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Allotment Diaries PodcastEP.55 | Charles Dowding: A Deep Dive into Organic Gardening and the No-Dig Approach!In this exciting episode, Laura and Chay have the incredible opportunity to chat with the legendary Charles Dowding, a household name in the world of organic gardening, particularly known for his expertise in the no-dig method.Throughout the conversation, Charles shares his fascinating journey to becoming a pioneer in organic gardening, revealing how his life experiences have led him to this path. He provides an insightful look at what drives him and his ambitions for the future.Listeners will also be intrigued to learn what Charles gets up to when he's not gardening—some surprising an...2025-02-241h 04
Vanity ProjectThe Most Famous LauraWho is the most famous Laura? It’s not the one in Vanity Project! In our Actress Double Feature reprise all eyes are on birthday girl Laura Dern. Four-time Academy-Awarded Best Actress Katherine Hepburn once said: "Show me an actress who isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star." But what of a Best Supporting Actress?The supporting material this week is the holey epic Inland Empire (2006), the late David Lynch’s last feature, and confounding literary bio-flick JT Leroy (2018). What’s in a name? Laura and Charles attempt naming the unnameable genius...2025-02-091h 05
Life UncutCommunication Is Key, But How Do We Do It? Uncut with Charles DuhiggWe’ve said it a hundred times; communication is everything. But we aren’t really ever taught how to actually communicate. What makes someone a good communicator? And why is it so important? People aren’t just born good communicators and it’s something that we can all improve our skills on. Joining the podcast today is Pulitzer prize winning reporter and author Charles Duhigg. Charles’ most recent book titled ‘supercommunicators’ investigated the simple and tested methods for communicating and connecting with anyone. Charles went deep on what exactly makes someone THE person that everyone wants to have conversati...2025-02-0654 minVanity Project2025: A Chaste OdysseyVanity Project are back! And this year they’re finally cleaning up their act! For the first time in a long time, Laura and Charles are fully clothed and somewhat researched. Following their threesome themed third birthday, they return with a speculative ficto-critical question that demands an answer…
The question at hand? …How can we imagine the world without internet porn? Is it a porno-utoptia? Are we having more sex? Where’s Kim Kardashian? Is anybody listening to Vanity Project? It’s an X Rated Four Corners special, and VP have ventured into the unknown. Are they on the edg...2025-02-021h 00Vanity ProjectOomf with Gus McGrath and Marcus WhaleCharles and Laura and joined by not one, but TWO potential candidates for their lucky third. Vanity Project has been graced by the talents that are Gus McGrath and Marcus Whale in a four-way verbal spar that has you asking, who’s sitting in whose lap?
You may know Gus and Marcus from their FBI Radio show, Sleepless in Sydney, their band, Perfect Actress, or their epic solo writing and music practices.
Once and for all we clear the air on which member of Vanity Project is Gus and which is Marcus? Can we four-way se...2024-10-161h 09Vanity ProjectBarbarism with Theo LathourasGood things come in threes, and in this week’s ménage a trois Vanity Project is joined by part-time Donatella Versace impersonator, full-time Darlinghurst correspondent Theo Lathouras! Now, a mere three weeks away from Vanity Project: Looking for a Third, Laura and Charles are joined by their third guest - how auspicious!
Theo is the perfect VP candidate; with the sex-appeal of Monica Belluci, the knowledge of Miranda Priestly, the attitude of Germaine Greer, and the wiles of Lydia Tár! Will Theo find himself sandwiched between VP once more, find out on the 1st and 2nd o...2024-10-1157 minVanity ProjectGo Harder with Lily GolightlyCharles and Laura are joined by the second judge of Looking For A Third, Lily Golightly! Many have tried to wrangle Lily Golightly behind a mic, few have succeeded. But now that Vanity Project has her hostage, you’ll be begging “Lily GoHarder!”
Lily makes Vanity Project into Woo girls as they talk fondling, writing, bussing, and painting. We ask our favourite DIY school and publisher, Flower Books, what does she think about sex in a jacuzzi? Who is your favourite couple right now? When did you break your hymen?
Vanity Projectors, these are your captai...2024-10-041h 04
The BV: from the heart of DorsetCharles Church's 19 questions, and Dorset Council on its 'Nature Emergency'As ever for the first episode of the month, we start with Laura's 'letter from the editor'. Then we hear from the local politicans – Terry and Jenny read the latest columns from Ken Huggins of the Green Party, Gary Jackson of North Dorset LibDems and Edward Morello, MP for West Dorset.
