Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kaitlin Topics: Merrick Garland has entered the chat. We break down his spicy interview and the chances Trump will be indicted – and when. Nerding out over the Senate and Governor race in Georgia. Did the GOP score a touchdown for the other team by nominating Herschel Walker? Why Stacey Abrams is trailing Brian Kemp – and whether the national party and media should do more to hype her up. Data shows Americans are tuning out of the news. We don’t blame them! Learn more about ...
Jul 27, 2022•49 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Milly Topics: Celebrating Milly's Birthday! The Republican who voted down same-sex marriage days before attending his son’s same-sex marriage Florida’s creative – and enraging – solution to the teacher shortage Buy tickets to our live show in New York City on Saturday, July 30 at betches.co/suplive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2022•38 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Marisa Kabas Topics: Why pro-life protesters showed up to Sami’s doctor’s office Formalizing romantic relationships for the health insurance Unpacking Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz’s statement at the Troll Convention in Florida Analyzing the headline moments from this set of January 6th hearings – and the chilling details that should trump the memes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2022•41 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Bryan Russell Smith Topics: A global heatwave with dystopian energy The January 6th committee’s season finale The senators who oppose codifying marriage equality Support or suppress involving whether Jennifer Lopez should change her name to Affleck and whether we’d take a college course on Harry Styles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2022•47 min
Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Kelsey Lindell, Dr. Akilah Cadet Topics: Kelsey Lindell and Dr. Cadet are both DEI educators and women with disabilities who join to speak candidly about ableism and disability justice Why they prefer “non-disabled” to “able-bodied” – plus other terms and phrases that have been debated within the disability community Working and socializing with a visible vs. invisible disability Answering your questions about ableism and inclusion, including the most common microaggression...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Hosts: Milly, Julia Salazar, Sofia Warren Topics: New York State Senator Julia Salazar and Cartoonist Sofia Warren join the Sup to talk about the new book, Radical: My Year With A Socialist Senator, which follows Senator Salazar’s first year in office. They discuss the responsibilities of State Senators, and why it’s important to follow and engage in local politics—because it feeds a healthy democracy. Why Sofia took on the challenge of writing, and what she hopes her audience will learn about t...
Jul 19, 2022•40 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Milly Topics: A global heat wave to offset Biden’s frigid approval ratings The death of Ivana Trump Is Major Biden the dog aggressive, or just perceptive? Congress sets up big votes on birth control and assault weapons Joe Manchin and Joe Biden battle for Most Disappointing Man of the Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2022•53 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Katy Tur Topics: Katy Tur, journalist and Anchor of ‘Katy Tur Reports’ on MSNBC, joins The Sup to discuss growing up surrounded by breaking news, and the craziness that ensued. Her pivotal role in covering the original Trump Campaign for NBC, and how he attempted to both charm and scorn her along the trail. What she believes is the key to confidence and keeping your cool in the public eye How she has attempted to cover the January 6th hearings responsibly, and her prediction...
Jul 15, 2022•41 min
Hosts: Milly, Alise Topics: AOC gets harassed just walking into work More updates and highlights from the January 6th hearings Lea Michelle in Funny Girl proves the cancel culture does not exist Brett Kavanaugh left Morton’s Steakhouse due to protesters without even seeing a single one Buy tickets to our live show in New York City on Saturday, July 30 at betches.co/suplive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kaitlin Topics: The latest new Hollywood/politics couple and which celebrities we’d match with these single politicos Unpacking a mind-blowing January 6 hearing that blows up any claim that January 6th was a spontaneous protest How testimony from a former Oath Keeper and another Capitol rioter highlight two very different challenges to our democracy Buy tickets to our live show in New York City on Saturday, July 30 at betches.co/suplive Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Jul 13, 2022•47 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami Topics: Elon Musk pulls out of a Twitter deal and a pregnant Texas woman pulls into the HOV lane. New polling on men and feminism shows even liberals have negative views of the movement. We discuss if hostility to feminism actually represents a crisis of masculinity – and *gasp* – empathize with men while discussing the political utility of the feminist framing to regain abortion rights. The one platform that could get all the party factions to stop fighting and start winning...
Jul 11, 2022•42 min
Hosts: Milly, Amanda, Sami Topics: Elon Musk says he’s contributing to repopulation by having nine kids. Easy for the world’s richest man to say. The belated resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and contrasting why his party turned against him while Trump kept conservatives’ loyalty How the Roe decision has activated a dormant set of activists – and revealed apathy among their male partners. Why young men are rushing to get vasectomies in record numbers Learn more about your ad c...
Jul 07, 2022•46 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Kaitlin Topics: A Mississippi judge allows the state’s total abortion ban to take effect A Democratic revival thought experiment, imagining how to end the filibuster, codify Roe, expand the Supreme Court, impeach Clarence Thomas, and abolish the electoral college. Could the Equal Rights Amendment solve… all of these problems? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 06, 2022•45 min
Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Amanda Topics: Getting candid about managing our mental health during the slow descent into fascism How the social media response to the shooting in Highland Park reflects a broken media and empathy ecosystem The fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker What about the pregnant 10-year-old’s with nowhere to turn? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2022•46 min
Amanda is joined by Diane Stevens and Eileen Smith, two members of the Jane Collective, which worked to provide abortion care and support to women in Chicago when the procedure was illegal in the years preceding Roe vs. Wade. They discuss their reactions to Supreme Court draft opinion overturning abortion rights and how the world of "illegal" abortion will look similar in 2022 as it did in 1972 and how it will be very different. the directors of the documentary "The Janes," based on this period,...
Jul 04, 2022•34 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Milly Topics The hosts share how they’ve comforted themselves during a rough week to be a uterus owner in America, featuring side hustles and gentle British dramas What it means that President Biden came out in support of removing the filibuster to pass protections for abortion rights – and what it *doesn’t* mean Unpacking the role that Vice President Kamala Harris has (or has not) played in a historic moment for women’s rights Two famous abusers are finally sentenced for t...
Jun 30, 2022•49 min
Hosts: Sami, Kaitlin, Amanda Topics Breaking down the most explosive moments from Cassidy Hutchinson’s congressional hearing, in which she detailed disturbing anecdotes from January 6 Why this particular testimony is getting so much attention Unpacking Liz Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson’s real displays of patriotism without giving the staunchly conservative women too much credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2022•45 min
Hosts: Milly, Amanda, Alise Topics: Unpacking the Democratic party’s poorly timed fundraising texts. Exactly how abortion rights can be restored and protected at the federal level + the state offices that matter most when it comes to accessing abortion locally. The 1849 law currently in effect in Wisconsin How to heed the message to “keep voting” while expressing disappointment at the Democratic establishment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2022•48 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Boom! Lawyered’s Imani Gandy Topics: Reacting to disturbing headlines from a weekend without Roe Unpacking – and rejecting – the discourse around who’s to blame Imani Gandy, reproductive rights lawyer, editor at Rewire News Group and host of the Boom! Lawyered podcast, joins to break down the legal landscape of abortion today, what it could look like tomorrow, and why digital security should top your post-Roe to-do list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Jun 27, 2022•53 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Kaitlin Topics: What Cancer season means for the political climate The Supreme Court decides state’s rights don’t apply to New York. Or Maine. Texas, on the other hand… Reacting to devastating testimony from election workers to the January 6 committee Unpacking the New York magazine piece titled “Canceled at 17” and why fawning over a teenager who violated a young woman is maybe… not the best! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Hosts: Amanda, Jenn Stowe Topics: Jenn Stowe, the Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, joins to discuss the unique economic landscape for domestic workers. Why many of these workers haven’t benefit from workers’ leverage in the job market – and how the pandemic has worsened some issues. How can domestic workers be paid enough to live and thrive while providing services parents and clients can afford? It is possible – if the nation prioritizes it. What policy changes coul...
Jun 22, 2022•26 min
Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Nimesh Patel Topics: Whether Mike Pence should testify before the January 6 committee. Helping 85-year-old men in Congress define “boyfriend.” Putting Nimesh through a rapid fire game of SUPport or SUPpress involving the World Cup, MDMA, and vegan meat substitutes. Watch Nimesh Patel’s latest special at findingnimesh.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022•41 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Emily Amick Topics: Emily Amick, the brain behind @EmilyInYourPhone and former counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer, joins to unpack the progress on gun safety legislation Why this moment – and these Republicans – were able to break the inertia on legislation with a compromise bill worth fighting for Why Congress doesn’t need the NRA to fall prey to misogynistic tropes that could threaten closing the boyfriend loophole The reason Emily tells you to call your members of Congress ...
Jun 20, 2022•33 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Monique Melton Topics: Amanda and Sami are joined by Monique Melton (@moetivate), anti-racism educator, to discuss what Black liberation means in 2022 Unpacking corporate missteps when it comes to honoring Juneteenth Why Monique doesn’t use the word “allies” How to approach conversations about racial equality with those who balk at “politics” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 17, 2022•38 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, MillyTopics: A PAC is making controversial claims about conservative Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s personal life. Is this warranted or pure misogynistic ick? Unpacking new scoops about Ginni Thomas. A game of support or suppression involving Jennifer Aniston’s boomer energy and whether we should be dragging Kim Kardashian for ripping a dress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2022•39 min
Hosts: Alise, Kaitlin, Amanda Topics: The weirdest things we did during midterms in college Reacting to yet another set of primaries and why it’s too soon to decipher Trump’s impact on the Republican party Are Democrats betting our democracy that nominating unhinged Republicans will benefit them in November? NYC Councilmember Carlina Rivera joins to share why she’s running for Congress and how the federal government can implement repro-rights access victories from NYC Learn more about your ad ch...
Jun 15, 2022•47 min
Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Dylan Topics: A critical Real Housewives analysis that extends to the problematic tendencies of slightly drunk white women. Why the January 6 hearings are kind of a banger? How Amy Coney Barrett and Kimberly Guilfoyle scored huge paychecks. Your dad’s favorite author laments the lack of opportunity for white men in the literary world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022•46 min
Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kellie Leeson, candidate for NY State Assembly-District 73 Topics: Another morning waiting for the fall of Roe Debriefing on the bipartisan framework for new gun safety measures (are we dreaming?!) and how to balance cynicism while taking the W Why closing the boyfriend loophole is actually a big f*cking deal Our criteria for whether the January 6th hearings have been effective Learn more about Kellie Leeson and the New York primary at kellieforassembly.com Learn more about ...
Jun 13, 2022•38 min
Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Sami Topics: Breaking down the “tough” gun regulations passed by the House. Why do we make people wait until 21 to drink but not to buy a deadly weapon? Trying to hype ourselves up for the January 6th hearings Support or Suppress featuring a bad feminist take on a gay rom-com, Biden on Jimmy Kimmel, and a charged update from the EU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 09, 2022•49 min
Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Eliza Orlins Topics: Eliza Orlins, public defender and former candidate for Manhattan District attorney, helps us make sense of the recall election in San Francisco that toppled progressive DA Chesa Boudin What we can learn from this outcome and what is specifically an SF phenomenon Why you can’t solve crime without solving the affordable housing crisis How to balance peoples’ desire for safety with anti-carceral policies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Jun 08, 2022•32 min
