Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

Conversations with people from all walks of life.

Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. www.phetasy.com

Touch Grass vs Transhuman: The Battle of the New Digital Age - Katherine Dee

Touch Grass vs Transhuman: The Battle of the New Digital Age - Katherine Dee

Buckle up for a wild ride through the digital apocalypse with Katherine Dee, where influencers are dying, AI’s churning out slop, and Substack’s the artisanal Etsy of writing in a world drowning in fluff. From the collapse of legacy media to TikTok as "digital fentanyl," she’s got the scoop on how we’re all losing our humanity to screens—yet craving real connection so bad we’re anthropomorphizing our toasters. Touch grass or go transhuman? Hollywood’s fleeing LA, kids are Wild Westing

Feb 20, • 1:26:18

E325. Game Theory, Poker & The AI Arms Race - Liv Boeree

E325. Game Theory, Poker & The AI Arms Race - Liv Boeree

Professional poker player, physicist, and general badass, Liv Boeree, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating conversation about the mind games of poker, where intuition meets math, how game theory shapes everything from philanthropy to AI ethics, and the paradoxes of AI consciousness. They discuss being pathologically competitive, beating the boys at their own games, how everyone’s an egalitarian until they get the power, pig farmers, China, audience capture, the magic of Burning Man, playing

Feb 13, • 1:26:21

E324. Should America be a Monarchy? - Curtis Yarvin

E324. Should America be a Monarchy? - Curtis Yarvin

Bridget sits down with Curtis Yarvin, political theorist and writer formerly known as Mencius Moldbug. They discuss the road that brought Curtis to this point, his debate with Ilya Shapiro, whether capitalism requires democracy, whether oligarchs are more concerned with the outcomes of power rather then power itself, the Arab Spring, debating “isms”, why he believes the most peaceful and stable form of government is the monarchy, the truth about revolutions, why he’s selective about his conspira

Feb 6, • 1:22:12

E323. The Big Homeless Non-Profit Scam - Jared Klickstein

E323. The Big Homeless Non-Profit Scam - Jared Klickstein

Bridget sits down with Jared Klickstein, author of Crooked Smile, to discuss the gritty realities of addiction, homelessness, and the policy failures that have turned them into epidemics. They cover Jared's personal story, being raised by heroin addicts, his own struggle with addiction, surviving a decade on Skid Row, and how he got clean. They dissect the progressive policies that caused addiction and homelessness to explode, the multitude of non-profits intended to address the problems th

Jan 30, • 1:25:50

E322. Michael Malice on the Art of Being Nasty

E322. Michael Malice on the Art of Being Nasty

Dive into a whirlwind conversation where Michael Malice and Bridget dissect everything from the dark art of comedy to the cultural chaos of California, all while roasting each other with the finesse of seasoned stand-ups. From diabolical childhood antics to the current political landscape, they cover it all, including anarchy, Gavin Newsom with a sword, and a whole lot of potatoes. They discuss Malice’s desire to do stand-up, Bridget’s honest advice, comedy as terrorism, the truth about media hi

Jan 23, • 1:01:15

E321. X's Censorship Controversy - Matt McDonald

E321. X's Censorship Controversy - Matt McDonald

Bridget and Matt McDonald, managing editor at The Spectator magazine, dive into the bizarre story of Elon's alleged alt account, the story that revealed the truth, the subsequent censoring of the story on X and the suspension of the journalist's account. They also cover the chaotic world of modern journalism and social media, why the destruction of local journalism is bad for everyone, the H1B visa debate, the innovation of Community Notes, the state of media in 2025, the truth about d

Jan 16, • 1:05:29

E320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan

E320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan

Spencer Klavan sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. They talk about faith, science, nihilism, depression, personal growth, the false dichotomy between scientific rationality and religious belief, the fact that many great scientists were theists, and that the modern conflict between science and religion is outdated. They also cover Spencer’s personal journey to faith, his experience as a gay Christian, how he re

Jan 9, • 1:27:03

E319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

E319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

Original Air Date - 9/21/23 Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with Bridget to discuss her experience on the team, her decision to speak up about the controversial issue, and ultimately testifying before Congress. She and Bridget talk about how the university tried to silence the athletes, being unable to express discomfort or feelings of unfairness, being told that they are the ones with the problem, waiting fo

Jan 2, • 1:13:40

E318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

E318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

This episode was originally published 2/29/24Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up. She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, the overuse of the word trauma, how talking about and focusing on your pain can make it worse, and how kids are being taught to make their pain an

Dec 26, 2024 • 1:33:06

E317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo

E317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo

Bridget sits down with Drea de Matteo, star of The Sopranos, to discuss her personal and political evolution, their mutual gratitude for being part of Gen X, how Drea never intended to become a political activist, how COVID and the lockdowns influenced her thinking and led her to start questioning her preconceptions about the Left and the Right, why it took her until the very last moment to come out in support for Trump, and why she did it even while recognizing that it could damage her ability

Dec 19, 2024 • 1:18:39

E316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini

E316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini

Bridget sits down with Patrick Ruffini, a Republican pollster and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. The book explores the transformative political landscape of recent American elections, challenging previous narratives about the Republican Party's demographics and highlighting a significant multi-racial shift in voter preferences, particularly noting how Donald Trump expanded Republican support among African American and Latino voters

Dec 12, 2024 • 1:12:26

The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky

The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky

Kara Dansky, a feminist, activist, and author of The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls, sits down with Bridget to discuss her critique of gender identity politics and its impact on women's rights. Kara argues that the Democratic Party and left-wing activists have betrayed women by embracing gender identity ideology, which she sees as fundamentally misogynistic. They cover how this ideology undermines women's spaces, sports, and fundamental rights, why they wear t

Dec 5, 2024 • 1:03:45

E314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

E314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

Original Air Date - April 11, 2024 In honor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence, we're re-airing her April interview. 4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and Bridget discuss making people on both sides angry, why people feel threatened when someone tells the truth, being grounded in God, when Demo

Nov 28, 2024 • 2:04:32

E313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch

E313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch

Bridget sits down with radio talk-show host and author, Dana Loesch, for a conversation about growing up Gen X, the freedoms they had that kids don’t have anymore, the role of technology in the development of the nanny state, what the constant ability to check on your kids does to parents, whether we’re training our kids to have no expectation of privacy from a young age, and how Gen Z are already so conditioned to censoring themselves and avoiding risks because they know their mistakes will li

Nov 21, 2024 • 1:19:24

E312. The Dark Queen of Comedy - Adrienne Iapalucci

E312. The Dark Queen of Comedy - Adrienne Iapalucci

The Dark Queen, Adrienne Iapalucci joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about having a love-hate relationship with comedy, constantly contemplating quitting, being fearless when tackling controversial topics, the inability to be a conventional employee, and why Adrienne loves pissing people off. They cover drug escapades, allowing politics to divide families, being “white lady nuts,” career aspirations, and how her new comedy special The Dark Queen, directed by Louis CK and produced by Ari

Nov 14, 2024 • 1:34:01

E311. My Conversation with A Harris Voter

E311. My Conversation with A Harris Voter

Bridget sits down with Ravi Gupta to unpack Trump’s big win and the divides that continue to shape today’s political landscape. They dive into the intense emotions stirred up by the election, the tough truths facing both political parties, and the personal challenges of navigating political differences within families. Together, they explore what this election means for people across the political spectrum and what the path forward could look like.Check out The Lost Debate Podcast with Ravi Gupt

Nov 9, 2024 • 1:30:14

E310. The Day I Met John & Yoko: Final Hours with a Legend

E310. The Day I Met John & Yoko: Final Hours with a Legend

Bridget sits down with Laurie Kaye to discuss her book, Confessions of A Rock N’ Roll Name-Dropper which covers her life leading up to conducting John Lennon's final interview on December 8th, 1980, hours before his tragic death. They cover her journey from a young music enthusiast in LA to becoming a respected rock journalist, including her pivotal moment of winning Rolling Stones concert tickets that led to her radio career, the best and worst day of her life, the emotional weight of writ

Nov 7, 2024 • 1:20:49

E309. Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone! - Erika Sanzi

E309. Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone! - Erika Sanzi

Bridget sits down with Erika Sanzi, the Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education (PDE), an organization dedicated to addressing ideological biases in schools. She and Bridget discuss PDE’s mission to bring political neutrality back into classrooms, the indoctrination of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender identity policies in schools, the suppression and compelled speech of students, and how we got to this point. They cover the reemergence of treating people differently based on the

Oct 31, 2024 • 1:32:56

E308. Bureaucracy is Crushing American Dreams

E308. Bureaucracy is Crushing American Dreams

Max Meyer joins Bridget to talk about the new tech magazine he just launched Arena. They discuss Arena's mission to be on the side of the future and the people building it, his desire to offer a tech magazine that's an alternative to the other big name tech magazines out there that seem focused on demoralizing people about the future and making them fear things, instead offering a pro-American, pro-technology perspective while acknowledging valid concerns about technology and its risks. They cov

Oct 24, 2024 • 1:38:49

E307. To Vote Or Not To Vote For Trump - Mary Katharine Ham

E307. To Vote Or Not To Vote For Trump - Mary Katharine Ham

Mary Katharine Ham, a Fox News contributor and former CNN commentator, sits down with Bridget for a frank yet fun conversation about whether or not either one of them will vote for Trump. The decision rests not on a choice between Trump and Kamala, but a choice about whether or not they can bring themselves to vote for Trump, even though they low key want him to win because the policies and principles of the Harris/Walz campaign are so distasteful to them. They cover the realignment of the polit

Oct 17, 2024 • 1:28:52

E306. How October 7th Exposed the West's Madness

E306. How October 7th Exposed the West's Madness

Author Brendan O’Neill joins Bridget to talk about his book, After The Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and The Crisis of Civilization. They discuss the aftermath of Hamas's attack on October 7th, 2023, what it told us about the West, the lure of barbarism, the rise of antisemitism, why we shouldn’t be allowed to forget what happened on October 7th, and why his book should make you angry because it highlights the appalling truth that people in the West are cheering one of the most regressive and r

Oct 10, 2024 • 1:43:31

E305. Wokeness Must Die A Thousand Deaths

E305. Wokeness Must Die A Thousand Deaths

Journalist and author of Go Woke, Go Broke, Charlie Gasparino, sits down with Bridget for a frank and fun conversation about the state of journalism, "wokeness," the progressive radicalization of corporate America, and the financial fallout they’re seeing as a result. They discuss the need for journalists to be fair in their reporting, allowing for the possibility of having your mind changed during the course of your investigation, the rise of “journavism”, and why journalism today is

Oct 3, 2024 • 1:36:22

E304. The Self-Sabotage Paradox - David Puder

E304. The Self-Sabotage Paradox - David Puder

Bridget sits down with psychiatrist Dr. David Puder, for a wide ranging discussion about about the challenges of working with severely ill patients, the importance of empathy in therapy, and the societal impact of social media on mental health, the difficulties of motivating patients to exercise, and the complexities of medication in psychiatric treatment. They cover PTSD in veterans, the value of finding meaning in life, the role of comedy in society, the lasting effects the pandemic on mental

Sep 26, 2024 • 1:33:39

E303. Nature Is Non-Partisan - Benji Backer

E303. Nature Is Non-Partisan - Benji Backer

Benji Backer, author of The Conservative Environmentalist, sits down with Bridget to discuss how environmentalism became a partisan issue in America and what he’s doing about it. They talk about the politicization of environmental issues, his road trip around the country in an electric vehicle, water scarcity and its solutions, the problem with data and AI centers, how every energy source has a massive tradeoff, the surprising fact that Texas is number one in solar and wind technologies, and why

Sep 19, 2024 • 1:39:55

E302. Kat Timpf Is Politically Nonbinary

E302. Kat Timpf Is Politically Nonbinary

Kat Timpf returns to talk about her new book I Used To Like You Until…: (How Binary Thinking Divides Us). She and Bridget discuss her career trajectory, how she wound up on Fox News, getting into stand-up comedy, her marriage and impending motherhood. They cover how truly strange pregnancy is, the assumption that something will always go wrong, the upcoming election, and the absurdity of how politics makes us fight with people we actually know on behalf of people who don’t know we exist. They a

Sep 12, 2024 • 1:22:08

E301. How Algorithms Are The New Gatekeepers - Dina Hashem

E301. How Algorithms Are The New Gatekeepers - Dina Hashem

Bridget sits down with comedian and writer for The Daily Show, Dina Hashem to talk about her new comedy special Dark Little Whispers. They discuss Dina’s unexpected entry into comedy, how she started writing for The Daily Show, how crazy the COVID times actually were and how much we’ve supressed, the challenges of self-promotion, being your own brand, and how the algorithms have reintroduced the gatekeepers to the industry because you need people who know how to work the algorithm and that take

Sep 5, 2024 • 1:02:38

E300. A Republic, If We Can Keep It - Glenn Beck

E300. A Republic, If We Can Keep It - Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck returns to discuss his new book, a dystopian young adult novel, Chasing Embers. They cover media bias, the role of AI in information dissemination, the growing political gap between the sexes amongst young people, the Trump assassination attempt, the shift from Biden to Harris, the influence of corporations on government, and the changing cultural attitudes among young voters. They also talk about victimhood culture, self-reliance, why they’d both prefer to live in boring times, God,

Aug 29, 2024 • 1:25:57

E299. Dave Landau Is A Comedy Genius

E299. Dave Landau Is A Comedy Genius

Comedian and host of Normal World, Dave Landau, sits down with Bridget for a fun conversation about how they should start their own morning show, Dave’s childhood in Detroit, their respective struggles with addiction, Agent Orange, AIDS, parents with mental illness, dealing with Satanists in rehab, their experiences in mental hospitals, how Dave’s teacher suggested he get into stand up, the ups and downs of his career, and stumbling into the culture wars. They cover texting each other when Trump

Aug 22, 2024 • 1:50:25

E298. Erick Brimen Has A Plan To End Poverty

E298. Erick Brimen Has A Plan To End Poverty

Entrepreneur and CEO of Prospera, Erick Brimen, sits down with Bridget to discuss his plan for ending poverty. They discuss what makes a country wealthy vs. poor, the role of government, the difference between government and governance, the conditions which are necessary for human beings to flourish, creating the conditions for prosperity, and how the creation of wealth and prosperity is the only solution to ending poverty because you can’t simply eradicate a negative. He lays out how the specia

Aug 15, 2024 • 1:28:56

E297. Defending Women's Sports - Jennifer Sey

E297. Defending Women's Sports - Jennifer Sey

Jennifer Sey joins Bridget for a frank conversation about defending women’s sports and women’s spaces. They discuss Jennifer’s background as an elite gymnast and her later role in exposing abuse in the sport, the Larry Nassar scandal, Simone Biles bowing out of the Tokyo Olympics, and why no one should be risking their lives to win a medal. They cover Jennifer’s career at Levi's and her controversial departure over her stance on COVID school closures, why San Francisco is dead to her, cancel cul

Aug 8, 2024 • 1:41:01

E296. The Death of Writing? The Internet's Impact on Generations - Matthew Gasda

E296. The Death of Writing? The Internet's Impact on Generations - Matthew Gasda

Playwright Matthew Gasda sits down with Bridget to discuss his career and plays that explore the generational differences exacerbated by the internet. They cover the impact of smartphones and social media on young people, 2012 as a pivotal year, his experiences as a tutor, the declining writing skills among his students, his journey to becoming a playwright, move to New York City, and breakthrough in theater. They also talk about the current state of art, the challenges of surviving as an artist

Aug 1, 2024 • 1:09:01

E295. Dignity Through Enterprise: Magatte Wade's Vision For Africa

E295. Dignity Through Enterprise: Magatte Wade's Vision For Africa

Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur and advocate for African dignity and prosperity. She sits down with Bridget to discuss the root causes of Africa's economic struggles, challenging the common narratives about colonialism and racism. She argues that Africa's poverty stems from over-regulation and socialist policies that hinder entrepreneurship, and emphasizes the importance of creating a business environment that fosters economic growth. They cover overcoming the victimhood mentality, the role of w

Jul 25, 2024 • 1:56:51

E294. Therapists Shouldn't Be Activists - Dr. Camilo Ortiz

E294. Therapists Shouldn't Be Activists - Dr. Camilo Ortiz

Bridget sits down with Dr. Camilo Ortiz, a child psychologist and professor of psychology at Long Island University. They discuss the different perspective being an immigrant gives him on things Americans take for granted, the negative impact of overprotective parenting and the importance of allowing children to experience discomfort, distress, disappointment, and danger, why "good enough" parenting is a good thing and parents should be more selfish with their time, the push for more free-range

Jul 18, 2024 • 1:42:47

E295. Therapists Shouldn't Be Activists - Dr. Camilo Ortiz

E295. Therapists Shouldn't Be Activists - Dr. Camilo Ortiz

Bridget sits down with Dr. Camilo Ortiz, a child psychologist and professor of psychology at Long Island University. They discuss the different perspective being an immigrant gives him on things Americans take for granted, the negative impact of overprotective parenting and the importance of allowing children to experience discomfort, distress, disappointment, and danger, why "good enough" parenting is a good thing and parents should be more selfish with their time, the push for more free-range

Jul 18, 2024 • 1:49:58

E293. Troy Conrad is Addicted to Failure

E293. Troy Conrad is Addicted to Failure

Bridget sits down with photographer and comedian, Troy Conrad for a wide-ranging conversation covering how Troy got started in photography, shooting a Golden Age of comedy at the Comedy Store, the rare opportunity of knowing you’re in the middle of something special while you’re experiencing it, his experimentation with various religions and self-help groups, and why he’s addicted to failure. They discuss the state of comedy in recent years, when comedians took an outsized role in the culture an

Jul 11, 2024 • 1:28:50

E293. Troy Conrad is Addicted to Failure

E293. Troy Conrad is Addicted to Failure

Bridget sits down with photographer and comedian, Troy Conrad for a wide-ranging conversation covering how Troy got started in photography, shooting a Golden Age of comedy at the Comedy Store, the rare opportunity of knowing you’re in the middle of something special while you’re experiencing it, his experimentation with various religions and self-help groups, and why he’s addicted to failure. They discuss the state of comedy in recent years, when comedians took an outsized role in the culture an

Jul 11, 2024 • 1:35:05

E292. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly

E292. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly

Wilfred Reilly returns to discuss his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me. He and Bridget talk about how there's a whole social science telling people two things - that Western society is one of the worst ever, and nobody knows it but the cool kids - and how his book works to debunk myths that have sprung up in American history. They cover the unexplored idea that the hippie movement was mostly bad, the realities of modern feminism, the truth about the "manosphere," and the biological real

Jul 4, 2024 • 2:07:05

E292. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly

E292. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly

Wilfred Reilly returns to discuss his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me . He and Bridget talk about how there's a whole social science telling people two things - that Western society is one of the worst ever, and nobody knows it but the cool kids - and how his book works to debunk myths that have sprung up in American history. They cover the unexplored idea that the hippie movement was mostly bad, the realities of modern feminism, the truth about the "manosphere," and the biological rea

Jul 4, 2024 • 2:15:58

E291. Why Trump Resonates With The Working Class - Batya Ungar-Sargon

E291. Why Trump Resonates With The Working Class - Batya Ungar-Sargon

Batya Ungar-Sargon stops in to talk about her new book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women, which focuses on the growing divide between the elite and working class in America. She and Bridget discuss the shift in political parties' attitudes towards the working class, Trump's appeal to blue-collar voters, the impact of education on social and economic status, how Hollywood portrays working-class life, and the concept of "woke" ideology as a smokescreen for econo

Jun 27, 2024 • 1:04:25

E291. Why Trump Resonates With The Working Class - Batya Ungar-Sargon

E291. Why Trump Resonates With The Working Class - Batya Ungar-Sargon

Batya Ungar-Sargon stops in to talk about her new book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women , which focuses on the growing divide between the elite and working class in America. She and Bridget discuss the shift in political parties' attitudes towards the working class, Trump's appeal to blue-collar voters, the impact of education on social and economic status, how Hollywood portrays working-class life, and the concept of "woke" ideology as a smokescreen for econ

Jun 27, 2024 • 1:08:55

E290. Why the Victim Mindset is Seductive

E290. Why the Victim Mindset is Seductive

Andrew Boryga sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Victim, a satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the weaponization of identity politics. They talk about his journey as a writer, how the book changed over the 10 years it took to write, the evolution of the novel's main character, the idea of people playing on their victim status for personal gain and sympathy, and his motivations for tackling themes of vic

Jun 20, 2024 • 1:19:36

E290. Why the Victim Mindset is Seductive - Andrew Boryga

E290. Why the Victim Mindset is Seductive - Andrew Boryga

Andrew Boryga sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Victim, a sa tire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the weaponization of identity politics. They talk about his journey as a writer, how the book changed over the 10 years it took to write, the evolution of the novel's main character, the idea of people playing on their victim status for personal gain and sympathy, and his motivations for tackling themes of victimh

Jun 20, 2024 • 1:25:12

E289. Hard Truths About Success - Dulcé Sloan

E289. Hard Truths About Success - Dulcé Sloan

Comedian Dulcé Sloan sits down with Bridget for a conversation covering a wide range of topics including her approach to performing stand-up, dealing with rejection in the comedy industry, being a strong person out of necessity, how we all got traumatized as a planet during COVID, the importance of being nicer to yourself, and why she believes cancer will never be cured. They also cover how Dulcé's manager tricked her into writing a book, the struggle of balancing a successful career with a desi

Jun 13, 2024 • 1:31:45

E289. Hard Truths About Success - Dulcé Sloan

E289. Hard Truths About Success - Dulcé Sloan

Comedian Dulcé Sloan sits down with Bridget for a conversation covering a wide range of topics including her approach to performing stand-up, dealing with rejection in the comedy industry, being a strong person out of necessity, how we all got traumatized as a planet during COVID, the importance of being nicer to yourself, and why she believes cancer will never be cured. They also cover how Dulcé's manager tricked her into writing a book, the struggle of balancing a successful career with a

Jun 13, 2024 • 1:25:43

E288. How Elites Endorse Chaos They'd Never Live With - Nellie Bowles

E288. How Elites Endorse Chaos They'd Never Live With - Nellie Bowles

Nellie Bowles sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From The Wrong Side of History , a critique on the progressive cultural movement and its impacts on journalism, education, healthcare, and society at large. They discuss the suppression of curiosity and dissenting viewpoints in media, gender theory being taught in elementary schools, luxury beliefs, homelessness, the politicization of the lockdowns, and COVID deaths vs. fentanyl deaths. They

Jun 6, 2024 • 1:39:35

E288. How Elites Endorse Chaos They'd Never Live With - Nellie Bowles

E288. How Elites Endorse Chaos They'd Never Live With - Nellie Bowles

Nellie Bowles sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From The Wrong Side of History, a critique on the progressive cultural movement and its impacts on journalism, education, healthcare, and society at large. They discuss the suppression of curiosity and dissenting viewpoints in media, gender theory being taught in elementary schools, luxury beliefs, homelessness, the politicization of the lockdowns, and COVID deaths vs. fentanyl deaths. They a

Jun 6, 2024 • 1:33:04

E287. The Biggest Mistake People Make When Seeking Therapy - Jonathan Shedler

E287. The Biggest Mistake People Make When Seeking Therapy - Jonathan Shedler

Bridget sits down with clinical psychologist Jonathan Shedler and they discuss the challenges of finding qualified therapists, the division between practicioners and researchers in the field and the effects of that division, the lack of public understanding about legitimate therapy credentials, and the danger of the trend towards brief, "evidence-based" therapies that ignore the time and relationship required for true psychological change. They cover therapy as a collaborative process of deep se

May 30, 2024 • 1:47:41

E287. The Biggest Mistake People Make When Seeking Therapy - Jonathan Shedler

E287. The Biggest Mistake People Make When Seeking Therapy - Jonathan Shedler

Bridget sits down with clinical psychologist Jonathan Shedler and they discuss the challenges of finding qualified therapists, the division between practitioners and researchers in the field and the effects of that division, the lack of public understanding about legitimate therapy credentials, and the danger of the trend towards brief, "evidence-based" therapies that ignore the time and relationship required for true psychological change. They cover therapy as a collaborative process of deep se

May 30, 2024 • 1:55:13

W286. Rachel Feinstein Is A Semi-Famous Jewish Jokester

W286. Rachel Feinstein Is A Semi-Famous Jewish Jokester

Comedian Rachel Feinstein sits down with Bridget for a hilarious comparison of their lives. They relate over what disasters they are while they're both married to super-organized men, their confident toddlers, their similar moms, Rachel's fireman husband and Bridget's fireman brother, and why neither one of them likes to tell other moms that she's a comedian. They talk about their previous dating lives, their affinity for working class alcoholics, how their husbands keep them together, how Rache

May 23, 2024 • 51:59

E286. Rachel Feinstein Is A Semi-Famous Jewish Jokester

E286. Rachel Feinstein Is A Semi-Famous Jewish Jokester

Comedian Rachel Feinstein sits down with Bridget for a hilarious comparison of their lives. They relate over what disasters they are while they're both married to super-organized men, their confident toddlers, their similar moms, Rachel's fireman husband and Bridget's fireman brother, and why neither one of them likes to tell other moms that she's a comedian. They talk about their previous dating lives, their affinity for working class alcoholics, how their husbands keep them together, how Rache

May 23, 2024 • 48:35

E285. Politics Is Ruining The Arts - Clifton Duncan

E285. Politics Is Ruining The Arts - Clifton Duncan

Clifton Duncan returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of creating culture that we can all share and the role the arts play in our shared experience. He and Bridget discuss the erosion of the spiritual well-being of our society, how art is what a civilization leaves behind once its gone, the effect that politics and political correctness are having on the arts in general, the loss of men and masculinity in the arts, and the reason good art is transcendent appeals to our common humanity.

May 16, 2024 • 1:50:54

Politics Is Ruining The Arts - Clifton Duncan

Politics Is Ruining The Arts - Clifton Duncan

Clifton Duncan returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of creating culture that we can all share and the role the arts play in our shared experience. He and Bridget discuss the erosion of the spiritual well-being of our society, how art is what a civilization leaves behind once its gone, the effect that politics and political correctness are having on the arts in general, the loss of men and masculinity in the arts, and the reason good art is transcendent appeals to our common humanity.

May 16, 2024 • 1:58:40

E284. It's Never Enough - Carmen Lynch

E284. It's Never Enough - Carmen Lynch

Comedian Carmen Lynch stops in for a hilarious conversation with Bridget about women in comedy, their writing processes, Millennials acting like they're old, how Gen X always gets skipped, how much comedy had changed, and what disasters they both are. They discuss living among the normies, why comedy is the antidote to being butthurt, how people need to be reminded of joy, being a late bloomer, why you're never really ready for the things you want to do, waiting for the industry gatekeepers, the

May 9, 2024 • 1:22:25

E284. It's Never Enough - Carmen Lynch

E284. It's Never Enough - Carmen Lynch

Comedian Carmen Lynch stops in for a hilarious conversation with Bridget about women in comedy, their writing processes, Millennials acting like they're old, how Gen X always gets skipped, how much comedy had changed, and what disasters they both are. They discuss living among the normies, why comedy is the antidote to being butthurt, how people need to be reminded of joy, being a late bloomer, why you're never really ready for the things you want to do, waiting for the industry gatekeepers, the

May 9, 2024 • 0:00

E283. Black Victim to Black Victor - Adam Coleman

E283. Black Victim to Black Victor - Adam Coleman

Adam Coleman sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Black Victim to Black Victor: Identifying the ideologies, behavioral patterns and cultural norms that encourage a victimhood complex. They talk about what motivated him to write and self-publish the book, how its success took him by surprise, how growing up without a father impacted him, the effect of not having a dad on young men, what fathers need to teach their sons, how his own son helped him realize what he had missed out on, how certa

May 2, 2024 • 1:33:54

WiW283. Black Victim to Black Victor - Adam Coleman

WiW283. Black Victim to Black Victor - Adam Coleman

Adam Coleman sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Black Victim to Black Victor: Identifying the ideologies, behavioral patterns and cultural norms that encourage a victimhood complex. They talk about what motivated him to write and self-publish the book, how its success took him by surprise, how growing up without a father impacted him, the effect of not having a dad on young men, what fathers need to teach their sons, how his own son helped him realize what he had missed out on, how certa

May 2, 2024 • 1:40:29

E282. TikTok Is Ruining Comedy - Blair Socci

E282. TikTok Is Ruining Comedy - Blair Socci

Comedian Blair Socci sits down with Bridget and talks about the ins and outs of comedy, how people’s understanding of standup comedy is being shaped by social media, why crowdwork is causing problems, making sure not to miss the simple jokes, when you have to aggressively put yourself out there in a way that feels disgusting, what balancing comedy and being a mom looks like for Bridget, everyone being a public person these days, respecting the hustle, feeling good about what you put out into th

Apr 25, 2024 • 1:11:04

E282. TikTok Is Ruining Comedy - Blair Socci

E282. TikTok Is Ruining Comedy - Blair Socci

Comedian Blair Socci sits down with Bridget and talks about the ins and outs of comedy, how people’s understanding of standup comedy is being shaped by social media, why crowdwork is causing problems, making sure not to miss the simple jokes, when you have to aggressively put yourself out there in a way that feels disgusting, what balancing comedy and being a mom looks like for Bridget, everyone being a public person these days, feeling good about what you put out into the world, and the delica

Apr 25, 2024 • 1:06:25

E281. Race To the Top of Mt. Clickmore - Jimmy Failla

E281. Race To the Top of Mt. Clickmore - Jimmy Failla

Comedian, former cab driver, and current Host of FOX News Saturday Night and radio program FOX Across America, Jimmy Failla joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about their respective working class backgrounds, why driving a cab is the original social media, how Trump is the only way 15 year old kids can be counter-culture today, why a lot of people on the Left are intellectually lazy, and why "likes" are the death of everything. They discuss being new enough to media that they genuinely c

Apr 18, 2024 • 0:00

E281. Who Should Face A Firing Squad - Jimmy Failla

E281. Who Should Face A Firing Squad - Jimmy Failla

Comedian, former cab driver, and current Host of FOX News Saturday Night and radio program FOX Across America, Jimmy Failla joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about their respective working class backgrounds, why driving a cab is the original social media, how Trump is the only way 15 year old kids can be counter-culture today, why a lot of people on the Left are intellectually lazy, and why "likes" are the death of everything. They discuss being new enough to media that they genuinely c

Apr 18, 2024 • 57:38

E280. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

E280. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and Bridget discuss making people on both sides angry, why people feel threatened when someone tells the truth, being grounded in God, when Democrats stopped talking about God, being open to shifting your opinion as you learn more, witnessing an extreme radicalization of the Democratic party, and who ac

Apr 11, 2024 • 2:04:52

E280. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

E280. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and Bridget discuss making people on both sides angry, why people feel threatened when someone tells the truth, being grounded in God, when Democrats stopped talking about God, being open to shifting your opinion as you learn more, witnessing an extreme radicalization of the Democratic party, and who ac

Apr 11, 2024 • 2:13:37

E279. Can We Balance Female Rights and Trans Rights? - Arielle Isaac Norman

E279. Can We Balance Female Rights and Trans Rights? - Arielle Isaac Norman

Comedian Arielle Isaac Norman returns to the show and she and Bridget have a frank conversation about gender, gender dynamics, gender politics, and balancing female rights with trans rights. They cover refusing to dogmatically fall in line with the orthodoxy of whatever the LGBTQ community is saying, when the narrative really started shifting from gender dysphoria to a denial of biologic reality, how the trans community was essentially written a blank check by all the good liberals and what they

Apr 4, 2024 • 1:41:12

E279. Can We Balance Female Rights and Trans Rights? - Arielle Isaac Norman

E279. Can We Balance Female Rights and Trans Rights? - Arielle Isaac Norman

Comedian Arielle Isaac Norman returns to the show and she and Bridget have a frank conversation about gender, gender dynamics, gender politics, and balancing female rights with trans rights. They cover refusing to dogmatically fall in line with the orthodoxy of whatever the LGBTQ community is saying, when the narrative really started shifting from gender dysphoria to a denial of biologic reality, how the trans community was essentially written a blank check by all the good liberals and what they

Apr 4, 2024 • 0:00

E278. We're Being Driven Towards A New Kind of Racism - Coleman Hughes

E278. We're Being Driven Towards A New Kind of Racism - Coleman Hughes

Coleman Hughes sits down with Bridget to discuss his latest book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America. They talk about why people don't want to hear that the world isn’t as racist as they think it is, how racism sells very well as a news item, the realities behind disparities between races, what Coleman terms "neo racism," and the radical belief that black people are neither better nor worse than any other race. They cover why we should not racialize basic human concepts

Mar 28, 2024 • 0:00

E278. We’re Being Driven Towards A New Kind of Racism - Coleman Hughes

E278. We’re Being Driven Towards A New Kind of Racism - Coleman Hughes

Coleman Hughes sits down with Bridget to discuss his latest book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America. They talk about why people don't want to hear that the world isn’t as racist as they think it is, how racism sells very well as a news item, the realities behind disparities between races, what Coleman terms "neo racism," and the radical belief that black people are neither better nor worse than any other race. They cover why we should not racialize basic human concepts

Mar 28, 2024 • 1:10:10

E277. Can Mushrooms Kill The Ego? - Jeff Leach

E277. Can Mushrooms Kill The Ego? - Jeff Leach

Comedian Jeff Leach sits down with Bridget for a talk about the entertainment industry, comedy, money and therapeutic mushrooms. They discuss the death of the ego, how the entertainment industry preys on ego, desperation, self-interest, and a desire for money, the definition of an icon, charting your own path, doing something new, not making decisions purely based on financial reasons, and how all the people who are trying to divide us are rich. The amount of control the government exerts on our

