Erin has some tales from her Scottsdale pit stop on the way home to New Mexico, and Bryan is having issues troubleshooting his new espresso machine. Erin breaks down how Reaganomics led to the rise in billionaires in this country, and how the widowed and divorced women of these tech company founders are using their immense wealth to help those in need. Bryan tells us about Love Is Blind's Sara Carton leaving her fiancé at the alter because of lack of knowledge and empathy regarding fundamental issues like Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights.

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This week we're excited to have Jeffery Self to chat about his book Self Sabotage and Other Ways I've Spent My Time coming out March 11th! Bryan regales us with what happened at The Academy Awards IRL including a bathroom emergency and the snack situation inside the Dolby Theater. Bryan then discusses the unfortunate news out of Iowa where for the first time gender identity has been removed as a protected class under state law prohibiting discrimination. Erin briefs us on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's writings as an author which have inspired his way of firing those in the military who don't fit his white male narrative.

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Bryan is fresh from an NYC haircut giving him Elizabeth Taylor spider bangs. Erin missed LA’s Frieze Art Fair, but rediscovered the 1995 Denzel Washington film Devil in a Blue Dress.  Erin discusses the GOP obsession with increasing the U.S. birth rate.  Bryan reviews the data showing the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+ has risen to 9.3%, tripling over the last 12 years. 

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We're soaking up the sun with the Lady Attorneys to discuss our romantic Valentine's Day outings (with husband and client), plus a deep dive into Sheryl Crow and her Tennessee Mansion. Bryan covers the Compton's Cafeteria site at 101-102 Taylor St. in San Francisco receiving a historic landmark designation, while the Trump Administration concurrently is erasing trans and queer narratives from National Parks and historic monuments. Erin introduces us to Diem, a social search engine with a feminine lens helping women, trans and queer folks find birth control, where to find abortions and trans healthcare.

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Get ready for our new opening segment Grandma Gibson where Erin pleads for us all to get off social media and tells us about her lymphatic massage experience.  We share our distraction television recs like Great British Bake-Off, Traitors and 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort and try and figure out which diet soda is okay to drink now.  Erin shares proposals from Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon and Ohio's State Rep. Anita Somani introducing legislation that would make it a felony for men to discharge semen without the intent to fertilize an embryo. Bryan calls out blue state hospitals like Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and NYU's Langone Health for ending gender-affirming care ahead of the Trump Administration's enforcement of their deranged executive orders.

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Bryan is back in Texas for his dad's birthday and full of Oregonal and Erin pulls out some good ol' gym floor xanax for her flight anxiety. Bryan gives an unfortunate update on President Musk's attempts to erase LGBTQ+ informaiton from federal websites, including years of scientific research from the CDC website necessary for doctors practicing medicine with queer patients. Erin tells us about the government deleting the website about reproductive rights on the night of inauguration, and abortion cases happening at the state level.

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Today we present Bryan Safi’s Series of Unfortunate Events as he attempts to fix his broken MacBook at the Apple Genius Bar, deals with a car breakdown, and realizes multiple financial mistakes from the last few years.  We also share some straight culture with a B-side Neil Young song that should never existed.  Erin tells us about a woman who took her divorce case to the European Court of Human Rights because French courts held her responsible for “breach of martial duties and obligations”.  Bryan is furious with the cowards at Target for caving to conservatives and ending their DEI programs and goals, and praises companies like Costco for pushing forward.

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We spent Inauguration Day distracting ourselves learning about the history of Kohl’s and interspersing some Martin Luther King Jr. quotes for good measure. Bryan updates us on LGBTQ+ momentum around the world including Germany’s Self-Determination Act, Denmark and Czechia allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood and conversion therapy being banned in Mexico. Erin calls out beauty influencers including Jordan Younger and Kim Rogers aka  “The Worm Queen” for using the LA wildfires as a way to generate income. 

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We left LA due to the fires, and our thoughts are with everyone affected. Erin's back in Santa Fe having home cooked meals with the ones she loves, Bryan is going crazy with his parents in Texas. Erin shares details of five South Carolina doctors challenging the state's 6 week abortion ban. Bryan praises Costco's unwavering support for their DEI programs when other companies are caving to threats of boycotts from conservatives.

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Bryan is back with tales from his holiday trip to Italy involving Coke Zero and Christmas poems. Erin hiked, journaled, and ended up with stomach problems from grocery store sushi. Bryan gets heated about Democrat concessions in the National Defense Authorization Act which will block healthcare to trans children of military service members. Erin reads into an article from the Australian jounal Body Image analyzing the effects of TikTok's idealized bodies, and the accuracy of influencer diet and exercise videos.

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