In the September BV's equestrian section, Sally Cooper interviewed Charles Church. She asks him about his journey to becoming one of the world's leading equestrian painters, from washing dishes in Newmarket to Royal commissions. Charles also takes on the Random 19 questions.
(see the interview an...2024-09-1556 minVanity ProjectFag/HagdomWhen did Charles become a fag? When did Laura become a hag? Together, Vanity Project explore a sexless, but very sexy dialectic: this time, in the form of an introductory reading for the “Fag/Hag” launch. The new book by Max Fox and Madeline Laine-MicKinley published by Rosa Press and launched on Monday the 26th of August in Sydney.
“I’ve always had a fascination for gay boys, lesbians, and transgender people,” Laura confesses as she asks the question, is it more desperate for a hag to need her fag? Or the other way round? After Freedom! ‘90 comes the an...2024-08-3041 minVanity ProjectPorn Corner: The James Charles Fappening PATREON EXXXCLUSIVE LEAKEDLaura and Charles address the last vanguard of perversion in our society in the form of a recently leaked sex tape.
Pledge allegiance to the struggle: https://www.patreon.com/vanity_project2024-08-1627 minVanity ProjectIan MapplethorpeIt’s no secret Vanity Project has been taking frequent trips to the sauna, not least of all the one at Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre in the heart of steamy sex sydney! Come join Charles and Laura as they uncover the mystery of the Man-Hole, and find themselves in a sticky situation with one of Australia’s most awarded gay Olympians.
Vanity Project finds that the Ex-Olympian turned bored-of-Qtopia member shares their penchant for perversity. Your favourite podcasters run the risk of entering the Syphilitic Games, if only there was a way out of this sticky situation…Consid...2024-07-1842 min
Do More By Doing Less - Time Freedom for Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and SolopreneursPersuasive Communication and Hypnotic Storytelling with Dr. Laura SicolaHow can you become the go-to expert through storytelling?Show Summary:In this episode, I chat with Dr. Laura Sicola about the power of storytelling in establishing authority and connecting with your audience. We dive into the nuances of hypnotic storytelling, the importance of using personal experiences, and how to command attention right from the start. Dr. Laura shares insightful tips on using your voice and body language to enhance your storytelling, making your narratives more engaging and memorable. Join us as we explore how...2024-06-2532 min
On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)TV Tuesday Ep. 12- "Charles was passed over for the role." (The Last of Us with Friends Talking Fantasy Podcast)Send us a textIt's Tuesday and Hannah and Laura are chatting about The Last of Us with their friends, who talk fantasy. That's right! Charles and Dylan of the Friends Talking Fantasy podcast are here! They help Hannah and Laura break down all the episodes, chat about their favorite moments, and reveal what they think the most unbelievable parts of the show are. Be sure to follow Charles and Dylan at:Instagram: @theftfpodcastTikTok: @theftfpodcastTwitter: @theftfpodcast1***This episode contains FULL SPOILERS for The Last of Us.*****T...2024-05-211h 45Vanity ProjectNew York City: The Lost TapesThis week, Vanity Project recover lost tapes from one of their perfect days in New York City. Laura and Charles are in need of a fresh perspective (one that isn't looking down at the crotch!). What can be said about the city that never sleeps?
Join Vanity Project as they traverse the island of Manhattan, from celebrity spotting in the meat-packing district, meeting Marc Jacobs and his peers at the Piers, all the way to the bathhouse on Gay Mens Only Day. Vanity Project just keep saying “yes, and!” to mounting the crap on the street in Broo...2024-05-031h 00Vanity ProjectSydney's Tortured Poets DepartmentVanity Project split up! Last week a scene war was waged. One audience was divided over two venues. In a single evening more than sixteen tortured poets sang their sonnets (Jerk Off Instructions) between the Nicholson Building of Haymarket and the barren art school campus of Paddington.
As dutiful correspondents, Charles and Laura attended the two events in order to bring you this very special coverage. In the east, Laura reported from Syd's first Fatal Crush for the new issue of Framework: Return. Meanwhile, in Chinatown, Charles arrived at the scene of Flower Books latest event, presented...2024-04-2448 minVanity ProjectNowhere is Safe in LAAfter their controversial municipal polemic Sex Sydney vs. Neuter Naarm, Vanity Project cross the pacific to form a definitive thesis about Los Angeles. Vanity Project look beyond Tinseltown and towards Nowhere. Sitting at erewhoN sipping on their Kin Euphorics, Vanity Project make like Baudrillard with their inciscive treatise on LA County. America has a problem, and the problem is… Nowhere is safe in LA.
