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Las Culturistas” Enters the Honesty Zone

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In a February episode of Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang’s podcast, Las Culturistas, Tina Fey used an instant catchphrase to caution Yang about publicly sharing his pop-culture opinions now that he’s SNL-level famous: “Authenticity is dangerous and expensive.” It’s a sentiment Rogers and Yang know well. Las Culturistas is at its best when the co-hosts candidly share personal takes with their listeners, but as their careers move further up the Hollywood ladder, they have begun to pull back. Ahead of the podcast’s annual live Culture Awards in Brooklyn this weekend, Jason P. Frank spoke with the pair about their evolving relationship to fame and their audience. According to Yang, they’re still “figuring out where the supply-and-demand curves meet in terms of how honest the audience wants us to be. And sometimes, the demand for honesty is way higher than what we are able to supply.”

—Megh Wright, features editor, Vulture

Matt and Bowen Enter the Honesty Zone Eight years into Las Culturistas, its hosts are recalibrating how open they want to be.

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