Episodes
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Premium: The Things Nobody Wants
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss peeing in coffeeshops, crying on airplanes, Jews on Netflix, and moms who murder. LINKS: Phoebe, previously, on Nobody Wants This (season 3 review to come Monday November 2): The ‘shiksa’...
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Premium: Snakes in the Grass, Raccoons in the Attic
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in local wildlife, a new novel that may or may not be about Natalie Portman, and a new movie that may or may not be about Elizabeth Holmes’s boyfriend’s ding-dong. LINKS…
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Premium: A Threesome with Sarah Hepola
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe welcome Sarah Hepola, author of The Only Thing There Is to Want, to talk about memoirs, men, and the human heart in conflict. LINKS: Buy Sarah’s book! Or we’ll hurt you!
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Brotherly Love
Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest bad news from Cornell, the plight of Jews in publishing, and one man’s quest to turn an ordinary ménage à trois into the biggest, gayest orgy in the Ivy League. This is our free episode for the month of October. LINKS: What PEN America Got Wrong About…
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Premium: Saturday Night Fever
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss a viral rape outrage, grifting for Palestine, and the lesbian bar meltdown heard round the world. LINK: Kat’s advice column:...
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Premium: Boobs of All Kinds
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the return of Sydney Sweeney discourse, Lena Dunhan’s baby surprise, and Nikole Hannah-Jones’s viral essay about sending her only child to a bad school. LINKS:
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Premium: [Extreme Donald Trump Voice] I’m the Sex Captain Now
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss mistrials, misogynists, and the mission impossible of trying to make liberalism sexy again. LINKS: She Killed Her Three Children. Is She Guilty? Like so - Close-reading the reruns with...
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Fancy Renovations and Fancier Cancellations
Kat and Phoebe discuss the London substacker stalking her neighbor’s home renovation, and the Met’s cancellation of tiny, angry, wildly anti-Semitic fashion icon John Galliano. LINKS: Have We Forgotten How to Decorate Like Normal People? John Galliano Withdraws From Met Museum Show After Backlash...
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Premium: An Abundance of Wokes, a Confederacy of Plagiarists
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe attempt an archaeology of wokeness and look forward to the next installment, a.k.a. Woke 2: Electric Boogaloo. Also: fabulists, plagiarists, and a wildlife update about two ugly birds in love....
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Racoon Sandwiches, Smooth-Tailed Squirrels, and a Visit from the Police
Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon sightings, Phoebe’s European shopping adventures, and Kat’s brush with local law enforcement. LINKS: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
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Premium: Our Outsourced Youth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss Labubu consultants, bike camps, childhood nostalgia, and waning attention spans. LINKS: When One Nanny Isn’t Enough, ‘CEO Parents’ Hire a Whole Team - WSJ
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Premium: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Bralette
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the lingerie of the long 2010s, the publishing industry’s Jewish problem, and the best place to hide your heirlooms and jewels (in a paper bag emblazoned with the words “DEAD RACCOON...
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Getting Cancelled and Surviving in the Woods
Thank you Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Mark Sundstrom, Bob, TheNuclearBlonde, Dave, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rafael Frumkin! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Queer Eye for the Oyster Guy
Kat and Phoebe discuss Ozempic (the new lobotomy!), American patriotism (the new Zionism!), and the sad, strange, entirely predictable downfall of Graham Platner (we told you so!). LINKS: The Drug That Made Me Want Less Previously, on Platner: Kat’s reporting on death doulas: This is a public...
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Premium: Tag Yourself, I'm the Six Foot-Long Wiener
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com In a special episode to make up for last month’s shortfall and last week’s forgotten shoutouts, Kat and Phoebe discuss review-tagging, hate-following, and why one extremely tall politician was chased away from…
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Premium: A Gay Old Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the Bluesky backlash against Phoebe’s book, the Twitter suffrage discourse that made it feel, ever so briefly, like 2017 again, and the big, Gay link between the two. Also, a rare cat...
