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Host Megan McArdle talks with culture writer Kat Rosenfield about how dating apps, therapy-speak and online gender wars have changed romance — making flirtation feel risky, rejection feel catastrophic and desire feel suspect. They discuss the lost art of approaching people in real life, what older courtship norms got right and Rosenfield's new novel, “How to Survive in the Woods.”Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that he is naming housing official Bill Pulte to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) once Tulsi Gabbard steps down as director at the end of the month. Pulte is currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), an independent agency regulating federal mortgages, where he oversees Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Gabbard is resigning to support her husband during his battle with a rare form of bone cancer, and the White House has not advanced a nominee to serve as Gabbard's permanent replacement.Ad-free podcasts are here!To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to ReadTangle.com to sign up!Less than two weeks.Our in-person gathering in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is rapidly approaching, and we're building out a great program for the main event on Sunday, June 14. Come join Executive Editor Isaac Saul, Editor-at-Large Kmele Foster, The Daily co-creator Andy Mills and The Free Press's Kat Rosenfield for a lively discussion on AI and national politics, with additional opportunities to hang out with the full Tangle team. A limited number of tickets are still available — get yours before they're gone!You can read today's podcast⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ and today's “Under the radar” story ⁠here⁠ and today's “Have a nice day” story ⁠here⁠.You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Take the survey: What do you think of Bill Pulte becoming acting DNI? Let us know.Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast written by: Will Kaback and audio edited and mixed by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Lindsey Knuth, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Thursday, the Trump administration launched its app for Trump Accounts, which will seed tax-advantaged investment accounts for children born between 2025 and 2028 with $1,000 in an effort to support long-term financial stability for future U.S. adults. While the accounts won't be funded until at least July 4, the program's official launch date, parents of eligible children can now open accounts through the Internal Revenue Service. Ad-free podcasts are here!To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to ReadTangle.com to sign up!Less than two weeks.Our in-person gathering in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is rapidly approaching, and we're building out a great program for the main event on Sunday, June 14. Come join Executive Editor Isaac Saul, Editor-at-Large Kmele Foster, The Daily co-creator Andy Mills and The Free Press's Kat Rosenfield for a lively discussion on AI and national politics, with additional opportunities to hang out with the full Tangle team. A limited number of tickets are still available — get yours before they're gone!You can read today's podcast⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ and today's “Under the radar” story ⁠here⁠ and today's “Have a nice day” story ⁠here⁠.You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Take the survey: How would you use a Trump Account? Let us know.Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast was written by: Isaac Saul and audio edited and mixed by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Lindsey Knuth, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Thursday, May 21, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a report examining the party's performance in the 2024 elections. The 192-page postmortem argued that Democrats must “organize everywhere to Win Anywhere” and particularly advocated for a “renewed focus on the voters of Middle America and the South.” However, the organization distanced itself from the document's findings. In a Substack post accompanying the report's release, DNC Chair Ken Martin said, “I don't endorse what's in this report, or what's left out of it.”Announcing our fourth guest for West Virginia!We're excited to announce that Free Press columnist Kat Rosenfield will join our on-stage lineup at Tangle's next in-person event in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, on June 14. Kat will share the stage with Tangle Executive Editor Isaac Saul, Editor-at-Large Kmele Foster, and Longview Editor Andy Mills for a conversation about artificial intelligence and national politics. We're excited to bring the Tangle community together for the latest installment of our live event series, and we'd love to see you there.Tickets are moving fast, and you can get yours here!Our latest episode of Suspension of the Rules.After some discussion of aliens last week, Isaac, Ari, and Kmele move on to the next big thing: athletes using steroids! After some discussion of cheating in sports, they dive deep into the electoral ramifications of Tuesday's primary runoffs. Plus, Isaac addresses some criticisms, the guys speculate on Rep. Thomas Kean's (R-NJ) absence, and Kmele tries to defend the indefensible.Watch the most recent episode here!Ad-free podcasts are here!To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to ReadTangle.com to sign up!You can read today's podcast⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ and today's “Under the radar” story ⁠here⁠ and today's “Have a nice day” story ⁠here⁠.You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Take the survey: What would you want to see from a 2024 DNC postmortem? Let us know.Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.This podcast was written by: Will Kaback and audio edited and mixed by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Lindsey Knuth, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer and cultural critic Phoebe Maltz Bovy joins Meghan to discuss her new book, The Last Straight Woman, an exploration of how heterosexual women became suspect — if not pitifully uncool — in progressive culture. They talk about everything from Tumblr-era feminism and the post-#MeToo recalibration of gender politics to the television series Sex and the City and Girls, "photogenic feminism," bachelorette parties at gay bars, late-in-life lesbians, hookup culture, and why admitting you're a "boring straight woman" may now qualify as a radical act. We also revisit the "lesbian chic" era of the 1990s (my personal heyday), the discourse around the viral New Yorker short story Cat Person, the appeal (and limits) of sexual fluidity narratives, and the cultural overlap between straight female culture and gay male sensibilities. Bonus: They switched gears in the last 15 minutes and did a Deep Dive™ into the subject of buying secondhand clothing from online marketplaces such as Poshmark. This portion is available to paying subscribers. To upgrade your subscription, go to https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/subscribe. Guest Bio: Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a Toronto-based cultural critic and the author. She is co-host, with Kat Rosenfield, of the Feminine Chaos podcast, Opinion Editor at The Canadian Jewish News, and host of the Canadian Jewish News podcast, The Jewish Angle. She contributes regularly to The Globe and Mail and is the author of The Perils of "Privilege" (St. Martins, 2017). She also runs a Substack called Close-Reading the Reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy.

On today’s episode of The Scott Jennings Show, Scott broadcasts live from New York City with a wide-ranging discussion on redistricting battles, violent crime, and escalating tensions in the Middle East. Scott opens the show criticizing what he calls misleading narratives surrounding the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling and reacts to a controversial New York Times opinion piece about Israel as new reports detail systematic sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7 attacks. Retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer joins to discuss the Iran ceasefire being described as “on life support” as President Trump heads to China amid renewed military tensions. Michael Whatley breaks down reports that nearly half of inmates released under a North Carolina COVID-era program reoffended, including several charged with murder, while Senator Pete Ricketts discusses the Nebraska Senate race and Democratic support for independent candidate Dan Osborn. In Hour 2, Senator Bill Cassidy talks healthcare affordability and the upcoming abortion pill case before Kat Rosenfield joins Scott to discuss her essay on “suicidal empathy” and whether progressive criminal justice policies are making cities less safe. The show concludes with an extensive interview featuring Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter on Hamas atrocities, rising antisemitism, and growing criticism of media coverage surrounding the conflict. https://www.joincrowdhealth.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah discuss “Should I Marry a Murderer?,” the grabby new Netflix docuseries about a fiancee turned key witness. Caroline Muirhead is a smart, beautiful doctor in Glasgow swept up in a romance where things gets … dark. Sarah wanted to talk about this show, because it illustrates troubling habits of female accommodation she's seen in MeToo cases, a tendency to get caught in a trap of people-pleasing. Nancy isn't sure she agrees with that interpretation — she's most disturbed by the Olympic record-level of videos this woman filmed of herself — but they have a free-ranging discussion about refusing to let go of the dream, whether the cops failed Muirhead, drama-seeking mixed with substance abuse, the challenge of confronting someone you're dating, and the grand opera of the show's climax, which deserves to be turned into a novel (we're looking at you, Kat Rosenfield.) Also discussed: * Nancy bonds with childhood friends from pre-Lena Dunham Brooklyn* When the Pulitzer happens to a colleague* “I welcome the insufferability”* FBI opens investigation against Atlantic journalist?* White racial grievance at the New York Times* Anthony Scaramucci = not just good for f-bombs* “Murder as snack”* The high-wire conversations demanded by intimacy* What violence is my partner capable of? * Fiction writing is “the spooky art”* Toni Morrison is whoa, channeling from another dimension* Yes, Nancy is STILL reading Anna KareninaPlus: The prison documentary that made Sarah want to quilt, Nancy on an NBA great, the ick of “Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience!” exhibition — and more! April showers bring … May paid subscribers?

How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield is truly hard to put down. Three friends go in the woods where two of them plot against the third in a love triangle that shape shifts. Kat and I spoke about the book and then moved on to how she finds personal essays performative. (I mentioned that I write them!) Thoughts on our discussion? If you like the idea of hiking (even without moving from the couch), this is for you.** Check out the Z.I.P. membership program—Zibby's Important People! As a Z.I.P., you'll get exclusive essays, special author access, discounts at Zibby's Bookshop, and more. Head to zibbyowens.com to subscribe or upgrade and become a Z.I.P. today!** Follow @totallybookedwithzibby on Instagram for more about today's episode. (Music by Morning Moon Music. Sound editing by TexturesSound. To inquire about advertising, please contact allie.gallo@acast.com.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah talk with Leigh Stein, whose recent Substack essay might be the best thing to come out of the Lindy West discourse. Entitled “I Escaped Bluebeard's Castle. Lindy West Didn't,” the essay describes an abusive relationship from Leigh's past and sheds light on the painful accommodations some of us make to keep love - or its simulacrum - in our lives. No strangers to overdramatic relationships, the gals then take a trip down the memory lane of terrible boyfriends, the insecurities that make people act like creeps and victims, and the trap that is the public persona.Also discussed:* Virginity as liability* Love addiction = the frothy dilemma of it all* Nancy's theory of Lindy West's self-sabotage* The Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes school of romance* Sarah is a sucker for a tough childhood* That time Leigh contemplated a three-way* “I remember going to a psychic …”* An addiction to Intervention* Rescuing someone over and over makes them weaker, then bitter* Who do you become if you stop solving other people's problems?* What would Dan Savage say? * Heather Havrilesky, preach!Plus, polyamory as a conceptual art project, Nancy's dad's tough love, contemplating the many meanings of “the love hole,” and much more!Announcements galore:Go see Leigh in conversation with our beloved Kat Rosenfield, at the Darien Library on Tuesday, April 21, 7-8pm. Details here.It's the first Sunday of the month so you (if not Nancy) recall what that means: First Sunday Zoom, 5pm PT / 8pm ET, come celebrate Easter evening with us. Zoom link for paid subscribers will be sent the day-of.How long does it take to make coffee? Nancy is thinking eight minutes, the average time of her new weekly mini-series, New York Stories. Paid subscribers get it delivered hot and tasty Sundays at 8am.No April Fool's joke. Life is better as a paid subscriber.

