Cancel Me, Baby!

I'm back from egg retrieval with medically induced brain fog, and somehow still making more sense than the internet. I'm talking AI doomsday, why canceling Macklemore doesn't actually help Jews, and why female athletes claiming Sydney Sweeney's ad sets women back are winning the gold at cosplaying as the patriarchy.

Why I'm officially over the Lindsey Clancy trial, remembering the hardcore Gloria Steinem I interviewed, and answering the question The Washington Post asked me: Am I a feminist? Plus, an unfiltered dispatch from the hormonal front lines of egg freezing, because the only box cramming anything into my life is my hazardous-items container.

Reporting live from egg-freezing purgatory, where one minute I'm conquering shots like AOC and the next I'm being consoled by You've Got Mail at 2 AM. Speaking of shots: shots fired in the absurd war between tradwives and girlbosses, Ina Garten's flawless rebuttal to it all, and why women should be allowed to contain multitudes without getting permission from strangers online.

Night one of egg freezing, I planned to channel AOC and handle my hormone shots like a girlboss™. Instead, I'm sleep-deprived and sweating through my spray tan, spiraling over whether everyone else is simply better at pretending. Which brings me to unpack the performance of it all. From political theater to algorithm-approved identities, and why a gloriously messy night of gay karaoke might actually be the last sign of humanity left.

Tonight, I take on the grief grift, $5,000 female “maintenance,” Sofia Franklyn's New York Times wedding spread, and Kylie Jenner's big-tit ambitions. Plus, Evan Jackson delivers a Hooters movie update that could have been an email, and I live la vida loca like Ricky Martin before egg-freezing lockdown begins.

I'm hormonal, sleep-deprived, wearing sunglasses indoors, and mourning the last truly original woman. Tonight: what Dolly Parton understood about freedom that today's algorithm-built clones could never. Plus, Part 2 of my powerful conversation with two 9/11 Pentagon survivors on heroism, humanity, and a generation led wildly astray.

The internet has officially lost the plot, simultaneously turning Luigi Mangione and Lindsay Clancy into martyrs while actual heroes barely make the algorithm. I unpack our deranged murderer-to-messiah pipeline, then sit down with two Pentagon survivors featured in Nat Geo's "9/11: Reunited" who remind us what real courage and heroes look like.

From influencers reading infomercial scripts to Twitter sleuths inventing a Spider-Man AI scandal, and our culture's "heroes," we're looking at who's actually influencing the influencers. Plus, If These Walls Could Rock directors for PT 2 on Gene Simmons gone rogue, rock 'n' roll debauchery (and it's place in the culture wars), and the era before everything needed a label, a brand deal, or an algorithm's approval.

Tonight I try to make sense of the increasingly braindead and bizarre culture war over egg freezing before host Sonni Abatta joins to talk her viral CNN video, echo chambers, and why having brain cells is now a rebellious act. Then, rock & roll isn't dead yet: Part 1 with the If These Walls Could Rock doc directors on Hollywood royalty, renegades, misfits, and what happened to the days when rock stars actually acted like rock stars.

Reckoning with: the tragic death of Hayden Panettiere, the Candace Owens–Andrew Wilson debate aftermath (with BlackRant), falling headfirst into the trad-wife political wars, entering my AOC-coded egg-freezing era, and the arrive at one universal conclusion.

Between 8 hours debating Andrew Wilson myself and watching the 4-hour PBDebate circus on Charlie Kirk today, I spent the time so you didn't have to. Here are some thoughts on the Candace Owens–Andrew Wilson spectacle, the grift surrounding it, and why so much of today's antics feels like it could have been an email. Plus, Hollywood's latest culture wars, reflecting just that, with Evan Jackson of Young, Bold, and Regal.