A hypothetical hyperreal trip to Gay Obese Disneyland leads Vanity Project straight back to Azealia Banks. It would seem that Miss Cheapy was right once again, ashwaganda and sea moss are the only ro...2024-04-151h 01Vanity ProjectLive to TellIn sunny Los Angeles, Vanity Project are finally ready to relive the night they died and were reborn! In early March, VP donned their individually stoned MOTHER F★CKER tank tops and high tailed it to Tinseltown to see Madonna live in concert.
This is their definitive Madonna Celebration Tour review. Charles and Laura are armed with insider info about exploded implants, viral concert coverage, and bacterial infections. If you Wanna Be Startin’ Something, then come join the party, it’s a Celebration!
Let’s be clear about one thing: Vanity Project was victim to attempte...2024-04-0352 minVanity ProjectFour Letter Word This week we ask, what does Daily Male mean when they say “Make Oxford St Great Again”? How do you get Cancelled Twice 💋? Can you wear the Rick Owens “URINAL” shirt to a family gathering? This episode Vanity Project is rewriting the slogan tee, and it says I ♥️ [hate] Melbourne.
We trace its history to I ♥️ NY, The Thatcher Years, and HIV/AIDS. The slogan T-Shirt is as timeless as Charles’ Miranda Priestly impression, which was rejected by Vestoj if you even care. To paraphrase MM6: there is more to be done in the fight against Vanity Project, but this epis...2024-02-2257 min
The Audio Was BetterEp 18 - Xio Axelrod w/Benjamin CharlesHave you picked up a Xio Axelrod book before? I will admit I (Laura) had not and I've been MISSING OUT. We welcomed the USA Today Bestselling author and one of her dynamic duo of narrators, Benjamin Charles, onto the podcast to discuss her new book, Girls with Bad Reputations, as well as her writing style, audiobook journey and what's next!Also, if you haven't picked up a Benjamin Charles books, Laura recommends Riley Hart's The End Zone and M. Jay Granberry's Exquisitely HiddenFollow Xio on socials - @xioaxelrod on Instagram and Tiktok2024-02-1353 minVanity ProjectLuck BonerWe are Vanity Project, whom no man will ever possess! We would be only too happy to become world dictators if only to fulfill our mission: the destruction of the last vestigial traces of traditional manhood in the race to realign the sexes, thus reducing population, while increasing human happiness and preparing humanity for its next stage.
Charles and Laura are back with a bookish transvestigation of none other than the book that sent shockwaves through 1968, 'Myra Breckinridge'. Gore Vidal’s incisive and divisive novel on the perils of modern media, Hollywood, and the Rape Revenge trope. This...2024-02-081h 02
Vanity ProjectAdult Baby *TEASER*In this Patreon exclusive Vanity Project use Poor Things (2023) to finally talk about the big topics. Sure, Lanthimos’ new film might be about a Frankensteinian pedophilia problem, but Charles and Laura want to talk about the Ball Drop. While we’re still in a festive mood from New Years we’re celebrating joyful semen!
Poor Things helps us to ask, is Fully Automated Luxury Communism compatible with Political Lesbianism? Is Laura finally giving up on fags? If an adult baby learns how to jerk off on the silver screen, is that ok to watch with your mum? Are we...2024-01-1604 min
Vanity ProjectVomity ProjectVanity Project’s new treatise is as follows: if you are thinking about giving a standing ovation, vomit. If you are a little too drunk, vomit. Do you believe in bulimia? Vomit. Are you an exhibitionist looking for a new act? Get vomited on. That’s what’s known in these parts as a Roman Shower! We’ve done piss, we’ve done smell, and this time we’re espousing an abject-driven cultural study with a new subject: barf.
Sure, our compulsion to talk could be likened to word vomit, like a cultural hangover you get from gluttonous ov...2023-11-151h 13
Vanity ProjectWhat Turns You On *TEASER*"What turns you on?" Laura asks Charles. "Oh my god...so much!" There is a spectre haunting the consciousness of gay people and this week the girls are speculating about the size of that spectre. In this Patreon exclusive, Vanity Project takes on Troye Sivan’s new album, Something To Give Each Other.
The album is surprisingly dense with provocation. Rush, the song about amyl-infused chemsex, naturally stimulated discourse about body positivity (see also: Lizzo) and got the girls to loosen their lips about Australia's sweetheart. The album’s promotion had some inciting remarks from Sivan about his o...2023-11-0605 min
Vanity ProjectBinocheathon with Indigo BaileyLaura and Charles sit down with new friend, writer, and illustrator, Indigo Bailey (recently published in Kill Your Darlings, Island Magazine, and editor of Voiceworks) for the latest instalment of our long tradition of Diva Double Features. This time we take aim at one-miss Juliette Binoche. The latest, but not last, of this fabulous cohort of VP-adored women, is gently and thoroughly celebrated in this new edition.
Laura gushes about the deeply evocative and kinda lesbian Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) while also wrestling with the high vs. low-brow casting of Chloë Grace Moretz. We rewind time to Bi...2023-10-311h 06
Vanity ProjectDressing for Pleasure with Carmencita *TEASER*Vanity Project is moving to fortnightly paywalled content. Pledge allegiance to the struggle: https://www.patreon.com/vanity_project
The girls are back with bestie-of-the-pod Carmencita! Like a hard cock, they reluctantly rise to the occasion and continue to talk about fashion week in Milan. Over a couple of wines, the girls are suddenly seduced by slippery gossip, desperately derailing what is usually sartorially focussed and semiotically incisive discourse. Sorry!
It’s bisexual awareness week, and we’re raising consciousness by Dressing For Pleasure. If New York was about bondage, and London was about flogging, then...2023-09-2705 min
Vanity ProjectNeuter Naarm vs. Sex SydneyAfter a few too many trips to Melbourne, Laura and Charles ask one another "Are you having fun down there?" The girls inflame the age-old rivalry between the two Australian cities, insisting that nobody in Naarm is getting any. Sydney is the city of sex and Vanity Project Knows Good Sex.
This episode is no limits! Topping and bottoming! Undress! Dental dams and dog dongs! Feel the rush as we engage in harmful hearsay about Troye Sivan and what is (not) happening in his sexy Architectural Digest house... Vanity Project are here to tell you that we...2023-09-0444 min
Vanity ProjectToothache with Francis Carmody for un ExtendedCharles and Laura sit down with Gertrude Studio artist and man who wears many hats, Francis Carmody, in a new commission for un Extended. They dive deep into Francis' practice and reveal the man behind the alibi. Francis' compulsion to curiosity suits Vanity Project just fine, after all, we have podcasted from far more precarious places!
We follow Francis' deep curiosity into dentist appointments with happy endings, cold calls with scientists, and reinterpretations of the myth of Atlas, whose job -- for those of us who don't know -- is to carry the weight of the world. The j...2023-08-281h 02
Vanity ProjectIn Bed with Vanity ProjectFor this tell-all interview, Laura and Charles join the one and only Joan Rivers under the covers for one last episode of her online mini-series 'In Bed with Joan'.
And because the girls are such generous power-bottoms, they've allowed their extra-special guest the chance to interview them!
R.I.P. Joan, you would've hated Vanity Project. 2023-08-0218 min
How I Became ...E21 | Digital Pioneer, Entrepreneur & Creative Genius | Laura Jordan Bambach, President & CCO of Grey UKFounder, speaker, author, artist and taxidermist, for over 20 years, Laura has become an inspiring figure who has made a huge impact in the digital and creative industry. As a leader in the digital industry, Laura has become the ultimate award-winning creative with a long history of pioneering commercial work.
Laura is now President & Chief Creative Officer at Grey London, where she is revolutionising the creative industry with her innovative ideas and bold leadership. She is leading one of WPP's most creative agencies, pushing the boundaries of what is possible and inspiring a new generation of creative professionals.2023-07-261h 46
Vanity ProjectDoll PartsTentatively, Laura asks Charles, “…did you… like dolls?” It’s another transexually charged podcast. We have returned from the only city to cut off its own Penis-Tower, Newcastle, to give our definitive reading of the Barbie movie.
Charles pronounces “Baudrillard” properly, and reads an excerpt of his upcoming text “Good For Drag”, which is actually about being Birkenstock-pilled, and Laura womansplains Lacan and the Mirror Stage. We beach-each-other-off with our greatest hits about Global Pedophile Culture, Feminism being actually good, and homophobia being actual misogyny. To borrow from the pussy (or lack thereof) discourse of our foremothers: let us quote the le...2023-07-251h 09
Vanity ProjectMother-Fucking Isabelle HuppertIn the grand tradition of actress studies and diva-worship, the girls are back with another very special Double Feature Pod. This time, they are talking about the cinematic exploits and successive slidings of pleasure as depicted by one miss Isabelle Huppert.