Mar 21, 2024 • 0:00

E277. Can Mushrooms Kill The Ego? - Jeff Leach

E277. Can Mushrooms Kill The Ego? - Jeff Leach

Comedian Jeff Leach sits down with Bridget for a talk about the entertainment industry, comedy, money and therapeutic mushrooms. They discuss the death of the ego, how the entertainment industry preys on ego, desperation, self-interest, and a desire for money, the definition of an icon, charting your own path, doing something new, not making decisions purely based on financial reasons, and how all the people who are trying to divide us are rich. The amount of control the government exerts on our

Mar 21, 2024 • 1:23:02

E276. Are We Still Teaching Critical Thinking To Kids? - Warren Smith

E276. Are We Still Teaching Critical Thinking To Kids? - Warren Smith

Original Air Date - 3/14/24 Warren Smith is a teacher who went viral for a critical thought exercise he did with a student. The topic? JK Rowling. He sits down with Bridget to discuss what life has been like since Elon Musk retweeted his video. They talk about why the video made such an impact and resonated with so many people, the power of questions in the pursuit of objective truth, the application of critical thinking and whether kids are being taught these skills in school, and why the subje

Mar 14, 2024 • 1:27:57

E276. Are We Still Teaching Critical Thinking To Kids? - Warren Smith

E276. Are We Still Teaching Critical Thinking To Kids? - Warren Smith

Warren Smith is a teacher who went viral for a critical thought exercise he did with a student. The topic? JK Rowling. He sits down with Bridget to discuss what life has been like since Elon Musk retweeted his video. They talk about why the video made such an impact and resonated with so many people, the power of questions in the pursuit of objective truth, the application of critical thinking and whether kids are being taught these skills in school, and why the subject of JK Rowling in particul

Mar 14, 2024 • 1:34:06

E275. Funny Is The Ultimate Currency - Brad Williams

E275. Funny Is The Ultimate Currency - Brad Williams

Comedian Brad Williams stops in to talk shop with Bridget. They discuss the immediate feedback of performing in front of a live audience, the fun part about crowd work, the joys of parenthood, having a solid family core, keeping life as normal as possible for your kid, how his dad trained him to defend himself against bullies and he saw the power of humor, how he got into comedy, and the politics of the open mic community. They also cover why funny trumps everything, the hardest part of his new

Mar 7, 2024 • 0:00

E275. Funny Is The Ultimate Currency - Brad Williams

E275. Funny Is The Ultimate Currency - Brad Williams

Comedian Brad Williams stops in to talk shop with Bridget. They discuss the immediate feedback of performing in front of a live audience, the fun part about crowd work, the joys of parenthood, having a solid family core, keeping life as normal as possible for your kid, how his dad trained him to defend himself against bullies and he saw the power of humor, how he got into comedy, and the politics of the open mic community. They also cover why funny trumps everything, the hardest part of his new

Mar 7, 2024 • 1:25:43

E274. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

E274. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up . She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, the overuse of the word trauma, how talking about and focusing on your pain can make it worse, and how kids are being taught to make their pain an organizing principle of their lives. They cover

Feb 29, 2024 • 1:39:21

E274. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

E274. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up . She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, the overuse of the word trauma, how talking about and focusing on your pain can make it worse, and how kids are being taught to make their pain an organizing principle of their lives. They cover

Feb 29, 2024 • 0:00

E273. Katherine Brodsky Refuses To Apologize

E273. Katherine Brodsky Refuses To Apologize

Katherine Brodsky, author of No Apologies: How To Find And Free Your Voice In The Age of Outrage , sits down with Bridget to discuss navigating mob outrage, the importance of using your voice, what happens in society when people are unable to freely exchange ideas, when the mob came for her, the difference between people who didn’t survive their cancellations and those who did, and the importance of the idea that free speech is not just for the speech you like. They discuss the difference betwee

Feb 22, 2024 • 0:00

E273. Katherine Brodsky Refuses To Apologize

E273. Katherine Brodsky Refuses To Apologize

Katherine Brodsky, author of No Apologies: How To Find And Free Your Voice In The Age of Outrage , sits down with Bridget to discuss navigating mob outrage, the importance of using your voice, what happens in society when people are unable to freely exchange ideas, when the mob came for her, the difference between people who didn’t survive their cancellations and those who did, and the importance of the idea that free speech is not just for the speech you like. They discuss the difference betwee

Feb 22, 2024 • 1:35:50

E272. Naomi Petel Survived October 7th

E272. Naomi Petel Survived October 7th

Naomi Petel spent 19 hours locked her shelter with her husband and 3 sons on October 7th. She sits down with Bridget to tell her story, what she, her family, and her neighbors endured, those who were murdered or taken captive, and the series of events that allowed her family to survive. She describes the heartbreak and devastation of that day, and how her heart has continued to break since then because the trauma is ongoing. She does not know if she'll ever be able to go home again, she does not

Feb 15, 2024 • 0:00

E272. Naomi Petel Survived October 7th

E272. Naomi Petel Survived October 7th

Naomi Petel spent 19 hours locked her shelter with her husband and 3 sons on October 7th. She sits down with Bridget to tell her story, what she, her family, and her neighbors endured, those who were murdered or taken captive, and the series of events that allowed her family to survive. She describes the heartbreak and devastation of that day, and how her heart has continued to break since then because the trauma is ongoing. She does not know if she'll ever be able to go home again, she does not

Feb 15, 2024 • 2:34:49

E271. Overcoming The Victim Mentality - Rob Henderson

E271. Overcoming The Victim Mentality - Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson returns to talk about his new book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class . He and Bridget discuss the realities of the foster care system, what it’s like to be a foster kid, the kinds of people who become foster parents, and the difficulties of writing such a memoir. They explore the hardest chapter to write, the process of fact-checking a memoir, their experience as teens vs. teens today, and doing irresponsible things in a responsible way. They cover why dwe

Feb 8, 2024 • 0:00

E271. Overcoming The Victim Mentality - Rob Henderson

E271. Overcoming The Victim Mentality - Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson returns to talk about his new book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. He and Bridget discuss the realities of the foster care system, what it’s like to be a foster kid, the kinds of people who become foster parents, and the difficulties of writing such a memoir. They explore the hardest chapter to write, the process of fact-checking a memoir, their experience as teens vs. teens today, and doing irresponsible things in a responsible way. They cover why dwel

Feb 8, 2024 • 2:06:23

E270. Our Health Care System Is Insane - Andy Schoonover

E270. Our Health Care System Is Insane - Andy Schoonover

Andy Schoonover, founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, sits down with Bridget to discuss our broken health care system and the innovative way CrowdHealth working to revolutionize the health care industry. They cover how Andy got into the health care field, what he started noticing, the softening of the public due to all the conveniences in life, the 50 year trend of relieving ourselves of personal responsibility, how our system is built on the healthy subsidizing the unhealthy, why you tend to be more

Feb 1, 2024 • 0:00

E270. Our Health Care System Is Insane - Andy Schoonover

E270. Our Health Care System Is Insane - Andy Schoonover

Andy Schoonover, founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, sits down with Bridget to discuss our broken health care system and the innovative way CrowdHealth working to revolutionize the health care industry. They cover how Andy got into the health care field, what he started noticing, the softening of the public due to all the conveniences in life, the 50 year trend of relieving ourselves of personal responsibility, how our system is built on the healthy subsidizing the unhealthy, why you tend to be more

Feb 1, 2024 • 1:40:17

E269. Make Yourself AI Proof - Ravi Gupta

E269. Make Yourself AI Proof - Ravi Gupta

Ravi Gupta, co-host of Lost Debate podcast, sit s down with Bridget for a wide-ranging discussion about hosting too many podcasts, whether anyone is still persuadable today and whether people's minds can still be changed, why Ravi thinks there’s a higher risk of violence in this election than there was in 2020, the ways they've found to live healthier, being masters of productive procrastination, Ravi's working hypothesis that polarization is good, and how many people are picking up on the fact

Jan 25, 2024 • 0:00

Make Yourself AI Proof - Ravi Gupta

Make Yourself AI Proof - Ravi Gupta

Ravi Gupta, co-host of Lost Debate podcast, sits down with Bridget for a wide-ranging discussion about hosting too many podcasts, whether anyone is still persuadable today and whether people's minds can still be changed, why Ravi thinks there’s a higher risk of violence in this election than there was in 2020, the ways they've found to live healthier, being masters of productive procrastination, Ravi's working hypothesis that polarization is good, and how many people are picking up on the fact t

Jan 25, 2024 • 2:15:28

E268. AB5 Going National Will Be A Disaster - Kevin Kiley

E268. AB5 Going National Will Be A Disaster - Kevin Kiley

California Representative Kevin Kiley, sits down with Bridget to discuss the consequences of the disastrous California AB5 bill going national, and what we can do about it. They cover the realities of AB5 and how it decimated independent contractors in California, how it effects small business owners, Biden's failure to get a national version passed through Congress and the work around he's found to do it anyway, how it infringes on your rights to work for you who want to and how you want to, wh

Jan 18, 2024 • 0:00

AB5 Going National Will Be A Disaster - Kevin Kiley

AB5 Going National Will Be A Disaster - Kevin Kiley

California Representative Kevin Kiley, sits down with Bridget to discuss the consequences of the disastrous California AB5 bill going national, and what we can do about it. They cover the realities of AB5 and how it decimated independent contractors in California, how it effects small business owners, Biden's failure to get a national version passed through Congress and the work around he's found to do it anyway, how it infringes on your rights to work for you who want to and how you want to, wh

Jan 18, 2024 • 1:06:04

E267. Sarah Hepola Longs for the 90s

E267. Sarah Hepola Longs for the 90s

Sarah Hepola, author of Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank To Forget, sits down with Bridget to discuss their longing for the 90s, how they're considered "the good old days" by kids growing up today, the privilege of not giving a crap about politics, and their similar experiences with partying and drinking. They discuss why the peak drinking year was probably 2005, why the iphone was the great disruptor for partying, the drunk driving laws of the 70s, how they both stumbled into journalism

Jan 11, 2024 • 1:49:49

Sarah Hepola Longs for the 90s

Sarah Hepola Longs for the 90s

Sarah Hepola, author of Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank To Forget, sits down with Bridget to discuss their longing for the 90s, how they're considered "the good old days" by kids growing up today, the privilege of not giving a crap about politics, and their similar experiences with partying and drinking. They discuss why the peak drinking year was probably 2005, why the iphone was the great disruptor for partying, the drunk driving laws of the 70s, how they both stumbled into journalism

Jan 11, 2024 • 1:42:38

E266. The Business of Content Creation - Katherine Dee

E266. The Business of Content Creation - Katherine Dee

Katherine Dee returns to break down the overwhelming apathy many seemed to feel during 2023 and look ahead to what we might be facing in 2024. She and Bridget discuss her culture war burnout prediction, why the Zoomers feel like the internet belongs to them, the pressures of being a content creator, treating it like a business yet being unable to admit to other content creators that it is a business, kids who are growing up with their parents putting their lives online, the trick to being uncanc

Jan 4, 2024 • 1:49:29

The Business of Content Creation - Katherine Dee

The Business of Content Creation - Katherine Dee

Katherine Dee returns to break down the overwhelming apathy many seemed to feel during 2023 and look ahead to what we might be facing in 2024. She and Bridget discuss her culture war burnout prediction, why the Zoomers feel like the internet belongs to them, the pressures of being a content creator, treating it like a business yet being unable to admit to other content creators that it is a business, kids who are growing up with their parents putting their lives online, the trick to being uncanc

Jan 4, 2024 • 1:42:19

Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Original Air Date - 4/27/23Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance of vulnerability among men - not just with their families - but with each other, how being a good leader is knowing when to

Dec 28, 2023 • 1:26:45

E265. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

E265. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance of vulnerability among men - not just with their families - but with each other, how being a good leader is knowing when to be a hard ass and when to

Dec 28, 2023 • 0:00

E265. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

E265. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance of vulnerability among men - not just with their families - but with each other, how being a good leader is knowing when to be a hard ass and when to

Dec 28, 2023 • 1:32:50

E264. How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

E264. How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle returns to discuss his latest book The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World. Andrew wrote the book for people who are confused by what's going on in the culture right now. He and Bridget have a riveting conversation about what actually happened during the Salem witch trials and how it can be applied to today's culture--how you might not get hanged but you could have your life ruined. They also cover why the gender ideology movement is one of th

Dec 21, 2023 • 0:00

How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

Original Air Date - 4/20/23 Andrew Doyle returns to discuss his latest book The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World. Andrew wrote the book for people who are confused by what's going on in the culture right now. He and Bridget have a riveting conversation about what actually happened during the Salem witch trials and how it can be applied to today's culture--how you might not get hanged but you could have your life ruined. They also cover why the gender id

Dec 21, 2023 • 1:38:56

E263. Comedy Is A Mental Illness Factory - Tom Sawyer

E263. Comedy Is A Mental Illness Factory - Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer, former owner and manager of the famous Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, sits down with Bridget to discuss what it takes to make a career in stand up. They talk about how Tom got into the business, how he started booking and producing comedy shows, his tips for success to all bookers out there, what his biggest mistake as a comic was, how he built Cobbs into the success it became, how to recognize that you won’t make it as a comic, the dysfunctional lifestyle, the truth about bombi

Dec 14, 2023 • 1:55:49

Comedy Is A Mental Illness Factory - Tom Sawyer

Comedy Is A Mental Illness Factory - Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer, former owner and manager of the famous Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, sits down with Bridget to discuss what it takes to make a career in stand up. They talk about how Tom got into the business, how he started booking and producing comedy shows, his tips for success to all bookers out there, what his biggest mistake as a comic was, how he built Cobb’s into the success it became, how to recognize that you won’t make it as a comic, the dysfunctional lifestyle, the truth about bom

Dec 14, 2023 • 1:55:48

The Paradox of Authenticity - Thomas de Zengotita

The Paradox of Authenticity - Thomas de Zengotita

Mediated Series - Part 7: Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It, became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landsc ape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter.Thomas de Zengotita returns to continue the discussion about his book Mediated. This week he and Bridget cover the paradox of authenticity, how you can

Dec 7, 2023 • 1:33:49

E262. The Paradox of Authenticity - Thomas de Zengotita

E262. The Paradox of Authenticity - Thomas de Zengotita

Mediated Series - Part 7:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It, became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landsc ape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter.Thomas de Zengotita returns to continue the discussion about his book Mediated. This week he and Bridget cover the paradox of authenticity, how you can'

Dec 7, 2023 • 0:00

E261. Are You Out Of Your Mind? - Ami Kozak

E261. Are You Out Of Your Mind? - Ami Kozak

Bridget sits down with comedian & musician Ami Kozak for a conversation about how he uses platforms to address what’s going on as a modern Orthodox Jew, seeing the frightening consequences of bad ideas and viewing everything through oppressor/oppressee lenses, how all the early Nazi propaganda was rooted in compassion, how there’s an anti-human sentiment that has infected the left, the distinction between ignorance, lack of awareness, and hate, why the state of Israel's existence is a great

Nov 30, 2023 • 1:40:37

Are You Out Of Your Mind? - Ami Kozak

Are You Out Of Your Mind? - Ami Kozak

Bridget sits down with comedian & musician Ami Kozak for a conversation about how he uses platforms to address what’s going on as a modern Orthodox Jew, seeing the frightening consequences of bad ideas and viewing everything through oppressor/oppressee lenses, how all the early Nazi propaganda was rooted in compassion, how there’s an anti-human sentiment that has infected the left, the distinction between ignorance, lack of awareness, and hate, why the state of Israel's existence is a great exam

Nov 30, 2023 • 1:34:08

Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing In Humanity

Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing In Humanity

Original Air Date - 2/20/20 From the ages of 11 to 16 Jacob Bresler survived five years of ghettos and concentration camps during World War II. He credits his inventiveness, his stubbornness, his resilience, and his will to survive as the reasons he made it through the war and created a new life for himself in America. He is a humanist. He does not hate. He has no enemies. He remains optimistic about the future, and believes that communication is the only way to combat ignorance and pierce the i

Nov 23, 2023 • 2:00:58

E260. Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing In Humanity

E260. Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing In Humanity

From the ages of 11 to 16 Jacob Bresler survived five years of ghettos and concentration camps during World War II. He credits his inventiveness, his stubbornness, his resilience, and his will to survive as the reasons he made it through the war and created a new life for himself in America. He is a humanist. He does not hate. He has no enemies. He remains optimistic about the future, and believes that communication is the only way to combat ignorance and pierce the ideological bubbles we’ve seg

Nov 23, 2023 • 2:09:26

The Rise Of Antisemitism On The Left - Gad Saad

The Rise Of Antisemitism On The Left - Gad Saad

Bridget sits down with Gad Saad, author of The Saad Truth About Happiness and The Parasitic Mind, to discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict, the rise in antisemitism they were seeing even before the October 7th attacks, why the level of Jew hatred allowed in society is a canary in the coal mine, and how people in the West take their own mindset for granted and don’t appreciate how different the Middle Eastern mindset is. They cover the concept of idea pathogens and how ideas like postmodernism, t

Nov 16, 2023 • 1:41:50

E259. The Rise Of Antisemitism On The Left - Gad Saad

E259. The Rise Of Antisemitism On The Left - Gad Saad

Bridget sits down with Gad Saad, author of The Saad Truth About Happiness and The Parasitic Mind , to discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict, the rise in antisemitism they were seeing even before the October 7th attacks, why the level of Jew hatred allowed in society is a canary in the coal mine, and how people in the West take their own mindset for granted and don’t appreciate how different the Middle Eastern mindset is. They cover the concept of idea pathogens and how ideas like postmodernism,

Nov 16, 2023 • 1:48:58

Don't Hire From Harvard - Greg Lukianoff

Don't Hire From Harvard - Greg Lukianoff

Greg Lukianoff returns to talk about his new book, The Canceling of The American Mind. He and Bridget discuss people who still don’t believe cancel culture is real, people who've just realized it's real because it came for them, why America’s reliance on elite higher education is distortive to our whole society, cancel culture at its worst, how even though it claims compassion for minorities in the abstract in reality it’s quite cruel, how cancel culture destroys our faith in experts, and why th

Nov 9, 2023 • 1:25:37

E258. Don't Hire From Harvard - Greg Lukianoff

E258. Don't Hire From Harvard - Greg Lukianoff

Greg Lukianoff returns to talk about his new book, The Canceling of The American Mind. He and Bridget discuss people who still don’t believe cancel culture is real, people who've just realized it's real because it came for them, why America’s reliance on elite higher education is distortive to our whole society, cancel culture at its worst, how even though it claims compassion for minorities in the abstract in reality it’s quite cruel, how cancel culture destroys our faith in experts, and why th

Nov 9, 2023 • 0:00

Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill

Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill

Kashmir Hill, New York Times Tech reporter, sits down with Bridget to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs To Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest To End Privacy as We Know It. Kashmir explains how an app called Clearview AI can identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face with astonishing accuracy and how thousands of law enforcement agencies around the world are already using this technology. She and Bridget cover the ramifications of this technology - both positive and negative, how

Nov 2, 2023 • 1:10:17

E257. Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill

E257. Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill

Kashmir Hill, New York Times Tech reporter, sits down with Bridget to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs To Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest To End Privacy as We Know It. Kashmir explains how an app called Clearview AI can identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face with astonishing accuracy and how thousands of law enforcement agencies around the world are already using this technology. She and Bridget cover the ramifications of this technology - both positive and negative, how

Nov 2, 2023 • 1:15:12

E256. Antisemitism Seen As Second Degree Bigotry - Noam Blum

E256. Antisemitism Seen As Second Degree Bigotry - Noam Blum

Bridget sits down with Noam Blum, Chief Technology Officer at Tablet magazine, for a conversation about the Israel/Palestine conflict. They discuss the atmosphere of rhetoric inflation that allows more people to speak with blatant antisemitism, ever more extreme language getting a continuous pass in progressivism, how the language of academia seems divorced from the language of the people, and seeing a lot of disillusionment and feelings of isolation among people as they react to the conflict. T

Oct 26, 2023 • 0:00

Antisemitism Seen As Second Degree Bigotry - Noam Blum

Antisemitism Seen As Second Degree Bigotry - Noam Blum

Bridget sits down with Noam Blum, Chief Technology Officer at Tablet magazine, for a conversation about the Israel/Palestine conflict. They discuss the atmosphere of rhetoric inflation that allows more people to speak with blatant antisemitism, ever more extreme language getting a continuous pass in progressivism, how the language of academia seems divorced from the language of the people, and seeing a lot of disillusionment and feelings of isolation among people as they react to the conflict. T

Oct 26, 2023 • 1:38:28

E255. They're Sterilizing Gay Kids - Helen Joyce

E255. They're Sterilizing Gay Kids - Helen Joyce

Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality , sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about the trans activist movement, what inspired her to write the book, what's changed since the book came out in 2021, the bullshit idea that everything can be blamed on feminism, the detransitioners she's met, and how the trans movement is sending women’s rights back to the dark ages. They discuss the sense that women have been abandoned in the culture wars, queer theory, the rise of

Oct 19, 2023 • 0:00

They're Sterilizing Gay Kids - Helen Joyce

They're Sterilizing Gay Kids - Helen Joyce

Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about the trans activist movement, what inspired her to write the book, what's changed since the book came out in 2021, the bullshit idea that everything can be blamed on feminism, the detransitioners she's met, and how the trans movement is sending women’s rights back to the dark ages. They discuss the sense that women have been abandoned in the culture wars, queer theory, the rise of

Oct 19, 2023 • 1:45:05

Peasant Wisdom From Walter Kirn

Peasant Wisdom From Walter Kirn

Bridget sits down with the great Walter Kirn, novelist, essayist, and editor-at-large of the new print-only newspaper County Highway. Walter shares why he and David Samuels decided to start a 19th century style paper centering attention on the middle of the country rather than the edges, the feeling that the country has lost touch with itself - especially during Covid, and the importance of reading something in a media that doesn’t track you or count your clicks or pander to your opinions. They

Oct 12, 2023 • 1:47:38

E254. Peasant Wisdom From Walter Kirn

E254. Peasant Wisdom From Walter Kirn

Bridget sits down with the great Walter Kirn, novelist, essayist, and editor-at-large of the new print-only newspaper County Highway. Walter shares why he and David Samuels decided to start a 19th century style paper centering attention on the middle of the country rather than the edges, the feeling that the country has lost touch with itself - especially during Covid, and the importance of reading something in a media that doesn’t track you or count your clicks or pander to your opinions. They

Oct 12, 2023 • 1:52:37

Beverly Hills 90210 and The Holocaust - Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin

Beverly Hills 90210 and The Holocaust - Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin

Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin, hosts of the Ask A Jew podcast, sit down with Bridget for a fun, freewheeling conversation about the differences between secular Jews and orthodox Jews, how their Jewish identity is so central and core to who they are but they could not be more different in terms of how they express it, being Jewish and not believing in God, the cultural differences between Israel and the US, the gun debate, abortion, free range kids, and why a lot of secular Jews are embarrassed

Oct 5, 2023 • 1:44:29

E253. Beverly Hills 90210 and The Holocaust - Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin

E253. Beverly Hills 90210 and The Holocaust - Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin

Yael Bar Tur & ChayaLeah Sufrin, hosts of the Ask A Jew podcast, s it down with Bridget for a fun, freewheeling conversation about the differences between secular Jews and orthodox Jews, how thei Jewish identity is so central and core to who they are but they could not be more different in terms of how they express it, being Jewish and not believing in God, the cultural differences between Israel and the US, the gun debate, abortion, free range kids, and why a lot of secular Jews are embarra

Oct 5, 2023 • 1:50:10

Democrats Need To Look In A Mirror - Yascha Mounk

Democrats Need To Look In A Mirror - Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk, author of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power In Our Time, sits down with Bridget to discuss the rise of a set of ideas about race, gender, and sexual orientation in the last 10 years that have changed the world. They talk about his worries over getting cancelled for writing the book, how the topic is slightly less controversial than it was 12 months ago, why the stakes are very high, how separating kids at school based on race will probably result in more racism not less

Sep 28, 2023 • 1:30:41

E252. Democrats Need To Look In A Mirror - Yascha Mounk

E252. Democrats Need To Look In A Mirror - Yascha Mounk

Yascha Mounk, author of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power In Our Time , sits down with Bridget to discuss the rise of a set of ideas about race, gender, and sexual orientation in the last 10 years that have changed the world. They talk about his worries over getting cancelled for writing the book, how the topic is slightly less controversial than it was 12 months ago, why the stakes are very high, how separating kids at school based on race will probably result in more racism not les

Sep 28, 2023 • 1:42:46

The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with Bridget to discuss her experience on the team, her decision to speak up about the controversial issue, and ultimately testifying before Congress. She and Bridget talk about how the university tried to silence the athletes, being unable to express discomfort or feelings of unfairness, being told that they are the ones with the problem, waiting for the adults in the room to

Sep 21, 2023 • 1:29:18

E251. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

E251. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with Bridget to discuss her experience on the team, her decision to speak up about the controversial issue, and ultimately testifying before Congress. She and Bridget talk about how the university tried to silence the athletes, being unable to express discomfort or feelings of unfairness, being told that they are the ones with the problem, waiting for the adults in the room to

Sep 21, 2023 • 1:42:37

PR Is Like Poker - Mitchell Jackson

PR Is Like Poker - Mitchell Jackson

Mitchell Jackson, founder and lead communications strategist at BCC Communications, returns to the show for a conversation with Bridget about public relations, weathering scandals, the different approaches to take, what PR firms do wrong; including not paying attention to the internet or new media, not providing media training to their clients, not developing contacts within media organizations, and ultimately not delivering results. They also discuss people who make a business out of being canc

Sep 14, 2023 • 1:35:58

E250. PR Is Like Poker - Mitchell Jackson

E250. PR Is Like Poker - Mitchell Jackson

Mitchell Jackson, founder and lead communications strategist at BCC Communications, returns to the show for a conversation with Bridget about public relations, weathering scandals, and what PR firms do wrong; including not paying attention to the internet or new media, not providing media training to their clients, not developing contacts within media organizations, and ultimately not delivering results. They also discuss people who make a business out of being cancelled, why LGBT marketing is a

Sep 14, 2023 • 0:00

E249. Republicans Need To Appeal To The Center - Tamika Hamilton

E249. Republicans Need To Appeal To The Center - Tamika Hamilton

Former Republican nominee for Congress and 14 year Air Force veteran Tamika Hamilton, sits down with Bridget to discuss the realities of running for office. Tamika shares what drove her to run for Congress, the process a normal person has to figure out along the way, the money necessary for an effective campaign, the need for volunteers, and why we should all get more involved. She and Bridget cover what it's like for a black woman to run for office in the Republican party, the areas where she s

Sep 7, 2023 • 0:00

Republicans Need To Appeal To The Center - Tamika Hamilton

Republicans Need To Appeal To The Center - Tamika Hamilton

Former Republican nominee for Congress and 14 year Air Force veteran Tamika Hamilton, sits down with Bridget to discuss the realities of running for office. Tamika shares what drove her to run for Congress, the process a normal person has to figure out along the way, the money necessary for an effective campaign, the need for volunteers, and why we should all get more involved. She and Bridget cover what it's like for a black woman to run for office in the Republican party, the areas where she s

Sep 7, 2023 • 2:00:14

Girls Are Being Taught To Stay Silent - Bethany Mandel

Girls Are Being Taught To Stay Silent - Bethany Mandel

Bethany Mandel, co-author of Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Destroying A Generation , sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about motherhood, abortion, and why the gender identity debate always seems result in women paying a price. They discuss the odd disparity between the the idea that men will do anything - except lie about their gender - coming on the heels of the #metoo movement, how much of this is starting to get on the radar of the normies, how people are

Aug 31, 2023 • 1:16:26

E248. Girls Are Being Taught To Stay Silent - Bethany Mandel

E248. Girls Are Being Taught To Stay Silent - Bethany Mandel

Bethany Mandel, co-author of Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Destroying A Generation , sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about motherhood, abortion, and why the gender identity debate always seems result in women paying a price. They discuss the odd disparity between the the idea that men will do anything - except lie about their gender - coming on the heels of the #metoo movement, how much of this is starting to get on the radar of the normies, how people are

Aug 31, 2023 • 0:00

E247. The Fastest Path To Success Is Failure - Zack Arnold

E247. The Fastest Path To Success Is Failure - Zack Arnold

Zack Arnold, film & TV editor as well as a career strategist, coach, and the founder of Optimize Yourself , sits down with Bridget for a conversation about being in the trenches in Hollywood for over 20 years, the writers' and actors' strikes, and the piece nobody is talking about - the fact that our entire culture is going through a major identity crisis because our collective sense of self is intertwined with what we do for a living. They discuss how we’re conditioned to believe that our i

Aug 24, 2023 • 1:53:55

The Fastest Path To Success Is Failure - Zack Arnold

The Fastest Path To Success Is Failure - Zack Arnold

Zack Arnold, film & TV editor as well as a career strategist, coach, and the founder of Optimize Yourself, sits down with Bridget for a conversation about being in the trenches in Hollywood for over 20 years, the writers' and actors' strikes, and the piece nobody is talking about - the fact that our entire culture is going through a major identity crisis because our collective sense of self is intertwined with what we do for a living. They discuss how we’re conditioned to believe that our identi

Aug 24, 2023 • 1:41:20

"Warrior" Is A Show For Everyone - Jonathan Tropper

"Warrior" Is A Show For Everyone - Jonathan Tropper

Jonathan Tropper, writer, producer, and creator of hit HBO Max show Warrior, sits down with Bridget to discuss how the show that Bruce Lee developed finally made it to the small screen, how it nearly died on the vine after two seasons at Cinemax, and how the pandemic and finding popularity on the HBO Max app led to a revival and a season 3. They discuss what's happening in the industry as a whole, how the economic model of pilots has changed, how you don’t really know what’s succeeding anymore b

Aug 17, 2023 • 1:04:32

E246. Jonathan Tropper Thinks "Warrior" Is A Show For Everyone

E246. Jonathan Tropper Thinks "Warrior" Is A Show For Everyone

Jonathan Tropper, writer, producer, and creator of hit HBO Max show Warrior, sits down with Bridget to discuss how the show that Bruce Lee developed finally made it to the small screen, how it nearly died on the vine after two seasons at Cinemax, and how the pandemic and finding popularity on the HBO Max app led to a revival and a season 3. They discuss what's happening in the industry as a whole, how the economic model of pilots has changed, how you don’t really know what’s succeeding anymore b

Aug 17, 2023 • 0:00

E245. How Peachy Keenan Was Radicalized By Her Husband

E245. How Peachy Keenan Was Radicalized By Her Husband

Author Peachy Keenan sits down with Bridget to discuss her first book, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide To Winning The Culture War . They talk about operating under a pseudonym, staying anonymous on Twitter regarding her right wing beliefs to protect her job working in Hollywood, the left wing presumption that everyone is in agreement with their views in corporate culture, how she became a social conservative after meeting her husband, having 5 children in this day and age and being looked

Aug 10, 2023 • 0:00

How Peachy Keenan Was Radicalized By Her Husband

How Peachy Keenan Was Radicalized By Her Husband

Author Peachy Keenan sits down with Bridget to discuss her first book, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide To Winning The Culture War. They talk about operating under a pseudonym, staying anonymous on Twitter regarding her right wing beliefs to protect her job working in Hollywood, the left wing presumption that everyone is in agreement with their views in corporate culture, how she became a social conservative after meeting her husband, having 5 children in this day and age and being looked a

Aug 10, 2023 • 1:14:44

Chris Rufo On How The Radical Left Conquered Everything

Chris Rufo On How The Radical Left Conquered Everything

Chris Rufo, author of America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything , sits down with Bridget to discuss his research into how counter culture ideas from the radical Left worked their way into our institutions and tracing the ideas that led us to this point in our culture. They discuss choosing between lesser of two evils and why a lot of times people just opt out completely, how the Right hasn’t made it easy for people who might be willing to come over to their side, w

Aug 3, 2023 • 1:33:06

E244. Chris Rufo On How The Radical Left Conquered Everything

E244. Chris Rufo On How The Radical Left Conquered Everything

Chris Rufo, author of America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything , sits down with Bridget to discuss his research into how counter culture ideas from the radical Left worked their way into our institutions and tracing the ideas that led us to this point in our culture. They discuss choosing between lesser of two evils and why a lot of times people just opt out completely, how the Right hasn’t made it easy for people who might be willing to come over to their side, w

Aug 3, 2023 • 0:00

Woke Conformity Should Terrify People - Karol Markowicz

Woke Conformity Should Terrify People - Karol Markowicz

Writer Karol Markowicz sits down with Bridget to discuss her first book, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence And Indoctrinating A Generation . They discuss the definition of "woke," not allowing kids to just be kids, how the trans movement got ridiculous, how a live and let live ideology has gone out the window, why a lot of people don’t really understand what’s going on out there, and the creation of a situation where you’re only allowed to think one way. They also cover how there’

Jul 27, 2023 • 1:24:46

E243. Karol Markowicz - Woke Conformity Should Terrify People

E243. Karol Markowicz - Woke Conformity Should Terrify People

Writer Karol Markowicz sits down with Bridget to discuss her first book, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence And Indoctrinating A Generation . They discuss the definition of "woke," not allowing kids to just be kids, how the trans movement got ridiculous, how a live and let live ideology has gone out the window, why a lot of people don’t really understand what’s going on out there, and the creation of a situation where you’re only allowed to think one way. They also cover how there’

Jul 27, 2023 • 0:00

You Will Own Nothing - Carol Roth

You Will Own Nothing - Carol Roth

Carol Roth, "recovering" investment banker and entrepreneur, sits down with Bridget for a terrifying conversation about hitting an inflection point where the global financial world order is changing. They talk about the WEF's 8 Predictions for the World in 2030, one of them being "you'll own nothing, and be happy," why Carol rages against this idea because wealth comes from ownership, defining the "they" in the conversation about who wants you to own nothing, when the US will no longer be the wo

Jul 20, 2023 • 1:46:59

E242. Carol Roth - You Will Own Nothing

E242. Carol Roth - You Will Own Nothing

Carol Roth, "recovering" investment banker and entrepreneur, sits down with Bridget for a terrifying conversation about hitting an inflection point where the global financial world order is changing. They talk about the WEF's 8 Predictions for the World in 2030, one of them being "you'll own nothing, and be happy," why Carol rages against this idea because wealth comes from ownership, defining the "they" in the conversation about who wants you to own nothing, when the US will no longer be the wo

