A Special Place in Hell
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Adios Amigos: The Special Place Finale
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this most special episode, the ladiex say a tearless goodbye to the campaign of Kamala Harris, as well as to our little podcast. Yes, you read that...
Wilfred Reilly: Race, Dating Crisis, Matt Walsh
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a gesture of goodwill, we interrupt the election doom/analysis-vomit to bring you a calm, collected, and pre-recorded conversation with political s...
Don't Blame Us (Penelope Trunk Returns)
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Penelope Trunk returns for another session of therapeutic sado-masochism. We relay listeners’ most personal questions and Penelope ...
Posting in a Post-Literate Age, or How We SURVIVED Mr. Beast Job Training
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of A Special Place, the ladies decide to get their act together and learn how to do this YouTube e-lady thing right. But first, a trib...
When Nudes Attack!
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this sexploitative episode, the ladies discuss (disapprovingly, duh) a variety of recent steamy scandals: Olivia Nuzzi / RFK Jr. sexts, ex-COVID cz...
Joe Rogan, Bro King of Austin?
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this already-stale episode, the ladies discuss the past week’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, before delving into the more politi...
Parental Estrangement as Self-Care
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the ladies try and uncover the mysteries of AI, and whether it is about to take their jobs. Meghan says no, but is she in denial? The...
Escape From NPR: Uri Berliner Visits Hell
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the girlx welcome special guestx Uri Berliner, journalist and famed NPR critic/apostate. Uri discusses his youthful attraction to pub...
Bari Weiss, She Gets the Job Done!
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the ladies white-knight Bari Weiss following a War and Peace-length profile in the NYTimes. Can any journalist be expected to cover T...
Help! The UK Has Fallen (And Can't Get Up)!
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this (livestreamed) episode, the ladies de-center their American colonialist perspective to consider the recent hooliganism across the pond. Has th...
Body Shaming, Olympics Edition
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comOn this Excedrin-fueled episode, the ladies discuss the contro...
Ballerina Farm vs Cat Ladies
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the ladies again revisit motherhood and its (concerning?) lack of representation among young women. Do we need a GI Bill for trad wiv...
Alpha Karen Gamma
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this LIVESTREAMED episode, the womxn follow an inadvertently brilliant Twitter thread to its logical conclusion: that white-woman allyship means no...
Techno-Puritanism, Spanking, and Embryo Harvest
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second half of our extremely long interview with Simone and Malcolm Collins! (Part 1 can be found here.)We discuss gene pools, spanking, w...
America’s Most Polarizing Pro-Natalists Visit Hell (Part 1)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pro-natalism advocates Malcolm and Simone Collins are here to lead us into the Handmaiden's Tale (or guide us away from it, depending on your view)! I...
Just A Flesh Wound
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The girlx enjoy a leisurely news day by discussing Saturday's assassination attempt on Trump followed by the announcement of his VP pick, J.D. Vance. ...
All-Fault Divorce
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis MEMBER ONLY episode is all about parenting, or at least, ...
Life After Mainstream Media
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast production legend Andy Mills survived–and thrived–in the venerable halls of NPR and the New York Times, where he worked for Radiolab, co-c...
Is There A Doctor In the (White) House?
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ladies bid a fulsome adieu to Pride Month and reflect on its most photogenic moments this year. They then enter a post-partum depression over Thur...
Oh God Why
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comIn this PAYWALLED EPISODE, the girlx/womxn practice self-harm ...
What Is A Butch?
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the girlx/womxn discuss the "Main Character Energy" of GOP women, inspired by a new article by former guest Rebecca Traister. Are the...
The Ibram X Kendi Defense League
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the girlx/womxn are slightly late to the party in discussing a long piece on Ibram Kendi's implosion, courageously subverting their a...
Special Place Gone Wild: Porn Director Jacky St. James Takes Us To Adult Film School
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the girlx/womxm listen and learn from award-winning adult film director and screenwriter, Jacky St. James. Jacky details what a day o...
Trump Found Guilty, Podcasters Hardest Hit
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a devastating turn of events, the girlx/womxn were FORCED to prepare for this week's recording in order to discuss the Trump verdict with a modicum...
The Case Against (Bad) Education
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this education-centered episode, the womxn first admonish the Officially Brave efforts of a DEI admissions officer who may be behind the shocking d...
Abortion, Fake News, and Fake News About Abortion? (Members-Only)
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThe girlx/womxn begin the episode with an animated discussion ...
Razib Khan Returns to Hell
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Problematic geneticist Razib Khan returns to A Special Place to discuss the natalist turf wars (trad-caths vs. techno-degenerates), woke women, and th...
Lies, damned lies, and affirmative consent?
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another day, another viral video begging for deconstructive interrogation by our heroines. Its central question: can women be trusted to know what the...