Laura and Charles watch The Piano Teacher (2001) and Ma Mère (2004) so that you don't have to! They discuss the problématiques of the two films, which bear a striking resemblance, and recall getting kicked out of the Freud Musuem in Vienna. Is it okay to kiss your mother on the lips if she's Isabelle Huppert an...2023-07-1357 min
Vanity ProjectTransgender LifeCharles and Laura are back in the closet [recording studio] to talk about transgender ideation [crossdressing fantasy]. We giggle nervously while we speak very, very openly about the ways we love and adore trans people, culture, aesthetics and ideology.
Through Viscose’s newest issue “trans”, the movie Dressed To Kill (1980), and the documentary Disclosure (2020), we ask: is there an international agenda by gay men that conspire to make cis women clocky? Were you really ‘born this way’? What’s the opposite of castration envy? In our most brave episode yet, we say to our transgender listeners: I’m sorry, and I...2023-07-051h 00
How I Became ...E18 | How To Heal From A Miscarriage, Build A Family and Become CEO of OMD UK | Laura FentonIn 2004, Laura joined OMD UK as a fresh-faced graduate, determined to make her mark on the industry. After years of hard work and dedication, she became the agency's first-ever female CEO in December 2020, a remarkable 16-year journey.
The unique brand of leadership that Laura has displayed has enabled her to make remarkable progress and achieve incredible business success.
After attending Leeds University, Laura wasn't sure what career she wanted to pursue. But when she met another graduate whilst travelling, he spoke about a placement programme in advertising that sparked her interest. When Laura returned from...2023-06-281h 53
Vanity ProjectSalarymanFinally, it’s just us girls, and Charles, just off the plane from Tokyo, is bursting with secrets. One listener asks “Charles, can I ask you a personal question? …What’s the craziest thing you did on your holiday?”
This week we’re aligning our heart, pussy, and boner chakras the old-fashioned way: in the bathhouse, where we make a return to form. That form? Hard-ons, naturally. Shall I compare thee to a sodomised goat? We ask, as an afterthought about female sexuality. The girls find the safe place between men’s crotches, arousal and distress, and quote-unquote “...2023-06-281h 02
Vanity ProjectSpiky Head vs Soft Centre with Drew Connor HollandWhile Charles enjoys a writer’s strike of sorts on holiday in Tokyo, Laura sits down with Drew in the studio to talk everything art and AI. Laura and Drew, yes, probably could have just created an AI Charles to join them, but isn’t there something nice about a human touch?
We talk creativity and labour, the limits of censorship in image- and text-generating software, the limitations of the form, the problem of promptism and trying to remember how to spell the word “vagina,” and if AI portraits make good imaginary friends. 2023-06-211h 09
Vanity ProjectTerrible Twos Birthday Party: The Come DownThe girls are back on the mic after their triumphant second birthday party on June 7th! For those of you that have been living under a rock, Vanity Project is now officially two years old and they’re finally putting on their big girl panties!
This week, Laura and Charles recap the night that was and share their sensuous collaborative Birthday-Suit text once again for your consideration (and pleasure). This is your trigger warning!
And that, Salvosfit — just so you will know — and your children will someday know ---is the night the lights went out in Goo...2023-06-121h 05
Vanity ProjectRAW with Jessica Rose PearsonThis week, the ladies are joined by national treasure and school captain, Jessica Rose Pearson. This is the first of many special interviews to come, announcing and introducing some of the fabulous artists who will be a part of Vanity Project’s 2nd birthday party on June 7th at Goodspace Gallery.
Jessica Rose Pearson sits down with Laura and Charles to discuss her imaginary cape and crown, her godmother Nicole Kidman, some of her most painful childhood memories, as well as her recently published book, ‘Yearning at the Opera Bar’ which can be purchased on the No More Poe...2023-05-101h 04
Vanity ProjectCatsuitOn the first Tuesday of May (adjusted for time zones) we made ourselves breakfast and buckled into the live Vogue coverage of the MET Gala. Listen as Laura and Charles give a little more than their two cents on Karl: A Line of Beauty.
We give you the talking points you need to survive the media maelstrom of takes, take-downs, and gags of the gala’s red carpet. From Advanced Style and aging musty Chanel No. 5 smells to Nicole Kidman at the Fountain of Youth, Laura is entranced into a pheromonal firestorm that leaves her gagging! Charles ca...2023-05-031h 03
Vanity Project50th Episode HotlineFor this very special 50th episode of Vanity Project, the girls are taking your calls! Watch the gay men go quiet when dialing 1800-Vanity-Project. The devoted listeners of the pod make their voices heard…literally!
