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Sick of this PodWizards Counsil - three bearded brothers!Thank you cynmac, julie elder, Dean Blundell, Yolanda D., TheGoldenMean, Melissa Corrigan, she/her, Beth Cruz, and many others for tuning into today’s Wizards’ Counsil with Frederic Poag, Lawrence Winnerman, and Nick Paro!Come join us next Friday for another episode with the bearded brothers broing out for freedom. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-08-081h 00
Sick of this PodSick of this Show - meet the author, with special guest Walter RheinThank you Robin Wilding, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Lisa Joy 💜🏳️🌈, Caro Henry, Jeanne Elbe, and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-08-071h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 6: Parenting Trans Kids With Melissa Corrigan & Sophia Kelly GraceBack in 2023, I launched a tiny publication on Medium to create a community for storytelling and advice for parents of gender-nonconforming kids.I hoped other writers would find it and want to share their stories.Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find two amazing writer/editor/thinkers like I found in Melissa Corrigan, she/her and Sophia Kelly Grace, yet somehow, they found me—and together, we created Pink Hair & Pronouns.So much has changed since the summer of 2023, and not for the better for trans and nonbinary folks. Especially no...2025-08-061h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 5: Little "r” RelationshipsThis morning on The Daily Whatever, Dana DuBois and I had a great conversation about her latest article, “I Had a Little ‘r’ Relationship”. It’s her fascinating take on a six-year relationship that met a lot of needs—but not all of them—and which never turned into a Relationship. Check out the article here:Thank you Amit Sen , Beth Cruz , BiffBiff , BJ Roberts , Brandon Ellrich , Cat , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dr. Amber Hull , Jane B In NC🌼 , Füsun Aydın , John David 7, John Warrington , Joyce Reese , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimberly Finix , Kostadenos Priskos , Jo , Rich Kagan , The Mo...2025-08-051h 02
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, August 4: Light Shines Through, Ch. 4 | SharonHello, Whatevers!I did a reading from the latest chapter of my novel, and answered a few questions about what it’s like to write the future and then have it catch up with you! Read the full chapter here:Thank you Alexandra Sarafidou , April Mensinger , R.V. Hughes , Brandon Ellrich , Brushy 🐺 📚 , Jeanne Elbe , Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽 , Cat , C Wallis , Damon Kenner , BiffBiff , Dana DuBois , Jonathan Eddison , Dorothy Arney Yantis , Foye , Füsun Aydın , AlbertWilliams , Melissa Corrigan, she/her , Jon weston , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimmy Win , Jo , The Momster 🧷 , The One Minute Daily Boost , Lawrence Winnerman , Wendy Parker , Mel , MorganX , Peter...2025-08-0559 min
Sick of this PodSick of this Show - calling out the cowards, with special guest Melissa CorriganThank you Robin Wilding, Dana DuBois, Wendy Parker, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Cat, and many others for tuning into today’s episode of the Sick of this Show, with special guest Melissa Corrigan, she/her and cohost Lawrence Winnerman! Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-08-0459 min
The Daily WhateverGenXy Ice Bucket Challenge for 70 Paid Subscribers (Dana’s version)This weekend GenXy hit an exciting milestone—70 paid subscribers!! To celebrate, as promised, Lawrence Winnerman and I have each taken the Ice Bucket Challenge and HOLY SHITBALLS, that was cold!But also, it was pretty exhilarating.As a special bonus, I wore the t-shirt from my “Hello, I Have Amazing Boobs” viral story, to commemorate what’s also turned out to be my first (and presumably) only wet t-shirt competition. So yeah, you’re welcome.Mostly, we’re just so grateful to all of you. We’re only halfway through our Summer Pledge...2025-08-0409 min
Sick of this PodThe Daily Whatever, August 2: Karaoke Party 🎉Thank you The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Cat, cynmac, Brandon Ellrich, Jeanne Elbe, and many others for tuning into Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman’s Karaoke special, where Soso and I joined for a Saturday singing special! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-08-031h 06
