No She Didn't! James Maas Launches The Daily Skinny, a Daily Pop Culture Podcast From Straw Hut Media

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Nov 04, 2026, 08:00 ET

Every weekday morning, the Brandi Glanville Unfiltered co-host serves up the 10 juiciest stories in reality TV, celebrity and creator culture, in about ten minutes.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Your group chat just got a host. The Daily Skinny, a new daily pop culture podcast hosted by James Maas (Brandi Glanville Unfiltered), just premiered from Straw Hut Media, the team that helped bring WICKED: The Official Podcast, the official Only Murders in the Building podcast with Hulu, and Naked Lunch to life.

Every weekday morning, James counts down the 10 stories everyone is talking about: the Housewives, Bachelor Nation, the Love Island and Traitors chaos, the Kardashians, the breakups, and the posts that broke the internet overnight. The whole show runs about ten minutes, which is just long enough for your coffee.

The premiere episode has it all: eight Real Housewives heading off-Broadway in Neil Simon's Rumors, Keke Palmer firing her stylist Law Roach (nicely), Chris Harrison's cease-and-desist, Kim Kardashian on co-parenting with Kanye, Kylie and Kendall's holiday SKIMS campaign, and Tom Brady's latest love triangle.

"My whole life I've been the friend who texts you the gossip before you've had your coffee. Now I get to do it with a microphone," said James Maas. "It's fast, it's funny, and it's all love. We laugh with them, and sometimes a little at them."

"James and I have been friends for several years, and he is one of the hardest-working people I know," said Ryan Tillotson, founder of Straw Hut Media. "I've wanted to make a daily show for a long time, and this felt like the perfect opportunity."

Every episode is filmed and posted in full on YouTube, with bite-size clips of each story on Instagram and TikTok throughout the day.

Where to watch and listen

New episodes drop every weekday morning, Monday through Friday.

About James Maas

James Maas lives for pop culture. He is best known for co-hosting Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. On The Daily Skinny he gives you the skinny on what everyone is talking about, fast, funny and straight to the point, so you're always the first in the group chat to know.

About Straw Hut Media

Straw Hut Media is an award-winning podcast production company and network, founded in Hollywood in 2017. It has won several awards, including a 2026 Signal Awards Gold for WICKED: The Official Podcast with Universal Pictures and Vanity Fair. Straw Hut also produces the official Only Murders in the Building podcast with Hulu, along with Naked Lunch, Seen on the Screen, American Badass, Not My Narrative, PRIDE and On The Rocks. Learn more at strawhutmedia.com.

Press contact

Straw Hut Media
press@strawhutmedia.com
Interviews with James Maas are available on request.

SOURCE Straw Hut Media