Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
Episodes
E81. Nathan Edmondson Discusses the Impact of the Pandemic on Rhino Poaching
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation...
E80. Sam Harris Says You Can’t Become Happy, You Can Only BE Happy
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris (author, philosopher, neuroscientist) has a fascinating conversation with Bridget about meditation, consciousness, mindfulness, and awarene...
E79. Jeren Montgomery Wants You to Stop Thanking Him for His Service
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeren Montgomery recently completed an MA in clinical psychology and is working towards becoming a marriage and family therapist. He is also working o...
E78. Story Hour With Bridget Phetasy Part 5 – World Traveler 1
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here....
E77. Dave Rubin Discusses How the Pandemic Is Causing Us to Reevaluate What’s Important
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Rubin joins Bridget for his second appearance on the podcast. They talk the long-term effects and changes brought about by social distancing, sta...
E76. Samantha Shahi On Why Timelines Are A Fallacy
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Shahi (aka Sammy Flap-n-Folds to the Dumpster Fire crowd) finally, finally sits down with Bridget to discuss her journey from Texas to LA, be...
E75. 12 Step Programs And Recovery During Quarantine with Misty M
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Misty M (If They Have to Behave for You To Be Okay, You’re Screwed) and Bridget discuss the pros and cons of virtual 12 Step meetings in the time of...
E74. Michael Shermer Believes Most of Us Are Wrong About Most Things
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine, Science Salon Podcast, Scientific American) dropped by before quarantine went into effect to discuss skepticism, ...
E73. Paul Shirley and the Problem with Infinite Time
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Shirley (former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok) is back to discuss the human condition in this time of social distanci...
E72. Tips for Working from Home and Dealing with Depression and Anxiety
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget and Cousin Maggie share their tips for working from home, and for dealing with the depression and anxiety that might be ratcheting up as we fa...
E71. Gigi Levangie Wonders When “Life Isn’t Fair” Went Out of Fashion
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gigi Levangie, author and screenwriter, drops by for a chat that covers everything, including Swedish Death Cleaning, the Erehwon Phenomenon, aging in...
E70. Mark Halperin On the Importance of Humility and Acceptance
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Halperin, author of How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What it Will Take, stops in to discuss the pool of Democratic can...
E69. Andrew Doyle Addresses the Lack of Compassion in the Social Justice Movement
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath - a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly tel...
E68. Jacob Bresler Has Never Stopped Believing in Humanity
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the ages of 11 to 16 Jacob Bresler survived five years of ghettos and concentration camps during World War II. He credits his inventiveness, his ...
E67. Jonah Goldberg is Not a Huge Fan of Enthusiasm
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonah Goldberg is a syndicated conservative columnist, political analyst, commentator, podcast host, and author of Bridget’s Bible: Suicide of the W...
E66. Meghan Daum Believes We Have Lost the Ability to Sustain Complex Arguments
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan Daum is the author of The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars, in which she examines her own cognitive dissonance ...
E65. Scott Zakarin and the Beauty of New Media
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Zakarin, writer, director and producer, stops by to discuss his new project Digital Sky, a fictional anthology podcast series about our social m...
E64. Rapper Zuby On Why Men Aren’t Out to Get You
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zuby, rapper, musician, podcaster and author, stops by during his whirlwind tour of the United States. Son of Nigerian immigrants, he talks about his ...
E63. Jessica Michelle Singleton Processes Her Trauma Onstage
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Michelle Singleton, stand-up comedian, bonds with Bridget over their mutually dysfunctional upbringings. They compare notes about raised by pa...
E62. Michael Malice Wants to Foment as Much Chaos In Our Political Process As Possible
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice, author of The New Right, returns for a wild discussion covering everything from Americans’ naive ideas about people in power, why he...
E61. Helen Dale and the Changing Rules and Ramifications of Cancel Culture
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Dale is a columnist and commentator who also writes novels. Her first novel, The Hand That Signed the Paper, won the Miles Franklin award in Aus...