Sick of this PodWizards’ Counsil - three beards unite for freedom!Thank you Dana DuBois, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Brandon Ellrich, Cat, cynmac, Soso, and many others for tuning into today’s Wizards’ Counsil with Frederic Poag, Lawrence Winnerman, and Nick Paro! Join us for our next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-08-011h 25
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Aug 1: Fucked-up Friday with K.R. ByersEvery Friday, Lawrence Winnerman and I invite a very special guest to join us for Fucked-up Friday, a weekly competition for the most fucked-up news story of the week. This week, the amazing (and very color-coordinated) K.R. Byers brought his A-game to the competition!Here are the stories we each pitched:* Dana DuBois: Substack Has it’s First Plagiarism Scandal. If Substack doesn’t have a clear, firm strategy on how to manage plagiarists, how can it thrive as a platform? Also, report and block Maalvika, the plagiarist in question.* Lawr...2025-08-0159 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 31: Bathrobe Day with The Bathrobe Guy and Karen Marie SheltonWe’re in the throes of our genXy Summer Pledge Drive to reach 100 paid subscribers for GenXy by end of summer.We committed to planning a special celebration at each 10-subscriber milestone—and today, we celebrated 60 paid subscribers by podcasting Live in our bathrobes. Lawrence got a bit spicy on-air with his, so be sure to watch for the leg and nip flashes throughout the episode.The idea was proposed by The Daily Whatever regular The Bathrobe Guy 👘, so naturally we had to invite him on the show to chat. We also asked Karen Marie Shelton...2025-07-311h 08
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 29: Lawrence’s Latest Novel ChapterOf the many joys I’ve found here on Substack (seriously, don’t laugh!) one of the most surprising to me is the elation I feel when reading excerpts of my novel out loud for the chat on our Lives. I had no idea how rewarding that would feel, but here I am, awash in the post-orgasmic glow of yet another successful read, and ladies and germs, let me tell you, it rivals sex. Today, I read from chapter 3 of Light Shines Through, my queer dystopian sci-fi novel that I’m serializing over on Lawrence Winner...2025-07-291h 01
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 28: Hit Me With That GLP-1 ShotThis morning on The Daily Whatever, Dana DuBois started by celebrating with the whole Chat: Lawrence, Dana, and Füsun Aydın got checkmarks, Nick Paro and The Bathrobe Guy 👘 placed on the charts, and more wins across our community. We love to see it! A rising tide lifts all boats, we like to say. Congrats to everyone, and thanks for your support and reader/viewership. It means the world to us!Dana wrote a powerful piece of memoir focusing on her family of origin programming around body and diet, and how taking a semaglutide GLP-1...2025-07-281h 00
Sick of this PodBook Talk - the sci-fi days of summer, with special guest Lawrence WinnermanThank you Lisa J 💜🏳️🌈, Caro Henry, Cat, Robin Wilding, Jeanne Elbe, Melissa Corrigan, she/her, Frederic Poag and many others for tuning into my live video with Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-07-281h 02
Sick of this PodPsych Talk - from sick of this shit to doing this shitThank you everyone who came Dana DuBois, Lawrence Winnerman, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Lisa J 💜🏳️🌈 and so many more for coming to the Shit Talk! today, with Cat and Nick Paro discussing issues from a psychological and sociological standpoint, a little Veteran information and knowledge, and what we can to go from sick of this shit to doing this shit. Let’s get active and let’s go win.Also, go sign up to run for something — runforsomething.net — and get involved so that no race goes unchallenged!Author’s Note: Please go subscribe to my friend Cat, who is amazingly intelligent, has g...2025-07-251h 08
Sick of this PodThe Wizards' Counsil - so beard, much manThank you Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Dana DuBois, Lisa J 💜🏳️🌈, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Cat, and many others for tuning into my live video with Frederic Poag and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-07-251h 39
