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The ladies discuss the latest Cambridge plagiarism scandal and Jason Arday's resignation, Hasan Piker's latest puff piece and AOC freezing her eggs.
Fundraiser turned author Evan Barker joins the ladies to discuss her new book Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative.
The ladies discuss Taylor Swift's lavender wedding, the Russian rooftopping couple's Empire State Building stunt, Zohran's 4th of July speech and the SSPX excommunications
The ladies are back to discuss the Montreal shooter's hypergamy manifesto and Emrata's latest personal essay.
The ladies discuss the Pope's debut encyclical on AI and the supposed return of dick size anxiety.
Gabi Abrão aka Sigh Swoon stops by the pod to discuss posting, freebleeding, spirituality, and her new book, Practices in Apparition.
The ladies discuss Lea Seydoux's existentialist moment, Alex Cooper's pregnancy panic, and the latest batch of UFO disclosures.
The ladies discuss the threat of hantavirus, the return of Spencer Pratt, and Olivia Rodrigo's "pedobaiting."
The ladies discuss the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter and shoplifting as political protest.
The ladies discuss the demise of the girlboss, Eric Swalwell's lukewarm MeToo, and Trump's feud with the Pope.
The ladies discuss Trump's civilizational shittest, Kristi Noem's crossdressing husband, the rise of AI veg slop, and Ronan Farrow's Sam Altman takedown.
The ladies discuss the death of millennial feminism, the rise of the dinergoth, and the cancelation of Chappell Roan.
The ladies are joined by Eron Wolf and Razib Khan in Austin to discuss the tech scene, the AI revolution and their new venture FUTO.
The ladies discuss Louis Theroux's new Manosphere doc and Cesar Chavez's posthumous #MeToo.
The ladies discuss the Iran War, Ryan Murphy's Love Story, and the women who regret having children.
The ladies discuss Hapa Olympians Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu, the State of the Union address, and the BAFTA Tourette's scandal.
The ladies discuss Bad Bunny's halftime show, Robert Kraft's antisemitism ad, and the food delivery guilt spiral.
The ladies mourn Brigitte Bardot's passing, delve into looksmaxxing discourse and bid farewell to the year.
The ladies discuss the mass shootings at Bondi Beach and Brown University, Bari Weiss and Erika Kirk's CBS Town Hall, and the antisemitism generational divide.
The ladies discuss Jeremy O. Harris going to Japanese prison, the Minneapolis Somali fraud scandal, Zohran Mamdani's pledge to stop sweeping homeless encampments, and the middle aged women soft quitting their marriages in The New York Times and The Cut.
The ladies discuss Zohran Mamdani's meeting with the President and Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress.
The ladies discuss Dasha's recent controversy and Olivia Nuzzi's comeback.
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The ladies discuss Zohran's mayoral victory, Peter Thiel on why capitalism isn't working for the youth, and whether it's embarrassing to have a boyfriend now.
Adult content creator Sky Bri stops by the pod to discuss her life and work, the future of porn, dating while in the industry, and more for Richardson Magazine A12.
The ladies discuss the NYC mayoral race, Luigi's missing months, and the anthropology of gooning.
The ladies review Sidney Lumet's Network and discuss the Ellison media takeover and the Young Republican groupchat.
The ladies are joined by host of America First Nick Fuentes to discuss his generational run.
Thomas Chatterton Williams returns to the pod to talk about his new book Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse.
The ladies discuss Jimmy Kimmel's temporary cancellation, Trump's H-1B fee, and the new Kanye doc, In Whose Name?
The ladies discuss Lana's forthcoming diss track and alleged beef with Ethel Cain, Trump's summit with Putin in Alaska, and Doreen St. Felix's resurfaced racist posts
The ladies are back discussing the limits of Western medicine and the Sydney Sweeney AE ad controversy after Dasha's near death experience.
The ladies discuss NYT Magazine's latest contribution to dating discourse, "The Trouble with Wanting Men," and review Ari Aster's new movie, Eddington.
The ladies discuss the NYT's Trolling Democracy op-ed, Nick Fuentes' Candace Owens interview, and the new DSA mayoral candidate Omar Fateh.
The ladies discuss the Epstein client list, the Diddy verdict, Elon's third party, Grok being racist, Zohran's college application race debacle, and the return of choking discourse.
