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The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 24: Outrage & Civil Discourse with Walter Rhein and Nick ParoI was delighted to welcome Walter Rhein and Nick Paro to The Daily Whatever this morning as the incomparable Dana DuBois continues her penguin-rescuing mission on the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP (What, you didn’t think it could mean two things?))We kicked off the show with a show of love for our dear friend Füsun Aydın. Please, send her some love and show you care by signing up for her newsletter and, if you are able, by becoming a paid subscriber to her. Füsun, we love you! I hope you were able to see t...2025-07-241h 01
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Daily Whatever, July 9: Karaoke storiesHey Everyone!I always enjoy chatting with Dana Dubois, though I wish Lawrence Winnerman had been there. We had a nice time chatting about karaoke. I’m constantly astounded how fast these 1 hour sessions can go by. Karaoke was a big deal for me and my wife when we were first dating. We’d play poker with the American immigrants (I refuse to call them expats), and then we’d take our winnings and go to the movies or sing karaoke.It was pretty rare that we didn’t win the card games. Part of...2025-07-101h 01
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Lawrence WinnermanHey Everyone!Today our special guest is Lawrence Winnerman from “The Daily Whatever.” We had a blast, and I got to get Lawrence’s pick for the definitive Gen X movie.I should come up with a question for every episode and have everyone write down their answer for the big reveal. That was kind of fun.I was just reflecting with Ben as to how much I enjoy these talks. It’s great to have an open topic such as film/shows/video games to form the basis of a discussion with all thes...2025-06-281h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 28: What's Next with Wendy and Walter RheinSorry for the short wrapup, but I’m not even sure I could capture the full range of our convo. Huge thanks and love to Walter Rhein and Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 who were absolutely incredible on today’s show.We’re back on Monday, June 30th! Dana DuBois will be home, and I’ll get my first taste of a 7am broadcast time. Yikes! Our theme will be Reunited, and it Feels So Good.Thank you Polly Walker Blakemore, Karen Marie Shelton, Beth Cruz, Brianna, William Mieras, and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈...2025-06-281h 00
Walter Rhein PodcastSpeaking Truth to Each OtherHello Everyone!This was such a wonderful conversation! Anat offers some excellent advice that we can apply both in how we address others, and how we can examine our own understanding of truth.As we were talking, I realized that the concept of speaking truth has layers and layers of complexity. We have to make slight adjustments to our strategies depending on the specific kind of communication we’re talking about:* Face-to-face interactions* Online interactions* Group interactions* Printed/radio/video communication* Communication from a platform...2025-06-1831 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 3: Queer History with Wendy the DruidAttention, students! School is in session, the library is open, and it is Time. 👏 To. 👏Learn. 👏 Queer. 👏 Herstory. 👏 Periodt. 👏Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 the Druid joined Dana DuBois and lil’ ol’ me ( Lawrence Winnerman ) for the first of what we hope are many sessions of schoolwerk. First of all, Wendy is the owner of ThistleAndMoss.com, a Substack dedicated to—an amazing combo of things: Queerness, Druidic work, politics, poetry, and elevating other Queer voices. Go subscribe now!And Chat, what didn’t we talk about? Also Chat, what didn’t you talk about? The Daily Whatever is known for having and active and spicy ch...2025-06-031h 04
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Brandon EllrichHello Friends!Ben and I were delighted to have Brandon Ellrich come and give us his thoughts on some of his favorite films last Thursday. You can subscribe to his newsletter here:I chatted with Brandon after the talk and we discovered that technology played a little trick on us. We occasionally dropped our connection and that made us lose parts of the conversation. He mentioned how he saw in the replay that I asked him some questions that he didn’t hear during the live. The same thing happened from my end, so there is...2025-05-311h 04
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Short Videos and Live Conversations Have Become Useful Growth ToolsHello Friends!When I was in school I wanted to be a cartoonist. This was back in the era of the Sunday morning comics and that seemed like the best thing in the world to me. I used to sit in my classes and doodle in my notebooks. This annoyed the teachers even though I always got my work done and got good grades.When I became a father, I realized how good kids are at listening even if they’re apparently engaged in some other task. I found this out after reading a chapter of...2025-05-1905 min
Walter Rhein PodcastEditing Won't Help You if You're Unable to Face Your MuseLawrence Winnerman recently told me that he visualized his muse as the manifestation of a nonbinary physical being whispering stories. That, to me, is an absolutely beautiful representation that contains more truth than most starting writers would believe.It got me thinking on how I view my own muse. I concluded it’s not so much a being, but more like a knothole in a barrier between worlds. I can crouch and gaze into the knothole. I see all kinds of magnificent things. But the light burns my eye, and it’s both physically and mentally taxing to s...2025-05-1606 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 2: Fucked-up FridayThank you Walter Rhein, Debra Groves Harman, Polly Walker Blakemore, Karen Marie Shelton, Lahboss and so many others for tuning into The Daily Whatever: Fucked-Up Friday with Lawrence Winnerman and Dana DuBois featuring our guest Kevin Alexander! Y’all! I (Lawrence) got a job! Huzzah! Also, I’m planning a new side hustle as Santa Claus. Read Santa Lawrence’s origin story here: Today we had a battle royale for the most fucked-up thing that happened this past week. We agreed that deporting kids with cancer without their meds is by far the worst thing, but it...2025-05-021h 06
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 30: My damn internetThank you Karen Marie Shelton, techwriter35, Sarah, Obladioblada, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois! Join us tomorrow for “Writers on Writing with Walter Rhein” for The Daily Whatever! Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe2025-05-0142 min
Walter Rhein PodcastHow to Fix Everything That's Wrong With the F***ed Up USAHello Everyone! I jumped into this morning chat with Dana DuBois, who I know from Medium, and Lawrence Winnerman, who is a new friend as of now! We had a nice talk about everything that’s “F***ed UP” right now. The conversation has a little more profanity than normal, but I think you’ll find it appropriate.Also, there’s a funny moment when I tried to plug in my headphones only to realize my new phone doesn’t have an audio jack. That made me laugh. All laughter is good. The moment only lasts about...2025-04-2556 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 25: Fucked-up Friday with Walter RheinToday was the debut of “Fucked-up Friday,” where we discuss the most fucked-up news of the week in friendly competition. We were joined by the incredible Walter Rhein for an engaging, earnest conversation about the reality that we’re facing down is ethnic cleansing—or more simply put, genocide— Walter’s suggestion as the most fucked-up news of the week. And really, all the fucked-up news really rolls up to that, doesn’t it?Dana DuBois’ contribution was this horror: Barnard College staff alarmed by federal survey asking if they’re Jewish—and during Yom HaShoah, no less.Lawrence...2025-04-2556 min