Bad Bets

We were promised a future where AI does our laundry so we can write poetry. Instead, the tech bros are building chatbots to simulate real women, while twenty-something TikTokers spend eight hours grinding grain from scratch to bake a single loaf of sourdough for their husbands. The future is broken, guys. This week, we’re unpacking how our collective anxiety about tomorrow is causing us to weaponi...

This week on Bad Bets , we are mad, and with good reason. Trump’s family just spun a $5B crypto empire out of thin air, ICE is deporting honor students and firefighters mid-wildfire, and the Shanghai Summit is quietly rearranging the global order. We dig into why anger is rarely a primary emotion, how cruelty is the policy, and why Trump’s grift coin is more dangerous than Reddit memes suggest. Bu...

This week on Bad Bets , we ask the question no one has bothered to Google: Where in the world is Jill Stein? (Spoiler: not organizing, not helping, yaddayaddayadda). We unpack the dangers of political apathy, Chris Pratt’s limp defense of RFK Jr., and why villains like Magneto, Killmonger, Daenerys, and even Thanos all have a point, until they really, really don’t. Plus: baseball is secretly the m...

Texas Republicans are trying to grab 5 extra seats, Gavin Newsom said “bet,” and I’m here to explain why map-rigging matters, and why your boyfriend’s media diet might be just as sus. 👀 Also featuring: a rant about Taylor Swift’s billionaire vinyl scam, and the Barbie Test™ for men.  🎙️ Bad Bets is live. Place yours now.

This week on Bad Bets , we dive headfirst into the political circus that is August 2025. From Trump’s suspicious Epstein file cover-up and the unprecedented federal takeover of DC’s police force, to South Park’s pitch-perfect roast of Kristi Noem, JD Vance, and Charlie Kirk, we’re connecting dots the podcast bros hopes you miss. We break down ICE’s cruel (and hypocritical) immigration raids, Melan...

This week on Bad Bets , we scream into the dystopian void about Nick Blaine’s unjust downfall in The Handmaid’s Tale , ask why Serena Joy keeps getting girlboss redemption arcs, and argue that June and Nick were mirrors, not moral opposites. Plus, we dive into the weird future of emotionally cheating on your wife with ChatGPT and why Sam Fender is the poet laureate of post-avoidant grief. Our bet...

Smart takes. Stupid predictions. You decide which is which. In this inaugural spiral , I unpack why The Summer I Turned Pretty is just Twilight with beach waves and passive-aggression, how Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad accidentally soft-launches a eugenics campaign, and why Trump cheating at golf is the least surprising and most American thing he’s ever done. We also talk about: The Flagrant...