The Kibitz with Connor Goldsmith & Jordan Blok

Episode 46: The Bird Olympics (Love Island USA 8.21) 02.07.2026 1ч 22мин

In this episode: Brinity choose each other, Melanie chooses chaos, and Aniya chooses to humiliate herself on national television. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 45: All Roads Lead to Casa Amor (Love Island USA 8.20) 29.06.2026 2ч 4мин

Hey there, islanders!In the interest of catching up to the discourse, we're going to do things a little differently this week. Kibitzes 43 and 44 (covering Love Island USA 8.12-8.19) are already recorded, but we're gonna jump ahead first to Love Island USA 8.20 and 8.21, the most recent episodes. If you're a viewer who's caught up with the show, you can go straight here! If you're someone who's just listening along with the podcast recaps, you might want to wait until we backfill episodes 12-19. Your Love Island journey is your prerogative!In this episode: The grand Casa Amor experiment draws to a close, Corbin and Parmida find post-apocalyptic love in a hopeless place, and Bryce and Trinity prove themselves the true romance of a generation.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 42: Dating Species is Gay (Love Island USA 8.09-8.11) 27.06.2026 1ч 53мин

In this episode: Connor sees Rosalía! Jordan applies for a new job! Our Love Island madness grows ever deeper!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 41: Sol Ties (Love Island USA 8.08) 25.06.2026 59мин

Surprise! We told you we were catching up.In this episode of Love Island USA, Melanie and Sincere reach new levels of horror, and we have a brief crisis of faith in Brinity.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 40: Maelstrom Mel (Love Island USA 8.06-8.07) 25.06.2026 1ч 47мин

Our descent into Love Island psychosis will continue at a rapid pace until we are as caught up as possible. Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 39: Gimme Ten (Love Island USA 8.03-8.05) 23.06.2026 1ч 26мин

Summer hours are here! Prepare for as much Love Island USA as you can handle, as swiftly as we can edit it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 38: Summer Hours (Summer House 10.18 & Love Island USA 8.01-8.02) 09.06.2026 2ч 58мин

This episode: Episode 1 of Love Island! Part 2 of the Summer House reunion! Episode 2 of Love Island! This one's three hours, and you're welcome.Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is on shelves now. Find your local shop! The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 37: That's Not My Wife (Summer House 10.17 LIVE!) 31.05.2026 1ч 49мин

This episode: A follow-up on the LA mayoral primary! The cast announcement for Season 8 of Love Island! The Summer House Season 10 Reunion! And that's it!! We had a lot to say about those three things.Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is on shelves now. Find your local shop! The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 36: Annoying Every Day 26.05.2026 1ч 48мин

This episode: Connor gets his groove back! Jordan digs into the upcoming LA primary election! More baleful stares from Ava the AI BDR! TIME interviews Nicki Minaj, for some reason! Shakira declared innocent! Jordan Firstman's Cannes success sends every other gay man in Los Angeles into immediate psychosis! Effusive praise for Inde Navarrette in Obsession (no spoilers)! A deep dive on Drake's latest... whatever exactly that was! An exciting new vertical on The Uptake! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming May 27th. Find your local shop! The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 35: Keep Hiring Humans 18.05.2026 1ч 36мин

This episode: Connor's new neighbor, Ava the eerie AI billboard starlet! Melissa Barrera has officially had it with all of you bitches! Charli rocks the internet! FKA Twigs to star as Josephine Baker! A welcome return from Chaka Khan! Ominous ringtones in the distance herald the return of Love Island! Jordan gets the pitchforks out for Chris Brown! A deeply, deeply cursèd Crime Corner! Updates on the hantavirus boat situation! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming May 27th! Find your local shop!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 34: Consensual Room 11.05.2026 2ч 31мин

This episode: Filling your own cup! Our deep dive coverage of this year's very fraught Met Gala! Details of a remarkable new scam! Kim Kardashian defers her legal dreams! The Pussycat Dolls cancel their "reunion" tour that excluded half the band! Whitney Leavitt exits The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives! New details on Season 4 of The White Lotus! The abrupt settlement in Lively v. Baldoni! The abrupt demise of Spirit Airlines! Our deep dive coverage of this year's very fraught Met Gala! Everything you need to know about the hantavirus boat! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Find your local shop!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 33: Salmon Fishing at The Abbey 02.05.2026 2ч 9мин

This episode: The arthouse ecstasy of Mother Mary! A troubling update on the Ketamine Queen! Clavicular banned from YouTube! Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen reunite before a judge! The Summer House reunion is rocked by audio leaks! All the pop girlies (Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Ryan Murphy) acknowledging their mothers! Laura Dern replaces Helena Bonham Carter in The White Lotus! Prayers for Snooki! Jordan's extended take on that man who cheated on Megan Thee Stallion! And much much more! Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming May 27th! Find your local shop!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 32: Cow Tools 27.04.2026 1ч 42мин