Jul 20, 2023 • 0:00

Dr. Drew Thinks Addicts Are Great Survivors

Dr. Drew Thinks Addicts Are Great Survivors

Bridget sits down with physician and radio host Dr. Drew Pinsky. They reminisce about Love Lines, which Bridget was a huge fan of in her teens, how Dr. Drew wound up on the radio in the first place, what struck him the most about the calls he was receiving, the massive amount of ignorance regarding sex and the human body at the time, the consequences of the sexual revolution, and how people today are less ignorant because they have access to more information but they’re still as confused as ever

Jul 13, 2023 • 1:08:43

E241. Dr. Drew Thinks Addicts Are Great Survivors

E241. Dr. Drew Thinks Addicts Are Great Survivors

Bridget sits down with physician and radio host Dr. Drew Pinsky. They reminisce about Love Lines, which Bridget was a huge fan of in her teens, how Dr. Drew wound up on the radio in the first place, what struck him the most about the calls he was receiving, the massive amount of ignorance regarding sex and the human body at the time, the consequences of the sexual revolution, and how people today are less ignorant because they have access to more information but they’re still as confused as ever

Jul 13, 2023 • 1:19:01

You Need An Unbreakable Bullsh*t Detector - Stephen L. Miller

You Need An Unbreakable Bullsh*t Detector - Stephen L. Miller

Writer and commentator Stephen L. Miller sits down with Bridget to discuss what drew him into journalism and media, the hypocrisy he saw, when the reality of the story and how it's being covered are vastly different, building an audience and a platform, how he and Bridget met, and when online battles seep into the real world. They cover the gender debates, Dave Chappelle, the evolution of the ongoing moral panics, what's interesting about RFK Jr's candidacy, why liberal women need to be the ones

Jul 6, 2023 • 1:47:44

E240. Stephen L. Miller - You Need An Unbreakable Bullsh*t Detector

E240. Stephen L. Miller - You Need An Unbreakable Bullsh*t Detector

Writer and commentator Stephen L. Miller sits down with Bridget to discuss what drew him into journalism and media, the hypocrisy he saw, when the reality of the story and how it's being covered are vastly different, building an audience and a platform, how he and Bridget met, and when online battles seep into the real world. They cover the gender debates, Dave Chappelle, the evolution of the ongoing moral panics, what's interesting about RFK Jr's candidacy, why liberal women need to be the ones

Jul 6, 2023 • 0:00

E239. Farrah Storr: The Death Of The Magazine

E239. Farrah Storr: The Death Of The Magazine

Farrah Storr, former editor-in-chief of Elle, Cosmopolitan & Women's Health, sits down with Bridget to discuss the never-ending hustle of being a writer. They talk about how she got her start in the magazine industry, what her family thought of the career, the importance of getting in the door and getting experience over continuous higher education, working a lot for little to no money, how she became an editor, the difference between being a writer and an editor, and the mistakes she made a

Jun 29, 2023 • 0:00

The Death Of The Magazine - Farrah Storr

The Death Of The Magazine - Farrah Storr

Farrah Storr, former editor-in-chief of Elle, Cosmopolitan & Women's Health, sits down with Bridget to discuss the never-ending hustle of being a writer. They talk about how she got her start in the magazine industry, what her family thought of the career, the importance of getting in the door and getting experience over continuous higher education, working a lot for little to no money, how she became an editor, the difference between being a writer and an editor, and the mistakes she made along

Jun 29, 2023 • 1:30:35

E238. Jacob Siegel: We're Being Lied To Every Day

E238. Jacob Siegel: We're Being Lied To Every Day

Journalist and senior director of news at Tablet magazine, Jacob Siegel, sits down with Bridget to discuss his recent article A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century . In a chilling conversation Jacob explains the sudden pervasiveness of disinformation and how it became an organizing principle in most of the federal beauracracy, the wholesale fraud being perpetrated on Americans, the precipitating factors, the organizations involved, and the replacing of human centric politics with data

Jun 22, 2023 • 0:00

We're Being Lied To Every Day - Jacob Siegel

We're Being Lied To Every Day - Jacob Siegel

Journalist and senior director of news at Tablet magazine, Jacob Siegel, sits down with Bridget to discuss his recent article A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century . In a chilling conversation Jacob explains the sudden pervasiveness of disinformation and how it became an organizing principle in most of the federal beauracracy, the wholesale fraud being perpetrated on Americans, the precipitating factors, the organizations involved, and the replacing of human centric politics with data

Jun 21, 2023 • 1:52:44

Political Junk Food Is Killing Us - Tim Urban

Political Junk Food Is Killing Us - Tim Urban

Tim Urban, writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why , a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website, sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies . In a fun and free-wheeling conversation they talk about Tim's decision to write the book because the defining characteristic of our time is mass confusion and smart people falling for incorrect and fake narratives and he wanted to parse what was going on in our culture. They cover how his

Jun 15, 2023 • 1:35:24

E237. Tim Urban Thinks Political Junk Food Is Killing Us

E237. Tim Urban Thinks Political Junk Food Is Killing Us

Tim Urban, writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why , a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website, sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies . In a fun and free-wheeling conversation they talk about Tim's decision to write the book because the defining characteristic of our time is mass confusion and smart people falling for incorrect and fake narratives and he wanted to parse what was going on in our culture. They cover how his

Jun 15, 2023 • 0:00

Jena Friedman Knows You'll Hate This

Jena Friedman Knows You'll Hate This

Jena Friedman, comic and author of new book Not Funny: Essays On Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera, has a frank conversation with Bridget about motherhood, parenting, and losing her mom while she was pregnant with her son. They cover the perils of turning to the internet for advice on sleep training, what gets you through grief and a staggering loss, the writer's strike, the middle class struggle, feeling disconnected, and what happened when comedians started to turn on each other. They also disc

Jun 8, 2023 • 1:29:14

E236. Jena Friedman Knows You Will Hate This

E236. Jena Friedman Knows You Will Hate This

Jena Friedman, comic and author of new book Not Funny: Essays On Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera , has a frank conversation with Bridget about motherhood, parenting, and losing her mom while she was pregnant with her son. They cover the perils of turning to the internet for advice on sleep training, what gets you through grief and a staggering loss, the writer's strike, the middle class struggle, feeling disconnected, and what happened when comedians started to turn on each other. They also dis

Jun 8, 2023 • 0:00

Comedy Is Kat Timpf's Religion

Comedy Is Kat Timpf's Religion

Kat Timpf, co-host of Gutfeld! and author of You Can't Joke About That , sits down with Bridget to discuss writing a book about some of her most intimate, traumatic, and gut wrenching experiences. They talk about the importance of being able to joke about your own trauma, why humor is healing and we have to be allowed to joke about everything, people who try to police your grief, how grief is so misunderstood in this country, and the weird things that can happen when you’re grieving. They also c

Jun 1, 2023 • 1:30:22

E235. Comedy Is Kat Timpf's Religion

E235. Comedy Is Kat Timpf's Religion

Kat Timpf, co-host of Gutfeld! and author of You Can't Joke About That , sits down with Bridget to discuss writing a book about some of her most intimate, traumatic, and gut wrenching experiences. They talk about the importance of being able to joke about your own trauma, why humor is healing and we have to be allowed to joke about everything, people who try to police your grief, how grief is so misunderstood in this country, and the weird things that can happen when you’re grieving. They also c

Jun 1, 2023 • 0:00

Dave Yates Channels Buddha

Dave Yates Channels Buddha

Comedian and Dumpster Fire writer Dave Yates, sits down with Bridget for a long overdue conversation about comedy, addiction, sobriety, and making peace with a brain that is mean to you. They cover Dave's entrance into comedy when he quit drinking because he needed something to keep him busy, why the worst thing that can happen to you is doing well the first time you do stand up, how he stopped letting the job define him, the reality of pursuing stand up comedy and factoring in the possibility t

May 25, 2023 • 1:19:49

E234. Dave Yates Channels Buddha

E234. Dave Yates Channels Buddha

Comedian and Dumpster Fire writer Dave Yates, sits down with Bridget for a long overdue conversation about comedy, addiction, sobriety, and making peace with a brain that is mean to you. They cover Dave's entrance into comedy when he quit drinking because he needed something to keep him busy, why the worst thing that can happen to you is doing well the first time you do stand up, how he stopped letting the job define him, the reality of pursuing stand up comedy and factoring in the possibil

May 25, 2023 • 1:24:58

E233. Thomas de Zengotita Thinks We're Mainlining Flattery

E233. Thomas de Zengotita Thinks We're Mainlining Flattery

Mediated Series - Part 6:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 6, Bridget and Thomas discuss the implications of technological advances and that the important thing to realize is that at the end of the day

May 18, 2023 • 0:00

We're Mainlining Flattery - Thomas De Zengotita

We're Mainlining Flattery - Thomas De Zengotita

Mediated Series - Part 6: Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 6, Bridget and Thomas discuss the implications of technological advances and that the important thing to realize is that at the end of the day

May 18, 2023 • 1:15:14

The Censorship Industrial Complex - Leighton Woodhouse

The Censorship Industrial Complex - Leighton Woodhouse

Independent journalist, Leighton Woodhouse, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about the Censorship Industrial Complex, which is an effort to create new gatekeepers so that the elite can regain control of the media narrative by controlling visibility into the distribution of information and throttling the ability to see politically inconvenient information. They discuss the difference between disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation, why there’s no reason to believe th

May 11, 2023 • 1:42:22

E232. Leighton Woodhouse Explains The Censorship Industrial Complex

E232. Leighton Woodhouse Explains The Censorship Industrial Complex

Independent journalist, Leighton Woodhouse, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about the Censorship Industrial Complex, which is an effort to create new gatekeepers so that the elite can regain control of the media narrative by controlling visibility into the distribution of information and throttling the ability to see politically inconvenient information. They discuss the difference between disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation, why there’s no reason to believe th

May 11, 2023 • 0:00

Agnieszka Pilat Is The Robot Whisperer

Agnieszka Pilat Is The Robot Whisperer

Bridget sits down with Polish-born artist, Agnieszka Pilat, who is best known for her series of heroic portraits of technology and for paintings co-created with a quadruped robot, Spot. They discuss Agnieszka's experience going from Communist Poland to non-Communist Poland, the true realities of toilet paper shortages, why you would never make casual conversation in Poland, the spirit of benevolence in America, and her perception of the US vs. the reality when she came to live here. They also co

May 4, 2023 • 1:22:13

E231. Agnieszka Pilat Is The Robot Whisperer

E231. Agnieszka Pilat Is The Robot Whisperer

Bridget sits down with Polish-born artist, Agnieszka Pilat, who is best known for her series of heroic portraits of technology and for paintings co-created with a quadruped robot, Spot. They discuss Agnieszka's experience going from Communist Poland to non-Communist Poland, the true realities of toilet paper shortages, why you would never make casual conversation in Poland, the spirit of benevolence in America, and her perception of the US vs. the reality when she came to live here. They also co

May 4, 2023 • 0:00

Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance of vulnerability among men - not just with their families - but with each other, how being a good leader is knowing when to be a hard ass and when to

Apr 27, 2023 • 1:23:36

E230. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

E230. Mike Jones Will Teach You To Survive

Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance of vulnerability among men - not just with their families - but with each other, how being a good leader is knowing when to be a hard ass and when to

Apr 27, 2023 • 0:00

E229. Andrew Doyle Explains How The Woke Became The New Puritans

E229. Andrew Doyle Explains How The Woke Became The New Puritans

Andrew Doyle returns to discuss his latest book The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World . Andrew wrote the book for people who are confused by what's going on in the culture right now. He and Bridget have a riveting conversation about what actually happened during the Salem witch trials and how it can be applied to today's culture--how you might not get hanged but you could have your life ruined. They also cover why the gender ideology movement is one of t

Apr 20, 2023 • 0:00

How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

How The Woke Became The New Puritans - Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle returns to discuss his latest book The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World. Andrew wrote the book for people who are confused by what's going on in the culture right now. He and Bridget have a riveting conversation about what actually happened during the Salem witch trials and how it can be applied to today's culture--how you might not get hanged but you could have your life ruined. They also cover why the gender ideology movement is one of th

Apr 20, 2023 • 1:32:13

People Don’t Trust News Sources Anymore - Steve Krakauer

People Don’t Trust News Sources Anymore - Steve Krakauer

Steve Krakauer is the author of Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy With Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People. He and Bridget sit down for a discussion about what's changed in the media landscape in the past 10 years, Trump’s ability to harness the power of Twitter, how the major news outlets became subject to audience capture, laziness and incompetence in journalism, and why supporting censorship under the guise of stopping misinformation is so catastrophic to the principles of wh

Apr 13, 2023 • 1:44:57

E228. Steve Krakauer Says People Don’t Trust News Sources Anymore

E228. Steve Krakauer Says People Don’t Trust News Sources Anymore

Steve Krakauer is the author of Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy With Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People . He and Bridget sit down for a discussion about what's changed in the media landscape in the past 10 years, Trump’s ability to harness the power of Twitter, how the major news outlets became subject to audience capture, laziness and incompetence in journalism, and why supporting censorship under the guise of stopping misinformation is so catastrophic to the principles of w

Apr 13, 2023 • 0:00

E227. Siddharth Kara Explains Slavery Exists Today On A Global Scale

E227. Siddharth Kara Explains Slavery Exists Today On A Global Scale

Siddharth Kara, author, researcher, and activist on modern slavery sits down with Bridget to discuss the harsh reality of cobalt mining and the fact that the technological world is built using modern day slaves. In a powerful and important conversation Siddharth explains how people like you and I cannot function in the world for 24 hours without participating in enormous violence and destruction in the Congo. The first step in affecting change is to flood the world with truth and to confront the

Apr 6, 2023 • 0:00

Slavery Exists Today On A Global Scale - Siddharth Kara

Slavery Exists Today On A Global Scale - Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara, author, researcher, and activist on modern slavery sits down with Bridget to discuss the harsh reality of cobalt mining and the fact that the technological world is built using modern day slaves. In a powerful and important conversation Siddharth explains how people like you and I cannot function in the world for 24 hours without participating in enormous violence and destruction in the Congo. The first step in affecting change is to flood the world with truth and to confront the

Apr 5, 2023 • 1:49:24

Gen Z Doesn't Care About Privacy - Brad Polumbo

Gen Z Doesn't Care About Privacy - Brad Polumbo

Writer and podcaster Brad Polumbo drops in to discuss his evolution into a content creator, the medium through which he's discovered people his age consume political content, and why Gen Z doesn't care about privacy. They talk about how ultimately the media is holding up a mirror and reflecting back to the public what they’re demanding, being caught between two extreme social positions, how most of the public are politically disengaged because they feel despair about politics and the only people

Mar 30, 2023 • 1:26:30

E226. Brad Polumbo Thinks Gen Z Doesn't Care About Privacy

E226. Brad Polumbo Thinks Gen Z Doesn't Care About Privacy

Writer and podcaster Brad Polumbo drops in to discuss his evolution into a content creator, the medium through which he's discovered people his age consume political content, and why Gen Z doesn't care about privacy. They talk about how ultimately the media is holding up a mirror and reflecting back to the public what they’re demanding, being caught between two extreme social positions, how most of the public are politically disengaged because they feel despair about politics and the only people

Mar 30, 2023 • 1:26:18

The Cost of Luxury Beliefs - Rob Henderson

The Cost of Luxury Beliefs - Rob Henderson

Writer Rob Henderson sits down with Bridget to discuss Luxury Beliefs, what they are, why they disproportionately effect the lower classes, and why people who wield economic, social and cultural power are espousing public beliefs that they often don’t adhere to in their own lives but seem very pleased with nonetheless. They discuss Rob's journey from foster care, to the military, to Yale, and what he noticed when he attended one of the most elite colleges in the country. They cover why education

Mar 23, 2023 • 1:40:48

E225. Rob Henderson Discusses The Cost of Luxury Beliefs

E225. Rob Henderson Discusses The Cost of Luxury Beliefs

Writer Rob Henderson sits down with Bridget to discuss Luxury Beliefs, what they are, why they disproportionately effect the lower classes, and why people who wield economic, social and cultural power are espousing public beliefs that they often don’t adhere to in their own lives but seem very pleased with nonetheless. They discuss Rob's journey from foster care, to the military, to Yale, and what he noticed when he attended one of the most elite colleges in the country. They cover why education

Mar 23, 2023 • 0:00

Mary Harrington Is Against Progress

Mary Harrington Is Against Progress

Author Mary Harrington sits down to discuss her new book Feminism Against Progress. She and Bridget discuss how it’s always taken for granted that progress is a good thing, but in order to view it that way you need to narrow your focus and ignore everything that doesn’t fit into the narrative, and the disturbing fact that slavery exists today and it’s never been more profitable. They cover Critical Theory and what it's doing to our society, how it’s not possible to be a disinterested observer ev

Mar 16, 2023 • 1:37:37

E224. Mary Harrington Is Against Progress

E224. Mary Harrington Is Against Progress

Author Mary Harrington sits down to discuss her new book Feminism Against Progress. She and Bridget discuss how it’s always taken for granted that progress is a good thing, but in order to view it that way you need to narrow your focus and ignore everything that doesn’t fit into the narrative, and the disturbing fact that slavery exists today and it’s never been more profitable. They cover Critical Theory and what it's doing to our society, how it’s not possible to be a disinterested observer ev

Mar 15, 2023 • 0:00

E223. Josh Szeps Wonders About Falling Down A Rabbit Hole

E223. Josh Szeps Wonders About Falling Down A Rabbit Hole

Podcast host and journalist Josh Szeps sits down with Bridget for a conversation about the appeal of the rabbit holes that normal, intelligent people seem to find themselves falling down, the conspiracy theories that bring them there, the loss of faith in the media and our institutions, and why uncertainty can be a good thing. They also cover parenthood and being an "older" parent, whether being an overbearing or overcaring parent is worse, the Intellectual Dark Web, Josh's career trajectory, Ru

Mar 9, 2023 • 1:50:59

Josh Szeps Wonders About Falling Down A Rabbit Hole

Josh Szeps Wonders About Falling Down A Rabbit Hole

Podcast host and journalist Josh Szeps sits down with Bridget for a conversation about the appeal of the rabbit holes that normal, intelligent people seem to find themselves falling down, the conspiracy theories that bring them there, the loss of faith in the media and our institutions, and why uncertainty can be a good thing. They also cover parenthood and being an "older" parent, whether being an overbearing or overcaring parent is worse, the Intellectual Dark Web, Josh's career trajectory, Ru

Mar 9, 2023 • 1:41:03

E222. Ian Lara Will Come To Your Town & Sleep With Your Wife

E222. Ian Lara Will Come To Your Town & Sleep With Your Wife

Stand-up comic Ian Lara stops in to talk about the ups and downs of his career in stand-up comedy, how he veered from a political science & engineering background and pre-law trajectory into stand-up, and how his parents who immigrated from the Dominican Republic reacted to the change. They talk about his favorite parts of being on the road, competition among comedians, the delicate dance of not discussing your current relationships in your comedy, defending your right to be hyperbolic, and

Mar 2, 2023 • 1:20:32

Ian Lara Will Come To Your Town & Sleep With Your Wife

Ian Lara Will Come To Your Town & Sleep With Your Wife

Stand up comic Ian Lara stops in to talk about the ups and downs of his career in stand-up comedy, how he veered from a political science & engineering background and pre-law trajectory into stand up, and how his parents who immigrated from the Dominican Republic reacted to the change. They talk about his favorite parts of being on the road, competition among comedians, the delicate dance of not discussing your current relationships in your comedy, defending your right to be hyperbolic, and how

Mar 2, 2023 • 1:22:04

People Just Want To Be Seen - Fred Mwungaguhunga

People Just Want To Be Seen - Fred Mwungaguhunga

Fred Mwangaguhunga, founder of urban celebrity news site, Media Takeout, sits down for a conversation about entrepreneurship, the three businesses he's started, what he learned from each of them, and why you should always see your mistakes as an opportunity to learn. He and Bridget talk about parenthood and what it's like as the father of triplets, why families need more support than they’re getting, how money you lost should be viewed as paying for the lesson that you learned, why you have to b

Feb 24, 2023 • 1:42:06

E221. Fred Mwangaguhunga Thinks Gossip Is Innately Human

E221. Fred Mwangaguhunga Thinks Gossip Is Innately Human

Fred Mwangaguhunga, founder of urban celebrity news site, Media Takeout, sits down for a conversation about entrepreneurship, the three businesses he's started, what he learned from each of them, and why you should always see your mistakes as an opportunity to learn. He and Bridget talk about parenthood and what it's like as the father of triplets, why families need more support than they’re getting, how money you lost should be viewed as paying for the lesson that you learned, why you have to b

Feb 24, 2023 • 0:00

E220. Wilfred Reilly Could Save America

E220. Wilfred Reilly Could Save America

Wilfred Reilly, professor & author, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating conversation about the disconnect between what people in upper middle class America believe and reality, the power of victimization, and racial dynamics in the US. They cover the true stats on police killing unarmed civilians, interracial crimes, the politicization of Covid and the vaccines, and people in leadership making decisions based on completely bullshit data. They also discuss the actual definition of the wo

Feb 16, 2023 • 0:00

Wilfred Reilly Could Save America

Wilfred Reilly Could Save America

Wilfred Reilly, professor & author, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating conversation about the disconnect between what people in upper middle class America believe and reality, the power of victimization, and racial dynamics in the US. They cover the true stats on police killing unarmed civilians, interracial crimes, the politicization of Covid and the vaccines, and people in leadership making decisions based on completely bullshit data. They also discuss the actual definition of the word "

Feb 16, 2023 • 2:10:46

Byron Bowers Feels Like The Black Forest Gump

Byron Bowers Feels Like The Black Forest Gump

Bridget sits down with comic Byron Bowers for a wide ranging conversation that covers his entry into standup, his burgeoning acting career, and their shared experience of being raised by someone with mental illness. They discuss separating the message from the messenger, transhumanism, homelessness, evolving past being carbon-based life forms, spirituality & religion, trusting your gut and the messages it's giving you, the value of acid trips, learning to understand the difference between your i

Feb 10, 2023 • 1:17:31

E219. Byron Bowers Feels Like The Black Forest Gump

E219. Byron Bowers Feels Like The Black Forest Gump

Bridget sits down with comic Byron Bowers for a wide ranging conversation that covers his entry into standup, his burgeoning acting career, and their shared experience of being raised by someone with mental illness. They discuss separating the message from the messenger, transhumanism, homelessness, evolving past being carbon-based life forms, spirituality & religion, trusting your gut and the messages it's giving you, the value of acid trips, learning to understand the difference between yo

Feb 9, 2023 • 0:00

E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories

E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories

Michael Shermer stops in to talk about his new book Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational . He and Bridget discuss trying to diffuse the pejorative nature of the word “conspiracy”, the difference between a hypothesis and a conspiracy, why a lot of conspiracy theories turn out to be true, the eroded trust in our institutions, and why we still have to maintain some of that trust or we can’t have a civil society, and the entertainment value and appeal of conspiracy theories - they mak

Feb 2, 2023 • 0:00

Katherine Dee Is An Internet Historian

Katherine Dee Is An Internet Historian

Katherine Dee, writer and internet historian, sits down with Bridget to discuss the strange corners of the internet she's explored and how she manages to predict coming trends in our culture. They talk about internet culture & internet history, whether you can really tell who someone is via Twitter, drunk Tweeting, the definition of a lolcow, feedback loops, the coming wave of sexual negativity, and how we don’t truly appreciate how much AI might change things. They also cover the coming trend o

Jan 27, 2023 • 2:03:18

E217. Katherine Dee Needs To Log Off

E217. Katherine Dee Needs To Log Off

Katherine Dee, writer and internet historian, sits down with Bridget to discuss the strange corners of the internet she's explored and how she manages to predict coming trends in our culture. They talk about internet culture & internet history, whether you can really tell who someone is via Twitter, drunk Tweeting, the definition of a lolcow, feedback loops, the coming wave of sexual negativity, and how we don’t truly appreciate how much AI might change things. They also cover the coming tre

Jan 26, 2023 • 0:00

The Gifts of Dyslexia - Phil Hanley

The Gifts of Dyslexia - Phil Hanley

Comedian Phil Hanley drops in to talk about his new stand up special Oh La La. He and Bridget discuss what it was like for him growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia, the challenges but also the gifts of dyslexia, the book he is writing about it, and the most important thing he thinks parents should know about raising a child who is dyslexic. They talk about the failures of the school system to support children with dyslexia, why it made him good at crowd work as a comic, dealing with stage fright

Jan 20, 2023 • 1:36:27

E216. Phil Hanley Explains The Gifts Of Dyslexia

E216. Phil Hanley Explains The Gifts Of Dyslexia

Comedian Phil Hanley drops in to talk about his new stand up special Oh La La. He and Bridget discuss what it was like for him growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia, the challenges but also the gifts of dyslexia, the book he is writing about it, and the most important thing he thinks parents should know about raising a child who is dyslexic. They talk about the failures of the school system to support children with dyslexia, why it made him good at crowd work as a comic, dealing with stage fright

Jan 19, 2023 • 1:32:06

Thomas de Zengotita Discusses The Rise of Identity Politics

Thomas de Zengotita Discusses The Rise of Identity Politics

Mediated Series - Part 5: Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 5 Bridget and Thomas discuss identity politics, how they evolved from the effort to get yourself a platform where you could be heard, which tu

Jan 13, 2023 • 1:13:11

E215. Thomas de Zengotita Discusses The Rise of Identity Politics

E215. Thomas de Zengotita Discusses The Rise of Identity Politics

Mediated Series - Part 5:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 5 Bridget and Thomas discuss identity politics, how they evolved from the effort to get yourself a platform where you could be heard, which tur

Jan 12, 2023 • 1:10:03

Joel Stein Hates People Who Have Yachts

Joel Stein Hates People Who Have Yachts

Joel Stein (columnist, author & podcast host) joins Bridget for the first video edition of Walk-Ins Welcome! They sit down for a fun and wide-ranging conversation about their obsession with super yachts, the one-upsmanship of the super wealthy, why people in rural America know all about liberals yet liberals know nothing about them, Joel's propensity for smugness, and why he thinks our differences as a country are severe but not irreconcilable. They cover how democracy is young and fragile and t

Jan 6, 2023 • 1:30:51

E214. Joel Stein Hates People Who Have Yachts

E214. Joel Stein Hates People Who Have Yachts

Joel Stein (columnist, author & podcast host) joins Bridget for the first video edition of Walk-Ins Welcome! They sit down for a fun and wide-ranging conversation about their obsession with super yachts, the one-upsmanship of the super wealthy, why people in rural America know all about liberals yet liberals know nothing about them, Joel's propensity for smugness, and why he thinks our differences as a country are severe but not irreconcilable. They cover how democracy is young and fragile a

Jan 5, 2023 • 1:39:55

E213. Bari Weiss Believes It's Never Going To Get Easier To Speak Up, So Do It Now

E213. Bari Weiss Believes It's Never Going To Get Easier To Speak Up, So Do It Now

Bari Weiss is a journalist (New York Times, Wall Street Journal) and author of How to Fight Antisemitism. She and Bridget have an in-depth conversation about how full personhood is not possible on the internet, faux outrage and what it's doing to us, the explosion of independent media, the dangers of exploring TikTok, and why the end of Trump's presidency means you're suddenly you're allowed to say things that have never stopped being true. They discuss what to do when you notice you're self-cen

Dec 29, 2022 • 1:34:34

E212. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media

E212. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media

Matt Taibbi, author and journalist, drops in to discuss the state of modern journalism, why it's increasingly difficult to source news you trust, "soft" censorship, link rot and stories that disappear, the instinct to conformity that is an epidemic in newsrooms right now, and why eventually the mob will always come for you. They cover Matt's background, how he comes from a family of reporters, what he learned from his dad about how to treat sources, his 10 years in Russia running his own newspap

Dec 22, 2022 • 0:00

E211. Zak Williams Believes Finding Your Mission Makes You Unstoppable

E211. Zak Williams Believes Finding Your Mission Makes You Unstoppable

Zak Williams is CEO and founder of neurotransmitter health company PYM , and is passionate about developing products for supporting optimal mental wellness and alleviating anxiety. He and Bridget sit down to talk about the concept of mental hygiene vs. mental health, dealing with the suicide of a loved one, not knowing how to manage depression and anxiety, discovering mental health advocacy, realizing that if you’re seeking to truly heal through service you have to take care of yourself, explori

Dec 15, 2022 • 1:31:42

E210. Noam Blum Thinks Twitter Is Too Important

E210. Noam Blum Thinks Twitter Is Too Important

Noam Blum, Chief Technology Officer at Tablet magazine, sits down with Bridget for a conversation about Twitter and the online space. Known on Twitter as @neontaster, Noam talks about having his identity revealed, the different versions of online anonymity, and the consequences of not revealing himself on his own terms. They discuss online activism, how Twitter is a concentrated version of the diluted opinions that live in regular society, news cycles about Twitter posts and Twitter reactions to

Dec 8, 2022 • 1:29:44

E209. Heather Pasternak Is Pursuing More Joy

E209. Heather Pasternak Is Pursuing More Joy

Heather Pasternak, stand-up comic and old friend of Bridget's, stops in to talk about her new comedy special Slay At Home Mom. She and Bridget discuss being new moms, being neurotic and having a child, feeling both terrible and magical when you're pregnant, how being a parent is a double edged sword, the pressure in the Mommy World - particularly on Instagram, and why getting back to work after having the baby made her feel like her again. They cover how Heather wants her comedy to help people t

Dec 1, 2022 • 1:17:41

E208. Yasmine Mohammed Discusses How Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

E208. Yasmine Mohammed Discusses How Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam , shares her story of growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home in Canada. At 13, when she tried to report the abuse she suffered at the hands of her step-father, she was told by a judge “you come from a different culture, and that’s how your family chooses to discipline you, so we just have to accept that.”  And here lies the inherent contradiction in the way in which the West views fundamentalist Islam versus ot

Nov 24, 2022 • 0:00

E207. Rina Raphael Wants You To Know Goop Isn't The Answer

E207. Rina Raphael Wants You To Know Goop Isn't The Answer

Rina Raphael is a journalist and author who covers health, wellness, and women's issues. She sits down with Bridget to discuss her new book The Gospel of Wellness , where she looks at the recent explosion of the wellness industry, the fads, the gimmicks, the marketing strategies, and what lies underneath it all. Rina is a reformed wellness addict herself, and became aware of the dark side of an industry that's constantly telling you what to buy next in order to feel better. They cover how libera

Nov 17, 2022 • 1:35:28

E206. Tara Henley Thinks Nobody Works Harder Than Rappers

E206. Tara Henley Thinks Nobody Works Harder Than Rappers

Tara Henley, journalist and author of Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life , joins Bridget for a free ranging conversation about starting her career as a hip-hop critic, the transcendence of music and live music in particular, how quickly humans can adapt to anything, and how having colon cancer in her 20s taught her at a fundamental level that life is out of our control. They discuss how the pandemic made us reevaluate our priorities in the age of hyper capitalism, their experie

Nov 8, 2022 • 0:00

E205. Jennifer Briney Believes We Don't Have A Party For The Working Class Anymore

E205. Jennifer Briney Believes We Don't Have A Party For The Working Class Anymore

Jennifer Briney, host of the Congressional Dish podcast, sits down with Bridget to talk about her mission to read the bills and laws passed by Congress, to find out what is being done with our taxes, explain what is hidden in bills over 1000 pages long, and to create a community of people who were interested in Congress’s effect on our lives. They cover how living abroad during the US invasion of Iraq got Jen interested in how the media was covering the war, how she started looking for media th

Nov 3, 2022 • 1:22:59

E204. Chris Williamson Wants To Know Why You're Doing This

E204. Chris Williamson Wants To Know Why You're Doing This

Chris Williamson, host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, sits down with Bridget to talk about how he got where he is. They cover his start as a nightclub owner, model, and reality TV star, why he always tried to get himself into a position where people needed him for something, how he didn't think he was worth that much unless he was offering people something else in return, and the existential crisis that led him to realize he wasn't the person he was pretending to be. They also discuss doing somet

Oct 27, 2022 • 0:00

E203. Sarah Haider Says Don't Label Yourself

E203. Sarah Haider Says Don't Label Yourself

Bridget sits down with Sarah Haider, writer, activist and podcaster, for a wide ranging conversation covering Sarah's thoughts as an ex-Muslim on the reaction of the Progressive left when you criticize Islam, how little the lived experiences of those who disagree with the woke orthodoxy matters, why she thinks Western feminism died a while back, her experience immigrating from Pakistan as a child, what she observed growing up in a lower class neighborhood, and how her activism and speaking out a

Oct 20, 2022 • 0:00

E202. Ariel Pink Didn't Know It Was Illegal To Vote For Trump

E202. Ariel Pink Didn't Know It Was Illegal To Vote For Trump

Ariel Pink is an American musician, singer, songwriter and indie rock icon. However, his attendance at the January 6th Trump rally at the White House - an event he would like made very clear in its distinction from the violence at the Capitol hours later - led to his subsequent cancellation among fellow musicians and fans alike, being dropped from his music label, and left him looking around bewildered, wondering what happened. He and Bridget talk about how the rules have changed on everyone, wh

Oct 13, 2022 • 1:43:34

E201. Thomas de Zengotita Thinks The Human Mind Is Not Made To Ingest This Much Media

E201. Thomas de Zengotita Thinks The Human Mind Is Not Made To Ingest This Much Media

Mediated Series - Part 4:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 4 Bridget and Thomas discuss the extent to which children are fluent in mediated culture, the speed with which slang spreads, how the process o

Oct 6, 2022 • 1:34:56

E200. Never Forget These Are The Good Old Days

E200. Never Forget These Are The Good Old Days

Bridget and Cousin Maggie sit down to celebrate the 200th episode of Walk-Ins Welcome. They marvel at the fact that they've been consistent with a project for 4 years, take stock and look back on how far they've come, reminisce about the Days of Soup and Toast and why turning down $10k at her brokest was a good lesson for Bridget, and ponder the invisibility cloak that seems to surround all things Phetasy (though it's probably a blessing in disguise). They also discuss Bridget's upcoming sober a

Sep 29, 2022 • 0:00

E199. Lee Camp Says America Doesn't Have A Left Wing Party

E199. Lee Camp Says America Doesn't Have A Left Wing Party

Comedian and political commentator Lee Camp drops in for a conversation about his political awakening, why we should turn off all mainstream corporate media, working for RT America before it was shut down, seeing independent media and voices being purged from the internet, and what we do when the culture has lost faith in all news outlets. They also discuss where Lee gets his news, America's prison state, the real reason behind the war on drugs, whether Congress is owned by corporations, how the

Sep 22, 2022 • 1:46:01

E198. Nimesh Patel - (Chris Rock Thinks He's Funny)

E198. Nimesh Patel - (Chris Rock Thinks He's Funny)

Comedian Nimesh Patel sits down with Bridget to talk about his new comedy special Thank You China , how he got started in comedy, how TikTok was vital to his career, how everyone's selling out everywhere they go, why a degree in finance did him no good, and his writing gig for Chris Rock at the Oscars. They also cover the grind of feeding the algorithm, learning to step away, why you have to be Zen about social media, why healthcare jokes are so universal and popular, the travesty of the health

Sep 15, 2022 • 1:05:11

E197. Greg Lukianoff Wishes Business Wasn't Booming

E197. Greg Lukianoff Wishes Business Wasn't Booming

Greg Lukianoff (The Coddling of the American Mind , Unlearning Liberty ) sits down with Bridget for a conversation about free speech on college campuses, how social media sped everything up and created the trend of cancel culture, how much worse things have gotten since Coddling was published, and how people just lost their minds since Covid hit. They discuss how deeply messed up it is to tell people they're more fragile than they are, how the victimhood mentality is undermining cognitive behavi

Sep 8, 2022 • 0:00

E196. Thomas de Zengotita Asserts Teenage Girls Run The World

E196. Thomas de Zengotita Asserts Teenage Girls Run The World

Mediated Series - Part 3:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It, became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 3 Bridget and Thomas discuss how the intrinsic human desire for recognition and acknowledgement translates into seeking fame, when the notion of

Sep 1, 2022 • 0:00

E195. James Kirchick On The Hidden History of Gay Washington

E195. James Kirchick On The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick stops in to talk about his new book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. He and Bridget discuss his fascinating deep dive into the history of homosexuality in Washington D.C., his process for writing the book, how he researched it, what he uncovered, and which US President he considers the most homophobic. They also cover the Lavender Scare, writing a narrative history in an engaging way, the important role World War II played on gay consciousness in America, the dra

Aug 25, 2022 • 0:00

E194. Louise Perry Thinks The Sexual Revolution Was Bad For Women

E194. Louise Perry Thinks The Sexual Revolution Was Bad For Women

Louise Perry, author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, sits down with Bridget to talk about the repercussions of the sexual revolution and why the claim that sex doesn't have a special status does not serve anyone's interests, particularly women's. They discuss how the people who are winning from this kind of culture are men who can get laid consequence free, sexual trauma and using hypersexuality as a weapon, sexual disenchantment, the idea that sex must be taken serious

Aug 18, 2022 • 1:37:56

E193. Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin Believe Authenticity Is The Currency of the Internet

E193. Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin Believe Authenticity Is The Currency of the Internet

Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin of the Triggernometry Podcast stop in for a wide ranging and hilarious conversation with Bridget about their tour of America. They discuss why the doomsday narrative is very appealing to people, the risk they face as content creators of caving to audience capture, the importance of having integrity and not just doing what is easy, and the vanishing ability to have arguments with other people and still remain friends. They also cover the reality of America&apos

Aug 11, 2022 • 1:57:18

E192. Colin Wright Is Dying On The Stupidest Hill In The World

E192. Colin Wright Is Dying On The Stupidest Hill In The World

Colin Wright is an evolutionary biologist and Founding Editor of Reality's Last Stand, a publication and newsletter exploring the biology of sex and gender ideology. In grad school he started noticing a lot of ideas about biological sex going heywire, in 2018 he wrote an article for Quillette called The New Evolution Deniers, and people went mad. He and Bridget discuss the fact that if we can't agree that sex is a biological reality we're all screwed, the reaction Colin's colleagues had to his

Aug 4, 2022 • 1:37:02

E191. Brittany Schmitt Believes Comedy Is Tragedy Plus Time

E191. Brittany Schmitt Believes Comedy Is Tragedy Plus Time

Comedian Brittany Schmitt returns for a talk with Bridget about her new comedy special, From Ho To Housewife, what it actually takes to produce a comedy special, why being an artist means having to let go of the results, and how stand-up is essentially a solitary activity - it's just you and a mic, you don't need anyone's permission to do it. They also cover the letdown that can occur after completeing such a huge project and long-term goal, being selective about the opportunities that come your

Jul 28, 2022 • 1:30:38

E190. Dusty Slay Thinks Doing Comedy Is Abusing Yourself For No Reward

E190. Dusty Slay Thinks Doing Comedy Is Abusing Yourself For No Reward

Comedian Dusty Slay stops in for a fun and freewheeling conversation with Bridget about the joys of new parenthood, being a road comedian during Covid, how people forgot how to act and travel in public during the pandemic, the worst spots they've ever done comedy, their issues with the term "geriatric pregnancy", and what they won't take advice about from rich people. They also cover Dusty's roots in a trailer park in Alabama, how he met his wife, the difficulty of being a woman in comedy, why h

Jul 21, 2022 • 1:26:34

E189. Thomas de Zengotita Encourages Humanity To See Itself As One Being

E189. Thomas de Zengotita Encourages Humanity To See Itself As One Being

Mediated Series - Part 2:Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It, became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 2 Thomas explains Justin's Helmet Principle and how it contributes to the evolution of the nanny state, how we're all finding ways to hold all t

Jul 14, 2022 • 0:00

E188. Noah Rothman Thinks The Lunatics Are The Ones Left In The Political Arena

E188. Noah Rothman Thinks The Lunatics Are The Ones Left In The Political Arena

Noah Rothman returns to discuss his new book, The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun . He and Bridget discuss the cultural role reversal that he's documenting which is very new and still evolving, how being charitable to the other side doesn't sell anymore and you have to be totally convinced of the righteousness of your views, and why trying to create an intellectual monoculture is the pathway to destruction. They also cover how the rules around sex have be

Jul 7, 2022 • 1:56:48

E187. Inez Stepman Believes You Can't Sit Out The Culture War

E187. Inez Stepman Believes You Can't Sit Out The Culture War

Inez Stepman is a senior policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum, has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to the definition of sex in law and culture. She sits down with Bridget to discuss why you can't sit out the culture war in this day and age because it will come through your door, how we get a false sense of security from people who are defecting from the hard, woke Left, when in fact their ideals are being insitutionalized at a rapid pace, w

Jun 30, 2022 • 0:00

E186. Blaire White Says Everyone's Just Crazy

E186. Blaire White Says Everyone's Just Crazy

Blaire White is a popular YouTuber and media personality. She sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about being a transgender woman and the problems with the trans movement today. They discuss her personal transition journey and how different it is now than it was in 2014, why she's too Right for the Left and too trans for the Right, why she wouldn't wish gender dysphoria on her worst enemy, how the idea that you must let your child transition or face their suicide is emotional blackma

Jun 22, 2022 • 1:22:54

E185. Thomas de Zengotita Explains The Narcissism Loop

E185. Thomas de Zengotita Explains The Narcissism Loop

Mediated Series - Part 1: Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It , became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landscape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. In Part 1 they cover the introduction to the book, how Thomas wound up writing it, his unique JFK assassination story and the insight it gave him into

Jun 16, 2022 • 0:00

E184. Lacey McLaughlin Gives A Damn About People

E184. Lacey McLaughlin Gives A Damn About People

Lacey McLaughlin is an executive coach who has guided top leaders through challenging workplace scenarios across the aerospace, automotive, entertainment, and technology sectors. She and Bridget discuss how she wound up in her field, the temperament in the corporate world right now, how Covid caused leaders to show up in a new way that's much more human, how norms and expectations have changed around leadership, and what advice she gives now that she wouldn't have given ten years ago. They also

Jun 9, 2022 • 1:30:27

E183. Konstantin Kisin Wants To Be Better

E183. Konstantin Kisin Wants To Be Better

Konstantin Kisin (Triggernometry) sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, An Immigrant's Love Letter To The West . They have a fascinating conversation about their jobs as culture war commentators, how it affects them, how to push back thoughtfully and not wind up in a crazy place, how he processes Ukraine since he has family both there and in Russia, trying to explain to people in the West how people not in the West are thinking, and how to communicate a message that's easier for people

Jun 2, 2022 • 1:33:26

E182. Grace Lidinsky-Smith Discusses The Gender Lens

E182. Grace Lidinsky-Smith Discusses The Gender Lens

Bridget sits down with Grace Lidinsky-Smith, a detransitioned woman, to talk about her experience getting top surgery and then regretting it, the danger of always thinking about everything through the lens of gender, how knitting saved her, and her hard won knowledge that with time and patience things can actually improve. They discuss Grace's wish that therapy had advocated for her to slow down and do some more assessment of her situation, how people with gender dysphoria are being sold a bill

May 26, 2022 • 1:18:54

E181. Lenore Skenazy Describes The Passivity Problem Of Today's Children

E181. Lenore Skenazy Describes The Passivity Problem Of Today's Children

Lenore Skenazy, co-founder and president of the Let Grow Project, joins Bridget to talk about the crisis of anxiety, depression, and passivity in kids today. Let Grow is devoted to giving kids back the independence they used to have before we had the ability to track their every move via an app. They discuss today's trend of rewriting all of childhood as if the kid is in extreme danger, why we have to recalibrate what we think kids can do, how the milk carton kids of the 80s warped the vision of

May 19, 2022 • 1:49:32

E180. Rikki Schlott's Generation Won't Talk To People With Differing Opinions

E180. Rikki Schlott's Generation Won't Talk To People With Differing Opinions

Rikki Schlott, co-host of the Lost Debate podcast, joins Bridget as a representative of Gen Z. They discuss coming of age during the Trump years - a time when political polarization reached a fever pitch - and then how a pandemic changed the established norms on them. They cover Rikki's path after leaving college due to the pandemic, how she wants to bring a voice to the centrist Gen-Z perspective that exists but isn't reflected at all in media or social media, her worries about her generation's

May 12, 2022 • 0:00

E179. Arielle Isaac Norman Won't Tell You Her Pronouns

E179. Arielle Isaac Norman Won't Tell You Her Pronouns

Arielle Isaac Norman is a comic and podcaster who sits down with Bridget to talk about what being a "gold star" lesbian means in today's shifting landscape of gender fluidity. They discuss feeling like males in female bodies, how prioritizing the concept of gender identity over biological reality in women's sports doesn't make sense, why we should all be taking lessons from birds, and how Arielle has been threatened with ostracization from the queer community for voicing her opinions. They also

May 5, 2022 • 1:52:54

E178. Douglas Murray Shares The Definition of Modern Idiocy

E178. Douglas Murray Shares The Definition of Modern Idiocy

Douglas Murray, author and associate editor of The Spectator, sits down with Bridget to talk about his latest book The War on The West. He and Bridget discuss how we're basically living through an assault on the principles of the Western tradition of the Enlightenment that were fundamental in our society, how our media landscape rewards the highly ignorant, the incredibly ugly race debate we're being lured into, why resentment doesn't get us anywhere, the difference between resentment and injus

Apr 28, 2022 • 1:44:04

E177. Jessica Keenan Worries She Won't Be Able To Tell Her Twins Apart

E177. Jessica Keenan Worries She Won't Be Able To Tell Her Twins Apart

Jessica Keenan is a stand-up comic who's pregnant with identical twins. She and Bridget sit down to discuss their shared breathing problems, Jessica's concern that she won't be able to tell her sons apart, being pregnant "old ladies" and what that means for raising their kids, the realization that worrying about the baby is never going away, the lifelong commitment of parenthood, and how feeling at war with themselves is one of the the hardest parts of pregnancy. They also cover Jessica's experi

Apr 21, 2022 • 1:23:58

E176. Sally Satel Explains How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine

E176. Sally Satel Explains How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine

Bridget sits down with Dr. Sally Satel for a conversation about political correctness in medicine and what it's doing to doctors and patient care. They discuss the premise that a doctor of a different race can't understand you, what it means in medicine when every difference in outcome is inevitably attributed to systemic racism, how implicit bias does not translate into how people interact with each other, and how political correctness as an orthodoxy is intended to maintain a victim status. Th

Apr 14, 2022 • 1:42:15

E175. The Lost Debate Team Doesn't Allow The "Both Sides" Argument

E175. The Lost Debate Team Doesn't Allow The "Both Sides" Argument

The Lost Debate team, Ravi Gupta, Cory Bradford & Rikki Schlott, sit down with Bridget to discuss the mission behind The Lost Debate podcast program and the intention to create a space and media company that brings different people together to have conversations. They discuss how they all wound up working together, why they try not to speak to their audience's biases, the rise of the phrase "I don't agree with everything you say," reaching people outside of their silos, trying to present nua

Apr 7, 2022 • 1:28:11

E174. Clifton Duncan Believes Spiritual Health Is A Big Issue In Our Society

E174. Clifton Duncan Believes Spiritual Health Is A Big Issue In Our Society

Clifton Duncan (actor, writer & podcaster) stops in to discuss his path to culture war commentator, much the same as Bridget's. They discuss why you have to be kind of crazy to be an actor, the problems within the entertainment industry, how artists seem to be more worried about appeasing their peers than reaching broader audience, and why people shouldn't be condescended to and called bigots and Nazis simply because they have different opinions. They also cover the arrogance of our society

Mar 31, 2022 • 1:52:25

E173. Mahri Irvine & Lauren Adams Want To Get Men Out Of Women's Prisons

E173. Mahri Irvine & Lauren Adams Want To Get Men Out Of Women's Prisons

Mahri Irvine and Lauren Adams work for the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF). And they join Bridget to discuss their lawsuit against the state of California to protect single sex prisons and fight Senate Bill 132 which allows incarcerated men to be housed in women’s correctional facilities based on self-declared “gender identity.” They cover why women deserve and need single-sex spaces, the cultural ideology that got us here, why there's a disproportionate amount of anger being directed at women f

Mar 24, 2022 • 1:50:51

E172. Michael Shellenberger Is Running For Governor of California

E172. Michael Shellenberger Is Running For Governor of California

Michael Shellenberger, author of San Fransicko & Apocalypse Never, stops in to discuss the humanitarian crisis of addiction, mental illness, and homelessness happening in California right now. He and Bridget talk about how state-facilitated addiction camps are destroying the fabric of our cities, how supervised drug consumption sites work in other countries, how Fentanyl is crucifying a generation, what harm reduction actually means, why some people need to face jail time in order to get the

Mar 17, 2022 • 2:28:39

E171. Mónica Guzmán Wants You To Question Your Opinions

E171. Mónica Guzmán Wants You To Question Your Opinions

Mónica Guzmán stops in to discuss her new book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times . She and Bridget discuss how whenever there are lots of people who stand on opposite sides of an issue that division has a reason for being there and we should strive to understand it, why belonging is the number one concern for most people, the tension between understanding and judgment, and why we should all just start with the baseline assu

Mar 10, 2022 • 1:30:08

E170. Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson Don't Want You To Be A Dumb Bitch

E170. Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson Don't Want You To Be A Dumb Bitch

Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson (Guys We F*cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming podcast ) drop in to discuss what they've learned about women and sexuality in the last 8 years doing their show. They share how Corinne's on a hunt for the truth, whether it will hurt her or not, and Krystyna's on the hunt for aliens and ghosts, why women are constantly throwing away their lives and acting like dumb bitches for trashy men, and how they deal with the second-hand trauma of reading countless sexual ass

Mar 3, 2022 • 0:00

E169. Johann Hari Wants Us To Take Back Our Minds

E169. Johann Hari Wants Us To Take Back Our Minds

Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention, is back to discuss the collapse of our ability to pay attention and the 12 factors that are causing it. He and Bridget discuss how being chronically distracted is twice as bad for your intelligence than being stoned, living in a perfect storm of cognitive degradation, the loss of our ability to focus on deep things, the privilege of being able to disconnect, and why it's not a coincidence that our attention has collapsed at the s

Feb 24, 2022 • 1:50:52

E168. Ian Higgins Speaks For All Australians

E168. Ian Higgins Speaks For All Australians

Ian Higgins, comedian, television host, one half of The Grade Cricketer, and representativ e of Australia, joins Bridget to discuss the severity of Australia's lockdowns and mandates. They cover the "island mentality," Australia's isolationist tendencies, the succession movement in Western Australia, why Australians are much more trusting of their government than Americans, and why most of the population supports the Covid measures put in place. They also discuss the politicization of the vaccin

Feb 17, 2022 • 2:04:47

E167. Meghan Murphy Thinks Being Cancelled Liberated Her

E167. Meghan Murphy Thinks Being Cancelled Liberated Her

Meghan Murphy, journalist, and founder of Feminist Current, a feminist web site and podcast, sits down with Bridget to discuss the real world consequences of speaking out about gender identity, ideology & legislation, specifically as they pertain to women's rights, and the loss of safe spaces for women in our society. Meghan talks about being deplatformed, receiving death threats, not being published, losing friends, and ultimately moving to Mexico from Canada as a result of her public stanc

Feb 10, 2022 • 2:02:42

E166. Jenn Lyon Doesn't Want To Be Chasing Pretty

E166. Jenn Lyon Doesn't Want To Be Chasing Pretty

Jenn Lyon (Claws, Justified) sits down with Bridget to discuss her path to acting, how being a preacher's daughter always made her feel like public property, getting kicked out of the first college she went to, her battle with an eating disorder, why she finally sought treatment, and her fear that being healthy would impede her ability to ever book another job. They discuss her role on Claws, why it's the best job she's ever had, why she embraces body neutrality over body positivity, their issue

Feb 3, 2022 • 1:25:38

E165. Amanda Knox Refused To Become A Bitter Person

E165. Amanda Knox Refused To Become A Bitter Person

Amanda Knox (exoneree, journalist & podcaster) is on a mission to reclaim her identity. She sits down with Bridget for a thoughtful and introspective conversation about how her identity, face, and name have come to define her in ways that were not in her control, and how she's defining her own world moving forward. They discuss how embracing complicated emotions allows you to have a better perspective, how she dealt with the stress and waiting during her trial process and jail time, wha

Jan 27, 2022 • 1:43:39

E164. Kathleen Madigan Doesn't Care About Your Feelings

E164. Kathleen Madigan Doesn't Care About Your Feelings

Kathleen Madigan has been a comic for more than 30 years. She takes a break from her Do You Have Any Ranch tour to sit down with Bridget and discuss their similar upbringings in large Irish Catholic families - which is basically like growing up in a roast battle - wondering what was wrong with small families and people who don't have cousins in every city, the fine art of speed eating, and why Kathleen is the expendable one in her family because she doesn't have kids. They cover when your Twitte

Jan 20, 2022 • 0:00

E163. Aymann Ismail Thinks It's Easy To Conflate Punditry With Journalism

E163. Aymann Ismail Thinks It's Easy To Conflate Punditry With Journalism

Aymann Ismail (Slate Magazine staff writer) sat down with Bridget for an interview on January 6th 2022, coincidentally, Ismail had been in D.C. on January 6th, 2021, so inevitably their conversation covers the events of that day, including Aymann's sense of the mood of the crowd, what made it different from other Trump rallies, and why many different things can all be true at once about the Capitol riot. They also discuss Aymann's trip to Egypt during the Arab Spring and his coverage of the riot

Jan 13, 2022 • 2:34:59

E162. Adam Carolla Says All Roads Lead To Narcissism

E162. Adam Carolla Says All Roads Lead To Narcissism

Adam Carolla (The Adam Carolla Show) stops in to talk about his new comedy special Truth Yeller. He and Bridget discuss is wandering career trajectory from stand-up to sketch comedy, radio, television, podcasting, and back to stand-up. They cover why people are scared to talk about sex these days, how Adam keeps his job separate from his personal identity, why he feels bad for the Alyssa Milanos of the world, how he wound up on some sort of no-fly list for Netflix & HBO, the importance of k

Jan 6, 2022 • 1:16:35

E161. Story Hour 7 - Reclaiming The Holidays

E161. Story Hour 7 - Reclaiming The Holidays

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here.Bridget and Maggie tell tales of their individual and shared experiences with the holidays growing up. They cover their childhood traditions at their grandparents' house and then the diverging of their holiday celebrations as they grew up. Bridget talks about the stress of her parents' divorce, the annual meltdowns, the traveling and general chaos,

Dec 30, 2021 • 1:01:19

E160. Rabbi David Wolpe Creates Light In The Darkness

E160. Rabbi David Wolpe Creates Light In The Darkness

Rabbi David Wolpe, the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple, sits down with Bridget to discuss the complexity of human beings, learning how to be okay with people being upset with you, the advantage of getting older, how social media is turning adults back into teenagers, the difficulty of staying away from politics at the pulpit in today's social climate, and why we need more windows and fewer mirrors. They also discuss Rabbi Wolpe's strategies for tolerance and listening to someone he disagre

Dec 23, 2021 • 1:41:59

E159. Briahna Joy Gray Is Comfortable With Conflict

E159. Briahna Joy Gray Is Comfortable With Conflict

Briahna Joy Gray is the former National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, and the host of Bad Faith podcast. She and Bridget cover Briahna's background as a corporate lawyer, the truth about the way most corporate laws are written and the system we've inherited, how she became interested in politics, and how she wound up working for the Bernie Sanders campaign. They also discuss their willingness to have their minds changed, the importance of making your point in a way that can b

Dec 16, 2021 • 2:30:41

E158. Andrew Yang Thinks The Duopoly Will Destroy Us

E158. Andrew Yang Thinks The Duopoly Will Destroy Us

Former US Presidential Candidate, Andrew Yang, sits down with Bridget to discuss his decision to leave the Democratic Party, the unexpected reaction and fallout as a result, his founding of the Forward Party, why a two party system doesn't work at all, and the importance of ending the duopoly if we have any hope of solving the problems this country faces. They cover the importance of an independent media, the difficulties of galvanizing the "mushy middle" into action, why Americans should travel

Dec 9, 2021 • 1:41:17

E157. Jesse Morton Regrets Being A Terrorist

E157. Jesse Morton Regrets Being A Terrorist

Jesse Morton was once an American born, jihadist propagandist who ran Revolution Muslim, a New York City-based organization active in the 2000s and connected to a number of terrorism cases. He and Bridget talk about his upbringing, how he discovered Islam and the process of his radicalization, and then the slow evolution of nuance creeping back into his life and what eventually caused him to reexamine his belief system and deradicalize. They cover the work he's doing now with his organization Pa

Dec 2, 2021 • 2:13:50

E156. Drew Lynch Believes The Human Spirit Is Unbreakable

E156. Drew Lynch Believes The Human Spirit Is Unbreakable

Comedian Drew Lynch drops in to talk about his latest stand-up special, Concussed. He and Bridget discuss overcoming life's adversities including the head injury he suffered a decade ago, how it led him to comedy, what it taught him, and how at the end of the day it's how you respond to life's adversities that determines your character. They cover the grind of feeding the algorithm, how social media can rob you of things that used to be fulfilling, boxing yourself into your own brand and getti

Nov 25, 2021 • 1:43:03

E155. Aida Rodriguez Is Focused On Healing

E155. Aida Rodriguez Is Focused On Healing

Comedian, writer & actor Aida Rodriguez stops in to discuss Fighting Words her new special streaming on HBO Max and her desire to give people perspective on what's going on in the world. It's easy to talk to people who think like you and talk like you, Aida hopes to push people outside the bounds of their own experiences and perhaps connect them to others in a new way. She and Bridget discuss the weird time we live in where comedians are held to a higher standard than public officials, why

Nov 18, 2021 • 1:29:07

E154. Katherine Brodsky Thinks Curiosity Is The Answer

E154. Katherine Brodsky Thinks Curiosity Is The Answer

Katherine Brodsky was doxxed, harrassed and threatened because of a job posting on Facebook. She and Bridget discuss what happened, why she refuses to apologize, how it shifted the way she interacts with the world, and the private messages of support she received from people who were too scared to say anything publicly. They cover the toxicity of cancel culture, the long term effects in can have in your life, how other people's silence makes you feel even more isolated and alone, and how the inc

Nov 11, 2021 • 2:20:27

E153. Ben Shapiro Believes Passionate Political Debate Is a Good Thing

E153. Ben Shapiro Believes Passionate Political Debate Is a Good Thing

Ben Shapiro is back and he and Bridget cover a range of topics including his move out of California to Florida, what the breaking point was that made his family leave the state, the massive divide right now between the red states and the blue states, how to restore the credibility and moral authority of public health officials, the long-term effects of masks on children, why risk is unavoidable, and why we're all susceptible to being mini petty tyrants. They also discuss how corporate heads are

Nov 4, 2021 • 1:00:37

E152. Batya Ungar-Sargon Explains How the Media Abandonded the Working Class

E152. Batya Ungar-Sargon Explains How the Media Abandonded the Working Class

Batya Ungar-Sargon stops in to discuss her new book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy . She and Bridget discuss the history of American journalism and how it was once a crusader for the poor and the working class, when and how that changed, and the vast disparity that exists between the classes now. They explore how Liberals who see themselves on the right side of history are divorced from the working class, but that does not mean that Conservatives are speaking for them either.

Oct 28, 2021 • 1:33:35

E151. Coleman Hughes Is Allergic To Alarmists

E151. Coleman Hughes Is Allergic To Alarmists

Coleman Hughes sits down with Bridget for a conversation about why Critical Race Theory is an interesting but misguided philosophy, where it came from, what it's doing to our society, and why he's an advocate of color-blindness. They discuss the importance of viewing people as individuals rather than as groups, how efforts to fight racism often wind up treating black people like children rather than adults, and why it's good that a conversation about race has been started, but that there's a dif

Oct 21, 2021 • 1:49:31

E150. Kat Rosenfield Worries The Culture Wars Stifle Art

E150. Kat Rosenfield Worries The Culture Wars Stifle Art

Kat Rosenfield, author of the new book No One Will Miss Her , shares her writing process with Bridget, and talks about her transition from YA to Adult Thriller novels. They talk about why the YA community is so susceptible to moral panic, when grown women turn back into teenage girls online, what the culture wars are doing to the art world and art itself, how you can feel it when an artist feels pressured to conform to a certain set of ideals, and why she finds the idea of sensitivity readers fu

Oct 14, 2021 • 1:25:38

E149. Megyn Kelly Knows No One Feels Sorry For Her

E149. Megyn Kelly Knows No One Feels Sorry For Her

Megyn Kelly (The Megyn Kelly Show) sits down with Bridget to talk about taking control of her own career and destiny. They cover what led her to journalism from law, why the constant focus on identity doesn't lead us to anyplace good in our society, how feeling sorry for yourself causes depression, the ability to withstand public pressure as a politician in this day and age, and what will happen if Trump runs again. They also discuss the importance of being able to laugh at yourself, how avoidin

Oct 7, 2021 • 1:35:25

E148. Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying Think Humans Actually Want A Challenge

E148. Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying Think Humans Actually Want A Challenge

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying join Bridget to discuss their latest book A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century . They have a fascinating conversation covering how so much in evolutionary biology is obvious in retrospect, why an explicitly scientific and evolutionary understanding of who we are as humans doesn't take away the sense of awe or miraculousness of our humanity, and how the rate of change we are living through now is so great that there's really no comparison to any other po

Sep 30, 2021 • 2:03:49

E147. Jillian Hamilton Likes To Talk About Cheating

E147. Jillian Hamilton Likes To Talk About Cheating

Jillian Hamilton drops in to talk about her new podcast Cheating: When Love Lies. She and Bridget have a refreshingly honest conversation about the taboo subject of affairs, cheating, why people do it, what they're looking for, what it can lead to, the effect the pandemic had on relationships, and the "monogamy myth." Jillian talks about what led her to this topic and why she finds it so fascinating, Bridget shares stories she's never talked about publicly before. They cover how men cheat to st

Sep 23, 2021 • 0:00

E146. Helena Talks About What It's Like To Detransition

E146. Helena Talks About What It's Like To Detransition

Helena identified as trans from the ages of 15 to 19. She was on testosterone for 17 months before realizing she'd made a huge mistake. She and Bridget have a frank and compassionate conversation about her journey, how body image issues and social media led her to identify as trans, the ease with which she was presribed testosterone, her parents' reaction to her transition, what led her to the realization that she was not trans, and the response she received from her community when she detrans

Sep 16, 2021 • 2:01:15

E145. Sam Morril Thinks Cannibalism Must Be A Bummer

E145. Sam Morril Thinks Cannibalism Must Be A Bummer

Stand-up comic, Sam Morril, drops in to talk about his upcoming documentary Full Capacity , chronicling the reopening of comedy clubs in New York. He and Bridget discuss why they're both in no place to judge the strange habits of other people, the utter absurdity of podcasts, the value of being a whore in the Wild West, why women are so obsessed with true crime, trying to get something made in Hollywood, and why comics are like cockroaches. They also cover how people in red and blue states agree

Sep 9, 2021 • 1:54:10

E144. Reed Coverdale Works To Be An Example That Inspires People

E144. Reed Coverdale Works To Be An Example That Inspires People

Reed Coverdale is a trucker and host of the podcast The Naturalist Capitalist, which he often podcasts from the cab of his truck. Reed believes that if you can connect people who understand what isn't working to the root cause of why it isn't working in an effective way, you can create a movement. He and Bridget discuss the gap between the people having "the conversation" in media and politics vs. the real people on the ground in America. They cover libertarianism, why overzealous corporate safe

Sep 2, 2021 • 1:24:57

E143. Rosebud Baker Became A Comic Because She Had No Pride Left

E143. Rosebud Baker Became A Comic Because She Had No Pride Left

Rosebud Baker stops in to talk about her new comedy special Whiskey Fists , and she and Bridget discuss making jokes about traumatic experiences, toxic positivity, the way you're supposed to perceive things versus the way that you actually do, being addicted to doomscrolling, and why they're both terrible at adulting. They compare notes on being Covid newlyweds, the exes they've left behind, how the definition of being a "grownup" has kind of changed, the importance of duality and nuance, the my

Aug 26, 2021 • 1:24:33

E142. Michael Malice Advocates Invading Canada to Liberate Them

E142. Michael Malice Advocates Invading Canada to Liberate Them

Michael Malice (Your Welcome ) returns for another fun episode where he and Bridget discuss the definition of anarchy, the random reason he finally decided to leave NYC, his hoarding tendencies, the Russian attitude towards therapy, suicidal thoughts, and how many pairs of jeans he owns. They cover the idea that progressivism is domesticated imperialism, giving people the benefit of the doubt, the importance of boundaries to mental health, being a light bringer, how people take as much space as

Aug 19, 2021 • 1:30:07

E141. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media

E141. Matt Taibbi Discusses The Failure of Traditional News Media

Matt Taibbi, author and journalist, drops in to discuss the state of modern journalism, why it's increasingly difficult to source news you trust, "soft" censorship, link rot and stories that disappear, the instinct to conformity that is an epidemic in newsrooms right now, and why eventually the mob will always come for you. They cover Matt's background, how he comes from a family of reporters, what he learned from his dad about how to treat sources, his 10 years in Russia running his own newspap

Aug 12, 2021 • 1:41:06

E140. Sarah Shahi Sparks A Conversation About Female Sexuality

E140. Sarah Shahi Sparks A Conversation About Female Sexuality

Sarah Shahi returns to the podcast to talk about her newest show Sex/Life on Netflix. She and Bridget discuss the cultural impact of the show, the resonance it's had with women, sex as a character on the show, female sexuality, how little room there is for women to be messy in our society, the importance of sex, trust and devotion in a relationship, and taking a chance on yourself. They cover the trials and tribulations of breastfeeding, the difficulties of shooting nude scenes, why women are so

Aug 5, 2021 • 1:45:14

E139. Jordan Harbinger Shares The Thing That Sets Truly Successful People Apart

E139. Jordan Harbinger Shares The Thing That Sets Truly Successful People Apart

Jordan Harbinger, host of The Jordan Harbinger Show podcast, talks about being one of the first people in the podcasting space way back in 2006. He shares how he went from a law firm intern, to a networking coach/body language expert, to a dating guru, which led to accidentally starting a company. He and Bridget discuss the art of interviewing, their relationship with their listeners, the desire to build something big and impact people, where he turns when he's struggling, the good and bad of w

Jul 29, 2021 • 1:32:48

E138. Antonio García Martínez Thinks We Should All Just Express Fewer Opinions

E138. Antonio García Martínez Thinks We Should All Just Express Fewer Opinions

Antonio García Martínez, author of Chaos Monkeys, stops in to talk about the ever-evolving role of social media and technology in our lives. He and Bridget discuss how everyone in media is basically a lunatic, the dangers of kids knowing tech better than their parents, the days when the internet wasn't an all-consuming thing, the effect Sex/Life has had on marriages, tech billionaires and San Francisco school board recalls, the art of sitting down and reading a book, what TikTok is doing to kids

Jul 22, 2021 • 1:54:08

E137. The "La Ropa" Creators Know More Than You Think They Do

E137. The "La Ropa" Creators Know More Than You Think They Do

Jimbo Williams and Aristotle Sanchez are the founders and creators of La Ropa, one of the most popular streetwear brands in the US. They sit down with Bridget to tell their story, from an art collective in Toronto, to couch surfing in New York, to the Great American Road Trip that brought them to LA. They describe operating a business while they were homeless, their lack of a Plan B, their endless ambition, and the their vision for the future of the company. They cover what older people get wron