E60. Coach Tea Believes the Gifts We Are Given Should Be Used to Serve Others
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coach Tea is a DJ, producer, podcast personality, and sound engineer for Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. He is also a counselor focusing on the rehab...
E59. Bret Stephens On Why Disagreement is the Basis of Every Free Society
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bret Stephens, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, sits down with Bridget to discuss Trump’s effect on the Republican Party, feeling out of plac...
E58. Dana Goldberg Maintains that Comics Say What Most People are Thinking
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Goldberg, stand-up comedian, stops by to talk how she got into comedy, bombing in front of Gloria Steinem, the fact that European audiences don’...
E57. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Believes Focus and Dedication Can See You Through Anything
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar’s first experience with Americans was during the second Iraq war when a US tank rolled up in front of his house. He shares his...
E56. Ryan Stout Says You Should Keep Creating, Even if the Industry Doesn’t Care
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Stout, stand-up comic extraordinaire, shares how he got into stand-up, parsing his college courses for material, the joys of being a stay-at-home...
E55. Melissa Chen Asserts That if You’re Ignorant in America, It’s A Choice
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Chen (NY Editor, Spectator US) stops by for a brilliant chat that covers a lot of ground. She describes growing up in Singapore in a “benevo...
E54. Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Alter, author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, stops by to talk about screen and tech add...
E53. Yasmine Mohammed Points Out the Contradiction in the Way Western Liberals View Fundamentalist Islam
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, shares her story of growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home in C...
E52. Cousin Maggie Discusses Battling the Demons of Depression
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget finally convinced Cousin Maggie to share her story, from a rather idyllic childhood in a small town in Rhode Island, to being raised in a stab...
E51. Jamie Kilstein Believes Comedy is Where Broken People Go to Make Other People Happy
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Kilstein, stand-up comic and podcast host, sits down with Bridget to discuss his conversion from a woke, SJW, male feminist to a humbler and hea...
E50. Helen Pluckrose on Why Intersectionality is the Wrong Way to Go About Achieving Social Justice
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pluckrose, one of the three authors of the Grievance Studies and editor-in-chief of Aero magazine, sits with Bridget to discuss the much richer ...
E49. Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan stops by to discuss the long and painful journey to a career in the entertainment industry, from studying finance at G...
E48. Peter Boghossian Wants to Teach People How to Have Impossible Conversations
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget and Peter Boghossian have a conversation under the Colorado stars about the search for ultimate meaning in life, the denigration of reason, th...
E47. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 4 – The Accidental Pundit
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here....
E46. Glenn Beck Believes When You’re Done Learning, You’re Dead
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Beck is a conservative political commentator, radio host and television producer. He and Bridget discuss the early evolution of his career, his ...
E45. Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Noah Rothman is an MSNBC and NBC New contributor, Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine, and author of the book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmak...
E44. Corinne Fisher Isn’t Talented, She’s Just Really Good at Being Herself
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Corinne Fisher is a stand-up comedian, co-host of popular podcast Guys We F@#ked, and co-author of the book F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Sel...
E43. Ethan Nicolle Enjoys Disagreement and Debate
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Nicolle, Creative Director at the Babylon Bee, stops by to talk the pros and cons of going viral, how virality does not automatically equal doll...
E42. Marshall Herskovitz And the Importance of Betting on Yourself
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall Herskovitz, writer, director and producer (thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, Dangerous Beauty), drops by to talk about how he got his start...
E41. Andy Levy Fears Getting A Tarot Card Reading
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Levy, American commentator and humorist, is a former panelist on S.E. Cupp’s Unfiltered and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. He drops in for a conver...
E40. Sarah Solomon Wonders Why You Would Have Kids if Not to Live Vicariously Through Them
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Solomon, author of Guac is Extra But So Am I: The Reluctant Adult’s Handbook, stops by to talk why life gets better as you get older, getting ...
