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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...

#273 What AIDs Activism Can Teach Us About Today’s Protests Ft. Eric Sawyer

38 mins; June 19, 2020

#272 Stop Sharing Lukewarm MLK Quotes Ft. Blair Imani

42 mins; June 18, 2020

#271 Can A Divided Democratic Party Win In November? Ft. Symone Sanders

32 mins; June 17, 2020

#270 Trump’s Executive (Dis)Order To Fix Police Brutality

36 mins; June 16, 2020

#269 The Supreme Court Actually Did Something Good

33 mins; June 15, 2020

#268 Wait, Did We Already Have A Gay President?

36 mins; June 12, 2020

#267 How Do We "Desegregate" Our Conversations About Race? Ft. Melissa DePino And Michelle Saahene

41 mins; June 11, 2020

#266 How To Stay Vigilant Without Burning Out

40 mins; June 10, 2020

#265 (Confederate) Statues Of Limitations

32 mins; June 09, 2020

#264 What Does It Really Mean To "Defund” The Police?

29 mins; June 08, 2020

#263 Queer People Of Color Led The Gay Rights Movement

39 mins; June 05, 2020

#262 Sh*t You Need To Stop Saying To Black Women Ft. Kay Brown and Dana Samuel

48 mins; June 04, 2020

#261 Racism Wasn’t Built In A Day

48 mins; June 03, 2020

#260 America The Terrifying

37 mins; June 02, 2020

#259 Here’s How NOT To Talk About The Protests

43 mins; June 01, 2020

#258 How This Senator Caught A Glaring Loophole In The Coronavirus Stimulus Package Ft. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

18 mins; May 29, 2020

#257 What Do We Hate Mark Zuckerberg For Today?

34 mins; May 28, 2020

#256 Karen Was Always Capable Of This

38 mins; May 27, 2020

#255 The Latest Trump Conspiracy Goes To…

41 mins; May 26, 2020

#254 Is Work From Home Here To Stay?

32 mins; May 22, 2020

#253 Pandemics, Payroll Protection, And Patriarchy Ft. Stephanie Ruhle

55 mins; May 21, 2020

#252 Are Young People F*cked After This Pandemic?

38 mins; May 20, 2020

#251 Is Trump Doing Hydroxy Spon-con?

35 mins; May 19, 2020

#250 Pompeo’s Pup Got A Watchdog Fired

27 mins; May 18, 2020

#249 Obama-gate-gate

30 mins; May 15, 2020

#248 Am I Getting Another Stimulus Check?

28 mins; May 14, 2020

#247 Why Does Trump’s Mental Health Go Ignored? Ft. Bandy X Lee

44 mins; May 13, 2020

#246 A Bunch Of Girls Made The President Cry

38 mins; May 12, 2020

#245 There’s An Outbreak At The White House

24 mins; May 11, 2020

#244 What’s It Actually Like To Survive COVID-19? Ft. Bryan Yang

28 mins; May 08, 2020

#243 Why Are Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers Still Walking Free?

30 mins; May 07, 2020

#242 The President Might Be Racist

35 mins; May 06, 2020

#241 Trump Is Obstruct To No Good Again

33 mins; May 05, 2020

#240 Your Cute Picnic Was A Human Sacrifice

28 mins; May 04, 2020

#239 Let’s Talk About Joe Biden

45 mins; May 04, 2020

#238 Did Jared Kushner Just Call 62,000 Deaths A “Success”?

33 mins; April 30, 2020

#237 Is The Trump Crime Family Hiding In Plain Sight? Ft. Sarah Kendzior

45 mins; April 29, 2020

#236 Why Are Women Better At Beating COVID?

44 mins; April 28, 2020

#235 Where The F*ck Is Kim Jong-Un?

32 mins; April 27, 2020

#234 Bleach, Don’t Kill My Virus Ft. Molly Jong-Fast

39 mins; April 24, 2020

#233 What Happens In Vegas...

34 mins; April 23, 2020

#232 What Happens When A President Refuses To Lead?

34 mins; April 22, 2020

#231 Are The Kim Jong-un Health Rumors True?

33 mins; April 21, 2020

#230 LIBERATE ME FROM THIS PRESIDENCY!

26 mins; April 20, 2020

#229 The Small Business Loan Program Is F*cked

29 mins; April 17, 2020

#228 Spreading Covid To Own The Libs

35 mins; April 16, 2020

#227 The Authority Is (A) Total (Failure)

27 mins; April 15, 2020

#226 Does The Constitution Cover Pandemics? Ft. Ben Sheehan

31 mins; April 14, 2020

#225 Can Anyone Stop Trump From Firing Fauci?

34 mins; April 13, 2020

#224 An ICU Nurse Tells Us What’s Really Happening In New York City Hospitals

30 mins; April 10, 2020

#223 Is Trump Really Going To Pardon Joe Exotic?

36 mins; April 09, 2020

#222 Why Can't We All Just Vote At Home Already? Ft. Amber McReynolds

20 mins; April 08, 2020

#221 Is Boris Johnson Okay?

