This week, the girlx discuss the recent Washington Post article about Artemis Langford, a University of Wyoming student who was driven out of a sorority house for not being the right kind of girl — specifically, a 6’2” biological male with a five o’clock shadow and some strange hobbies. Relevant Links “Judge Rules against Female Sorority Members Who Sued after Chapter Admitted Male Student” from The National Review HOUSEKEEPING 💭 Follow Sarah’s Substack, “ Hold That Thought .” ☕Follow Meghan’s ...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 26 min
An uncharacteristically somber episode in Hell, in which we share our frustrations and disbelief at the callous responses to the attacks by Hamas on Israel. Relevant Links Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine. Claudine Gay’s response to the student groups statement. “ Nothing will ever be the same again ” by Yael Bar-Tur Want to hear the whole episode? Upgrade your subscription . HOUSEKEEPING Follow Sarah’s Substack, “ Hold That Thought .” Follow M...
Oct 14, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation For Individual Rights And Expression (FIRE) and author of the new book, “The Canceling Of The American Mind,” visits A Special Place to explain once and for all that cancel culture is real . For the much-anticipated followup to the seminal “The Coddling Of The American Mind,” Greg teamed up with 23-year-old wunderkind Rikki Schlott to show how cancel culture is much more than a moral panic. In fact, it’s a manifestation of the social dysfunction that r...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com This episode is for premium subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes, and to get access to the bonus-only episodes like this one. In this episode, the girls/women cover the Coleman Hughes vs. TED saga, and try their best to come up with a fresh take on race and cancel culture, but fail. Also, Meghan shows off about a super exclusive event for geniuses which she got invited t...
Oct 08, 2023•14 min
This very book-heavy episode, the girls/women discuss the relevance of Banned Books Week since no one really reads and libraries are essentially homeless masturbation zones. Meghan shares her distaste for the morally-dubious lessons of The Giving Tree (the Shel Silverstein classic), but Sarah defends it as a necessary parenthood redpill. Finally, they discuss a problematic listener comment about single parenthood and the black community. Want to get early and bonus episodes? Upgrade your subscri...
Oct 07, 2023•1 hr 11 min
In this episode, Sarah and Meghan do their podcasterly duties and discuss the scandal (or is it merely a juicy nothingburger?) surrounding Ibram X Kendi’s mishandling of the more than $43 million that poured into his Center for Anti-Racist Research at Boston University. After getting high on schadenfreude fumes, they ultimately decide it’s not Kendi’s fault but the well-meaning (mostly white) enablers who threw money at him because, well, he was there — and apparently a genius. The womynx then m...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 12 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com And what was the outcome? Despite being an uncharismatic, humorless scold with a normie American accent, Sarah won the debate! It hardly seemed possible, but she and her partner Grimes (aka “Techno Mechanicus’s mother) proved to a packed house that The Sexual Revolution™ was an unmitigated success a net positive. In this special episode for paying subscribers only, Sarah and Meghan discuss the debate, the au...
Sep 22, 2023•13 min
In this episode, the girls/wom(y)n — aka Meghan Daum and Sarah Haider — tackle the subject of academic tenure and ask whether it actually encourages ideological conformity at universities. Also under discussion: have the social sciences have been captured? Why are so many administrators? Moreover, why do universities bend over backward to cater to 18-year-olds when the people who really matter are aging donors? Finally, in this episode: AT LONG LAST we learn what Sarah and Meghan were like in hi...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com In this episode, the girls/wom(y)n — aka Meghan Daum and Sarah Haider — tackle the subject of academic tenure and ask whether it actually encourages ideological conformity at universities. Also under discussion: have the social sciences have been captured? Why are so many administrators? Moreover, why do universities bend over backward to cater to 18-year-olds when the people who really matter are aging dono...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Today the girls/women discuss the phenomenon of Oliver Anthony, the breakout star behind the hit song Rich Men North of Richmond Is he actually a music industry plant and does it matter? Are political songs all terrible, or is it just Sarah’s opinions? Next, they talk about the New York Times’ evangelical zeal of reporting on hate crimes. In two recent, high-profile cases, a store owner was shot for defending a pride flag and a man was stabbed at a gas station while vogueing. Meghan and Sarah qu...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Why do women find things disgusting? Is your toddler secretly trying to cock block you? Evolutionary psychologist Diana Fleischman visited us in Hell to discuss all of the above PLUS weigh in on our debate about whether women get breast implants for themselves, men or other women. In the bonus segment, we followed up on all the questions that we missed in the Penelope Trunk episode of “Do As We Say.” Upgrade your subscription if you want to hear it. And you can watch our episode where we give yo...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Today in Hell: The girls/women discuss Neil Degrasse Tyson’s various ruminations about gender, and very belatedly breaking down his discussion with Ben Shapiro from 2019 about gender ideology. And in the BONUS segment for members only, the girls/women discuss NARCOFEMINISM: What is it? What can be done about it? Is it contagious? Watch the episode on YouTube: Ben Shapio and Neil deGrasse Tyson's Thoughts on Transgenderism: The Sociological Review’s Issue on Narcofeminism: https://journals.sagepu...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 6 min
She’s back! Accomplished fem-trepreneur, take-no-prisoners life coach and model Aspergian Penelope Trunk returns to a special place – this time to help launch us in our new roles as advice ladies. Subscribers shared their problems (and, boy do you have problems) and we enlisted Penelope to help us help you. Along the way, Penelope registered her disapproval of our listeners' hobbies, Meghan’s hair, and in fact the entire podcast. To hear the full breadth of her wisdom (and to submit your own que...
Aug 11, 2023•21 min
Is it literally impossible to be a woman? Is Sarah a mean boss? Is Meghan a men’s rights activist? In this episode, Meghan reports back from seeing Barbie and offers her rewrite of America Ferrera’s “epic” feminist speech. Sarah does some global politics ‘splaining about why Western occupation couldn’t topple the Taliban and, along the way, reveals that her father named her after Linda Hamilton’s character in The Terminator. Plus: bonus content for everyone! In the BONUS-FOR-ALL segment: Sarah s...
Aug 01, 2023•2 hr 59 min
On this episode, the girls/women go in search of the secrets of school-age lassies who do double duty as saint-adjacent as moral sages. Is this the kind of work no grown woman can do? To wit, is it the final frontier of ageism? At age 20, Greta Thunberg look a day over 11. So why is she refusing to share her skincare secrets? FYI: The girls/women are launching an advice segment–send in your personal/professional/political/spiritual questions to us, and we will kill a pig, examine its intestines,...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 26 min
The Supreme Court has weighed in: Affirmative Action is out. It’s too late for Sarah to claim her rightful place in the ivy league but maybe another future tradwife can be saved from the humiliation of a state school education. (We kid, of course! We don’t believe in the value of college. Or, for that matter, any education!) Still, we have many highly educated opinions. Next up: Are young homely men the Real Victims of society? Can they be lifted out of sexual poverty? The girls/women discuss a ...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 24 min
This week: Why New York (continues) to suck, why we still don’t trust the news, and what might be turning our young singles into raving SJWs / far-right nationalists. Plus, Sarah’s theory blaming (who else?) #AllWomen for the corrosion of our institutions, at which point Meghan breaks character and defend female honor. Will women put a stop to this madness? If they do, what will Meghan and Sarah complain about next? In the BONUS segment for members only: Why only fools spend money on expensive w...
Jun 24, 2023•1 hr 17 min
On this episode, the girls/women respond to listener comments on the last episode about AGP, and in the process, gain some empathy for the harmless cross-dresser-next-door. Then they dive into the wacky world of internal monologues. Are you crazy if you have one? Are you stupid if you don’t? (Yes, and yes). In the bonus for SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, Sarah targets another profession for baseless accusations: democracy-saving journalism. Can Meghan talk some sense into her? Does she even want to? Find out...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 24 min
This week, the girls take their DGAF-ery to the next level and talk about the elephant in the gender room: AGP. Culture critic Andrea Long Chu, who has described autogynephilia in graphic detail (while wisely avoiding the term itself), won a Pulitzer Prize. Does this mean we’re finally allowed recognize the existence of something that gender activists say definitely doesn’t exist? Meanwhile, Sarah gets tough on pronouns and Meghan visits Target and is SHOCKED by what she finds in the kids clothi...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 28 min
This week on A Special Place In Hell, mega-successful cam girl turned data analyst Aella shares sex tips and business advice. From her hyper-repressed upbringing as a homeschooled Christian conservative to her hyper-successful career as a sex worker/public intellectual, self-taught data scientist, she does it all! What does sex work teach you about the male psyche? Are artificial wombs the key to true gender equality? Should Sarah and Meghan open an OnlyFans, or have they missed the boat? The an...
Jun 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Sexy grandma Martha Stewart bravely goes where no self-respecting woman really should: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover. What can we say, other than: “yas Queen, get it”. Next, a social club for the losers of the intellectual discourse--or is getting cancelled kind of sexy now? (We say: yes). SUBSCRIBE TO HEAR THE BONUS: https://aspecialplace.substack.com/subscribe LINKS: At 81, Martha Stewart Is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Star A Club for the Cancelled How Therapist...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Are the criminally insane suffering from mental marginalization? Or is New York City just terrible? Is it ageist of Sarah to force Meghan to use Trello? Watch the episode on YouTube: Listen to the podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3jnEkAL Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3WLLe Substack: https://bit.ly/3XYHFoW Amazon & Audible: https://amzn.to/3JANQeh i-Heart Radio: https://bit.ly/3jtpsko RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/aspecialpl... Tune In: http://bit.ly/3lhLwix Stitcher :http://bit.ly/3x1P9eY Goo...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Titan of (so-called) TERFdom, philosopher-turned-activist, columnist, lesbian resurrectionist Kathleen Stock joins our hellscape oasis for a wide ranging conversation about academic freedom, professional cowardice, and how trans ideology took over the gay rights movement. Also: Sarah, Meghan and Kathleen compare notes on who apologizes the most. (Spoiler: it’s not Sarah.) Watch the episode on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3jrxz0A Listen to the podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3jnEkAL Spotify: https...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Is “public intellectual” a white supremacist concept? Is the MacArthur Genius Grant a Woke prize? Is Judy Blume a TERF? Watch the video episode on YouTube: : https://bit.ly/3jrxz0A Follow us on: Twitter: https://bit.ly/40heL4Z Instagram: https://bit.ly/3X3fHXE Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l2OW8G Website: https://aspecialplaceinhell.org/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aspecialplace.substack.com...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 27 min
To kick off the new season of A Special Place In Hell, Sarah and Meghan welcome Saira Rao and Regina Jackson, founders of the anti-racism enterprise, Race To Dinner. Is Meghan holding back white woman tears? Is Sarah Nazi-adjacent? Or merely Meghan’s sidekick? Watch the video episode on YouTube: : https://bit.ly/3jrxz0A Listen to the podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3jnEkAL Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3WLLe Amazon & Audible: https://amzn.to/3JANQeh i-Heart Radio: https://bit.ly/3jtpsko Tune I...
Apr 21, 2023•54 min
This week (actually it was a few weeks ago), the girls/women find themselves in NYC! In the bustling, dystopia-adjacent metropolis, Meghan reclaims OWNS the streets of her youth/recent middle age while Sarah is disoriented by the assault on her tender suburban senses and feels as if she is suffocating on the miasma of mold and garbage juice. And guess what? This was the first time Sarah and Meghan ever met person! Sarah still cannot believe Meghan is merely average in height. Meghan cannot belie...
Apr 14, 2023•2 hr 53 min
This episode includes the bonus content normally only for paying subscribers: You are all welcome. The girls/women take on so many meaty topics that they might as well be glowing from Jordan Peterson’s carnivore diet. After a quick plug for Meghan’s new (and soon-to-be-HUGE) Substack feature Dreams of Heterodox Podcasters, they begin with a discussion of Sarah’s recent Substack post about “how hate crime hoaxes are good.” (Never blame writers for headlines. Except on Substack.) They move on to a...
Feb 10, 2023•2 hr 8 min
The New York Times has been tiptoeing up to the gender youth story. Does that mean the subject will soon be safe to talk about in polite company? The ladies discuss a recent Times article about the effects of school policies that compel teachers to hide kids’ new gender identities from parents. In the interests of balance, they also talk about an article in The Federalist (which Sarah reads religiously despite being an atheist) bout how government overreach and agenda-driven advocacy caused a tr...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Is Sarah too-light skinned, or not light-skinned enough? What sort of impact will this have on A Special Place’s imminent move to video? Unrelatedly, how does one pronounce the Brothers Karamazov? Or the name of its author, for that matter? Plus, Sarah hears the pronunciation of Solzhenitsyn for the first and it’s like a blind person who can suddenly see. Speaking of great authors, in this episode, the girls/women discuss Lex Fridman’s reading list (because everyone else already has, and they ar...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Is Christmas the Master Holiday? Or is it the Joe Rogan of holidays? Have young men OD’d on video games? Are so many words actually that harmful, or is it just Stanford? Plus: More Penelope Trunk backbiting. In this episode, the girls/women discuss their holiday plans, which are very unexciting. Was Sarah a trans-child, or was she just neglected? Has Meghan always hated babies? Should Sarah (who has large cheeks) gift her fat to Meghan (who needs padding), thus bonding them forever in the vain p...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min