The ladies discuss Zohran Mamdani's primary win, the Lauren Sanchez/Jeff Bezos wedding, Peter Thiel's Ross Douthat interview, and Jia Tolentino on why Zoomers aren't having sex.
The ladies discuss the poor styling choices of Ryan Murphy's upcoming Carolyn Bessette Kennedy/JFK Jr. series American Love Story and review Matt Wolf's new Paul Reubens documentary Pee-wee As Himself.
The ladies review Addison Rae's new album and recap the return of the LA Riots, Zohran Mamdani's primary surge, and Greta Thunberg's Gaza stunt.
The ladies discuss Glenn Greenwald's sex tape, Laura McClure's AI deepfakes, Hoe Math's viral confession, and the return of the r-slur.
The ladies discuss the Israeli Embassy slayings, Trump vs Harvard, and Nancy Mace threatening to leak her nudes.
Dan Allegretto is back to answer your burning love and sex questions.
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Charls Carroll and his wife Effina stop by the pod to discuss Bella Ramsey, conspiracy theories, the gender war, and how to deprogram yourself.
The ladies discuss the Pope's final farewell, Kanye's incest arc, the new Met Gala theme, and the rise of the so-called "womanosphere."
The ladies discuss Blue Origin's all-girl space mission, whether we should be rethinking ADHD, and the vibe shifting against the right.
The ladies discuss two new articles from The Cut, on the rise of facial dysmorphia and the crisis of masculinity, and weigh in on the Houthi groupchat debacle.
The ladies discuss Harry Sisson's sex scandal, Gal Gadot's Zionist woes, Gwyneth Paltrow's beef with intimacy coordinators, and The NYT's Covid op-ed.
Read the Nicholas Wade article mentioned in the episode here.
The ladies discuss Pope Francis' health scare, Hunter Schafer's passport woes, Brigitte Macron's gender drama, the return of the Roman salute, and more.
Read the immigration article mentioned in the episode here.
The ladies discuss 60 Minutes on HateAid, Milei's foray into meme coins, and Ashley St. Clair's Valentine's Day baby bombshell.
The ladies discuss their trip to Mexico City, the emerging USAID drama and DOGE's racism scandal.
Read Rob Henderson's review of Sadly, Porn mentioned on the episode here.
The ladies review Nosferatu and cover Panda Express discourse and the Neil Gaiman #MeToo.
The ladies discuss annexing Greenland, congestion pricing, and grooming gangs. Plus, Dasha recaps her trip to Trinidad.
The ladies discuss Luigi Mangione's terrorism charge, latest school shooter Samantha Rupnow and Lily Jay's essay on managing the fallout of her divorce from the guy who left her for Ariana Grande.
The ladies discuss "100 Men" influencer Lily Phillips, UHC CEO killer Luigi Mangione, and acquitted subway samaritan Daniel Penny.
Zoe Kestan, formerly known as Weedslut420, returns to the pod to discuss her relationship with Hunter Biden and her recent New York Times profile.
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The ladies discuss Trump's cabinet picks and roast the latest lifestyle journalism from New York Times and New York Mag.
The ladies discuss Kamala's "opportunity agenda for black men" and review The Substance by popular demand.
The ladies discuss the Eric Adams indictment and the Vance/Walz VP debate and review Megalopolis.
Matthew Davis, author of the new novel Let Me Try Again, joins the ladies to answer your burning love and sex questions.
The ladies discuss the Harris/Trump debate, the situation in Springfield, and Bourdain's Haiti episode.
The ladies discuss raw milk gate, the latest New Yorker cover, Robert Reich's war on Elon Musk, and CNN's Harris/Walz interview.
Novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner stops by the pod to discuss modern day spirituality, the incest taboo, LA's haunted lore, and his latest book, The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers.
The ladies discuss Tim Walz's stolen valor, Emmanuel Macron's gay rumors, the Groyper War, and the Musk Trump X space.
Tucker Carlson joins the ladies to talk about the election, sobriety, faith, broing down with Putin and Sharpton, being a Deadhead, and the key to a happy marriage.
The ladies discuss Kamala's brat branding, the Olympics opening ceremony controversy, and Ballerina Farm tradwife profile.
The ladies debrief the aftermath of the Trump assassination attempt, from JD Vance as VP pick, to the Home Depot memaw, to the Tenacious D breakup.
Author, filmmaker and legendary drag performer Glenn Belverio joins the ladies to talk about the Trump assassination attempt, the fate of LGBT and drag, collabing with Camille Paglia, and the recent Glennda Orgasm renaissance.
The ladies discuss Hawk Tuah Girl, Alice Munro's dark secret, and the George Stephanopoulos and James Carville postmortems of Biden's debate performance.
Author Honor Levy stops by the pod to talk about her debut short story collection, My First Book.
The ladies discuss likes going private, the EU elections, the Hunter Biden verdict, the sundress discourse, and the latest age gap memoir.
America's most unpopular pundit Steve Sailer stops by the pod to talk about his new anthology Noticing.
The ladies discuss the campus Palestine protests, the second guy to self-immolate, right wing women, Harvey Weinstein's overturned conviction, and the Will Stancil phenomenon.
The ladies review the new John Galliano doc and discuss the Candace Owens and Andrew Huberman sagas.
Model, actress and friend of the pod Salomé joins the ladies to discuss Andrea Long Chu's moral case for trans kids and the TikTok ban.
The ladies discuss Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation, Google's woke Gemini AI, and Diddy's belated #MeToo moment.
The ladies discuss Emily Gould's piece on nearly getting a divorce and Charlotte Cowles' essay about getting scammed out of $50K. Plus, we review Vultures.
Kirill and Nikolay of RWA join the ladies to discuss Navalny, Putin on Tucker, Dugin, and Russia and America as star-crossed foils.
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The ladies discuss the latest spate of polyamory press and rank the fellas (Houthi pirate, Sol Brah, Timothee Chalamet, Jacob Elordi, etc).
Anti-aging mogul Bryan Johnson joins the ladies to share his life philosophy and skincare tips.
Brontez Purnell returns to discuss his forthcoming book of poetry Ten Bridges I've Burnt and more.
The ladies discuss Taylor Swift being named Time's Person of the Year and Todd Haynes' new release, May December.
The ladies discuss Henry Kissinger's legacy, Ridley Scott's Napoleon, and Stuart Seldowitz's Islamophobic harassment campaign.
The ladies discuss the Osama bin Laden letter, the Javier Milei victory, and the OpenAI personnel shakeup.
Actress and comedian Ivy Wolk joins the ladies to discuss zoomers, #MeToo, Matthew Perry, Morrissey, and more.
The ladies discuss the Ryan Carson stabbing discourse, the Rebecca Traister marriage article, and Jamaal Bowman's fire alarm shenanigans.
The ladies discuss the Russell Brand rape allegations, Lauren Boebert and Susanna Gibson's horny antics, the men thinking about Rome meme, and what's up with those aliens.
Gay best friend of the pod Dan Allegretto is back to assist the ladies with answering your burning love and sex questions. Subscribe to Dan's pod here!
The ladies discuss the Trump's mugshot, his Tucker interview, his return to Twitter (or "X"), and more.
The ladies review Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Oliver Anthony's Rich Men North of Richmond.
BAP joins the ladies to discuss nutrition, cuisine, Nietzsche, the state of the right, the misuses of the longhouse, and more.
The ladies discuss the coup in Niger, the migrant crisis in New York, and the incandescent light bulb ban.
The ladies discuss the mystique of H. Pearl Davis and cocaine in the White House. Plus, we belatedly recap recent developments in the news cycle, from OceanGate, to the Russian coup, to race riots in France, to the end of Affirmative Action.
Author Delicious Tacos joins the ladies to talk about Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and more.
Geneticist, writer and CXO of Generate Razib Khan stops by the pod to talk genes and more.
The ladies discuss Trump's CNN Town Hall and E-Jean's $5M civil suit against Trump, the subway chokehold death incident and zoomer Marine manslaughter charge, the King Charles coronation, and more.
Fashion designer Elena Velez joins the ladies to discuss the Met Gala and the fashion industry.
Author and editor Mary Harrington stops by to talk about her new book Feminism Against Progress.
The ladies discuss RFK Jr.'s presidential bid, mid discourse, Dylan Mulvaney, Justin Pearson, and Blake Smith on Andrea Long Chu.
Author, commentator and Breaking Points host Saagar Enjeti stops by the pod to discuss the Trump indictment, the Ricky Vaughn verdict, the Nashville shooter, gun control, men's fashion, and more.