Tonight on TTMT: everyone's impressive commitment to mental gymnastics of fitting in a box. From the Karoline Leavitt news to the WNBA's identity crisis, my new Evie column, a throwback Charlize Theron story, and latest Apple TV+ junket interview with the male showrunner of Women in Blue. Why real female empowerment means refusing to play a role.

I've officially found my unlikely, egg-freezing sister in AOC, and somehow that led me to Matt Walsh's Quaker Oats morality, relating to the show Beef's Gen Z (I know), holding hands with Hollywood (ft. Apple TV interview), and the swatting of the hive mind. My thesis tonight: maybe the most radical thing left is seeing the humanity in people who are supposed to be your arch enemy.

Survey says: We're not okay. Commentator BlackRant and I are talking Perez Hilton, influencer brain rot, the Nantucket basket meltdown, and why everyone desperately needs to touch grass.

I got called out for holding back... so here's what happens when I stop. Influencers, algorithms, censorship, my career, my existential crisis. Consider this my factory reset. Starting with my nail falling off.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Follow the science... straight into the algorithm? Tonight I sat down with the authors of "How the Internet Disrupted Science" for a fascinating conversation on how Big Tech, AI, and influencers arguably... broke science. We didn't agree on everything, and I definitely pushed back and asked the questions people are thinking, but that's exactly the point. A real conversation to get to discovery. Imagine that!

What if Obsession isn't just a horror movie, it's a mirror? Tonight we unpack why so many of us feel trapped inside algorithms, politics, Hollywood, and the boxes the world tries to force us into. Plus: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey diversity checklist, Supergirl controversy, The Rock's political pivot, and why authenticity is becoming the last real rebellion.

I've spent years telling you not to trust the fake. Now I'm not sure we can trust the authentic either. Celebrity breakups, secret weddings, authenticity theater, and the ugly truth that "being real" may be the biggest performance of all.

We don't have conversations anymore. We have extremes. From body positivity and Ariana Grande to trad wife culture and social media bans for kids, I'm asking the question nobody wants to answer: who actually benefits when nuance dies?

I'm sitting on a horse farm in Virginia asking a question I genuinely can't stop thinking about: why are we still doing this? Why do people cling to failing institutions, failing leaders, and failing narratives... and call it progress? From Bari Weiss and legacy media to LA politics and international censorship, let's talk about it. Because maybe it's the farm air, but I'm over it.

I'm coming to you from vacation with a controversial thought: vacation might be wildly... dare I say... overrated. We get into the pressure to relax, why escaping never quite allows you to... escape, the cultural phenomenon (and escapism) of Off Campus, the return of the male gaze, rom-com fantasies, and why the answer might not be vacating your life... but something else altogether.

I sit down with iconic journalist Leon Neyfakh and OnlyFans creator/comedian Gracie Canaan to unpack their provocative new Audible series OnlyFantasy. We get into simps, shame, male loneliness, fantasy, AI, digital intimacy, and why OnlyFans isn't just porn anymore—it's therapy, attention, escapism, power, and chaos. This conversation went places… outside your DMs.

Hilary Duff's SI cover, Trump calling himself the “father of fertility,” my egg-freezing journey, Ozempic amnesia culture, dead comedy, millennial responsibility, and the return of ass discourse. Just another COMPLETELY normal episode of Talk To Me Taylor!

Tonight we revisit a four-year-old Hollywood interview that somehow feels more relevant now. From mean girl culture and “authenticity” becoming performance art to sexy vs. smart, online identity, Gen Z anxiety, Sydney Sweeney discourse, and why grown women still police each other like it's middle school with WiFi—this episode spirals through womanhood, the algorithm, and the exhausting theater of modern life.Also: why AI writes like a victimized HR department, why “authentic” content feels fake now too, and why maybe we should all just cut each other some slack already.

A Silicon Valley OG (who literally worked recruiting for the company now being crushed by AI) joins me to break down the madness… and why it's just the beginning. From PayPal and Tesla stories to jobs, hype cycles, and robot baristas, we get into whether we're heading for Westworld or just another tech bubble. If you still think AI is “coming,” you're already behind, babe.