Jul 14, 2021 • 1:44:57

E136. John McWhorter Wants Us To Get Brave

E136. John McWhorter Wants Us To Get Brave

John McWhorter, author of Nine Nasty Words: English In The Gutter - Then, Now and Forever , sits down for a fascinating and fun conversation with Bridget. They discuss the appeal of swear words, the evolution of language, the rise of "like" and "literally," the arc of curse words from blasphemy, to the body, to slurs, and evaluate Critical Race Theory from both sides of the argument. They examine the difference between teaching people to think and telling them what to think, how the term "racist

Jul 8, 2021 • 1:24:50

E135. Carol Roth Explains The Historic Consolidation of Wealth and Power During Covid

E135. Carol Roth Explains The Historic Consolidation of Wealth and Power During Covid

Carol Roth is a leading business advisor, 'recovering' investment banker, and author of bestselling book The Entrepreneur Equation. She stops by to discuss her latest book, The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America . She and Bridget cover the effect of the pandemic on small businesses and what that means for our economy, what happens when you have such a consolidation of power, the nationalization of school debt, our economic relationship wi

Jul 1, 2021 • 1:39:44

E134. Justin Amash Says There Are Basically 3 People Running Our Federal Government

E134. Justin Amash Says There Are Basically 3 People Running Our Federal Government

Former US Congressman, Justin Amash, gives us an inside look on the inner workings of Congress and the fact that people in Washington aren't actively trying to harm people, it's just that they mostly don't care. He and Bridget discuss the difficulty of having a free society when everyone's angry and hostile with each other, why the use of the word "defend" is problematic, the importance of focusing on process in government, why fixing the process is only going to happen from external pressure b

Jun 24, 2021 • 1:43:26

E133. Jonathan Haidt Thinks We Are Choking To Death On Moralism

E133. Jonathan Haidt Thinks We Are Choking To Death On Moralism

Jonathan Haidt (The Coddling of the American Mind , The Righteous Mind ) is a social psychologist who believes that we're currently suffering from Wisdom Deprivation Disorder. He and Bridget analyze how the "like" and "retweet" functions changed the face of social media - and eventually the mainstream media, why wokeness makes it impossible to do anything, the costs of speaking up with common sense, the warping of our entire information ecosystem, and why so many busines

Jun 17, 2021 • 1:33:17

E132. Bari Weiss Believes It's Never Going To Get Easier To Speak Up, So Do It Now

E132. Bari Weiss Believes It's Never Going To Get Easier To Speak Up, So Do It Now

Bari Weiss is a journalist (New York Times, Wall Street Journal) and author of How to Fight Antisemitism. She and Bridget have an in-depth conversation about how full personhood is not possible on the internet, faux outrage and what it's doing to us, the explosion of independent media, the dangers of exploring TikTok, and why the end of Trump's presidency means you're suddenly you're allowed to say things that have never stopped being true. They discuss what to do when you notice you're self-cen

Jun 10, 2021 • 1:46:15

E131. Glenn Greenwald Warns Against Becoming A Captive Of Your Audience

E131. Glenn Greenwald Warns Against Becoming A Captive Of Your Audience

Glenn Greenwald (No Place To Hide , Securing Democracy ) shares the journey that led him to Brazil, how he met his husband, what led him to the path he's on, and why tries to make sure he's always open to people who challenge his convictions. He and Bridget discuss their shared mistrust of authority, why the acceptance of gay marriage accelerated so rapidly, living outside of America and how it influenced his perspective & writing, the dangers of going against your audience's tastes, and wh

Jun 3, 2021 • 2:22:20

Eliza Bleu And Why We’re Not All Gonna Be Oprah

Eliza Bleu And Why We’re Not All Gonna Be Oprah

Eliza Bleu is a survivor advocate for those affected by human trafficking, she’s also a survivor of human trafficking. She and Bridget discuss the red flags both parents and youths should be aware of, grooming tactics and how insidious they can be – especially from someone you’re supposed to be able to trust, the fraught conversation around personal responsibility in the survivor space, and the role advancing technology and social media platforms play. They share personal stori

May 27, 2021 • 1:45:07

E130. Eliza Bleu And Why We’re Not All Gonna Be Oprah

E130. Eliza Bleu And Why We’re Not All Gonna Be Oprah

Eliza Bleu is a survivor advocate for those affected by human trafficking, she’s also a survivor of human trafficking. She and Bridget discuss the red flags both parents and youths should be aware of, grooming tactics and how insidious they can be – especially from someone you’re supposed to be able to trust, the fraught conversation around personal responsibility in the survivor space, and the role advancing technology and social media platforms play. They share personal stori

May 27, 2021 • 1:45:07

E129. Mitchell Jackson Mourns The Death Of The Goddess Bunny

E129. Mitchell Jackson Mourns The Death Of The Goddess Bunny

Mitchell Jackson stops by and talks about his beloved friend and surrogate mother, Sandie Crisp, aka The Goddess Bunny, a disabled trans icon. She died in January of Covid, after surviving polio and HIV.  Mitchell discusses the ups and downs of her life, stints of homelessness, having her picture hanging in the Louvre, why she’s huge in South America, her hatred of identity politics, the surrogate family she built for herself, and the tragedy of her passing in isolation (due to Covid restr

May 20, 2021 • 1:39:40

Mitchell Jackson Mourns The Death Of The Goddess Bunny

Mitchell Jackson Mourns The Death Of The Goddess Bunny

Mitchell Jackson stops by and talks about his beloved friend and surrogate mother, Sandie Crisp, aka The Goddess Bunny, a disabled trans icon. She died in January of Covid, after surviving polio and HIV.  Mitchell discusses the ups and downs of her life, stints of homelessness, having her picture hanging in the Louvre, why she’s huge in South America, her hatred of identity politics, the surrogate family she built for herself, and the tragedy of her passing in isolation (due to Covid restr

May 20, 2021 • 1:39:40

Candice Thompson Thinks Everyone’s Lost Their Minds

Candice Thompson Thinks Everyone’s Lost Their Minds

Candice Thompson is a comedian, writer, actor and host of the podcast Nosy Neighbors which breaks down the  most absurd neighborhood app posts of the week. She and Bridget discuss how everybody wants to label you so they know what to think about you, why they don’t trust groups, their paths to stand-up comedy, their worst comedy bomb experiences, why hemp is the buffalo of plants, normalizing knife fights, and why people are so staunch in their defense a celebrity they’ve never met.

May 13, 2021 • 2:16:15

E128. Candice Thompson Thinks Everyone’s Lost Their Minds

E128. Candice Thompson Thinks Everyone’s Lost Their Minds

Candice Thompson is a comedian, writer, actor and host of the podcast Nosy Neighbors which breaks down the  most absurd neighborhood app posts of the week. She and Bridget discuss how everybody wants to label you so they know what to think about you, why they don’t trust groups, their paths to stand-up comedy, their worst comedy bomb experiences, why hemp is the buffalo of plants, normalizing knife fights, and why people are so staunch in their defense a celebrity they’ve never met.

May 13, 2021 • 2:16:15

Sarah Rose Siskind Fixes America

Sarah Rose Siskind Fixes America

Sarah Rose Siskind is a science comedy writer, psychedelic educator, comedian, and co-founder of Hello SciCom, a company that combines science communication and comedy to help scientists and tech companies revamp their content. She and Bridget discuss homelessness, how little we knew in our 20s, sobriety & pharmaceuticals, why D.A.R.E. is a terrible program, pandemic-induced anxiety, why mental health issues are like spousal abuse, and why people shouldn’t treat weed as a cure-all. The

May 6, 2021 • 2:25:31

E127. Sarah Rose Siskind Fixes America

E127. Sarah Rose Siskind Fixes America

Sarah Rose Siskind is a science comedy writer, psychedelic educator, comedian, and co-founder of Hello SciCom, a company that combines science communication and comedy to help scientists and tech companies revamp their content. She and Bridget discuss homelessness, how little we knew in our 20s, sobriety & pharmaceuticals, why D.A.R.E. is a terrible program, pandemic-induced anxiety, why mental health issues are like spousal abuse, and why people shouldn’t treat weed as a cure-all. The

May 6, 2021 • 2:25:31

Julian Walker On The Overlap Between Magical Thinking And Conspiracy Theories

Julian Walker On The Overlap Between Magical Thinking And Conspiracy Theories

Julian Walker is a yoga instructor, writer, and co-host of the podcast Conspirituality. He and Bridget discuss the growing overlap between new age spirituality and conspiracy theory culture in the last few years, how QAnon-influenced ideas started to take hold in the yoga space, the growing trend of anti-intellectualism and shying away from science, the difference between freshman skepticism and healthy skepticism, and why he’s committed to the principle that politics should be boring. Jul

Apr 29, 2021 • 1:56:35

E126. Julian Walker On The Overlap Between Magical Thinking And Conspiracy Theories

E126. Julian Walker On The Overlap Between Magical Thinking And Conspiracy Theories

Julian Walker is a yoga instructor, writer, and co-host of the podcast Conspirituality. He and Bridget discuss the growing overlap between new age spirituality and conspiracy theory culture in the last few years, how QAnon-influenced ideas started to take hold in the yoga space, the growing trend of anti-intellectualism and shying away from science, the difference between freshman skepticism and healthy skepticism, and why he’s committed to the principle that politics should be boring. Jul

Apr 29, 2021 • 1:56:35

Angel Eduardo Believes We Should All Be Star-Manning

Angel Eduardo Believes We Should All Be Star-Manning

Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer and artist. He and Bridget discuss the discipline of being a professional artist, the moral panic around art these days, self-censorship and the fear of being cancelled, victimhood culture, exercise & discipline, Bridget’s ideal super power, why mistakes are like wrapping paper, what to do when you’re lost, and the ground we’re losing in the equality movement. Angel explains his concept of “star-manning,” a way o

Apr 22, 2021 • 2:14:59

E125. Angel Eduardo Believes We Should All Be Star-Manning

E125. Angel Eduardo Believes We Should All Be Star-Manning

Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer and artist. He and Bridget discuss the discipline of being a professional artist, the moral panic around art these days, self-censorship and the fear of being cancelled, victimhood culture, exercise & discipline, Bridget's ideal super power, why mistakes are like wrapping paper, what to do when you're lost, and the ground we're losing in the equality movement. Angel explains his concept of "star-manning" a way of engaging in discourse with ea

Apr 22, 2021 • 2:14:59

Erica Rhodes – There Was A Boy…

Erica Rhodes – There Was A Boy…

Stand-up comic, Erica Rhodes, stops in to trade stories with Bridget about their various adventures that always seemed to start with “there was a boy…”. They discuss the winding roads that brought them to comedy, why spoken word poetry is a lot harder than you might think, acting as a gateway drug, the joys of creativity, the embarrassment of journals full of men, and their struggles with love and commitment. They also cover therapists who flirt with you, the nightmare of onlin

Apr 15, 2021 • 1:54:32

E124. Erica Rhodes – There Was A Boy…

E124. Erica Rhodes – There Was A Boy…

Stand-up comic, Erica Rhodes, stops in to trade stories with Bridget about their various adventures that always seemed to start with “there was a boy…”. They discuss the winding roads that brought them to comedy, why spoken word poetry is a lot harder than you might think, acting as a gateway drug, the joys of creativity, the embarrassment of journals full of men, and their struggles with love and commitment. They also cover therapists who flirt with you, the nightmare of onlin

Apr 15, 2021 • 1:54:32

E123. Heather Heying Discusses The Vaccine Passport As A Form Of Social Control

E123. Heather Heying Discusses The Vaccine Passport As A Form Of Social Control

Heather Heying is a scientist, educator and author. She and Bridget discuss the possibility of a vaccine passport and why they’re so unsettled by the idea. They reflect that nothing good comes from being told that in order to do something you have to show your papers, that once you give up a certain amount of liberty or power, it’s much more difficult to get it back, how being against the idea of a vaccine passport does not make you an anti-vaxxer, and the dangers of being called a c

Apr 8, 2021 • 1:53:28

Heather Heying Discusses The Vaccine Passport As A Form Of Social Control

Heather Heying Discusses The Vaccine Passport As A Form Of Social Control

Heather Heying is a scientist, educator and author. She and Bridget discuss the possibility of a vaccine passport and why they’re so unsettled by the idea. They reflect that nothing good comes from being told that in order to do something you have to show your papers, that once you give up a certain amount of liberty or power, it’s much more difficult to get it back, how being against the idea of a vaccine passport does not make you an anti-vaxxer, and the dangers of being called a c

Apr 8, 2021 • 1:53:28

E122. Nick Gillespie Thinks Hard Work Beats Being The Smartest Person In The Room

E122. Nick Gillespie Thinks Hard Work Beats Being The Smartest Person In The Room

Nick Gillespie is the host of The Reason Interview podcast and editor-at-large at Reason Magazine. He and Bridget discuss the need to create meaning in our lives and why this has driven a lot of American culture insane, how he became a libertarian, Burning Man, his time working for a teen magazine, and why we need a government that does fewer things, but does them well. He shares how attending high school graduations and zoning board meetings radicalized him, the difference between liberals and

Apr 1, 2021 • 2:23:55

Nick Gillespie Thinks Hard Work Beats Being The Smartest Person In The Room

Nick Gillespie Thinks Hard Work Beats Being The Smartest Person In The Room

Nick Gillespie is the host of The Reason Interview podcast and editor-at-large at Reason Magazine. He and Bridget discuss the need to create meaning in our lives and why this has driven a lot of American culture insane, how he became a libertarian, Burning Man, his time working for a teen magazine, and why we […]

Apr 1, 2021 • 2:30:12

Nancy Rommelmann Wants To Create New Beauty And Make More Pie

Nancy Rommelmann Wants To Create New Beauty And Make More Pie

Nancy Rommelman, journalist & author, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about her feature for Reason Magazine The Dream of The 90’s Dies in Portland, covering the Portland protests. They discuss what the endgame is for people whose skill set only involves destruction, how people are starting to behave in real life the […]

Mar 25, 2021 • 1:39:33

E121. Nancy Rommelmann Wants To Create New Beauty And Make More Pie

E121. Nancy Rommelmann Wants To Create New Beauty And Make More Pie

Nancy Rommelman, journalist & author, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about her feature for Reason Magazine The Dream of The 90’s Dies in Portland, covering the Portland protests. They discuss what the endgame is for people whose skill set only involves destruction, how people are starting to behave in real life the way they do online, how people can become addicted to their “quest for justice,” the reality of what happens when you’ve been cancelle

Mar 25, 2021 • 1:39:33

Cherie DeVille Asserts The Top Boss B*tches In Porn Have The Best Work Ethic

Cherie DeVille Asserts The Top Boss B*tches In Porn Have The Best Work Ethic

Cherie DeVille is an adult film star who offers Bridget an inside look at today’s porn industry. They cover how Cherie got into porn, how her parents reacted, why she loves it, the secret to her decade-long career, the perception versus the reality of the industry, the social stigma that comes with it, how it’s […]

Mar 18, 2021 • 2:05:30

E120. Cherie DeVille Asserts The Top Boss B*tches In Porn Have The Best Work Ethic

E120. Cherie DeVille Asserts The Top Boss B*tches In Porn Have The Best Work Ethic

Cherie DeVille is an adult film star who offers Bridget an inside look at today’s porn industry. They cover how Cherie got into porn, how her parents reacted, why she loves it, the secret to her decade-long career, the perception versus the reality of the industry, the social stigma that comes with it, how it’s changed in the last 10 years, and how women have more power and control in the industry than ever before. They also discuss having an emotionally monogamous relationship, sham

Mar 18, 2021 • 2:05:30

E119. Jeff Charles Explains Why White Guilt Is Awkward As Hell

E119. Jeff Charles Explains Why White Guilt Is Awkward As Hell

Jeff Charles is a political commentator, podcast host, and freelance writer. He and Bridget discuss a variety of issues including why Republicans seem more interested in making it more difficult to vote than winning over hearts & minds, how even though most conservatives aren’t racist, they fall into a trap that lets the left paint them as racist, why the far left doesn’t really care about black people, and why you’re not that likely to be killed by a black person. They cov

Mar 11, 2021 • 1:49:43

Jeff Charles Explains Why White Guilt Is Awkward As Hell To Most Black People

Jeff Charles Explains Why White Guilt Is Awkward As Hell To Most Black People

Jeff Charles is a political commentator, podcast host, and freelance writer. He and Bridget discuss a variety of issues including why Republicans seem more interested in making it more difficult to vote than winning over hearts & minds, how even though most conservatives aren’t racist, they fall into a trap that lets the left paint […]

Mar 11, 2021 • 1:56:01

E118. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is All For Compassion, But Doesn’t Want To Be Assaulted

E118. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is All For Compassion, But Doesn’t Want To Be Assaulted

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow, former member of the Dutch parliament, and author of the new book Prey: Immigration, Islam and the Erosion of Women’s Rights. She shares her story with Bridget and discusses fleeing an arranged marriage, seeking asylum in the Netherlands, the methods women in oppressive countries have developed to cope with or avoid being harassed, and the failure that occurs in our society when women don’t feel safe. She and Bridget have a fascinating conversati

Mar 4, 2021 • 1:41:54

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is All For Compassion, But Doesn’t Want To Be Assaulted

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is All For Compassion, But Doesn’t Want To Be Assaulted

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow, former member of the Dutch parliament, and author of the new book Prey: Immigration, Islam and the Erosion of Women’s Rights. She shares her story with Bridget and discusses fleeing an arranged marriage, seeking asylum in the Netherlands, the methods women in oppressive countries have developed to cope […]

Mar 4, 2021 • 1:50:37

E117. Traveling To South Africa During Covid

E117. Traveling To South Africa During Covid

Bridget and Jeren sit down to discuss their recent trip to South Africa. They discuss traveling during Covid, the importance of leaving the United States on a regular basis, what you learn when you travel internationally, their families’ attitudes towards traveling growing up, and their adventures in the wildlife parks they visited. They also get into the differences for traveling between men and women, an emotional helicopter ride, saving the rhinos, and trying to devise ways to protect t

Feb 27, 2021 • 1:04:05

Traveling To South Africa During Covid

Traveling To South Africa During Covid

Bridget and Jeren sit down to discuss their recent trip to South Africa. They discuss traveling during Covid, the importance of leaving the United States on a regular basis, what you learn when you travel internationally, their families’ attitudes towards traveling growing up, and their adventures in the wildlife parks they visited. They also get […]

Feb 26, 2021 • 1:08:02

E116. Story Hour Part 6 – Champagne Backpacker

E116. Story Hour Part 6 – Champagne Backpacker

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here.Bridget’s globe trotting tales really kick off with the first leg of her months-long journey. Hear how a spontaneous opportunity to go to Burning Man, led to a weed farm in Oregon, to an ashram in Australia, and wwoofing on a horse farm in New Zealand. The many adventures and mishaps along the way include knowing her way around Sydney exclusi

Feb 18, 2021 • 1:08:54

Story Hour Part 6 – Champagne Backpacker

Story Hour Part 6 – Champagne Backpacker

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Bridget’s globe trotting tales really kick off with the first leg of her months-long journey. Hear how a spontaneous opportunity to go to Burning Man, led to a weed […]

Feb 18, 2021 • 1:08:54

E115. Mark Normand Misses The 90s When Only Weirdos Paid Attention To Politics

E115. Mark Normand Misses The 90s When Only Weirdos Paid Attention To Politics

Mark Normand, stand-up comedian and podcast host, connects with Bridget to make fun of Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina candles, the absurdity of people on Twitter telling you to reach out if you’re feeling depressed or suicidal when they’re the ones calling you Nazis, political hypocrisy and posturing, and people wielding the word “complicit” as a weapon. They cover why doing stand-up seemed like becoming an astronaut, how weird it is to see the mob mentality go viral, how

Feb 11, 2021 • 1:35:01

Mark Normand Misses The 90s When Only Weirdos Paid Attention To Politics

Mark Normand Misses The 90s When Only Weirdos Paid Attention To Politics

Mark Normand, stand-up comedian and podcast host, connects with Bridget to make fun of Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina candles, the absurdity of people on Twitter telling you to reach out if you’re feeling depressed or suicidal when they’re the ones calling you Nazis, political hypocrisy and posturing, and people wielding the word “complicit” as a weapon. […]

Feb 11, 2021 • 1:35:13

E114. Yannis Pappas Needs To Be Disappeared By A Dictatorship

E114. Yannis Pappas Needs To Be Disappeared By A Dictatorship

Yannis Pappas (stand-up comic) stops by to mock everyone and everything with Bridget, including: Bill Gates, white people presenting as POC, China, Tom Cruise, the two cults running this country, Scandinavians, and comedians being taken seriously as political pundits. He and Bridget also cover how things have changed since he became a dad, what Kurt Cobain would be like if he were still alive today, their ideas for reality shows, the ability of the Irish to repress their emotions, Joe Rogan&#821

Feb 4, 2021 • 1:17:48

Yannis Pappas Needs To Be Disappeared By A Dictatorship

Yannis Pappas Needs To Be Disappeared By A Dictatorship

Yannis Pappas (stand-up comic) stops by to mock everyone and everything with Bridget, including: Bill Gates, white people presenting as POC, China, Tom Cruise, the two cults running this country, Scandinavians, and comedians being taken seriously as political pundits. He and Bridget also cover how things have changed since he became a dad, what Kurt […]

Feb 4, 2021 • 1:17:51

E113. Sarah Tollemache Thinks It’s Strange When Other Comics Get Offended By Jokes

E113. Sarah Tollemache Thinks It’s Strange When Other Comics Get Offended By Jokes

Sarah Tollemache, stand-up comic and podcast host, joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about anything and everything, including what they miss about live stand up, defending their right to be hyperbolic, worrying about being caught in the background of a viral video that would get them cancelled, and their shared fascination of black market arms dealing and money laundering. They discuss their ability to create for themselves rather than the gatekeepers, why corporations that stand up to

Jan 28, 2021 • 1:40:47

Sarah Tollemache Thinks It’s Strange When Other Comics Get Offended By Jokes

Sarah Tollemache Thinks It’s Strange When Other Comics Get Offended By Jokes

Sarah Tollemache, stand-up comic and podcast host, joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about anything and everything, including what they miss about live stand up, defending their right to be hyperbolic, worrying about being caught in the background of a viral video that would get them cancelled, and their shared fascination of black market arms […]

Jan 28, 2021 • 1:47:00

E112. Kmele Foster Doesn’t Care About Breaking News

E112. Kmele Foster Doesn’t Care About Breaking News

Kmele Foster is a partner at Free Think, a media company that tells stories about the people and ideas that are changing the world, he’s also a co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. He and Bridget discuss the weirdness of signs like “Black People Welcome Here,” and how they give him a Get Out sort of feeling, what he would teach kids about media literacy right now, why he prefers lukewarm takes over hot takes, and the worrying trend that violence has become a clear attribute of

Jan 21, 2021 • 1:31:58

Kmele Foster Doesn’t Care About Breaking News

Kmele Foster Doesn’t Care About Breaking News

Kmele Foster is a partner at Free Think, a media company that tells stories about the people and ideas that are changing the world, he’s also a co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. He and Bridget discuss the weirdness of signs like “Black People Welcome Here,” and how they give him a Get Out sort […]

Jan 21, 2021 • 1:38:32

E111. Ryan Long Works Hard Not To Care In Order To Be Funny

E111. Ryan Long Works Hard Not To Care In Order To Be Funny

Ryan Long, comedian and filmmaker, connects with Bridget from New York and they discuss his move from Canada five months before the pandemic hit, why NYC is a sadboy town, the challenges of being a self-starter and your own boss, the outrage economy, why good editors are so hard to find, and why Canada is dead to him. In the middle of their conversation Bridget receives breaking news of the lockdown at the Capitol on January 6th but that doesn’t derail the conversation. They delve into how

Jan 14, 2021 • 1:39:43

Ryan Long Works Hard Not To Care In Order To Be Funny

Ryan Long Works Hard Not To Care In Order To Be Funny

Ryan Long, comedian and filmmaker, connects with Bridget from New York and they discuss his move from Canada five months before the pandemic hit, why NYC is a sadboy town, the challenges of being a self-starter and your own boss, the outrage economy, why good editors are so hard to find, and why Canada is […]

Jan 14, 2021 • 1:39:43

E110. Adrienne Iapalucci is Living the Life of A Cancelled Person

E110. Adrienne Iapalucci is Living the Life of A Cancelled Person

Adrienne Iapalucci is a stand-up comic, podcast host, and Bridget’s “spirit human.” She and Bridget discuss how their dysfunctional childhoods are probably what led them to stand-up in the first place and what keeps them grinding long after most normal people would quit. They talk addiction, the stand-up scene in NYC vs LA, their shared belief that things will always get worse, and why they both default to dark comedy the darker things get. Adrienne tells stories about working

Jan 7, 2021 • 2:02:21

Adrienne Iapalucci is Living the Life of A Cancelled Person

Adrienne Iapalucci is Living the Life of A Cancelled Person

Adrienne Iapalucci is a stand-up comic, podcast host, and Bridget’s “spirit human.” She and Bridget discuss how their dysfunctional childhoods are probably what led them to stand-up in the first place and what keeps them grinding long after most normal people would quit. They talk addiction, the stand-up scene in NYC vs LA, their shared […]Sponsored by Jordan Harbinger Show, BetaBrand, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/po

Jan 7, 2021 • 2:02:21

E109. W. Keith Campbell Says You Should Think of Yourself As A Process

E109. W. Keith Campbell Says You Should Think of Yourself As A Process

W. Keith Campbell is a nationally recognized expert on narcissism, society and generational change. He and Bridget discuss social media and narcissism, whether everyone with a big platform is inherently a narcissist, why Keith thinks Kylie Jenner is a genius, how technology always leads to status inversions where the wisdom of age gets crushed by youth’s expertise in tech, and why narcissism is essentially America’s brand. They also cover the evolution of individuals identifying themselves as “b

Dec 17, 2020 • 1:53:11

W. Keith Campbell Says You Should Think of Yourself As A Process

W. Keith Campbell Says You Should Think of Yourself As A Process

W. Keith Campbell is a nationally recognized expert on narcissism, society and generational change. He and Bridget discuss social media and narcissism, whether everyone with a big platform is inherently a narcissist, why Keith thinks Kylie Jenner is a genius, how technology always leads to status inversions where the wisdom of age gets crushed by […]Sponsored by Skillshare, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget

Dec 17, 2020 • 1:57:17

E108. Harleen Kaur Thinks The News Is A More Complex A Problem Than Outer Space

E108. Harleen Kaur Thinks The News Is A More Complex A Problem Than Outer Space

Harleen Kaur is a former NASA space engineer and current CEO and founder of Ground News, the world’s first news comparison platform. Ground News aggregates news stories from around the world, shows you how they are being covered by different media outlets, and helps you identify the media bias on the different coverage. Harleen founded the company to solve a problem she herself had, when it came to identifying media bias and putting news stories within a larger global perspective. She and

Dec 10, 2020 • 1:37:49

Harleen Kaur Thinks The News Is A More Complex A Problem Than Outer Space

Harleen Kaur Thinks The News Is A More Complex A Problem Than Outer Space

Harleen Kaur is a former NASA space engineer and current CEO and founder of Ground News, the world’s first news comparison platform. Ground News aggregates news stories from around the world, shows you how they are being covered by different media outlets, and helps you identify the media bias on the different coverage. Harleen founded […]Sponsored by Jordan Harbinger Show, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-b

Dec 10, 2020 • 1:37:49

E107. Johann Hari Thinks We Need Addiction Policies That Are As Complex As Addiction Itself

E107. Johann Hari Thinks We Need Addiction Policies That Are As Complex As Addiction Itself

Johann Hari (Chasing the Scream, Lost Connections) sits down with Bridget to discuss the rise in depression, anxiety and addiction in society, particularly during Covid, and what that means about their underlying causes. Through extensive traveling and research for his books, Johann has explored the idea that the roots of all three are not just biological, but also psychological and social, and that we need a more complex approach to treatment in order to address all three aspects of these ailme

Dec 4, 2020 • 0:00

Johann Hari Thinks We Need Addiction Policies That Are As Complex As Addiction Itself

Johann Hari Thinks We Need Addiction Policies That Are As Complex As Addiction Itself

Johann Hari (Chasing the Scream, Lost Connections) sits down with Bridget to discuss the rise in depression, anxiety and addiction in society, particularly during Covid, and what that means about their underlying causes. Through extensive traveling and research for his books, Johann has explored the idea that the roots of all three are not just […]Sponsored by Skillshare, BetterHelp, Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://

Dec 4, 2020 • 0:00

E106. Desi-Rae Believes When Everything Is Viewed Through The Lens of Race, Everyone Becomes A Little Racist

E106. Desi-Rae Believes When Everything Is Viewed Through The Lens of Race, Everyone Becomes A Little Racist

Desi-Rae is a sociopolitical commentator, crypto enthusiast, and artist who started her talk show Just Thinking Out Loud, after she realized she felt conflicted about honestly speaking her mind. Originally from Jamaica, she offers her perspective on US politics, how you used to be able to disagree with someone and still be friends with them, why she hates identity politics, and how people were always assuming what she thought because she’s black. She and Bridget discuss whether being racis

Nov 19, 2020 • 1:13:57

Desi-Rae Believes When Everything Is Viewed Through The Lens of Race, Everyone Becomes A Little Racist

Desi-Rae Believes When Everything Is Viewed Through The Lens of Race, Everyone Becomes A Little Racist

Desi-Rae is a sociopolitical commentator, crypto enthusiast, and artist who started her talk show Just Thinking Out Loud, after she realized she felt conflicted about honestly speaking her mind. Originally from Jamaica, she offers her perspective on US politics, how you used to be able to disagree with someone and still be friends with them, […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/desi-rae-believes-when-eve

Nov 19, 2020 • 1:13:57

E105. Target Tori Wants To Put Something Positive In The World

E105. Target Tori Wants To Put Something Positive In The World

Tori Perrotti, aka “Target Tori,” talks with Bridget about her experience going viral, cyber-bullying, cancel culture, and the amazing positive support she received that inspired her to found the Pause. Be Kind platform. They discuss what they’ve each learned in the service industry, being an only child vs. the oldest of five, trade stories about being bullied in high school and how those experiences shaped them, and notice why it’s so hard to think of others in any given

Nov 12, 2020 • 1:22:32

Target Tori Wants To Put Something Positive In The World

Target Tori Wants To Put Something Positive In The World

Tori Perrotti, aka “Target Tori,” talks with Bridget about her experience going viral, cyber-bullying, cancel culture, and the amazing positive support she received that inspired her to found the Pause. Be Kind platform. They discuss what they’ve each learned in the service industry, being an only child vs. the oldest of five, trade stories about […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://rico

Nov 12, 2020 • 1:22:32

E104. Cydnee Black Still Has Hope

E104. Cydnee Black Still Has Hope

Cydnee Black uploaded her first makeup tutorial to YouTube in 2013, at that time, she was one of the few African Americans doing makeup tutorials. She now has over 1 million subscribers and is considered an “influencer” even though she despises that term. She has since transitioned into researching moments in history that interest her and creating informational videos about topics such as the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, JFK’s affairs, and the life of Coco Chanel, while

Nov 5, 2020 • 2:02:54

Cydnee Black Still Has Hope

Cydnee Black Still Has Hope

Cydnee Black uploaded her first makeup tutorial to YouTube in 2013, at that time, she was one of the few African Americans doing makeup tutorials. She now has over 1 million subscribers and is considered an “influencer” even though she despises that term. She has since transitioned into researching moments in history that interest her […]Sponsored by Jordan Harbinger Show Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-br

Nov 5, 2020 • 2:02:54

Corey DeAngelis Argues School Choice is A Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats

Corey DeAngelis Argues School Choice is A Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats

Corey DeAngelis is the director of School Choice at Reason Foundation and the Executive Director at Educational Freedom Institute. Corey and Bridget discuss school choice, which would mean allowing a tax payer’s education dollars to follow their child to wherever they’re getting their education – public school, private school, or charter school – rather than […]Sponsored by Jordan Harbinger Show Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://rico

Oct 29, 2020 • 1:36:49

E103. Corey DeAngelis Argues School Choice is A Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats

E103. Corey DeAngelis Argues School Choice is A Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats

Corey DeAngelis is the director of School Choice at Reason Foundation and the Executive Director at Educational Freedom Institute. Corey and Bridget discuss school choice, which would mean allowing a tax payer’s education dollars to follow their child to wherever they’re getting their education – public school, private school, or charter school – rather than automatically being paid to their local school district. They delve into the effects of Covid and how families are

Oct 29, 2020 • 1:36:49

E102. Doug Schoen Discusses the Looming Threat of the China-Russia Axis

E102. Doug Schoen Discusses the Looming Threat of the China-Russia Axis

Doug Schoen (author & campaign consultant) drops in to discuss his most recent book The End of Democracy?: Russia and China on the Rise, America in Retreat. He and Bridget have a frank conversation about the fact that we are so divided in this country we are failing to pay attention to the larger threats of Russian and Chinese influence in the world. They cover how a lack of common purpose and a failure to recognize the challenges we face in America puts us at risk, the damage caused by putt

Oct 22, 2020 • 1:04:00

Doug Schoen Discusses the Looming Threat of the China-Russia Axis

Doug Schoen Discusses the Looming Threat of the China-Russia Axis

Doug Schoen (author & campaign consultant) drops in to discuss his most recent book The End of Democracy?: Russia and China on the Rise, America in Retreat. He and Bridget have a frank conversation about the fact that we are so divided in this country we are failing to pay attention to the larger threats […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/doug-schoen-discusses-the-looming-threat-of-the-china-russia

Oct 22, 2020 • 1:04:00

Karol Markowicz Thinks Today’s Political Climate is More Like 1950s Russia Than 1930s Germany

Karol Markowicz Thinks Today’s Political Climate is More Like 1950s Russia Than 1930s Germany

Karol Markowicz (New York Post, Spectator USA, Time) and Bridget discuss the effect of the pandemic in NYC, how nobody in California seems to be able to connect policies they hate and the people they’re voting for, why large portions of immigrant communities love Trump, looking back and seeing their own blindspots going into 2016, […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-we

Oct 15, 2020 • 1:30:14

E101. Karol Markowicz Thinks Today’s Political Climate is More Like 1950s Russia Than 1930s Germany

E101. Karol Markowicz Thinks Today’s Political Climate is More Like 1950s Russia Than 1930s Germany

Karol Markowicz (New York Post, Spectator USA, Time) and Bridget discuss the effect of the pandemic in NYC, how nobody in California seems to be able to connect policies they hate and the people they’re voting for, why large portions of immigrant communities love Trump, looking back and seeing their own blindspots going into 2016, and the best and worst case scenarios for how the 2020 election might go. They cover the future of the Democratic party, why Karol tries to bring up the fact

Oct 15, 2020 • 1:30:14

E100. 100th Episode – Celebration and Reflection

E100. 100th Episode – Celebration and Reflection

Bridget & Maggie reminisce about 100 episodes of Walk-Ins Welcome. What they love, what they’ve learned, favorite episodes, and they marvel at their unprecedented consistency. They explore Bridget’s gift of gab and her genuine love for talking to people (inherited from their grandmother), discuss the need for a Hero’s Journey and how lost we can become without one, and plan for the future and what they’d like to see happen for the podcast and Phetasy. Become a subscri

Oct 8, 2020 • 1:06:32

100th Episode – Celebration and Reflection

100th Episode – Celebration and Reflection

Bridget & Maggie reminisce about 100 episodes of Walk-Ins Welcome. What they love, what they’ve learned, favorite episodes, and they marvel at their unprecedented consistency. They explore Bridget’s gift of gab and her genuine love for talking to people (inherited from their grandmother), discuss the need for a Hero’s Journey and how lost we can […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/

Oct 8, 2020 • 1:06:32

E99. David French Believes Hatred Will Bring About What You Fear

E99. David French Believes Hatred Will Bring About What You Fear

David French (The Dispatch, Time) stops in to talk about his latest book Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He and Bridget cover how he sources his news, the liberation of shedding the partisan mindset and meeting in the wasteland of the center, the rise of journavism, being expelled from your tribe, taking precautions against being “swatted” by online trolls, and the times they wonder if it’s worth it. They discuss the differences

Oct 1, 2020 • 1:30:39

David French Believes Hatred Will Bring About What You Fear

David French Believes Hatred Will Bring About What You Fear

David French (The Dispatch, Time) stops in to talk about his latest book Divided We Fall: America’s Succession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He and Bridget cover how he sources his news, the liberation of shedding the partisan mindset and meeting in the wasteland of the center, the rise of journavism, being expelled […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/david-french-believes-hatred-will-brin

Oct 1, 2020 • 0:01

E98. Colin Quinn Doesn’t Trust Jeff Bezos Because He’s A Nerd With A Giant Penis

E98. Colin Quinn Doesn’t Trust Jeff Bezos Because He’s A Nerd With A Giant Penis

Colin Quinn (stand-up comic, actor, writer, Saturday Night Live alum) stops in to talk about his book Overstated – A Coast-to-Coast Roast of All 50 States, and he and Bridget manage to cover, the election, why Bridget should be a criminal profiler and write a book about U-Haul rentals, Colin’s plans for modern-day Constitutional Conventions, the fact that everybody’s crazy now and nobody seems to notice, and they compare psychic experiences (Colin’s involves OJ Simpson).