Author and critic Thomas Chatterton Williams stops by the pod to discuss the protests in France, race in America and the new Lana.
The ladies discuss Donald Trump's arrest drama, Kat Abughazaleh's liberal watchdogging, Gwyneth Paltrow's broth saga, and Sofia Coppola's daughter's TikTok trolling. Plus, we shoot our shot at defining "woke."
The ladies discuss the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the Agnes Callard saga, and the study abroad girl.
The ladies discuss the Ozempic fad, Marianne Williamson announcing, and whether it's kosher to date a podcast bro.
The ladies discuss Lomez's longhouse article in First Things and Roald Dahl getting posthumously longhoused by the publishing industry.
The ladies discuss NYFW, the Ohio train derailment, Chinese spy balloons, and the latest NYT op-ed on why you should be having more sex.
The ladies get drunk on Zoom with Michel Houellebecq and discuss his new article on euthanasia and assisted suicide for Harper's Magazine. Special thanks to Giulia Melucci, John R. MacArthur, Lysis Li, Eli Keszler and Mathieu Malouf for making it happen!
The ladies discuss the war on gas stoves, the new MLK monument in Boston, and dating in the TikTok age.
The ladies discuss Andrew Tate vs Greta Thunberg, Nassim Nicholas Taleb vs Jordan Peterson, Prince Harry vs Prince William, and the new heightism discourse making the rounds.
Writer, shitposter and Substack creator Niccolo Soldo drops in to unpack the history of AIDS, muse on American empire, and dispel those gay rumors.
The ladies discuss Sam Bankman Fried's arrest glowup, Volodymyr Zelensky's Congress address, and the nepotism baby discourse.
The ladies discuss dishy arms dealer Viktor Bout's WNBA prisoner exchange, nonbinary nuclear official Sam Brinton's luggage theft scandal, and disgraced Twitter censor Yoel Roth's Foucauldian gay sex dissertation.
Legendary political pundit and new Substack producer Ann Coulter drops by the pod to talk about the case against Trump, the future of the GOP, the immigration debate, and why she's a Deadhead.
Writer and poster Logo Daedalus stops by the pod to discuss his last book Selfie, Suicide: or Cairey Turnbull's Blue Skiddoo and what it means to be a Christian. Buy Logo's book here.
The ladies discuss The NYT's foray into atypical anorexia and "sex positive" congressional candidates Mike Itkis and Alexandra Hunt.
The ladies discuss The NYT's foray into atypical anorexia and "sex positive" congressional candidates Mike Itkis and Alexandra Hunt.
The ladies discuss Tucker's End of Men doc, Tucker's Ye interview, Ye vs the Jews, and more.
The ladies discuss Tucker's End of Men doc, Tucker's Ye interview, Ye vs the Jews, and more.
Dr. Drew Pinsky stops by the pod to discuss addiction, trauma, narcissism and BPD, envy vs jealousy, codependence, victimhood, why celebs are so troubled, and more. Plus, the ladies take Dr. Drew's narcissism test.
Dr. Drew Pinsky stops by the pod to discuss addiction, trauma, narcissism and BPD, envy vs jealousy, codependence, victimhood, why celebs are so troubled, and more. Plus, the ladies take Dr. Drew's narcissism test.
The ladies discuss the Iran protests, the Italian elections, Andrea Long Chu on the mixed Asian protagonist, and Adam Levine's cheating scandal.
The ladies discuss the Iran protests, the Italian elections, Andrea Long Chu on the mixed Asian protagonist, and Adam Levine's cheating scandal.
The ladies discuss the Iran protests, the Italian elections, Andrea Long Chu on the mixed Asian protagonist, and Adam Levine's cheating scandal.
Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko joins the ladies in scenic Dunton, Colorado to talk about movies, love, self-improvement, the Soviet immigrant experience, and more. Plus, Dasha's DNA results are in!
Filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko joins the ladies in scenic Dunton, Colorado to talk about movies, love, self-improvement, the Soviet immigrant experience, and more. Plus, Dasha's DNA results are in!
The ladies discuss the Euphoria girls' cancellation, Kanye's porn addiction, Darya Dugina's assassination, Mikhail Gorbachev's death, and Shia LaBeouf's conversion to Catholicism.
