Eating For Free

By: Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson
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  • Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.
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  • The Fame Kills: Lady Gaga’s Human Race
    Mar 6 2025

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    About:

    Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

    You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com

    • Joan Summers’ Twitter, Instagram
    • Matthew Lawson’s Twitter, Instagram

    Sources:

    • Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’ Cover Story, 02/18/11 [Billboard]
    • Lady Gaga criticises Malaysian gay lyric censorship, 03/24/11 [BBC]
    • Lady Gaga guest edits Metro papers, 05/16/11 [Metro]
    • The Below was pulled from a FBI dossier available on the Archive.org site, here.
    • Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Sells 1.11 Million in Just One Week, 05/31/11 [THR]
    • Lady Gaga Tweets Indonesia ‘Born This Way’ Show Still Up In The Air, 05/23/12 [Billboard]
    • Lady Gaga 'devastated' as Indonesia concert cancelled, 05/28/12 [BBC]
    • Lady Gaga Producer on the Making of ‘Born This Way,’ the ‘Extreme’ Measures to Keep It From Leaking and More, 05/31/11 [THR]
    • LGBTQ migrant workers, Lady Gaga & Arizona boycott, 08/04/10 [Workers]
    • Did Lady Gaga Just End Her Career With This "Embarrassing" Jo Calderone?, 09/30/11[E!]
    • DJ White Shadow Looks Back on 10 Years of 'Born This Way', 2021, [PAPER]
    • Lebanese government lifts ban on Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’, 06/09/11 [NME]
    • Portrait of a Lady, 07/05/11 [Advocate]

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • The Fame Kills: Streaming Wars
    Feb 27 2025

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    About:

    Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

    You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com

    • Joan Summers’ Twitter, Instagram
    • Matthew Lawson’s Twitter, Instagram

    Sources:

    • The Year the Bubble Burst: How 2001 Mega Contracts For Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey Signaled a Shift in the Music Business, 2021, Billboard
    • You Ask, We Answer: What Exactly Is A 360 Deal?, 11/24/10 [NPR]
    • Buyer Beware: Why Artists Should Do A 180 On “360” Deals, 03/22/10 [Billboard]
    • 'Born This Way' And The End Of The Album As We Knew It, 06/01/11 [NPR]
    • 100 and Single, 06/2011 [The Village Voice]
    • How Lady Gaga’s 99-cent ‘Born This Way’ Sale Hurt Interscope, Distributors, 06/11/11 [THR]
    • Did Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' giveaway inspire Billboard's new chart rules?, 11/17/11 [Billboard]
    • Music’s Top 40 Money Makers 2012, 03/09/12 [Billboard]
    • WOMEN WHO ROCK: THE 50 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, 06/22/12 [Rolling Stone]
    • The Music Industry’s “360 Deal” Takes a 180 Turn, 05/13/23 [DJ Booth]
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • The Fame Kills: The 360 Deal Machine
    Feb 20 2025

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    About:

    Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

    You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com

    • Joan Summers’ Twitter, Instagram
    • Matthew Lawson’s Twitter, Instagram

    Sources:

    • The Lessons of Lady Gaga, 01/29/10 [WSJ]
    • THE STATE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, 2009, WSJ [CLICK]
    • Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Sells 1.11 Million in Just One Week, 05/31/11 [THR]
    • Why Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ May Save the Music Industry, 05/22/11 [The Wrap]
    • Music market goes Gaga, 05/27/11 [AP]
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    1 hr and 11 mins

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