Hysteria

Erin and Alyssa catch up on Pete Hegseth’s bizarre intervention into service members' promotions, new congressional efforts to regulate prediction markets, and what the f– is going on with Kristi Noem’s husband. Then they give an Architectural Digest-style tour of Trump’s absolutely bonkers plans for his ballroom. The show wraps up in the Sanity Corner.

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Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers (NPR 3/27)
Lawmakers Press to Limit Prediction Bets by Policymakers (NYT 3/26)
US abortion rate holds steady largely due to travel and telehealth availability – report (The Guardian 3/29)
Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized (NYT 3/29)
Secret double life of Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband Bryon: The pouting 'busty bimbo' photos and trove of explicit messages (Daily Mail 3/31)

Erin and Alyssa break down airport chaos, from TSA turmoil to ICE’s ominous presence, Ms. Rachel’s fight to free children from detention centers, MAGA’s AI dream girl, and why Meta’s glasses are more dystopian than you think. Then comedian Megan Gailey joins to discuss the polyamory discourse sparked by writer Lindy West. They wrap up in the Sanity Corner with a chat about the WNBA’s new contract, Taylor Sheridan’s oddly addictive new show, and more.

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Watch Megan’s special Live From My Driveway when it premieres on March 31st on YouTube.

Democrats flip Florida state seat that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago home (BBC 3/25)
ICE agents arrive at U.S. airports amid TSA staff shortages, funding fight (Washington Post 3/23)
More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began (NBC News 3/21)
Children's entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention (NBC News 3/21)
‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 11 Recap: Chilling Effect (NYT 3/20)
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI. (Washington Post 3/20)
The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep (Wired 3/23)
Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong. (NYT 3/4)

In our 36th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Crooked Media's Kendra James dive deep into the past of supermodel villain, Naomi Campbell. From her “feud" with Tyra Banks, to her unsavory taste in men, to her laundry list of assault charges, to her murky friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, this may be one of our most hostile, prima donna guys yet.

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Sources: 

Timeline 
https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/topic/67521/ 

Daily Mail allegations about Epstein from 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-7367825/As-model-unexpectedly-honoured-philanthropy-meet-Naomi-Campbells-rum-chums.html 

Now Campbell met Mike https://www.heristical.com/p/a-j-ayer-vs-mike-tyson 

Campbell response video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgJzb7fllI

Campbell responds https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/21/naomi-campbell-addresses-her-ties-jeffrey-epstein/2077443001/ 

Another accounting of the denial https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/naomi-campbell-jeffrey-epstein-youtube-video-watch-sex-trafficking-a9074121.html 

Daily Mail write-up 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7382151/Naomi-Campbell-says-knew-Jeffrey-Epstein-denies-knowledge-sex-crimes.html

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%27s_Secret_Fashion_Show 

Epstein Victoria’s Secret NYT 
https://archive.ph/DjoBM

2026 Epstein files
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15538709/Naomi-Campbells-role-helping-Jeffrey-Epstein-try-buy-luxury-flat-near-Kremlin.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPt-O_lkHZA 

Charity
 https://archive.ph/i7ZcV#selection-879.0-915.152 

Hadn’t read own book 
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/in-defence-of-zoella--why-it-doesn-t-matter-if-her-book-was-ghost-written-121449326.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ_swY1rJjJwhfuoMGZr3Ob-QLYx6XjAryJz5oZVEllHQrRu1LBfyoLokbR1VzpxTNQtu2-XbPBZhFwpD-sc_w3GberIT-b6CjkKa5u3RlAruE2TVlIZbOqIeIv_XW8qax057MR3rYe21kzQaWRKnjYOH5LaTL8yeGazHSOXQnCV

Air rage
https://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/20/campbell.court/index.html 

Abuse accusations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/naomi-campbell-is-accused-of-abuse-for-the-eighth-time-421832.html

Long legs, short fuse 
https://archive.ph/sz3qI

Campbell correcting the record 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBE1akKRuc

Diddy on Campbell https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/the-naomi-factor-the-supermodels-friends-and-collaborators-on-how-she-became-an-icon 

Fashion for relief https://archive.ph/i7ZcV#selection-879.0-915.152 

Elite model management dumps Campbell at the height of her career https://web.archive.org/web/20160413082507/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106429,00.html

Mention of Troy Beher's fight 
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/15/People/4329724395600/ 

Another mention of the Beher fight 
https://archive.ph/QBL0c 

Campbell assault 1998
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/05/naomi-campbell-faces-assault-charge-in-toronto/ 