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 21: Lawrence’s latest chaptersHappy Monday!Today Lawrence Winnerman shared the latest chapters from his novel, The Shattered World Series.Or more accurately: we explored Chapter 2: Jake. And Lawrence read it aloud, and we all reverted to small children, utterly rapt by storytelling because his voice is so meliflous and the story is so compelling.Here’s the chapter. But definitely listen to the podcast because it’s soooo gorgeous when Lawrence reads his own work.We decided we needed the full show to discuss Jake, and that we’ll talk about Chapter 3 - Jackie on Sat...2025-07-221h 08
Sick of this PodShit Talk - Kame 'n WentIt’s a clip from The Daily Whatever - Fucked-Up Friday where I read a special poem — Kame ‘n Went — thanks Lawrence Winnerman for the inspiration!* The poem!* The amazing full episode!Author’s Note: If you enjoyed today’s episode please consider becoming a paid, or free, subscriber. The Sick of this Shit with Nick and Sick of this Shitpod will always remain free; however, paid subscriptions help drive new content and support the growth of this community.If you’re already subscribed, share it with your friends and community—all of our ships...2025-07-2100 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 19: A formal affair to celebrate 40 paid subsIt’s not easy to arrive anywhere in formalwear by 9am.But let this be known about Lawrence Winnerman and me: We don’t shy away from hard things. Including ties and sequin on a Saturday morning.A couple weeks back, we ask the “Whatevers”—our amazing Live audience members—what we should do to celebrate reaching milestones in our Summer Pledge Drive. The first suggestion was that we should show up for The Daily Whatever in cocktail attire. This week, we hit our first fundraising goal: 40 paid subscribers.So today, we brought i...2025-07-201h 04
The Daily WhateverA Very Formal Celebration of Meeting Our First Summer Pledge Drive Goal!Join us at noon ET/9am PT for a very formal The Daily Whatever, where Lawrence Winnerman and I will celebrate 40 paid subscribers to GenXy!We’ll be joined by my bestie Sunny Hong, who was number 40. There may be champagne. There will most def be sequin, Hope to see you there! Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe2025-07-1917 min
Sick of this PodThe Daily Whatever, July 18: Fucked-Up Friday with Nick ParoThank you Füsun Aydın, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Richard Francis Hogan, Jeanne Elbe, The Momster, Kimmy Win, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Cat, thepoetmiranda and many others for tuning into Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman’s Fucked-Up Friday Live, with me as this weeks special guest! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Sick of this Shit with Nick at sickofthis.substack.com/subscribe2025-07-1858 min
The Opinionated Ogre PodcastThe Daily Whatever, July 17: Antisemitism in America with The Opinionated OgreI dropped in on GenXy with Dana and Lawrence to chat (OK, rant) about the explosion of antisemitism on the “left” in America. The people who fancy themselves morally superior on the “far left” but openly call for the murder of Jews and the ethnic cleansing of Israel to prevent…ethnic cleansing.Does it make sense? No. But when has racism ever made sense?Just put on the red hat, guys. We see you.Thank you thepoetmiranda, Thinker at the Gates, Jeanne Elbe, Musings on Interesting Times, Mason/she/her/💛🤍💜🖤, and many others for tuning into my liv...2025-07-181h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 11: Fucked-up Friday with Michelle TeheuxHello hello, Whatevers!This week in news—like every single week living under this regime—has been fucked up. The deadly July 4th floods in Kerr County, Texas made this week particularly bleak. As of this writing, 129 have died, with 170 people still unaccounted for.It’s extra fucked-up, as we know natural disasters like this are becoming more common due to climate change, and that we’re living in a country that will only hasten such events through inaction or wose.It’s extra-extra fucked up, as these are deaths caused by Republicans, at both th...2025-07-131h 11
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
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 7: with Füsun Aydin and Stewart MasonPoor Lawrence Winnerman! He made it home from Seattle safe and sound—but sadly, with a stomach flu*. So today, I had to host it alone. But thankfully I had two amazing guests: first the incomparable Füsun Aydın shared how her brother’s wedding went, when she reunited with the family she hadn’t seen in 15 years, since she came out as trans. (Spoiler alert: it went really well, other than being mostly ignored by her mother, who clearly doesn’t understand what a gift to the world her daughter Fusun is).Then the deligh...2025-07-071h 03
