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Francesca Root-Dodson
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Critical Babe Theory
The Porn Debate [First Half]
My conversation with porn historian Noelle Perdue on the censorious attempt to regulate pornography today—and our heated debate about what a moral society owes its citizens.Also discussed: “pornography is neutral but our sexual culture is not,” box dye heritage, wanting to see things you can never unsee, “The Entertainment” in Infinite Jest, choking in porn is now illegal in the UK (!), vibes-based legislation, our sexual culture, the overlap between anti-trans and anti-porn rhetoric, Francesca just wants everyone to have good sex, the “porn industry” doesn’t exist as such, stalking the halls of the Bellagio, the feature of S...
2026-06-09
52 min
Critical Babe Theory
You can’t have integrity if you’re always agreeing with everybody
A wide-ranging conversation with writer and filmmaker Sean Wilsey about literature, the left, and his film IXXI that’s premiering at Tribeca this week. We discuss how hard it is to hold on to your values, orthodoxy as a means to protect yourself, and how radicals have lost the ability to cooperate.Also discussed: translations that are funnier than the original, “it’s really easy to throw people under whatever bus you want to keep moving,” Italy’s reputation as frivolous, The Nation doesn’t want anyone to have a good time, adorning prostitutes with flowers in Czechoslovak...
2026-06-02
37 min
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Life in Beige [First Half]
The first half of my conversation with health and wellness journalist Leigh Weingus about GLP-1’s—and what it means for Americans to empty themselves of desire in pursuit of a fix-all miracle drug.Also discussed: optimization culture, Francesca’s time as a fat girl, how our food system is set up to be addictive, drug use in the UC system, thriving in moderation (Leigh is the human GLP-1), a hard pitch for intuitive eating, the drug-addictification of America, “being fat was good for my personality,” the finite nature of will power, how dieting itself creates obesity, marriage i...
2026-05-26
46 min
Critical Babe Theory
New York Was Better Then [First Half]
Native New Yorker Alex Brook Lynn comes on the show to talk about the city in the 90’s—and what’s lost when only the rich can afford to live and work in NYC. We discuss the demise of rent controlled apartments, marking art when the stakes aren’t high, and how close to life Larry Clark’s Kids was (pretty close).Also discussed: middle class drug dealers, how the out-of-towners are the city’s own migratory bird population, “graft for the people,” we forget that Eric Adams was the Curtis Silwa candidate of 2020, when heroin addicts were good old-fa...
2026-05-12
41 min
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Right Wing Women [First Half]
My very fun and very discursive talk with Sam Adler-Bell, journalist and host of leftist podcast “Know Your Enemy.” We discuss his recent viral article “The Women Leaving the New Right” in New York Mag, liberalism’s lack of meaning, the (more) vile aspects of the New Right—and how the left drove women into their arms in the first place.Also discussed: “It’s China over here,” nebbish-maxxing, influencer-occupied government, social credit scores, serving two masters, the death drive of Israel, conflict between elites, Nick Fuentes keeping men small, Christopher Hitchens & cirrhosis, “you can die or become pa...
2026-05-05
43 min
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American Berserk [First Half]
A surrealist interview with sign-based comedian and beloved internet denizen Alan Wagner (@truewagner) about the critically reviled Ari Aster film Eddington—and how it exposes the berserk heart of America. Also discussed: the (unofficial) Eddington Preservation Society, a direct plea to Donald J Trump, basketweaving, Eddington as lighthearted romp, unwitting consumption of art, the final word: algorithms are bad, when Antifa comes to town, how social media negatively effects the way people on the left communicate (duh), Austin Butler just wants to play weirdos, and the three givens: death, taxes, and True Wagner.
2026-04-28
37 min
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The Antidote to Despair [First Half]
In commemoration of Earth Day, climate activist Matthew Menzies comes on the show to discuss his nonviolent protest and civil disobedience with the climate group Extinction Rebellion—and how we can avert climate crisis, build community, and envision a better life.Also discussed: how climate change is not your fault, whether podcasts steal your soul, permaculture, how oil=corn=flesh, chimpanzee civil war, the benevolent dictatorship of parenthood, Eric Adams going where it’s warm (Albania, apparently), the true antidote to apathy, the Fed crackdown on peaceful protest and free speech, being on the dome...
2026-04-21
46 min
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Power of the B*tch
***This is our 50th episode***The utterly delightful Monique Gabriel comes on the show to discuss the power of the bitch—which becomes a conversation about spiritual living and integrates into the timeless question: how can I be a spiritual bitch?Also discussed: adult tantrums, competitive crafting, alphas who like to be alphaed, girls school aura, “a friend to all is a friend to no one,” animus and anima, how trump brings meth head energy to the White House, POV promotions, MBA degrees = art of the yap, manifestation as origin...
