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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Are the Kardashian’s Still Culturally Relevant? (With guest Naomi Smalls from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’)
Description: With the second season of Hulu’s ‘The Kardashians’ coming to a close, and amid the scandals surrounding Kim Kardashian currently (Kanye West, the Balenciaga photo scandal, etc.), are the Kardashians as a brand still culturally relevant? When ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ premiered on E! in 2007, the family became a pop culture sensation. Over the years we’ve seen everything (literally), their lives have been lived in front of a camera, both the ones they invite in and the intrusive lens of the paparazzi. But considering the reviews for their new Hulu series aren’t great and as they become in...