The ladies discuss the Euphoria girls' cancellation, Kanye's porn addiction, Darya Dugina's assassination, Mikhail Gorbachev's death, and Shia LaBeouf's conversion to Catholicism.
Jack Mason, formerly known as Jack the Perfume Nationalist, stops by the pod to discuss the De Vere Ball, the Salman Rushdie assassination attempt, and you guessed it, perfume.
The ladies discuss Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan, the Momlife comics fallout, and Nathan Fielder's new show "The Rehearsal."
We're unlocking our interview with Alex Jones and Alex Lee Moyer just in time for the release of her documentary Alex's War.
The ladies discuss AOC's heckling clapback, the sad return of Hunter Biden discourse, the even sadder return of "hot girl" discourse, and Elon Musk pulling out of the Twitter deal.
The ladies head to Vegas to see Morrissey at Caesars Palace. With cameos by Anna's sister Nina and baby daddy Eli.
Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug joins the ladies on America's special day to discuss the cathedral, monarchy, love, Litvinism, and the state of the nation.
The ladies discuss Bodega Bro, drag queen story hour, the SCOTUS abortion ruling, the R. Kelly verdict, New Zealand, and more. Plus Dasha vows to take a DNA test.
Author Jordan Castro joins the ladies to talk about his new book, The Novelist: A Novel, scatology, eschatology, "the program," jealousy vs. envy, pride vs. vanity, and more.
Paul Skallas aka Lindy Man drops by the pod to talk about the Lindy effect, the 4HL, refinement culture, literature, romance and more.
The ladies discuss monkeypox, the Kravis nuptials, the growing Dimes Square thinkpiece genre, and the Brooklyn Museum's Andy Warhol show.
Author Sheila Heti stops by the pod to talk about her books Motherhood and Pure Colour.
The ladies discuss the Roe v Wade overturn leak, the Elon Musk boycott campaign, and the Vatican getting into the NFT game.
The ladies discuss the Democrats' disinformation war and Netflix's Abercrombie & Fitch doc.
The ladies discuss James Burnham's The Machiavellians and Vanity Fair's investigation of Peter Thiel and the New Right.
The ladies discuss Elon's bid to buy Twitter, the Brooklyn subway shooting, the rise of sad teens, and the death of the "chill girl."
The ladies discuss the Pope's forthcoming consecration of Russia and Ukraine and the NYT's take on Don't Say Gay. Plus, Dasha goes to Shen Yun and Anna goes to Mexico.
The ladies discuss the latest on Ukraine, the return of Russophobia, Dasha's SAG journey and Buzzfeed's NPCC longread.
The ladies unpack the Ukraine invasion with the help of PBS News Hour special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky.
The ladies discuss the vibe shift, the Freedom Convoy, and Victoria's Secret hiring its first model with Down Syndrome.
The ladies discuss Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks blowout, Kim and Kanye's public divorce showdown, and the Central Park gold cube stunt.
The ladies discuss Neil Young's ultimatum to Spotify over Rogan, Ted Gioia's old music killing new music article, Cheryl Hines doing damage control for RFK Jr.'s Holocaust remarks, Maus getting banned by a Tennessee school board, and more.
The ladies discuss smoking making a comeback, masks making people more attractive, and the Kanye West/Julia Fox romance.
The ladies discuss Eve Babitz and Joan Didion's passing, Ghislaine Maxwell and Elizabeth Holmes' guilty verdicts, and Eric Adams' plans for the city. Plus, Anna recounts her near-death experience.
The ladies do a post mortem on the last episode and discuss Freddie de Boer's recent pieces for Substack and The NYT.
InfoWars host Alex Jones and filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer stop by the pod to discuss her new documentary Alex's War.
The ladies discuss the Astroworld tragedy and the Austin University launch, and touch on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
The ladies discuss The Great Resignation, HBO's new Brittany Murphy doc, GQ's Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly feature, and the Adele weight loss backlash.
Tim Dillon stopped by the pod to talk about real estate, food culture and the Gabby Petito case.
The ladies review Kanye's Donda back to back with Drake's Certified Lover Boy. Plus, we cover the Texas abortion law, the developing ivermectin discourse, and the Buttigieg baby announcement.
The ladies discuss the return of the Taliban, the scourge of seed oils, and Cornel West on why the left needs Jesus.