Ana assault 
https://archive.ph/sz3qI

Sunshine Sachs editing wiki entries https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/media/a-pr-firm-alters-the-wiki-reality-of-its-star-clients.html 

Her album https://web.archive.org/web/20080507045326/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-worst-album-in-the-world-ever-471490.html 

Epstein files presence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/style/epstein-files-naomi-campbell.html

More on Epstein  https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/naomi-campbell-gave-jeffrey-epstein-013602188.html?guccounter=1 

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a1401/24-hours-with-naomi-campbell-0214/

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/campbell.html

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/naomi-campbell-1

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c361k687115o

https://www.theguardian.com/observer/focus/story/0,6903,651663,00.html

https://www.today.com/popculture/naomi-campbell-discusses-her-drug-addiction-wbna5962519

Campbell did the vagina monologues in SF https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/A-model-actress-Naomi-Campbell-says-painful-2886133.php 

Campbell wearing a Nelson Eandela hat
https://archive.ph/ZyzFj#selection-1621.0-1687.1

https://archive.ph/1Mnuk  

W magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/naomi-campbell-probation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBE1akKRuc 

Assault https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/naomi-campbell-released-bail/531-e10146e8-769f-4975-99f9-9892a2bb9fc4 

Phone at maid assault https://www.cleveland19.com/story/5944870/naomi-campbell-pleads-guilty-to-assault/

Missing jeans assault 
https://www.today.com/popculture/naomi-campbell-sued-another-maid-1c9432812

Campbell community service couture https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/naomi-campbell-probation 

Breach of contract lawsuit 
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/sobe-perfume-maker-says-naomi-campbell-stinks/1847782/

British Airways https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/naomi-campbell-escapes-jail-over-pc-assault-and-tirade-on-ba-jet-c2v09tlvr7r

Amazed by Venezuela 
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/2792/ 

Rumor of Chavez affair? 
https://observer.com/2008/01/naomi-campbell-model-interviewer-of-south-american-heads-of-state/ 

Animal rights group fires Campbell after appearing in fur https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/03/11/Animal-rights-group-fires-Naomi-Campbell/2579858056400/ 

Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell
 https://www.papermag.com/hollyweird-naomi-kate-fidel 

Naomi gets in a slapfight at a Brazilian restaurant https://www.today.com/popculture/no-model-behavior-naomi-campbell-wbna8669444 

Convicted of assault in Italy https://archive.ph/YEZp8 

Badr Jafar dust up https://archive.ph/QBL0c#selection-1515.2-1515.137

Tyra-Naomi confrontation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=516JwxaFVy4&t=256s 

Naomi talking about Tyra fight 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSWEdz5qo8

Video: shady Naomi moments 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DI7dcJyIo

Disavowing Epstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgJzb7fllI 

The Mirror's worst books of all time https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/7-worst-celebrity-books-you-36813997

VIDEO: Barbara interviews her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdprTCElJsg 

VIDEO: Wendy Williams compilation 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vnmnlf6N4

VIDEO: Blood diamond walk out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT-6jzaVwkI 

VIDEO: Naomi’s song Love And Tears, Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtb3Vj28vKk&list=RDmtb3Vj28vKk&start_radio=1

Music video for Campbelll’s Love and Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdzfTJIa8_A&list=RDWdzfTJIa8_A&start_radio=1 

Blood diamonds, Campbell turned over to police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlBHzd_rNQ 

Community service runway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IH61o3HPE 

Erin and Alyssa react to the bombshell reporting on civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the allegations of a lifelong pattern of sexual abuse. They also cover the election results out of Illinois, the latest on the SAVE Act in Congress, Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary on the Manosphere, and how the right is shaping culture from sex education to reality TV.

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More coverage on the Cesar Chavez accusations on the Hysteria YouTube channel

AIPAC faces calls to reassess strategy after split results in Illinois (Politico 3/18)
GOP tempers flare over how to pass SAVE America Act (The Hill 3/18)
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years (NYT 3/18)
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power (The New Republic 3/12)
Louis Theroux on the Manosphere: ‘It’s Highly Profitable to Be a Dick on the Internet’ (Wired 3/11)
The Fight for Facts: Defending Access to Comprehensive Sex Education from the Anti-Abortion Agenda (Guttmacher 3/16)
Ex-‘Bachelor’ Host Chris Harrison Sets New Dating Series on Fox Nation About ‘Traditional Marriage’ (Variety 2/26)

Erin Ryan and MS NOW's Brandy Zadrozny break down the newly available FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault that the DOJ tried to bury, a bizarre attempt at image rehab for Peggy Siegal aka “The Grande Dame of the Epstein Files,” and the Iranian women’s soccer team's quest for asylum. They also discuss and review Candace Owens’ latest series, The Bride of Charlie. And of course, we wrap up with Sani-Petty.