Sep 24, 2020 • 1:15:02

Colin Quinn Doesn’t Trust Jeff Bezos Because He’s A Nerd With A Giant Penis

Colin Quinn Doesn’t Trust Jeff Bezos Because He’s A Nerd With A Giant Penis

Colin Quinn (stand-up comic, actor, writer, Saturday Night Live alum) stops in to talk about his book Overstated – A Coast-to-Coast Roast of All 50 States, and he and Bridget manage to cover, the election, why Bridget should be a criminal profiler and write a book about U-Haul rentals, Colin’s plans for modern-day Constitutional Conventions, […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/colin-quinn-do

Sep 24, 2020 • 0:01

Felecia Killings Discusses Her Vision for Conscious Black Conservatism

Felecia Killings Discusses Her Vision for Conscious Black Conservatism

Felecia Killings is the founder and visionary of the Conscious Conservative Movement which wants to empower people who are looking to expand the authentic conservative space, and to go back to the principles of conservatism and spiritual understanding. She and Bridget delve into the complex topic of Black Conservatism, what it looks like today, why […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/felecia-killings-di

Sep 17, 2020 • 0:01

E97. Felecia Killings Discusses Her Vision for Conscious Black Conservatism

E97. Felecia Killings Discusses Her Vision for Conscious Black Conservatism

Felecia Killings is the founder and visionary of the Conscious Conservative Movement which wants to empower people who are looking to expand the authentic conservative space, and to go back to the principles of conservatism and spiritual understanding. She and Bridget delve into the complex topic of Black Conservatism, what it looks like today, why Felecia was primarily getting attacked by black conservative influencers, the fact that the black community is not a monolith, and that a lot of peop

Sep 17, 2020 • 1:17:26

E96. Bret Weinstein Explains Unity 2020 – His Hope for the Future of the Country

E96. Bret Weinstein Explains Unity 2020 – His Hope for the Future of the Country

In some sense the United States was an innovation, a bold experiment that turned into a spectacular success. According to Bret Weinstein, this success is proof of concept, and the system devised has been wildly successful at producing well-being, though unfairly distributed to certain population groups. The solution is not to un-invent the system, it’s to figure out how to correct the unfairness. The system needs an adjustment. Bret believes that Unity 2020 is our way to break the corrupt

Sep 9, 2020 • 2:00:08

Bret Weinstein Explains Unity 2020 – His Hope for the Future of the Country

Bret Weinstein Explains Unity 2020 – His Hope for the Future of the Country

In some sense the United States was an innovation, a bold experiment that turned into a spectacular success. According to Bret Weinstein, this success is proof of concept, and the system devised has been wildly successful at producing well-being, though unfairly distributed to certain population groups. The solution is not to un-invent the system, it’s […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.c

Sep 9, 2020 • 0:02

E95. Katie Herzog Never Expected the Concept of “Theybies” to Spread the Way It Has

E95. Katie Herzog Never Expected the Concept of “Theybies” to Spread the Way It Has

Katie Herzog (podcast host Blocked and Reported) and Bridget have a hilarious conversation that covers everything from Katie’s multiple drunken bicycle accidents, to Bridget’s being put on male-restriction when she was in rehab for heroin. They talk addiction, alcoholism, their first exposure to gender pronouns, teaching yoga in Sri Lanka, The Babes of NPR, and how your darkest moments can lead to new opportunities. Katie shares her many failures in holding down a job before working

Sep 3, 2020 • 1:46:43

Katie Herzog Never Expected the Concept of “Theybies” to Spread the Way It Has

Katie Herzog Never Expected the Concept of “Theybies” to Spread the Way It Has

Katie Herzog (podcast host Blocked and Reported) and Bridget have a hilarious conversation that covers everything from Katie’s multiple drunken bicycle accidents, to Bridget’s being put on male-restriction when she was in rehab for heroin. They talk addiction, alcoholism, their first exposure to gender pronouns, teaching yoga in Sri Lanka, The Babes of NPR, and […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-ph

Sep 3, 2020 • 0:01

Ben Shapiro Thinks Having A Bit Of A Chip On Your Shoulder Is Not A Bad Thing

Ben Shapiro Thinks Having A Bit Of A Chip On Your Shoulder Is Not A Bad Thing

Ben Shapiro (editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire, host of The Ben Shapiro Show) and Bridget discuss going viral for stupid reasons, how Republicans don’t fight on a cultural level and Democrats do, their impressions of Hamilton, why the book White Fragility is biggest load of horsesh*t in the history of the world, why you should […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/ben-shapiro-thinks-having-a-bit-of

Aug 27, 2020 • 0:55

E94. Ben Shapiro Thinks Having A Bit Of A Chip On Your Shoulder Is Not A Bad Thing

E94. Ben Shapiro Thinks Having A Bit Of A Chip On Your Shoulder Is Not A Bad Thing

Ben Shapiro (editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire, host of The Ben Shapiro Show) and Bridget discuss going viral for stupid reasons, how Republicans don’t fight on a cultural level and Democrats do, their impressions of Hamilton, why the book White Fragility is biggest load of horsesh*t in the history of the world, why you should never cross Beyoncé fans, and what led him to write his latest book How to Destroy America In Three Easy Steps. They cover who his pick for president would be if Tr

Aug 27, 2020 • 55:35

Buck Angel Discusses How The Trans Community Has Been Co-Opted

Buck Angel Discusses How The Trans Community Has Been Co-Opted

Buck Angel is a 58 year-old trans man who is speaking out against the mob mentality that has taken over the trans community. He and Bridget discuss his life before his transition, how he was essentially a human “guinea pig” in the early days of his transition, the long road and struggle for acceptance, and […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-pheta

Aug 20, 2020 • 0:01

E93. Buck Angel Discusses How The Trans Community Has Been Co-Opted

E93. Buck Angel Discusses How The Trans Community Has Been Co-Opted

Buck Angel is a 58 year-old trans man who is speaking out against the mob mentality that has taken over the trans community. He and Bridget discuss his life before his transition, how he was essentially a human “guinea pig” in the early days of his transition, the long road and struggle for acceptance, and how the trans movement of today has developed something of a “cult-like” ideology where if you don’t speak and think in a specific way, they don’t want you

Aug 20, 2020 • 1:50:55

E92. Allie Beth Stuckey Thinks “Self-Love” Is A Dead End

E92. Allie Beth Stuckey Thinks “Self-Love” Is A Dead End

Allie Beth Stuckey stops in to talk about her book, You’re Not Enough (& That’s Okay) – Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love. She and Bridget have a frank conversation about God, Christianity, and why she believes that the idea you have to love yourself in order to love other people is a fallacy infecting people’s minds. They discuss the tough road through college, the partying, the unhealthy lifestyle, and the struggle with an eating disorder that forced her to th

Aug 13, 2020 • 1:27:21

Allie Beth Stuckey Thinks “Self-Love” Is A Dead End

Allie Beth Stuckey Thinks “Self-Love” Is A Dead End

Allie Beth Stuckey stops in to talk about her book, You’re Not Enough (& That’s Okay) – Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love. She and Bridget have a frank conversation about God, Christianity, and why she believes that the idea you have to love yourself in order to love other people is a fallacy infecting […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/allie-beth-stuckey-thinks-self-love-is

Aug 13, 2020 • 0:01

E91. Joe List Puts a Lot of Effort Into Not Being a Complete Psychopath

E91. Joe List Puts a Lot of Effort Into Not Being a Complete Psychopath

Joe List, standup comedian and podcast host, stops by for a chat about what he loves about podcasts, how Bruce Springsteen played a role in shaping his life, and the fact that he chose to go into standup because all the adults around him when he was a kid seemed extremely unhappy about their jobs, so he decided not to have one. He and Bridget cover imposter syndrome, hypochondria, anxiety, and their love for Sam Harris’s meditation app. They discuss sobriety, how they’re staying

Aug 6, 2020 • 1:31:30

Joe List Puts a Lot of Effort Into Not Being a Complete Psychopath

Joe List Puts a Lot of Effort Into Not Being a Complete Psychopath

Joe List, standup comedian and podcast host, stops by for a chat about what he loves about podcasts, how Bruce Springsteen played a role in shaping his life, and the fact that he chose to go into standup because all the adults around him when he was a kid seemed extremely unhappy about their jobs, […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/joe-list-puts-a-lot-of-effort-into-not-being-a-complete-psychopath/.Now

Aug 6, 2020 • 0:01

E90. John Wood Jr. Believes in the Importance of Love as a Social Value

E90. John Wood Jr. Believes in the Importance of Love as a Social Value

John Wood Jr. comes by to talk about Braver Angels, the largest grassroots bipartisan organization in America, focused on the work of political de-polarization. Along the way he and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about his experience being raised by a mother who’s a liberal black Democrat from inner city LA and father who’s a conservative white Republican from Tennessee, and how his white father emphasized the greatness of black culture in the context of the greatness of Ame

Jul 30, 2020 • 1:37:28

John Wood Jr. Believes in the Importance of Love as a Social Value

John Wood Jr. Believes in the Importance of Love as a Social Value

John Wood Jr. comes by to talk about Braver Angels, the largest grassroots bipartisan organization in America, focused on the work of political de-polarization. Along the way he and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about his experience being raised by a mother who’s a liberal black Democrat from inner city LA and father who’s a […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/john-wood-jr-believes

Jul 30, 2020 • 0:01

Yascha Mounk Believes Free Speech is Not a Partisan Value

Yascha Mounk Believes Free Speech is Not a Partisan Value

Yascha Mounk is the founder of Persuasion, an online community and publication for people who believe in the importance of the social practice of persuasion, and are determined to defend free speech and free inquiry against all its enemies. They seek to persuade people who disagree with them, rather than to mock or troll them. […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-brid

Jul 23, 2020 • 0:01

E89. Yascha Mounk Believes Free Speech is Not a Partisan Value

E89. Yascha Mounk Believes Free Speech is Not a Partisan Value

Yascha Mounk is the founder of Persuasion, an online community and publication for people who believe in the importance of the social practice of persuasion, and are determined to defend free speech and free inquiry against all its enemies. They seek to persuade people who disagree with them, rather than to mock or troll them. He and Bridget discuss the rise of the populism, why status anxiety is the strongest predictor of populist movement in society, the idea of white fragility, and why exhort

Jul 23, 2020 • 1:19:14

Thomas Chatterton Williams Is Allergic to the Idea that Someone Could Define Him as a Victim

Thomas Chatterton Williams Is Allergic to the Idea that Someone Could Define Him as a Victim

Thomas Chatterton Williams (Losing My Cool, Self-Portrait In Black and White) talks with Bridget from France and discusses the view of America from another country, the European response to Covid-19 vs. the US’s, and why the Unites States plays a central role in the imagination of the whole world. Thomas explains how he wound up […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/thomas-chatterton-williams-is-all

Jul 16, 2020 • 0:01

E88. Thomas Chatterton Williams Is Allergic to the Idea that Someone Could Define Him as a Victim

E88. Thomas Chatterton Williams Is Allergic to the Idea that Someone Could Define Him as a Victim

Thomas Chatterton Williams (Losing My Cool, Self-Portrait In Black and White) talks with Bridget from France and discusses the view of America from another country, the European response to Covid-19 vs. the US’s, and why the Unites States plays a central role in the imagination of the whole world. Thomas explains how he wound up “accidentally” writing a memoir about the difference between the black culture his dad grew up in from the one he grew up in, America’s historic attitude about race, and

Jul 16, 2020 • 1:39:58

Chloe Valdary Wants People to Dance with Each Other

Chloe Valdary Wants People to Dance with Each Other

Chloe Valdary (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic) returns to discuss her new course Theory of Enchantment an innovative social-emotional, learning course that teaches character development, resilience and love. Her background in international diplomacy and conflict resolution led her to want to create a framework that teaches people how to love […]Sponsored by Skillshare Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins

Jul 9, 2020 • 0:01

E87. Chloé Valdary Wants People to Dance with Each Other

E87. Chloé Valdary Wants People to Dance with Each Other

Chloé Valdary (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic) returns to discuss her new course Theory of Enchantment an innovative social-emotional, learning course that teaches character development, resilience and love. Her background in international diplomacy and conflict resolution led her to want to create a framework that teaches people how to love each other. The aspirational course blends pop culture and ancient wisdom to teach social and emotional learning and Chloé felt i

Jul 9, 2020 • 1:25:35

E86. Abigail Shrier Says You Don’t Have to Teach Gender Identity In Order to Prevent Bullying

E86. Abigail Shrier Says You Don’t Have to Teach Gender Identity In Order to Prevent Bullying

Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating, in-depth and controversial conversation about the wave of transgender-identifying females sweeping various countries around the world. For the first time in history the predominant demographic of people identifying as “transgender” is teenage girls with no childhood history of gender dysphoria. Abigail and Bridget discuss how we got here, where this c

Jul 2, 2020 • 2:02:29

Abigail Shrier Says You Don’t Have to Teach Gender Identity In Order to Prevent Bullying

Abigail Shrier Says You Don’t Have to Teach Gender Identity In Order to Prevent Bullying

Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating, in-depth and controversial conversation about the wave of transgender-identifying females sweeping various countries around the world. For the first time in history the predominant demographic of people identifying as “transgender” is teenage girls with no childhood […]Sponsored by Skillshare Join the conversation and comment on this podcast epi

Jul 2, 2020 • 0:02

E85. Nikki Mark Has Learned the Value of What One Soul Can Do

E85. Nikki Mark Has Learned the Value of What One Soul Can Do

In 2018 Nikki Mark’s 12-year old son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. In an inspiring and heartbreaking conversation with Bridget shares her immediate reaction, what she’s learned, why she said yes to everything that came her way, the project she channeled her grief into, her family’s bond, and the incredible outpouring of support they received from their community. She and Bridget discuss how we’re not taught to deal with death or support someone who is

Jun 25, 2020 • 1:15:30

Nikki Mark Has Learned the Value of What One Soul Can Do

Nikki Mark Has Learned the Value of What One Soul Can Do

In 2018 Nikki Mark’s 12-year old son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. In an inspiring and heartbreaking conversation with Bridget shares her immediate reaction, what she’s learned, why she said yes to everything that came her way, the project she channeled her grief into, her family’s bond, and the incredible […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/wal

Jun 25, 2020 • 0:01

Yesha Callahan Is Not Going To Be Your Black Lives Matter Siri

Yesha Callahan Is Not Going To Be Your Black Lives Matter Siri

Yesha Callahan (Essence Magazine) and Bridget bond over their shared fear of being trampled in a crowd, their mutual disdain for agents, and marvel at the spectacular idiocy of people behaving badly in public in the age of camera phones. Yesha covers growing up poor in a house full of extended family, what led her […]Sponsored by Skillshare Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/yesha-callahan-is-not-going-to

Jun 18, 2020 • 0:01

E84. Yesha Callahan Is Not Going To Be Your Black Lives Matter Siri

E84. Yesha Callahan Is Not Going To Be Your Black Lives Matter Siri

Yesha Callahan (Essence Magazine) and Bridget bond over their shared fear of being trampled in a crowd, their mutual disdain for agents, and marvel at the spectacular idiocy of people behaving badly in public in the age of camera phones. Yesha covers growing up poor in a house full of extended family, what led her to a career in HR, and how she jumped into a career as a writer on a late night talk show. She shares her darkest moments after being laid off and struggling to support her son, workin

Jun 18, 2020 • 1:42:46

Andrew Heaton Believes Intelligent People Should Be Able to Disagree On Matters of Substance

Andrew Heaton Believes Intelligent People Should Be Able to Disagree On Matters of Substance

Andrew Heaton (comedian, author, political satirist, podcast host) drops by for a fun and wide-ranging conversation covering everything from dogs vs. cats, why he wants to live on a compound, why comics make the worst audience members, the over-sensitization of language, and the thankless task of being a voice of reason in a tribal world. […]Sponsored by Skillshare Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/andre

Jun 11, 2020 • 0:02

E83. Andrew Heaton Believes Intelligent People Should Be Able to Disagree On Matters of Substance

E83. Andrew Heaton Believes Intelligent People Should Be Able to Disagree On Matters of Substance

Andrew Heaton (comedian, author, political satirist, podcast host) drops by for a fun and wide-ranging conversation covering everything from dogs vs. cats, why he wants to live on a compound, why comics make the worst audience members, the over-sensitization of language, and the thankless task of being a voice of reason in a tribal world. He and Bridget discuss their fear of living alone for too long and the worry that their weird habits will calcify, why living in New York City only works if yo

Jun 11, 2020 • 2:01:05

E82. Coach Tea Says Black Lives Matter is a White Cult

E82. Coach Tea Says Black Lives Matter is a White Cult

Coach Tea is back for a frank conversation with Bridget about George Floyd, the protests, the riots, the looting, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the concept of white privilege. They discuss the frustration that a real issue has become a Trojan horse for all sorts of other agendas, how the movement has been co-opted, why solutions need to be personal and not legislated, and the problem with the argument “if you’re silent, you’re part of the problem.” They cover how c

Jun 5, 2020 • 2:20:19

Coach Tea Says Black Lives Matter is a White Cult

Coach Tea Says Black Lives Matter is a White Cult

Coach Tea is back for a frank conversation with Bridget about George Floyd, the protests, the riots, the looting, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the concept of white privilege. They discuss the frustration that a real issue has become a Trojan horse for all sorts of other agendas, how the movement has been co-opted, […]Sponsored by Skillshare Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/coach-tea-says-blm-is-

Jun 5, 2020 • 0:02

Nathan Edmondson Discusses the Impact of the Pandemic on Rhino Poaching

Nathan Edmondson Discusses the Impact of the Pandemic on Rhino Poaching

Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation of African wildlife. They bring new technologies and US special operations tactics and expertise to develop counter-poaching initiatives. He returns to the podcast to discuss the impact of the global pandemic on rhino poaching, what […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-br

May 28, 2020 • 0:01

E81. Nathan Edmondson Discusses the Impact of the Pandemic on Rhino Poaching

E81. Nathan Edmondson Discusses the Impact of the Pandemic on Rhino Poaching

Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation of African wildlife. They bring new technologies and US special operations tactics and expertise to develop counter-poaching initiatives. He returns to the podcast to discuss the impact of the global pandemic on rhino poaching, what it will mean for the immediate future, and how you can help support their efforts to protect African wildlife. They

May 28, 2020 • 1:10:41

E80. Sam Harris Says You Can’t Become Happy, You Can Only BE Happy

E80. Sam Harris Says You Can’t Become Happy, You Can Only BE Happy

Sam Harris (author, philosopher, neuroscientist) has a fascinating conversation with Bridget about meditation, consciousness, mindfulness, and awareness. They discuss what brought Sam to meditation (drugs, initially), and the decade he spent traveling and diving into Eastern philosophy, mindfulness practices, and silent retreats, until ultimately he went back to college and eventually got a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. He and Bridget cover mediation and psychological resilience, being a hostag

May 21, 2020 • 1:45:04

Sam Harris Says You Can’t Become Happy, You Can Only BE Happy

Sam Harris Says You Can’t Become Happy, You Can Only BE Happy

Sam Harris (author, philosopher, neuroscientist) has a fascinating conversation with Bridget about meditation, consciousness, mindfulness, and awareness. They discuss what brought Sam to meditation (drugs, initially), and the decade he spent traveling and diving into Eastern philosophy, mindfulness practices, and silent retreats, until ultimately he went back to college and eventually got a PhD in […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/wa

May 21, 2020 • 0:01

Jeren Montgomery Wants You to Stop Thanking Him for His Service

Jeren Montgomery Wants You to Stop Thanking Him for His Service

Jeren Montgomery recently completed an MA in clinical psychology and is working towards becoming a marriage and family therapist. He is also working on the “front lines” of the pandemic in a nautical-themed grocery store. He talks about the adjustments everyone had to make to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak and why he’s uncomfortable with […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jeren-montg

May 15, 2020 • 0:01

E79. Jeren Montgomery Wants You to Stop Thanking Him for His Service

E79. Jeren Montgomery Wants You to Stop Thanking Him for His Service

Jeren Montgomery recently completed an MA in clinical psychology and is working towards becoming a marriage and family therapist. He is also working on the “front lines” of the pandemic in a nautical-themed grocery store. He talks about the adjustments everyone had to make to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak and why he’s uncomfortable with people thanking him for “his service.” He and Bridget discuss his long journey towards psychology, overcoming addiction, becoming

May 15, 2020 • 1:37:40

E78. Story Hour With Bridget Phetasy Part 5 – World Traveler 1

E78. Story Hour With Bridget Phetasy Part 5 – World Traveler 1

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW78-StoryHour5-TranscriptBecause Bridget’s globe-trotting wanderings are too much to cover in just one Story Hour, here’s part 1 of her international travels. Covering the first time she ever left the country and why she had to spend the whole trip with Desitin all over her face, traveling through Cana

May 7, 2020 • 1:12:57

Story Hour With Bridget Phetasy Part 5 – World Traveler 1

Story Hour With Bridget Phetasy Part 5 – World Traveler 1

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW78-StoryHour5-Transcript Because Bridget’s globe-trotting wanderings are too much to cover in just one Story Hour, here’s part 1 of her international travels. Covering the first […]Sponsored by StoryWorth Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/wal

May 7, 2020 • 0:01

Dave Rubin Discusses How the Pandemic Is Causing Us to Reevaluate What’s Important

Dave Rubin Discusses How the Pandemic Is Causing Us to Reevaluate What’s Important

Dave Rubin joins Bridget for his second appearance on the podcast. They talk the long-term effects and changes brought about by social distancing, staying in touch with friends and family now more than ever, no longer looking at the world through a political party lens, how to support small businesses during the shut down, and […]Sponsored by StoryWorth Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/dave-rubin-discus

Apr 30, 2020 • 0:01

E77. Dave Rubin Discusses How the Pandemic Is Causing Us to Reevaluate What’s Important

E77. Dave Rubin Discusses How the Pandemic Is Causing Us to Reevaluate What’s Important

Dave Rubin joins Bridget for his second appearance on the podcast. They talk the long-term effects and changes brought about by social distancing, staying in touch with friends and family now more than ever, no longer looking at the world through a political party lens, how to support small businesses during the shut down, and wonder if the government can’t help people in a time like this, what’s the point of government. They share their small successes, like Dave’s new garden

Apr 30, 2020 • 1:35:10

Samantha Shahi On Why Timelines Are A Fallacy

Samantha Shahi On Why Timelines Are A Fallacy

Samantha Shahi (aka Sammy Flap-n-Folds to the Dumpster Fire crowd) finally, finally sits down with Bridget to discuss her journey from Texas to LA, being a marching band nerd, how she fell in love with producing, and the shocking secret reason she minored in Women’s Studies. They cover the litany of jobs Sam’s had since […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/sam-shahi-on-why-timelines-are-a-fal

Apr 24, 2020 • 0:01

E76. Samantha Shahi On Why Timelines Are A Fallacy

E76. Samantha Shahi On Why Timelines Are A Fallacy

Samantha Shahi (aka Sammy Flap-n-Folds to the Dumpster Fire crowd) finally, finally sits down with Bridget to discuss her journey from Texas to LA, being a marching band nerd, how she fell in love with producing, and the shocking secret reason she minored in Women’s Studies. They cover the litany of jobs Sam’s had since she moved here, what she’s learned along the way, where her true passion lies, and Bridget makes Sam tell the story that demonstrates how Type A she actually is

Apr 24, 2020 • 1:54:57

E75. 12 Step Programs And Recovery During Quarantine with Misty M

E75. 12 Step Programs And Recovery During Quarantine with Misty M

Misty M (If They Have to Behave for You To Be Okay, You’re Screwed) and Bridget discuss the pros and cons of virtual 12 Step meetings in the time of quarantine. They cover why people in recovery might be uniquely qualified to handle the ongoing global crisis, avoiding using the pandemic as an excuse to relapse, trying to feel sane in insane times, and Misty’s optimistic prediction about when we will get back to normal. They talk about everything from practicing intimacy with yourself

Apr 16, 2020 • 1:22:32

12 Step Programs And Recovery During Quarantine with Misty M

12 Step Programs And Recovery During Quarantine with Misty M

Misty M (If They Have to Behave for You To Be Okay, You’re Screwed) and Bridget discuss the pros and cons of virtual 12 Step meetings in the time of quarantine. They cover why people in recovery might be uniquely qualified to handle the ongoing global crisis, avoiding using the pandemic as an excuse to […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/12-step-programs-and-recovery-during-quarantine-with-misty-m

Apr 16, 2020 • 0:01

Michael Shermer Believes Most of Us Are Wrong About Most Things

Michael Shermer Believes Most of Us Are Wrong About Most Things

Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine, Science Salon Podcast, Scientific American) dropped by before quarantine went into effect to discuss skepticism, religion, debunking conspiracy theories, scientific attempts to achieve immortality, and why “I don’t know” are the three most powerful words you can utter. He and Bridget cover everything from why neither one of them would want […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins

Apr 9, 2020 • 0:01

E74. Michael Shermer Believes Most of Us Are Wrong About Most Things

E74. Michael Shermer Believes Most of Us Are Wrong About Most Things

Michael Shermer  (Skeptic Magazine, Science Salon Podcast, Scientific American) dropped by before quarantine went into effect to discuss skepticism, religion, debunking conspiracy theories, scientific attempts to achieve immortality, and why “I don’t know” are the three most powerful words you can utter. He and Bridget cover everything from why neither one of them would want to live forever, to why Heaven sounds really boring, how liberals used to be the defenders of free speec

Apr 9, 2020 • 1:37:57

E73. Paul Shirley and the Problem with Infinite Time

E73. Paul Shirley and the Problem with Infinite Time

Paul Shirley (former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok) is back to discuss the human condition in this time of social distancing, quarantine, and uncertainty. He and Bridget talk about making deals with your brain, being disconnected from our purpose, how easy it is to forget that life is fragile in modern society, and having to face ourselves when all the things we have been chasing lead us nowhere. They share tips for discipline and productivity as professional authors,

Mar 26, 2020 • 1:22:02

Paul Shirley and the Problem with Infinite Time

Paul Shirley and the Problem with Infinite Time

Paul Shirley (former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok) is back to discuss the human condition in this time of social distancing, quarantine, and uncertainty. He and Bridget talk about making deals with your brain, being disconnected from our purpose, how easy it is to forget that life is fragile in modern […]Sponsored by MM LaFleur Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/paul-shirley-a

Mar 26, 2020 • 0:01

Tips for Working from Home and Dealing with Depression and Anxiety

Tips for Working from Home and Dealing with Depression and Anxiety

Bridget and Cousin Maggie share their tips for working from home, and for dealing with the depression and anxiety that might be ratcheting up as we face the unknowns Covid-19 is bringing to our lives and society. They discuss why you should be choosy about the media you consume, how sharing your emotional load with […]Sponsored by BetaBrand, MM LaFleur Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/tips-for-working-f

Mar 19, 2020 • 0:01

E72. Tips for Working from Home and Dealing with Depression and Anxiety

E72. Tips for Working from Home and Dealing with Depression and Anxiety

Bridget and Cousin Maggie share their tips for working from home, and for dealing with the depression and anxiety that might be ratcheting up as we face the unknowns Covid-19 is bringing to our lives and society. They discuss why you should be choosy about the media you consume, how sharing your emotional load with friends can help and allow other people to be of service to you, finding the small silver linings and bright sides of this situation, and why you shouldn’t be like Jared Leto. E

Mar 19, 2020 • 1:02:50

Gigi Levangie Wonders When “Life Isn’t Fair” Went Out of Fashion

Gigi Levangie Wonders When “Life Isn’t Fair” Went Out of Fashion

Gigi Levangie, author and screenwriter, drops by for a chat that covers everything, including Swedish Death Cleaning, the Erehwon Phenomenon, aging in LA, the difference between a collector and a hoarder, and growing up “the crazy white b*tch down the street.” She and Bridget discuss why participation trophies are detrimental to children’s progress into adulthood, […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, MM LaFleur, Calm Join the conversation and comment o

Mar 12, 2020 • 0:02

E71. Gigi Levangie Wonders When “Life Isn’t Fair” Went Out of Fashion

E71. Gigi Levangie Wonders When “Life Isn’t Fair” Went Out of Fashion

Gigi Levangie, author and screenwriter, drops by for a chat that covers everything, including Swedish Death Cleaning, the Erehwon Phenomenon, aging in LA, the difference between a collector and a hoarder, and growing up “the crazy white b*tch down the street.” She and Bridget discuss why participation trophies are detrimental to children’s progress into adulthood, the impracticalities of college, why you shouldn’t give all your energy to who is in the White House, and

Mar 12, 2020 • 2:23:02

E70. Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance

E70. Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance

Mark Halperin, author of How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What it Will Take, stops in to discuss the pool of Democratic candidates running for President and whether any of them have what it takes to beat Trump in November. He and Bridget discuss how the media bias against Trump will help him win, what makes Trump so compelling, and why he’s great business for the liberal media outlets who revile him. They cover the tactics that the Democratic candidates shoul

Mar 5, 2020 • 1:37:14

Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance

Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance

Mark Halperin, author of How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What it Will Take, stops in to discuss the pool of Democratic candidates running for President and whether any of them have what it takes to beat Trump in November. He and Bridget discuss how the media bias against Trump will help […]Sponsored by MM LaFleur Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/mark-halperin-on-the-impor

Mar 5, 2020 • 0:01

E69. Andrew Doyle Addresses the Lack of Compassion in the Social Justice Movement

E69. Andrew Doyle Addresses the Lack of Compassion in the Social Justice Movement

Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath - a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly telling people how oppressed she is - and author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice. He’s back for round two where he and Bridget cover the insanity of attempting to subvert democracy in order to preserve it, the humorlessness of passionate protestors (and how hilarious Andrew finds them), infantalizing women while claiming to advocate for them,

Feb 27, 2020 • 1:21:38

Andrew Doyle Addresses the Lack of Compassion in the Social Justice Movement

Andrew Doyle Addresses the Lack of Compassion in the Social Justice Movement

Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath – a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly telling people how oppressed she is – and author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice. He’s back for round two where he and Bridget cover the insanity of attempting to subvert democracy […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/andrew-doyle-addresses-the-lack-o

Feb 27, 2020 • 0:01

E68. Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing in Humanity

E68. Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing in Humanity

From the ages of 11 to 16 Jacob Bresler survived five years of ghettos and concentration camps during World War II. He credits his inventiveness, his stubbornness, his resilience, and his will to survive as the reasons he made it through the war and created a new life for himself in America. He is a humanist. He does not hate. He has no enemies. He remains optimistic about the future, and believes that communication is the only way to combat ignorance and pierce the ideological bubbles we’