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Kat Rosenfield is the author of six books, including No One Will Miss Her (Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel), and the New York Times-bestselling A Trick of Light, co-authored with the late, great Stan Lee. Her latest is How to Survive in the Woods. A former reporter for MTV News and current columnist for The Free Press, her essays and cultural criticism have appeared in The Boston Globe, Vulture, Wired, AirMail, and The New York Times. She lives in Connecticut.Killer Women Podcast is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network#podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #katrosenfeld #harpercollins

Kat Rosenfield is the author of six books, including No One Will Miss Her (Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel), and the New York Times-bestselling A Trick of Light, co-authored with the late, great Stan Lee. Her latest is How to Survive in the Woods. A former reporter for MTV News and current columnist for The Free Press, her essays and cultural criticism have appeared in The Boston Globe, Vulture, Wired, AirMail, and The New York Times. She lives in Connecticut. Killer Women Podcast is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #katrosenfeld #harpercollins

Kat Rosenfield is the author of six books, including No One Will Miss Her (Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel), and the New York Times-bestselling A Trick of Light, co-authored with the late, great Stan Lee. Her latest is How to Survive in the Woods. A former reporter for MTV News and current columnist for The Free Press, her essays and cultural criticism have appeared in The Boston Globe, Vulture, Wired, AirMail, and The New York Times. She lives in Connecticut. Killer Women Podcast is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #katrosenfeld #harpercollins

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about all-male book clubs, literature discovered through pop music, and scams. Then, stick around for a chat with Kat Rosenfield! Kat Rosenfield is a freelance pop culture and political writer, and the author of five books, including the Edgar-nominated No One Will Miss Her. A former reporter for MTV News, her work has appeared in outlets including Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Reason, The New York Times, and Unherd, where she is a regular columnist. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bestselling novelist and cultural critic KAT ROSENFIELD joins BOOKSTORM Podcast to discuss How to Survive in the Woods, her newest thriller! This heart-stopping and psychologically rich tale of passion, betrayal and control asks us to consider what it means to be a survivor—and what, or who, you would sacrifice to stay alive. It's being adapted by Amazon MGM for feature film, with Denise Di Novi (Heathers) producing. We talk all about the thrills and the wilderness, but also about parents projecting fears onto their children and shaping the way they view life. We discuss what the trail reveals about us, powerful women who choose domineering men, and a host of really cool topics! Joins us in the wild!You can find more of your favorite bestselling authors at BOOKSTORM Podcast! We're also on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube!

The week on Crime Wave: In Kat Rosenfield's deliciously dark page-turner, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS, Emma Sharp wants to break free from her charismatic - but controlling - husband, Logan. When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan's former girlfriend, the two women hatch a plot to help Emma take her life back. Destination: Maine's remote Hundred Mile Wilderness. After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time. But this time, who *will* survive in the woods?

The week on Crime Wave: In Kat Rosenfield's deliciously dark page-turner, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS, Emma Sharp wants to break free from her charismatic - but controlling - husband, Logan. When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan's former girlfriend, the two women hatch a plot to help Emma take her life back. Destination: Maine's remote Hundred Mile Wilderness. After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time. But this time, who *will* survive in the woods?

Mike tracks the interstate absurdities created by the EPA's repeal of emissions standards. Buy a car in Iowa, and by the time you hit Illinois, you're dodging an environmental, legal, and ideological patchwork quilt. Then, it's the grand opening of a brand new Cultural/ Podcast institution! Author and critic Kat Rosenfield joins Mike to cut the ribbon on the "Museum of Bad Ideas." Today's inaugural exhibit: Harvard University's proposal to introduce the "A+" grade. With 60% of Harvard students already getting A's, is the solution really to just add an 11 to the grading dial? Mike and Kat break down the customer-service model of higher education, the loss of youth resilience, and why the Ivy League's meritocracy is starting to look a lot like Spinal Tap's volume knob. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠ad-sales@libsyn.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKat Rosenfield has, as she often does, written brilliantly of late. I especially enjoyed her nuanced takes on the Minnesota shootings. We discussed intrusive thoughts on recent political events, millennials seeking meaning, the adultery based cancellation of Jay Asher, and whether James Franco was morally wrong to LARP as a college student so as to pick up college women. A great pod imo.

In this segment, Mark is joined by Kat Rosenfield, a Columnist at The Free Press. She discusses her latest piece which is headlined, "How #MeToo Destroyed the Author of '13 Reasons Why'".

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by Charles Lipson, a Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago that writes regularly for The Spectator Magazine and Real Clear Politics. He shares his latest thoughts on a possible Greenland deal, the Minneapolis protests and more. He's later joined by Kat Rosenfield, a Columnist at The Free Press. She discusses her latest piece which is headlined, "How #MeToo Destroyed the Author of '13 Reasons Why'".

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by Charles Lipson, a Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago that writes regularly for The Spectator Magazine and Real Clear Politics. He shares his latest thoughts on a possible Greenland deal, the Minneapolis protests and more. He's later joined by Kat Rosenfield, a Columnist at The Free Press. She discusses her latest piece which is headlined, "How #MeToo Destroyed the Author of '13 Reasons Why'". In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Alex Rich joins for the hour and discusses his experience attending the College Football National Championship, watching his alma mater, Indiana win the big game and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Duane Patterson with Hot Air, the Host of the Duane's World Podcast and a Producer for The Hugh Hewitt Show. They discuss the latest trending political news including Trump's negotiations with Greenland, the Minneapolis protesting and more. Mark is later joined by Dave Simons, a Partner and Managing Director at One Private Wealth in Chesterfield, Missouri. They discuss the wild ride occurring on Wall Street this week due to uncertainty over Greenland as well as President Trump's economic optimism expressed today in Davos.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comThe great Kat Rosenfield, Free Press columnist and novelist, joins Nancy and Sarah for a very special Christmas-themed conversation that includes: a new holiday short story by Kat, the whole man-keeping/emotional labor debate, the role dirty socks can play in the unraveling of a marriage, and what it means to “get what you deserve.” Plus, each of the ladies builds her Mount Rushmore of Hotness, but only ONE MAN makes the cut on every woman's list. Who will it be??Also discussed:* Will people ever stop freaking out about Bari Weiss?* “I don't want a birthday party!”* Sarah would like to man-keep, thanks* Kat and Nancy have thoughts on pie crust* Epstein: Is the media trying to make “fetch” happen?* Nobody likes the word “deserve.”* Crying in trees, sleeping in trees …* A totally unironic Leo DiCaprio calendarPlus, sorrow over Ben Sasse's announcement that he has terminal cancer, animatronic milk in Connecticut, what Kat texted her husband after watching that scorching “Wuthering Heights” trailer, and much more!It's Christmas and Kat has a special gift for you, if you'll just step right into this post office, so cozy, so inviting, what could go wrong? All we want for Christmas …

Today on Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Kat Rosenfield. She is an American novelist, journalist, and culture critic known for both her fiction and commentary on contemporary political debates. She began her career in publishing and as a reporter for MTV News before branching out into broader cultural criticism, contributing to outlets such as The New York Times, Wired, Vulture, Reason, and UnHerd. As a novelist, she has written You Must Remember This (2023), No One Will Miss Her (2021), Inland (2014) and Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone (2012). Rosenfield also co-authored the New York Times bestselling A Trick of Light (2019) with Stan Lee. She is currently a contributor to The Free Press and a co-host of the Feminine Chaos podcast. In the four years since Rosenfield was last on Unsupervised Learning the “culture wars” have seen a changing of the front lines; the woke ascendancy is no more, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, and Donald J. Trump is back in the Whitehouse. After the recording of this podcast Rosenfield was the target of a “cancellation” campaign due to her making light of white liberal gushing over the prose stylings of Ta-Nehisi Coates. But this being 2025, Rosenfield seemed more amused than afraid of the concerted attempt to “drag” her online and notify her employers. The first portion of this podcast discusses where we are now in the culture wars, how things have broadly changed, and which institutional pockets of the old woke ascendancy remain. Rosenfield and Razib also discuss the rise of gender polarization in online culture, and in particular, among Gen-Z.

Kat Rosenfield, novelist, and culture writer at The Free Press, calls in to the show for discussion on her most recent piece “The Taboo That Killed Iryna Zarutska” and the reinstatement of the Presidential Fitness Test program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First, Ben dives into the early midterm battlegrounds — as Marsha Blackburn, Nancy Mace, and Roy Cooper jump into key races — and explains why Republicans cannot afford to coast despite a favorable Senate map.   Then, Brit Hume joins to dissect the media's Russiagate failures, the ethics disaster of Jim Acosta's AI “interview,” and the corrosive role of anonymous sources in Washington journalism.   Finally, culture writer Kat Rosenfield discusses everything from the internet's public shaming culture to whether romance can survive in the age of apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Kat Rosenfield discusses the interplay between her work in journalism and fiction writing, exploring themes of culture, cancel culture, and the importance of preserving beauty in a chaotic world. She reflects on her journey as a writer, her experiences in the young adult fiction community, and the dynamics of societal expectations surrounding sex and gender. The conversation culminates in a call to embrace beauty and normalcy in everyday life. The Karol Markowicz Show is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Tuesday & Thursday. Follow Kat on XSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comNancy and Sarah discuss a recent viral essay in NYT magazine called “The Trouble With Wanting Men.” Nancy had a meltdown reading this story, while Sarah saw romantic problems she recognized as well as behavior designed to fail. The two ladies talk about a vogue for female bitchery, a lack of grace in women's voices, and whether men and women can ever repair the anger and resentment that's erupted between them — at least online.Also discussed:* The time Nancy's mom bought Black Sabbath PARANOID on 8-track* That time Ozzy peed on the Alamo* diddle-diddle-diddle* Sarah propositions Kat Rosenfield, mispronounces her last name (again)* Maybe that Mars/Venus guy was onto something* Sarah wept through the Kavanaugh hearings* “Why didn't you tell me you had a uterus?”* Girlboss versus YouPorn; YouPorn wins* Cormac McCarthy lunges from ambush* Sarah negs Nancy, proves that negging works …* Open marriages, oy* “Bratty sub”* Nancy does not want a man to bend to her whims* A debate over the word “thrill”* That Texas Monthly flood essay, damn* Nancy gives advice to overheated feminists* Sarah waxes sociological about equality and same-sex relationships* “hermeneutic labor” is …?* All snuggle, all the timePlus, what Sarah wants Nancy to read her on her deathbed, Pedro Pascal is too much with us, Christopher Hitchens on Bill Clinton, and much more!

I finally made my debut on the debate show Piers Morgan Uncensored and it got... spicy. Or did it? I break it down in this episode of the Brad vs Everyone podcast. Check out Kat Rosenfield's Free Press essay: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-coldplay-couple-did-something Send me a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/bradvseveryone Check out the merch: https://bp-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCO76JR1mK5X5zbPJnv3NhsQSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it's easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS, subscribe to the SECRET SHOW and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Ethan McGuire– Apocalypse Dance by Ethan McGuire– The New Verse Review– C. S. Lewis, Bronze Age Pervert, & Unserious Christianity by Ethan McGuire– Call Me the 21st-Century Ern Malley (How I Fooled the Poetry World) by Jasper Ceylon– A writer's power can be rooted in real power or in fake power. Real power is better. by Naomi Kanakia– Links courtesy of Ethan:“The Vanishing White Male Writer” by Jacob Savage from the Matthew Schmitz magazine, Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-vanishing-white-male-writer/Other articles2 "Liberal" ArticlesCNN, “Joyce Carol Oates claims White male writers are being shut out. The data disagrees,” Leah Asmelash https://www.cnn.com/style/article/joyce-carol-oates-white-men-publishing-cec/index.htmlFor the items it links to and/or referencesThe New York Times, “The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone,” David J. Morris https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html2 "Conservative" ArticlesUnherd, “Publishing will never be fair,” Kat Rosenfield, https://unherd.com/2022/07/publishing-will-never-be-fair/National Conservatism, “Dissident Artists and Publishing are Creating a New Culture,” Jonathan Keeperman https://youtu.be/2dHtMM-8myU?si=ewHgUj0wd6SAPlrtThe only time I've ever written on the subject of the "sensitive young men of the literary alt-right": https://pomocon.substack.com/p/cs-lewis-bronze-age-pervert-and-christianFrequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Chris Childers– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comStop what you are doing and subscribe to Smoke ‘Em's new YouTube! Right now yes thank you. On to our regular program!Nancy and Sarah are joined by culture critic/novelist Kat Rosenfield to talk about who we can blame for our current morass: Social media? Heterodox thinkers? Everyone? The trio end up discussing the difference between activism and storytelling, what it means to be “disingenuous,” Kat's Twitter beef with Cathy Young, writer's envy (or maybe just Sarah's envy), and Kat's long-promised kimono, a gift for her most-frequent-guest status, which has not been bought yet (ed note: Sarah glares at Nancy). Trump's 100 Days: How did we get here? And if we all got into this together, can we get out together, too?Also discussed:* Three votes for the moon* Surprise cat appearance!* Trump “corrupts his allies and deranges his opponents in a way that makes the culture worse.”* Why categorizing anyone as “anti-anti Trump” is axiomatically corrupt* Ambiguity frightens people. * Losing friends for speaking up* Dick Cavett, the Joe Rogan of his day* Politics as a litmus test for moral character* England, don't stick your dick in a box of badgers* Dad-Bod-GatePlus, Sarah offers a poignant quote from Milan Kundera (or maybe Instagram; whatever), Nancy unintentionally inaugurates a “Hate Thing of the Week” feature, the problem with men wearing teensy-tiny pants, and much more!REMINDER: Paid subscribers can join us this Sunday, May 4, for our First Sunday Zoom, 5pm PT / 8pm ET, link sent out day-of!It's already May! Looks like the perfect month for you to become a paid subscriber.Reliable, beautiful and bright candidate that wasn't on the ballot (though Kat wrote it in)

Critic and author Kat Rosenfield joins The Gist for a full-show interview, diving into the smear campaign and campaign waged between Blake Lively her director, and the recent sexual abuse allegations against Neil Gaiman. Plus: Analysis of the surprisingly undiplomatic public exchange between Presidents Trump and Zelensky. Produced by Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: GIST INSTAGRAM Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we welcome our pals and confidants, Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy, co-hosts of Feminine Chaos!Kat is a novelist, culture writer, and frequent contributor to the Free Press, where you should read whatever she writes, no matter the topic.Phoebe is the opinion editor of the Canadian Jewish News, contributor to The Globe and Mail, author of the book The Perils of “Privilege” and a Canadian-American patriot.We talk Kosher Superbowl halftime shows, beauty and aging, The Golden Girls, and more! Don't forget to check out Feminine Chaos on Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts.JOIN US ON SUBSTACK TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING! askajew.substack.com⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WANT TO HELP US GROW? CONSIDER GIVING US A 5 STAR REVIEW ON APPLE OR SPOTIFY ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Links:A very Kosher halftime showKat's piece in the Free Press about Men and pregnancy lossGolden year: What I learned watching The Golden Girls for the first time in 2024Some Jewish unaothorized covers of Austalian hits from the 80sBonus: The piece Kat was working on when we recorded about the show Apple Cider Vinegar, titled “Why Women Fall for Wellness B******t”. Have you watched it? Discuss! I ended up binging it over the weekend and thought it was great. The trailer doesn't do it justice in my opinion. Get full access to Good for the Jews at askajew.substack.com/subscribe

What happens when a feminist hears the man’s perspective on losing his child to abortion? Dr. Pat Castle of Life Runners joins Trending with Timmerie. (8:06) 82% of post-abortion mothers said if they had encountered just one supportive person or encouraging message, they would have chosen life. (21:28) 3 women escape after being held captive and exploited at a human egg farm in Georgia. (37:25) Resources mentioned : The Men Who Lost Their Babies, by Kat Rosenfield: https://www.thefp.com/p/how-men-feel-about-pregnancy-loss LifeRunners: https://www.liferunners.org/ Healing after abortion: https://www.rachelsvineyard.org/ St. Pio LifeRunners Story: https://www.liferunners.org/stpio/ Abortion Pill Reversal: https://abortionpillreversal.com/ Investigation into Human Egg Trafficking Ring: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-08/georgia-and-thailand-investigate-human-egg-trafficking-ring/104912976

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat does it mean to be a “consenting adult?” (Thoughts on the Neil Gaiman mess.)Why podcast?David Milch: “People who are unable to turn their wishes into passions … sit passively in mute outrage, anticipating disasters.” The original article accusing Gaiman is here. Kat Rosenfield's thoughts are here. Information about the Becoming Uncivilized event is

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com“I am still waiting for my bathrobe, and until you give it to me, I am going to be forced to do this podcast in the nude,” Kat Rosenfield tells Nancy and Sarah, who really need to move on this gift they keep promising her for repeat appearances. Kat is here to discuss her recent Free Press column on Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, “a turducken of a story” about alleged misbehavior and creative control on the set of It Ends With Us. The stars' dueling legal documents lit up social media over the holidays, but it's … confusing. Kat sees it less as a “he said/she said," and more of a battle of PR narratives.Also discussed:* But who is Colleen Hoover?* “I have a series of really hot takes…”* Justin Baldoni: sexy or nah?* Nancy likes a dad bod* Is asking someone what they weigh “fat-shaming”?* “I have been taken on a journey of eroticism and repulsion, and that's what I count on you for…”* Shades of Depp-Heard* Megan Twohey strikes again* “Astro-turfed pseudo-consensus”; rolls right off the tongue* How to pronounce “simulacram”?* Reflexive outrage: what is it good for?* Wait, that's not Markle's kitchen?* Ascribing a richness of interior life to people that they neither have nor deservePlus, dry cake, Nancy's failing face, a movie trailer that gives all the cringes, and much more!

One of our favorite cultural commentators returns to discuss men, women, politics and so much else. Great pod, in my unbiased opinion. Topics include but aren't limited to…* Why there was a “Sydney Sweeney is mid” discourse on social media* Is modern dating terrible? * Why the dating app market is bad, even for its big winners* Single men should buy dogs * Does becoming Republican shrink male dating options? * Are nearly all marriages “politically mixed” marriages?* Is the political gender divide hurting society?* Is the Wifejak good?* Is “toxic femininity” a real thing?* Is the WNBA the only institution still on Earth 2? Or are there others? * What's with people who voted for Kamala enjoying the outcome of Trump winning?* The meaning of Luigi Mangione supportHouse of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Kat Rosenfield to discuss the abrupt end to the Nuzzi legal battle as well as more election fallout and why our politics are YA Twitter. Plus, for Primos, a disgusting game of Would You Rather. Olivia Nuzzi Drops Legal Fight Against Ex Ryan Lizza After RFK Jr. AffairCan we please have less political art now? - The Boston GlobeThe Toxic Drama on YA TwitterThe Democrats Need an Honest Conversation on Gender Identity - The AtlanticKFILE: Harris pledged support in 2019 to cut ICE funding and provide transgender surgery to detained migrants | CNN PoliticsKamala Harris highlights her LGBTQ+ allyship ad To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Need a break from political programming? Well, today we have a special treat: It's The Free Press's scary movie Halloween special! It's that time of year: changing leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, animal costumes with sex appeal and, of course, gory, bloody, nightmare-inducing horror movies. We all remember the first horror movie that we were allowed to watch—or maybe that we weren't allowed to watch, but saw anyway: Silence of the Lambs, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project, Jaws, Carrie, Halloween, or The Shining. For today's host Suzy Weiss, it was 20 minutes of the movie It—the TV miniseries from 1990, not the 2017 remake. Suzy remembers seeing Pennywise the Clown on the screen and thinking, This will take me years to get over. She still sometimes checks the drain! Year after year, horror movies are consistently profitable—more so than dramas—but they are snubbed when it comes to award shows and critical acclaim. But here at The Free Press, we value and love horror, so much that we've gathered our scariest FP writers—Suzy Weiss, River Page, and Kat Rosenfield—to analyze four new horror movies. River, Kat, and Suzy will review MaXXXine, set in grimy and glamorous 1980s Hollywood, about a night killer who targets a porn star who herself is targeting big-screen stardom. Apartment 7A, a prequel to Rosemary's Baby, about a woman taken in by an unassuming family. Longlegs, a serial killer story about an FBI agent trying to crack the case. And The Substance, about a woman who takes the latest anti-aging elixir, but at a harrowing cost. They talk about what they loved, what they hated, and how they think each movie relates to our current social ills. We'll also note this episode has spoilers, so let this be a warning! Happy Halloween, folks! If you liked what you heard from Honestly, the best way to support us is to go to TheFP.com and become a Free Press subscriber today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comTo talk or not to talk about this week's red meat media story? Well, we're talking. Are we surprised at the appetite that some in media take in shredding one of their own in public? Of course not; it's the same old boring mob behavior. But what's really behind it? Professional jealousy? The moronic idea that if you knock a person off her perch, that gets you closer to her gig? And does anyone believe, as a kajillion tweets enjoin us to believe, that women and journalism have been set back decades?Also discussed:* Melania Trump as new and improved political spouse* Who among us has not posed for tasteful nudes?* No one should doubt the pulverizing power of the Kennedy machine* The irresponsibility of running “too good to verify” stories* The necessary intimacy between reporter and subject. “It's a dance of sorts.”* Status, the new fragrance for men…* Things worked out well for the creator of the Shitty Media Men List: yea or nay?Also discussed: the literary imposter Laura Albert (aka, J.T. Leroy), an unrecognizable Colin Farrell, Nancy's got a new book (if no pre-publicity nudes, dammit!) and much more!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKat Rosenfield is an author and Free Press columnist who often boldly covers matters of cultural controversy. I was fascinated by her “What the Childless Among Us Leave Behind” essay, which anchors a lot of the pod. We also got into Nike's new direction and a range of other subjects related to the modern gender wars. Topics include but aren't limited to…* Is there such a thing as objectively good style? * Is the meme of “unhappy childless woman” true? * The divide in perspective between parents and the childless* Kids give you existential relief * Why are cats symbolic of female loneliness? * Hillary Clinton's “deplorables” vs. JD Vance's “cat ladies”* Why are Gen Z men shifting Republican? * Why are older women overrepresented at Kamala Harris rallies?* Why did Obama resonate with young millennial males? * What is the visual Social Justice Aesthetic? * Nike shift and the current sanitized culture* Men expressing what they find attractive as underground movement

This week we take a break from horse race coverage and welcome cultural commentator Kat Rosenfield to the podcast. Now doing great work at The Free Press, Kat is the author of five novels and hosts the Feminine Chaos podcast. We dive into how identitarian politics came to dominate our culture and try to explain how the left won the culture wars, but still pretends not to have any power. We compare notes on our changing views of the left, before Kat explains if there's any hope for a more heterodox Gen Z culture. Get full access to The Liberal Patriot at www.liberalpatriot.com/subscribe

Most of the media-verse right now is focused on a handful of serious and important questions: Kamala's VP pick, if Democrats have been anti-Democratic, if Kamala can receive Biden's campaign money without a legal battle. And whether or not China will see the opportunity of our lame-duck president to make moves against Taiwan. But today we aren't here to talk about any of that. Today we're here to talk about memes and whether or not Kamala Harris is “brat.” On Sunday, July 21, we found out that President Joe Biden was stepping down from the race because he posted a letter on X. Then, 23 minutes later he endorsed Kamala Harris as the nominee and that was it.  Days went by, and we didn't see him or hear from him. And we're all supposed to accept that as normal. And in his absence something really strange happened. Kamala Harris became a Gen Z icon. Kamala became “brat.” And if you're anything like me, you're not exactly following. So, let us explain: the singer Charli XCX posted Sunday on X that “Kamala IS brat,” a reference to her new album called Brat. Which, for those who don't know, according to Gen Z, is this summer's official vibe and aesthetic. Don't worry, if you still aren't following, neither are the talking heads on CNN or Fox. But whether they understand it or not, Kamala's campaign does. Her staff changed her campaign's X page to the brat chartreuse color (the album's theme color), with the words “Kamala HQ” to match the Brat album cover.  The internet went crazy. Just take the video of a group of men in Fire Island in chartreuse crop tops that say “kamala” in the brat font. The caption on the tweet: “BRAT Kamala shirts already on Fire Island. The gays move SO FAST.” And it wasn't just brat that went viral, we've also seen a repacking of viral clips overnight: the coconut quote, Kamala loving Venn diagrams, and a whole lot of Kamala laughing. As the internet was off to the races, mainstream politicians were forced to make a choice: embrace the Twitter-sphere or ignore it. And most chose the former. Hawaiian senator Brian Schatz endorsed Kamala on X simply by posting a photo of himself climbing a coconut tree, the caption reading: “Madam Vice President, we are ready to help.” Colorado governor Jared Polis simply posted a tweet with a coconut emoji, a palm tree emoji, and an American flag emoji. Senator Mazie K. Hirono posted a photo with Kamala with the brat chartreuse filter on it. Clearly a unique consensus has emerged. As Katherine Boyle wrote for The Free Press this week, “The online and offline are finally merging.”   It's fun, it's trippy, it's campy, it's weird, but the question remains, will any of this translate to actual votes?  To help us better understand are two Free Press writers—River Page and Kat Rosenfield. This week for The Free Press, River explained how the phrase “Twitter isn't real life” has never seemed less true and that “Twitter is now the center of the country's political universe. For better or worse.” And Kat made the case that Kamala is brat, but not in the way we think, and she's not so sure it's a good thing.  The internet moves fast, but River and Kat move faster, and they're here today to help us dissect it all: the meme-ification of politics, brat, and how internet culture is rewiring election norms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie. Kat Rosenfield is the author of five books and a columnist at the Free Press.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOur guest Kat Rosenfield is one of the best cultural critics of our day: Funny, incisive, fast-moving, and a great novelist to boot (see You Must Remember This). She's a third-timer on this pod, which might be a record, and she's just landed a plum gig as a columnist for the Free Press. You may know Kat from her podcast Feminine Chaos, with Phoebe Maltz-Bovy, or you may know Kat from Twitter, where she always keeps it interesting. She came on to talk about her latest column for the Free Press, “Does Divorce Make You Hotter?”Also discussed:* Divorce rings* So many Emilys* Bad-mouthing your former spouse in public* Tom Wolfe: “The right to shuck overripe wives”* Red flags in men are somehow not red flags when women do it?* The point of a personal esssay* WE LOVE MEN, good husbands edition* The people who crow their happiness on social media are almost never happy* Rasputin, the cat* Social media breakup announcements: We are the celebrities now* In defense of the “over-ripe” demographic* Sarah announces her new boyfriend, which almost certainly means she'll break up tomorrow* But what does he eat for breakfast?* Do real criminals rap about their previously undetected crimes?Plus, Diddy and the potential dangers of confusing the artist with his art, some Andy Mills love, the origin story of Sarah's new romance, and much more!

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss female heterosexuality (real or myth?) and the latest scandal in the world of Young Adult literature.“How MeToo became too cringe for America ”“Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?”“Age Gap Relationships: The Case for Marrying an Older Man”“LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%”“What Do Women Want?”“To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods“ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comIn the Elon X era, no article ever goes viral. At least that's what I used to think. But now, of late, articles in New York Magazine and The Cut have broken through as a sort of rage bait. To assess what's going on, we've called in honest and trenchant culture writer Kat Rosenfield. Topics include but aren't limited to…* Pre mourning your old dog* Getting “serious” with your significant other early * The Andrew Huberman cover story in NY Mag* How the Huberman story, while well written, fails to hit its target* It's hard to publicly shame a man over having six girlfriends * Kat's piece on how nobody cares about the Christine Blasey Ford memoir* The weirdness of the Brett Kavanaugh moment* Journalists taking out high school resentments on public figures* I'm “ethnically liberal”

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis episode is for paid subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes and get access to the bonus-only episodes.The girls/women discuss Kate Manne's new book on fatphobia, Unshrinking, and its recent excerpt in The Cut.Also, who has done more for body positivity: feminists or the Kardashians? Are anorexic models the result of gay men controlling the fashion industry? And why did everyone start to get fat in the 1980s? Is it because food became laced with preservatives and endocrine disruptors? (Or do we blame working moms?) Finally, is nutrition a real science or a dark art?RELEVANT LINKS“Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia” by Kate Manne.Kate Manne's book excerpt in The Cut.“Fat positivity is a fantasy” by Kat Rosenfield for Unherd.Get early access and bonus episodes? Upgrade your subscription.HOUSEKEEPING