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DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump (The Miami Herald 3/6)
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined (The Post and Courier 3/8)
The Grande Dame of the Epstein Files (NY Mag 3/4)
Five Iranian footballers granted Australian visas after anthem protest (BBC 3/10)
Estrogen patches harder to find as FDA pushes hormone therapy (The Hill 3/5)
The Widow and the Firebrand: How Candace Owens Turned a Conservative Succession Into a Crusade Against Erika Kirk (Hollywood Reporter 3/5)

In our 35th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the AI Scammer, Sam Altman. From his early tech bro days at Loopt and Y Combinator, to getting a thrill by playing “God" with AI decision-making, to acting VERY shady about the death of an OpenAI employee, this may be our most disingenuous guy yet!

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 Sources:
https://archive.ph/eQq7g 

https://archive.ph/jOp6s 

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her

https://archive.ph/zoP9g#selection-4553.0-4561.49 

https://teach.its.uiowa.edu/news/2024/04/when-ai-gets-lost-its-own-reality 

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/what-should-we-learn-from-openais 

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/ice-says-uses-ai-palantir-openai-metas-humanoid-robot-training-plan

https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/sam-altman-openai-chatgpt-worries-15-quotes/

https://www.investopedia.com/ceo-of-chatgpt-s-parent-company-i-expect-some-really-bad-stuff-to-happen-here-s-what-he-means-11859389

https://fortune.com/2024/05/21/openai-superalignment-20-compute-commitment-never-fulfilled-sutskever-leike-altman-brockman-murati/

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/openai-made-me-crazy-videosthen-the-cto-answered-most-of-my-questions/C2188768-D570-4456-8574-9941D4F9D7E2

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/02/03/sam-altman-explains-the-future/ 

https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2025/10/seven-myths-about-ai-and-productivity-what-the-evidence-really-says/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69520118/1/altman-v-altman/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzHI_hxRWtz/?igsh=Mnk4aWI5ZWx1YW9n 

https://www.newsweek.com/sam-altman-annie-altman-accusations-2011449

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-booms-reliance-circular-deals-223120705.html 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/someone-going-lose-phenomenal-amount-130131761.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFoRip8fz4FHwOH2WCUZPwEuQkW7dzucbZpLzmYo76VRkDnTSXOdVyD0Gal1rlu_JsyOMoGYJi5ciu5Lp9wIGfnullBmfQpywCyqrZ-3W18NUVCvg2G2E_Mz-UcpYS45S2vBsh8FQEWM2gjzZMXKYUh3r9WefakZygmKPkkgrdCc

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/openai-policy-exec-who-opposed-chatbots-adult-mode-reportedly-fired-on-discrimination-claim/ 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sam-altman-reinstated-open-ai-ceo-1234893167/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2qv58yl5o 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/opinion/openai-chatgpt-safety.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/altman-open-ai-moral-police-erotica-chatgpt

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/openai-suicide-safeguard-wrongful-death-lawsuit-1235452315/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-profile.html

​​https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/technology/scarlett-johannson-openai-voice.html 

https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/business/ex-yahoo-exec-killed-his-mom-after-chatgpt-fed-his-paranoia-report/ 

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-sam-altman-be-trusted-with-the-future?_sp=e25261d0-a4b3-43e5-aad6-a9dcae53da26.1770317526311

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/openais-sam-altman-denies-sexual-abuse-allegations-made-sister-ann.html

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/sam-altman-and-jony-ive-will-force-ai-into-your-life#rid=89972881-46ae-4035-9810-ac4d1a0124e3&q=sam+altman

https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/04/suchir-balaji-openai-suicide-murder-conspiracy/

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/companies-pouring-billions-advance-ai-infrastructure-2025-10-06/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/oracle-corporation-orcl-slips-amid-concerns-over-debt-fueled-ai-data-center-expansion/ar-AA1WBjun

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/openai-anthropic-super-bowl-commercial?srsltid=AfmBOopGoxhLMPSo8rD2wfy2SpO6PqeQb-OYHJiFTGFq3nCDctQKF5ve

https://web.archive.org/web/20231103004609/https://mashable.com/archive/loopt-cbs-mobile

https://web.archive.org/web/20100315000456/http://www.looptblog.com/2010/03/looking-for-something-fun-to-do-try-the-new-loopt-pulse.html 