2026-04-14
46 min
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A New Jewish Plotline [First Half]
Novelist Andrew Ridker comes on the show to discuss the paradox of privilege and persecution at the heart of the Jewish-American experience (and literary canon)—and how it’s time to shift the plot.Also discussed: Birthright sex romps, the cure for ambiguity, how the medium is the message in social media comment fights, the intellectual inconsistencies of Holocaust denialism, Portlandia passover seders, how Israel-Gaza is the psychic tear of the moral universe, the internet’s MO (nihilism), mogging as the law of the land, closeted DJs, and next year in Jerusalem—but not literall...
2026-04-07
44 min
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The Democrats [First Half]
Political consultant and strategist Charlie Goldensohn—aka @chez.chuck—comes on the show to discuss the Democratic Party and all its stumbling blocks.Also discussed: innate SF degeneracy, dip preferences, Gavin Newsom (again), the gender wars, how we all become our parents, American gerontocracy, “the people who are winning are populists,” the DL on Biden’s White House mental state, who’s really driving the male loneliness discourse, and the only egalitarian marriage in America (Charlie’s parents’).*The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your pod...
2026-03-31
51 min
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Natural Intelligence [First Half]
Léonie Weerakoon—human ecologist and founder of Kinetik Ventures, a bioeconomy investment firm—comes on the show to discuss her work, sustainability, and how nature is the highest form of intelligence.Also discussed: what it’s like to work for F1, living the globalist dream, extreme sports of sustainability, a hard pitch on moving to Luxembourg, nature as a peer, Francesca’s new conspiracy theory, how rubber led to the Industrial Revolution—plus Francesca gets a 101 on how capitalism works.The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever yo...
2026-03-24
44 min
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Get It How You Live [First Half]
Johnny Gaffney—founder of Senior Centertainment (https://seniorcentertainment.org) — comes on the show to talk about his work with seniors and how we all can be good neighbors — and finally do away with the modern illusion of self-sufficiency. Also discussed: always hailing yellow, the value of scrumming around, growing our capacity for non-romantic intimacy, VHI Behind the Music as spiritually purifying, honoring the stranger by having toilet paper, male vanity, Grinch green attraction, what it means to be a yapper, the sex scene in Showgirls, carnival barking, and Johnny’s shocking confession that he hasn’t wa...
2026-03-17
52 min
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How Should a Mother Be? [First Half]
Author and journalist EJ Dickson comes on the show to discuss her new book One Bad Mother and the impossible trap American mothers are put in—be they hot moms, influencer moms, MAHA moms or really any mom at all.Also discussed: ER vacations, how the kids-on-airplanes discourse points to the erosion of Judeo-Christian values, therapy as emotional prostitution, what we owe each other as a communal species, the golden ticket in our society of a martyr complex plus a lack of shame, the sin of being annoying, Fauci’s karma (and romance novel), brin...
2026-03-10
45 min
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Charlie & Jeffrey & Nick & Candace [First Half]
Simon van Zuylen-Wood—journalist and features writer at New York Magazine—comes on the show to talk about the battle for the soul of American conservatism and the battleground of elite inboxes (ie the prodigious emailing of Jeffrey Epstein). Nota bene: first half of the episode we discuss Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes, Epstein in the second half. Candace floats throughout, as is her wont.Also discussed: what breakfast choice makes you a free-trade globalist, if we should just let Trump have his tariffs, gay orgies vs Epstein island parties, sympathy for the devil, JD V...
2026-03-03
43 min
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How to Win Back the White Working Class [First Half]
Writer Nicole Treska comes on the show to talk about growing up in blue collar Boston under the aegis of the Winter Hill Gang—and how the left (maybe, if they stop being corporate sell outs) can win back the white working class.Also discussed: boomer greed, the authoritarian personality, ancestral goat programming, how when people say they want to be rich what they mean is they want to be middle class in the 80’s, pandemic accelerationism, ruling like the right, how gang members just want to hang out like the rest of us, the...
2026-02-24
42 min
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Funny Girl [First Half]
Cult comic and beloved online denizen Lauren Servideo comes on the show to discuss her favorite characters (hint: it’s like choosing your favorite child), old-hat internet, and what we talk about when we talk about influencers.Also discussed: eldest daughter discourse, Billy Crystal and the female fear of death, crust punks with a TikTok presence, how men don’t like to be propositioned to be a muse (by Francesca), MLM faux-pas, peptide propaganda, shmacting, and whether all Italians are funny.The first half of every episode of CBT is f...
