STARGIRL

Ep. 97: Drake with Madeleine Kunkle [April Fool's Day Special]

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode (with musical cues) on Patreon*Announcement: Final spots remain for the STARGIRL x Health Gossip retreat on April 18. Tickets here!Happy...

Ep. 96: Stevie Nicks with Stephanie Castaneda Perez

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

AnnouncementsReserve your spot at the STARGIRL x Health Gossip Retreat! (More info here)STARGIRL finally has social media! Follow along: Instagram and...

Announcement: STARGIRL x Health Gossip Retreat

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lily Sperry and I are announcing the STARGIRL x Health Gossip Retreat, a one-day, intimate gathering in NYC, in partnership with MERIT Beauty. The eve...

Ep. 95: Courtney Love with Ella Simone

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon ~ Follow STARGIRL on IG | TikTok ~ Follow Emma on IG | SubstackJust a few short days before the Hole *not-revival a...

Ep. 94: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy with Amanda Fortini

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

[Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon ~ Follow STARGIRL on IG | TikTok ~ Follow Emma on IG | Substack]This week we are joined by the inimitable Amanda F...

Ep. 93: Eva Chen with Ashleigh Carter

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we ride the spirit of New York Fashion Week to discuss Eva Chen, whose career emblematizes the changing nature of fashion media in the past ...

Ep. 92: The Body Series with Parisa Kosari | Client Testimonial

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the next installment of my Client Testimonial series, where we hear from my 1:1 personal training clients about their experience worki...

Ep. 91: Ethel Cain [TEASER]

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*This week we reflect on the recent significance of the musician Ethel Cain: as the leading musical animator of rural Southern...

Ep. 90: Year of the Horse [TEASER]

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Hello from the final weeks of the Wood Snake year ;) …. This week, we pick up where we left off with “Metal Season,"...

Ep. 89: The Body Series with Laura Gunder

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by Laura Gunder, a classical Pilates teacher, ex-professional ballet dancer, and the creator of The Emergence Podcast. Laura ...

Ep. 88: Anne Hathaway with Vanessa Lily Chung

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by the writer Vanessa Lily Chung to (finally!!) tackle Anne Hathaway, an unassailable Stargirl whose Dream / Threat has alway...

Ep. 87: The Body Series with Andrea | Client Testimonial

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year everyone! We’re back with the next episode of The Body Series, a client testimonial with my dream personal training client Miss Andre...

Ep. 86: Metal Season [TEASER]

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I share my observations on the dominant cultural patterns of Fall 2025, most of which can be traced back to the TCM (Traditional Chinese Me...

Ep. 85: The Body Series with Dr. Aumatma

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by Dr. Aumatma Simmons, a naturopathic doctor and double board-certified endocrinologist, and the founder of the Holistic Fer...

Ep. 84: The Body Series with Lily Sperry

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lily Sperry is a writer and brand consultant. She runs the newsletter Health Gossip. In this magical episode, we discuss the origins of her project, t...

Ep. 83: October Letter: Meaning-Making from the Inside Out [TEASER]

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Checking in after a busy fall season... in this month's letter, I reflect on the current biggest sources of meaning in my...

Ep. 82: Jane Birkin with Marisa Meltzer

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome the writer Marisa Meltzer back to STARGIRL to discuss her new book It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin (out this week!). ...

Ep. 81: Ty Haney [TEASER]

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Occasioned by her recent return to Outdoor Voices, this week we go long on Ty Haney. We examine Ty’s original mission to se...

Ep. 80: The Body Series with Lauren Gerrie

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome Lauren Gerrie, a true downtown icon and "The Body Series" embodied ;) Lauren is the co-founder of MOVES dance class, a culinary arti...

Ep. 79: Victoria Paris

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The scroll always stops for Miss Victoria Paris! In this Feel Good episode, we explore Victoria Paris’ explosion onto the cultural consciousness and...

Ep. 78: August Letter: On GroovyGirl Metaphysics, the Politicization of Fitness, and the Mythos of the Modern Conservative Woman [TEASER]

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Happy end of Summer! In this month’s letter, I offer my observations on the only cultural conversations that have captured ...

Ep. 77: The Body Series with Kaila Yu

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by Kaila Yu, author of the new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty.Kaila tells her story: fr...

Ep. 76: The Body Series with Meghan | Client Testimonial

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first installment of my newest episode type, Client Testimonials, where you hear directly from my incredible personal training clients ...

Ep. 75: Margaret Qualley with Holly Friend

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tackle ingénue Margaret Qualley with the help of my friend and the writer/trend forecaster Holly Friend. We analyze Margaret’s recent ...

