There Are No Girls on the Internet

Lindy West Told Us Everything in Adult Braces. Was It a Mistake?

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Remember the personal essay industrial complex? The 2010s era of Jezebel and xoJane where feminist writers put every raw, messy, private part of thems...

Afroman Wins Lawsuit; Buffy Reboot Slain by Hulu; Nicole Kidman Steals Bezos' Spotlight; Zuckerberg's Metaverse Shut Down - NEWS ROUNDUP!

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed.   Afroman wins lawsuit brought against ...

Sam Altman Wants You to Have Sex with ChatGPT

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Not long ago, Sam Altman was bragging about how OpenAI doesn't make sex bots. Then, just two months later, announced the company would be rolling out ...

Grammarly Stole Writers' Identities; Heated Rivalry Fanfic; Uber's Women-Only Rides; & Is Instagram Dying? – NEWS ROUNDUP

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Joey cover the tech news stories you might have missed. Do Normies Have The Right to Read Heated Riv...

The Woman Who Designed the Face of the Personal Computer

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's Women's History Month — and this year, honoring women's contributions feels less like a celebration and more like an act of resistance.&nbs...

Hallow App Update; Meta Glasses Aren’t Private; Brothel Workers Unionize; Incarcerated Women of True Crime; Gen-Z gender wars – NEWS ROUNDUP!

07 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed. Hallow app beef update. Meta sued over false...

Chris Pratt is the Least Interesting Thing About the Hallow App (A Message to Live Action)

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In last week's news roundup, we did a short segment about the Hallow App.  It's a subscription-based app that helps you pray and learn about scri...

BAFTAs racial slur; Nicki Minaj bot network; TikTok “Psychic” faces Defamation trial for University of Idaho murders – NEWS ROUNDUP!

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-order our forthcoming audiobook about AI and intimate relationships: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781...

A TANGOTI Announcement We've Been Sitting On

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Something has been in the works. Bridget shares what's next. LoveAtFirstPrompt.AI    Let us know what you think by emailing [email protected]...

Chris Pratt Is Hawking an Anti-Abortion Prayer App; Elon's Grok Is Doxxing Women; DOGE Bros Let ChatGPT Do Their Job; Trump’s Big DEI Loss – NEWS ROUNDUP

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed. The story behind Hallow, the Christian app h...

Satanic Panic of the 1980s Is Happening Again — This Time in Minnesota Daycares (w/ Sarah Marshall)

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A viral video. A smeared daycare worker. A community in panic. Sound familiar? In the 1980s, a wave of hysteria swept the country, accusing daycare wo...

Amazon Ring Super Bowl Ad BACKFIRES; YouTubers Exploit Women's Arrest Videos; Salesforce CEO ICE "Joke" – NEWS ROUNDUP!

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed. Amazon’s Ring, a creepy surveillance p...

University of Oklahoma Trans Instructor's Attorney Still in the Fight After Appeal Denied

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When graduate instructor Mel Curth gave a student a failing grade for work that didn't answer the assignment, she couldn't have predicted what would h...

Should You Trust Andrew Huberman? What CBS's Epstein Disaster Reveals About Wellness Gurus

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Should you trust MAHA's wellness doctors? Dr. Peter Attia's gross emails with Jeffrey Epstein just exposed how mainstream institutions keep platformin...

WhatsApp Says Your Messages Are Private. They're Not.

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is WhatsApp reading your private encrypted messages? That's what was claimed in a bombshell 2025 lawsuit, which cited whistleblowers from Australia, B...

Tech Conference Faked Female Speakers to Look Diverse – BEST OF TANGOTI

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The tech conference Devternity was canceled (not fake canceled, literally canceled) after allegations that the founder has been inventing fake women a...

TikTok’s New Trump-Backed American Ownership Has People Fleeing

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After years in limbo, TikTok is now officially operating under American ownership for users in the United States, purchased by a group of investors ba...