E39. Kira Davis Discusses What it Would Take to Have an Honest Conversation About Race
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kira Davis (Editor-at-Large for redstate.com) drops by for a frank conversation about the hole that fatherlessness leaves in society, “benevolent”...
E38. Mitchell Sunderland Believes in Socializing with People You Disagree With
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Sunderland is a freelance writer (Vice, Adult, Penthouse) known for his nuanced profiles on everyone from Stormy Daniels to Mike Tyson, Anne ...
E37. Tim Dillon Thinks Stand-Up Comics are Mentally Ill
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Dillon is a stand-up comedian and host of the popular podcast Tim Dillon is Going to Hell. He and Bridget lament the absence of humor in today’s...
E36. Robby Soave Hopes that Sensible Liberals Will See the Dangers of the Approach Activists are Taking
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby Soave is an associate editor and writer for Reason magazine and author of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump which investigates th...
E35. Michael Malice Explains How Culture is Created and Opposing Progressivism
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
According to Michael Malice, The New Right is a loosely connected group of individuals united by their opposition to progressivism, which they perceiv...
E34. Dave Rubin Discusses the Danger of Journalism Becoming Activism
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Rubin, stand up comic and political commentator, created The Rubin Report to “to talk to people and try to find out what they think about thing...
E33. Nathan Edmondson Warns there is a Ticking Clock to Rhino Extinction
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Edmondson is a writer and President of EDGE, an ambitious counter-poaching and conservation organization devoted to the innovative preservation...
E32. Christina Hoff Sommers Wonders When “I Don’t Feel Safe” Became a Tool of Oppression
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Hoff Sommers is a former philosophy professor and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She’s one of the Femsplainers on ...
E31. Kassy Dillon Discusses How Liberal Teachers are Radicalizing an Entire Generation of Young Conservatives
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kassy Dillon is a staff writer for the Daily Wire and founder of Lone Conservative a small organization that teaches college students how to become wr...
E30. Andrew Doyle Discusses the Dangers of Well-Intentioned Authoritarianism
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Doyle is the man behind satirical Twitter account Titania McGrath – a radical intersectionalist, feminist, and slam poet, who is constantly t...
E29. Aaron Schmidt Believes in Extreme Accountability, Unrelenting Preparation, Ruthless Efficiency and Unapologetic Passion
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Schmidt grew up a military brat and met his wife, Kara Dawn, freshman year of high school when they were assigned to be lab partners. He talks w...
E28. The Woo Review: Anne is Addicted to Psychics
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the Woo Review, Bridget introduces her audience to all things New Age. From astrology, to tarot, to sound baths, to reiki, Bridget shares her hip...
E27. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 3 – Tales from a Waitress
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here....
E26. Scotty Landes Does Not Fear Loneliness
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scotty Landes – TV comedy writer (Workaholics), horror movie writer (Ma), man about town – trades stories with Bridget about travel, odd jobs, and...
E25. Josh Schollmeyer Talks the State of Masculinity Today
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Schollmeyer, co-founder, and editor of MEL magazine, talks with Bridget about the meaning of modern masculinity in a changing world, constructive...
E24. Amy Alkon and Why Your Feelings are Not the Boss of You
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess and author of “science-help book” Unf*ckology, drops in for a fascinating conversation with Bridget about living in the ...
E23. Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Wolfe, managing editor for The Federalist and part-time editor for Reason, has an in-depth discussion with Bridget about why she thought college w...
E22. Rachel Wolfson Talks Marijuana and Being Part of the Medication Generation
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel “Wolfie” Wolfson, comedian, writer, producer, and advocate for cannabis, sits down with Bridget to discuss her disdain for bitcoin, their s...
E21. Sydney Benner’s Mantra is “Move More to Feel More”
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sydney Benner is the creator of the revolutionary new fitness program, FLIGHT! She has devoted her life to connecting people together through moveme...
E20. Brittany Schmitt on Alcoholism – “A Disease Disguised as Fun”
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brittany Schmitt, stand-up comedian and entrepreneur, talks with Bridget about filling the void within yourself, the dark side of comedy, getting a DU...
E19. Art Tavana on Why the MAGA Movement is Not Conservative
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Art Tavana is a conservative, libertarian columnist at Playboy and contributor at National Review. An Armenian refugee from Iran, Art talks about how ...
E18. Melissa Monte Believes the Opposite of Self-Love is Self-Destruction
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Monte is a mindfulness coach, certified yoga teacher and reiki healer. She and Bridget reminisce about how they met on a party bus of 40 women...
E17. James Lindsay Discusses Punking the Dogmatic Religion of Extreme Social Justice
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James A. Lindsay is a co-author of the Grievance Studies, a project designed to expose the politicized corruption within social justice geared humanit...
E16. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 2 – Addiction and Sobriety
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here....
E15. Bridget’s Sister Vanessa Laments the State of Millennial Men
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget’s youngest sister Vanessa reveals what your wedding photos predict about your marriage, the joys and challenges of working with children, an...
E14. Carol Roth Explains Why the Robots Aren’t Going to Fulfill All Your Needs
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Roth is a recovering investment banker, entrepreneur and author of The Entrepreneur Equation, the anti-motivational, motivational book about ent...
E13. Ben Howe Explains the Folly of Trying to Determine God’s Purposes
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Howe, author of The Immoral Majority: Christian Evangelicals and the Role they Play in the Era of Trump (due out this year) discusses his journey ...
E12. Kimberly Resnick Anderson Thinks Social Media is a Gateway Drug to Infidelity
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Resnick Anderson, licensed sex therapist, and Bridget get real about the many issues facing couples in today’s modern world, from how commo...
E11. Melanie Notkin & Bridget Talk Wasted-Womb Shaming – What It Is and Why It’s Terrible
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Notkin, founder of Savvy Auntie, the first community for cool aunts, great aunts, godmothers and all women who love kids (but might not have t...
E10. Brian Moses Plans to Name his Child “God Moses”
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Moses, stand-up comic, creator and co-producer of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, defender of un-politically correct speech and hilarious indiv...
E9. Jesse Kelly Blames Men for Feminism
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Kelly, former Marine, contributor to The Federalist, and Twitter star, talks with Bridget about why Twitter needs him more than he needs Twitter...
E8. Sarah Shahi and Why Bridget Would be a Douchebag if She’d Gone to Harvard
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Shahi (The L Word, Person of Interest, Reverie) actress, producer, former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and mother of three, talks about choosing ...
E7. James Breakwell On Why He Can Do Better, But He’s Not Going To
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James Breakwell, Twitter celebrity, Indiana father of four daughters, and author of Bare Minimum Parenting – The Ultimate Guide to Not Quite Ruining...
E6. Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy Part 1 – The Phetasy Origin Story
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Story Hour with Bridget Phetasy is a segment where Bridget reminisces with cousin Maggie and tells stories explaining who she is and how she got here....
E5. Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bridget welcomes Paul Shirley, former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok, a communal workspace for writers in Los Ang...
E4. Chloé Valdary and Resisting the Impulse to Burn it All Down
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chloé Valdary, (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic) freelance writer and deep thinker, talks with Bridget about dealing with I...
E3. Jeff Garlin and Bridget Phetasy Both Thought They’d Die Young
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development) talks with Bridget Phetasy about his early job selling graves over the phone, their morning r...
E2. Rosie Moss and Why Escape Rooms are the Perfect Metaphor for L.A.
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bridget Phetasy interviews Rosie Moss, actress, waitress, Bar/Bat Mitzvah coach, Hebrew school teacher, very busy human. Rosie shares her fi...
E1. Steve Howey and Why the Mind Sucks
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about Steve Howey’s (Shameless) journey into acting and how getting a national Coca-Cola commercial right out of the gates was the worst thing...
Coming Soon
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life a...