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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...

#647 The Comedian To World Leader Pipeline

43 mins; February 28, 2022

#646 Men Are Trash: Geopolitical Crises Edition

41 mins; February 24, 2022

#645 Busting Black History Myths

42 mins; February 23, 2022

#644 Was Putin Influenced By Kylie Jenner?

40 mins; February 22, 2022

#643 The Pandemic Recovery Can’t Fix Racism Ft. Gabrielle Wyatt

30 mins; February 21, 2022

#642 The Dark Escalation Of Kim And Kanye’s Split

47 mins; February 17, 2022

#641 How Much Will It Cost To End Gun Violence?

39 mins; February 16, 2022

#640 Russians And Royals

38 mins; February 15, 2022

#639 Vibe Check: The Super Bowl

40 mins; February 14, 2022

#638 Revisiting America’s Next Top Model ft. Sarah Hartshorne

48 mins; February 10, 2022

#637 Mask On, Mask Off

47 mins; February 09, 2022

#636 Justice For Leslie Jones

39 mins; February 08, 2022

#635 Congress’s Toxic Workplace Exposed

46 mins; February 07, 2022

#634 Why Is The Doctor’s Office So Terrible For Black Women?

43 mins; February 03, 2022

#633 Whose Classroom Comfort Actually Matters?

29 mins; February 02, 2022

#632 How Do You Prepare To Interview Bill Barr?! ft. Margaret Brennan

31 mins; February 01, 2022

#631 Spotify Addresses Joe Rogan Controversy

28 mins; January 31, 2022

#630 A Conversation With A Holocaust Survivor Ft. Pinchas Gutter

118 hours 57 mins; January 27, 2022

#629 BREAKING SCOTUS RETIREMENT NEWS

47 mins; January 26, 2022

#628 Hot Mic Joe Makes Epic Comeback

45 mins; January 25, 2022

#627 Congressional Reset Ft. Ali Vitali

29 mins; January 24, 2022

#626 Bravo And Congress Need New Casting Directors

41 mins; January 20, 2022

#625 We’re Doing It, Joe!: Inauguration Anniversary

46 mins; January 19, 2022

#624 Crimes Of Hate

41 mins; January 18, 2022

#623 The Gerrymandering Fight Is Here

24 mins; January 16, 2022

#622 Does Weed Cure Covid?

30 mins; January 13, 2022

#621 Answering Your Filibuster Questions

50 mins; January 12, 2022

#620 Don’t Be A Djokovic

36 mins; January 11, 2022

#619 Dog Moms React To The Pope

31 mins; January 10, 2022

#618 To All The Girls Who Outed Their Exes To The FBI

45 mins; January 06, 2022

#617 Where There’s A Will There’s A Way (To Prosecute Insurrectionists)

47 mins; January 05, 2022

#616 Girls Gone Guilty

47 mins; January 04, 2022

#615 SUPerlatives Part 2

29 mins; December 30, 2021

#614 SUPerlatives Part 1

34 mins; December 28, 2021

#613 Let Dudes Be Weird

19 mins; December 23, 2021

#612 A 2021 Therapy Session

49 mins; December 22, 2021

#611 He’s Just Not That Into Us

34 mins; December 21, 2021

#610 We Botched It, Joe

47 mins; December 20, 2021

#609 The Duggars And Purity Culture

39 mins; December 16, 2021

#608 We Can’t Build Back Bleeding

42 mins; December 15, 2021

#607 Musk Alternatives

36 mins; December 14, 2021

#606 What’s Next For The Texas Abortion Ban?

29 mins; December 13, 2021

#605 Fox, Finns, And Fury

43 mins; December 09, 2021

#604 (Preventing) The End Of Democracy

46 mins; December 08, 2021

#603 They Found *What* All Over Parliament?

36 mins; December 07, 2021

#602 Republi-Can You Not?

38 mins; December 06, 2021

#601 What Omicron Can Teach Us ft. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

14 mins; December 03, 2021

#600 How Screwed Are Abortion Rights? Ft. Imani Gandy

39 mins; December 02, 2021

#599 How Alice Sebold Misidentified Her Attacker

34 mins; December 01, 2021

#598 Women On Trial

40 mins; November 30, 2021

#597 Is The Economy Actually… Good?

