Gauche Caviar

Lydia and Jackie, ex Mormons and ex conservatives explore the urge to protect as well as the hypocrisy of the current political moment. They discuss hegemony, shifting role of the US in the world and answer the burning question: Do conservatives have integrity?

Lydia and Jackie talk about celebrity endorsements and in particular the controversy surrounding Chapell Roan.

Lydia and Jackie talk about growing up conservative and how it was through the values they learned that they eventually embraced left wing politics. They also get at the heart of modern conservatism and the seemingly contradictory positions taken that always revolve around the consistent theme: power.

Lydia teaches Jackie about the Taylor Swift phenomenon and shares the controversy and later meteoric rise of Taylor Swift. Lydia as a Swifty approaches it from critical fandom and Jackie gives their honest reaction to hearing her gay anthem as well as going through Taylor's different eras and the controversies around Swift. They discuss the criticisms and panic of conservatives toward Swift as she becomes a more and more important cultural figure.

Lydia and Jackie are childhood friends that reunite to talk about sex, power, gender and politics. This episode focuses on right wing gender panic and paranoia and culture war flashpoints like the Disney's Little Mermaid casting, anti-trans* legislation, and the motivation behind the right's fury.