Laura and Charles field all your burning questions, like which Sydney art schools have cock shame and which ones have “pussy facing the world”? What are they putting on a sandwich? What is Vanity Project shoplifting? Can they find you a boyfriend? The answers live within this very special episode.
Vanity Project thank you for listening! And with that, the hotline...2023-04-261h 15
Steel Magnolias PodcastSoutherners Hosting Tea (For the Coronation of King Charles III)Charles Philip Arthur George also known as Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other commonwealth realms. On May 6, 2023, The Archbishop of Canterbury will lead the coronation for King Charles. We recently sat down for tea with our friend and former guest, Laura Stockett Roberts, to discuss ways us southerners can celebrate and the origins of taking tea. Laura is a native of Mississippi and lives here in Nashville with her husband and sons. She creates fantastic videos that show us exactly how to handle the old things, how to care for them, use them, and just...2023-04-1842 min
Vanity ProjectJust Come! with Lev Kaya and CarmencitaLaura and Charles are joined by their dearest friends, Levent and Carmen, to speak about some upcoming special events! Vanity Project cordially invites you to the Fatal Crush: 037 issue launch ‘see-through’ on Tuesday the 18th of April at the Black Box UNSW A&D from 6-8pm along with Levent Kaya’s curatorial debut ‘Bonfire’ the following night from 6pm on Wednesday the 19th at Flow Studios in Camperdown.
Before recording this special four-way episode, Vanity Project flashed their press pass and got a sneak preview of Levent Kaya’s magnum opus. They spend the hour stroking their, and o...2023-04-181h 04
Vanity ProjectFilm and Fellatio with Chloë Sevingy [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]Well, our hard work has finally paid off. We somehow managed to get one miss Chloë Sevigny on the pod. Charles and Laura sit down with the one and only to discuss: what is she doing in Sydney? How did she learn French for her role in Demonlover? What did it feel like to give the first blowjob at Cannes?
In this EXCLUSIVE sit-down interview, we suffer the consequences of our compulsive and excessive fellatio discourse, complimented of course by a review of Sugondèse Film Festival, and the mythos and legend of the novel Sarah by JT...2023-04-061h 14
Vanity ProjectDid you know that there's a tunnel under Sydney HarbourThis week, the girls are listening to Lana Del Rey's ninth studio album while sipping root beer by the taco truck. Laura and Charles have developed a new form of navel-gazing: after skinny dipping in your mind, “let the light shine in” by sunning your privates, just like Shailene Woodley encouraged us to do many moons ago, there’s a word for it in Japanese…
Whose shoulders are you standing on? Can you get covid by kissing your cousin? Is this the next-best American record? When you know, you know…if you're asking yourself, "How do you know?" The...2023-03-2859 min
Vanity ProjectIceberg of SexFor those of you who missed our exclusive invite only LIVE in-person debut, we present our new thesis: The Iceberg of SEX! Charles and Laura present their musings on gay friendship, sex contracts, and the suberotic tensions that bind and repel us.
As the proud CHAMPIONS of the inaugural TEDxAndrew talk, we rise to the challenge of Dick Tickle, the culture of gay narcissism, and forced thesissification. Finally, under this new theoretical framework we can reveal the answers to your questions: have we ever had sex? Can gay boys ever be friends? What does it mean to...2023-03-2249 min
Vanity ProjectStud FinderIt’s 38 degrees and your favourite podcasters have re-entered the closet after weeks of welcoming pride into their lives. In order to weather this heatwave, Laura and Charles are sitting in a basement wardrobe shrouded in the finest of polyesters to discuss recent Fall 2023 défilés de mode. The climate-controlled and windowless cabin they are recording out of is sort of like a Balenciaga show location if you think about it…
New to economics, Laura and Charles unknowingly crunch the numbers; was there ever a second world, and are they in it? What’s the difference between...2023-03-071h 02
Vanity ProjectOrganic HonkingHappy Fucking Mardi Gras! This festive season we are giving you a scene report from the most fabulous, or as we say, fagulous, holiday celebrations and condemnations. Charles and Laura go deep on their so-called “World Pride” highlights thus far.
We give you the play-by-play on dyke bars, eulogies, the drive-in cinema that we got clocked at, and our experience getting personal with the one, the only…….Troughman! And we won’t let you forget the reason for the season. The Vanity Project etiquette is as follows: honk for the dolls, the freakier the float the louder you cheer...2023-02-2849 min
Out of the Best BooksAn Intro to Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two CitiesBooks mentioned in this episode:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall...2023-02-2456 min
Vanity ProjectSomewhat GirlsLet’s hear it for the boys! This week, Charles and Laura give YOU a blow-by-blow of FW23 menswear. This is what makes us boys: in a world where war is waged between effeminacy and forced masculinisation, where do you stand?
