--- --- Jul 23, 2025 # Las Culturistas With Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang Going viral by [Shannon Carlin](/author/shannon-carlin/) ## Shannon Carlin Carlin is a contributor for TIME.  **_Comedy and Fiction_** Listening to _Las Culturistas,_ hosted by longtime BFFs Matt Rogers and [Bowen Yang](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095921/bowen-yang-artist/ "undefined"), is like hanging out with your hippest, most hilarious, most in-the-know friends who also happen to have a direct line to your favorite celebrities. In the nine years since launching the show, Rogers and Yang have discussed the [joy of making music](https://www.tiktok.com/@mattrogerstho/video/7481317707967778078?lang=en "undefined") with [Lady Gaga](https://time.com/5845014/lady-gaga-chromatica-album-review/ "undefined"), [gay lakes](https://www.tiktok.com/@mattrogerstho/video/7371927257075502378?lang=en "undefined") with [Cole Escola](https://time.com/7023581/cole-escola/ "undefined"), and [bad veneers](https://www.instagram.com/p/DIgtsqguGUb/?hl=en "undefined") with [Chappell Roan](https://time.com/7021241/leave-chappell-roan-alone-essay/ "undefined"). Each episode ends with them holding space for their guests to air their grievances in a recurring segment called “I Don’t Think So, Honey,” in which the likes of [Charli XCX](https://time.com/collection/person-of-the-week-podcast/6986609/charli-xcx-interview-person-of-the-week/ "undefined"), [Mike Birbiglia,](https://time.com/7288041/mike-birbiglia-netflix-good-life-special-interview/ "undefined") and [Mariah Carey ](https://www.tiktok.com/@mattrogerstho/video/7425410509496732971?lang=en "undefined")are given 60 seconds to rant about their personal bugaboos. (They are also the hosts of their own annual [over-the-top send-up of awards shows](https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/las-culturistas-culture-awards-bravo-bowen-yang-matt-rogers-1236381658/ "undefined") where, in 2023, the [Cate Blanchett Award for Good Acting](https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/2023-las-culturistas-culture-awards-the-true-winners-losers.html "undefined") went to, well, [Cate Blanchett](https://time.com/6261268/cate-blanchett-women-of-the-year/ "undefined"), who sent in a brilliantly performed pretaped acceptance speech.) The duo also share their brutally honest takes on pop culture, current events, and their own personal lives. Though, as [Tina Fey warned them](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n%5FNInpDZo44 "undefined") last year, as the pair’s popularity grows outside of the pod thanks to turns in popular movies like _Wicked_ (Yang) and TV shows such as _SNL_ (Yang, again) and [_Overcompensating_](https://time.com/7287058/adults-fx-review-overcompensating/ "undefined") (both Rogers and Yang), they may want to start keeping some of their opinions to themselves. Lucky for us, they have not totally reined it in just yet. Of course, _Las Culturista_ fans, better known as “Readers,” would expect nothing less than pure unadulterated chaos from Rogers and Yang, who have always preferred to serve their tea piping hot. 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