Heated Rivalry's Podcast Drama; White House Posts AI Altered Crying Arrest Photo; Morally Dubious Florida Candidate Dislikes Only Fans - NEWS ROUNDUP!

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech & culture news stories you might have missed. . Oscar nominations are out, a...

Ashley St. Clair Apologized. Elon Musk Threatened to Take Her Kid

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Right-wing influencer Ashley St. Clair has a long history of transphobic behavior, including authoring a children’s book promoting those views. ...

Elon is Lying About Fixing Grok; Renee Good’s Killer Has a Rulebreaking GoFundMe; Tea App Wants Another Chance – NEWS ROUNDUP!

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Joey cover the tech news stories you might have missed. Updates on X and Grok creating nonconsensual...

Amy Poehler's Golden Globe Win | Renee Good Lies Debunked | DoorDash Hoax Exposed - NEWS ROUNDUP

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's the weekly news roundup! Rare Tuesday edition (it's still January; we'll get back to the regular schedule soon). Bridget breaks down the tech new...

Elon's Grok Sexualized Renee Good’s Dead Body — And He's Laughing About It

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is generating roughly one nonconsensual sexual image per minute on X. It's not just celebrities - victims include images o...

The Big AI Podcast Rejection

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! We're starting 2026 on a hopeful note. We all know that AI is threatening human labor across a bunch of industries, especially creativ...

Would you rather marry Musk, Zuckerberg, or Bezos— and other burning listener questions answered 

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

You asked and we answered! In this first installment of our first ever listener mail episode, the TANGOTI team reads your emails! Thanks to everyone w...

Women Use AI Less Than Men at Work. Is That a Bad Thing?

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a gender gap when it comes to who is using AI at work. Are women being left behind? The research isn’t so cut and dry.  ...

Why We’re Fighting About Self Checkout – Best of TANGOTI

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget and Mike had conflicting and surprisingly strong feelings about self checkout machines. And it turns out, listeners do, too! We got more email...

Diddy was acquitted of his most serious charges. The Internet blamed a woman who had nothing to do with it.

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After Diddy’s acquittal, social media decided it needed a villain. And who better than a random woman?! Through a case of mistaken identity, dig...

Karoline Leavit’s lip filler in Vanity Fair; Man Arrested for Charlie Kirk Meme; Heated Rivalry; WaPo AI slop – NEWS ROUNDUP

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget and Producer Mike cover the week's tech news that you might have missed in this final News Roundup of 2025. Vanity Fair Goes to the White Hous...

Bot Campaigns Turned Taylor Swift Into a Nazi and Cracker Barrel Into a Culture War

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever looked at your timeline and thought “there’s no way this is real,” you’re probably right.  In this e...

Was the Taylor Swift ‘Nazi’ Controversy A Coordinated Bot Attack? EMERGENCY EPISODE!

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you see the narrative claiming Taylor Swift is a secret “trad wife Nazi” take off across social media? In this emergency episode, we b...

This Univ. of Oklahoma Essay is So Bad It Launched a Culture-War Career

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a psychology course at University of Oklahoma, junior Samantha Fulnecky was assigned to write a short essay responding to a research paper about so...

Sabrina Carpenter shames Trump; ChatGPT bolstered misogynist stalker; Book festival's AI feud – NEWS ROUNDUP!

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's news roundup, Bridget talks with Producer Mike about all the tech news you might have missed. TRIGGER WARNING: One story is about a mis...

Jeffrey Epstein's Creepy Emails with Harvard and OpenAI’s Larry Summers

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The newly released Epstein emails offer a troubling look at the people who stayed in his orbit and the ways they interacted with him — including...

Why aren’t people boycotting Amazon like they’re boycotting Target?

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many people know about the call to boycott Target, but don't understand why Target has been specifically singled out. So we're re-airing this intervie...