A LARP on Campus
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this LIVE-STREAMED episode, the girlx/womxn weigh in on the Man vs. Bear discourse. If you're going to experience a #MeToo event in forest, who wou...
Harvey Weinstein Gets His Day
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do all dogs go to heaven? Or just those euthanized by Strong Republican Women? Like Kristi Noem (with a dash of Glennon Doyle?), the girlx/womxn prove...
Homeless, Zip-Tied, and Hungry
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comHow is a cruise like BDSM? How is BDSM like this podcast? The ...
Leisure for Deplorables, Therapy for Kids
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the solar eclipse, the girls/women contemplate the state of American leisure, particularly, the Supposedly Fun™ pastime of cruise vac...
Punching Down Variety Hour
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our fearless heroines return once again to defend the indefensible. First, they throw their hat in with the chaotic billionaire of Twitter/X, no not E...
PREVIEW: Trans Messiah
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comOn this live-streamed (and members-only) episode, the girls/wo...
Andrew Huberman: Optimizer of Love
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this very long episode, the girls/women discuss the recent New York Magazine piece on Andrew Huberman’s allegedly womanizing ways. Meghan defen...
A Guide For the Traumatized
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the girls/women are joined by writer Larissa Phillips, and the three discuss her recent essay in which she recounts her violent rape in the...
Apocalypse Soon: Birthrate Doomerism For Dummies
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the girls/women bicker about the value of human life. Maybe fewer humans is better for humanity? Or maybe population collapse will se...
Ana Kasparian Visits Hell
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inexplicably, the girls/women are graced by the Edward R. Murrow of YouTube punditry, the lovely Ana Kasparian, executive producer and co-host of the ...
Activists in Charge: Major Disregard for Ethics at Transgender Health Authority Revealed
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Become a member if you want full access to all episodes.On this episode, the girls/women are joined by Mia Hughes, author of the groundbreaking repor...
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Problem?
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThe girlx/womxn discuss an essay on Women’s Bodies. Is there...
When Essays Attack
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today in hell, the girls/women find themselves divided by a much-discussed personal essay in The Cut about divorce or near-divorce (or the dream of di...
Sam Harris Visits Hell
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comOur episode with Sam Harris is for premium subscribers only. F...
Taylor Swift Needs Love Too (LIVE SHOW)
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first-of-its-kind livestream, the girls/women begin by discussing whether Taylor Swift is “mid,” as the males of Twitter proclaim. They de...
Kardashians for Fat Acceptance
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis episode is for paid subscribers only. Become a member if ...
Mindfulness for Racists
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, a brief discussion on audience demographics. Then, a characteristically philosophical discussion on polyamory and how to find happine...
Stupid Wife, Happy Life!
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the girlx compare notes about how they spent Martin Luther King Day, and Meghan recalls one of her first public speaking events. They then ...
Adam Carolla Visits Hell
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary radio host, comedian and Scarily Acute Observer of Human Behavior Adam Carolla visits the pod to discuss the girlx favorite question: has th...
Our Picks for Harvard’s Next President
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay is out. Who has the goods to replace her? And what are those goods, anyway? Then, why are business influenc...
Tap Dancing For Justice
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comIs the White House holiday video a Blank Panther psyop? Are “...
Penelope Trunk Is Back!
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comLegendary advice coach, blogger, and Special Place VIP is back...
How To Get Pregnant
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the girlx hash it out about transhumanism and reproductive technology. Does this new technology trans away our humanity? Or is it doing the...
Rebecca Traister Postgame Analysis
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThe womxn discuss their recent conversation with New York Maga...
Rebecca Traister on the Radfem-Tradfem Divide
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New York Magazine writer, acclaimed author and old(ish) school GenX feminist Rebecca Traister joins the pod to talk about her September article, “Th...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Saved By Christ!
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comBillie Eilish gets ratioed for saying no one criticizes men’...
Osama bin Laden: The Comeback Kid
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TikTokers discover Osama bin Laden’s Letter to America and have “existential crises”. Is it because it’s the first thing they’ve ever read t...
(Info)war Rages On; Women Hardest Hit
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High school debaters stand up to whiteness (finally). A-romantic, asexual novelist throws Twitter tantrum. Plus, are all-female colleges dangerous pla...
Take Our Advice, Please!
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThe womenx answer listenerx question. You’re welcomex!Want t...
Doxx Populi
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Premium subscribers get this episode 48 hours early. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes as well as access to the bonus-only epis...
Why Don’t You Just Adopt?
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sarah and Meghan consider the ethics of adoption, surrogacy and the future of reproductive technology. They discuss the “Baby Scoop”...
Down The Rabbit Hole: Gender and Online Communities
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza Mondegreen visits the girls/women to talk about the relationship between online communities and gender identities. From Reddit to Tumblr, tens o...
Sorority Mister
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the girlx discuss the recent Washington Post article about Artemis Langford, a University of Wyoming student who was driven out of a sorori...
