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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...

#547 A Constitutional Lawyer Explains The Texas Abortion Law ft. Imani Gandy

42 mins; September 01, 2021

#546 The End Of The War

42 mins; August 31, 2021

#545 Texas Is Really About To Outlaw Abortion

25 mins; August 30, 2021

#544 COVID Identity Crisis

48 mins; August 26, 2021

#543 What 2021 Means For 2022 ft. Amanda Litman

42 mins; August 25, 2021

#542 Did Cuomo Abandon His Dog?

32 mins; August 24, 2021

#541 What’s Actually Being Banned From OnlyFans? ft. Irene Merrow

28 mins; August 23, 2021

#540 An Afghan Woman’s Message For The World ft. Jessica Yellin

36 mins; August 20, 2021

#539 Daily Double: Men Are Trash Edition

51 mins; August 19, 2021

#538 A 10th Governor Gets COVID

34 mins; August 18, 2021

#537 The California Recall Election Is A BFD

40 mins; August 17, 2021

#536 What’s Happening In Afghanistan Ft. Mosheh Oinounou

37 mins; August 16, 2021

#535 Afternoon Tea With John B. King

38 mins; August 12, 2021

#534 Un-Blurred Lines

46 mins; August 11, 2021

#533 Bad Governor’s Club

42 mins; August 10, 2021

#532 Cuomo And Climate

31 mins; August 09, 2021

#531 Got Vaxxed?

44 mins; August 05, 2021

#530 Vaccines And Finstas ft. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

51 mins; August 04, 2021

#529 In The Same (House) Boat

35 mins; August 03, 2021

#528 (Man)Date Me ft. Lane Moore

46 mins; August 02, 2021

#527 Bending Over Backwards

46 mins; July 29, 2021

#526 What We Didn’t Know About Jan. 6

50 mins; July 28, 2021

#525 Olympic Double Standard Ft. Dr. Natasha Kathuria

56 mins; July 27, 2021

#524 Pandemic Backslide

33 mins; July 26, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Malcolm Gladwell

52 mins; July 22, 2021

#523 Policing Women’s Bodies: Summer Edition

43 mins; July 21, 2021

#522 Dicks In Space

40 mins; July 20, 2021

#521 This Is How Dems Can Win In 2022 ft. Eric Swalwell

37 mins; July 19, 2021

#520 Legally Blonde Turns 20

33 mins; July 15, 2021

#519 Which Politician Would Win “The Circle?” ft. Michelle Buteau

43 mins; July 14, 2021

#518 Texas Dems Understood The Assignment

31 mins; July 13, 2021

#517 Trouble In The Tropics

37 mins; July 12, 2021

#516 Is Britney Free Yet Or…?

54 mins; July 08, 2021

#515 Mayorly Disappointed

28 mins; July 07, 2021

#514 Ocean’s 911

32 mins; July 06, 2021

#513 July 4 Hangover Cure

39 mins; July 05, 2021

#512 They Freed The Wrong Celebrity

43 mins; July 01, 2021

#511 Why Is The House Capped At 435 People?!

38 mins; June 30, 2021

#510 Not The Hot Girl Summer We Meant

28 mins; June 29, 2021

#509 Unpacking Pride 2021

31 mins; June 28, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Kate Kennedy

60 hours 56 mins; June 25, 2021

#508 Free Britney’s Womb

53 mins; June 24, 2021

#507 HR1 Is Dead. Now What?

42 mins; June 23, 2021

#506 LGBTQ Meets NFL

39 mins; June 22, 2021

#505 Abortion Wars ft. Imani Gandy

52 mins; June 21, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Em Schulz

40 mins; June 18, 2021

#504 Obamacare Lives!

