Podcast Episodes

How the Right is Winning Young Men (with Taylor Lorenz)

This was the first election where the online far-right radicalization of young boys and men revealed itself in exit polls. After years of being fed diet-incel podcasts, one thing is clear: Gen Z will…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Riley Gaines: Tie for 5th, Grift for Life

In America, the only thing standing between you and wealth beyond your wildest dreams is tying for fifth with a trans person. Today, media critic Ari Drennen takes us into the bizarre world of the 24…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Jubilee Must Be Stopped

The slogan of YouTube’s most popular debate channel, Jubilee, is “provoke understanding & create human connection.” So why is all of its content a cesspool of bigotry, rage-bait, and pseudoscientific…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Cult of Stan Culture (with Amanda Montell)

Well, I got Swiftied. As I sat there, sifting through ever more creative and graphic death threats, I wondered: is it time for a podcast episode? Today, Amanda Montell (of Sounds Like a Cult) takes u…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

Chappell Roan’s War on Fame (with Eliza McLamb)

H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Chappell Roan is someone we do not actually know. But what do we do with the (very real) feelings and relationships we form with the people on our screens? Today, Eliza of Binchtopia a…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The Crunchy to Far Right Pipeline

How does a harmless interest in yoga turn into a crusade against homosexuals in public schools? Specific though it seems, we’ve all seen it happen: a friend with a seemingly innocuous interest in wel…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Transvestigating (with Contrapoints)

Your gender is not determined by your anatomy, your chromosomes, your hormones, or even your internal sense of self. It is determined by J.K. Rowling. Today, Natalie Wynn (aka Contrapoints) and I unp…

Published on 1 year ago

The Kamalafication of BRAT

Is Kamala bumpin’ that? Is BRAT summer over? Who killed it? Today, Maia of Rehash and I attempt a cynical but fair analysis of meme culture, Gen Z nihilism, and political standom.

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Published on 1 year ago

Hawk Tuah: From Harmless Meme to Right Wing Symbol

I stay away from heterosexual mess, but this time it came to me. Today, Taylor Lorenz and I work backwards to understand how a 21-year-old bed spring factory worker from Tennessee became a culture wa…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Stories from the AIDS Crisis

A special episode where we hear from listeners of the show who were lovers, nurses, relatives, students, and friends of people who died from AIDS.

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Published on 1 year, 1 month ago