Soledad O'Brien Explores Stand Your Ground in Netflix True Crime Documentary The Perfect Neighbor

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not every day Bridget gets to talk to one of her heroes!    Soledad O’Brien has built her career on stories that hit hard a...

Meg Thee Stallion fights deepfakes; Wicked's weird press; Welder’s murder highlights dangers for tradeswomen; AI fetish bear – NEWS ROUNDUP!

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget is joined by producer Joey Patt to cover the week's tech news that you might have missed.  Meg Thee Stallion targeted by racist, sexist d...

Andrew Tate is facing sex trafficking charges. He’s getting help from the White House

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Tate is back in the news. ProPublica reports that the White House may have been secretly trying to help him evade sex trafficking charges. Tate...

Elon Musk Insists He Does Read After Joyce Carol Oates Twitter Beef

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas has come early for Bridget, because Joyce Carol Oates is beefing with Elon Musk on Twitter. Bridget explains to Producer Mike what it's abou...

The Wellness Influencer Rebrand of Birth Control Misinformation

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Birth control is the latest battleground in a wave of online misinformation targeting young women — and doctors and reproductive health advocate...

Stickergate Drama on Threads; Teen Vogue Layoffs; ChatGPT Suicide Lawsuit; Meta’s ad scam; DC Sandwich Verdict – NEWS ROUNDUP

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s just turtles and scams all the way down. Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show: https://www.reuters....

From Teen Vogue to Tech, 300K Jobless Black Women are a Warning for Everyone

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Black women are leaving the workforce and it’s a warning sign for the entire economy. From media to tech, more than 300,000 Black women have lef...

Meta RayBans Let Creeps Record Women; Flock’s False Accusation; China's New Influencer Law; Nudify App Ecosystem; Librarian Protests Censorship on GoodReads – NEWS ROUNDUP!

01 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Halloween, boys and ghouls! In this week's news roundup Bridget is recapping all the tech news stories you might have missed, so you don't have ...

Why TikTok Turned on the DoorDash Lady

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all know the internet loves a viral story. But what happens when that story is about a real woman being harassed and the platforms that ostensibly ...

Emiru Attacked at TwitchCon; Tea App Ends with a Whimper; Charlie Kirk Grifters; Spotify ICE Ads; OpenAI's Browser Never Forgets – NEWS ROUNDUP!

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Digging into all the tech news you might have missed so you don't have to. Tea App pulled from Apple's app store: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/ap...

Can BlackSky Fix What Twitter Broke Using Bluesky Tech? (w/ Rudy Fraser)

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Elon Musk took over X, a lot of us left the platform, searching for alternatives. One platform that gained attention is Bluesky. It looks a lot l...

Taylor Swift’s “Nazi” necklace controversy; ChatGPT is doing porn; Amazon is exploiting pregnant workers; Pinterest addresses AI slop – News Roundup

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the weekly News Roundup! Bridget recaps the week's tech stories that you might have missed. Pop superstar apparently pulls controversial ne...

Is Taylor Swift a Trad Wife? The Internet Thinks So (w/ Jo Piazza)

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Swift is getting married. And on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, she sounds over the moon about it. But online, everyone’s asking:...

Drake Defamation Diss; Trump loses Nobel Prize; Robin Williams’ daughter slams Open AI’s Sora; Google Drops Women; YouTuber kills as "vengeance" for Charlie Kirk - NEWS ROUNDUP!

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the weekly News Roundup! Bridget and Producer Mike recap the week's tech stories that you might have missed.  It’s True: The Int...

Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You Talking About Abortion on Instagram

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is all about free speech, just not when it comes to abortion. New reports from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ...

Elon boycotts Netflix; Ted Cruz Hates Privacy; Kash Patel Calls ADL Terrorists; Extremism is Bad for Marriage; RIP AOL – NEWS ROUNDUP!

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Transgender for everybody! Everything is computer! We’re in a silly, tangent filled mood for this one! Every week Bridget recaps the tech news s...