Feb 20, 2020 • 2:01:25

Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing in Humanity

Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing in Humanity

From the ages of 11 to 16 Jacob Bresler survived five years of ghettos and concentration camps during World War II. He credits his inventiveness, his stubbornness, his resilience, and his will to survive as the reasons he made it through the war and created a new life for himself in America. He is a […]Sponsored by BetaBrand, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jacob-bresler-has-never-stopped-believin

Feb 20, 2020 • 0:02

E67. Jonah Goldberg is Not a Huge Fan of Enthusiasm

E67. Jonah Goldberg is Not a Huge Fan of Enthusiasm

Jonah Goldberg is a syndicated conservative columnist, political analyst, commentator, podcast host, and author of Bridget’s Bible: Suicide of the West. Jonah shares how his upbringing in a media and politics-heavy household shaped his future, and gave him a realistic perspective about politics and the media that most people don’t have. He and Bridget discuss the dangers a generation of children pose when they’ve been raised to believe that their feelings are the only source of

Feb 13, 2020 • 1:24:22

Jonah Goldberg is Not a Huge Fan of Enthusiasm

Jonah Goldberg is Not a Huge Fan of Enthusiasm

Jonah Goldberg is a syndicated conservative columnist, political analyst, commentator, podcast host, and author of Bridget’s Bible: Suicide of the West. Jonah shares how his upbringing in a media and politics-heavy household shaped his future, and gave him a realistic perspective about politics and the media that most people don’t have. He and Bridget discuss […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phet

Feb 13, 2020 • 0:01

E66. Meghan Daum Believes We Have Lost the Ability to Sustain Complex Arguments

E66. Meghan Daum Believes We Have Lost the Ability to Sustain Complex Arguments

Meghan Daum is the author of The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, in which she examines her own cognitive dissonance as a liberal and a feminist, and her feeling of alienation in today's cultural climate. She and Bridget discuss how society has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, the gulf between Gen X and Millennials, coming of age in a culture where there's a conversational chokehold happening and what the effects might be, and the death of cultural gate

Feb 6, 2020 • 1:36:06

Meghan Daum Believes We Have Lost the Ability to Sustain Complex Arguments

Meghan Daum Believes We Have Lost the Ability to Sustain Complex Arguments

Meghan Daum is the author of The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, in which she examines her own cognitive dissonance as a liberal and a feminist, and her feeling of alienation in today’s cultural climate. She and Bridget discuss how society has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, the […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-br

Feb 6, 2020 • 0:01

E65. Scott Zakarin and the Beauty of New Media

E65. Scott Zakarin and the Beauty of New Media

Scott Zakarin, writer, director and producer, stops by to discuss his new project Digital Sky, a fictional anthology podcast series about our social media obsession and the apps that run our lives. He and Bridget cover a wide array of topics from dad bods, to beauty standards, the freedom which new media offers to creators, the best shows they've ever binged, and the last time they cried. Bridget opens up about her love for Michael Bay movies, Scott discusses capturing inspiration via different

Jan 30, 2020 • 1:49:58

Scott Zakarin and the Beauty of New Media

Scott Zakarin and the Beauty of New Media

Scott Zakarin, writer, director and producer, stops by to discuss his new project Digital Sky, a fictional anthology podcast series about our social media obsession and the apps that run our lives. He and Bridget cover a wide array of topics from dad bods, to beauty standards, the freedom which new media offers to creators, […]Sponsored by BetaBrand, Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-in

Jan 30, 2020 • 0:01

E64. Rapper Zuby On Why Men Aren’t Out to Get You

E64. Rapper Zuby On Why Men Aren’t Out to Get You

Zuby, rapper, musician, podcaster and author, stops by during his whirlwind tour of the United States. Son of Nigerian immigrants, he talks about his upbringing in Saudi Arabia and the UK, and the perspective on the world it offered him. He and Bridget cover the role of masculinity in today’s society, why the concept of “thought crimes” is so chilling, the rise of secular religions like “wokism” and climate change activism, and the idea of a moral panic void that mu

Jan 24, 2020 • 1:24:16

Rapper Zuby On Why Men Aren’t Out to Get You

Rapper Zuby On Why Men Aren’t Out to Get You

Zuby, rapper, musician, podcaster and author, stops by during his whirlwind tour of the United States. Son of Nigerian immigrants, he talks about his upbringing in Saudi Arabia and the UK, and the perspective on the world it offered him. He and Bridget cover the role of masculinity in today’s society, why the concept of […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/rapper-zuby-on-why-men-arent-out-to-get-yo

Jan 24, 2020 • 0:01

E63. Jessica Michelle Singleton Processes Her Trauma Onstage

E63. Jessica Michelle Singleton Processes Her Trauma Onstage

Jessica Michelle Singleton, stand-up comedian, bonds with Bridget over their mutually dysfunctional upbringings. They compare notes about raised by parents with borderline or narcissistic personalities, processing trauma with dark humor, overcoming abandonment issues, and the disassociation that makes them feel like robots or aliens – observing people who miss their families is very odd to them. In a frank and hilarious conversation, Jessica shares her story of moving to Alaska from Missis

Jan 16, 2020 • 1:55:10

Jessica Michelle Singleton Processes Her Trauma Onstage

Jessica Michelle Singleton Processes Her Trauma Onstage

Jessica Michelle Singleton, stand-up comedian, bonds with Bridget over their mutually dysfunctional upbringings. They compare notes about raised by parents with borderline or narcissistic personalities, processing trauma with dark humor, overcoming abandonment issues, and the disassociation that makes them feel like robots or aliens – observing people who miss their families is very odd to […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk

Jan 16, 2020 • 0:01

E62. Michael Malice Wants to Foment as Much Chaos In Our Political Process As Possible

E62. Michael Malice Wants to Foment as Much Chaos In Our Political Process As Possible

Michael Malice, author of The New Right, returns for a wild discussion covering everything from Americans’ naive ideas about people in power, why he blocks his fans on Twitter, his vision of the future, and the etymology of the term “c*m gutters”. He and Bridget debate whether Trump radiates BDE or suffers from a SDE inferiority complex, marvel at how many people have jumped on the “burn it all down” train, share their addiction to watching people get outraged, and

Jan 9, 2020 • 1:18:10

Michael Malice Wants to Foment as Much Chaos In Our Political Process As Possible

Michael Malice Wants to Foment as Much Chaos In Our Political Process As Possible

Michael Malice, author of The New Right, returns for a wild discussion covering everything from Americans’ naive ideas about people in power, why he blocks his fans on Twitter, his vision of the future, and the etymology of the term “c*m gutters”. He and Bridget debate whether Trump radiates BDE or suffers from a SDE […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/michael-malice-

Jan 9, 2020 • 0:01

E61. Helen Dale and the Changing Rules and Ramifications of Cancel Culture

E61. Helen Dale and the Changing Rules and Ramifications of Cancel Culture

Helen Dale is a columnist and commentator who also writes novels. Her first novel, The Hand That Signed the Paper, won the Miles Franklin award in Australia and also exposed Helen to cancel culture in 1995, long before it became what it is today. She and Bridget discuss the impossibility of proving you didn't do something, the fact that all press is no longer good press, how most lobbyists are morally feral, and why most valuable thing about free speech is not what people say, it’s the fac

Dec 19, 2019 • 1:40:28

Helen Dale and the Changing Rules and Ramifications of Cancel Culture

Helen Dale and the Changing Rules and Ramifications of Cancel Culture

Helen Dale is a columnist and commentator who also writes novels. Her first novel, The Hand That Signed the Paper, won the Miles Franklin award in Australia and also exposed Helen to cancel culture in 1995, long before it became what it is today. She and Bridget discuss the impossibility of proving you didn’t do […]Sponsored by Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/helen-dale-and-the-changing-rules-an

Dec 19, 2019 • 0:01

E60. Coach Tea Believes the Gifts We Are Given Should Be Used to Serve Others

E60. Coach Tea Believes the Gifts We Are Given Should Be Used to Serve Others

Coach Tea is a DJ, producer, podcast personality, and sound engineer for Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. He is also a counselor focusing on the rehabilitation and treatment of young men who have committed crimes. He and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about anarchy, “wokeism,” how unpopular a message of personal responsibility is in 2019, why happiness doesn’t exist without accountability, and how careful you need to be about creating the values systems by which yo

Dec 12, 2019 • 1:39:37

Coach Tea Believes the Gifts We Are Given Should Be Used to Serve Others

Coach Tea Believes the Gifts We Are Given Should Be Used to Serve Others

Coach Tea is a DJ, producer, podcast personality, and sound engineer for Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. He is also a counselor focusing on the rehabilitation and treatment of young men who have committed crimes. He and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about anarchy, “wokeism,” how unpopular a message of personal responsibility is in 2019, why […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, Quip, Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast epis

Dec 12, 2019 • 0:01

E59. Bret Stephens On Why Disagreement is the Basis of Every Free Society

E59. Bret Stephens On Why Disagreement is the Basis of Every Free Society

Bret Stephens, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, sits down with Bridget to discuss Trump’s effect on the Republican Party, feeling out of place in your own country, the dangers of a culture that’s so sure of its convictions, mob politics, and how Trump’s behavior is both a symptom and a cause of a form of cultural corrosion. Bret talks growing up in Mexico and the perspective it gave him on the US that most Americans don’t have, and why what we have in the US is rel

Dec 5, 2019 • 1:23:43

Bret Stephens On Why Disagreement is the Basis of Every Free Society

Bret Stephens On Why Disagreement is the Basis of Every Free Society

Bret Stephens, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, sits down with Bridget to discuss Trump’s effect on the Republican Party, feeling out of place in your own country, the dangers of a culture that’s so sure of its convictions, mob politics, and how Trump’s behavior is both a symptom and a cause of a […]Sponsored by Spectator USA, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/bret-stephens-

Dec 5, 2019 • 0:01

E58. Dana Goldberg Maintains that Comics Say What Most People are Thinking

E58. Dana Goldberg Maintains that Comics Say What Most People are Thinking

Dana Goldberg, stand-up comedian, stops by to talk how she got into comedy, bombing in front of Gloria Steinem, the fact that European audiences don’t laugh, and her talent for bonding people with humor. She shares coming out to her parents when she was 18, how they made it an easy experience, and offers her best advice for parents who have children struggling with their sexual identities. She believes you haven’t failed your child until you turn your back on them. She and Bridget di

Nov 21, 2019 • 1:33:46

Dana Goldberg Maintains that Comics Say What Most People are Thinking

Dana Goldberg Maintains that Comics Say What Most People are Thinking

Dana Goldberg, stand-up comedian, stops by to talk how she got into comedy, bombing in front of Gloria Steinem, the fact that European audiences don’t laugh, and her talent for bonding people with humor. She shares coming out to her parents when she was 18, how they made it an easy experience, and offers her […]Sponsored by Spectator USA, Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-we

Nov 21, 2019 • 0:01

E57. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Believes Focus and Dedication Can See You Through Anything

E57. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Believes Focus and Dedication Can See You Through Anything

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar’s first experience with Americans was during the second Iraq war when a US tank rolled up in front of his house. He shares his incredible story of growing up under Saddam Hussein’s regime, the vaccuum in his neighborhood that was filled by members of Al-Qaeda, blogging against extremism and receiving death threats as a teenager, escaping Iraq, and the ten year journey to becoming an America citizen. He discusses being taken in by a family in Virginia, why he thi

Nov 14, 2019 • 1:53:56

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Believes Focus and Dedication Can See You Through Anything

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Believes Focus and Dedication Can See You Through Anything

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar’s first experience with Americans was during the second Iraq war when a US tank rolled up in front of his house. He shares his incredible story of growing up under Saddam Hussein’s regime, the vaccuum in his neighborhood that was filled by members of Al-Qaeda, blogging against extremism and receiving death […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/wa

Nov 14, 2019 • 0:01

E56. Ryan Stout Says You Should Keep Creating, Even if the Industry Doesn’t Care

E56. Ryan Stout Says You Should Keep Creating, Even if the Industry Doesn’t Care

Ryan Stout, stand-up comic extraordinaire, shares how he got into stand-up, parsing his college courses for material, the joys of being a stay-at-home husband, and the changing effect of wearing a suit when doing a comedy show. He and Bridget discuss how liberal people used to view artists as a minority community that needed to be protected and now they view them as oppressors, the future of advertising with deep fakes, and how to support comics you like (hint: don’t just tell them they&#8

Nov 7, 2019 • 1:29:17

Ryan Stout Says You Should Keep Creating, Even if the Industry Doesn’t Care

Ryan Stout Says You Should Keep Creating, Even if the Industry Doesn’t Care

Ryan Stout, stand-up comic extraordinaire, shares how he got into stand-up, parsing his college courses for material, the joys of being a stay-at-home husband, and the changing effect of wearing a suit when doing a comedy show. He and Bridget discuss how liberal people used to view artists as a minority community that needed to […]Sponsored by Quip, Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/ryan-stout-say

Nov 7, 2019 • 0:01

Melissa Chen Asserts That if You’re Ignorant in America, It’s A Choice

Melissa Chen Asserts That if You’re Ignorant in America, It’s A Choice

Melissa Chen (NY Editor, Spectator US) stops by for a brilliant chat that covers a lot of ground. She describes growing up in Singapore in a “benevolent authoritarian state,” feeling liberated in the US, the fact that most Americans take the first amendment for granted, being on the forefront of human genome research, the Pandora’s […]Sponsored by Spectator USA, Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://rico

Oct 31, 2019 • 0:01

E55. Melissa Chen Asserts That if You’re Ignorant in America, It’s A Choice

E55. Melissa Chen Asserts That if You’re Ignorant in America, It’s A Choice

Melissa Chen (NY Editor, Spectator US) stops by for a brilliant chat that covers a lot of ground. She describes growing up in Singapore in a “benevolent authoritarian state,” feeling liberated in the US, the fact that most Americans take the first amendment for granted, being on the forefront of human genome research, the Pandora’s Box that is CRISPR, and points out that whatever moral concerns we have about gene editing technology, China does not have them. She is currently th

Oct 31, 2019 • 1:53:37

E54. Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction

E54. Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction

Adam Alter, author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, stops by to talk about screen and tech addiction. He and Bridget discuss the billions of dollars that go into keeping us looking at our screens, from game app design to, story formatting, to rolling from one episode into the next. They talk the evolution of binging, the fragmentation of our attention spans, the dopamine overloads we’re being doused with, and the difference between wanting

Oct 24, 2019 • 1:20:55

Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction

Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction

Adam Alter, author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, stops by to talk about screen and tech addiction. He and Bridget discuss the billions of dollars that go into keeping us looking at our screens, from game app design to, story formatting, to rolling from one episode […]Sponsored by Ritual, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/adam-alter-helps-you

Oct 24, 2019 • 0:01

Yasmine Mohammed Points Out the Contradiction in the Way Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

Yasmine Mohammed Points Out the Contradiction in the Way Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, shares her story of growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home in Canada. At 13, when she tried to report the abuse she suffered at the hands of her step-father, she was told by a judge “you come from a different culture, and that’s […]Sponsored by Spectator USA, BetterHelp Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/yas

Oct 17, 2019 • 0:02

E53. Yasmine Mohammed Points Out the Contradiction in the Way Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

E53. Yasmine Mohammed Points Out the Contradiction in the Way Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam

Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, shares her story of growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home in Canada. At 13, when she tried to report the abuse she suffered at the hands of her step-father, she was told by a judge “you come from a different culture, and that’s how your family chooses to discipline you, so we just have to accept that.” And here lies the inherent contradiction in the way in which the West views fundamentalist

Oct 17, 2019 • 2:13:34

E52. Cousin Maggie Discusses Battling the Demons of Depression

E52. Cousin Maggie Discusses Battling the Demons of Depression

Bridget finally convinced Cousin Maggie to share her story, from a rather idyllic childhood in a small town in Rhode Island, to being raised in a stable environment with active, involved parents, to having a certain expectation about the track her life would follow, until she was completely derailed by depression in college. They discuss the little known realities of suicidal depression, picking up the pieces, the journey back to “normal” and how falling apart wound up being complete

Oct 10, 2019 • 1:48:48

Cousin Maggie Discusses Battling the Demons of Depression

Cousin Maggie Discusses Battling the Demons of Depression

Bridget finally convinced Cousin Maggie to share her story, from a rather idyllic childhood in a small town in Rhode Island, to being raised in a stable environment with active, involved parents, to having a certain expectation about the track her life would follow, until she was completely derailed by depression in college. They discuss […]Sponsored by Away Travel, BetterHelp Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-p

Oct 10, 2019 • 0:01

Jamie Kilstein Believes Comedy is Where Broken People Go to Make Other People Happy

Jamie Kilstein Believes Comedy is Where Broken People Go to Make Other People Happy

Jamie Kilstein, stand-up comic and podcast host, sits down with Bridget to discuss his conversion from a woke, SJW, male feminist to a humbler and healthier version of himself. He shares the scars of being falsely accused of sexual misconduct, the fallout to his career and life, being suicidally depressed, and why he was basically […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/confessions-of-a-fo

Oct 3, 2019 • 0:02

E51. Jamie Kilstein Believes Comedy is Where Broken People Go to Make Other People Happy

E51. Jamie Kilstein Believes Comedy is Where Broken People Go to Make Other People Happy

Jamie Kilstein, stand-up comic and podcast host, sits down with Bridget to discuss his conversion from a woke, SJW, male feminist to a humbler and healthier version of himself. He shares the scars of being falsely accused of sexual misconduct, the fallout to his career and life, being suicidally depressed, and why he was basically taken down for being a self-righteous a**hole who everyone was willing to turn on. They cover being addicted to validation, being crazy in relationships, people who ha

Oct 3, 2019 • 2:25:55

E50. Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social Justice

E50. Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social Justice

Helen Pluckrose, one of the three authors of the Grievance Studies and editor-in-chief of Aero magazine, sits with Bridget to discuss the much richer role for women in history than the lenses by which we’re viewing them today, the contradictions in feminism and social justice activism, the argument against post-modernism, and the inherent problems with intersectionality. Helen talks about her own journey from a care assistant in hospitals, to getting a Masters in Early Modern Literature wi

Sep 26, 2019 • 1:53:32

Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social Justice

Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social Justice

Helen Pluckrose, one of the three authors of the Grievance Studies and editor-in-chief of Aero magazine, sits with Bridget to discuss the much richer role for women in history than the lenses by which we’re viewing them today, the contradictions in feminism and social justice activism, the argument against post-modernism, and the inherent problems with […]Sponsored by Walk Ins Welcome sponsored by Manscaped, Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ri

Sep 26, 2019 • 0:01

Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America

Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America

Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan stops by to discuss the long and painful journey to a career in the entertainment industry, from studying finance at Georgetown, to taking improv classes so he can overcome his fear of speaking in meetings at the advertising agency where he worked, to falling in love with stand-up and watching […]Sponsored by BetterHelp, NetSuite Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jim-gaffi

Sep 20, 2019 • 0:01

E49. Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America

E49. Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America

Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan stops by to discuss the long and painful journey to a career in the entertainment industry, from studying finance at Georgetown, to taking improv classes so he can overcome his fear of speaking in meetings at the advertising agency where he worked, to falling in love with stand-up and watching everyone else in his comedy class find success before he did. Jim talks why failure is such a great teacher, getting lost in other people’s expectations, the creepy th

Sep 20, 2019 • 1:41:19

E48. Peter Boghossian Wants to Teach People How to Have Impossible Conversations

E48. Peter Boghossian Wants to Teach People How to Have Impossible Conversations

Bridget and Peter Boghossian have a conversation under the Colorado stars about the search for ultimate meaning in life, the denigration of reason, the loss of being able to wonder publicly, figuring out the best type of life to lead, and teaching people how to value the right things. Peter explains how bales of hay, lifting weights, and prison inmates got him started on his career path and led him to question whether you can fundamentally change the way people think about problems and the way t

Sep 12, 2019 • 1:18:47

Peter Boghossian Wants to Teach People How to Have Impossible Conversations

Peter Boghossian Wants to Teach People How to Have Impossible Conversations

Bridget and Peter Boghossian have a conversation under the Colorado stars about the search for ultimate meaning in life, the denigration of reason, the loss of being able to wonder publicly, figuring out the best type of life to lead, and teaching people how to value the right things. Peter explains how bales of hay, […]Sponsored by BetterHelp, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/peter-boghossian-want

Sep 12, 2019 • 0:01

E47. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 4 – The Accidental Pundit

E47. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 4 – The Accidental Pundit

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW47-AccidentalPundit-TranscriptThis week Bridget covers how she went from being the Playboy Advisor to an accidental pundit on Ben Shapiro’s Election Special. She can trace every opportunity she’s had since leaving waitressing behind to one thing – Twitter. The realization that Twitter is just li

Sep 5, 2019 • 1:17:41

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 4 – The Accidental Pundit

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 4 – The Accidental Pundit

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW47-AccidentalPundit-Transcript This week Bridget covers how she went from being the Playboy Advisor to an accidental pundit on Ben Shapiro’s Election Special. She can trace […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/story

Sep 5, 2019 • 0:01

Glenn Beck Believes When You’re Done Learning, You’re Dead

Glenn Beck Believes When You’re Done Learning, You’re Dead

Glenn Beck is a conservative political commentator, radio host and television producer. He and Bridget discuss the early evolution of his career, his love affair with radio, the transition from CNN to Fox News, attending Yale at age 30, and mistakes he’s made along the way. They delve into the value of struggle and overcoming […]Sponsored by Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/glenn-beck-belie

Aug 29, 2019 • 0:01

E46. Glenn Beck Believes When You’re Done Learning, You’re Dead

E46. Glenn Beck Believes When You’re Done Learning, You’re Dead

Glenn Beck is a conservative political commentator, radio host and television producer. He and Bridget discuss the early evolution of his career, his love affair with radio, the transition from CNN to Fox News, attending Yale at age 30, and mistakes he’s made along the way. They delve into the value of struggle and overcoming hardship, the cultural celebration of “victimhood,” how tribalism and the culture wars trick people into thinking that the problem is outside themselves,

Aug 29, 2019 • 1:24:51

E45. Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice

E45. Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice

Noah Rothman is an MSNBC and NBC New contributor, Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine, and author of the book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. He and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about the origins of the social justice movement, the fact that “social justice” as a term defies definition, the paradox of treating individuals unequally in order to achieve equality, and whether or not it’s just tribalism with a fancy name. They cover Noah’s e

Aug 22, 2019 • 1:20:40

Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice

Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice

Noah Rothman is an MSNBC and NBC New contributor, Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine, and author of the book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. He and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about the origins of the social justice movement, the fact that “social justice” as a term defies definition, the paradox of […]Sponsored by NetSuite, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-

Aug 22, 2019 • 0:01

E44. Corinne Fisher Isn’t Talented, She’s Just Really Good at Being Herself

E44. Corinne Fisher Isn’t Talented, She’s Just Really Good at Being Herself

Corinne Fisher is a stand-up comedian, co-host of popular podcast Guys We F@#ked, and co-author of the book F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That’s Screwed, with creative partner, Krystyna Hutchinson. She and Bridget have a conversation that is surprisingly not all about sex, though that’s certainly covered. They also talk the small world of stand-up comedy, the joys of bombing during a stand-up set and the hidden skill involved, the impetus for the po

Aug 15, 2019 • 1:25:04

Corinne Fisher Isn’t Talented, She’s Just Really Good at Being Herself

Corinne Fisher Isn’t Talented, She’s Just Really Good at Being Herself

Corinne Fisher is a stand-up comedian, co-host of popular podcast Guys We F@#ked, and co-author of the book F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That’s Screwed, with creative partner, Krystyna Hutchinson. She and Bridget have a conversation that is surprisingly not all about sex, though that’s certainly covered. They also talk the […]Sponsored by The Ricochet Podcast sponsored by Blinds.com Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: h

Aug 15, 2019 • 0:01

Ethan Nicolle Enjoys Disagreement and Debate

Ethan Nicolle Enjoys Disagreement and Debate

Ethan Nicolle, Creative Director at the Babylon Bee, stops by to talk the pros and cons of going viral, how virality does not automatically equal dollars, the never-endingness of being a parent, the bubble within a bubble within a bubble that is LA, and Ethan’s theory that fighting with bears is the struggle for manliness. […]Sponsored by Lending Club Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/ethan-nicolle

Aug 8, 2019 • 0:01

E43. Ethan Nicolle Enjoys Disagreement and Debate

E43. Ethan Nicolle Enjoys Disagreement and Debate

Ethan Nicolle, Creative Director at the Babylon Bee, stops by to talk the pros and cons of going viral, how virality does not automatically equal dollars, the never-endingness of being a parent, the bubble within a bubble within a bubble that is LA, and Ethan’s theory that fighting with bears is the struggle for manliness. They discuss the comic Axe Cop which Ethan created with his 5 year old brother, Malachai. Malachi provided the ideas and story, Ethan illustrated. He delves into finding

Aug 8, 2019 • 1:18:34

Marshall Herskovitz And the Importance of Betting on Yourself

Marshall Herskovitz And the Importance of Betting on Yourself

Marshall Herskovitz, writer, director and producer (thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, Dangerous Beauty), drops by to talk about how he got his start in Hollywood, when he decided he’d rather fail and leave the business than keep writing things that didn’t feel like him, the TV movie that kick-started his and partner Ed Zwick’s careers into […]Sponsored by Ritual, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcom

Aug 1, 2019 • 0:01

E42. Marshall Herskovitz And the Importance of Betting on Yourself

E42. Marshall Herskovitz And the Importance of Betting on Yourself

Marshall Herskovitz, writer, director and producer (thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, Dangerous Beauty), drops by to talk about how he got his start in Hollywood, when he decided he’d rather fail and leave the business than keep writing things that didn’t feel like him, the TV movie that kick-started his and partner Ed Zwick’s careers into high gear, and what kind of reboot he would do for thirtysomething if the opportunity arose. Learn why he, Ed, and Winnie Holzman wound up

Aug 1, 2019 • 1:44:03

Andy Levy Fears Getting A Tarot Card Reading

Andy Levy Fears Getting A Tarot Card Reading

Andy Levy, American commentator and humorist, is a former panelist on S.E. Cupp’s Unfiltered and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. He drops in for a conversation with Bridget about why Twitter is like Soylent Green, hanging out in LA waiting to be discovered, Bridget’s secret desire to knock popcorn out of people’s hands at the […]Sponsored by Away Travel Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/why-

Jul 25, 2019 • 0:01

E41. Andy Levy Fears Getting A Tarot Card Reading

E41. Andy Levy Fears Getting A Tarot Card Reading

Andy Levy, American commentator and humorist, is a former panelist on S.E. Cupp’s Unfiltered and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. He drops in for a conversation with Bridget about why Twitter is like Soylent Green, hanging out in LA waiting to be discovered, Bridget’s secret desire to knock popcorn out of people’s hands at the movies, their shared dream of becoming private island owners, and what to do if you’re having a bad drug trip. They discuss why Andy would make a great s

Jul 25, 2019 • 1:32:10

E40. Sarah Solomon Wonders Why You Would Have Kids if Not to Live Vicariously Through Them

E40. Sarah Solomon Wonders Why You Would Have Kids if Not to Live Vicariously Through Them

Sarah Solomon, author of Guac is Extra But So Am I: The Reluctant Adult’s Handbook, stops by to talk why life gets better as you get older, getting to the point where you get over your jealousy of other women, struggling with depression and anxiety in the age of social media, and how parenting seems like the hardest job in the world. She tells the story of being evicted from her apartment, losing her job, and getting her book deal all within a two week period. She and Bridget dissect why t

Jul 19, 2019 • 1:13:28

Sarah Solomon Wonders Why You Would Have Kids if Not to Live Vicariously Through Them

Sarah Solomon Wonders Why You Would Have Kids if Not to Live Vicariously Through Them

Sarah Solomon, author of Guac is Extra But So Am I: The Reluctant Adult’s Handbook, stops by to talk why life gets better as you get older, getting to the point where you get over your jealousy of other women, struggling with depression and anxiety in the age of social media, and how parenting seems […]Sponsored by Lending Club Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/sarah-solomon-wonders-why-you-would-h

Jul 19, 2019 • 0:01

E39. Kira Davis Discusses What it Would Take to Have an Honest Conversation About Race

E39. Kira Davis Discusses What it Would Take to Have an Honest Conversation About Race

Kira Davis (Editor-at-Large for redstate.com) drops by for a frank conversation about the  hole that fatherlessness leaves in society, “benevolent” government, the destruction of the term “racism”, and extending grace to each other in our most challenging moments. She shares stories about growing up on Prince Edward Island, having a conversion experience during childhood, becoming a conservative, and the audacity of youth. She and Bridget talk tips for dealing with depres

Jul 11, 2019 • 2:03:58

Kira Davis Discusses What it Would Take to Have an Honest Conversation About Race

Kira Davis Discusses What it Would Take to Have an Honest Conversation About Race

Kira Davis (Editor-at-Large for redstate.com) drops by for a frank conversation about the hole that fatherlessness leaves in society, “benevolent” government, the destruction of the term “racism”, and extending grace to each other in our most challenging moments. She shares stories about growing up on Prince Edward Island, having a conversion experience during childhood, becoming […]Sponsored by The Ricochet Podcast sponsored by Blinds.com, Calm Join the conversatio

Jul 11, 2019 • 0:02

E38. Mitchell Sunderland Believes in Socializing with People You Disagree With

E38. Mitchell Sunderland Believes in Socializing with People You Disagree With

Mitchell Sunderland is a freelance writer (Vice, Adult, Penthouse) known for his nuanced profiles on everyone from Stormy Daniels to Mike Tyson, Anne Coulter, Nick Jonas and more. His stories are insane, from growing up the son of one of the largest dog breeders in Florida and dealing with protestors for most of his childhood, to being banned from a gay safe space in college (he’s gay), to being the first American named to the 50 most hated people at Oxford list. He has profiled eclectic g

Jul 3, 2019 • 1:29:40

Mitchell Sunderland Believes in Socializing with People You Disagree With

Mitchell Sunderland Believes in Socializing with People You Disagree With

Mitchell Sunderland is a freelance writer (Vice, Adult, Penthouse) known for his nuanced profiles on everyone from Stormy Daniels to Mike Tyson, Anne Coulter, Nick Jonas and more. His stories are insane, from growing up the son of one of the largest dog breeders in Florida and dealing with protestors for most of his childhood, […]Sponsored by FabFitFun Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/mitchell-sunderlan

Jul 3, 2019 • 0:01

Tim Dillon on Why Stand-Up Comics are Mentally Ill

Tim Dillon on Why Stand-Up Comics are Mentally Ill

Tim Dillon is a stand-up comedian and host of the popular podcast Tim Dillon is Going to Hell. He and Bridget lament the absence of humor in today’s political climate, how rich white people have culturally appropriated oppression, death by selfies, and the terrifying nature of Pokémon Go. Tim talks about how being a juror […]Sponsored by Lending Club Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/tim-dillon-on-

Jun 27, 2019 • 0:01

E37. Tim Dillon Thinks Stand-Up Comics are Mentally Ill

E37. Tim Dillon Thinks Stand-Up Comics are Mentally Ill

Tim Dillon is a stand-up comedian and host of the popular podcast Tim Dillon is Going to Hell. He and Bridget lament the absence of humor in today’s political climate, how rich white people have culturally appropriated oppression, death by selfies, and the terrifying nature of Pokémon Go. Tim talks about how being a juror on a murder trial changed his life, coming out, getting sober, and doing stand-up for the first time all within a three month period, and why he hates the demonization of

Jun 27, 2019 • 1:19:11

E36. Robby Soave Hopes that Sensible Liberals Will See the Dangers of the Approach Activists are Taking

E36. Robby Soave Hopes that Sensible Liberals Will See the Dangers of the Approach Activists are Taking

Robby Soave is an associate editor and writer for Reason magazine and author of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump which investigates the shift in activist culture on college campuses since Trump’s election in 2016. He and Bridget discuss why everyone hates libertarians, the spectrum of libertarianism, how both the Left and the Right see the other side’s extreme radicalism as a reason to up their own, and the unfortunate reality that tiny fringes on both side are so lou

Jun 20, 2019 • 1:33:48

Robby Soave Hopes that Sensible Liberals Will See the Dangers of the Approach Activists are Taking

Robby Soave Hopes that Sensible Liberals Will See the Dangers of the Approach Activists are Taking

Robby Soave is an associate editor and writer for Reason magazine and author of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump which investigates the shift in activist culture on college campuses since Trump’s election in 2016. He and Bridget discuss why everyone hates libertarians, the spectrum of libertarianism, how both the Left and […]Sponsored by Ritual, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetas

Jun 20, 2019 • 0:01

E35. Michael Malice Explains How Culture is Created and Opposing Progressivism

E35. Michael Malice Explains How Culture is Created and Opposing Progressivism

According to Michael Malice, The New Right is a loosely connected group of individuals united by their opposition to progressivism, which they perceive to be a thinly veiled fundamentalist religion based on egalitarian principles dedicated to world domination via globalist hegemony. He wrote the book on it, because he watch it develop. He and Bridget discuss the push-back against progressivism and the four different tactics the New Right is considering in response, the audacity of the word &#822

Jun 13, 2019 • 1:27:17

Michael Malice Explains How Culture is Created and Opposing Progressivism

Michael Malice Explains How Culture is Created and Opposing Progressivism

According to Michael Malice, The New Right is a loosely connected group of individuals united by their opposition to progressivism, which they perceive to be a thinly veiled fundamentalist religion based on egalitarian principles dedicated to world domination via globalist hegemony. He wrote the book on it, because he watch it develop. He and Bridget […]Sponsored by The Ricochet Podcast sponsored by Blinds.com Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/

Jun 13, 2019 • 0:01

Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism

Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism

Dave Rubin, stand up comic and political commentator, created The Rubin Report to “to talk to people and try to find out what they think about things.” In this week’s episode he shares his thoughts with Bridget on a variety of topics including leaving the Left, Thomas Jefferson, the bravery deficit in our culture, the […]Sponsored by FabFitFun Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/dave-rubi

