The Sauce with Maya Gurantz and Rebecca Cohen

Britney Spears! How did this multi-million dollar generating superstar quietly lose her legal rights as an adult? Why did it take the public so long to recognize this was a problem? Maya and Rebecca dive into Britney’s past and present to shed light on...

Rebecca has decided Maya needs to watch all the Marvel movies–in a specific order of her choosing! This will be an ongoing series of mini-sodes for our $5 and up patrons, but we thought we’d share the first one–about Iron Man–with everyone.

Julia Sweeney ruins the Catholic Church for Maya and Rebecca! The legendary comedian, writer and longtime Sauce patron talks some inside baseball about Pope Francis, Opus Dei, the Knights of Malta, why there are so many damn Catholics on the Supreme Co...

From Proud Boys staging violent rallies to alternative medicine peddlers spreading disinformation to neocons undermining faith in public health and terrified parents “protecting” their children, anti-vaxxers are everywhere–and they’re driving the curre...

Can you name an elite professional athlete that seems…happy? Does toxic masculinity actually improve sports performance–or is it a costly inefficiency? In this episode, we share more fascinating stuff from our conversation with sports writer and former...

We continue our deep dive into Critical Race Theory by speaking with an ACTUAL high school ethnic studies teacher! She takes us thru the political minefields (and undeniable benefits) of teaching teens how power works; and the pedagogical nitty gritty ...

This week, @mayagurantz and @gynostar achieve the impossible: we ruin the almost excruciatingly likable soccer/mental health fairy tale Ted Lasso with help from writer, sports commentator, and ACTUAL FORMER SOCCER PRO Bobby Warshaw.

The Queen’s Gambit is the most-watched Netflix series OF ALL TIME, and received almost uniformly, wildly positive reviews. Rebecca and Maya watched it and think it totally sucks, and once we explain why, you’ll never be able to enjoy it ever again.

Critical Race Theory is the right wing’s new bogeyman and we feel personally attacked! As certified members of the Jewish Intellectual Cabal, Rebecca and Maya explain it all for you, dropping into the conservative temper tantrum over the 1619 Project a...

You know about last year’s smash movie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on August Wilson’s classic play. But what about the real Ma Rainey, the actual mother of the Blues, of whom there are only 7 remaining photos? For this Very Special Episode,