The ladies review Martin Scorsese's new Fran Lebowitz docuseries, Pretend It's a City, and Rob Garver's 2018 Pauline Kael documentary, What She Said. Plus we ask what's up with Kamala's disastrous Vogue cover.

The ladies talk to Mark Crispin Miller, the NYU professor suing his colleagues for libel over a classroom masking controversy, about covid heresy, academic freedom, conspiracy theories, Edward Bernays, and the changing face of propaganda in the internet age. 

Read and sign Professor Miller's Change.org petition here and donate to hisgofundme.

The ladies discuss the WSJ's problematic op-ed on Dr. Jill Biden's problematic honorific, FKA Twigs suing Shia LaBeouf for abuse, Tulsi Gabbard's trans ban bill for women's sports, and the Guardian's claim that podcasts are the new frontier of misinformation.

We're unlocking our Slavoj Zizek episode for Thanksgiving. Video available on YouTube. Description below!

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The ladies chat with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about his recent books Pandemic! and Pandemic! 2.

The ladies review Eric Bogosian's shock jock drama Talk Radio (1988) and one-man standup play Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1990).

The ladies discuss Hunter Biden's hard drive, Billie Eilish's body reveal, Stevie Nicks' abortion comments and The NYT's Modern Love piece on what happens when you marry a sociopath. Suggested reading below.

The ladies are joined by fashion designer Paul Cupo to discuss the Spring-Summer 2021 shows. 

Announcement: For the next episode we'll be talking about David Cronenberg's The Brood and A Dangerous Method.

Also don't forget to subscribe to Paul's podcast Not Really.

The ladies discuss last night's presidential debate, Trump's tax returns, Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination, and the situation in Nagorno Karabakh.

The ladies discuss the new race filter app Gradient, the Union Square climate change countdown clock, Alyssa Milano calling the cops on a teen, and Judith Butler's latest interview in The New Statesman.

The ladies discuss Steve Bannon's surprise indictment, the DNC's cringe shenanigans, Marianne Williamson's posting game, and the latest "New York is dead" genre piece.

The ladies discuss Kamala Harris for Veep, Ben Shapiro on WAP, the situation in Belarus and the Alex Morse scandal.

The ladies discuss Barbie's line of political dolls and the #ChallengeAccepted hashtag campaign. Plus, we review Lana Del Rey's gorgeous poetry audiobook.

The ladies discuss the Antifa Athena, AOC's House floor theatrics, Burger Records getting canceled, Kanye's latest meltdown, and review Taylor Swift's new album.

The ladies discuss the Harper's Letter and its discontents, the Instagram bid to cancel Jon Rafman and the new culture war no one knew was a thing: public sex. Suggested reading below.

Ana Valens, Public sex is at the center of a queer culture war 

The ladies discuss #JewishPrivilege trending, Wayfair's kids in cabinets trafficking drama, Kanye teasing a presidential bid, and The Guardian's sexist skyscrapers piece. Suggested reading below.

Leslie Kern, 'Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' — do cities have to be so sexist?

The ladies review Vasili Pichul's Little Vera (1988) and Paul Schrader's Hardcore (1979).

The ladies discuss the situation with CHAZ, the crackdown on confederate statues and cop shows, and Chuck Wendig getting cancelled. Related reading and viewing below.

Amanda Hess, The Protests come for 'Paw Patrol' 

Matt Taibbi, The American Press is Destroying Itself

The Bellows, Conversation with Adolph Reed and Walter Benn Michaels

The ladies discuss the Dems' kente cloth stunt, the latest updates in police reform and the wave of professional shakeups gripping the media industry in the wake of the riots.

The ladies discuss the protests unfolding across the country, Trump's Twitter censorship saga and the new Netflix Epstein doc. 

Amber A'Lee Frost is back again to talk with the ladies about the Central Park Karen, Jia Tolentino's human trafficking apologia, and Jimmy Fallon getting "cancelled" for blackface.

The ladies discuss Lana Del Rey's open letter, the Call Her Daddy blowout, and Joe Rogan's Spotify deal.

The ladies discuss the NYT-led Ronan Farrow backlash, Susan Faludi's #MeToo revisionism, and WaPo's Stacey Abrams hagiography. Relevant reading below!

Ben Smith, Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True? 

Glenn Greenwald, Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"

Susan Faludi, 'Believe All Women' is a Right-Wing Trap 

Kevin Powell, The Power of Stacey Abrams 

The ladies discuss J.Crew's bankruptcy, Adele's weight loss, the Alison Roman/Chrissy Teigen/Marie Condo beef, Michel Houellebecq's coronavirus letter, and The NYT's profile of TradCath Twitter. Relevant reading below!

Christopher Dawson, Catholicism and the Bourgeois Mind.

David Cayley, Questions on the Current Pandemic from the Point of View of Ivan Illich. 

Tara Isabella Burton, Christianity Gets Weird.

The ladies unpack the charges of antisemitism swirling around Bill de Blasio's "Jewish community" tweet and woke Twitter's Anne Frank "Becky" discourse. Plus, we review James Crump's new documentary on Jordan Wolfson.

Watch the JWolf doc here.

Kantbot, star of Alex Lee Moyer's new documentary TFW No GF, joins the ladies to talk about the film, trolling and posting, and whether incels are real.

The ladies discuss Bernie's Biden endorsement, AOC's NYT interview and Bill Maher's Chinese virus rant. Plus, Dasha talks affect theory and Anna reports her medical findings on obesity, smoking and coronavirus.

Actress and model Hari Nef joins the ladies to talk about quarantine life, the Bernie campaign, and the acting craft.

The ladies talk to political strategist Steve Bannon about the impact of Bernie's 2020 presidential campaign, the failure of the institutional response to the coronavirus pandemic — and ask him how you can call yourself a populist if you don't believe in universal healthcare.

Iconic journalist Glenn Greenwald joins the ladies to talk about the future of civil liberties, the failure of Democratic institutions and quarantine fashion.

The ladies keep you informed on the latest updates from the pandemic, including Bernie blowing his campaign, Trump "going left," celebs acting wack, The Cut's obligatory "polyamory under coronavirus" headline, and Zizek's breakdown of the whole situation.

Read the Cut piece here. 

Read Zizek's analysis here.

Twitter comedy genius and former Bernie staffer Ben Mora stops by the pod to talk about the pandemic, the election and more. 

Follow Ben @bitch_updates.

Happy Friday the 13th! As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe, the ladies chat with New York Times columnist and author Ross Douthat about his new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of our own Success.

Buy Ross's book here.

The ladies review Netflix's Goop Lab docuseries.

The ladies discuss the response to Kobe Bryant's death and the revolt of the shitty media men. Plus, we review Luc Besson's Anna six months too late.

Read Moira Donegan's piece on Kobe Bryant's legacy here. 

Read Mike Tunison's account of life after being named on Shitty Media Men List here. 

The ladies discuss The NYT's BOGO Warren/Klobuchar endorsement, Joe Rogan's unofficial Bernie endorsement, Hillary Clinton's "nobody likes him" comments, Uber's latest ableism scandal, and the alleged epidemic of men who won't date "woke" women.

Patrik Sandberg is back yet again to talk Oscar noms, the Comme des Garçons cornrows debacle, and Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women.

The ladies discuss Justin Bieber's Lyme diagnosis, Paul Krugman's pedo faux pas, Grimes' pregnancy announcement, Elizabeth Wurtzel's passing and The Cut's profile of the girlboss resistance. 

The ladies discuss the escalating situation with Iran, Terry Gilliam's #MeToo interview and Meat Loaf's comments on Greta Thunberg.

For part one of the podcast crossover of the decade, the ladies are joined by Paul Cupo and Patrik Sandberg of Not Really to discuss Obama's year-end list, Bret Stephens' Jewish question, and the new Netflix doc on kitten killer Luka Magnotta.  

Subscribe to the Not Really Patreon to hear part two. 

Amber A'Lee Frost returns to chat with the ladies about Allegra Hobbs' musings on the writer as influencer, Keith Gessen's insights on disciplining your kids, and her own theory that skincare is a science not a luxury. 

Read Hobbs' piece here.

Read Amber's article here.

Read Gessen's essay here.

The ladies discuss Kumail Nanjiani's Marvel-financed fitness journey, Jia Tolentino's timely musings on the rise of "Instagram Face," The Atlantic's latest longread on "toxic masculinity," and The Wing's male invasion.

Read Tolentino's piece here.

Read The Atlantic essay here.

The ladies discuss Kamala dropping out of the race, Buttigieg's McKinsey ties, Hillary's Howard Stern appearance, the Peloton ad controversy and Camille Paglia's latest column on the death of the Hollywood sex symbol.

Read Paglia's piece here.

The ladies recap Anna's sex work imbroglio, discuss London's crackdown on Uber and analyze the 'gonna tell my kids' meme.

The ladies discuss Prince Andrew's BBC interview and review Noah Baumbach's new film "Marriage Story."

The ladies discuss Michael Bloomberg's rumored stab at the presidency, Jeff Goldblum's remarks in defense of Woody Allen, the new rape allegations against Roman Polanski; plus, we review Bong Joon-ho's class-conscious dark comedy thriller Parasite.

We're unlocking another one of our premium eps!

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The ladies discuss Dasha's Lana Del Rey concert experience, viral climate change teen Greta Thunberg and Jordan Peterson's rehab stint for Klonopin addiction.

The ladies are joined by writer Natasha Stagg to talk about her new book Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019.

Buy Natasha's book here.

The ladies review HBO's newest teen drama, Euphoria, about a group of drug and internet addled zoomers living in a post-9/11 suburban wasteland.

The ladies are joined by embattled influencer Caroline Calloway for a very special live show. Also with Dan Allegretto. Originally recorded on 9/27/19.

The ladies are back later this week but in the interim enjoy a previously paywalled special wherein they provide commentary from the Bronx Zoo.

The ladies review Lana Del Rey's new album and Dave Chappelle's latest special. 

Get tickets for our September 27th live show at The Bell House here.

The ladies discuss Marianne Williamson's Roxy fundraiser, the Jeffrey Epstein hearing, Kim Kardashian's "cultural appropriation" shapewear scandal, and Caitlin Flanagan's take on Ilhan Omar's FGM stance.

Read the Flanagan piece here.

The ladies discuss Arthur Chu's thread on exposing kids to fetish, Penelope Gristlefink's letter to the Atlantic editor, and Mia Khalifa's claim that she only made $12,000 in the porn industry.

Read an archived version of the Gristlefink piece here.

The ladies discuss the Portland antifa, the Hong Kong demonstrations, and the efficacy of protest in general, with an interlude on Dasha's Epstein truther meetup.

The ladies discuss Equinox's fundraising scandal, Chris Cuomo's Fredo flap, Jeffrey Epstein's Russian bodyguard, Joanna Schroeder's parenting meltdown, and Amazon's "drone"-led PR outreach debacle.

The ladies discuss round two of the Democratic debates, Jeffrey Epstein's plan to inseminate the world, and Alan Dershowitz's age of consent woes.

Patrik Sandberg returns for part one of two-part episode to talk about The Cut's viral exposé, "The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge," about how a Harvard law professor got gamed by a pair of woke feminist grifters.

Read the article here.

Subscribe to Not Really, Patrik's podcast with Paul Cupo, here.

The ladies discuss Ross Perot's passing, Tom Steyer's presidential bid, Ljubljana's controversial new Melania Trump statue, the casting of a black Ariel in the live action Little Mermaid reboot, and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking charges.

The ladies are back to discuss Andy Ngo's scuffle with Portland antifa, Trump's visit to North Korea, and Vogue's profile of the women Democrats running for president. Plus, we review snubbed presidential contender Marianne Williamson's self-help bestseller A Return to Love.

The ladies recap the Democratic Debates, plus the E. Jean Carroll, Morrissey and Dalai Lama drama.

The ladies stop by WNYC's Podcast Mixtape series.

View the video from the livestream on YouTube.

The ladies discuss Sarah Huckabee Sanders' departure from the White House, OJ Simpson's return to Twitter, Jessica Biel's brush with anti-vaxxing, Moira Donegan's claim that men don't do their fair share of household chores and the NYT's reporting on the rise of sobriety as a lifestyle brand.

Angela Nagle returns for the ladies' 100th episode to talk about Beto's "hacktivist" origins, Bernie's socialism speech and the Steven Crowder YouTube ban.