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/loopt-was-a-lemon-dropping-to-just-500-daily-active-users-prior-to-sale-update-idUS2505978580/

https://archive.ph/yAgIK 

https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity

https://venturebeat.com/technology/y-combinator-accepts-15000-startups-into-its-online-school-after-software-glitch-causes-confusion 

Erin Ryan and Akilah Hughes dig into the results from Tuesday's primaries, Trump’s Armageddon war in Iran, Hillary Clinton’s Epstein deposition, and the ever-moving goal posts for women in Washington. They also cover a horrifying new law in Kansas targeting trans people, Kristi Noem’s bad day at the Senate, and Politico’s unsettling profile of Nancy Mace. Then Kiran Deol joins for a very petty edition of the Sanity Corner, where they rant and rave about curling, tall men, and revisit a perfect network sitcom that was canceled too soon.

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Check out Kiran’s film, Didn’t Die here

Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last? (BBC 3/2)
Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven is rocked by blasts from Iranian airstrikes (AP 3/1)
‘South Park’ Writer Sets Up Site Calling for Barron to Go to War (Daily Beast 3/2)
Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled (NYT 2/27)
Girlfriend's Defense Of Kash Patel's Winter Olympics Trip Goes Off The Rails (Huff Post 2/27)
Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (CNN 3/3)
Scoop: Noem burning deportation cash on luxury jets (AXIOS 2/28)
‘I Don’t Know That I’ll Ever Be OK With Myself’ (Politico 2/27)
Live Election Updates (NYT 3/4)

Erin and Alyssa dish on Trump’s State of the Union address and Kash Patel taking the Olympic US Men’s Hockey team from hero to zero. They also unpack the disturbing case of Representative Tony Gonzales’ inappropriate relationship with a staffer and how Republicans are weighing the calls for his resignation with their razor-thin majority in Congress. Then they wrap up with the latest on the Epstein files and a petty preview of Candace Owens’ new series on Erika Kirk, “The Bride of Charlie”.

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Epstein accusers, Olympians among guests invited to State of the Union speech (Reuters 2/24)
Trump invites US Olympic hockey heroes to State of the Union in locker-room call (The Guardian 2/23)
Virginia teen Sage Blair at State of the Union (Fox 5 2/24)
FBI head Kash Patel defends ‘frat bro’ hijinks with US hockey team in Milan (The Guardian (The Guardian 2/23)
Tony Gonzales faces mounting pressure from GOP women over affair allegations (Politico 2/23)
Tony Gonzales says he will not resign (Politico 2/24)
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump (NPR 2/24)

In our 34th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the unhinged MAGA clown, Laura Loomer. From filming undercover for Project Veritas, to cozying up to eco-fascists, to melting down over her Twitter ban, to being Trump’s number 1 fan girl, this crazy b*tch may be our nuttiest guy yet!

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.

Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Loomer

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/17/laura-loomers-endless-payback 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/laura-loomer-trump.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/laura-loomer-trump.html 

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/10/nx-s1-5107932/laura-loomer-donald-trump-relationship-republicans-criticism 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8y27dwgpo

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/who-is-laura-loomer

https://people.com/maga-activist-laura-loomer-claims-former-reporter-desk-pentagon-11860410 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-laura-loomer-loomered/#google_vignette 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/operate-independent-agency-laura-loomers-pressure-campaigns-reshaping/story?id=124285112 

https://www.amazon.com/Loomered-Laura-Loomer/dp/1642935670 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-laura-loomer-loomered/#

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/politics/laura-loomer-trump-white-house-briefing-room

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2025/12/24/laura-loomers-excellent-year-00706352 

https://people.com/trump-reveals-laura-loomer-engagement-11871180 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/laura-loomer-engagement-who-is-the-boyfriend-president-donald-trump-makes-surprise-announcement-watch-101765952081274.html#google_vignette 

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/12/04/lawyer-hijinks-in-laura-loomers-and-bill-mahers-deposition/

Erin and Alyssa dive into the Wall Street Journal’s brutal read of Kristi Noem, social media addiction going on trial, and how the SAVE Act might forever change our elections. Then, in Sani/Petty, they discuss Elon’s turn toward Jesus, the new season of Love Is Blind, and Taylor Swift’s special video for the Team USA Women’s Figure Skaters.

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