Podcast appearances and mentions of bridget phetasy

America is addicted to victimhood and Bridget has a 10 step program for getting off the victimhood drug, reclaiming your agency, and doing something esteemable instead of waiting to be rescued. Also: why the whole world stopping to mourn Dolly Parton gives Bridget hope that we still know what we actually value. You control your holes! Join Stasia Patwell's workout program School of THOT here - https://www.patreon.com/cw/schoolofthot#DollyParton #Victimhood #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Dolly Parton death, Dolly Parton legacy, victimhood culture, agency, 10 steps victimhood, Luigi Mangione tote bags, Lindsay Clancy fundraiser, recovering addict, no one is coming, American culture, self-reliance 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with comedian Lou Perez, author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death And Rebirth of Comedy, to talk about what the internet actually did to comedy. They get into why short-form content rewired the whole art form, how crowd work turned audiences into performers who think heckling is helping, and why the average anonymous shitposter is now funnier than a lot of professionals. They also cover the relationship between satire and shame, why satire loses its teeth in a culture with no shame left, the difference between American comedians congratulating themselves for being brave and the people who actually go to jail for jokes, and how platform censorship taught everyone to talk in euphemisms. Plus: clapter vs. laughter, influencer families and the dark side of putting your life online. #Comedy #FreeSpeech #walkinswelcome Topics covered: how the internet changed comedy, short-form content and attention spans, crowd work and clip farming, satire and shame, free speech and Charlie Hebdo, comedy censorship and demonetization, 

How is anyone finding a normal person to date? You have to screen for Lindsay Clancy takes, porn brain, gender history, and Candace Owens opinions before the first drink arrives. Bridget breaks down the pitfalls and dealbreakers of modern dating. #ModernDating #PopulationCollapse #DumpsterFire Topics covered: modern dating, dating apps 2026, population collapse, male radicalization, female radicalization, Lindsay Clancy, OnlyFans dating market, church dating, porn brain, Gen Z relationships, marriage advice 

The Lindsay Clancy case has broken women. They are flooding TikTok holding their babies while saying "Same, Lindsay" about a woman who strangled her three children. They've raised nearly a million dollars for her parents. And they're throwing ice into bathtubs to release their rage. Bridget breaks down what this mass psychosis says about where we are as a culture #LindsayClancy #SameLindsey #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Lindsay Clancy case, Same Lindsay TikTok trend, postpartum psychosis, female victimhood culture, true crime brain, histrionic personality disorder, performative victimhood, social contagion, TikTok psychosis 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Katharine Birbalsingh — the founder of Michaela Community School and the woman known as Britain's strictest headmistress — to talk about how an entire generation grew up without values, and whose fault that actually is. Katharine makes the case that kids never abandoned their values; they were simply never taught them, because Gen X and Boomers took those values for granted and stopped leading. They get into why consistency in praise and punishment is everything, why you should praise the work and not the child, the case for choosing religion over woke when picking a school, and the smartphone fight — including why Katharine thinks parents who hand a toddler an iPad are handing them a manual for ruining their life. Plus: why you can't trust the school to teach your child anything, the trap of victimhood culture on both the left and the new right, and the importance of inoculating your kids against any ideology you don't agree with before it reaches them.Check out Katharine's podcast - Strictly Education: https://www.youtube.com/@StrictlyEdPod#Parenting #Education #walkinswelcome Topics covered: raising kids with traditional values, praise the work not the child, choosing religion over woke, smartphones and children, homeschooling, inoculating kids against gender ideology, cultural Marxism, victimhood culture, gentle parenting vs. discipline, why kids never learned values

America has a literacy crisis and the teachers are going viral on TikTok crying about it. Gambling is more popular than reading. Harvard students are using ChatGPT to translate A Clockwork Orange because they think it's in Old English. Bridget breaks down how we got here and who's actually to blame. #LiteracyCrisis #EndOfReading #DumpsterFire Topics covered: literacy crisis, end of reading, Atlantic magazine literacy, teachers TikTok crying, AI and books, ChatGPT replacing reading, infinite scroll, post-literate America, public schools, homeschooling, Anthropic Project Panama 

Two former NBA players have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft. One is six-foot-eight and says he "identifies as sometimes identifying as a woman, for purposes of basketball." The WNBA responded by holding a meeting, validating everyone's feelings, and adjourning without a resolution. Bridget breaks down why this was always inevitable, why there's no way to tell the "sincere" trans women from the bad actors, and why that's always been the point. #WNBA #TransAthletes #DumpsterFire Topics covered: WNBA transgender athletes, Royce White WNBA, Enes Kanter Freedom WNBA, Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever, DiJonai Carrington, women's sports, trans women in sports, JK Rowling 

Bridget sits down with Jennifer Sey, founder of XX-XY Athletics — to talk about why the fight to keep men out of women's sports is gaining ground. They get into Sophie Cunningham becoming the active pro athlete willing to say girls deserve their own spaces, why the WNBA, the media, and corporate America are still acting like it's 2020, and why Caitlin Clark shouldn't be a target for saying she just wants to play basketball. They cover the Fauci Diaries and the rage of being proven right when COVID cost Jennifer friendships, family, and the life she loved in San Francisco — and why, in her experience, only about ten percent of people will ever take a stand that costs them something. It's a conversation about courage, resilience, and what it actually takes to say the true thing out loud when everyone around you is too afraid to.#WomensSports #WNBA #WalkInsWelcomeTopics covered: men in women's sports, Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA, Caitlin Clark controversy, manufactured consensus, the Fauci Diaries, COVID lockdowns and school closures, cancel culture and reputational destruction, Milgram experiment and obedience, virtue signaling and status, San Francisco and California decline

AOC has a new name for the last decade of insanity — she's calling it "Woke 1." Bridget breaks down why the woke era didn't start with COVID, why the unwokening is a massive retcon, and why AOC is exactly as radical as she's always been — she just learned to hide it because she's running for president. #AOC #Unwokening #DumpsterFire Topics covered: AOC woke 1, unwokening, DSA, Hasan Piker Rolling Stone, Zohran Mamdani, Pod Save America, woke era timeline, COVID lockdowns, cancel culture history, AOC presidential run 

The normies showed up for everything this summer — and it was exactly what America needed. July 23rd was the biggest travel day in history. Spider-Man broke box office records. Shane Gillis set a Guinness World Record with 73,000 people at a comedy show. Ella Langley beat Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Bridget breaks down the Summer of the Normie, why the doomers were wrong about everything, and why none of it matters if normies don't start paying attention to the DSA quietly winning elections while everyone was tubing down a river. #SummerOfTheNormie #DSA #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Summer of the Normie, Shane Gillis Guinness record, Ella Langley Choosin Texas, Spider-Man box office, The Odyssey box office, DSA elections, Democratic Socialists of America, normie culture, midterms 2026, World Cup 2026 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with fitness coach Stasia Patwell, to talk about fitness, recovery and how COVID accidentally launched her career. They get into why accountability is the only thing that actually works, how AA and weight training are basically the same program, why most trainers who tell you they love working out might be lying to you, and why Stasia's approach of embracing the fact that you will never like the workouts might be the thing you need to hear that motivates you. They cover the Ozempic lunch problem, stage fright, why normies need a program as much as people who struggle with addiction, how Stasia ended up living in Greece, what it means to forgive yourself for the years you wasted, and what she's learned about life from lifting weights.#Fitness #Sobriety #WalkInsWelcomeTopics covered: pandemic pivot and accidental business, Zoom fitness and online coaching, accountability in fitness and recovery, AA and sobriety, Ozempic and weight loss culture, strength training for women over 40, self-forgiveness and wasted years, stand-up comedy and stage fright, moving to Greece, Mykonos life as a digital nomad

Sophie Cunningham pointed at someone for 22 seconds and became the most talked-about player in the WNBA. Then she said women shouldn't have to play against biological men — and people decided she should die. Bridget Phetasy breaks down how a finger point turned into a culture war, why the WNBA is the last place woke is still fully alive, and why women defending men in women's sports might be the dumbest thing she's ever seen. #SophieCunningham #WNBA #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Sophie Cunningham, WNBA trans athletes, Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever, trans women in sports, women's sports, WNBA controversy, biological sex in sports, Seattle Storm, XXYY athletic wear 

Following the release of his COVID diary, Anthony Fauci pled the fifth 111 times before Congress. Bridget breaks down what Fauci wrote privately versus what he said publicly, what he knew, when he knew it, and why the damage he did to this country — and to our trust in every institution — is completely irreversible. #FauciDiary #COVID #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Fauci diary, Fauci fifth amendment, Rand Paul Fauci, COVID lab leak, COVID lockdowns, Fauci Jake Tapper, COVID vaccine, Rochelle Walensky, COVID cover-up, trust in institutions 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Evan Barker, former Democratic operative and author of Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative, to talk about what it looks like when a political party decides it doesn't need normal people anymore. Evan spent years as a fundraising specialist for progressive Democrats and watching the party be slowly hijacked by social justice activists, special interests, and the DSA until she reached a breaking point and ultimately ended up voting for Trump in 2024. She and Bridget discuss the DSA's strategy for the 2026 midterms, why the progressive wing thinks they lost because they weren't radical enough, what Mamdani's rise actually signals for 2028, how politicians spend all their time begging people for money, how motherhood radicalized them both, why the Democrats are running out moderates who never should have been lost in the first place, and what Evan's biggest regret is. Buy her book now! - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1668213176?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback#DemocraticParty #DSA #WalkInsWelcomeTopics covered: Democratic Party collapse, DSA and Justice Democrats, Zohran Mamdani, progressive fundraising and call time, AOC and Bernie Sanders, Soros DAs and criminal justice reform, 2026 midterms strategy, motherhood and political radicalization, voting for Trump, California decline and ballot harvesting

Bridget went and saw Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey this weekend and has a confession to make — she loved it. Zero pee breaks in a nearly three-hour movie. That's the highest rating she can give. She breaks down why the culture war around the casting is an idiotic hill to die on, and why the actual controversy nobody's talking about is 70mm IMAX privilege — that's what's really pissing off the white dudes. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #dumpsterfire Topics covered: The Odyssey 2026 review, Christopher Nolan Odyssey, Matt Damon Odyssey, Lupita Nyong'o Helen of Troy, Elliot Page Odyssey, 70mm IMAX theaters, Odyssey woke casting, Anne Hathaway Odyssey, Odyssey worth watching, Nolan movie review 

Dirty Dancing was a huge hit when it came out. Everyone remembers the fun and the dancing. It also has a botched back-alley abortion, a 25-year-old male prostitute dancing with a 17-year-old, and a dad who was completely right the whole time. Bridget rewatches the 1987 classic and breaks down why the movie is genuinely insane, why nobody noticed because there was dancing, and why the only reason it became legendary is that the Lift at the end made everyone forget everything else. Nobody remembers the abortion. #DirtyDancing #PatrickSwayze #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Dirty Dancing 1987, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Dirty Dancing plot breakdown, Dirty Dancing abortion scene, 80s movies rewatched as adults, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, movie endings, nostalgia 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with culture critic and journalist Art Tavana — a former Playboy colleague — to talk about why the Right's meltdown over Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the most Liberal thing they've ever done. They dig into how both sides have been completely consumed by the same culture war brain rot, why nobody can actually win this fight, how postmodernism has infected everyone including its own critics, and what it means that we've lost the ability to sit down and finish a movie. Plus: The literacy crisis nobody's talking about, Gen Z's dead-eyed immunity to outrage, how Playboy blew its last chance at a comeback, and why Christopher Nolan is just Michael Bay in a scarf.#TheOdyssey #CultureWar #WalkInsWelcomeTopics covered: Christopher Nolan and The Odyssey controversy, right-wing cancel culture, Elon Musk and X echo chambers, postmodernism and the arts, literacy crisis, attention spans and short-form content, Gen Z and culture war exhaustion, Playboy's collapse, DEI and the Oscars, press junkets and film criticism

Bill Maher said he might vote for JD Vance. Van Jones told his own party to stop pooping in the punch bowl. And Hasan Piker showed up to the College Democrats convention dressed as Mao. The Left has lost its mind and old school liberals are finally speaking out. Bridget breaks down the DSA takeover of the Democratic Party, why there's no such thing as too far left in America, and why the capitalists funding island bunkers instead of pro-America media are going to regret it. Also: a plea to David Ellison, one hundred million dollars, and a yacht for every pleb. Study up on the DSA Insanity here: https://platform.dsausa.org/program/ https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/ #BillMaher #HasanPiker #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Bill Maher JD Vance, Van Jones Democrats, Hasan Piker Mao, DSA takeover, College Democrats, Zohran Mamdani, Democratic Socialists of America, Marco Rubio political terrorism speech, socialism vs capitalism, Mike Solana 

Bridget's back in LA and the decline is noticeable. It doesn't have to be this way, decline is a choice. #LosAngeles #LADecline #dumpsterfire Topics covered: Los Angeles decline, Santa Monica Third Street Promenade, smash and grab LA, LAUSD bankruptcy, Palisades fire aftermath, Las Vegas decline, private equity casinos, AI replacing jobs, California exodus, Texas vs California 

Bridget checks in from Los Angeles — where she's spending five weeks with family — and the city is not what she remembered. Empty storefronts on 3rd Street, deodorant locked behind glass at Walgreens, stores you have to get buzzed into, and a Hollywood Bowl 4th of July that felt more like a eulogy than a celebration. She and Maggie get into what it actually feels like to come back to a place you loved and see the decline in real time, why Texas feels so different, what a dead Vegas says about the country, and why the right needs to calm down about Christopher Nolan.#LosAngeles #CityDecline #walkinswelcome #bridgetphetasyTopics covered: LA decline, Santa Monica empty storefronts, California exodus, Texas vs California, Hollywood Bowl 4th of July, Vegas automation and robots, Candace Owens and the Kirk trial, Christopher Nolan and the Odyssey debate, community and faith, gratitude on the road

Bridget does an Ask Me Anything giving details on how Dumpster Fire is made, what her actual day looks like, why she threatens to quit every quarter, what prevents her from doing so, and more! 

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey hasn't even come out yet and it's already the most disliked Hollywood trailer since Snow White. Bridget breaks down the casting controversy, why Elon rage-tweeting about a movie he hasn't seen is just as annoying as woke casting, and why the script is a downstream effect the collapsing literacy rates of our youth. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #DumpsterFire #elonmusk #bridgetphetasy Topics covered: Christopher Nolan Odyssey movie, Odyssey woke casting, Lupita Nyong'o Helen of Troy, Elliot Page Odyssey, Elon Musk Odyssey, Oscar DEI rules, literacy decline, race swap fatigue, Hollywood culture war, DEI Hollywood 

Bridget sits down again with novelist and Free Press columnist Kat Rosenfield to talk about the rise of death doulas, the death of YA fiction, and how the internet is quietly erasing itself. Kat digs into how YA fiction collapsed into "romantasy" and smut, the dead internet theory and vanishing digital archives - including Bridget's own lost Playboy articles and Kat's MTV News work. They also cover the Kennedy Center controversy, why Gen Z treats Trump as their political "factory settings," why woke isn't dead, it's hibernating, and how people are substituting politics for personality now. Kat's new thriller, How to Survive in the Woods — pitched as "Basic Instinct with bears" — just hit The New York Times summer reading list and is in development at MGM Amazon.Get Kat's Book: How To Survive In The Woods here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063467488?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback#DeadInternet #YAFiction #walkinswelcome Topics covered: death doulas, YA fiction collapse, romantasy and smut publishing trends, dead internet theory, John Green pedophile vibes scandal, Kennedy Center controversy, Gen Z and Trump, World Cup optimism, AI and medical breakthroughs

The US men's soccer team got knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium 4-1, and America responded by immediately going back to not caring about soccer. Bridget breaks down the Balogun red card, Trump calling the president of FIFA, and all the reasons why America will truly never care about soccer the way the rest of the world does. Also: two Russians illegally climbed the Empire State Building, got engaged at the top, and got arrested on the way down. She was raised in the circus. Obviously. #WorldCup2026 #USMNT #DumpsterFire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: USMNT World Cup exit, Folarin Balogun red card, Trump FIFA phone call, Belgium vs USA World Cup, FIFA suspension reversal, World Cup 2026, Empire State Building climbers, Ivan Beerkus Angela Nikolau 

A new CNN poll says only 29% of Democrats are proud to be American. Bridget Phetasy asked her audience what they love about this country — and got hundreds of responses. The four things that came up most: free speech, the founding documents, guns, and the freedom to build your own life. The people who felt it most weren't born here. They were immigrants, refugees, and World Cup tourists who showed up expecting the country the media described and found something completely different. This is Dumpster Fire's love letter to America on its 250th birthday. Support this show and subscribe at https://phetasy.com/ You get more content, including the unedited version of Dumpster Fire, BTS content, writing, photos, livestreams and a kick-ass community #America250 #July4th #dumpsterfire #Bridgetphetasy Topics covered: America 250th birthday, proud to be American poll, World Cup tourists America, freedom of speech, Second Amendment, founding documents, legal immigration, American dream, anti-America media 

Original Air Date - December 4, 2025Drinkin' Bros podcast host Dan Hollaway joins Bridget for an uncensored conversation about all the third rail topics you could ever ask for, from why we should probably just invade Mexico, to how 20 million illegals and BlackRock turned 29-year-old home-buyers into 40-year-old renters, the reality behind the horseshoe theory that brings together “Queers for Palestine” and actual Islamists, and Zohran Mamdani's "brown guilt." They explore how pure libertarianism was tried and failed during the founding of the United States, the truth about Trump's plan to bring manufacturing back to the US, why the Constitution is the best document ever written, his belief that people aren't stupid - they're ignorant, why a nation of strong men is a strong nation, and why he only offends people because they're delicate. Check out Dan's Substack - Offensive - https://bit.ly/WiW-Offensive---------------------------------------------------------------------Sponsor Links:- Quest offers 100+ lab tests to empower you to have more control over your health journey. Choose from a variety of test types that best suit your needs, use code WALKINS25 to get 25% off - https://bit.ly/Phetasy-QuestMen---------------------------------------------------------------------Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy - PodcastBridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn't conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there's no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she'll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment.----------------------------------------------------------------------PHETASY IS a movement disguised as a company. We just want to make you laugh while the world burns. https://www.phetasy.com/Buy PHETASY MERCH here: https://www.bridgetphetasy.com/For more content, including the unedited version of Dumpster Fire, BTS content, writing, photos, livestreams and a kick-ass community, subscribe at https://phetasy.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bridgetphetasy/ Podcast - Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/walk-ins-welcome/id1437447846 https://open.spotify.com/show/7jbRU0qOjbxZJf9d49AHEhhttps://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I3gqggwe23u6mnsdgqynu447wvaSupport the show

Bridget breaks down the Supreme Court Hecox ruling upholding states' rights to ban biological males from competing in women's sports — and somehow it took nine justices, two lawsuits, and six months to confirm that girls are girls. Also: Supergirl bombed so hard even the pirates didn't bother, and Armie Hammer makes a comeback in a role only an aspiring cannibal could pull off. #SupremeCourt #TransAthletes #dumpsterfire Topics covered: Supreme Court transgender athletes ruling, Hecox decision, Little v Hecox, Title IX biological sex, women's sports, Supergirl box office bomb, Citizen Vigilante Armie Hammer, James Gunn DC 

The Democratic Socialists of America just swept the New York City primaries, and one winning candidate has said 9/11 was America's fault because of "capitalism, racism, white supremacy, and Islamophobia." Bridget breaks down the new anti-American wing of the Democratic Party, why "democratic socialism" is just socialism wearing a wig, why these aren't just progressive Democrats — they're revolutionaries who openly want to tear down America, and why gentle parenting might be to blame for all of it. Study up on the DSA Insanity here: https://platform.dsausa.org/program/ https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/ #DSA #NYCPrimary #dumpsterfire #zohranmamdani #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: Democratic Socialists of America, NYC primary 2026, Zohran Mamdani, anti-American left, DSA platform, socialism vs capitalism, Aber Kawas, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Democratic Party 

Bridget sits down with conservative commentator and political pundit Kira Davis to talk about why she thinks it's time to bring back shame, decorum, and "Karens." They discuss the Major League Baseball Pride Month controversy, why California's election system is built to erode trust in democracy, why influencers don't actually affect elections, the Gavin Newsom scandal Kira believes is about to blow up, and her predictions for the GOP and Democrat 2028 fields. They cover dealing with TDS from family members, inspiring people to love America again, and why we should be renormalizing normal — saying grace in public, flying flags, calling out bad behavior — because it is the only way to actually shift the culture.Check out Kira's podcast here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-kira-davis-on-the-orange-report/id1847737944#CultureWar #RenormalizeTheNormal #WalkInsWelcome #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: renormalizing the normal, California election fraud claims, Gavin Newsom scandal, 2028 presidential predictions, family estrangement over politics, decorum and public shame, MLB Pride Month controversy, conspiracy vs. real corruption, conservative influencer wars

World Cup fans came to America expecting the worst and left obsessed with free refills, ranch dressing, and Buc-ee's. Bridget breaks down the Great American Sleepover, how we're basically thirsty thots on Instagram excited that everyone thinks we're pretty, why Europeans are treating gas stations like religious pilgrimages, and why America now deserves Greenland. #WorldCup2026 #America250 #DumpsterFire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: World Cup 2026 USA, Freddy Germany viral, America 250th birthday, Buc-ee's, ranch dressing, free refills, chicken tax, American hospitality, World Cup tourists, European reactions to America 

Americans are suffering from Pride fatigue. Bridget breaks down how Pride went from a winning cause to a divisive one, why MLB players are getting warned by the league for writing Bible verses on their Pride Night hats, and why California now requires actual proof of being gay — paperwork and all — to win public utility contracts worth millions. #PrideMonth #MLB #dumpsterfire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: Pride Month backlash, gay marriage support decline, MLB Pride Night hats, Bible verse baseball caps, California gay certification program, LGBT public contracts, Dan Savage, Pride fatigue 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Luke Burgis to discuss his new book, The One and the 99: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. They explore one of the most uncomfortable ideas in modern thought: that we don't actually know what we want — we copy the desires of others. They discuss why tribalism is surging even as loneliness is rising, the longterm effects of turning everything - even religion - into “content”. They share a variety of stories from attending seminary to winding up at an ashram cult, analyze the Gen Z stare, and talk about what it means to be a real person in an increasingly mediated world.Get Luke's book here - https://www.amazon.com/One-Ninety-Nine-Forging-Identity-Contagion/dp/1250373034#lonely #SocialContagion #tribal #WalkInsWelcome #bridgetphetasyTopics covered: mimetic desire, René Girard, tribalism and identity, social contagion, AI and the human person, community and loneliness, pseudo self vs solid self, contentification of religion, gig economy and the creator class, face-to-face interaction

Trump hosted UFC fights on the South Lawn of the White House and men are back! Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, a bald eagle, fireworks, and a 6-1 underdog who emerged victorious. Bridget draws a straight line from the 2016 pussy hat marches to UFC on the White House lawn, and what this means for the country. #ufc #trump #dumpsterfire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: UFC White House lawn, Freedom 250, Justin Gaethje, Josh Hokit Michelle Obama, Dana White, masculinity, toxic masculinity, Democrats Rise Up Sing Out, Bette Midler, America 250th birthday, men are back 

It was America's 250th birthday this week, but not everyone was celebrating. Do liberals hate motocross and MMA? Should Dana White apologize for putting the event on? Should Nate Bargatze apologize for attending? Should Josh Hokit apologize for calling Michelle Obama a man? Should Elon Musk apologize for being a trillionaire? What are communists really thinking? How do we deradicalize woke women? This week, Meghan Murphy was joined by writer, comedian, and host of ⁠Walk-Ins Welcome⁠ and ⁠Dumpster Fire⁠, Bridget Phetasy, to discuss Freedom 250, the fallout, and more. This episode streamed live on Substack, YouTube, and X on June 16, 2026. Subscribe on ⁠YouTube⁠ or ⁠Substack⁠ to catch episodes live and join the chat.

The World Cup is in America and Europeans are losing their minds — in the best possible way. A German named Freddy went tubing down the Chattahoochee, discovered Buc-ee's, watched an eagle fly around a stadium, and declared it the most "European mind can't comprehend" moment of his life. A Swedish woman tried ranch dressing and said it was like crack. Bridget breaks down why watching foreigners fall in love with Real America is the 250th birthday celebration we actually needed — and why we take all of it completely for granted. Also: Tom Brady launched a coconut water brand called Good Nut and the slogan is "It's a Delicious Mouthful." #WorldCup2026 #America250 #dumpsterfire Topics covered: World Cup 2026 USA, Europeans discover America, Buc-ee's, ranch dressing, Freddy Germany World Cup, America 250th birthday, European mind can't comprehend, Tom Brady Good Nut, Waffle House, American culture 

Bridget sits down with Xi Van Fleet, author of Made in America: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat. Xi is a survivor of China's Cultural Revolution and traces the eerie parallels between Mao's revolution and today's woke ideology. She draws on her own experience — growing up under the CCP, enduring re-education in the countryside, and eventually escaping to America — to argue that cultural Marxism is not a foreign threat but a homegrown one, and that American elites have been enabling the CCP's rise since the 1920s. They dig into the difference between economic communism and cultural Marxism, the red-green alliance between the Left and Islamism, how political correctness becomes speech control and eventually control of the mind, China's bot farms and information warfare operations, the social credit creep in the United States, why the enemy within is far more dangerous than the one overseas, why studying American history might be what saves us, and Xi's assertion that Communism is a virus that has killed hundreds of millions of people, it won't disappear, and it always needs to be fought against. Get Made In America here: https://amzn.to/4vGzbDg#CulturalRevolution #CulturalMarxism #walkinswelcome #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: Xi Van Fleet, Made in America book, Cultural Revolution vs woke ideology, CCP history, America enabling communism, cultural Marxism vs economic communism, red-green alliance, surveillance state, social credit scores, information warfare, DEI, silent majority, Loudoun County school board

In California you don't need an ID to vote, ballot harvesting is completely legal, and ballots signed with a smiley face might be counted as valid. Bridget Phetasy breaks down how the LA mayor's race went sideways, why Spencer Pratt went from second place to out, and why none of this is a conspiracy theory — it's just what happens when you make the sketchiest possible voting practices legal and then dare anyone to question it. #ElectionFraud #BallotHarvesting #DumpsterFire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: California ballot harvesting, LA mayor race 2026, Spencer Pratt, Nithya Raman, Karen Bass, California voter fraud, mail-in ballots, California voting laws, election integrity, ballot fraud legal 

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are building a $1.4 billion luxury eco-resort on a Cold War bunker island in Albania — and locals are responding with Molotov cocktails. Bridget breaks down the corruption probe, why Ivanka should not have gone on a podcast to talk about this, and why every billionaire quietly building a bunker on a remote island should maybe read the room. Also: Hunter Biden went viral on X with an AA joke, boobs are officially back, and Spencer Pratt is still in the LA mayor's race, but just barely. #IvankaTrump #HunterBiden #dumpsterfire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: Ivanka Trump Albania island, Jared Kushner corruption probe, Albania protests, Hunter Biden X post, Spencer Pratt LA mayor, boobs are back, Sports Illustrated swim week, California governor's race, billionaire bunkers 

Bridget sits down with Batya Ungar-Sargon — journalist, author, and deputy opinion editor at Newsweek — for a wide-ranging conversation about her new book, The Jews and The Left, about American Jewish history and the political realignment happening in real time. They dig into how Jews became so deeply identified with the Democratic Party, why October 7th forced a reckoning for secular Jews who had barely thought about their identity in decades, and what it means that the loudest antisemitism right now is coming from the Left rather than the Right. They cover losing media opportunities for refusing to go along with the anti-Israel consensus, how when non-Jews stand up for Jews there's such a relief to it, and why Batya thinks America still loves its Jews.Buy the book here: #walkinswelcome #Antisemitism #AmericanJews #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: antisemitism on the left, American Jewish history, October 7th, political homelessness, Democrats and Israel, anti-Zionism vs antisemitism, Jewish identity, Tucker Carlson, Trump and Israel, October 8th Jews

America is turning 250 and the birthday party is already a mess — every artist booked for the Freedom 250 celebration dropped out, but don't worry, Vanilla Ice to the rescue. Bridget breaks down what the collapse says about the “vibe shift,” why woke is crawling out of hibernation, and why normie Americans still don't want to be lectured - by anyone. Also: Democrat Graham Platner's never-ending scandals, UFC fights on the White House lawn during Pride Month, and the Donald Trump buffalo in Bangladesh who is apparently Bridget's spirit animal. #Freedom250 #VibeShift #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Freedom 250, America 250th birthday, vibe shift, woke comeback, Hasbeenapalooza, Vanilla Ice, Pride Month 2026, Graham Platner scandal, UFC White House, Donald Trump buffalo Bangladesh 

Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky primary by 10 points and immediately blamed Israel. Bridget's not buying it. She breaks down why Massie lost his own constituents, why Israel derangement syndrome is the new woke, and why the anti-woke comedians who've gone down this road are starting to sound exactly like the people they used to make fun of. Also: Trump trolling the right by saying he'll run for prime minister of Israel. #ThomasMassie #IsraelDerangementSyndrome #DumpsterFire #BridgetPhetasy Topics covered: Thomas Massie primary loss, Massie Israel, antisemitism on the right, Israel derangement syndrome, anti-woke comedians, Dave Smith, Andrew Schulz, Epstein files, Republican primary Kentucky, horseshoe theory 

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Courtney O'Dell, food blogger and creator behind Sweet C's Designs, to dig into the viral DoorDash discourse that exploded online and ask the obvious question: how did we end up with a generation that genuinely doesn't know how to feed itself? They get into why convenience culture has replaced basic life skills with helplessness, what food blogging actually looks like as a career, how AI is changing the industry, and why the simple act of cooking dinner might be one of the most underrated forms of self-sufficiency left. They also cover favorite recipes, favorite cookbooks, secret food vices, the GLP-1 weight loss trend, how to start learning to cook if you never have, underrated places to travel, and the truth about canning food. Check out Courtney's website - https://sweetcsdesigns.com/#FoodBlogging #CookingTips #WalkInsWelcome #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: DoorDash discourse, food blogging career, Gen Z life skills, cooking for beginners, AI and food search, slow cooker meals, GLP-1 weight loss, Greek Orthodox fasting, easy weeknight cooking, convenience culture

Twitch streamer and communist LARPer Hasan Piker has been subpoenaed by the US Treasury over his Cuba trip — and instead of lawyering up, he immediately went on a livestream and started spilling everything. Bridget Phetasy breaks down the Piker legal saga, why the far left has always been allowed to play by different rules, and what it means that Elon's baby mama ended up on a communist's livestream giving away hoodies. Also: a meditation on Podcastistan, the nihilistic slop economy, and why livestreams are the laziest form of entertainment ever invented. #HasanPiker #Podcastistan #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Hasan Piker Cuba subpoena, Treasury sanctions violation, Roy Singham, Code Pink, Ashley St. Claire, Elon Musk, Nick Fuentes, podcast grift, far left media, communist influencers 

Stephen Colbert's Late Show aired its final episode tonight, ending a decade-long run that cost CBS roughly $40 million a year and alienated half the country. Bridget Phetasy breaks down how Trump derangement syndrome turned late night television from a unifying institution into a smug resistance rally — and why no one is actually sad to see it go. Also: the case for Dumpster Fire to fill the slot. #StephenColbert #LateNight #DumpsterFire Topics covered: Stephen Colbert Late Show finale, late night TV decline, Trump derangement syndrome, CBS Late Show cancelled, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Johnny Carson legacy, comedy and politics, resistance TV, Kill Tony 

Bridget sits down with Jonathan Alpert, therapist and author of Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It's Left Us More Anxious and Divided, to dig into something most mental health professionals won't say out loud - that the therapy industry may be making people worse, not better. They cover how therapists are trained to validate rather than challenge, why the explosion of diagnoses tracks more with social media trends than actual illness, and how therapy culture has quietly become one of the most divisive forces in American life. They also discuss political bias in the consulting room, therapists coming between parents and their kids, how to tell the difference between good therapy and bad therapy, and how Jonathan was nearly de-licensed for an op-ed he wrote in the New York Times in 2012 arguing that if therapy isn't working, you should probably leave. He still believes it — more than ever.Buy Therapy Nation here: https://bit.ly/WiW-TherapyNation#MentalHealth #TherapyCulture #walkinswelcome Topics covered: therapy culture criticism, mental health over-diagnosis, bad therapy warning signs, political bias in therapy, wellness influencers and self-diagnosis, COVID isolation and youth mental health, gender dysphoria and therapist overreach, grievance culture, good vs bad therapy

Bridget sits down with Noah Rothman, senior editor at National Review and author of Blood And Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America, to trace the long, suppressed history of radical left-wing political violence in the United States — from the anarchist bombings of the 1920s to the Weather Underground to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Noah argues that this history isn't obscure, it's deliberately buried, and that the same patterns driving today's wave of violence have shown up in 50-year cycles throughout American history. They also get into why 9/11 inadvertently put the brakes on a bombing campaign that might otherwise still be ongoing — and what that tells us about how close to the edge we actually are.Buy Blood And Progress here: https://bit.ly/4eKXuee#LeftWingViolence #PoliticalViolence #walkinswelcome #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: left-wing political violence, Blood in Progress book, Weather Underground, Charlie Kirk assassination, Luigi Mangione copycat violence, anarchist terrorism, radical left history, revolutionary socialism, media suppression of left-wing violence, 9/11 and domestic terrorism

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Adam Louis-Klein, anthropologist and founder of the Movement Against Antizionism (MAAZ), to examine why the word "antisemitism" has stopped working — and what language we actually need to name and confront the Israel hatred spreading across campuses, media, and institutions. Klein traces antizionism from its roots in Nazi and Soviet propaganda through its capture of Western academia, explains how it functions as a libel machine resistant to any counterevidence, and lays out why defeating it — not just defending Israel — is the only path to peace. Bridget brings her own experience of being labeled a Zionist, the collapse of trust in institutions, and what ordinary people can actually do.Learn More About The Movement Against Antizionism here - https://www.movementagainstantizionism.org/#AntiZionism #JewishIdentity #WalkInsWelcome #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Israel-Palestine conflict, October 7th, campus antisemitism, Soviet propaganda, settler colonialism, MAAZ movement, media and misinformation, Jewish identity

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Freya India, British writer and author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything, to dig into why Gen Z women are struggling in ways previous generations didn't. They discuss why it's not simply a case of kids being soft, and how the mental health crisis among young women isn't just about bad parenting or weak foundations, but predatory industries stepping into the vacuum left by family breakdown, community loss, and the decline of religion — and selling girls a simulation of everything they lost. They cover the over-medicalization of normal teenage behavior, the saturation of therapeutic language into everything, the porn industry's formative role in shaping Gen Z's understanding of relationships, and why the answer probably isn't age verification or government intervention. Buy the book - https://bit.ly/3P8gV66

Glenn starts the show by discussing the ongoing peace talks between Israel and Iran and how the supposed mediator, Pakistan's defense minister, has actively posted anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements. Can peace talks be successful if the mediator calls one side “evil and a curse on humanity”?  Billy Hallowell, host of “Investigating the Supernatural: Angels and Demons,” joins to discuss whether aliens, should they exist, respond to the authority of Jesus Christ. Comedian and host of “Walk-Ins Welcome” Bridget Phetasy joins to discuss how she has adopted a new attitude to deal with the constant negative political discourse.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn starts the show by discussing the ongoing peace talks between Israel and Iran and how the supposed mediator, Pakistan's defense minister, has actively posted anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements. Can peace talks be successful if the mediator calls one side “evil and a curse on humanity”? Border Patrol arrested four British nationals in a remote area in Maine after they illegally crossed into the country. Spacecraft engineer George Roush joins to discuss why there shouldn't be a dichotomy between science and Christianity. Billy Hallowell, host of “Investigating the Supernatural: Angels and Demons,” joins to discuss whether aliens, should they exist, respond to the authority of Jesus Christ. Comedian and host of “Walk-Ins Welcome” Bridget Phetasy joins to discuss how she has adopted a new attitude to deal with the constant negative political discourse. Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.V.) joins to discuss his newest bill, the Deport Act, which would make clear that any naturalized citizen who commits an act of terrorism would be denaturalized and deported.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices