In this, Episode 1 of Healthcare Horror Stories, Phyllis shares her harrowing experience dealing with United Healthcare. Despite having what seemed like top-tier coverage, Phyllis faced repeated denials for a medically necessary hysterectomy due to severe uterine fibroids. After extensive efforts, including detailed and blunt descriptions of her struggle, she finally got approval, only for the insurance company to reverse its decision post-surgery, leading to financial and emotional turmoil. Phyllis’s story highlights systemic issues within the U.S. healthcare system and the frustration many Americans feel when faced with insurance denials. She calls for legislative changes and increased public awareness to ensure better healthcare for all.

Berbacia Clemons joins Madge for some good influencer hating. Today we focus on some annoying twirlers, advice givers, and even a little Britney. It’s awful!

An exploration of Instagram narcissism. It feels good.

I recorded this in 1999.

MAGA can’t read. That’s why they banned drag queen story hour. Not to worry. Madge Weinstein of Yeast Radio is here to read the latest Trump Indictment to all of you illiterate MAGAs. Enjoy Madge’s weekly podcast, Yeast Radio. Since 2004!

After seeing a startlingly new cover of Self Magazine, Grizelda and I made an “emergency podcast” about it. The audio will be posted on Yeast Radio but the video is buried here because I’m fat and ugly plus I had just woken up and I don’t really want people to see it.

Bliri reads a short selection from Madge Weinstein‘s new daily substack, The PaperGrum. Please subscribe. It’s how she keeps her podcast free!

A statement is made in the way one of my favorite stores wraps it’s sales.

I say goodbye to YouTube and why.

This video got me a one week suspension from YouTube, 11 years after I posted it in 2010. Xdope made it. Standards are retroactive apparently. Youtube is garbage, which is why i’m migrating back here, where I own my own shit.