Book Club but make it hot. We're told what to read. We're told what's “banned.” And we're definitely told what's a bestseller. But what if all of it is… kinda BS? In this episode, I dive into all of it with Tyler Wagner, founder of publisher Authors Unite, who's seen exactly how the game is played. Plus, I weigh in on the trending stories everyone's talking about, from continuous Unwell podcast drama to Russell Brand's culture war chaos, and what they actually reveal beneath the surface. A page-turner if you ask me ;)

From fake influencers to the Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle drama, why this moment has a chokehold on culture. This isn't just petty podcast beef. It's about authenticity, power, money, and the performance of being “real” in a world that profits off the opposite. From behind-the-scenes industry receipts to my own run-in with Barstool during the original Call Her Daddy chaos… yeah, I've got thoughts.

You're either scared of AI… or you're not paying attention. Tonight we go there, with the women actually building it, including the CEO and VP of Twin Protocol. From “tech bros birthing AI” (yes, really) to whether we're creating an entirely new species, this conversation spirals into power, identity, gender dynamics, and who should really be shaping the future of intelligence. And if AI is coming for your job… you're welcome? Spoiler: it's not just Silicon Valley anymore. If AI is the next electricity… are you plugging in or getting left in the dark?

Tonight, an OG viewer of mine and I meet for the first time and talk: podcasters taken as the gospel, Nikki Glaser vs. the feminists, Iran, the Jew hate trend, and his personal story as a writer suggesting cancel culture isn't dead, it just got a rebrand. Follow me: IG: @talktometaylor X: @TaylorFerber TikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Inviting you on my couch and saying what some people with money hope you won't. I get into the deals that went sideways, the audacity I dealt with, and why I still walked away. Because you can get rich... without acting like a bitch. Unless you're 50 Cent, ofc. Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Is this thing on?Nothing like coming back from a hiatus with a ring on your finger, an identity crisis, a broken setup, and just enough delusion to hit “go live.” And no better person to be joined by than Hollywood royalty Marki Costello, who quite literally teaches the A-listers how to be real on camera. From highlight-reel deceit to crying to strangers (yes, plural), this episode is what happens when you stop pretending you have it together… and hit record anyway. Ie; the part they don't show you. Follow me: IG: @talktometaylor X: @TaylorFerber TikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Comedy legend Wanda Sykes joins me alongside director Tamika Miller to talk about her first major dramatic turn in UNDERCARD—and why real grit still matters in the age of instant fame. We get into breaking out of boxes (sometimes of our own mind...), the discipline nobody wants to talk about, and what it actually takes to build something with longevity and legend status. If you think viral equals valuable… this conversation might humble you just a lil. Welcome to Talk To Me Taylor. Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

There's a quiet arms race happening... and it's not about money. Or ideology. Or clicks. Tonight we clock the desperation and posturing from the true flex. Let the games begin.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

AI is accelerating, the media circus is circling, and humanity is… not exactly passing the vibe check. Tonight I break down the viral AI essay everyone's panicking over, the grift economy that's exhausting us all, and why the real battle isn't humans vs. robots. It's humans vs. themselves. Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Tonight I'm back from algorithmic hell leave and NyQuil purgatory with a guest who does not do platitudes. TEDx speaker, veteran, and founder of InFLOWential, Stacy Raske, joins me to dissect the collapse of influencer culture, toxic positivity, laziness, AND hustle, self-help delusion, quiet power in a doing-the-most world, and why most “authentic” branding is just good marketing. Also a bit of her living-proof personal story and how she 5x'd her business by eliminating funnels and try-hard sales energy altogether. This is not manifestation mumbo jumbo. It's just popping the matrix bubble. Cancel us later.Follow me: IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok:  @TalkToMeTaylor 

