Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Did Elon Musk Get Like This?
There was a time before Elon Musk was tweeting 60 times a day about trans people and the woke mind virus — and it wasn’t that long ago. As recently a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Is Glinda Good?
A Bit Fruity was due for a good old-fashioned film analysis. Wicked is a kids movie that is actually for adults, holding up a mirror to our increasin…
1 year, 6 months ago
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 d…
1 year, 6 months 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…
1 year, 6 months 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 ce…
1 year, 7 months 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? Tod…
1 year, 8 months 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 p…
1 year, 8 months 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…
1 year, 9 months 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…
1 year, 9 months 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 ni…
1 year, 9 months ago