Tylenol Autism Claims are Harming Women While Wellness Grifters Profit

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wellness influencers are perfecting the art of turning pseudoscience into profit. Whether they're selling supplements, offering classes, or just chasi...

Charlie Kirk Snitch App Data Leak; TikTok Rapture; David Lynch AI Reddit Revolt; Meta Exploits Parents' Photos – NEWS ROUNDUP

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

App for outing people who were insufficiently mournful of Charlie Kirk critics leaked its own users’ personal data through security blunders:&nb...

Karen Attiah, last Black columnist at Washington Post, fired for insufficiently mourning Charlie Kirk

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump Administration and their collaborators are prosecuting a widespread crackdown on free expression...

Jimmy Kimmel Fired by Disney; Karen Attiah Fired from the Post; DOJ Hides Far Right Extremism; Ads On Your Fridge! – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ L. Joy Williams

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Not gonna lie - it's been a rough week. The Trump administration has used Charlie Kirk's murder to crack down on dissent, shocking even their allies w...

Love Island Fandoms Get Dark ; Kristi Noem Writes the Rules at CBS; Girls Do Porn Creator Convicted; AI Podcast Startup - NEWS ROUNDUP! w/ Ashley Ray

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our weekly news round up, where we dig into some of the tech stories you might have missed. This week, Bridget is joined by guest co-host A...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Is Being Rewritten. Remember Who He Was.

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Kirk built his career by debating students and spreading rhetoric that was too often dismissed as “spirited debate.”  Now, in...

The Dark Money Scandal Rocking Democratic Influencers

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week in Wired, Taylor Lorenz published an exposé on Chorus, a new force in Democratic politics that is funding Democratic influencers. Her...

Joe Rogan falls for AI deepfake; Elon Musk ignores abuse victim; Meta celeb bots flirt with kids; Luigi's new Shein modeling gig – NEWS ROUNDUP!

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's edition, Bridget runs through the news with Producer Mike. Tech companies saying, "Our policies prohibit the harm that is rampant on ou...

Debunking “Trans Terror” Moral Panic After the Minneapolis Shooting

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rightwing media often spread the myth that trans people are violent or dangerous — a false narrative with zero evidence. These “trans terr...

Will Smith's AI Fans; ICE hides deportation flights using Taylor Swift’s loophole; DC Sandwich Thrower Free; TikTok Hawks Stalker Tech – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Nima Shirazi of Citations Needed

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's News Roundup, Bridget is joined by her longtime friend and colleague Nima Shirazi, co-host of the OG podcast "Citations Needed" about ...

The Internet Wasn’t Always Run by Villains. Anil Dash Explains What Happened

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why does it feel like the main voices dominating tech today are basically super villains? Billionaires who don’t care if the world gets worse, j...

Kendall Jenner inspired Meta chatbot lures a man to his death; AI TikToks distort DC; VTubers Sell Out Stadiums; Kayfabe is Everywhere; Tea App Update – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Dexter Thomas

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget is joined in this week's news roundup by tech journalist Dexter Thomas, prolific writer, videographer, and host of the excellent podcast "Kill...

We Watched Amazon Prime’s War of the Worlds So You Don't Have To

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget and Producer Mike are taking a break from the dystopian surveillance nightmare unfolding in their city of Washington, DC, to review Amazon's n...

Introducing podcast “Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet” - EPISODE DROP

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're excited to share the first episode of Peabody Award-nominated podcast Long Shadow’s new season, Breaking the Internet.  Hosted by Pul...

Trump's DC Takeover is About White Supremacy, Not Crime – A Rant from DC

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, President Trump seized control of Washington DC's police. It's national news, but it's also deeply personal for Bridget, who was born in DC...

People are in Love with AI. The ChatGPT-5 Launch and Kendra’s Viral Therapist TikTok Saga Force a Reckoning.