Israel at War
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An uncharacteristically somber episode in Hell, in which we share our frustrations and disbelief at the callous responses to the attacks by Hamas on I...
Greg Lukianoff Confronts Cancel Culture Denialists
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation For Individual Rights And Expression (FIRE) and author of the new book, “The Canceling Of The American M...
TEDocracy in Crisis
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis episode is for premium subscribers only. Become a member ...
Death of a Librarian
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This very book-heavy episode, the girls/women discuss the relevance of Banned Books Week since no one really reads and libraries are essentially homel...
Goodbye Ibram Kendi. Hello Trad-lash.
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah and Meghan do their podcasterly duties and discuss the scandal (or is it merely a juicy nothingburger?) surrounding Ibram X Ken...
Sarah Haider: Master Debater!
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comAnd what was the outcome? Despite being an uncharismatic, humo...
Is college a waste of money?
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 encourag...
Is college a waste of money? (Incl. Bonus)
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comIn this episode, the girls/wom(y)n — aka Meghan Daum and Sar...
Hate Crimes & Ginger Jihadis
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 musi...
Babies, Breast Implants & Disgust
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do women find things disgusting? Is your toddler secretly trying to cock block you?Evolutionary psychologist Diana Fleischman visited us in Hell t...
Gender, Fake Science, and Real Harms
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today in Hell: The girls/women discuss Neil Degrasse Tyson’s various ruminations about gender, and very belatedly breaking down his discussion with ...
All Your Problems Are Fake -- Penelope Trunk Returns! **TEASER**
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She’s back! Accomplished fem-trepreneur, take-no-prisoners life coach and model Aspergian Penelope Trunk returns to a special place – this time to...
Saving Taliban Barbie
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Dance Moms of Davos: Behind Every Child Activist Stands . . A Munchausen By Proxy Mom?
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ki...
Hateful Nerds Need Love, Too
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Subway Masturbators and Radicalized Singles
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-r...
What Your Internal Monologue Says About You (Plus, Empathy for AGPs)
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 cr...
Autogynephilia Awareness Month
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ha...
Aella: Superstar Cam Girl, Prolific Pollster, Rationalist Intellectual
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Martha Stewart’s Stunning And Brave Turn
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sexy grandma Martha Stewart bravely goes where no self-respecting woman really should: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover. What can we say,...
Checking Our Sanity Privilege
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Trell...
An Unholy Alliance Of Pathologies: Kathleen Stock on Gender, Academia, and Standing Up for Lesbians
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Titan of (so-called) TERFdom, philosopher-turned-activist, columnist, lesbian resurrectionist Kathleen Stock joins our hellscape oasis for a wide rang...
Are Intellectuals Going Extinct?
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Saira Rao and Regina Jackson DESTROY Our Inner Karens
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Coleman Hughes on Dating While Heterodox
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week (actually it was a few weeks ago), the girls/women find themselves in NYC! In the bustling, dystopia-adjacent metropolis, Meghan reclaims OW...
Hate Crimes Good! Delayed Childbearing Bad!
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
The New York Times Tiptoes Toward Gender
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Betsy Ross: Token Hire?
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
H*ppy H*lid*ys You K*rens
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Are We Autistic? Penelope Trunk Advises
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sarah and Meghan welcome business coach, blogger and all-around opinion-ista, Penelope Trunk. Should women get plastic surgery? Are ...
The Grift That Keeps On Giving
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Meghan and Sarah revisit their conversation from the previous episode about hormonal birth control. Is Sarah an anti-birth control zealot s...
Jagged Little Birth Control Pill
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of A Special Place in Hell, recorded on Thanksgiving eve, Sarah and Meghan discuss their plans, including why it’s taken Sarah awhil...
Katie Herzog Visits Hell
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, superstar podcaster Katie Herzog visits A Special Place In Hell to talk about what it’s like to dwell in that sordid sphincter of public ...
Musk Derangement Syndrome
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week (or was it last week?) the girls/women monitor the midterm election returns as they re-record the episode (#BecauseStandards). Along the way...
We're Quitting Twitter! (And Moving To Canada!)
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the podcast, the girls/women kick off the discussion with reports on their respective special events; Sarah’s Rights and Religio...
Life Is Cringe
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of A Special Place in Hell, the girls/women tackle it all; marriage, sexism, racism, jock smells. This is despite physical and emotion...
LIT-eral Violence
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of A Special Place in Hell, the girls/women wade through the sorry details of last week’s scandale littéraire involving Hobart, a l...
Jon Stewart's Gender Derangement
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of A Special Place In Hell, the girls/women lose their sh*t over Jon Stewart’s latest virtue signal flare from the ideological bunke...
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen By Proxy
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on A Special Place in Hell, the girls/women spend way too much time on names. Are you a racist for mispronouncing Nimrata Nikki Randhawa? (Y...