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Premium: The Cougar Hour
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe turn their attention to young men and their trends, from vegetable haircuts to looksmaxxing to sending ill-considered (read: wildly anti-Semitic) emails to people who want to give them jobs!…
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Premium: Nice Guys and Men's Men
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the character of aspiring senator and porta-potty masturbator Graham Platner, the romantic philosophy of the horror film Obsession, and what happens when an unrequited affection meets an...
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It's Our Podcast and We'll Be Smol Beans if We Want To
Phoebe airs her grievances vis-a-vis being reverse scooped by a certain New York Times article, Kat discusses the contours of her post-cancellation comeback, and everyone agrees that if that guy actually was turned into a newt, that was pretty bad and he probably deserves an apology. LINKS…
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Premium: Broken Belles
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the fallout over an expose of the finances of the bestselling author of the new memoir, Strangers. LINKS: Was I Married to a Stranger? - The New York Times Jessica Winter at the New…
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Premium: The Misdeeds of Lena Dunham, Israeli Dogs, and Yesteryear
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in Jewish canine sexual aggression, a vintage Lena Dunham controversy, and a buzzy new novel that has all the tradwives talking. LINKS: Come see us in Toronto! And buy Phoebe’s...
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Life, Lemons, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Suzy Weiss to discuss the lemon-stealing literati, the dubious sex appeal of leftist Twitch streamers, the friends who take Ozempic without our permission, and what the youths think about the personal essay industrial complex. LINKS: Come celebrate...
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Premium: The Lena Dunham of It All
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe are joined once again by the inimitable Leigh Stein for a discussion of the latest in memoirland. LINKS:
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Gen Z Boss and a Mini and a Raccoon Wiener
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon penis politics, miniskirts after 40, and the underbelly of the femosphere. LINKS: Anti-Trans Health Secretary RFK Jr. Once Cut Off Dead Raccoon’s Genitals in Front…
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Premium: Raccoonus Interruptus
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss heteronormativity, Playboy magazine, and Torontonian raccoons making a sexual spectacle of themselves. LINKS: Buy our books! The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men How to Survive in the...
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A Dirge for Millennial Feminism
Kat and Phoebe discuss the alleged homicide of millennial feminism and, for the absolute last time, the fallout from that memoir. LINKS: She Wrote a Book About Her Throuple. The Internet Lost Its Mind — featuring Leigh “Current” Stein, Phoebe “Day” Maltz Bovy, and Kat “The Internet” Rosenfield:...
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Premium: Mind the Gap
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the new Netflix dating show Age of Attraction, what it tells us about the state of the culture, and why we’re rooting for these crazy kids (who are in some cases old enough to be the...
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Premium: Young Men Grunting and Slamming Their Balls Around
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the attempted MeTooing of an Illinois politician, the wide-eyed middle aged lady who outed him, and the disgusting perverts who find themselves sexually attracted to— and please try not…
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We Three (with Leigh Stein)
Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Leigh Stein for a discussion of disappointing sandwiches, internet feminism, philandering men, and a trendy new memoir that covers all these topics and then some. LINKS: Everyone on this podcast has written a book you can buy! Click here for Kat’s sexy...
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Premium: No Ragrets
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Phoebe has a dead animal update! Then: discussing the latest installment in the “I wish I didn’t have kids” discourse and the function of regret narratives. Stories From Real Women Who Regret Having Children...
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Premium: Hot Mics and Intrusive Thoughts
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss an outburst at the BAFTAs, a cryptoracist at the PTA, and being tormented by demonic visions of dog-stabbing. LINKS: Hunter College professor Allyson Friedman placed on leave for racist...
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Premium: ‘Til Death, Divorce, or Dastardly Perversions Do We Part
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss French sex criminals, prenuptial agreements, and the risks and rewards of love. Links: Gisèle Pelicot, the Woman at the Center of Rape Trial That Shook France, Shares Her Story - The New...
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Premium: Pins and Needles
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss an imbroglio in the beauty blogosphere, a very non-binary controversy, and sticking needles where the sun don’t shine. LINKS: Drama!!!! As Ilia Malinin clinches gold for the US skating team…
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Men and their Islands
Kat and Phoebe discuss the Doordash discourse, the Epstein files, and (very briefly) the closure of the Kennedy Center for a two-year gold leafening. Also, book news! LINKS: Preorder Phoebe’s book! Preorder Kat’s book! Kat on tour! How DoorDash and Other Food Delivery Apps Are Reshaping Mealtime…
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Premium: Manhandling Boss Baby Hitler
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss some freaky hands we saw on television and how we’re getting real “getting Boss Baby vibes” vibes from some of the ICE protest discourse. LINKS: The baby hands:
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Sense and Sensibility and Serial Adultery
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss a viral sweater for single ladies, the difference between ideology and sensibility, and Kat’s latest investigative reporting on a MeToo’d man. LINKS:
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Premium: Three Brains in a Trenchcoat Under a Microscope
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss social media, stolen brains, the decorating prowess of Donald Trump, a writerly beef over who is or is not fancy, and a curious piece of fanfiction written about one of your Feminine…
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The Men Who Deserve a Fruit Basket
Kat and Phoebe discuss last month’s big viral article on the plight of the millennial white guy (and violently disagree)! Also: Kat confesses to being a diversity hire, and Phoebe vows to professionally wrestle any man who dares tread on the sacred turf of straightness studies. This is our free...
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Premium: The Friendship Paradox
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the pressure to be part of a clique, the (over?) valuation of female friendship, Phoebe’s thesis on heteronormativity, and Kat’s theory of the naturally-occurring eccentrics who just vant...
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'Til Death Do We Podcast
Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss modern love, traditional marriage, and the New York Times “gray divorcée” who is the latest main character in the discourse. LINKS: The original offense: Opinion | It’s OK That Our Long, Mostly Good Marriage Ended - The New York Times…
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Premium: The Finer Things
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com In a special post-Thanksgiving dispatch, Kat and Phoebe discuss dead squirrel drama, stupid murderers, dine-and-dash influencers who might be robots, and the seasonal affliction known as Labubu Buyer’s Remorse....
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Premium: Mad About the Boys
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat tells a story about stalking a businessman in a London suburb; Phoebe tells the origin story of the shirtless men on her book jacket. Then: a discussion on the latest in male cancellations, and, by popular...
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Feminization Nation, Rigatoni Testosteroni
Early access for paid subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss female testosterone junkies and an essay about feminization that broke the internet. LINKS: Susan Dominus’s incredible article about women doing the T for non-trans reasons:...
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Premium: If Cancel Culture Is Real, Why Is This Guy Still Breathing?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Phoebe debuts a sexy new limited-edition podcast voice (available only while seasonal respiratory virus lasts)! Then: new developments in last week’s spon-con meltdown, and some extremely sour grapes over the...
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Premium: How the Sausage Gets SponConned
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe break their previously RIGID rule against oversharing about their romantic histories to reveal which male celebrities once looked at them with maybe lust, or maybe a potent mix of disgust and...
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Premium: Free Press for Pancake Haters
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the fallout from the acquisition of the Free Press, including an epidemic of Bari Weiss derangement syndrome and Kat’s betrothal to the reanimated corpse of Dan Rather Walter Cronkite....
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The Sobriety Hour with Katie Herzog
Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Katie Herzog to discuss sobriety narratives, publishing journeys, and Katie’s new book, which you should all buy immediately. LINKS: Order Katie’s book here! No, seriously, did you order yet? Fresh, hot, FULLY NUDE self help right here, y’all. Read an...
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Premium: The Perfect Woman Is a Man
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in attempted cancellations, the French first lady’s war on lying podcasters, and what fraction of the female population are Samanthas. LINKS: Kat’s new wilderness murder…
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Premium: The Jawboning of an Ass
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss free speech, government interference, sociopathic clout-chasing, personal memoir, and accidental death-by-self-induced-whiplash. LINKS: Woody Allen on Life and Death - by Bari Weiss You…
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Premium: Labubu Feminism and Other Forms of Violence
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe try to figure out what a Labubu is. Then: herbicidal maniacs, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the death of all hope (but only for a moment.) LINKS: Whence Labubu Feminism: Did a Brooklyn...