{"podcast":{"title":"Mess World","slug":"mess-world-6942045","podcast_index_feed_id":6942045,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/43028.rss","website_url":"https://jessicadefino.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/43028/d9346cfaff63048a0a4fb42c5a9d5149.jpg","author":"Jessica DeFino","episode_count":29,"summary":"Reporting on the absurd world of beauty culture. / “The newsletter the beauty industry fears.” - the Herald.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T04:18:18.295390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mess-world-6942045"},"episode":{"title":"Stop Trying To Make 'Moo Deng Skin' Happen","slug":"stop-trying-to-make-moo-deng-skin-happen","published_at":"2024-09-30T13:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mess-world-6942045/stop-trying-to-make-moo-deng-skin-happen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mess-world-6942045","url":"https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/moo-deng-skin-blood-sweat","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/149559503/14ace00b7d5a16452fe3b9f782662e98.mp3","summary":"We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick ). Today we’re talking about: The Hole Debate (there’s still time to join the waitlist here !), Renaissance Fair Fall (Chappell Roan! Megan Thee Stallion!) [4:00], medieval fashion as a longing for pre-capitalist life [7:54], the folkloric aesthetics of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko [11:38], homage at the VMAs (Sabrina Carpenter as Madonna! Tate McRae as Britney!) [16:15], hands are the hot new body part to hate [27:20], The Substance [29:00], Moo Deng skin [36:36], why Kourtney Kardashian is selling an Ozempic dupe [44:04], the ethics of actors losing weight for movie roles [50:10], the crumbling of the Kardashian-Jenner empire (if you’re sick of this family just fast forward Chippy [1:31:51]. Plus more! Media we mentioned: “What Did Medieval Peasants Know?” [The Atlantic], “How Law Roach changed the way we see celebrity” [The Washington Post], “I Don’t Want My Hands to Look Old” [Harper’s Bazaar], “Meet Habelo, The Luxury Brand Bringing High-Performance Products To Hand Care” [Beauty Independent], David Duchovny in Zoolander [YouTube], “Interview With Creepy Hand Model” [YouTube], “Why Do We Want To Look Like Glass?” [The Review of Beauty], “The Rise & Rise of Dewy Dumpling Skin” [The Times], “Moo Deng Is The Moment” [Vogue], “Do hippopotamuses actually have pink sweat?” [Scientific American], “Kourtney Kardashian’s Lemme Brand At Risk Amid False Advertising Lawsuit” [MSN], “Kim Kardashian’s New Skin Care Line Is Not for Quitters” [New York Times], “Khloe Kardashian Settles Good American Lawsuit” [Sourcing Journal], “Dieux's First-Ever Cleanser Comes in Two Formulas—an…","meta_description":"We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I (a fashion newsl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5879,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mess-world-6942045/episodes/stop-trying-to-make-moo-deng-skin-happen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mess-world-6942045/stop-trying-to-make-moo-deng-skin-happen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}