This episode: Clavicular overdoses on stream! Ciara Miller continues to ascend! The Avatar Aang movie leaks online! An awkward red carpet moment for Joshua Jackson! The Onion officially seizes control of InfoWars! Madonna has spoken: Sabrina is the girl! Beyoncé prepares to rock our wallets! Ice Spice attacked at McDonald's! Secrets of bovine intelligence! And much much more! Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Find your local shop!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 31: Harm Production 19.04.2026 1ч 45мин

This episode: Chilli NOT beating the allegations! Our Coachella roundup: Justin, Sabrina, Slayyyter, Katseye, and more! Savannah Guthrie gets back to work! Good news out of Hungary! Will and Jada: still weird as hell! Nicki Minaj's Bible school! Brandi Glanville's garlic emergency! Lena Dunham's new memoir! The distressing Katy Perry situation! The premiere of Euphoria! A harsh sentence for the Ketamine Queen! Bird alcoholism! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 30: Do It For WALL-E 10.04.2026 1ч 48мин

This episode: Podcasting beneath the doomsday clock! Zohran Mamdani's take on the Summer House scandal! Katseye drama soars to new heights as Manon is excluded from their upcoming single! Gucci Mane is briefly kidnapped! Grim if unexpected new developments in the case of Taylor Frankie Paul v. Dakota Mortensen! Amazon threatens the world with a remake of Basic Instinct! Zara Larsson doubles down! Being alone on a boat with a man: not even once! The Large Hadron Collider solves the millennia-long question at the heart of alchemy! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.The For the Kids playlist is also on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 29: Ghosts Are None Of Our Business 04.04.2026 2ч 30мин

This episode: Keke Palmer's stalker scare at SXSW! The security guard at the center of the Chappell Roan controversy (not in any way Chappell Roan's security guard) speaks out! The return of Euphoria! An amusing little crime spree in Boca Raton! Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's charming press tour for The Drama! Chilli denies the MAGA allegations! Jordan's deep dive on the public health crisis that is Clavicular! Connor's deep dive on the scandal rocking Bravo's Summer House! An exploration of animal midwifery! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.The For the Kids playlist is also on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 28: Tactical Mafia Analysts 29.03.2026 2ч 13мин

This episode: A defense of Chappell Roan, who does not hate children, but also a defense of hating children if you do in fact hate children! A spooky-creepy-crazy update from the world of Huda Mustafa! Sarah Ferguson denies involvement in sordid corgi-cloning scheme! Usher being a grave disappointment! Alan Ritchson doing nothing wrong! The explosive fourth season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives! Jordan's biological son, the common raven! A wild Crime Corner! And much much more!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 27: Case By Case 20.03.2026 2ч 17мин

This episode, our super-sized Oscars coverage: The triumph of Amy Madigan! The ecstasy of Teyana Taylor! The agony of Timmy Chalamet! A celebration of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan and everybody else involved in Sinners because dang, what a movie, right? And much much more! Plus: A deep dive on the aborted Buffy revival at Hulu! The science of sweat! And some Irish history for the kids!Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 26: Look What The Hot Body Can Do 14.03.2026 1ч 47мин

Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Queening out weekly on all platforms!This episode: Connor's birthday! The threatening aura of wrap pants! Daryl Hannah stands up for herself! Nicki's sister chooses Cardi! Jessie Buckley and Timmy Chalamet really step in it on the home stretch to the Oscars! An absolutely crazy gun-toting stalker incident at Rihanna's house! A shocking White Katara update! Maura gets her Birkin! Kylie Jenner gets the last laugh! The science behind that shivery feeling of awe when you hear a great song! And much much more! Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 25: Wearin Our Tinkin Caps 06.03.2026 1ч 46мин

Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Queening out weekly on all platforms!This episode: The SAG Awards (they're still the SAG Awards, shut up) shake the table in the home stretch to the Oscars! Maura Higgins becomes the ultimate victim of our national crush on bad, bad man Rob Rausch! Law Roach spills the beans on Tom Holland and Zendaya's chic secret wedding! Jim Carrey's alarming new eyelids! Updates on Manon from Katseye's rise to power! The Vampire Lestat stakes (ha ha) his claim on Pride month! The astronomical know-how of the mighty scarab beetle! And much much more! Jordan's newsletter, The Uptake, is available on Substack. Go subscribe! Connor's debut comic, Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, is coming this May! Go preorder!The Songs of the Moment playlist is on Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal.For bonus content, including exclusive Kitty Bitty reporting segments and TV recaps, check us out on Patreon!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy