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American Fever Dream

From under the desk to in your ears, V. Spehar joins Betches Media in a new podcast dedicated to curing the collective malaise brought on by our chaotic political environment. Every week, Spehar and co-host Sami Sage will tenderly guide you through the biggest moments in politics and pop culture with a healing dose of perspective and humor. Rather than spiral over the latest unprecedented event, the hosts dig for the 2024 political tea you *really* want to hear while offering all the information you need to be an empowered citizen, without the side of despair to keep you up at...

#746 Hot Senate Summer Ft. Kirsten Gillibrand

53 mins; August 24, 2022

#745 Finns Just Want To Have Fun

47 mins; August 23, 2022

#744 Will America Let A Woman Be President

50 mins; August 22, 2022

#743 Extremist Girlboss

42 mins; August 18, 2022

#742 Ladies' Night Hangover

32 mins; August 17, 2022

#741 The Promise And Perils Of 988 Ft. Zak Williams

35 mins; August 16, 2022

#740 Can You Start A Civil War With A Nail Gun?

34 mins; August 15, 2022

The Betches Sup Live!

67 hours 26 mins; August 12, 2022

#739 What Politicians Get Wrong About Gen Z

28 mins; August 11, 2022

#738 What’s In The FBI’s Raid Bag?

39 mins; August 10, 2022

#737 Don’t Mess With Archivists

42 mins; August 09, 2022

#736 Trump Commode-tion

44 mins; August 08, 2022

#735 The US Government Is A Mediocre Landlord

50 mins; August 04, 2022

#734 Abortion Wins The Popularity Contest

37 mins; August 03, 2022

#733 The Greatest Gift From An Unlikely Source

47 mins; August 02, 2022

#732 Will Sexism Save The Climate Bill?

37 mins; August 01, 2022

#731 Pink Sauce And Weed

56 mins; July 28, 2022

#730 Merrick Has Entered The Chat

49 mins; July 27, 2022

#729 Florida Or Fiction?

37 mins; July 26, 2022

#728 Cruzing To The Gaetz Of Hell

40 mins; July 25, 2022

#727 Leave JLo Alone

46 mins; July 21, 2022

#726 The Pride Month No One Is Talking About

75 hours 49 mins; July 20, 2022

#725 Can Politics Right Now Be Hopeful? Ft. Sen. Julia Salazar and Sofia Warren

39 mins; July 19, 2022

#724 Is An Assault Weapons Ban Possible?

53 mins; July 18, 2022

#723 Journalism In The Post-Trump Era Ft. Katy Tur

41 mins; July 15, 2022

#722 Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist

60 hours 23 mins; July 14, 2022

#721 The Night That Set Jan 6 Into Action

47 mins; July 13, 2022

#720 Why Do We All Hate Feminists?

41 mins; July 11, 2022

#719 The Vasectomy Rush

46 mins; July 07, 2022

#718 The End Of Swing States?

44 mins; July 06, 2022

#717 Everything’s Terrible All At Once

46 mins; July 05, 2022

#716 A World Without Roe... Again

34 mins; July 04, 2022

#715 Who Is In Charge Here?

48 mins; June 30, 2022

#714 Glassdoor Review From Hell

44 mins; June 29, 2022

#713 Party Like It’s 1849

48 mins; June 28, 2022

#712 Trigger (Law) Happy

53 mins; June 27, 2022

#711 Appropriately Reprimanded At 17

64 hours 30 mins; June 23, 2022

#710 These Workers Need A Bill Of Rights

26 mins; June 22, 2022

#709 Who Stans Mike Pence?

41 mins; June 21, 2022

#708 Congress Works On Defining “Boyfriend”

33 mins; June 20, 2022

#707 What Black Liberation Means In 2022

37 mins; June 17, 2022

#706 Women’s Rights And Women’s Wrongs

38 mins; June 16, 2022

#705 Are Dems Rooting For Pro-Trump Candidates?

47 mins; June 15, 2022

#704 Queens Of Art And Culture

45 mins; June 14, 2022

#703 The Gun Bill Will Save Women’s Lives

38 mins; June 13, 2022

#702 Bech-delusion

49 mins; June 09, 2022

#701 How To Talk About "Cop-aganda"

31 mins; June 08, 2022

#700 Gun Shows vs. Drag Shows

41 mins; June 07, 2022

#699 Throw A Jubilee, Unless You’re BoJo

38 mins; June 06, 2022

#698 What is the Carbon Footprint of the Mona Lisa?

50 mins; June 02, 2022

#697 The Women Who Already Know A World Without Roe

33 mins; June 01, 2022

#696 No Rational Republicans

43 mins; May 31, 2022

#695 One Nation, Under Guns

52 mins; May 26, 2022

#694 How Many More Tiny Coffins?

41 mins; May 25, 2022

#693 Politics And The ‘Authenticity’ Problem

38 mins; May 24, 2022

#692 The Planned Parenthood CEO On A World Without Roe

29 mins; May 23, 2022

#691 How Did The Depp-Heard Trial Become A Meme?

50 mins; May 19, 2022

#690 Can Good Vibes Keep The Senate?

37 mins; May 18, 2022

#689 Will Madison Cawthorn Get Fired?

43 mins; May 17, 2022

#688 A Weekend In America

35 mins; May 16, 2022

#687 How Will We Feed A Domestic Supply Of Infants?

51 mins; May 12, 2022

#686 What The Pennsylvania Primaries Might Tell Us

45 mins; May 11, 2022

#685 Abortion Should Be Private. Here’s Why I’m Sharing Mine.

29 mins; May 10, 2022

#684 Gender Traitor Round-Up

36 mins; May 09, 2022

#683 What To Know About Data Collection And Abortion

50 mins; May 05, 2022

#682 The Abortion Rights Strategy No One Is Talking About

37 mins; May 04, 2022

#681 Who Could Have Seen This Coming?

40 mins; May 03, 2022

#680 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Debrief ft. Symone Sanders

32 mins; May 02, 2022

#679 The Correspondents’ Dinner And Pro-Kremlin Dolphins

40 mins; April 28, 2022

#678 Democrats Need The Kris Jenner Treatment

56 mins; April 27, 2022

#677 Do We All Quit Twitter Now?

37 mins; April 26, 2022

#676 Capital Chaos Continues

36 mins; April 25, 2022

#675 (Pop) Culture Wars

48 mins; April 21, 2022

#674 A Blunt Assessment

43 mins; April 20, 2022

#673 Petri Dishes In The Sky

34 mins; April 19, 2022

#672 Tax Day Pep Talks

44 mins; April 18, 2022

#671 Are The Kardashians Our Era’s Kennedys?

44 mins; April 14, 2022

#670 Wanted: Crimestoppers

43 mins; April 13, 2022

#669 Don’t Buy Guns On Etsy

39 mins; April 12, 2022

#668 Bad Medicine

45 mins; April 11, 2022

#667 Remembering The Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda Ft. Yvette Rugasaguhunga

64 hours 25 mins; April 07, 2022

#666 Elon Musk Will Make Twitter Less Toxic, Right?

44 mins; April 06, 2022

#665 Why Is Society Built For Married People?

41 mins; April 05, 2022

#664 Cancel Culture Lost Its Grammy Invite

44 mins; April 04, 2022

#663 Key Bumps And Burner Phones

50 mins; March 31, 2022

#662 Did Women Actually Leave Their Jobs During The Pandemic?

24 mins; March 30, 2022

#661 Meet Virginia (Thomas)

46 mins; March 29, 2022

#660 Men Ruined The Oscars

45 mins; March 28, 2022

#659 Clone Cory Booker

43 mins; March 24, 2022

#658 Does The US Have A Freedom Of Speech Problem?

49 mins; March 22, 2022

#657 Court Is In Session: Confirmation, SB8, Kim & Kanye

56 mins; March 21, 2022

#656 Is COVID About To Fuck Us Again?

34 mins; March 17, 2022

#655 The Gender Pay Gap Really Is That Bitch

49 mins; March 15, 2022

#654 A Ukrainian Social Media Activist Shares A Day In Her Life

32 mins; March 14, 2022

#653 How Far Will Putin Go?

48 mins; March 11, 2022

#652 Kim K’s Business School For Women

54 mins; March 10, 2022

#651 Zoom Calls With Zelensky

53 mins; March 08, 2022

#650 A Very Unhappy Women’s History Month

50 mins; March 07, 2022

#649 The State Of The Union Is Anxious

51 mins; March 03, 2022

#648 How Does The Russian Invasion End? + Secretary Pete Buttigieg

44 mins; March 01, 2022

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