{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 60: Olivia Rodrigo (S51E18)","description":"We discuss Olivia Rodrigo's debut as host and musical guest on  May 2, 2026. While digital press praised Rodrigo's full commitment to bits, we were more split, echoing an MSNBC critique that SNL is still &quot;figuring out&quot; Rodrigo's comedic voice by slotting her into a pop-star template rather than building around her own sensibility. We gush over Aziz Ansari\u2019s Kash Patel in the Iran Press Briefing Cold Open before exploring Rasta Driver as a case study in white performers adopting Black cultural affect, the deployment of bedroom culture and the collapse of private spaces in My Room, as well as the absurdity of TikTok surveillance and &quot;contentification\u201d in&amp;nbsp; Home Security Ad. Readings and resources including feminist analyses of bedroom culture, Nozick\u2019s Experience Machine, and the nuanced performances of Jamie Kennedy in Malibu\u2019s Most Wanted and Chet Hanks in Atlanta. ","author_name":"SNL101","author_url":"https:\/\/snl101.info","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42286260\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204681385"}