Dirty Chats
Dirty Chats
Marisa Twentyman I Dirty Copy
Pop culture meets marketing and business growth. Dirty Chats is the marketing podcast that turns celebrity gossip, trending scandals and viral moments into brand strategy, marketing psychology and entrepreneurial tips...so you can gossip AND grow your business. Hit follow to join founders, marketers, and creatives who want marketing advice with a side of juicy pop culture.
46: Kim Kardashian's Update Energy Drink Ad Is a Marketing Masterclass + the Kendall Jenner nose debate
Kim Kardashian just dropped the most psychologically dialled ad of the year... and I'm jealous I didn't write it. 7.7 million views in nine hours (and counting). And no, it's not just because she's Kim Kardashian. But first, Dirty Dish. This week I'm covering: Robbie Williams, a FIFA interview, and the mystery white object that fell onto his mic.Amanda Batula shutting down pregnancy rumours in the most Amanda way possible.Kris Jenner going on plastic surgeon Simon Ourian's podcast to defend K...
Jul 24
30 min
45: Did Phoebe Gates Commit Fraud? The Phia Cookie Stuffing Scandal + Justin Baldoni Breaks His Silence
Phoebe Gates raised over $35 million for her shopping app Phia. Now the whole internet is asking one question... did she commit fraud? This week on Dirty Chats: The Phia cookie stuffing scandal taking over the tech internetJustin and Emily Baldoni's surprise statement after two years of silenceA hot take on whether you should lie in your business to get aheadFirst, Justin Baldoni and Emily Baldoni broke their silence with a statement reel nobody saw coming... and I break down why their PR pla...
Jul 17
33 min
44: TAYLOR SWIFT'S WEDDING to Travis Kelce...the full debrief + the magic of world building for your brand
Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, and everyone (except me) is reading it wrong Taylor Alison Swift is married, and the internet is losing its mind over a peach curtain. In Dirty Dish, I'm unpacking the royal wedding of the year: the thousand guests, the raffle, the "T and T married" billboard in the world's most boring font, the Adam Sandler of it all. I've got a theory that reframes this whole thing the second you stop looking at it as a wedding...😏 I also get...
Jul 7
33 min
43: Evan Spiegel lost billions launching Snapchat's AI glasses...here's what he should've done
Evan Spiegel launched Snapchat's new Specs AR glasses, and within 48 hours Snap had lost 2 billion dollars. Yes, with a B. This week I get into the Snap Specs launch... the keynote, the $2,195 price tag, and why everyone online blaming the "ugly" glasses has it completely wrong. I break down the actual reason Evan Spiegel's launch tanked (it isn't the design, and it isn't the cost), then I rebuild the entire campaign the way I'd have run it. (Miranda Kerr, you're so welcome.) Then in Di...
Jun 29
25 min
42: Olivia Rodrigo VS. Taylor Swift, Summer House Reunion, annnd I rewrite Brooklyn Beckham's terrible Doordash ad
Olivia Rodrigo VS Taylor Swift (the whole story), how popstars market themselves, Brooklyn Beckham's DoorDash commercial annnnd I give my Summer House reunion thoughts. Today's episode is mostly gossip...except the part where I unpack Olivia Rodrigo's personal branding and the common marketing thread that exists between popstars like Olivia Dean, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Chappell Roan. SO ON THIS EPISODE: Olivia Rodrigo vs Taylor Swift.Brooklyn Beckham's $1 mil...
Jun 21
54 min
41: Blocked, Threatened, Deplatformed: The Huffer AI Scandal With Elijah Timmins-Scanlon
This week I sit down with Elijah Timmins-Scanlon, the Auckland model (signed to Red Eleven) who called out New Zealand streetwear brand Huffer of using AI to generate campaign images that looked suspiciously like him. Or like him and his brother, also a model, blended into one person. He tells me how he found it, what he did next, and how aggressively the brand moved once he said something out loud. (Getting blocked by a brand's own Instagram is not the move that makes you look innocent.) We ...
Jun 11
49 min
40: How to go Viral in 2026 (my experience) + Taylor Swift Gets Sued
I unpack the 4 ways accounts are blowing up in 2026, and the common thread between my viral posts (that translates to reels, YAP videos and carousels). Also, Taylor Swift gets sued and the title of her new song is suspicious. On Dirty Dish this week I get into: Taylor's Toy Story 5 song, "I Knew It, I Knew You"... and the Gracie Abrams of it allThe Maren Wade lawsuit over The Life of a ShowgirlThen we get into Dirty Business. This week I'm answering the thing everyone wants answered and...
Jun 3
24 min
39: Meghan Trainor gets trolled online (PR plan inside) + Anne Hathaway lies about her facelift
There's a new most-trolled Meghan in town... and I have a full PR plan to save her. In Dirty Dish I cover: The Anne Hathaway "I swear it's just two tight braids" facelift sagaMarciano and Jessi from Love Is Blind and how they pulled off the redemption arc of the centuryThen in Dirty Business... I break down why Meghan Trainor's latest album Toy With Me debuted at #198 on the Billboard 200, why she cancelled her Get In Girl tour, and why the TikTok comments under her single tease have become a...
May 27
23 min
38: Will Spencer Pratt Be LA's Next Mayor? Alex Cooper is pregnant + the weird Ozempic economy
Spencer Pratt is running for Mayor of LA and I have become genuinely, unironically invested. This week on Dirty Chats, I'm covering the marketing masterclass nobody saw coming, plus the unhinged economic ripple effects of one in eight Americans being on Ozempic. In Dirty Dish I'm covering: Alex Cooper's pregnancy announcement and why my PR prediction from three weeks ago has officially COME TRUE. Amanda Frances, her Abundance Timeline challenge, and the viral post that made me $4.5K USD ...
May 19
38 min
37: Blake Lively Settles With Wayfarer Studios + Whitney Leavitt Quits Mom Tok + Why I Postponed My Launch
In a move no one saw coming, Blake Lively has settled with Wayfarer Studios... and I am in mourning. That courtroom trial was the only way I was emotionally getting through May 2026. (We're devastated. We're inconsolable. We're rewatching the Met Gala interview for forensic evidence.) This week on Dirty Dish, I'm breaking down the settlement no one wanted: what Blake Lively actually agreed to, what Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman is saying about it, and why I think the real war isn't o...
May 11
37 min
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