2026-02-17
45 min
Critical Babe Theory
AI will take from you everything you've ever loved [First Half]
The first half of every episode of CBT is free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xoBrian Wood, founder of Panodime, comes on the show to discuss what the AI overlords really want (hint: it’s not to make your workflow more efficient) and what we need to do to ensure the AI future benefits all of us.Discussed: tech CEO drug addicts, the problem wi...
2026-02-10
37 min
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How to make it (as a man) in America [First Half]
Nota bene: starting today, the first half of every episode of CBT will be free wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to become a subscriber and hear the second half, please go to www.patreon.com/criticalbabetheory. Thank you for your support xo I talk with Reuben Barsky—raconteur & denizen of the diamond district—about the myth of the urban American male and pursuit of the good life.Also discussed: what constitutes normal male behavior, whether all immigrants are criminals (muses immigrant-descendant-of-criminals Francesca), the art of the cold...
2026-02-03
38 min
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Sexual Personae
Actress and impresario Ruby McCollister and I discuss Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae—the resurrection of the work post-Trump, Paglia’s thrilling/exhausting prose styling, the fundamental immorality and amorality of art, and the inherent tackiness of sexuality.Also discussed: Ruby’s theory on how JFK started the culture war (with his hotness), safe spaces at Vogue, being an emotional slut, the NYC real estate that perverted Francesca’s lifestyle expectations, how Gen X ruined the world (and the grace due boomers), Howard Stern and the end of the shock jock era, whether large tubes of A...
2026-01-27
1h 15
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A Most Violent Year (full episode only on Patreon)
Activist and comic Davidson Boswell returns and we discuss Venezuela, ICE and the murder of Renee Good. We debate material conditions vs the flawed nature of man, what follows post-white supremacy and the eschatological possibility of saving ICE agent’s souls.Also discussed: Almond moms, socialist footwear, how Trump accidentally made Maduro look cool, Jonathan E Ross as the new Franz Ferdinand, post-materialism and how the Democrats have to embrace populism.
2026-01-20
01 min
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How to Become a Revolutionary™
Comic and activist Davidson Boswell comes on the show to talk about his radicalization post October 7th and the mass marketing of revolution.We discuss the sins of moderate liberals and Davidson's disruptions with Climate Defiance, including their interruption of the opening night of Carmen at the Met. Also discussed: how to get a pervert to put their dick away on the subway, the ego-wound of standing on principle, quibbles with Cuba, the glam of imperialism, Francesca’s common ground with Megyn Kelly, and much more. Also Francesca gives in to her worst instincts and reads her fa...
2026-01-13
1h 08
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Dating Almanac 2026 (full episode only on Patreon)
Friend of the pod Lauren Bille returns to the show and we attempt to talk about dating—but keep getting pulled into current events. The personal is political?Also discussed: the hermeneutics of dating people too young for you, paralyzation of choice, Candace Owens blaming American foreign policy in Venezuela on “Zionists” (editor’s note: by that does she mean Stephen Miller?), the ideal male-female age gap (spoiler: it’s 20 years), what Derek Chauvin is up to, why Hobbes would support increasing marriage rates and how women are responsible for eternal bachelorhood. Also Francesca’ gives her me...
2026-01-09
01 min
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The Case for a Christian Left
CBT welcomes in the new year with guest Dhananjay Jagannathan and a super-stoney discussion of what Christ really meant when he said he came with the sword (the Christian mandate for socialism, duh). We break down Phil Christman’s book Why Christians Should be Leftists, the semiotics of woke house style, the aesthetics needed to reach Christian moms and how Christ is a little too radical for the NYC petite bourgeoisie.Also discussed: how sexy we like our thought leaders (very), Hilbert’s paradox as metaphor for the Trinity, the ethics of astrology, and much...
2026-01-02
1h 09
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Columbia is Burning (full episode only on Patreon)
Guest Dhananjay Jagannathan returns to discuss his time as a professor at Columbia University post-October 7th and the ensuing protests and encampments. We discuss how the elite institutions of higher education are eating themselves alive—like it's 1968 all over again.Also discussed: the lost pleasures of MapQuest, how Columbia University loves its grass (more than its students), and that Francesca never wears her glasses and thus lives in blissful ignorance.
2025-12-26
03 min
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What's an education for?
This week's guest Dhananjay Jagannathan, essayist and Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College, comes on to discuss the value of education today—is it for the one percent? Is it for spiritual edification? Is it to perform well at cocktail parties? Read more on Dhananjay's substack, Cultured Opinion: https://culturedopinion.substack.comAtlantic article about how students don't read anymore: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/
2025-12-21
44 min
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O helpmeet where art thou? (full episode only on Patreon)
Francesca and guest host Lauren Bille discuss single motherhood (and why you shouldn't be one), the tepid response to pronatalism on the right, dating football players and much more.
