For their season finale, Jewell and Charlie review their parasocial resumes, discuss soft-launching new looks, and talk whales. Like several times we talk about whales.

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Scholarly References:

• Charlie's selfie tweet
• Jewell's birthday grid post
• Luna (the orca that got separated from his mom and acts weird now) hanging out with humans
• Style icon Lewis Hamilton
• PopCrave's insidious tweet about Ellen DeGeneres' hair color
• Amanda Seyfried's Architectural Digest home tour
• The clip we posted about House wherein Charlie exhibits being in the "interrupting women phase of transition"
• Jewell's Recommendation: The Good Whale podcast
• Charlies' Recommendation: Human vs. Hamster on HBO

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James.

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Akilah Hughes is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. She began her career with the "Akilah, Obviously!" YouTube channel and went on to co-host the Crooked Media podcast What a Day. She has been a digital correspondent for MTV, HBO, Fusion TV, and Comedy Central. Check out her newest podcast, Rebel Spirit with Akilah Hughes, where she attempts to convince her high school, Boone County High School, to change its confederate general mascot.

Scholarly References:

• A brief history of lookalike contests
• Tiger King (2020) on Netflix
• "Meet Your First Black Girlfriend" on Akilah's YouTube
• Akilah’s dog Fauci on Instagram
• Rebel Spirit Podcast on Apple, Spotify, and more
• Akilah recommends playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Gerudo Caves mentioned.)

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Jewell and Charlie discuss which sports teams their dads are gay for, public celebrity Tumblrs, and Oscar hosts. Subscribe to our email newsletter! parasocialsocialclub.substack.com

Scholarly References:

• Gay TV show Killing Eve starring Sandra Oh
• "Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals)" (1981) by Barbara Kruger
• Conan O’Brien is tall and hosting the Oscars
• Jewell thinks this is Amandla Stenberg’s Tumblr (but she could be wrong)
• Covers of “Teenage Dirtbag” by Cat Burns and another one by Dorian Electra and Sega Bodega

Deepen the relationship on socials:

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YouTube

Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.