The ladies discuss DaBaby's homophobic comments scandal, Tariq Nasheed's Buck Breaking documentary, Matt Damon retiring the "f slur," and Amanda Knox's battle to own her identity.
The ladies discuss billionaires in space, the Wi Spa gender wars, and the future of modern porn education.
The ladies discuss the true story behind Cat Person, why canned fish is hot girl food, how TikTok became a hub for the dissociative identity disorder community.
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The ladies discuss John McAfee's death, David Brooks' lookism op-ed and Winston Marshall's letter of resignation from Mumford & Sons. Plus, Dasha does Tuscany.
The ladies discuss Lorde's new single/video, Hunter Biden dropping the n-word, Macron getting slapped, men wearing skirts, NatGeo's woketrolling, and the Virgil Texas grooming allegations.
The ladies discuss Demi Lovato coming out as nonbinary, Chrissy Teigen vs. Courtney Stodden, the resurgence of UFO discourse, and the "micro-generation" known as "geriatric millennials."
The ladies discuss the recent flareup in the Israel/Palestine conflict, the LA Times on fat-shaming in the time of Covid-19, Elon Musk's SNL appearance and the backlash to Liz Bruenig's latest NYT op-ed.
The ladies discuss the backlash to Joe Rogan's vaccination remarks and review HBO's new QAnon docuseries.
The ladies discuss Foucault's posthumous reckoning over pedophilia allegations, Kanye's post-divorce dating moves, and Anna Delvey's appearance on Aussie 60 Minutes.
Writer and musician Brontez Purnell stops by the pod to talk about his new book 100 Boyfriends.
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Art writer and Spike columnist Dean Kissick stops by the pod to talk about the rise of NFTs and the future of art.
Read Dean's column here.
The ladies discuss Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah interview and Dr. Seuss and Pepe Le Pew getting canceled. Plus, Dasha reviews the new Dunkin' Donuts avocado toast.
We're unlocking our Adam Curtis interview. Description below. New episode coming soon!
Filmmaker Adam Curtis chats with ladies about his new docuseries Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World and why you will never catch him using the word "neoliberalism."
The ladies talk about Martin Scorsese's latest for Harper's, the jokerfied Cruella trailer, and Kendall Jenner's Skims shoot body fallout.
Filmmaker Adam Curtis chats with ladies about his new docuseries Can't Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World and why you will never catch him using the word "neoliberalism."
The ladies discuss The NYT's new Britney Spears documentary, Taylor Lorenz's Clubhouse snitching, and Time Magazine's election shaping.
The ladies attempt to explain GameStopGate to themselves and take you along for the ride.
The ladies discuss Armie Hammer's cannibalism sexting scandal, Lana Del Rey's hotly debated Trump take, and Ariel Pink's Tucker Carlson interview.
The ladies review Martin Scorsese's new Fran Lebowitz docuseries, Pretend It's a City, and Rob Garver's 2018 Pauline Kael documentary, What She Said. Plus we ask what's up with Kamala's disastrous Vogue cover.
The ladies talk to Mark Crispin Miller, the NYU professor suing his colleagues for libel over a classroom masking controversy, about covid heresy, academic freedom, conspiracy theories, Edward Bernays, and the changing face of propaganda in the internet age.
Read and sign Professor Miller's Change.org petition here and donate to hisgofundme.
The ladies discuss the WSJ's problematic op-ed on Dr. Jill Biden's problematic honorific, FKA Twigs suing Shia LaBeouf for abuse, Tulsi Gabbard's trans ban bill for women's sports, and the Guardian's claim that podcasts are the new frontier of misinformation.
The ladies discuss Obama's comments on "snappy slogans," the most recent LA lockdown, Warner Bros.' covid-conscious streaming putsch, and the new NYT op-ed on PornHub's exploitation of women and children. Suggested reading below. Nicholas Kristof, The Children of PornHub. *** UPDATE ON THE E-SHOPPE: If you ordered merch from our online store, we expect to fulfill your orders as planned but will know for sure early next week. If not, you will be refunded in full. Stay tuned!
We're unlocking our Slavoj Zizek episode for Thanksgiving. Video available on YouTube. Description below!
The ladies chat with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about his recent books Pandemic! and Pandemic! 2.