While Charles takes huge loads interning for Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Laura takes her top off in a perverted sexual pageant because she’s “just more comfortable this way”. Through Paglia’s ‘Sexual Personnae’ we examine the stylings of menswear as it crosses into somewhat-girlswear, through Preciadio’s ’Testo Junkie’ we ask you to relax your hole, you’re clenche...2023-01-251h 03
Vanity ProjectI Kinda Like The SmellWhat’s that smell? After another hiatus, Charles and Laura are back. If you ever wondered what Vanity Project smells like, now’s the time to tune in.
The top notes of their signature fragrance consist of discussions about panty and underarm sniffing and “feral man smell”, the heart notes of the chemicals in lavender that caused your gynecomastia (male breast tissue development), and finally base notes of stale piss that boys can never quite shake off.
We ask, is smelling bad part of feminist-killjoy praxis? Can affect theory balance your PH and what does Gwyneth Pa...2023-01-111h 02
Vanity ProjectGay Lacanian AlgebraThis week, join the girls as they sermonise about the ongoing cultural significance of the diva and her gay male sycophants. In the middle of the night ask yourself, must I worship? Charles and Laura do inner-child-past-life regression as they revisit the queues on their iPod shuffles.
As Lacan probably once said, walk into the hall of mirrors and take a long hard look at yourself. Are you a diva? Do you have a gay best friend? Do you crave one? The vanity project thematic universe is comprised of two devout gay best friends that are religious a...2022-11-011h 00
Speaking to InfluenceCharles Stiles - President, Mystery Shopper Services: Independent Contractors & Maintaining a Positive InfluenceNavigating the needs of a team of independent contractors requires clarity and simplicity. This week Charles Stiles shares how he works with a large pool of independent talent, managing expectations and aligning their goals to the individual businesses they serve. Listen in as Laura and Charles discuss how Mystery Shoppers help businesses stay customer focused, how Charles manages individual and organizational goals, and why positive conversations are the cornerstone to long-term success Here are a few things you’ll learn during this conversation: The importance of helping customers understand the costs of services How to...2022-10-3137 min
Vanity ProjectFinally, Enough!Charles and Laura are back for Paris Fashion Week, and Laura’s trying to scream over the cacophony Girl Pusher’s harsh noise. We’ll continue to fantasise about Margiela, fall out of love with Vaquera, and suck Rick Owens' dick (some might even call it draining). We briefly talk Italian fascism as it pertains to the recent displays by Moncler and Ferragamo, and soon realise we don't know what we're talking about!
Cut to Paris, and Bella Hadid is starring in tasteful bukkake (her nipples are covered). We close the show by giving dignified good-faith interpretation of the...2022-10-061h 16
Vanity ProjectFull of Hot AirWe're back! After a long hiatus, Laura and Charles have returned to talk all things inflation! As the wise economist Timothée Chalamet once said, "It's tough to be alive now. I think societal collapse is in the air - it smells like it". And so we ask, what is that smell? Well, it's Glenn Martens' DIESEL of course! Having trouble with a leaky hole after getting pumped? They have an artisan-crafted purple glass plug for that!
For this spring/summer 2023 we give a blow-by-blow. From blow-up clothes to blown-out proportions, whistle-blowing, and even blowing oneself. We t...2022-09-261h 03
That Tech PodSeven-time Swedish National Teamgym Winner Charles Fritzen Shares The Secrets To Instagram TechToday on a special bonus episode of That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Charles Fritzen. Charles did a form of gymnastics called Teamgym where he with his team won Swedish Nationals 7 years, and with the Swedish national team came second in the European Championships twice. Charles then moved to the US in 2016 and quit his job as a data analyst to work as a personal trainer after he got his certification. In 2019, Charles moved to the UK to live with his boyfriend and then started doing online training. In 2020, Charles became a national team coach in Teamgym f...2022-07-2924 min
Vanity ProjectSexy vs. IntelligentJoin Laura and Charles in their state of undress as they straddle the axis of sexy and smart. After successfully finding the ugliest dress on earth (see images only from behind the paywall on Patreon) in a dressing room somewhere in Berlin, which left them wondering...what does it mean to dress for success...