Jun 6, 2019 • 0:01

E34. Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism

E34. Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism

Dave Rubin, stand up comic and political commentator, created The Rubin Report to “to talk to people and try to find out what they think about things.” In this week’s episode he shares his thoughts with Bridget on a variety of topics including leaving the Left, Thomas Jefferson, the bravery deficit in our culture, the Intellectual Dark Web, and classical liberalism. They unpack the term “white privilege,” discuss how intersectionality is the essence of bigotry, and

Jun 6, 2019 • 1:33:58

E33. Nathan Edmondson Warns there is a Ticking Clock to Rhino Extinction

E33. Nathan Edmondson Warns there is a Ticking Clock to Rhino Extinction

Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation of African wildlife. They bring new technologies and US special operations tactics and expertise to develop counter-poaching initiatives. Bridget and Nathan discuss media coverage of extinction events, how he became involved in the conservation movement, and why increased cancer rates in south-east Asia have led to an explosion in rhino horn poach

May 30, 2019 • 1:17:39

Nathan Edmondson Warns there is a Ticking Clock to Rhino Extinction

Nathan Edmondson Warns there is a Ticking Clock to Rhino Extinction

Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation of African wildlife. They bring new technologies and US special operations tactics and expertise to develop counter-poaching initiatives. Bridget and Nathan discuss media coverage of extinction events, how he became involved in the conservation movement, […]Sponsored by LinkedIn, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode

May 30, 2019 • 0:01

E32. Christina Hoff Sommers Wonders When “I Don’t Feel Safe” Became a Tool of Oppression

E32. Christina Hoff Sommers Wonders When “I Don’t Feel Safe” Became a Tool of Oppression

Christina Hoff Sommers is a former philosophy professor and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She’s one of the Femsplainers on the podcast Femsplainers and has a series called the Factual Feminist on YouTube in which she corrects feminist myths within women’s and gender studies with truth and solid research. She and Bridget cover the disturbing rise of contempt within contemporary feminism, the appeal of Jordan Peterson, the erosion of Americans’ desire to protect free speec

May 23, 2019 • 1:36:04

Christina Hoff Sommers Wonders When “I Don’t Feel Safe” Became a Tool of Oppression

Christina Hoff Sommers Wonders When “I Don’t Feel Safe” Became a Tool of Oppression

Christina Hoff Sommers is a former philosophy professor and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She’s one of the Femsplainers on the podcast Femsplainers and has a series called the Factual Feminist on YouTube in which she corrects feminist myths within women’s and gender studies with truth and solid research. She and Bridget cover […]Sponsored by Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-b

May 23, 2019 • 0:01

Kassy Dillon on How Liberal Teachers are Radicalizing an Entire Generation of Young Conservatives

Kassy Dillon on How Liberal Teachers are Radicalizing an Entire Generation of Young Conservatives

Kassy Dillon is a staff writer for the Daily Wire and founder of Lone Conservative a small organization that teaches college students how to become writers and funnels them to media outlets. She discusses being one of two known Republicans at her small all-girls, liberal arts college, how she got into politics, and recording the […]Sponsored by Ritual Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/kassy-dillon-on-how

May 16, 2019 • 0:01

E31. Kassy Dillon Discusses How Liberal Teachers are Radicalizing an Entire Generation of Young Conservatives

E31. Kassy Dillon Discusses How Liberal Teachers are Radicalizing an Entire Generation of Young Conservatives

Kassy Dillon is a staff writer for the Daily Wire and founder of Lone Conservative a small organization that teaches college students how to become writers and funnels them to media outlets. She discusses being one of two known Republicans at her small all-girls, liberal arts college, how she got into politics, and recording the infamous “Trigglypuff” video which created the face of the “campus crazy” movement. She talks about her trip to Iraq last year with a group including an Orthodox Jew and

May 16, 2019 • 1:00:20

E30. Andrew Doyle Discusses the Dangers of Well-Intentioned Authoritarianism

E30. Andrew Doyle Discusses the Dangers of Well-Intentioned Authoritarianism

Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath – a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly telling people how oppressed she is – and author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice. He and Bridget have a fascinating and important conversation about the dangers of taking art and comedy literally, how smart people are becoming stupid because of woke ideology, why self-censorship is a slippery slope, and they wonder when the left became

May 9, 2019 • 1:29:31

Andrew Doyle Discusses the Dangers of Well-Intentioned Authoritarianism

Andrew Doyle Discusses the Dangers of Well-Intentioned Authoritarianism

Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath – a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly telling people how oppressed she is – and author of Woke: A Guide to Social Justice. He and Bridget have a fascinating and important conversation about the dangers of taking art and comedy literally, […]Sponsored by Ritual, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-b

May 9, 2019 • 0:01

E29. Aaron Schmidt Believes in Extreme Accountability, Unrelenting Preparation, Ruthless Efficiency and Unapologetic Passion

E29. Aaron Schmidt Believes in Extreme Accountability, Unrelenting Preparation, Ruthless Efficiency and Unapologetic Passion

Aaron Schmidt grew up a military brat and met his wife, Kara Dawn, freshman year of high school when they were assigned to be lab partners. He talks wanting to be a college football coach but being the student manager of the UVA football team cured him of that desire, being raised Catholic, becoming a 7th grade English teacher, and then getting married, selling everything and hightailing it to LA because he and Kara could see the next 10 years of their lives mapped out before them. A series of o

May 2, 2019 • 1:51:29

Aaron Schmidt Believes in Extreme Accountability, Unrelenting Preparation, Ruthless Efficiency and Unapologetic Passion

Aaron Schmidt Believes in Extreme Accountability, Unrelenting Preparation, Ruthless Efficiency and Unapologetic Passion

Aaron Schmidt grew up a military brat and met his wife, Kara Dawn, freshman year of high school when they were assigned to be lab partners. He talks wanting to be a college football coach but being the student manager of the UVA football team cured him of that desire, being raised Catholic, becoming a […]Sponsored by LinkedIn, FabFitFun Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/aaron-schmidt-believes-in-extreme-

May 2, 2019 • 0:01

E28. The Woo Review: Anne is Addicted to Psychics

E28. The Woo Review: Anne is Addicted to Psychics

With the Woo Review, Bridget introduces her audience to all things New Age. From astrology, to tarot, to sound baths, to reiki, Bridget shares her hippie side with her listeners.This week’s guest, Anne, discusses her addiction to psychics and how over the course of two and a half years she spent an estimated $60,000 on psychic readings. Anne covers how she got started, why being in love with a musician kept her going back, how her psychic was a force for positive change, but ultimately how

Apr 26, 2019 • 1:37:37

The Woo Review: Anne is Addicted to Psychics

The Woo Review: Anne is Addicted to Psychics

With the Woo Review, Bridget introduces her audience to all things New Age. From astrology, to tarot, to sound baths, to reiki, Bridget shares her hippie side with her listeners. This week’s guest, Anne, discusses her addiction to psychics and how over the course of two and a half years she spent an estimated $60,000 […]Sponsored by LinkedIn, FabFitFun Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/the-woo-revi

Apr 26, 2019 • 0:01

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 3 – Tales from a Waitress

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 3 – Tales from a Waitress

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW27-StoryHour3-Transcript This story hour comes as a result of several requests. Bridget covers her history with the restaurant industry – across the country, in small […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-p

Apr 18, 2019 • 0:01

E27. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 3 – Tales from a Waitress

E27. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 3 – Tales from a Waitress

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW27-StoryHour3-TranscriptThis story hour comes as a result of several requests. Bridget covers her history with the restaurant industry – across the country, in small towns and big cities. Find out why being a hostess isn’t as easy as one might think, why you should never go out to eat when you’r

Apr 18, 2019 • 1:30:27

E26. Scotty Landes Does Not Fear Loneliness

E26. Scotty Landes Does Not Fear Loneliness

Scotty Landes – TV comedy writer (Workaholics), horror movie writer (Ma), man about town – trades stories with Bridget about travel, odd jobs, and writing something weird enough to get a job offer out of it. They discuss the privilege of doing what you love for a living but the downside is that your muse becomes a mule, how to take notes on your writing, the escape of making up a world, and how Scotty’s retirement plan is to be an old man bartender with a Golden Girls kind of l

Apr 11, 2019 • 1:25:00

Scotty Landes Does Not Fear Loneliness

Scotty Landes Does Not Fear Loneliness

Scotty Landes – TV comedy writer (Workaholics), horror movie writer (Ma), man about town – trades stories with Bridget about travel, odd jobs, and writing something weird enough to get a job offer out of it. They discuss the privilege of doing what you love for a living but the downside is that your muse […]Sponsored by HoneyBook Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/scotty-landes-does-not-fear-l

Apr 11, 2019 • 0:01

Josh Schollmeyer Talks the State of Masculinity Today

Josh Schollmeyer Talks the State of Masculinity Today

Josh Schollmeyer, co-founder, and editor of MEL magazine, talks with Bridget about the meaning of modern masculinity in a changing world, constructively channeling your rage, and how kids movies are more traumatizing for children than adult movies. They also cover Josh’s years working in a lumber yard to learn the value of hard work, how […]Sponsored by LinkedIn Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jo

Apr 7, 2019 • 0:01

E25. Josh Schollmeyer Talks the State of Masculinity Today

E25. Josh Schollmeyer Talks the State of Masculinity Today

Josh Schollmeyer, co-founder, and editor of MEL magazine, talks with Bridget about the meaning of modern masculinity in a changing world, constructively channeling your rage, and how kids movies are more traumatizing for children than adult movies. They also cover Josh’s years working in a lumber yard to learn the value of hard work, how he got access to Hugh Hefner’s private scrapbook collection when he was in college, and how learning to be fine with being humiliated is a crucial p

Apr 7, 2019 • 1:23:39

Amy Alkon and Why Your Feelings are Not the Boss of You

Amy Alkon and Why Your Feelings are Not the Boss of You

Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess and author of “science-help book” Unf*ckology, drops in for a fascinating conversation with Bridget about living in the modern age with Stone Age brains, the evolutionary importance of social status and why “thirstiness” is such a turn-off, and how her career giving advice began as a joke when she stood on […]Sponsored by FabFitFun, Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome

Mar 28, 2019 • 0:01

E24. Amy Alkon and Why Your Feelings are Not the Boss of You

E24. Amy Alkon and Why Your Feelings are Not the Boss of You

Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess and author of “science-help book” Unf*ckology, drops in for a fascinating conversation with Bridget about living in the modern age with Stone Age brains, the evolutionary importance of social status and why “thirstiness” is such a turn-off, and how her career giving advice began as a joke when she stood on a street corner in New York holding a “Free Advice” sign and people began to line up. They cover the social importance of guilt an

Mar 28, 2019 • 1:44:08

E23. Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst

E23. Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst

Liz Wolfe, managing editor for The Federalist and part-time editor for Reason, has an in-depth discussion with Bridget about why she thought college was a huge waste of money and wanted to drop out, how she managed to get her degree in two years, and the fact that most people have no understanding of the debt they are taking on when they take out student loans. They bond over being self-starters and hustlers and how it’s a skill that helps them find ways around the “gatekeepers&#8221

Mar 21, 2019 • 2:02:39

Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst

Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst

Liz Wolfe, managing editor for The Federalist and part-time editor for Reason, has an in-depth discussion with Bridget about why she thought college was a huge waste of money and wanted to drop out, how she managed to get her degree in two years, and the fact that most people have no understanding of the […]Sponsored by HoneyBook Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/liz-wolfe-is-waiting-for-the-college-bubb

Mar 21, 2019 • 0:02

E22. Rachel Wolfson Talks Marijuana and Being Part of the Medication Generation

E22. Rachel Wolfson Talks Marijuana and Being Part of the Medication Generation

Rachel “Wolfie” Wolfson, comedian, writer, producer, and advocate for cannabis, sits down with Bridget to discuss her disdain for bitcoin, their shared desire to do VR stand-up shows, and why she believes colleges are like engagement rings – expensive and unnecessary. They cover everything from why machines will eventually wipe out humans because of our extreme inefficiency, to a belief that mental health will be the biggest problem this country faces in the near future, to the

Mar 14, 2019 • 1:30:17

Rachel Wolfson Talks Marijuana and Being Part of the Medication Generation

Rachel Wolfson Talks Marijuana and Being Part of the Medication Generation

Rachel “Wolfie” Wolfson, comedian, writer, producer, and advocate for cannabis, sits down with Bridget to discuss her disdain for bitcoin, their shared desire to do VR stand-up shows, and why she believes colleges are like engagement rings – expensive and unnecessary. They cover everything from why machines will eventually wipe out humans because of our […]Sponsored by Green Chef Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-

Mar 14, 2019 • 0:01

E21. Sydney Benner’s Mantra is “Move More to Feel More”

E21. Sydney Benner’s Mantra is “Move More to Feel More”

Sydney Benner is the creator of the revolutionary new fitness program, FLIGHT!  She has devoted her life to connecting people together through movement. Sydney explains her calling to create spaces and places for people to gather that feel inclusive, supportive, and where they can be authentically themselves. Sydney and Bridget discuss finding the balance in all the imbalance, the grind of being a personal trainer, overcoming injuries, magic, and why you must choose your mindset every day. Synde

Mar 7, 2019 • 1:17:26

Sydney Benner’s Mantra is “Move More to Feel More”

Sydney Benner’s Mantra is “Move More to Feel More”

Sydney Benner is the creator of the revolutionary new fitness program, FLIGHT! She has devoted her life to connecting people together through movement. Sydney explains her calling to create spaces and places for people to gather that feel inclusive, supportive, and where they can be authentically themselves. Sydney and Bridget discuss finding the balance in […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-

Mar 7, 2019 • 0:01

E20. Brittany Schmitt on Alcoholism – “A Disease Disguised as Fun”

E20. Brittany Schmitt on Alcoholism – “A Disease Disguised as Fun”

Brittany Schmitt, stand-up comedian and entrepreneur, talks with Bridget about filling the void within yourself, the dark side of comedy, getting a DUI and how it changed her life, and the decision behind getting sober – realizing she was wasting her life. Don’t miss their worst stand-up bomb stories, why giving in to the desire to do nothing can sometimes be healthy, how sitting in sadness and defeat can allow you to build grit and resilience, and why you should never doubt your ability to make

Feb 28, 2019 • 1:22:45

Brittany Schmitt on Alcoholism – “A Disease Disguised as Fun”

Brittany Schmitt on Alcoholism – “A Disease Disguised as Fun”

Brittany Schmitt, stand-up comedian and entrepreneur, talks with Bridget about filling the void within yourself, the dark side of comedy, getting a DUI and how it changed her life, and the decision behind getting sober – realizing she was wasting her life. Don’t miss their worst stand-up bomb stories, why giving in to the desire […]Sponsored by HoneyBook, Third Love Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-

Feb 28, 2019 • 0:01

E19. Art Tavana on Why the MAGA Movement is Not Conservative

E19. Art Tavana on Why the MAGA Movement is Not Conservative

Art Tavana is a conservative, libertarian columnist at Playboy and contributor at National Review. An Armenian refugee from Iran, Art talks about how Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties indoctrinated him as a conservative early in life and why being a conservative writing for Playboy is only okay because he’s a person of color and not a white MAGA bro. He and Bridget discuss the strange fad of corporations caving to the mob and apologizing every time someone gets “offende

Feb 21, 2019 • 1:53:07

Art Tavana on Why the MAGA Movement is Not Conservative

Art Tavana on Why the MAGA Movement is Not Conservative

Art Tavana is a conservative, libertarian columnist at Playboy and contributor at National Review. An Armenian refugee from Iran, Art talks about how Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties indoctrinated him as a conservative early in life and why being a conservative writing for Playboy is only okay because he’s a […]Sponsored by LOLA Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/art-tavana-explains-w

Feb 21, 2019 • 0:01

E18. Melissa Monte Believes the Opposite of Self-Love is Self-Destruction

E18. Melissa Monte Believes the Opposite of Self-Love is Self-Destruction

Melissa Monte is a mindfulness coach, certified yoga teacher and reiki healer. She and Bridget reminisce about how they met on a party bus of 40 women heading to Vegas and reflect on surviving a series of rock bottoms from sexual assaults to eating disorders, to the loss of loved ones. Melissa shares her insights into why trying to fix a terrible relationship was a way of trying to prove her own self-worth, the felony charge that path led her to, and the fact that you can’t cushion somebod

Feb 14, 2019 • 1:34:35

Melissa Monte Believes the Opposite of Self-Love is Self-Destruction

Melissa Monte Believes the Opposite of Self-Love is Self-Destruction

Melissa Monte is a mindfulness coach, certified yoga teacher and reiki healer. She and Bridget reminisce about how they met on a party bus of 40 women heading to Vegas and reflect on surviving a series of rock bottoms from sexual assaults to eating disorders, to the loss of loved ones. Melissa shares her insights […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/melissa-monte-believes-the-opposite-o

Feb 14, 2019 • 0:01

E17. James Lindsay Discusses Punking the Dogmatic Religion of Extreme Social Justice

E17. James Lindsay Discusses Punking the Dogmatic Religion of Extreme Social Justice

James A. Lindsay is a co-author of the Grievance Studies, a project designed to expose the politicized corruption within social justice geared humanities scholarship by creating bogus academic papers and submitting them to academic journals in the areas of cultural, queer, race, gender, fat, and sexuality studies. He and Bridget have a fascinating discussion about the dogmatism of atheists, the Feminist Glaciology paper that radicalized him, the assault on science, the fascism creeping in from b

Feb 8, 2019 • 2:12:35

James Lindsay Discusses Punking the Dogmatic Religion of Extreme Social Justice

James Lindsay Discusses Punking the Dogmatic Religion of Extreme Social Justice

James A. Lindsay is a co-author of the Grievance Studies, a project designed to expose the politicized corruption within social justice geared humanities scholarship by creating bogus academic papers and submitting them to academic journals in the areas of cultural, queer, race, gender, fat, and sexuality studies. He and Bridget have a fascinating discussion about […]Sponsored by HoneyBook Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welc

Feb 8, 2019 • 0:02

E16. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 2 – Addiction and Sobriety

E16. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 2 – Addiction and Sobriety

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW16-StoryHour2-TranscriptThis week Bridget delves into her long history with addiction and her 20 year journey to sobriety. Learn how Bridget went from being a straight A student on the path to an Ivy League school, to a heroin addict in rehab at age 19. She talks about hitting rock bottom on a trip to LA, kicking

Jan 30, 2019 • 1:44:07

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 2 – Addiction and Sobriety

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 2 – Addiction and Sobriety

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW16-StoryHour2-Transcript This week Bridget delves into her long history with addiction and her 20 year journey to sobriety. Learn how Bridget went from being a […]Sponsored by Green Chef, Third Love Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-brid

Jan 30, 2019 • 0:01

E15. Bridget’s Sister Vanessa Laments the State of Millennial Men

E15. Bridget’s Sister Vanessa Laments the State of Millennial Men

Bridget’s youngest sister Vanessa reveals what your wedding photos predict about your marriage, the joys and challenges of working with children, and why hedgehogs make terrible pets. She and Bridget discuss the trials and tribulations of dating millennial men, her 3 basic requirements a guy should have and why it’s harder to find than it should be, and her theory that feminism is making men lazier. Don’t miss their insightful conversation about unlearning unhealthy behaviors t

Jan 24, 2019 • 1:17:10

Bridget’s Sister Vanessa Laments the State of Millennial Men

Bridget’s Sister Vanessa Laments the State of Millennial Men

Bridget’s youngest sister Vanessa reveals what your wedding photos predict about your marriage, the joys and challenges of working with children, and why hedgehogs make terrible pets. She and Bridget discuss the trials and tribulations of dating millennial men, her 3 basic requirements a guy should have and why it’s harder to find than it […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy

Jan 24, 2019 • 0:01

E14. Carol Roth Explains Why the Robots Aren’t Going to Fulfill All Your Needs

E14. Carol Roth Explains Why the Robots Aren’t Going to Fulfill All Your Needs

Carol Roth is a recovering investment banker, entrepreneur and author of The Entrepreneur Equation, the anti-motivational, motivational book about entrepreneurship and a realistic take on starting a small business. She and Bridget discuss the factor that jealousy plays in the tragic loss of the American Dream, being spoiled and ungrateful in a capitalist society, the math and ROI of going to college, and the danger in allowing political correctness to rob us of using laughter as a healing method

Jan 18, 2019 • 1:15:39

Carol Roth Explains Why the Robots Aren’t Going to Fulfill All Your Needs

Carol Roth Explains Why the Robots Aren’t Going to Fulfill All Your Needs

Carol Roth is a recovering investment banker, entrepreneur and author of The Entrepreneur Equation, the anti-motivational, motivational book about entrepreneurship and a realistic take on starting a small business. She and Bridget discuss the factor that jealousy plays in the tragic loss of the American Dream, being spoiled and ungrateful in a capitalist society, the […]Sponsored by Third Love Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-

Jan 18, 2019 • 0:01

E13. Ben Howe Explains the Folly of Trying to Determine God’s Purposes

E13. Ben Howe Explains the Folly of Trying to Determine God’s Purposes

Ben Howe, author of The Immoral Majority: Christian Evangelicals and the Role they Play in the Era of Trump (due out this year) discusses his journey from the Tea Party to the Center, his favorite Marvel character, and why he doesn’t trust anyone who isn’t honest about their failures – especially politicians. Ben takes issue with using the Bible to pretend that you are pursuing your self-interests nobly and explains the problem with combining ideology with partisanship. Don&#82

Jan 10, 2019 • 1:24:17

Ben Howe Explains the Folly of Trying to Determine God’s Purposes

Ben Howe Explains the Folly of Trying to Determine God’s Purposes

Ben Howe, author of The Immoral Majority: Christian Evangelicals and the Role they Play in the Era of Trump (due out this year) discusses his journey from the Tea Party to the Center, his favorite Marvel character, and why he doesn’t trust anyone who isn’t honest about their failures – especially politicians. Ben takes issue […]Sponsored by Third Love Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/b

Jan 10, 2019 • 0:01

E12. Kimberly Resnick Anderson Thinks Social Media is a Gateway Drug to Infidelity

E12. Kimberly Resnick Anderson Thinks Social Media is a Gateway Drug to Infidelity

Kimberly Resnick Anderson, licensed sex therapist, and Bridget get real about the many issues facing couples in today’s modern world, from how common sexless marriages are, to power dynamics the #metoo movement and exploitation, to the impact of porn on men’s sexual function – particularly the neurological impact it can have on young men. Nothing is taboo in this conversation. Bridget discusses her brief flirtation with becoming a stripper, Kimberly reveals the astonishing numb

Dec 21, 2018 • 1:33:20

Kimberly Resnick Anderson Thinks Social Media is a Gateway Drug to Infidelity

Kimberly Resnick Anderson Thinks Social Media is a Gateway Drug to Infidelity

Kimberly Resnick Anderson, licensed sex therapist, and Bridget get real about the many issues facing couples in today’s modern world, from how common sexless marriages are, to power dynamics the #metoo movement and exploitation, to the impact of porn on men’s sexual function – particularly the neurological impact it can have on young men. Nothing […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/kim

Dec 21, 2018 • 0:01

E11. Melanie Notkin & Bridget Talk Wasted-Womb Shaming – What It Is and Why It’s Terrible

E11. Melanie Notkin & Bridget Talk Wasted-Womb Shaming – What It Is and Why It’s Terrible

Melanie Notkin, founder of Savvy Auntie, the first community for cool aunts, great aunts, godmothers and all women who love kids (but might not have them) discusses her book Otherhood and women who are childless, not by choice, but by circumstance. She and Bridget cover the assumptions people make about childless women, being told that they should have settled if they wanted kids, and how Bridget feels like she kept hitting snooze on her biological clock. Find out how feminism made men lazy, why

Dec 13, 2018 • 1:40:42

Melanie Notkin & Bridget Talk Wasted-Womb Shaming – What It Is and Why It’s Terrible

Melanie Notkin & Bridget Talk Wasted-Womb Shaming – What It Is and Why It’s Terrible

Melanie Notkin, founder of Savvy Auntie, the first community for cool aunts, great aunts, godmothers and all women who love kids (but might not have them) discusses her book Otherhood and women who are childless, not by choice, but by circumstance. She and Bridget cover the assumptions people make about childless women, being told that […]Sponsored by Away Travel Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/melanie

Dec 13, 2018 • 0:01

E10. Brian Moses Plans to Name his Child “God Moses”

E10. Brian Moses Plans to Name his Child “God Moses”

Brian Moses, stand-up comic, creator and co-producer of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, defender of un-politically correct speech and hilarious individual, talks with Bridget about getting started in stand-up in San Diego, the period when he was living out of his car, the reality of white privilege, and why humanity might not be old enough to believe in God. He and Bridget cover the cultural appropriation of Jesus, that Bridget believes in past lives, ghosts and aliens because they make lif

Dec 6, 2018 • 1:14:54

Brian Moses Plans to Name his Child “God Moses”

Brian Moses Plans to Name his Child “God Moses”

Brian Moses, stand-up comic, creator and co-producer of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, defender of un-politically correct speech and hilarious individual, talks with Bridget about getting started in stand-up in San Diego, the period when he was living out of his car, the reality of white privilege, and why humanity might not be old enough to […]Sponsored by Away Travel Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phe

Dec 6, 2018 • 0:01

E9. Jesse Kelly Blames Men for Feminism

E9. Jesse Kelly Blames Men for Feminism

Jesse Kelly, former Marine, contributor to The Federalist, and Twitter star, talks with Bridget about why Twitter needs him more than he needs Twitter, his conspiracy theory on why his account was banned (it has since been reinstated), and his zero tolerance policy on whining and excuses. They delve into how the country as a whole used to be tougher, leaving behind a piece of yourself in a combat zone, his bumpy reintegration into society after his service was over and the role returning to chur

Nov 28, 2018 • 1:09:17

Jesse Kelly Blames Men for Feminism

Jesse Kelly Blames Men for Feminism

Jesse Kelly, former Marine, contributor to The Federalist, and Twitter star, talks with Bridget about why Twitter needs him more than he needs Twitter, his conspiracy theory on why his account was banned (it has since been reinstated), and his zero tolerance policy on whining and excuses. They delve into how the country as a […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jesse-kelly-blames-men-fo

Nov 28, 2018 • 0:01

E8. Sarah Shahi and Why Bridget Would be a Douchebag if She’d Gone to Harvard

E8. Sarah Shahi and Why Bridget Would be a Douchebag if She’d Gone to Harvard

Sarah Shahi (The L Word, Person of Interest, Reverie) actress, producer, former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and mother of three, talks about choosing between being an actor and a neurosurgeon, why happiness can only exist in the present moment, and how Robert Altman convinced her to move to Los Angeles. Listen as she and Bridget discuss the mentality of trust-fund babies, believing that if you leap the net will appear – even if it takes years – and how being the daughter of an Irania

Nov 22, 2018 • 1:08:25

Sarah Shahi and Why Bridget Would be a Douchebag if She’d Gone to Harvard

Sarah Shahi and Why Bridget Would be a Douchebag if She’d Gone to Harvard

Sarah Shahi (The L Word, Person of Interest, Reverie) actress, producer, former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and mother of three, talks about choosing between being an actor and a neurosurgeon, why happiness can only exist in the present moment, and how Robert Altman convinced her to move to Los Angeles. Listen as she and Bridget discuss […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/sarah-shahi-and-why-bridget-wou

Nov 22, 2018 • 0:01

E7. James Breakwell On Why He Can Do Better, But He’s Not Going To

E7. James Breakwell On Why He Can Do Better, But He’s Not Going To

James Breakwell, Twitter celebrity, Indiana father of four daughters, and author of Bare Minimum Parenting – The Ultimate Guide to Not Quite Ruining Your Child, discusses raising children in today’s world. He and Bridget cover “drone parenting”, screen time and social media, keeping your perspective on parenting and ignoring the shamers, and why wanting your kid to go to Harvard is basically a euphemism for wanting them to make the most money. They also discuss treating T

Nov 15, 2018 • 1:13:56

James Breakwell On Why He Can Do Better, But He’s Not Going To

James Breakwell On Why He Can Do Better, But He’s Not Going To

James Breakwell, Twitter celebrity, Indiana father of four daughters, and author of Bare Minimum Parenting – The Ultimate Guide to Not Quite Ruining Your Child, discusses raising children in today’s world. He and Bridget cover “drone parenting”, screen time and social media, keeping your perspective on parenting and ignoring the shamers, and why wanting your […]Sponsored by Follain Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podca

Nov 15, 2018 • 0:01

E6. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 1 – The Phetasy Origin Story

E6. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 1 – The Phetasy Origin Story

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW6-PhetasyOriginStory-TranscriptBridget Phetasy shares the definition of the word Phetasy (a word she made up). The origin of the company, taking it on tour across country for 6 months, the eventual downfall of phetasy.com and the hope for its future resurrection. Along the way hear stories about a crazy ex-neighb

Nov 8, 2018 • 1:00:08

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 1 – The Phetasy Origin Story

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 1 – The Phetasy Origin Story

Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here. Full transcript available here: WiW6-PhetasyOriginStory-Transcript Bridget Phetasy shares the definition of the word Phetasy (a word she made up). The origin of the company, taking it on tour across […]Sponsored by Follain Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy

Nov 8, 2018 • 0:01

Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%

Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%

This week Bridget welcomes Paul Shirley, former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok, a communal workspace for writers in Los Angeles. Paul talks about the role sports play in helping us learn to fail, operating at peak capacity, how having too much free time can be paralyzing and why being a people-pleaser […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/paul-shirley-operates-

Nov 1, 2018 • 0:01

E5. Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%

E5. Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%

This week Bridget welcomes Paul Shirley, former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok, a communal workspace for writers in Los Angeles. Paul talks about the role sports play in helping us learn to fail, operating at peak capacity, how having too much free time can be paralyzing and why being a people-pleaser is both his biggest asset and greatest weakness. Paul and Bridget debate whether cavemen had more free time than we think they did, discuss overcoming internal resistance

Nov 1, 2018 • 1:12:37

Chloé Valdary and Resisting the Impulse to Burn it All Down

Chloé Valdary and Resisting the Impulse to Burn it All Down

Chloé Valdary, (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic) freelance writer and deep thinker, talks with Bridget about dealing with Imposter Syndrome, the death of art, why revolution is easier than governance and the three things she learned from Bret Stephens. Chloé and Bridget discuss their shared desire to see all humans […]Sponsored by Care/of Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/chloe-

Oct 25, 2018 • 0:01

E4. Chloé Valdary and Resisting the Impulse to Burn it All Down

E4. Chloé Valdary and Resisting the Impulse to Burn it All Down

Chloé Valdary, (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic) freelance writer and deep thinker, talks with Bridget about dealing with Imposter Syndrome, the death of art, why revolution is easier than governance and the three things she learned from Bret Stephens. Chloé and Bridget discuss their shared desire to see all humans flourish while they analyze the joy that being snarky can bring. Don’t miss their fascinating takes on intersectionality, astrology and why dudes want

Oct 25, 2018 • 1:11:50

Jeff Garlin and Bridget Phetasy Both Thought They’d Die Young

Jeff Garlin and Bridget Phetasy Both Thought They’d Die Young

Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development) talks with Bridget Phetasy about his early job selling graves over the phone, their morning routines, embracing the uncomfortable, dark nights of the soul, trusting in your skill as an artist and how the key to life is to keep moving forward. Listen in as Jeff discusses why […]Sponsored by Care/of Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/jeff-garlin-and-b

Oct 18, 2018 • 0:01

E3. Jeff Garlin and Bridget Phetasy Both Thought They’d Die Young

E3. Jeff Garlin and Bridget Phetasy Both Thought They’d Die Young

Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development) talks with Bridget Phetasy about his early job selling graves over the phone, their morning routines, embracing the uncomfortable, dark nights of the soul, trusting in your skill as an artist and how the key to life is to keep moving forward. Listen in as Jeff discusses why he’s so supportive of other artists in the industry, marvel that neither one of them knows Ariana Grande’s real name, and hear them almost decide to become roommates in

Oct 18, 2018 • 1:00:53

Rosie Moss and Why Escape Rooms are the Perfect Metaphor for L.A.

Rosie Moss and Why Escape Rooms are the Perfect Metaphor for L.A.

This week Bridget Phetasy interviews Rosie Moss, actress, waitress, Bar/Bat Mitzvah coach, Hebrew school teacher, very busy human. Rosie shares her first experience on a network show in an episode of The Connors. She and Bridget discuss traversing the chasm between your dreams and reality, the curse of always wanting more, why the people you […]Sponsored by Calm Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/rosie-mo

Oct 11, 2018 • 0:01

E2. Rosie Moss and Why Escape Rooms are the Perfect Metaphor for L.A.

E2. Rosie Moss and Why Escape Rooms are the Perfect Metaphor for L.A.

This week Bridget Phetasy interviews Rosie Moss, actress, waitress, Bar/Bat Mitzvah coach, Hebrew school teacher, very busy human. Rosie shares her first experience on a network show in an episode of The Connors. She and Bridget discuss traversing the chasm between your dreams and reality, the curse of always wanting more, why the people you surround yourself with are what make you successful, and how touch football saved her. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other su

Oct 11, 2018 • 1:12:05

Steve Howey and Why the Mind Sucks

Steve Howey and Why the Mind Sucks

Learn about Steve Howey’s (Shameless) journey into acting and how getting a national Coca-Cola commercial right out of the gates was the worst thing that could have happened. He talks marathons, triathlons, how he pushes himself beyond his perceived limits and why the mind is a dangerous place.Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/steve-howey-and-why-the-mind-sucks/.Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.0

Oct 5, 2018 • 0:01

E1. Steve Howey and Why the Mind Sucks

E1. Steve Howey and Why the Mind Sucks

Learn about Steve Howey’s (Shameless) journey into acting and how getting a national Coca-Cola commercial right out of the gates was the worst thing that could have happened.  He talks marathons, triathlons, how he pushes himself beyond his perceived limits and why the mind is a dangerous place. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.phetasy.com/subscribe

Oct 5, 2018 • 1:01:45

Coming Soon

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Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn't conduct interviews-she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there's no greater mistake than hiding from it all. She believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. Em

Sep 25, 2018 • 0:40

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/coming-soon/.Now become a

Sep 25, 2018 • 0:00

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