We discuss Sarah's experience getting cancelled at work and Andrea Chu’s review of Thomas Chatterton William’s new book Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse.

Plus: Francesca’s controversial statements on polyamory, Sarah’s visit to a nude beach, talking to men on the subway, Ezra Klein’s moral failings, Trump federalizing the DC police, and more.

Discussed:

Andrea Long Chu on Thomas Chatterton Williams's new book

Ezra Klein on Palestine

How a Polyamorous Mom Had ‘a Big Sexual Adventure’ and Found Herself

Republican lawmaker in jail on child sex abuse material charges resigns from office

Victoria Lagano tattoos

Dilettante, suspected communist, essayist, and musician Zay, aka Civic Flora, joins the pod to discuss the return of fascism, reconciling our material desires with our socialist dreams, the alleged male loneliness epidemic, bromance, third spaces, and much, much more.

Follow Zay on Instagram @civicflora

Check out Zay's music and essays here

We discuss the midtown Manhattan shooting and CTE, self-immolation, Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign, The New York Times’ genocidal journalism, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Discussed:

• Dorothy Day on self-immolation
• Justin Trudeau party trick
• New York War Crimes dossier
• Global march to Gaza

• The Information Warfare Consortium Shaping GHF’s PR Offensive

• Leonardo DiCaprio is invested in a hotel in Israel

Corrections

• Dorothy Day is not a saint, but she should be!
• According to Palestinian analyst Elhasan Bakr, the prewar amount of aid trucks into Gaza was 500-600 a day, with estimates of 1,000-1,500 trucks needed to alleviate starvation. Israel has failed to reach any of these goals.

Harry Krinsky, co-host of the basketball podcast Nothing But Respect, joins the show for a thrilling cultural exchange. He teaches us about men and sports, and we talk to him about girlie stuff—like having a sapphic awakening while watching Blue Is the Warmest Color.

Discussed: the cost of being a sports fan, gambling, male loneliness, how pick-up basketball is sort of gay cruising for straight guys, and Sarah’s attempt to help a stranger on the streets of NYC make friends.

Follow Harry on Instagram @lexaprotools

Listen to Nothing But Respect

Anarchist babe and friend of the pod, Isobel van Hagen, comes on the pod to promote making anarchy hot again. We discuss anarchism as a personal ethos, relationship anarchy, and how feminism ends when there’s a bear.

Spiritual teacher and best-selling author Biet Simkin comes by the pod to discuss rock and roll, inhabiting the dual mind and all the places we can find God (including shopping at Prada).

Follow Biet on Instagram @guidedbybiet.

https://www.bietsimkin.com/ 

Friend of the pod Victoria Shepard shares her experience working with refugees in the humanitarian sector. We discuss what ending USAID means, if all international giving is really BS, and how the CIA tracked down Osama bin Laden through a vaccination campaign (yikes!). 

Discussed:

How The CIA's Hunt For Bin Laden Impacted Public Health Campaigns In Pakistan

Chihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ in Africa

Gen Z filmmaker, Luddite, and brother-of-the-pod Nick Konig comes on to discuss flip phones, Krishnamurti, The Medium is the Massage & golfing in New York City.   

Find Nick ⁠on YouTube⁠ and follow him on Instagram ⁠@⁠cellinoandbarnesnumberonefan

Discussed:

Nature by Bianca Stone

The Medium is the Massage

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Sarah & Francesca discuss Louise Perry's book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, eccentric women, bad sex, and whether Charlotte would have had to marry Mr. Collins if she had an OnlyFans. Plus: the NYC mayoral race, Iran, and Francesca's theory that George W. Bush wanted to go to war because of the 2001 hit TV show, 24.

Discussed:

How to find love in 2025

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

Sarah & Francesca discuss ICE protests, the NYPD Strategic Response Group, Gavin Newsom loving love, and liberal Denmark's tough-on-immigration approach. Also, the pod endorses a candidate in the upcoming New York mayoral primary. 

Discussed: 

Eric Adams’s morning routine

In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning?

Gavin Newsom on the L.A. Protests