New year, same 'ssues! Bryan is live from his sister's childhood bedroom (blame Renee) and tells us how his trip to Japan over our holiday break went. Erin (Queen of Air Flights) spent her break wondering what is going on at the Miami International Airport and why the youth are so obsessed with 6-7'ing. Bryan highlights the court challenges by states, federal workers and advocates that were submitted during the end of 2025 fighting back against restrictions and bans for gender affirming care. Erin shares how the United States' Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee is attempting to celebrate America's 250th birthday with questionable new coin designs paying tribute to civil rights, abolition and suffrage movements.

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Happy new year!  We'll be back next week, but to tide you over until then we're giving you a peek behind the paywall with some of the best bits from Patreon!  Hear what happens when we get sidetracked during our Dateline Recaps and This New Thing We're Doing! with some of our favorite moments from 2025.  For hundreds of hours of bonus content and video episodes join our Patreon by visiting www.patreon.com/attitudes!  

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Happy Holidays to all our listeners! We're off this week but have compiled some of the best bits from the year for your listening pleasure. We hope we've been entertaining and informative and that you'll join us again in 2026!

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We're happy to bring back our annual tradition of welcoming some of our favorites into our holiday home before the winter break! Punam Patel reveals what underrated department store she purchased her outfit from at a local dead mall, Pete Zias tells the tale of a stolen Labubu , Darby and Alexis from IMHO: The Show are taking Metamucil gummies to stay regular, Mano Agapion educates Erin on Sniffies, and Michelle Collins advises us on which designers to buy from and avoid.

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This week Bryan is upset over his short haircut, and Erin's back from her trip to Italy where she got her fill of truffles and was made fun of by flight attendants because of her hairstyle. Erin covers how women are exposing the "bro-coding" algorithm on LinkedIn by changing their gender marker from female to male and seeing an increase in their reach and visibilty on the networking platform. Bryan discusses the modern day Lavender Scare and how right-wing influencers and government officials are on the hunt for "woke" government employees and policies and firing people for how they identify.

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While Erin is out of town Bryan is joined by friend of the show Naomi Ekperigin this week! We discuss what we did for Thanksgiving, and how Bryan spent last week with his family doing a tour of NYC including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and an investigative report on how the American Girl Doll Store is one big scam. Bryan covers a recent ruling in Japan which upheld a same-sex marriage ban, and how the European Union's highest court ruled that member countries must recognize same-sex marriages between two citizens even if their home country does not have marriage equality laws in place.

Listen to Naomi's podcast Couples Therapy, watch St. Denis Medical Monday Nights on NBC or on Peacock and get tickets to her December 28th zoom comedy show A Night of Cinema with Naomi and Megan here!

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Happy Thanksgiving! We're off this week but we wanted to share one of our recent favorite Dateline Recaps from behind the paywall! Palm Springs, big hair, adult film stars, celebrities, and an iconic local journalist who we'd marry in a heartbeat. The gayest Dateline we've ever covered.

Dateline Season 34, Episode 3. A group of conspirators, including a self-proclaimed Nepalese prince, defraud and kill a retired art collector and legendary Palm Springs socialite in one of the longest and most expensive missing-persons investigations in California history.

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This week Erin shares her new hobby of reading rare books from the 1930s, and Bryan gets back to smoking on the set of a short film in New York. Bryan covers annual polls from YouGov/The Economist and Gallup showing support for gay marriage and trans rights is at its lowest level in the last 10 years. Erin discusses how the NHS in the UK is now including menopause screening in routine health checks, plus how the FDA is removing black box warnings from most menopausal therapy products.

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Erin is dehydrated after her visit to Austin, Bryan befriends his Erewhon-going seatmates on a flight to New York, plus some balm/SPF talk and a celebration of the results from last week’s elections.  Erin discusses the NYT Opinion interview with three feminist conservative bootlickers titled “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace”.  Bryan brings us some cautious optimism with Kim Davis’ defeat with the Supreme Court declining to take up her case against Obergefell v. Hodges and the right to same-sex marriage, but how it doesn’t necessarily set a precedent and could still be brought up again in the future.

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This week Erin goes horseback riding which causes Bryan's childhood equine trauma to resurface.  Bryan discusses Argentinian President Javier Milei's Trump-style crusade against "LGBTQ+ ideology" and his ban on gender affirming care.  Erin covers the gender pay gap which has widened for a second year in a row due to women being forced back into the office post-COVID and losing work from home benefits which aided in caring for their families. 

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