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Kendra went viral on TikTok with a series of videos about her relationship with her human psychiatrist, but the videos took a surprising...

AOC and Taylor Swift AI Deepfakes; TeaOnHer App; Crypto Bros Harass WNBA; Meta Loses Flo Lawsuit – NEWS ROUNDUP!

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Bridget is joined by Producer Mike to break down the tech stories you might have missed. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve had some eloquent, powerfu...

Epstein was connected to power. What happened when women called it out?

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is asking questions about Trump’s connections to Jefferey Epstein, but the president isn’t the only powerful person or institutio...

Sydney Sweeney's jeans; Jet2 Holiday meme hijacked by DHS; Tea app hack lawsuit; Substack promotes Nazis – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Abbie Richards

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Bridget recaps the tech stories you might have missed with longtime friend of the show indispensable Internet advocate Abbie Richards. She i...

Tea App Didn’t Just Spill Data; It Endangered Women

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Tea App promised a safe, anonymous space for women to share personal experiences with men they dated. Instead, it leaked their private data. ...

Candace Owens sued by French President; Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee’s fascist “debate;” Trump’s grifty war on “Woke AI” – News Roundup (w/ Dope Labs’ Dr. Titi Shodiya)

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget runs through this week's tech news you might have missed with the brilliant Dr. Titi Shodiya, co-host of the excellent podcast Dope Labs. LIST...

The Twitter-to-Fame Pipeline of the 2010s (w/ Celebrity Memoir Book Club)

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Remember the 2010s? Ubers were cheap, Obama was president, and you could get legitimately famous just by having a lot of Twitter followers. Claire Par...

Epstein files firestorm shows the power of online conspiracy

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Epstein story won’t die and in MAGA circles, it’s becoming a problem. This episode breaks down why the conspiracy has such staying pow...

Target Scammed Black Vendors and We Have Receipts

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2020, Target pledged to support Black creators and communities. Target spotlighted their products, and made headlines with its public commitments t...

Joe Rogan has Trump Regrets; Linda Yaccarino says bye Elon; Jeff Bezos Eyes Vogue?; NYT Helps Smear Mamdani – NEWS ROUNDUP!

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: Capturing The New York Times https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capturing-the-new-york-times/id1570901784?i=10006...

Candace Owens Wants You to Think She’s Changed. She Hasn’t.

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is behind Candace Owens’ rebrand? Bridget explains Owens’ new playbook to Anney and Sam over at the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You....

Princess Treatment is Going Viral on TikTok, But at What Cost!? (A rant)

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok’s “Princess Treatment”  trend has gone viral, and so has Bridget's response. It started with creator Courtney Joell...

#SkinnyTok Was Banned from TikTok. So Why Is It Still Everywhere?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

  Welcome to #SkinnyTok — a corner of TikTok where extreme thinness is framed as “discipline,” wellness becomes control, and di...

Jeff Bezos’ tacky wedding; RFK Jr. hawks wearables; Racist AI TikToks; Minnesota murderer's data brokers; AI bands on Spotify; BarbieGPT – NEWS ROUNDUP!

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Bridget is joined by Producer Mike to break down the tech stories you might have missed. Weird AI-generated videos depicting Black women in...

TikTok Minstrel Shows Are Mocking Black Women Using Digital Blackface

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you seen this wave of racist over the top AI generated videos featuring Black women on TikTok?  Since the release of Google’s VEO3 AI ...

How Dating Apps Are Failing Black Women | IRL: Online Life is Real Life

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dating apps aren’t broken; they’re working exactly as designed. And for Black women, that’s a problem. In this season premiere of&nb...

MoviePass was his idea. HBO documented the chaos, but now he’s taking it back.

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2010s, MoviePass became a cultural phenomenon, but behind the viral success was Stacy Spikes, a Black entrepreneur and visionary who co-founded...