2025-12-10
02 min
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Abundance
You open your eyes at dawn and turn in the cool bedsheets. From outside, you can hear the California High-Speed Rail as it comes to a screeching halt. Your government issued Meta glasses deliver a Page Six alert: recently disgraced influencer has thrown herself into the tracks. You open your window, and an Amazon drone flies in with your reasonably priced prescription of Ozempic, manufactured in the Purdue low-orbit space factory. Your micro-ear piece pings: it's Ezra Klein, reminding you that you're happy now.Friend-of-the-pod Brendan joins to mansplain Derek Thompson & Ezra Klein's Abundance...
2025-12-03
1h 12
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Let the Girls Have Fun (full episode only on Patreon)
Sarah is back from London with a theory about polyamory, and Francesca decides she no longer cares about Ezra Klein. We discuss Trump’s White House renovations, the looming war with Venezuela, the NYC mayoral race, the "ceasefire," and much more.
2025-11-20
02 min
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The Show Must Go On
We discuss Francesca’s upcoming play and talk theater with director Molly Shayna Cohen—producing indie theater, being shameless, standing ovations, and falling in love with your co-star. Plus Sarah has an anger attack at the Vatican gift shop.Come see Molly & Francesca's scandalous new play ESCALATION TIME in NYC Nov 7-23! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets.Follow Molly on Instagram @mollyshaynacohenhttps://www.mollyshaynacohen.com/ Discussed: The Playwright vs. the Theater Victor I. Cazares has stopped taking their HIV meds — until the NY Theatre Workshop calls fo...
2025-11-07
1h 21
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Jihad on NYC
We answer all your burning questions about the NYC mayoral race. Why did Zohran eat a burrito on the subway? Would NYC be safer under Sharia law? And was Francesca once a Cuomosexual? And we endorse Zohran, duh.Come see Francesca's scandalous new play in NYC Nov 7-23! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets.NYC Find Your Poll Site and see your ballotDiscussed:The Goon SquadThe Feminist by Tony TulathimutteA Reporter Misstook ‘Bill DeBlasio’ for Bill de BlasioWhy Biden's White Hous...
2025-11-02
1h 40
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Jihad on NYC
We answer all your burning questions about the NYC mayoral race. Why did Zohran eat a burrito on the subway? Would NYC be safer under Sharia law? And was Francesca once a Cuomosexual?Come see Francesca's scandalous new play in NYC Nov 7-23! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets. NYC Find Your Poll Site and see your ballot Discussed:The Goon SquadThe Feminist by Tony TulathimutteA Reporter Misstook ‘Bill DeBlasio’ for Bill de BlasioWhy Biden's White House Press Secretary is Leaving the...
2025-10-30
1h 41
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Let the Girls Have Fun preview (full episode on Patreon)
Sarah is back from London with a theory about polyamory, and Francesca decides she no longer cares about Ezra Klein. We discuss Trump’s White House renovations, the looming war with Venezuela, the NYC mayoral race, the "ceasefire," and much more.
2025-10-28
02 min
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Babe, Interrupted
Movement professional, social worker in-training, and friend of the pod Brittany Rowell joins us to discuss matters of the mind and body: Is being skinny actually fascist? Does therapy actually work? And why do all roads lead to MAHA? Plus, Francesca recounts her time at a psychic institute.Follow Britt on Instagram @britbritrowell Discussed:Is pilates political?Psychiatry Won’t Solve Our Mental Health Crisis — Only Politics Can Do That
2025-10-17
1h 44
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Shut up, Ezra Klein! (full episode only on Patreon)
"But was silence not an option?"Francesca continues her righteous crusade against polyamory and Ezra Klein, as we review Klein's recent conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about Charlie Kirk's legacy.Discussed:Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
2025-10-09
19 min
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A Star is Broke ft. Emily Meade
Friend of the pod Emily Meade (The Deuce, Dead Ringers, The Penguin) joins us to talk about life as a working actress. We discuss the Riyadh Comedy Festival, witchcraft, Scientology, “Tilly” the AI actress, and much more.Follow Emily on Instagram @need4meadeWatch Emily's breakout performance at a weird Catholic Church-sponsored Italian children's singing competition in the 90s
2025-10-03
1h 26
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Woke MAGA (full episode only on Patreon)
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2025-09-23
01 min
The Longest Take Podcast
Francesca Root-Dodson - The Longest Take Podcast
Thank you for tuning in! In this week's episode I am joined by Francesca Root-Dodson. Francesca is a writer, actress and filmmaker based in New York City. She’s worked for Houghton Mifflin, McSweeney’s and THE BELIEVER in the world of literary prose and written original content—as well as been brought on to do rewrites—for film and television. In 2013, her short story “Strayers” was a finalist for the Nelson Algren Award and published in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. In 2016, she developed an episodic series entitled ROSELAND, a comedy about a delusional drug addict who thinks the world is ending. B...