34 mins; April 07, 2020

#220 Why Are Republicans So Afraid Of Letting Everyone Vote From Home?

27 mins; April 06, 2020

#219 Of Course States Are Using COVID-19 To Ban Abortion

27 mins; April 03, 2020

#218 Florida Man* Just Now Learns Of Social Distancing (*The Governor)

34 mins; April 02, 2020

#217 The Rent Is Too Damn High (For A Public Health Crisis)

29 mins; April 01, 2020

#216 Happy Equal Pay Day! Wait, No...

28 mins; March 31, 2020

#215 And None For Gretchen Whitmer. Bye!

24 mins; March 30, 2020

#214 When Will It End?

31 mins; March 27, 2020

#213 Is It Ethical To Keep Showing Trump's BS Press Conferences?

28 mins; March 26, 2020

#212 Is The Stimulus Bill A Giant Subtweet At Trump?

29 mins; March 25, 2020

#211 Trump’s Advice Is Literally Poisoning People

31 mins; March 24, 2020

#210 Did Rand Paul Just Typhoid Mary The Entire Senate?

26 mins; March 23, 2020

#209 Profiting Off A Pandemic

27 mins; March 20, 2020

#208 Coronavirus Tests Of The Rich And Famous Ft. Molly McGrath

54 mins; March 19, 2020

#207 Biden Is Social Distancing Himself From Bernie In The Primary

56 mins; March 16, 2020

#206 Republicans Hate Paid Leave More Than They Hate Pandemics

69 hours 1 min; March 12, 2020

#205 Can Ted Cruz Stay In Quarantine Forever?

70 hours 4 mins; March 09, 2020

#204 Be “Radically Impatient” To Advance Women’s Rights Ft. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

41 mins; March 05, 2020

#203 Super Tuesday Gives Way To Slightly Shocked Wednesday

56 mins; March 04, 2020

#202 This (Primary) Season’s Most Shocking Elimination Yet

67 hours 30 mins; March 02, 2020

#201 Trump (Dumb) And Pence (Dumber) Take On Coronavirus

69 hours 19 mins; February 27, 2020

#200 Why Liberal Media Can’t Even With Bernie Sanders

51 mins; February 24, 2020

#199 Elizabeth Warren, First Of Her Name, Slayer Of Bloomberg

78 hours 3 mins; February 20, 2020

#198 The Nightmare Scenario For The Democratic Primary Ft. Molly Jong-Fast

47 mins; February 19, 2020

#197 Are We On Our Way To A Contested Convention?

53 mins; February 13, 2020

#196 Is Amy Klobuchar The “Parasite” Of The Democratic Primary?

56 mins; February 10, 2020

#195 The State Of The Union Is F*cking Insane

60 hours 45 mins; February 06, 2020

#194 I’m Caucusing For Taylor Swift

59 mins; February 03, 2020

#193 I’d Like To Speak With A (House) Manager, Please

83 hours 44 mins; January 30, 2020

#192 John Bolton’s Burn Book Is Very Bad For Trump

57 mins; January 27, 2020

#191 What It’s Like To Impeach A President Ft. Congressman Eric Swalwell

82 hours 57 mins; January 23, 2020

#190 Why Do I Need A Pro-Choice Coroner? Ft. Heidi Sieck

38 mins; January 19, 2020

#189 Holy Sh*t, Did Trump Have A Woman Followed?

82 hours 49 mins; January 16, 2020

#188 Have Bernie And Liz Taken The Gloves Off?

48 mins; January 13, 2020

#187 Why Are Meghan Markle And Her Husband Quitting The Royal Family?

51 mins; January 09, 2020

#186 Are We At War With Iran?

49 mins; January 06, 2020

#185 The Pope Slap Heard Around The World

56 mins; January 02, 2020

#184 All The Presidents' Vices: Drugs And Booze In The Oval Office

86 hours 17 mins; December 29, 2019

#183 Overcoming The Old Boys Club Ft. Sallie Krawcheck

65 hours 18 mins; December 25, 2019

#182 The One With Katie Couric

51 mins; December 22, 2019

#182 The War on Impeachmas

74 hours 22 mins; December 19, 2019

#181 Can Republicans Even Be Impartial?

44 mins; December 16, 2019

#180 Why Is Trump Trying To Redefine What It Means To Be Jewish?

63 hours 57 mins; December 12, 2019

#179 Trump Is Ranting About Broken Toilets And Old Lightbulbs

48 mins; December 09, 2019

#178 Melania Is Crying Crocodile Tears Over A Nothingburger

97 hours 40 mins; December 05, 2019

#177 Is It Time To Get Rid Of The Iowa Caucuses?

55 mins; December 02, 2019

#176 Do I Need To Cancel My Family? Ft. Jen Winston

36 mins; November 27, 2019

#175 Fiona Hill Speaks For Angry Women Everywhere

45 mins; November 25, 2019

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