26 mins; June 17, 2021

#503 VP Dinner Party Fan Fiction

44 mins; June 16, 2021

#502 America’s Next Top Mayor

34 mins; June 15, 2021

#501 Trippy And Exhausting

38 mins; June 14, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Corey Rae

34 mins; June 11, 2021

#500 Billionaire Tears

37 mins; June 10, 2021

#499 Congress Is Heating Up ft. Rep. Mondaire Jones

27 mins; June 09, 2021

#498 Congress Bachelorette

39 mins; June 08, 2021

#497 Rage Against The Manchin

37 mins; June 07, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Chasten Buttigieg

47 mins; June 04, 2021

#496 How F*cked Are We? Ft. Ari Berman

34 mins; June 03, 2021

#495 Transphobia Doesn’t Help Women!

42 mins; June 02, 2021

#494 Leave Naomi Osaka Alone

39 mins; June 01, 2021

#493 Get Dem Aliens?

29 mins; May 30, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Amy Over

31 mins; May 28, 2021

#492 Cacophony Of Karens

24 mins; May 27, 2021

#491 The Next Conservative Culture War

43 mins; May 26, 2021

#490 Traumatizing School Dress Codes

42 mins; May 25, 2021

#489 A Win For College Woke Culture, Plus Amani of Muslim Girl

55 mins; May 24, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Marisa Kabas

44 mins; May 21, 2021

#488 Insurrection Vacation

39 mins; May 20, 2021

#487 The Pain Won’t End With The Bombs ft. Dr. Yara Hawari

64 hours 49 mins; May 19, 2021

#486 Was Bill Gates Like This All Along?

38 mins; May 18, 2021

#485 Cease The Fire

40 mins; May 17, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Laura Hankin

32 mins; May 14, 2021

#484 OK… Now Are We Ending The Filibuster? Ft. Shaniqua McClendon

38 mins; May 13, 2021

#483 An Existential Crisis In An Existential Crisis

47 mins; May 12, 2021

#482 A Series Of Light Cancellations

50 mins; May 11, 2021

#481 What’s Keeping Women From The Workforce?

43 mins; May 10, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Emily Favreau

43 mins; May 07, 2021

#480 Ball And Cheney

48 mins; May 06, 2021

#479 “Every Day Is A Gift” ft. Senator Tammy Duckworth

29 mins; May 05, 2021

#478 What Happened To The Yang Gang?

48 mins; May 04, 2021

#477 When The Masks Come Off

38 mins; May 03, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Gabrielle Bluestone

43 mins; April 30, 2021

#476 We’re Doing It, Joe!

44 mins; April 29, 2021

#475 What’s Up With This Fake Kamala Harris Story?

42 mins; April 28, 2021

#474 Fight For Your Right To (Preserve Your) Party

45 mins; April 27, 2021

#473 Stop Normalizing Obnoxious CEOs

48 mins; April 26, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Holly Whitaker

45 mins; April 23, 2021

#472 Climate Crisis Jamboree

47 mins; April 22, 2021

#471 Black Girls Deserve Childhood

37 mins; April 21, 2021

#470 A Blunt Assessment

45 mins; April 20, 2021

#469 Minneapolis Awaits The Verdict

27 mins; April 19, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Hallie Jackson

43 mins; April 16, 2021

#468 Doctor, Doctor. Break Down The News ft. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Dr. Natasha Kathuria

40 mins; April 15, 2021

#467 A Union Drive And A Gay ‘Bachelor’ Ft. Rep. Andy Levin And Chris Burns

49 mins; April 14, 2021

#466 Rebranding The Vaccine Passport

39 mins; April 13, 2021

#465 Another Tragedy In Minneapolis

33 mins; April 12, 2021

Afternoon Tea With Remy Kassimir

50 mins; April 09, 2021

#464 Re-Directing Our Outrage

38 mins; April 08, 2021

#463 The GOP’s Dying Breath Might Just Kill It

49 mins; April 07, 2021

#462 Creepy Congressmen, Creaky Bridges

45 mins; April 06, 2021

#461 Trumps Be Scamming

34 mins; April 05, 2021

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