2025-09-23
1h 05
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The Trouble with Wanting Men
We discuss “heterofatalism” and the latest propaganda against straight men. Discussed: The Trouble with Wanting Men This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men The Princess of 72nd Street Rep Richie Torres & AIPACJia Tolentino on Elizabeth Gilbert Slouching Towards Bethlehem
2025-09-16
1h 23
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RIP Charlie Kirk (full episode on Patreon)
Full episode on Patreon for subscribers only. https://www.patreon.com/c/CriticalBabeTheory
2025-09-12
01 min
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RIP Charlie Kirk
We discuss the latest schizo current events (Israel bombing Qatar, the Epstein birthday book, Kamala's memoir) and find out while recording that right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead at the Utah Valley University. Correction: Iryna Zarutska is the name of the 23-year-old Ukranian refugee who was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina. May she rest in peace. Discussed: Charles Heston: “From my cold, dead hands”Kamala Harris 107 Days excerptEpstein Birthday Book The New Yorker on Schizophrenia and autoimmune conditions
2025-09-11
59 min
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Wide Awoke
We discuss Sarah's experience getting cancelled at work and Andrea Chu’s review of Thomas Chatterton William’s new book Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse. Plus: Francesca’s controversial statements on polyamory, Sarah’s visit to a nude beach, talking to men on the subway, Ezra Klein’s moral failings, Trump federalizing the DC police, and more.Discussed:Andrea Long Chu on Thomas Chatterton Williams's new bookEzra Klein on PalestineHow a Polyamorous Mom Had ‘a Big Sexual Adventure’ and Found Herself
2025-09-02
1h 25
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Are the men okay?
Dilettante, suspected communist, essayist, and musician Zay, aka Civic Flora, joins the pod to discuss the return of fascism, reconciling our material desires with our socialist dreams, the alleged male loneliness epidemic, bromance, third spaces, and much, much more.Follow Zay on Instagram @civicfloraCheck out Zay's music and essays here
2025-08-15
2h 29
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Buy Any Jeans Necessary
We discuss the midtown Manhattan shooting and CTE, self-immolation, Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign, The New York Times’ genocidal journalism, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Discussed:Dorothy Day on self-immolationJustin Trudeau party trickNew York War Crimes dossierGlobal march to GazaThe Information Warfare Consortium Shaping GHF’s PR OffensiveLeonardo DiCaprio is invested in a hotel in IsraelCorrectionsDorothy Day is not a saint, but she should be!According to Palestinian analyst Elhasan Bakr, the prewar amount of aid trucks into Gaza was 500-600 a day, with estimates of 1,000-1,500 trucks...
2025-08-05
1h 38
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Nothing but Harry
Harry Krinsky, co-host of the basketball podcast Nothing But Respect, joins the show for a thrilling cultural exchange. He teaches us about men and sports, and we talk to him about girlie stuff—like having a sapphic awakening while watching Blue Is the Warmest Color.Discussed: the cost of being a sports fan, gambling, male loneliness, how pick-up basketball is sort of gay cruising for straight guys, and Sarah’s attempt to help a stranger on the streets of NYC make friends.Follow Harry on Instagram @lexaprotoolsListen to Nothing But Respect
2025-07-30
1h 42
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The Anarchist Mystique
Anarchist babe and friend of the pod, Isobel van Hagen, comes on the pod to promote making anarchy hot again. We discuss anarchism as a personal ethos, relationship anarchy, and how feminism ends when there’s a bear.