74: June Transits 🪐 Concrete Steps to Strengthen Your Sense of Self

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon! Join the STARGIRL Patreon for access to exclusive content <3 *I often get asked how to "increase" or "find...

Episode 73: Addison

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Addison Week! In this special episode we return to the original Stargirl Miss Addison Rae to review her debut album Addison, out last week. We t...

Episode 72: The Body Series with Lauren Kanski

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Kanski is the founding coach on Ladder, a strength training app that offers progressive overload training in a variety of modalities. In the fi...

Episode 71: Lena Dunham II with Girls Rewatch Podcast

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re joined by internet sensations Amelia and Evan of Girls Rewatch podcast to discuss Lena Dunham, two years after we first knighted her...

Episode 70: Edna St. Vincent Millay with Kate Bolick

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we travel back in time 100 years (!) to meet Edna St. Vincent Millay, girl poet and emblem of 1920s Greenwich Village bohemia. We are joined...

Episode 69: Itsblitzzz [TEASER]

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*This week we go long on the evolution of Julia, the woman behind the cult YouTube channel Itsblitzzz. We reflect on the many...

Episode 68: The Body Series with Sasha Hanway

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the next episode of The Body Series, where we go deep on all the best STARGIRL themes: embodiment, warring conceptions of “health”...

Episode 67: Catherine Breillat

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we delve into the relentless and perverted mind of Catherine Breillat, the French filmmaker and novelist who has disturbed audiences for 50 ...

Episode 66: Lily-Rose Depp

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we go back to basics and investigate what one of the world’s hottest young women has to teach us about our own self hate (!). We revisit t...

Episode 65: Kelela [TEASER]

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* Today we travel back in time to the early 2010s and delve into the moody, mysterious soundscape of Kelela, the singer and d...

Episode 64: The Body Series: My Fitness Journey

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! In this episode of The Body Series, I share my entire fitness journey: Growing up as a ballerina to college weight gain, inactivity, a...

Episode 63: Julie Andrews | Christmas Special

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays! In this Christmas Special, we enter the timeless, charmed world of Dame Julie Andrews and my favorite movie of all time, The Sound of ...

Episode 62: Addison Rae Part II | 2024 Year in Review [TEASER]

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* To celebrate the end of a wild year, we’ve got a special, 2-in-1 episode for y’all: First, Addison Rae Part II: A retu...

Episode 61: Scarlett Johansson with Biz Sherbert

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome Miss Biz Sherbert and traverse the personal and cultural impact of Scarlett Johansson, perhaps the greatest sex symbol of the 21s...

Episode 60: Martha Stewart

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Thanksgiving! This week we investigate the Queen of Home Arts, Martha Stewart herself. We get inside the late ‘80s suburban decadence of Marth...

Episode 59: The Body Series with Molly

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Announcements: Emma is officially taking on more personal training clients, both in person and virtual! Book a free consult call to learn more here....

Episode 58: Nicki Minaj with Enzo Escober

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Am I a Nicki fan? This week I’m joined by my friend Enzo Escober for a proper nostalgia trip. We reminisce about the ways that Nicki’s unprecedent...

Episode 57: October Letter: Fitness Reigns with Zendaya, Livvy Dunne, Sydney Sweeney [TEASER]

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* In this month's letter, we look at a handful of digital assets that have caught my attention this week (and affirm the STARG...

Episode 56: The Body Series with Kristen Lynch

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I chat with Kristen Lynch, a business and mindset coach (and my former yoga teacher!) who helped me take STARGIRL to the next level. Throug...

Episode 55: Marianne Williamson

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To those who make contact. . . This week we tackle the original New Age spiritual guru, our beloved Marianne Williamson. We delve into her decades-lon...

Episode 54: September Letter: On Patriotism [TEASER]

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* Felt called to share how I’m thinking about the election and, more existentially, about the value of “patriotism” and ...

Episode 53: The Body Series with Dr. Julia Morgan [LONG TEASER]

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* *Announcement* Sign-ups are live for STARGIRL in-person events in September! STARGIRL Yoga 2.0 Sunday, September 8 at 10...

Episode 52: Livvy Dunne

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Announcement* Sign-ups are live for STARGIRL in-person events in September! STARGIRL Yoga 2.0 Sunday, September 8 at 10am in Fort Greene. Meetup + ...

Episode 51: August Letter: On Ballerina Farm [TEASER]

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* This month, we rehash the recently upwelled Ballerina Farm discourse, and I talk about what she represents to me: not a “...

Episode 50: The Body Series with Eloise Skinner [TEASER]

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* Eloise Skinner is a psychotherapist, author, and fitness instructor whose work focuses on existential themes, embodiment, a...

Episode 49: Ottessa Moshfegh with Holly Friend

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon!* Announcements: 1. STARGIRL in-person event is happening! Sunday, July 28 at 10am in Williamsburg (exact location...

Episode 48: Elizabeth Taylor

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Announcements!  The first STARGIRL in-person event is happening! Details will be announced on my Instagram first @emmaglennbaker — can’t wait to...

Episode 47: July Letter [TEASER]

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon!* Happy July! In this month's letter, available to Dream / Threat-tier subscribers on Patreon, I give my final thoughts on "B...

Episode 46: The Body Series with Sloane Elizabeth [LONG TEASER]

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon!* In this episode of The Body Series, I interview Sloane Elizabeth, a food freedom coach and the founder of the Food Freedom...

Episode 45: Beyoncé Part II with Shaan Sachdev [TEASER]

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon!* Welcome to Part II of my conversation with my friend and the writer Shaan Sachdev. In this episode, we tackle Beyoncé as ...

Episode 44: Beyoncé Part I with Shaan Sachdev

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Part 1 of our Beyoncé special, with my friend and the Beyoncé evangelist Shaan Sachdev! This week, we take it all the way back to Wayne K...

Episode 43: The Body Series with Dr. Cameron Yuen [TEASER]

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon!* Cameron Yuen, PT, DPT, CSCS, is a performance physical therapist with a specialty in strength and conditioning, and the Di...

Episode 42: STARGIRL Birthday Party! [TEASER]

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon!* Celebrate two years of STARGIRL in this patron-only special episode, where we look back at the genesis of the project and ...

Episode 41: Paige Bueckers with Nell Baker

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Helloooo!!! Today we’re tackling the phenomenon of Paige Bueckers, college basketball star who has captured the nation’s attention with her skill,...

Episode 40: The Body Series with Tao Lin [UNLOCKED]

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon!* This May marks two years of STARGIRL! As a birthday gift from me to you, I’m unlocking the most recent episode...

Episode 39: Lauren Oyler with Alana Pockros

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome my friend and writer/editor Alana Pockros to tackle the work and persona of Lauren Oyler. We discuss how Lauren seized authority ...

Episode 38: The Body Series with Emmeline Clein [TEASER]

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* This week, we welcome the writer Emmeline Clein to discuss her new book, Dead Weight, a history of eating disorders. She exp...

Episode 37: Rachel Sennott [TEASER]

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Happy Spring! This week we explore the legacy of @treaclychild (RIP) in her ascent from Twitter darling to HBO executive prod...

Episode 36: Hitomi Mochizuki with Callie Hitchcock [TEASER]

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon to listen to the full episode and gain access to more exclusive content*Hello, earth angels! This week Callie and I...

Episode 35: The Body Series with Jordan Castro [TEASER]

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* STARGIRL 2.0 is here! Introducing: The Body Series. Embodiment has always been a central theme of STARGIRL, and we tackle it...

Episode 34: Shiva Rea

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shiva Rea is credited as a key popularizer of modern yoga in the United States: She transformed the physical practice and in so doing, helped to defin...

Episode 33: Willa Cather with Sam Cummins

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're joined by Sam Cummins of Nymphet Alumni to discuss the timeless American novelist Willa Cather. We talk about the needless politicizat...

Episode 32: Gwyneth Paltrow

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! Today we take the opportunity to look back at how Gwyneth and Goop defined Wellness in the 2010s. I argue that while Goop lacked a sou...

Episode 31: Kim Kardashian

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we use Kim Kardashian and Skims to close out many open conversations of the year: the body, motherhood and domesticity, women megalomaniacs, ath...

Episode 30: Bianca Giaever [TEASER]

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Bianca Giaever was a local legend, a mythic figure whose forest nymph-like presence lingered in the walls of Garfield High Sc...

Episode 29: Taylor Swift with Sally Darr Griffin

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome YouTuber and general internet darling Sally Darr Griffin to tackle Taylor Swift. Discussed: Taylor's insidious creep toward total wor...

Episode 28: Jennie Kim with Alexi Alario

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome K-pop expert and fanatic Alexi Alario, the co-host of Nymphet Alumni, to analyze Miss Jennie Kim ♡ We discuss how Jennie sets h...

Episode 27: Zendaya

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back! Today we discuss Zendaya, arguably the most celebrated Face of Young Hollywood and one of my favorite people to watch move. We discuss a...

Episode 26: Emily Weiss with Marisa Meltzer

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'm joined by Marisa Meltzer, longtime beauty industry chronicler and the author of the new book Glossy: Beauty, Ambition, and the Insid...

Episode 25: Ballerina Farm

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Big one today! This week we discuss Hannah Neeleman, the first generation farmer and marketing genius behind Ballerina Farm. We discuss the many Dream...

Episode 24: End-of-Summer Check-In

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re throwing some paint at the wall! I check-in on the aimlessness of my summer energy, reorient, and give a preview of my top 3 Urgent ...

Episode 23: Caroline Calloway II with Caroline Calloway

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we return to the subject of Caroline Calloway with CC herself! We discuss the difficulty of self-publishing, the over-simplification of her &quo...

Episode 22: Carrie Bradshaw with Callie Hitchcock

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome SATC superfan Callie Hitchcock to opine on the “ambling bravado” of Carrie Bradshaw, the beloved character created by Candace Bus...

Episode 21: Dasha Nekrasova [TEASER]

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Today we go long on Miss Dasha Nekrasova, a podcaster/actress/director and the poster of our time 🫡 We discuss the genius ...

Episode 20: Lauren Kanski

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to my fitness manifesto! Today we explore the rise and reign of Lauren Kanski, a strength and fat loss coach (and my own personal guiding ligh...

Episode 19: Caroline Calloway [TEASER]

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Welcome back to STARGIRL, a show about girls who stand out! Today we ride the wave of Caroline Calloway's latest publicit...

Episode 18: Lana Del Rey with Nisa Neza [TEASER]

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Today we welcome Nisa Neza, the host of CAN'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE, to tackle Lana: Part I/ ! We explore: Lana's meanderi...

Episode 17: Alix Earle

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we use TikTok star Alix Earle as a vessel to tackle one of my favorite topics: Blondeness! I discuss what it "means" to be/go blonde, the so...

Episode 16: Mary McCarthy with Katie Roiphe

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by a real-life Stargirl, the writer Katie Roiphe, to discuss Mary McCarthy, one of the best and most controversial writers of ...

Episode 15: Try-Outs I

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tackle the backlog of "are they or aren't they" potential-Stargirls, revisit the Too-Too-ness, and talk about the importance of meaningfu...

Episode 14: Cami Téllez [TEASER]

04 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*This week we delve deep into the uncanny world of the D2C underwear brand Parade and its CEO, Cami Téllez. I talk about the ...

Episode 13: Azealia Banks [TEASER]

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*This week we go long on Azealia Banks, the American rapper who can't STFU to save her life. I talk witchiness, how mean w...

Episode 12: Lena Dunham

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lena Dunham's Girls is my favorite piece of art that's been created in my lifetime. I talk about why writing off the show as "narcissistic" is a massi...

Episode 11: Mitski with Molly

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us this week is one of my dearest friends, Molly, to discuss the musician and de facto Sad Girl cult leader, Mitski. We talk about the liminal...

Episode 10: Julia Fox [TEASER]

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*Listen to the full episode on Patreon!*This week we explore The Myth of Julia Fox: her hard-partying youth, various artistic endeavors, explicit sex ...

Episode 09: Grimes

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we recap the foundational STARGIRL themes: the nature-artifice continuum, ripe/dead, and the quest for narrative control. Then, we analyze ...

Episode 08: Tinx [TEASER]

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Meet Tinx, the TikTok-er turned omniscient multi-hyphenate bae! We talk about her knack for world-building (RMWs, ESWB, LTG, ...

Episode 07: Sally Rooney with Mikaela Dery

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are joined by my dear friend Mikaela Dery to discuss Sally Rooney, the Irish novelist. We talk about the high-brow/low-brow nature of he...

Episode 06: Sydney Sweeney

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first installment of STARGIRL Auditions: Sydney Sweeney! We evaluate Sydney's potential to become an era-defining actress and sex symbo...

Episode 05: Alison Roman with Callie Hitchcock

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Alison Roman, the food media disruptress who epitomizes the best and worst of single millennial Brooklyn circa 2018. This week we are joined by C...

Episode 04: Jia Tolentino [TEASER]

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon*Meet Jia Tolentino, the former darling of the media world who charmed and frustrated us all for a few critical pre-pandemic y...

Episode 03: Emily Ratajkowski [TEASER]

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*Full episode on Patreon* Meet Emily Ratajkowski, the hottest woman in the world who can't be satisfied! I talk about her body, her book called &q...

Episode 02: Addison Rae

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Addison Rae, the TikTok star who changed my life.

Episode 01: Audrey Gelman

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Audrey Gelman, the co-founder and former CEO of The Wing, the women-only co-working space that drove people mad from 2016-2020.