Diabolical Lies
Episodes
BONUS: A Very Merry Kirkmas, Presented by Bari Weiss
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comSurprise! Caro & Katie react in real time to the programming we...
Don't Go to Starbucks This Holiday Season. Here's Why.
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coming at you with our first ever bonus conversation for the public, in which we discuss the ongoing Starbucks Workers United strike taking place at h...
Wicked, Ozempic, & the "End of Body Positivity"
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First things first: Merch is here! Get it now before it’s gone. We’re so proud of this limited edition drop of deeply diabolical merchandise. Item...
Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comFeminist hysteria has replaced logic and reason in the American...
BONUS: Olivia Nuzzi, Trump/Mamdani, & Where Caro and Katie Disagree
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comAs a reminder, this is a bonus episode, which means (say it wit...
The Katie Episode
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, Katie made a major announcement about her brand Money with Katie: In 2026, she will buy back her intellectual property rights and ...
"Ethical Consumption" & the History of "Selling Out"
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A “point, counterpoint”-style deep dive into the double-sided coin of “ethical consumption” and “ethical salesmanship” (or its alternative...
How to Give Birth in America, Pt. 1
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
BONUS: Taylor Swift's Rumspringa, Reviewed
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comAs with all bonus conversations, this episode breaks from the r...
Biblical Womanhood, MAGA Girlbosses, and the Useful Myth of "Tradition"
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s conversation is a deep dive into the alliance between the neoliberal economic consensus and the social conservative movement in the late twe...
BONUS: Charlie Kirk, Part Deux
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comAs promised, here’s a brief follow-up conversation on the Kir...
Charlie Kirk & the End of Debate in America
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comCharlie Kirk “practiced politics the right way.” He was “...
Democrats Are Failing. What Comes After the Liberal Status Quo?
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Democratic Party’s approval rating is at a 30-year-low, and Americans rated them no better than the GOP at their ability to “manage the federa...
Can the World Force Taylor Swift to Speak Now?
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comTaylor Swift recently confirmed the imminent arrival of her 12t...
Bonus: Bari Weiss Again, Somehow
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this (bonus) conversation…Ever wondered why Bari Weiss is ...
Why America Can't See Gaza
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Who could’ve foreseen when we started this podcast nearly one year ago to discuss the Times of London Ballerina Farm profile ...
The Internet Has a Porn Problem—Just Not the One You Think
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
The Womanosphere Claims It's Winning Young Women—But Is It?
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…It’s the grassroots sensation sweeping the internet and, by extension, the culture—proof that conservative values are mains...
Sabrina Carpenter & the Politics of Pop Star Sexuality
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comWhen Sabrina Carpenter shared the album cover for her highly an...
Bonus: Media's Mamdani Meltdown
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this (bonus) conversation…Reporting live from the basement...
Liv Schmidt & the Sexless Allure of SkinnyTok
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…SkinnyTok is full of contradictions: You’ll hear you need to work hard to lose weight so you can be effortlessly chic; you’...
Taking Sex Differences Seriously
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…In 2015, Caro took a politics course at ...
The Kurious Kase of Karoline Leavitt
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Six years and five Trump press secretaries ago, The Guardian reported that, thanks to Trump’s ceaseless tweeting, the press s...
Who Wants Kids?
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…Over the last several months, the policy...
Katie & Caro Shoot the Shit: Bonus April Grab Bag
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…Katie & Caro answer questions from our p...
The Rise & Fall of Capitalism
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…It’s the best system we’ve tried so far! It’s just human nature! It’s the force that drives innovation! …or is it? Wh...
What Trans Athletes Actually Mean for Women’s Sports
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…You asked, we answered. Today we’re ta...
MAHA Moms & the Politics of “Wellness”
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…The “MAHA Moms” insist their healthy living movement is all about “the children,” who you’ll quickly learn are being ...
Hot Chicks, Wings, and the Liquidation Sale of America
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…What does it mean to “run the governme...
Lily Phillips & the Politics of Sex Work
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Let’s get spicy, y’all! Today, we’re talking about the politics of consensual sex work, through the lens of a recent, ext...
What is a Woman? The Shifting Gender Aesthetics of the "New Right"
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…A woman’s appearance has always been i...
A Tale of Two Algorithms
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few days ago, shortly after the TikTok ban was lifted, we recorded this conversation about the dueling algorithmic histories of TikTok and Facebook,...
Luigi Mangione & the Making of an American Terrorist
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit d...
How "Reactionary Feminism" Infiltrated the Mainstream
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Feminism is in the midst of an identity crisis: What is feminism? What does it mean to “be a feminist”? The gap has created an opening for a few m...
Evie Magazine, Ballerina Farm, & the Yassification of Christian Nationalism
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation...Evie Magazine bills itself as a “Cosmo...
"The Men Are Not All Right"...Right?
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Caro & Katie dive headfirst into the “male loneliness epidemic,” “the boys are not all right,” “feminism hurts men”...
What a Viral Tradwife Rant Reveals About Gen Z's Alt-Right
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comIn this conversation…Caro & Katie engage in a close read of t...
Abortion: Say It With Your Chest
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Caro & Katie talk about abortion in America, starting with leaders in the evangelical church recognizing it as a political tool...
The Liberal-to-Brave-Independent-Thinker™ Pipeline
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.comOur first bonus episode! The first 40 minutes of this conversat...
The *Real* Reason Republicans Are Desperate to Impregnate You
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…Two pre-menopausal females break down the replacement theory panic disguised as Reasonable! Political! Concern! and why it’s ...
Taylor Swift, Injectables, and Other Genres of Magical Thinking
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation…The picture heard ‘round the Reddit Popular page has reignited the internet’s favorite form of is-that-misogyny? debate: La...
Bama Rush Post-Mortem: Patriarchy Rocks, Dude
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
in this episode: caro & katie debrief on the bama rush / rushtok phenomenon, through the lens of katie's experience going through alabama rush 10 year...
Blonde Highlights Are Gender-Affirming Care
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
101s on the latest gender panic event at the Olympics“The Right-Wing Campaign to Purge Women from Women’s Sports” — The Intercept“Boxer in ...
AgriCulture Wars
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation* What even is free will?* What the follow-up article means about the response* The Venn diagram between fundamentalist Christiani...