In a special post-Thanksgiving dispatch, Kat and Phoebe discuss dead squirrel drama, stupid murderers, dine-and-dash influencers who might be robots, and the seasonal affliction known as Labubu Buyer’s Remorse.

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Irresistible Deals Put Them in Debt. Now They’re Trying to Manage Their Overspending.

How Not to Get Away With Murder: The stranger-than-fic…

Kat tells a story about stalking a businessman in a London suburb; Phoebe tells the origin story of the shirtless men on her book jacket. Then: a discussion on the latest in male cancellations, and, by popular demand, the Olivia Nuzzi book excerpt and surrounding drama.

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Pre-order Phoebe’s book here! Right here! Right now!

As Summers Sought Clandesti…

Early access for paid subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss female testosterone junkies and an essay about feminization that broke the internet.

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Susan Dominus’s incredible article about women doing the T for non-trans reasons: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/magazine/testosterone-women-health-sex-libido-menopause.html

Phoebe’s got a long beard now:

Helen Andrews in Compact: https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/

Kat’s marriage proposal to Helen Andrews:

Phoebe will NOT be attending the Kat-Helen wedding:

Honorable mentions:

Phoebe debuts a sexy new limited-edition podcast voice (available only while seasonal respiratory virus lasts)! Then: new developments in last week’s spon-con meltdown, and some extremely sour grapes over the continued survival of cancelled men at cancelled magazines.

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Tolentino retraction-watch:

https://www.instagram.com/jiatortellini/

What Is Lorin …

Kat and Phoebe break their previously RIGID rule against oversharing about their romantic histories to reveal which male celebrities once looked at them with maybe lust, or maybe a potent mix of disgust and curiosity, who knows. Then: the cancellation-in-progress of Jia Tolentino over an ill-advised piece of sponcon and the cancellation anthems of Taylo…

Kat and Phoebe discuss the fallout from the acquisition of the Free Press, including an epidemic of Bari Weiss derangement syndrome and Kat’s betrothal to the reanimated corpse of Dan Rather Walter Cronkite. (Sorry, Dan!) Then: a great new novel, the plight of the “visible Jew”, and Bluesky’s live nude waffles problem.

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PSA: All of the Free Press (i…

Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Katie Herzog to discuss sobriety narratives, publishing journeys, and Katie’s new book, which you should all buy immediately.

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Order Katie’s book here!

No, seriously, did you order yet?

Fresh, hot, FULLY NUDE self help right here, y’all.

Read an excerpt from Katie’s book at The Free Press:

Also mentioned:

Kat’s piece on psychedelics: The Middle-Class Women Who Are Tripping Balls

Phoebe on Ozempic, etc: Is Jewish dieting culture over? Reading ‘This is Big’ in the age of Ozempic

Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in attempted cancellations, the French first lady’s war on lying podcasters, and what fraction of the female population are Samanthas.

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Kat’s new wilderness murder thriller is available for pre-order here!

Required viewing!

Kat and Phoebe discuss free speech, government interference, sociopathic clout-chasing, personal memoir, and accidental death-by-self-induced-whiplash.

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Woody Allen on Life and Death - by Bari Weiss

You can take the girl out of

What is jawboning? And does it violate the First Amendment? | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Brendan Carr…

Kat and Phoebe try to figure out what a Labubu is. Then: herbicidal maniacs, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the death of all hope (but only for a moment.)

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Whence Labubu Feminism:

Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine? - The New York Times

The Internet Locusts Descend on Ristretto Roasters