The ladies review Eric Bogosian's shock jock drama Talk Radio (1988) and one-man standup play Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1990).
Glenn Greenwald is back to talk about the state of journalism and the fate of the election.
The ladies discuss Hunter Biden's hard drive, Billie Eilish's body reveal, Stevie Nicks' abortion comments and The NYT's Modern Love piece on what happens when you marry a sociopath. Suggested reading below.
The ladies are joined by fashion designer Paul Cupo to discuss the Spring-Summer 2021 shows.
Announcement: For the next episode we'll be talking about David Cronenberg's The Brood and A Dangerous Method.
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The ladies discuss last night's presidential debate, Trump's tax returns, Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination, and the situation in Nagorno Karabakh.
The ladies discuss the new race filter app Gradient, the Union Square climate change countdown clock, Alyssa Milano calling the cops on a teen, and Judith Butler's latest interview in The New Statesman.
The ladies review Netflix's latest film offerings, Maimouna Doucoure's Cuties and Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things.
The ladies discuss Bella Thorne's OnlyFans stunt, the sports strikes and NPR's In Defense of Looting interview.
The ladies discuss Steve Bannon's surprise indictment, the DNC's cringe shenanigans, Marianne Williamson's posting game, and the latest "New York is dead" genre piece.
The ladies discuss Kamala Harris for Veep, Ben Shapiro on WAP, the situation in Belarus and the Alex Morse scandal.
The ladies discuss Barbie's line of political dolls and the #ChallengeAccepted hashtag campaign. Plus, we review Lana Del Rey's gorgeous poetry audiobook.
The ladies discuss the Antifa Athena, AOC's House floor theatrics, Burger Records getting canceled, Kanye's latest meltdown, and review Taylor Swift's new album.
The ladies discuss the Harper's Letter and its discontents, the Instagram bid to cancel Jon Rafman and the new culture war no one knew was a thing: public sex. Suggested reading below.
Ana Valens, Public sex is at the center of a queer culture war
The ladies discuss #JewishPrivilege trending, Wayfair's kids in cabinets trafficking drama, Kanye teasing a presidential bid, and The Guardian's sexist skyscrapers piece. Suggested reading below.
Leslie Kern, 'Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' — do cities have to be so sexist?
The ladies review Vasili Pichul's Little Vera (1988) and Paul Schrader's Hardcore (1979).
The ladies discuss Bill de Blasio's BLM-related antics, Reddit's "hate speech" purge and the St. Louis gun couple.
The ladies discuss the latest developments in the grooming discourse, including Chris D'Elia and Ansel Elgort getting cancelled for doing stuff with underage girls and Madison Beer getting cancelled for "romanticizing" Lolita.
The ladies discuss the situation with CHAZ, the crackdown on confederate statues and cop shows, and Chuck Wendig getting cancelled. Related reading and viewing below.
Amanda Hess, The Protests come for 'Paw Patrol'
Matt Taibbi, The American Press is Destroying Itself
The Bellows, Conversation with Adolph Reed and Walter Benn Michaels
The ladies discuss the Dems' kente cloth stunt, the latest updates in police reform and the wave of professional shakeups gripping the media industry in the wake of the riots.
The ladies discuss the protests unfolding across the country, Trump's Twitter censorship saga and the new Netflix Epstein doc.
Amber A'Lee Frost is back again to talk with the ladies about the Central Park Karen, Jia Tolentino's human trafficking apologia, and Jimmy Fallon getting "cancelled" for blackface.
The ladies discuss Lana Del Rey's open letter, the Call Her Daddy blowout, and Joe Rogan's Spotify deal.
The ladies discuss the NYT-led Ronan Farrow backlash, Susan Faludi's #MeToo revisionism, and WaPo's Stacey Abrams hagiography. Relevant reading below!
Ben Smith, Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?
Glenn Greenwald, Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"
Susan Faludi, 'Believe All Women' is a Right-Wing Trap
Kevin Powell, The Power of Stacey Abrams
The ladies talk about Amber A'Lee Frost's newest on wearing the mask for Damage Mag, Amanda Hess on Covidshaming for The NYT, Helen Fisher's bold claim that coronavirus is good for dating in the same pages, and Mary Kate Olsen's emergency divorce petition. Relevant reading below! Amber A'Lee Frost, I'm Not Wearing A Mask Amanda Hess, The Social-Distancing Shamers Are Watching Helen Fisher, How Coronavirus is Changing the Dating Game for the Better
The ladies discuss J.Crew's bankruptcy, Adele's weight loss, the Alison Roman/Chrissy Teigen/Marie Condo beef, Michel Houellebecq's coronavirus letter, and The NYT's profile of TradCath Twitter. Relevant reading below!