2025-07-22
1h 50
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A Hot Girl's Guide to Enlightenment
Spiritual teacher and best-selling author Biet Simkin comes by the pod to discuss rock and roll, inhabiting the dual mind and all the places we can find God (including shopping at Prada).Follow Biet on Instagram @guidedbybiet.https://www.bietsimkin.com/
2025-07-16
1h 31
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(Soft) power trip
Friend of the pod Victoria Shepard shares her experience working with refugees in the humanitarian sector. We discuss what ending USAID means, if all international giving is really BS, and how the CIA tracked down Osama bin Laden through a vaccination campaign (yikes!). Discussed:How The CIA's Hunt For Bin Laden Impacted Public Health Campaigns In PakistanChihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ in Africa
2025-07-09
1h 17
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Gen Z Luddite Report
Gen Z filmmaker, Luddite, and brother-of-the-pod Nick Konig comes on to discuss flip phones, Krishnamurti, The Medium is the Massage & golfing in New York City. Find Nick on YouTube and follow him on Instagram @cellinoandbarnesnumberonefanDiscussed:Nature by Bianca StoneThe Medium is the MassageThey Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
2025-07-02
53 min
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Louise Perry and the case against the sexual revolution
Sarah & Francesca discuss Louise Perry's book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, eccentric women, bad sex, and whether Charlotte would have had to marry Mr. Collins if she had an OnlyFans. Plus: the NYC mayoral race, Iran, and Francesca's theory that George W. Bush wanted to go to war because of the 2001 hit TV show, 24.Discussed:How to find love in 2025The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
2025-06-24
1h 06
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Give me your tired, your poor
Sarah & Francesca discuss ICE protests, the NYPD Strategic Response Group, Gavin Newsom loving love, and liberal Denmark's tough-on-immigration approach. Also, the pod endorses a candidate in the upcoming New York mayoral primary. Discussed: Eric Adams’s morning routineIn an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning?Gavin Newsom on the L.A. Protests
2025-06-17
1h 03
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Candace-pilled: Why are all the bitches I know listening to Candace Owens?
We do a deep dive into the story of Candace: her ascension from liberal nobody to conservative darling to conspiracy theorist and celebrity gossipmonger. Plus: The Musk-Trump breakup, the problem with Elon's manhood (according to Azaelia Banks), and we reveal our voting records—which one of us was a Young Republican?Correction: Ye and Candace Owens wore "White Lives Matter" shirts to a Paris fashion show in 2022, not "All Lives Matter."Discussed: The Gospel of Candace OwensThe Strange Tale of Social AutopsyAn O...
2025-06-10
1h 12
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Black Cat Energy
Sara Apple Maliki—writer, filmmaker and fiancée—discusses heterosexual dating and gives precise instructions on how to find a (rich) husband in NYC. Also discussed: how to work black cat energy, whether or not you should take the train to Williamsburg for a dude, and how Catholic all-girls school made us pick-mes.
2025-06-04
1h 18
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Looking for God in All the Wrong Places
Ben Zitsman—literary darling, reformed scoundrel and former managing editor of the Antioch Review—comes by the podcast to discuss his spiritual search on a Jesuit mission at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Plus: Catholic converts, American sex-ed and that time Francesca was possessed by a demon (and her subsequent exorcism).
2025-05-27
1h 11
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Hail Mary, Full of Grace, ChatGPT is with Thee
Is Chat GPT a literal prophet? We discuss the college students who use AI to pass their classes and the liberals who use social media to break their own brains. Plus: Chat GPT gives Sarah schizophrenic spiritual counsel. Discussed:Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeMy Brain Finally Broke by Jia Tolentino
2025-05-17
1h 09
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God Bless the Basic Bitches
Is New York over? Discussed: The battle for the soul of the West Village, Francesca's audition to play Jessa in Girls, white girls promoting North Korea on TikTok, and much more.It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village GirlWhy I Broke Up With New York by Lena Dunham
2025-05-12
1h 10
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Alex's Basilisk: Part Two (ft. Alex Howe)
Things get heated as we discuss Alex's fling with anarchy, Francesca's true religious affiliations, Donald Trump's fashion choices, and whether or not Ye is a good rapper. Plus part two of our conversation about the new Mansons—a queer vegan doomsday cult prepping for an all-powerful AI god. Featuring poet, friend of the pod and the most verbal straight man in all of NYC, Alex Howe.Subscribe to Alex’s Substack, Available for Parties: https://alexhowefinsta.substack.com/Discussed: https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/speed-over-fairness-deportation-under-obamahttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles...
2025-05-02
1h 22
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Alex's Basilisk: Part One (ft. Alex Howe)
Did JD Vance kill the pope? And: Part one of our conversation about the new Mansons—a queer vegan doomsday cult prepping for an all-powerful AI god. Featuring poet, friend of the pod and the most verbal straight man in all of NYC, Alex Howe.Subscribe to Alex’s Substack, Available for Parties: https://alexhowefinsta.substack.com/Discussed: https://newrepublic.com/post/194199/jd-vance-kill-pope-francis-investigationhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html
2025-04-26
1h 32
Critical Babe Theory
You took my sadness out of context at the Orbital Reef mixed-use business park complex
Girls gone astral, Francesca endorses raw milk, a retrospective on the Covid lockdowns & the true meaning of Frank Sinatra's My Way.Discussed:Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk
2025-04-23
1h 02
Critical Babe Theory
SHALOM, DONALD TRUMP
Sarah and Francesca discuss mass deportations, anti-semitism, Oscar-winning homoeroticism and the inspiring story of how one alleged war criminal overcame 90 minutes of inconvenience.