Elon’s Extortion Play; All-In Goes MIA; LA Protests Flooded With Disinfo; ChatGPT Plays Therapist — NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Ed Zitron of Better Offline

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Bridget is joined by very special guest Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast, to break down the tech stories you might have missed...

Disney’s Movie Smart House is a Blueprint for Today’s Tech

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're not just a tech podcast; we're a tech & culture podcast. So today, we’re revisiting the charming and prescient 1999 Disney Channel Ori...

Introducing: Our Ancestors Were Messy

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coco Hill Productions’ new podcast, Our Ancestors Were Messy, might be my favorite new pod of the year, perfect for avoiding the heavy news cycl...

Musk and Trump's Big Breakup: America's Sweethearts Calling it Quits

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Musk started working with Trump last year, we all knew it was only a matter of time before they had a big, messy, public split-up. We waited and ...

Why Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Matters

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Culture has always had the power to move people. To shift narratives. To shape politics. Which is why when Bridget heard that one of Trump’s fir...

Nancy Mace's Bot Army; Abortion Surveillance Tech; New Tinder Feature; Scumbag Landlord Tech in the Budget Bill – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Sammy Kanter

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget recaps the week in tech news with guest co-host Sammy Kanter, founder of newsletter Girl and the Gov ®, Instagram creator, and communicati...

Diddy Disinfo: How Creators are Using AI to Hijack the Trial for Clicks

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Diddy trial isn’t just playing out in court—it’s being weaponized online. In this episode, Bridget exposes how content creators ...

Theo Von's empathy lacks accountability; Congress blocks AI regulation; Elon ruins the neighborhood; Verizon disconnects from DEI – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Francesca Fiorentini

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget recaps the week in tech news with friend of the pod Francesca Fiorentini, journalist and host of the hilariously smart podcast The Bitchuation...

SignalGate Jeopardized Her Husband's Life - Her Viral Response Struck a Chord

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When news broke that Trump’s senior military leadership had used an unsecured group chat to share sensitive information, the consequences were m...

Kanye West's new song; Elizabeth Holmes’ husband wants your blood; Elon's AI is undressing women; Alondra Nelson will not be complicit — NEWS ROUNDUP w Cristen Conger

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First news roundup of the new season! This week, guest co-host Cristen Conger joins us for a wild ride through this week's headlines in tech, media, a...

She Called a Black Child a Slur — Then Raised $700K. Kiandria Demone Is Saying ‘Not Today.’

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 5 of There Are No Girls on the Internet   We're kicking things off with a powerful and timely conversation. Bridget speaks...

The Wait Is Over: There Are No Girls On The Internet New Season Starts May 13

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back—and we couldn’t be more excited. The trailer for the brand-new season of There Are No Girls On The Internet is here, and ...

FEED SWAP! Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones | Amy Kruzweil and TED Tech

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode from the podcast TED Tech, hosted by Sherrel Dorsey. We're sharing it with TANGOTI listeners as part of a feed swap with them, exch...

 Azealia Banks was right about Elon Musk!

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget revisits one of the most unexpected beefs of the 2010s: Azealia Banks vs. Elon Musk.From cryptic Instagram stories to allegations of LSD-fuele...

Weird Little Guys are trying to take over our country. Don’t let them (w/ Molly Conger!)

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Researcher and journalist Molly Conger’s new podcast Weird Little Guys uncovers the worst people you’ve never heard of, how they’re ...

Target drops DEI so we're boycotting everything - STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bridget is hard at work on the new season of TANGOTI, launching in May! Stay tuned for more info, and more pre-launch drops here in the feed!   I...

Your kid doesn’t need $70 face cream 

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is Drunk Elephant the new Barbie? Skincare is at the top of the holiday wish list for tweens, even though there’s no need for it. And social med...

We Ruined Travel for Instagram Likes

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let's escape December's darkness with a mental vacation to some exotic travel locales. Tulum! Bali! Lisbon! Millions of people visit these popular tou...