Will BeReal just make us BeFake? Plus, A Guidebook To Smell

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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

BeReal may be the hottest new social media app on the market, but can it live up to its promise to be a more authentic alternative to other platforms? Guest co-host Elise Hu talks with writers Haley Nahman and Ryan Broderick about how BeReal signifies a shift in what we want from our apps and why social media always barrels towards its worst self. They also flex their pop culture knowledge in a game of Who Said That.

Then, guest co-host Andrea Gutierrez talks with Jude Stewart, author of Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell. They discuss trends in fragrance, how COVID is making us change how we think about smells, and why scent is so tied to memory and emotion.

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This episode of ‘It’s Been a Minute’ was produced by Barton Girdwood, Jessica Mendoza, Liam McBain, and Janet Woojeong Lee. Our supervising editor is Jessica Placzek. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams, our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni, and our Senior VP of Programming is Anya Grundmann. You can follow us on Twitter @npritsbeenamin and email us at [email protected].