Well, folks. She done did it again! After her viral Grammys red carpet moment last night, Joy Villa joins me in the first interview to talk about what REALLY happened behind the scenes... and when you break Hollywood's unwritten rules. We get into performative activism, silent blacklists, fake rebellion, and why the industry celebrates “expression” until it makes them uncomfortable. This isn't about the dress. It's about the cost of stepping out of line.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Tonight I present: zero patience for performative nonsense. First, giving rapid-style Hot Take Taylors on: Sydney's SYRN vs Kim's SKIMS, ICE, Nicki Trump, the weird Erik Kirk fetish, and feminism gone retarded. Then I'm joined by the iconic Thom Brodeur, the CEO and President of MISS USA, for a refreshingly sane conversation about rejecting labels, refusing to tokenize people, and feminism for people whose brains aren't fried. Your ears can thank us for the most sensible thinking you'll hear today.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Tonight I'm joined by Nate Jones, the CEO of Xlear Inc., who stared down the FTC in a lawsuit and didn't blink. We talk US exiting the WHO, pandemic psy-ops, why doctors don't understand nutrition, the "body positivity" scam, RFK Jr's food pyramid, America's biggest hidden illness, and why basic hygiene threatens billion-dollar industries. If you were ever told “trust the science” while your instincts screamed otherwise, this episode is for you.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Everyone's mad, no one's consistent, and looks like we're still all experts in other people's lives. Tonight I'm talking sex, power, shame, internet outrage, fake feminism, and why control keeps masquerading as compassion. From Sydney Sweeney to Pam Anderson to OnlyFans discourse, this episode is about who actually gets to decide what's what, and why the internet loses its mind when women stop asking permission. If you're here to be mad, you'll still have a great time.

Money, culture, identity, ambition, uncomfortable truths—Wayne Williams of the ITG Network and I have a sit-down that exists in the grey.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor Follow Wayne: @italkgreypodcast

Tonight I'm joined by THE American Mermaid (trademarked, bitch)—artist, performer, trader, blockchain babe, and fellow member of the “somehow made history with Playboy” club. We talk money, femininity, fantasy, power, and why people still short-circuit when a woman refuses to be easily categorized.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor Follow Emily: IG: theamericanmermaid_

New year, same crisis. It's the first show of 2026 and instead of resolutions, we're talking time—how it messes with your head, why everything feels like a rerun, and what it actually means to break out of the matrix. From cultural cycles and Stranger Things finales to aging, ambition, and the panic no one admits they're having, this episode is a late-night, inverted New Year's resolution you maybe didn't ask for. If the clock feels louder lately, you're not alone. And no, I don't have the answers. But I do have the questions. Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Why do men give away d*ck pics like they're Oprah giving away cars, women call everything a trauma response, and everyone swear they're “healed” while dating like feral raccoons? Psychotherapist Jenn Pinkerton (@jennbpinkerton) joins me to unpack the psychology behind confused gender dynamics and the emotional laziness hiding behind modern dating norms. This ep connects trad values, overboard feminism, emotional intelligence, and reality—because something clearly broke, and now everyone's unmarried and pretending they're fine. Consider this an intervention disguised as a podcast. You're welcome for your present getting psychoanalyzed this year!Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Christmas most definitely came early straight out of the chimney that is this livestream. Tonight I sit down with Deryl VanNostrand: Gen Z, hyper-self-aware, and completely done with the script we were handed about work, dating, sex, suppression, and success. We talk celibacy, hookup culture, porn, power dynamics, love, fear, and what it REALLY means to break out of the matrix. This episode is THE most honest, unfiltered, and dare I say a lil dangerous. For the bold ones, the kind of conversation you're not supposed to have but everyone's thinking about. Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

I went to Miami, sat on Winston Churchill's grandson's lap (long story), came back and have gone mostly dark. I'm feeling it in my bones: the old structures are crumbling. Politics, media, identity, the noise—it's all collapsing at once, and pretending everything's “fine” is the real delusion. This episode is messy, prophetic, dark, hopeful, and very much about breaking out of the cages we've been shoved into. If you feel like something big is coming and you don't know whether to panic or dance, congrats, you're paying attention.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Tonight I sit down with Jeff Gulko: the PR mastermind who Forrest-Gumped his way through the White House, CIA, and A-list celebrity publicity, all while collecting more classified stories than I have pink dresses. Tonight he breaks down the cutthroat politics of politics, the death of unbiased media, distrust in the government, Hollywood hypocrisy, and why America is one giant PR crisis. We get into death threats, thought-crime, and behold… the real story behind Bill Clinton's infamous Monica Lewinsky tie. Jeff's lived nine lives, can't go to Russia, and somehow made it out with receipts, right here on Talk To Me Taylor.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Dr. Ann Tsung went from NASA flight surgeon to full-on feminine awakening, blowing expectations about gender roles, “success,” and how we're supposed to spend our time right out into space. She's now breaking us out of the 9-to-5 Matrix with her platform, Productivity MD, and my brain may never recover. If you're still grinding like the system has you chained to a cubicle of your own mind, consider this your jailbreak notice. Unclench your jaw, pour a drink, and come hear why breaking out of hustle culture and gender expectations might be the biggest rebellion of all.Ann's Five Stages of Time Freedom℠:        Time Prisoner — “I don't have time.” Life is reactive to other peoples demands.        Time Manager — “I'm so busy but I'm so exhausted.” It is all done by him or herself. Lack of chronotype alignment or non-negotiables set.        Time Creator — “I can make the time.” Master of leverage (systems, processes, people), but overfills life with pressure to optimize time.        Time Liberator — “Does this multiple or drain my energy?” Ruthless filtering based on anchors (family, health, purpose). It's a no unless it's a hell yes. Ex. Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet.        Time Transcender — “All there is is this moment now.” Flow state and timeless presence is the true time freedom.This framework helps leaders diagnose where they are, and transcend toward true freedom: not just more time, but fully lived time. They can shift in and out of different stages depending on their state.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Tonight I sat down with Pablo Escobar's great-nephew, Mitch. And eight minutes in, my entire studio lost power. Make of that what you will.We get into his upbringing, masculinity today, young men being lost in the sauce, immigration, generational family trauma, revenge culture, and how he survived the fallout and chose a completely different path.It's raw, real, human, and yes… the spirits clearly had notes.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

It's the night before Thanksgiving and somehow I ended up on a call with a Daily Wire recruiter, meeting one of the internet's first viral stars, and spiraling into a full holiday fever dream sponsored by Ken Burns's new American Revolution doc. Pour one out with me for this party of the century as I unpack the clash of ideas, influencers who are fake, algorithms that are tyrants, and why I'm still thankful. Before we break out into a full-blown civil war, here's to America—still the wildest miracle on Earth. (Second only to immaculate conception, depending on who you ask.)Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

Big Time Rush superstar James Maslow took some time during his international tour to sit down with me and talk truth. On Israel. On propaganda. On men. On reality. He's a celebrity who actually thinks for himself—an endangered species—and proves why being yourself online is now an act of rebellion.Watch the full conversation and prepare to have your brain recalibrated.Follow me:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor

#nickfuentes #andrewtate #whatever Tonight, BlackRant joins me to unpack whether the manosphere is one meltdown away from an endangered species display at the Smithsonian. From Nick Fuentes' troll empire to Andrew Tate's cartoon masculinity, all contrasted with the Charlie Kirk approach (who is confirmed to be rolling in his grave, if you were wondering). We get into why so many men are unraveled, how economics and identity collapse are feeding the meltdown, and why we should really just solve this like grown ups by having Fuentes and Shapiro get in a playground fist fight once and for all.FOLLOW ME:IG: @talktometaylorX: @TaylorFerberTikTok: @TalkToMeTaylor