36 mins; November 29, 2021

#596 Peak Millennial Nostalgia

33 mins; November 24, 2021

#595 Thanks, Target

28 mins; November 23, 2021

#594 View From The Eye Of The Storm ft. Rep. Adam Schiff

34 mins; November 22, 2021

#593 Dangerous Man Gets A Time Out

38 mins; November 18, 2021

#592 Kamala Harris Gets A Performance Review

44 mins; November 17, 2021

#591 This State Needs A Woman In Congress

31 mins; November 16, 2021

#590 From Punching Bags To Feminist Heroes

40 mins; November 15, 2021

#589 Is Everything A Culture War?

41 mins; November 11, 2021

#588 Who Does HR In Congress?

33 mins; November 10, 2021

#587 Josh Hawley Is Right

39 mins; November 09, 2021

#586 Two Trials To Watch

35 mins; November 08, 2021

#585 2021 Election Debrief Pt. 2

55 mins; November 04, 2021

#584 2021 Election Debrief Pt. 1

47 mins; November 04, 2021

#583 Did Texas Fly Too Close To The Sun?

31 mins; November 02, 2021

#582 How Not To Freak Out About The Midterms

24 mins; November 01, 2021

#581 Hexing The Patriarchy

37 mins; October 28, 2021

#580 Facebook Zucked Up

44 mins; October 27, 2021

#579 Compromises Under Capitalism ft. Berna Anat

36 mins; October 26, 2021

#578 Is A General Strike Possible? Ft. Lee Adler

49 mins; October 25, 2021

#577 Why is Latina Equal Pay Day THIS late?!

42 mins; October 21, 2021

#576 Bannon In Shackles

33 mins; October 20, 2021

#575 Breaking News: Dads Are Parents Too

26 mins; October 19, 2021

#574 The Great Resignation Meets Labor Rights

39 mins; October 18, 2021

#573 All Fun And (Squid) Games

51 mins; October 14, 2021

#572 It’s Time For PTO After Miscarriage

16 mins; October 13, 2021

#571 Men Cancelling Themselves: NFL Edition

42 mins; October 12, 2021

#570 We Need To Talk About Blue State Abortion Limits

30 mins; October 11, 2021

#569 Afternoon Tea With Alicia Menendez

50 mins; October 08, 2021

#568 We Love A Matriarch ft. Julian Castro

47 mins; October 07, 2021

#567 End The Filibuster For THIS?

43 mins; October 06, 2021

#566 Facebook’s No Good Very Bad Day

44 mins; October 05, 2021

#565 ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ ft. Kelsey Lindell

46 mins; October 04, 2021

#566 Afternoon Tea With Blair Imani

46 mins; September 30, 2021

#563 The Future Of Anti-Vaxxers

33 mins; September 29, 2021

#562 R. Kelly Remains Guilty

45 mins; September 28, 2021

#561 Chaos In Congress ft. Alyssa Mastromonaco

47 mins; September 27, 2021

#560 Should Women Athletes Have To Take A Stand? ft. Kelley O’Hara

31 mins; September 23, 2021

#559 All You Need To Know About The Debt Ceiling

30 mins; September 22, 2021

#558 Texas Plays Stupid Games; Gets Stupid Prizes

49 mins; September 21, 2021

#557 Manchin-splaining

39 mins; September 20, 2021

#556 Afternoon Tea With Emily Amick

50 mins; September 16, 2021

#555 You Win Some, You Newsom

35 mins; September 15, 2021

#554 Socialism But Make It Fashion

50 mins; September 14, 2021

#553 Former Melania Trump Aide Spills The Tea

27 mins; September 13, 2021

#552 Toxic Girlbosses, Assemble

45 mins; September 09, 2021

#551 Sex Work Is Work

31 mins; September 08, 2021

#550 Analyzing Beyoncé

25 mins; September 07, 2021

#549 A Labor Of Love

45 mins; September 06, 2021

#548 This Country Is A Trash Fire

41 mins; September 02, 2021

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