kaitlyn talk about what screwed up their ideas of love: romantic comedies. Tangents include breaking down the anatomy of a rom-com, what the first-ever rom-com was, and recent rom-com atrocities. Can you guess their top five?
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29 Jul 2026
Panic! At the Backlash Cycle
The girls are diving into one of Gen Z’s favorite pastimes: participating in, and being victims of, online backlash! The girls traverse many a case study, analyzing why our brains find them so cathartic, who is perpetuating these cycles, and how they are being used against real people, not just the famous folks on our tiny screens.
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16 Jun 2026
We have a lot to catch up on
The girls are back from their summer breaks abroad and apparently missed everything: the Obsession movie, first thoughts on Love Island Season 8, the Summer House reunion, Mika Abdullah and Jake Short’s podcast disaster, Kaitlyn’s theory on problematic male actors in “dog movies,” and whether the “Women in SPAM” trend is a hit or miss.
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20 May 2026
Our Most Controversial Articles of 2026 (So Far)
The girls are breaking down some of the most controversial articles they’ve come across this year. Kaitlyn brings to the table the eye-opening exposé on the very strategic political narrative linking country music to conservative culture, and Kiara unpacks a shockingly offensive and poorly executed study on endometriosis that bizarrely ties the condition to women's hotness. Ooof the discourse is hot!
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6 May 2026
Girls Explain Folklore: Why does it scare us?
Kiara takes the lead this week, diving into a topic that has always both fascinated and scared her. She walks Kaitlyn through the history of folklore and why folk horror, like Midsommar and The VVitch, gets under our skin in such a specific unsettling way. Oh, and yes, they cover the Klay Thompson of it all, we’re just waiting for the Etsy witches to handle it at this point.
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22 Apr 2026
Girls Explain Dune: Why It’s Basically Twilight!
Dune Part Three is set to release this year, and the girls are getting you ready to not only know Zendaya’s red carpet looks but also understand the origins of the iconic book series and its confounding author. They break down the many surprising similarities between Dune and Twilight, with special mentions of another Zendaya project, The Drama, and Lena Dunham’s INSANE new memoir Famesick.
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8 Apr 2026
Welcome to the Boys Club: ‘Your Manosphere is Slipping King’
Justin Theroux’s "Inside the Mansphere" documentary has dropped, and so have the girls’ thoughts. In this episode, they explore gender theory and answer the following questions: What’s a man box? What’s the real reason men think about Rome? And why is the internet obsessed with Mateo from The Pitt? Welcome to the boys’ club…it’s never been fun here.
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25 Mar 2026
Women Whose Work Was Stolen: Kathrine Johnson & Lizzie Magie
The girls are dropping their first video episode to close out Women’s History Month, diving into the women who did the damn thing but didn’t get the credit (rude). Tangents include: talk of space, stolen board games, spotting Will Poulter in public, and why you should be MAD this Women’s History Month. Enjoy!
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11 Mar 2026
We LOVE Women (Women’s History Month Edition)
The girls are diving into one of their favorite subjects: womanhood! In honor of Women’s History Month, they’re celebrating the icons who’ve triumphed through history.
From tech queens who invented Bluetooth, to math geniuses crafting algorithms, to Supreme Court baddies and to the activists who threw the first punches at Stonewall, they are mentioning it all.
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25 Feb 2026
Reality is a Knife: The Implications of Traitors Szn 4
The Traitors season 4 is almost over, and the discourse has spilled over to the girls’ feeds.
In this episode, they break down the wild game theory behind deception-based reality shows like Big Brother and Survivor. Plus, a quick Love Island season 7 revisit, including Kiara’s unsurprising love confession to Rob Rausch. What more could you want?
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11 Feb 2026
Media Swap: One Battle After Another, Girls, Frankenstein, I LOVE LA, & More
It's media swap time! The girls are trading their top recent media recs and anti-recs. Enjoy a chaotic episode unpacking the legacy of Lena Dunham’s Girls, spiraling through many a Substack article, sharing some big-brain book picks… including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and more.
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28 Jan 2026
The Marty Supreme-ification of a Press Tour
The girls are back, and they're cosplaying as biologists to dissect the anatomy of the modern press tour. Let them hold your hand as they walk you through the viral media roadmaps that shape how the most influential people get their messages to the public.
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14 Jan 2026
Heated Rivalry is Gay Karma
The girls welcome you to the land of media literacy, amid the barren wasteland of brain rot. In their first episode, they’re talking about what everyone is talking about: Heated Rivalry. Oh, and a brief history of when the first-ever queer kisses appeared on screen.
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