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 2: Bob Vylan, antisemitism, and the right to protestHello, Whatevers!Today Lawrence Winnerman and I dove into the news, and in typical fashion, our conversation wandered to more philosophical hot takes as we pondered the Overton Window and its steady slide into fascism.But one news story in particular has stuck with me. And that’s a story about British grime-punk band Bob Vylan.At the Glastonbury Music Festival this weekend, the duo caused a stir by chanting “Death, Death to the IDF” during their set. Now they’ve been dropped from music festivals and their agent, lost their US Visas...2025-07-021h 01
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, July 1: Lost Connections and Chaos EditionThere are days that we speak eloquently about many things, and days like today where nothing seems to go quite right.Thanks for putting up with the craziness today, friends! We appreciate you, and always look forward to having a conversation with you—even when everything seems to be going wrong. Thank you Char Sundust, Peter William Murphy, Margaret Williams, MS, ACC, Cat, John Pearce, and many others for tuning into my live video with Brandon Ellrich, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Füsun Aydın, and Lawrence Winnerman! Join us for more The Daily Whatever every weekday at 7am PT / 10am ET...2025-07-0156 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 30: Reunited!It’s so good to be home!I returned to Seattle late Saturday night, to the best treat ever—Lawrence is in Seattle! Yesterday we celebrated our reunion by purchasing a shit-ton of olives and devouring them Live, alongside a bottle of delicious pale French rose. The resulting “Olivepolooza” was an outrageously delicious good time. We can’t believe Ben Ulansey and Brandon Ellrich haven’t weighed in with a rebuttal.But that’s not all Lawrence and I are up to… We’re here IRL, scheming our schemes, hatching plans to grow genXy and The Dail...2025-07-011h 02
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 23: Iran and MomsI spent the past two days in a whirlwind of travel—like literal planes, trains, and automobiles—getting my child off to a pre-college camp and then driving all the way down the shaft of Florida to visit family.Disconnecting for a couple days can feel restorative. But in my hours offline, the US somehow managed to get embroiled in war. Because that’s where we are now as a country. And while the news is harrowing at best, it was great to catch up with Lawrence Winnerman today and hear his hot takes on the no...2025-06-2356 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 20: Fucked-up Friday with Frederic Poag & Walter RheinI always knew this day would come.As many of you know, I’m a west-coaster and a night owl. So a 7am daily podcast requires discipline as well as a loud alarm. Guess which one I forgot to set this morning?It was a delight to realize how much concern you all had for me—so many messages!—and a relief my amazing guests Walter Rhein and Frederic Poag were such good sports about it all. We still had a rowdy chat and such amazing conversation about all the fucked-up news of the we...2025-06-201h 17
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 14: No Kings Day news round-up with Frederic Poag & Walter RheinI went into this No Kings Day with huge apprehensions—with just cause.We had a president itching to pull the trigger on the Insurrection Act, a baltallion in Washington DC for his “I’m a Big Boy” military parade, millions gathering for protests, the National Guard deployed in multiple states, the Marines in Los Angeles, and Israel and Iran lobbing weapons at one another. Then we awoke to news of the assassination of Minnesota State Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband Saturday morning.It was a lot.Thankfully, I had Frederic Poag and Walt...2025-06-161h 40
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and fatherhood with the Opinionated OgreLawrence Winnerman and I knew we wanted to host a pre-Father’s Day Live where we shared stories about our dads. We decided we needed to bring on an amazing father as our guest—and The Opinionated Ogre was a top choice. So we asked him.He replied yes, and then shared a link. “You might want to read my story first…” he told us.And… whoa. After reading it, we knew he was the only possible guest for today’s show. Here are our stories:* “I’m Not Your Biological Fa...2025-06-1159 min
The Opinionated Ogre PodcastThe Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and fatherhood with the Opinionated OgreThank you Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, Love, Robert Sawers, The Momster, Einstein, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-1159 min
The Opinionated Ogre PodcastThe Daily Whatever, June 6: Fucked-up Friday with The Opinionated Ogre!Thank you Füsun Aydın, Peter William Murphy, P. J. Schuster, OhDonna, Mason, Storyteller, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-061h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 6: Fucked-up Friday with The Opinionated OgreFans of The Daily Whatever know Lawrence Winnerman and I are huge fans of The Opinionated Ogre. His impassioned, swear-filled political rants are the antidote to the legacy media that we all need in these fascist regime times.So when the Ogre himself agreed to come on our humble podcast, we knew how to show up...…as sock puppets, of course.Turns out, talking about the fucked-up news of the week is insanely fun whilst cosplaying ourselves as socks.For this week’s Fucked-up Friday show, none of us selected the whol...2025-06-061h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 4: GenX sex & relationshipsI was so excited to discuss today’s topic.I made an outline and a plan. And you know what happens when you make plans…?Yeah. Today Lawrence Winnerman and I demonstrated our GenX resilience, as we dealt with repeated fuck-ups for the first 15 minutes of the podcast—starting with when I stepped in the dog mess my darling dog left under my desk during the night, continuing with Lawrence power going out, and ending as Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 heroically stepped up to co-host with us. Hot damn, what a shit-show, um, literally.We’re so thankful so many of y...2025-06-0458 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
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 28: GenX PrideWe had such a blast chatting with our new gay bae Brandon Ellrich! We covered a range of topics ranging from challenging fathers and families of origins, early iconic queer characters in film, and Brandon’s forthcoming Pride tour throughout the midwest. We’re hoping he and Lawrence Winnerman can meet IRL, so stayed tuned into June to find out—Kansas City may never be the same.Huge thanks to Füsun Aydın, Jim Dandy, Karen Marie Shelton, Robin Wilding, Peter William Murphy and all the “Whatevers” for tuning in. Join us every weekday at 10am ET/7...2025-05-2958 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 27: The Dating Show with Frederic PoagThere’s no business like show business, amirite? And what a show we had today! Thanks to the always loquacious and irresistable Frederic Poag whose wild hair presaged a wild time talking about dating, sex, desire, and a whole lotta nonsense!If it ain’t clear, Frederic is ALWAYS welcome to talk to us, and when the topic is as spicy as today—well, we might just have to make that a thing! “The GenX Dating Show with Frederic, Dana, & Lawrence!” Smash the heart button ❤️ on this post if you’d like to see that weekly show, friends!W...2025-05-271h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 21: Protecting our trans kidsIn the days following the election, as I grappled with the enormity of what Trump 2.0 would mean, I had a personal struggle as well: what to do with Pink Hair & Pronouns, my publication for parents and caregivers of trans and nonbinary kids?I researched the risks by reading Project 2025. I reached out to the CEO of Medium to ask him about guardrails and protections. And in the end, I realized—it was risky to leave my content up. And even riskier to keep writing.But in the end, I knew: I couldn’t obey in adva...2025-05-211h 06
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 20: Leaving Medium with Patrick StewartPatrick B. Stewart is a writer and publisher and a Taoist/Daoist.When he joined us on The Daily Whatever last week, he dropped a big truth bomb—that Medium stopped giving writers access to the email addresses of their new subscribers, moving forward.And as we GenXers do—he researched. He aligned with his values. And he pivoted—away from Medium, removing his The Taoist Online publication. He plans to relaunch on June 1, 2025 at https://thedaoist.online.On today’s podcast, we discuss why he left, why we think Medium has made these un...2025-05-2058 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 18: Char Sundust on Writing, Sanctuary, and SubstackToday we had the joy of hosting Char Sundust of Spirit Sanctuary on The Daily Whatever, for a soulful and deep conversation about writing and safety and showing up with our words in the world.Char read her award-winning poem I Want to Move Things with My MindWe had the best time—a fun reunion of Seattle friends and writers. Yay!We love sharing the love of Substack on Sundays, and here’s who we recommended:* Char suggested reading Andrea Gibson for their gratitude work at Things That Don’t Suck.2025-05-181h 15
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 17: Why is the news obsessed with GenX lately?It was just Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman today on The Daily Whatever, talking about the stuff we usually talk about. In this case, it was discussing our latest articles—Dana on her dating debacle, and mine comparing and contrasting the articles on GenX from the Economist and Vogue:In classic The Daily Whatever fashion, we had a wide ranging conversation that ended up with the idea that we need to create a genXy University, where one of the classes is called Understanding This Late-Stage Capitalist Society You Were Born Into, and another is called Understanding Tyrrany (™ Kare...2025-05-171h 14
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 16: Fucked-up Friday with Frederic PoagIt’s always an amazing day when Frederic Poag joins your Live.Even when it’s Friday, so it’s time to talk about the fucked-up news of the week.For those of you new to GenXy, each Friday we invite a guest to join us—and all three of us present our pick for most fucked-up news story of the week. Here were our respective picks:* Frederic: Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete for Citizenship on New Reality Show. Like “The Long Walk” or “The Hunger Games,” only real life! So fucked-up!* Lawrence...2025-05-1652 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 12: Medium in Memoriam with Walter Rhein & Patrick StewartFellow Medium mourners,Thank you all for joining me and sharing your memories both fond and frustrating of what Medium has meant to you—with extra special huge thanks to Walter Rhein and Patrick B. Stewart for being such incredible guests.This was exactly the cathartic moment I was hoping for. We shared our stories, our joys, our laments, all of it. We have loved Medium. We continue to love Medium. We hope Medium gets it together, because we’d love to keep writing and thriving there, going forward.Thank you Robin Wilding, Füsu...2025-05-121h 02
Walter Rhein PodcastA Boisterous Discussion About Anime, Thunderbolts, The Iron Claw and a Kiss ConcertHello Friends!I always enjoy these chats with Ben on Thursday. He’s finding excellent guests. The real power of Substack is taking the opportunity to chat with all these wonderful content creators. There are so many rational and insightful people out there—why does the mainstream media have such a hard time elevating reasonable people (is it because the mainstream media doesn’t want to broadcast reasonable perspectives?).Anyway, I tell the famous Kiss story in this interview, and provide a great parenting idea about how you should show your kids Yojimbo, followed by a Fist...2025-05-101h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 7: The Cure and music memoir writing 🖤Today we discussed one of my favorite stories I’ve written, about one of my very favorite bands of all time: The Cure. 🖤🖤🖤I adore music memoir. For a music super fan like me, observing how songs have intertwined themselves into my lived experiences and using them as a narrative arc to tie a story together is a thrill.This is especially true as we age, and have the perspective of decades worth of memories and listens. Plus, we all know GenXers have the very best taste in music…The Cure is that band for me...2025-05-071h 01
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 4: DemisexualityHappy Sunday, friends!Today Lawrence Winnerman and I had a great conversation about this story I wrote about demisexuality:But really, it was a conversation about much more, including...* When does something cross over from being a modifier to an identity?* Do neo-identities like demisexual belong on the LGBTQ+ continuum, or are they taking up space where they don’t belong?* Is identity immutable? * Does it harm tweens and teens to identify as asexual or demisexual, because they apply a label that might be hard to escape ov...2025-05-041h 07
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 WhatevergenXy | The Podcast: Episode 6 - The GenX Career Meltdown with Jonathan SmallFiguring out job/work/career these days during the Great Career Meltdown feels a little like trying to find a clean bathroom at a music festival — chaotic, unpredictable, and occasionally miraculous. Gen X sits right in the middle of it all, caught between the Boomers' "stay at one job forever" mindset and the Millennials and Gen Z who basically invented side hustles as a lifestyle.Listen as Lawrence Winnerman and Dana DuBois team up to dive headfirst into this wild landscape with our very first podcast guest— Jonathan Small from the Substack Small Talk. We talked careers crum...2025-04-281h 11
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, April 27: GenX AnthemsNow this was a lively Live, wasn’t it?Lawrence Winnerman and I hosted Jonathan Small on the weekly GenXy recorded podcast (going live tomorrow), and we had so much fun, we decided to continue to conversation Live. We were joined by about 30 of our favorite Substack pals as we explored the quintessential GenX anthems.Some songs and artists we discussed: the Beastie Boys (“Fight for Your Right” versus “Sabotage”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), a slew of one-hit wonders (from “Take on Me” to “Tainted Love”), and a lively conversation about Prince, whereby Lawrence and I...2025-04-271h 06
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
The Daily WhateverCitizen’s Oath w/ Frederic Poag & Lawrence WinnermanThank you Cat, NOT A FASCIST!, Stan Mroczek, Irish clover☘️, Susan Genser, and many others for tuning into my live video with Cat, Susan Genser, and Frederic Poag! We talked about damn near everything under the sun, from us both battling depression, to The Citizen’s Oath (https://thecitizensoath.org) to the nature of the fight ahead of us, to dating. Thanks to everyone who joined, and a huge thanks to Cat and Susan Genser for jumping on the video and taking the Citizen’s Oath!We’ll see you next time, friends! 2025-04-181h 29
The Daily WhateverIs the New Facebook Dating AI Bot Trying to Kill Me?A few weeks back, I noticed Facebook Dating launched a “Dating AI” bot.Fine. I know this is the future of online dating, so I decided to test it. If nothing else, I figured it would be fodder for a story, something like, “I tried out the new Facebook Dating AI bot so you don’t have to.”For a few weeks, it suggested profiles to me, all pretty innocuous stuff. Then today—as I strolled around lovely Galway, Ireland with my family—it suggested I might like “Ryan,” a 50-year-old contractor in Seattle who loves...2025-04-141h 02
The Daily WhateverLive! With Frederic Poag! The Citizen's OathThank you P. J. Schuster, Daniel Williams, techwriter35, Catherine Grassel, and many others for tuning into the genXy live video with Lawrence Winnerman, Dana DuBois, and Frederic Poag! Y’all we had a rollicking conversation, and Frederic illuminated his thinking behind oaths in general, and what something like an oath from regular Americans could mean, about us, each other, and our commitment to this country.Dana and Lawrence have each taken the oath, and Frederic did today as well—building on the oath he took in the Marines—to sort of re-certify his commitment to the co...2025-04-091h 18
The Daily WhatevergenXy - The Podcast | Episode 4: genXy Responds to the NYT Article "The GenX Career Meltdown"Steven Kurutz’s March 28, 2025 article in The New York Times, “The GenX Career Meltdown” is so on-topic and on-brand for genXy that we couldn’t let it go by without commentary. To say that it inspired a wide range of feelings in us would be…accurate.Then our podcasting tool told us we were cut off for the month, so we decided to try our weekly podcast Live. And it was fun. When GenXers face a challenge, we’re resilient and can adapt to new technology—which was one of the primary points we found lacking in Mr. Kurutz’s s...2025-03-3149 min
The Daily WhatevergenXy - The PodcastDana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman talk about who they are, how they know each other, what “genXy” means, and what to expect from the show (and as we learn how to use our cool, new podcast tool.) Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe2025-03-1025 min