They take stabs in the dark as they try to situate straight male desire and let off steam about gay men who love to humiliate women. The world is rife with f-slur lounge lizard yes-men telling you to buy the dress, and for...2022-07-1357 min
Next Page PodcastCharles Patrick Jr. Esq - Class Action Attorney and PhilanthropistLaura and Todd have the pleasure of sitting down with renowned attorney Charles Patrick Jr. Esq, to talk about how Charles, his colleagues and Attorney Generals across the US worked together to obtain a 246 billion dollar settlement against the biggest tobacco companies in the world (the largest class action settlement to date), the anguish of being away from his family while trying one of the biggest cases in history, and how the divorce of his firm, Ness Motley, emotionally affected him. We also dive deep in to Charles’s modest and small town upbringing, his complicated, yet meaningful relationship wi...2022-07-121h 46
Vanity ProjectGood Nicole, Bad NicoleBack in Paris, just in the nic (sic) of time for the Balenciaga show, Charles and Laura shine a spotlight on the preeminent actress who could be Australia’s only diva… it’s time for a double dog of a feature with the one and only Nicole Kidman.
We talk radical formalism (re: Brinkema), anti-Americanism (re: von Trier), and the bravery it requires to portray falling in love with the wrong ten-year-old (re: Kidman and kid man). Between the wig in Dogville (2002) and Birth (2004) our favourite wig on Nicole is… well, she’s using her real hair now, so I t...2022-07-061h 11
Vanity ProjectHappy Birthday Vanity ProjectToday on Wednesday 22nd of June, 2022, our lovechild Vanity Project turned one! Charles and Laura do their greatest hits to celebrate and look back on their first year of one-off collaboration p-p-podcasts. Inspired by Drumloop's 'Open Space', and instrumental remixed by us from Cukor Bila Smert' 'The Great Hen-Yuan River'.
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Vanity ProjectNot From BehindOn this week's episode of Vanity Project, Laura and Charles visit one of Berlin's most notorious sex-clubs so that you don't have to! Our names is both Dita, we'll be your mister-es-es-es tonight...
They go down[town] to see a jarringly immersive Tom of Finland exhibition, and challenge each other to take the Eiffel Tower. Don’t look now, there’s men in leather with huge hard ons that boyfriend of the pod is avoiding.
We ask, are people going to the sex club to avoid kink? Why are married bisexual men rejecting us from behi...2022-06-1952 min
Vanity ProjectKirsten Stewart (sic)Charles and Laura are lured into the web of Kirsten - I mean Kristen - Stewart’s oeuvre (spelling?) for a double feature. Alongside Personal Shopper (2016) they slur, stutter and mumble their way through the streets of Paris. But a spectre is haunting Europe. Is it KStew’s dead twin? Or Willem Dafoe’s allegedly distractingly enormous penis?
In this exclusive peak into one of Cannes’ most anticipated premieres, we break the story of Crimes of the Future (2022). Spoiler, it’s the micro-plastics turning you trans.
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Vanity ProjectLady Gaga's PenisCharles and Laura just got a sneak peek of Top Gun: Maverick. Your mission, if you have the courage, is to find Lady Gaga’s penis. We unsheathe mother monsters' biggest conspiracies in a journalistic undertaking of satanic proportions.
We take a peak behind the Scientological curtain to see what’s hiding underneath the covers… Spirit cooking, Clinton’s emails, Abramovic method, oh my!
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Vanity ProjectMeth GalaIt’s that’s time of the year again! But this time, Charles and Laura are doing things differently. Join us on the Met steps as we desperately prove we are Not Like Other cultural commentators and their hot takes about rich people in expensive dresses. In a vain attempt to differentiate ourselves, we’ve refused to give our opinions on the clothes. Save from Cara Delevingne’s gilded chest, but does that really count?
We talk co-parasitic accelerated image creation, liberty, boobs’ shape and direction of boob spillage, making women uncomfortable, the emperors new clothes, snapback caps, Othe...2022-05-041h 10
Small Business Insights with Laura FisherCrypto 101 - Do You Have Questions? - Charles OregesanCharles Oregbesan of Top Block Ventures walks us through the basics of Crypto Currency. Interactive conversation about definitions and how to get started. Charles is available for Consulting advise at inquiries@topblockventures.com . SPONSORED BY: Imperial Podcast Studio in Sugar Land, TX. https://imperialpodcaststudio.com/. Book your next studio time online today! Or call 281-862-3150. Book It TODAY, and Sound Like a PRO!.If you liked today's show - please let Laura know by either contacting her at laura@fisherpodcast.com or give her a great review. Also...2022-05-0436 min