2025-04-17
1h 07
Critical Babe Theory
Why Won't the Left Let Me Be a Trad Wife?
Is motherhood hell? Do straight women exist? And why won't the Left let Francesca be a trad wife?
2025-04-04
1h 02
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher Sept 4, 2024
Podcast of Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher presented by Katie's Restaurant, Francesca Deli & Beinvenue Restaurant 4-6pm on 106.1 The TicketListen live @ www.ericasher.com The I-Heart Radio or TuneIn Radio App or www.theticket1061.com Podcast of the show is available on Anchor, Apple I-Heart Spreaker Spotify, Google & other podcasting platforms or at www.theticket1061.com Topics: Saints LSU Tulane Pelicans & more Guests Tulane Sideline Reporter Maddy Hudak , Mike Triplett of NO.Football, Christopher Dodson of Clutch Points, Mike Scarborough of TigerBait.com
2024-09-05
1h 59
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher Aug. 28, 2024
Podcast of Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher presented by Katie's Restaurant, Francesca Deli & Beinvenue Restaurant 4-6pm on 106.1 The TicketListen live @ www.ericasher.com The I-Heart Radio or TuneIn Radio App or www.theticket1061.com Podcast of the show is available on Anchor, Apple I-Heart Spreaker Spotify, Google & other podcasting platforms or at www.theticket1061.com Topics Saints LSU Tulane Pelicans Guests Tulane Sideline Reporter Maddy Hudak Garland Gillen of Fox 8 Sports Christopher Dodson of Clutch Points, Mike Scarborough of TigerBait.com
2024-08-29
1h 59
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher Jan. 10, 2024
Podcast of Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher presented by Katie's Restaurant, Francesca Deli & Beinvenue Restaurant 4-6pm on 106.1FM WRKN Listen live @ www.ericasher.com The I-Heart Radio or TuneIn Radio App or www.nashfm1061.comPodcast of the show is available on Anchor, Apple I-Heart Spreaker Spotify, Google & other podcasting platforms or at www.nashfm1061.comTopics: Saints, LSU, Tulane, UNO, Pelicans, Nick Saban & more Guests: Christopher Dodson of Clutch Points Jeff Duncan of nola.com Celebrity Chef Scot Craig
2024-01-11
1h 50
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher Oct. 4, 2023
Podcast of Inside New Orleans presented by Katie's Restaurant, Francesca Deli & Beinvenue Restaurant 4-6pm on 106.1FM WRKN Listen live @ www.ericasher.com The I-Heart Radio or TuneIn Radio App or www.nashfm1061.com Podcast of the show is available on Anchor, Apple I-Heart Spreaker Spotify, Google & other podcasting platforms or at www.nashfm1061.com Topics: Saints, LSU, Tulane, Pelicans & more My guests are Sean Fazende of Fox 8 Sports, Christopher Dodson of Basketball News, Les East of Crescent City Sports
2023-10-05
1h 50
Jim Leach - Interviews
Nick Dodson, Francesca Butler - 08/29/2022
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2022-08-30
11 min
Jim Leach Show
Nick Dodson, Francesca Butler - 08/29/2022
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2022-08-30
11 min
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher
Inside New Orleans with Eric Asher Jun 29, 2022
Podcast of Inside New Orleans presented by Katie's Restaurant, Francesca Deli & Beinvenue Restaurant 4-6pm on 106.1FM WRKN Listen live @ www.ericasher.com The I-Heart Radio or TuneIn Radio App or www.nashfm1061.com Podcast of the show is available on Anchor, Apple I-Heart Spreaker Spotify, Google & other podcasting platforms or at www.nashfm1061.com Guests: Saints, Pelicans, LSU, Tulane & more My guests are Sean Fazende of Fox 8 Sports Christopher Dodson of Pelicans Scoop, Richie Mills of WGNO TV Sports
2022-06-30
1h 52
Rabbitt Stew Comics
Episode 292
Comic Reviews: Action Comics 1029 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Hi-Fi, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Michael Avon Oeming, Taki Soma Batman: Black and White 4 by Joshua Williamson, Riley Rossmo, Karl Kerschl, Chip Zdarsky, Nick Bradshaw, Daniel Warren Johnson, Becky Cloonan, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson Batman/Superman 16 by Gene Luen Yang, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Sabine Rich Detective Comics 1034 by Mariko Tamaki, Dan Mora, Jordie Bellaire, Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov Harley Quinn 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia Teen Titans Academy 1 by Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Alejandro Sanchez Batman and Scooby Doo Mysteries 1 by...