Christopher Dawson, Catholicism and the Bourgeois Mind.
David Cayley, Questions on the Current Pandemic from the Point of View of Ivan Illich.
Tara Isabella Burton, Christianity Gets Weird.
We're unlocking Dasha's birthday episode as a reminder of better days. Description below! *** It's Dasha's birthday! The ladies discuss Jacobin's piece on how porn has replaced intimacy and a New York Times article on how more women are opting for the single life. Read the Jacobin piece here. Read the NYT piece here.
We're unlocking our premium episode discussing Grimes' pregnancy announcement in honor of the birth of her healthy baby boy X Æ A-12. Description below! *** The ladies discuss Justin Bieber's Lyme diagnosis, Paul Krugman's pedo faux pas, Grimes' pregnancy announcement, Elizabeth Wurtzel's passing and The Cut's profile of the girlboss resistance.
The ladies unpack the charges of antisemitism swirling around Bill de Blasio's "Jewish community" tweet and woke Twitter's Anne Frank "Becky" discourse. Plus, we review James Crump's new documentary on Jordan Wolfson.
Watch the JWolf doc here.
Kantbot, star of Alex Lee Moyer's new documentary TFW No GF, joins the ladies to talk about the film, trolling and posting, and whether incels are real.
The ladies discuss Kim Jong-un's ill health and hot sister, Lysolgate, The NYT's oped on nude selfies as "high art," Slavoj Zizek's latest on sex and spirituality in the time of corona, and jacking off to cartoons.
Read the Times piece here.
Read Zizek's column here.
The ladies talk to journalist and author Yasha Levine about the Russian American immigrant experience and his book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet.
We're unlocking one of our favorite premium episodes. *** Iconic journalist Glenn Greenwald joins the ladies to talk about the future of civil liberties, the failure of Democratic institutions and quarantine fashion.
The ladies discuss Bernie's Biden endorsement, AOC's NYT interview and Bill Maher's Chinese virus rant. Plus, Dasha talks affect theory and Anna reports her medical findings on obesity, smoking and coronavirus.
Actress and model Hari Nef joins the ladies to talk about quarantine life, the Bernie campaign, and the acting craft.
The ladies talk about OK Boomer girl, the OnlyFans surge, and Louis CK's new comedy special. Read the OnlyFans article here.
The ladies talk to political strategist Steve Bannon about the impact of Bernie's 2020 presidential campaign, the failure of the institutional response to the coronavirus pandemic — and ask him how you can call yourself a populist if you don't believe in universal healthcare.
Iconic journalist Glenn Greenwald joins the ladies to talk about the future of civil liberties, the failure of Democratic institutions and quarantine fashion.
The ladies are back with some emergency quarantine content, discussing Melania Trump's Covid-19 PSA, NYC's "sex and coronavirus" health memo, Joe Biden's mysterious absence from politics and Slavoj Zizek's latest pandemic dispatch. Read the Zizek piece here.
The ladies keep you informed on the latest updates from the pandemic, including Bernie blowing his campaign, Trump "going left," celebs acting wack, The Cut's obligatory "polyamory under coronavirus" headline, and Zizek's breakdown of the whole situation.
Read the Cut piece here.
Read Zizek's analysis here.
Twitter comedy genius and former Bernie staffer Ben Mora stops by the pod to talk about the pandemic, the election and more.
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Happy Friday the 13th! As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe, the ladies chat with New York Times columnist and author Ross Douthat about his new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of our own Success.
Buy Ross's book here.
The ladies discuss their corona woes, the DNC's electoral coup, Hulu's new Hillary doc, and The New Yorker's profile of art world bad boy Jordan Wolfson. Read the New Yorker piece here. Plus, get tickets for our April 21st LIVE SHOW at The Bell House here.
The ladies discuss Michael Bloomberg's attempt to buy his way into the presidential race via memes, the rumors that Jameela Jamil has Munchausen Syndrome, and AOC's announcing her stint as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race.