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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
Conversations with people from all walks of life.
364 episodes
1 day ago
Graham Linehan joins the podcast to discuss his arrest in the UK, his refusal to use preferred pronouns, and the realities of pushing back against a dogmatic social movement. He and Bridget talk screenwriting and script writing, using AI as a writing tool, their different strategies for writing and downloading their "eureka" moment from the ether. They cover the joys of worldbuilding and character creation, what Graham learned working on a successful television show, the truth about why most ...
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Graham Linehan joins the podcast to discuss his arrest in the UK, his refusal to use preferred pronouns, and the realities of pushing back against a dogmatic social movement. He and Bridget talk screenwriting and script writing, using AI as a writing tool, their different strategies for writing and downloading their "eureka" moment from the ether. They cover the joys of worldbuilding and character creation, what Graham learned working on a successful television show, the truth about why most ...
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Society & Culture
Comedy,
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Comedy Interviews,
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Episodes (20/364)
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E363. Why Graham Linehan Refuses To Use Pronouns (And Got Arrested For It)
Graham Linehan joins the podcast to discuss his arrest in the UK, his refusal to use preferred pronouns, and the realities of being pushing back against a dogmatic social movement. He and Bridget talk screenwriting and script writing, using AI as a writing tool, their different strategies for writing and downloading their "eureka" moment from the ether. They cover the joys of worldbuilding and character creation, what Graham learned working on a successful television show, the truth about why...
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2 days ago
1 hour

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E362. Why The Trans Fad Is Fading - Meghan Murphy
Meghan Murphy returns to the podcast to discuss the success of the UK's TERFs, and explains why the trans fad is fading in the Britain and America, but Canada, Australia and New Zealand still haven't gotten the memo. She and Bridget discuss the WPATH files and the Cass Review, the lie that puberty blockers wouldn't have permanent effects, the devastation the ideology has wrought among desperate parents and children who were sold a bill of goods from "experts", and the insanity that therapists...
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1 week ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E361. Why Gen Z Is Revolting Globally - Ehsan Ahmad
Comedian Ehsan Ahmad joins Bridget for a hilarious discussion about all things cultural including Muslims naming their kids "Jihad", the need to call out the crazy in your family, our government's meme wars, the absurdity of how Kamala lost the election by not going on a bunch of comedians' podcasts, why AI memes are to blame for your 20% energy spike, and his take on H1B visas. They also cover how there’s no small government Republicans left, why it feels like we've been in a secret recessio...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 27 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E360. What the FBI Doesn’t Want You to See - Margaret Roberts
Journalist Margaret Roberts joins Bridget to discuss the book she spent 20 years researching and writing, Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing. She describes her journey down a path of unanswered questions and loose ends that lead to questioning the "lone wolf" narrative of the case, the extent of the FBI's involvement, when surveillance crosses the line and goes rogue, the holes in the official story, and why some questions might never be answered about America...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 59 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E359. The Center Is Not Holding - Elizabeth Matthew
Elizabeth Grace Matthew joins Bridget for a comprehensive conversation about the cultural chaos of modern America. Specifically, they discuss the infantilizing pitfalls of contemporary feminism, the dishonesty of the “soft” trad wife aesthetic, the performative nature of all the “ideals” people are consuming on social media, how the reality for most women lies somewhere in between stay-at-home mom and girlboss, and the dangers of gentle parenting. They also cover the siloing of media, why it’...
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1 month ago
1 hour 56 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E358. While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East - Yaakov Katz
This week, Bridget welcomes journalist Yaakov Katz for an in-depth conversation about his book While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East. He and Bridget tackle the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7th, 2023. They cover a brief history of the conflict in the region, Israel’s misguided policy of containment, the misunderstandings caused by the application of a Western mindset to a completely different...
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1 month ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E357. The Battle for Civilization - Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle returns to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about his book The End of Woke, the culture shock of moving from London to Arizona, the far Left and far Right overlap in anti-Semitism, the rollback in DEI policies, why you shouldn’t use the term “hate speech, “ and the UK’s failure to enforce certain laws because police have been trained as activists. They also cover the long-term damage of COVID-era contradictions, when being unwilling to say anything that could possibly ...
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1 month ago
2 hours 3 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E356. Foreign Influence In Higher Education - Sarah McLaughlin
Senior Scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Sarah McLaughlin sits down with Bridget to discuss her book, Authoritarians In the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech. Sarah addresses the problems of foreign authoritarian regimes infiltrating American academia; from students fearing family backlash back home, to governments attempting to silence dissenting voices in colleges outside their border...
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1 month ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E355. They're Sterilizing Gay Kids - Helen Joyce
Original Air Date - 10/19/23 Revisit a Walk-Ins Welcome classic Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about the trans activist movement, what inspired her to write the book, what's changed since the book came out in 2021, the bullshit idea that everything can be blamed on feminism, the detransitioners she's met, and how the trans movement is sending women’s rights back to the dark ages. They discuss the sense that women ...
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1 month ago
1 hour 35 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E354. The Evolution of Tribalism: From Caves to Culture Wars - Andrew Heaton
Comedian Andrew Heaton returns to talk about his new book Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came from, How It Got So Bad, and What to Do about It. He and Bridget discuss the evolutionary and social roles that tribalism has played throughout human history and why it has become so toxic in the last 20 years. They cover Andrew’s favorite line to break the ice at parties, how our ability to work in groups is why we defeated the dolphins, why the decline of religion has been bad for tribalism, informati...