2021-03-28
2h 32
Down And Nerdy Podcast
Ep 254 - Gotham S5: Francesca Root-Dodson Interview
This week we celebrate our 5th year anniversary! We do that the only way we know how when we reach a milestone...we talk about GOTHAM! Hear our chat with Francesca Root-Dodson who plays Jeremiah's right hand woman, Ecco. We talk about the obvious Harley Quinn vibes, get some behind the scenes knowledge on her amazing fight scene with Camren Bicondova and SO much more! You won't want to miss this, or the final episodes of Gotham ever Thursday night on Fox! Speaking of Fox, we also talk about the Season 2 finale of The Gifted with spoilers and renewal hopes...
2019-03-01
1h 00
Gotham TV Podcast - The longest running podcast about Pennyworth and Gotham
Gotham 507 Review of "Ace Chemicals" by Gotham TV Podcast
This was the big event after years of teasing Gotham takes it back to the beginning and into the future with the creation of the joker we chat all about it in our Gotham 507 Review of "Ace Chemicals". This is a spoiler filled discussion so as always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Jeremiah Valeska (Cameron Monaghan) plays the part of one of Bruce's heroesas Leslie Thompkins (Morena Baccarin) and Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) are all tied up Gotham 507 Review "Ace Chemicals" Synopsis Directed by: John Stephens Written by: Tze Chun Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie...
2019-02-24
56 min
Gotham TV Podcast
EXCLUSIVE Gotham Interview Francesca Root-Dodson, Ecco from Gotham – Gotham TV Podcast Episode 137
"I had to reread for the role of Ecco in Gotham Season 5 because it was so different from what I'd done in Season 4." Francesca Root-Dodson The post EXCLUSIVE Gotham Interview Francesca Root-Dodson, Ecco from Gotham – Gotham TV Podcast Episode 137 appeared first on Gotham TV Podcast.
2019-02-22
20 min
The Penguin: on Gotham TV Podcast
Francesca Root-Dodson Gotham Interview with Ecco
“I had to reread for the role of Ecco on Gotham Season 5 because it was so different from what I’d done in Season 4.” Francesca Root-Dodson It’s time for Read More The post EXCLUSIVE Gotham Interview Francesca Root-Dodson, Ecco on Gotham appeared first on TV Podcast Industries.
2019-02-22
20 min
Gotham TV Podcast - The longest running podcast about Pennyworth and Gotham
We interview Francesca Root-Dodson who plays Ecco on Gotham
"I had to reread for the role of Ecco in Gotham Season 5 because it was so different from what I'd done in Season 4." Francesca Root-Dodson
2019-02-22
20 min
DC Comics News Podcast Network
DCN Exclusive Interview: Francesca Root-Dodson, Star of GOTHAM
Josh Raynor, Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics News, sits down with Francesca Root-Dodson, who plays Ecco on the hit series, GOTHAM. We talk about her experience filming Gotham, her fight scene with Camren Bicondova's Selina Kyle, and her relationship with Jeremiah. Enjoy! If you like what you've heard, please subscribe to our channel on Apple Podcasts and be sure to rate and review the podcast. Thanks! Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DCComicsNews Twitter: www.twitter.com/DCComicsNews Instagram: www.instagram.com/DCComicsNews Tumblr: www...
2019-02-12
24 min
Gotham TV Podcast - The longest running podcast about Pennyworth and Gotham
Gotham 504 Review of "Ruin" by Gotham TV Podcast
A relationship rekindled and revenge taken we discuss it all in in our Gotham 504 Review of "Ruin" in our Top Five case notes. This is a spoiler filled discussion so as always make sure you've watched the episode before listening to the podcast. Ed Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) pays a visit to an apartment in Gotham's safe zone.A burning teddy bear is one of the last remnants of Jim's Haven. Gotham 504 Review "Ruin" Synopsis Directed by: Nathan Hope Written by: James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) are forced to work together and a...
2019-01-27
1h 07
Fan Wonderland
Episode Twenty Seven: A Free Spirited Puddin' with Francesca Root-Dodson
Fan Wonderland chat to Gotham fan favourite, Francesca Root-Dodson about becoming Mommer/Ecco and her film Free Spirit, which Francesca wrote, directed, produced and starred in. TJ & Francesca discuss the craziness of the final season of Gotham, as well as some of Francesca’s other roles. Francesca also details how she got into character as Ecco as well as answering fan questions. Major spoilers contained for Season 5 episode "Ruin" Content Warning: Strong Coarse Language. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Pr...
2019-01-25
26 min