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2 months ago
1 hour 36 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E353. Why Free Speech Is Dying and How to Save It - Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff returns to the podcast as he and Bridget spotlight the battle for free speech and why it’s dying in many areas of the world. They discuss suing the Trump administration over a shady deportation policy, AI’s potential for tyranny in places like China and Iran, people who are pro-free speech until it’s someone who’s not on their team, the free speech disaster happening in Europe and Canada, why free speech is a problem of comfort, why Greg is funding experiments in AI that defend...
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2 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E352. Authentic Writing Still Matters in the Age of AI - Kevin Ryan
Kevin Ryan joins Bridget to discuss the ups and downs of a career in freelance writing. With AI churning out soulless content, they defend the gritty, human struggle of writing, why writing should be hard, and breaking the myth of the tortured alcoholic writer. They cover why everyone should have some revolutionary instincts in their 20s, why the loss of trust in media might be healthy, how the center has become so centerless, why some of Kevin's favorite philosophers and writers are critical...
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2 months ago
1 hour 43 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E351. Why Your Doctor Might Be Wrong About Menopause - Amy Alkon
Amy Alkon, investigative science author, returns to the podcast for a fascinating and frank conversation about her new book, Going Menopostal - What You (and Your Doctor) Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause. She shares the unfiltered truth about perimenopause and menopause, exposing the shocking gaps in medical care that leave women navigating a hormonal Wild West. From debunking the "estrogen is Satan" myth to revealing why most gynecologists are clueless about...
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2 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E350. Drink Your Way Sober - Katie Herzog
Katie Herzog, co-host of the Blocked & Reported podcast, returns to Walk-Ins Welcome to discuss her new book Drink Your Way Sober. She and Bridget have a frank conversation about alcoholism, the steps you take to hide it from your loved ones, Katie's realization that it would kill her, and how Naltrexone helped her drink her way sober and banished the desire to drink, something she'd never experienced before. They cover how the drug works, why it won't work for everyone, the difference be...
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3 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E349. Epstein Probably Killed Himself - Ted Frank
Attorney Ted Frank joins Bridget for a frank conversation about the multitude of conspiracies about Jeffery Epstein swirling around the internet. He and Bridget tackle why it's so hard to find any non-conspiracy related information on Epstein, how Epstein was such a liar and flamboyant character it’s hard to parse the truth, how many narratives out there that are completely false, the CIA-Mossad-puppet-master myths, the stories of Epstein's victims, and how 19% of the population believes ther...
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3 months ago
1 hour 37 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E348. Finding Truth in a Sea of Slop - Nancy Rommelmann
Nancy Rommelmann returns to Walk-Ins Welcome fresh from reporting on ICE raids for Reason Magazine. She and Bridget discuss LA's unprecedented triple crisis—immigration crackdowns, devastating wildfires, and Hollywood's exodus—and what might be next for the city, which leads to the larger question of whether America itself is resetting. They cover why Gen Z might be our saving grace, the return to real-world connections (cooking, gardening, live events, dinner parties) as an antidote to digit...
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3 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E347. How the Internet Killed Journalism - Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum sits down with Bridget to discuss her latest book, The Catastrophe Hour, and the conversation covers everything from aging on camera, to modern existential dread, to the death of quality journalism (RIP, actual editors), the rise of "femcel cope", and pro-natalist propaganda. They discuss Meghan’s decision not to have kids, the grim reality that AI is coming for everyone's job, how we've all become buskers begging for subscription dollars, whether you should get preventative Botox...
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3 months ago
1 hour 32 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E346. The Art of Focused Work - Paul Shirley
Paul Shirley, former NBA basketball player turned productivity guru, returns to the podcast for a conversation with Bridget that takes us from his Kansas farm origins (where apparently growing your own food creates a family of giants) to battling what he calls the "Distraction Industrial Complex." Paul breaks down why we're all suffering from "informational diabetes" in an age where we consume 74 GB of data daily—the same amount our ancestors got in a lifetime. Between near-death basketball i...
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4 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E345. Comedy Store Chaos - Eleanor Kerrigan’s Insider Stories
Walk-Ins Welcome 345 Comedian Eleanor Kerrigan joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation covering how her dreams of being an actor led to an unexpected wrestling stint, a West Wing mixup, and the one woman show that led her to realize her true calling is comedy. She dishes on behind-the-scenes stories from over a decade running the iconic Comedy Store, being a caretaker for legendary owner Mitzi Shore, epic Pauly Shore parties, and blackout rages. They cover surviving tragedy, why ther...
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4 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
E344. How Amanda Knox Found Strength In Prison
Amanda Knox returns for a fascinating conversation with Bridget about her wild ride from wrongful conviction to reclaiming her life, as detailed in her new book, Free. She candidly examines how she survived prison and what life looked like on the other side, wrestling with trust (and distrust), her relationship with the media, and the realization that when you pray to God for strength He doesn’t give you strength, He gives you the opportunity to be strong. They discuss what made her want to g...
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4 months ago
1 hour 1 minute

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
Graham Linehan joins the podcast to discuss his arrest in the UK, his refusal to use preferred pronouns, and the realities of pushing back against a dogmatic social movement. He and Bridget talk screenwriting and script writing, using AI as a writing tool, their different strategies for writing and downloading their "eureka" moment from the ether. They cover the joys of worldbuilding and character creation, what Graham learned working on a successful television show, the truth about why most ...