The Daily Whatever

Effed-up Friday was equal parts news roundup, political therapy session, and dark comedy. We kicked things off with special guest Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. , who jumped in at the last minute after Zev Shalev was sidelined with a broken finger ( get well soon, Zev!! ). Before diving into the week’s most outrageous headlines, Lawrence and I spent time discussing his powerful new essay on reclaiming the...

Four men, three of whom had never been in the same room, sat down on a Monday to talk about reinvention—and ended up somewhere none of them planned. Lawrence Winnerman is joined by Aidan Wharton, returning friend Ben Greene, and a brand-new face, Chuck Palmer, for a conversation that starts with a stainless-steel chain bought on a whim and somehow arrives at the question underneath all the others:...

Lawrence’s other best friend of 32 years, Char Sundust, flew in from Seattle and is sitting RIGHT NEXT to him in the studio — and what was supposed to be a Monday hangout turns into one of the most wide-ranging episodes of the season. They start with plazas (yes, plazas), wander through city planning and the lost art of the village, and land in the question that may matter more than any other righ...

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It was another absolutely unhinged Fucked Up Friday , and somehow the news cycle outdid itself—again. We dove headfirst into the chaos, breaking down everything from the latest political absurdities to the kind of stories that make you question reality itself. But the real fireworks came when guest Waj Ali showed up ready to play—and absolutely ran the table . What started as a friendly competitio...

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This morning on The Daily Whatever Show , I was flying solo while Dana was off on a top-secret mission, and I got to kick off the Lunar New Year — the Year of the Fire Horse — with one of my best friends in the world, Char Sundust . We talked about what the Fire Horse actually means in Chinese astrology: power, momentum, passion, upheaval, transformation. The horse is already the most dynamic sign...

genXy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. We had an insanely good time hanging with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney this morning for their show. We laughed, we cried, we talked MAGA Face. You’ve just got to watch this one! Thank you Jenn Budd , Eric Lullove , Stuart Cohen , An Mcgreevy , LeftieProf , and many...

Today’s episode of The Daily Whatever Show marked the start of something new, with me, Lawrence Winnerman , officially launching my Monday queer takeover: Not Straightforward . Not Straightforward envisions a queer conversation space that refuses simplification—where lived experience matters more than hot takes, complexity beats slogans, and honesty isn’t softened for comfort. It’s a place for peo...

Note: You can also catch Matt on Blue Amp Media . Today’s The Daily Whatever Show opened with its usual warmth and chaos, as I checked in “from the field” — specifically, the open-air, poolside setting of an L.A. airport hotel at 7 a.m. The vibes were already different, and the hotel staff specifically commented on how they loved my energy. My morning tea was elusive, but the Starbucks at the near...

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Thank you Neurodivergent Hodgepodge , Rachel @ This Woman Votes , Cat , Polly Walker Blakemore , Char Sundust , and many others for tuning into my live video with Melissa Corrigan, she/her , Lawrence Winnerman , and GenXy ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to The Daily Whatever Show at www.thedailywhatevershow.com/subscribe

Thank you Nick Paro , Dr. Amber Hull , Polly Walker Blakemore , Char Sundust , Melissa Corrigan, she/her , and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to The Daily Whatever Show at www.thedailywhatevershow.com/subscribe

Thank you Nick Paro , Dr. Amber Hull , This Woman Votes , Caro Henry , Cat , and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to The Daily Whatever Show at www.thedailywhatevershow.com/subscribe

Today’s Bestie Day opened on a somber note. Before we said anything else, Lawrence shared the update none of us wanted but all of us needed to hear: his mom was heading to surgery for her cancer soon. The fear, the love, the exhaustion — all of it was right there in his voice. The chat rallied immediately, wrapping him in the softest kind of support: shared stories, prayers, holding space. A Melis...

We opened today’s The Daily Whatever Show with some pre-Thanksgiving banter (and Dana DuBois channeling her recurring “old smoker barfly” voice), plus a quick chat about Dana’s new essay When Thanksgiving Isn’t Safe for Your Trans or Nonbinary Child , delving into issues around family, pronouns, and why 2025 feels very different from pre-Trump-2.0 days. After that, we pulled in our guest Dash from...

This show was pure electricity — the kind where the guest arrives mid-chaos, mid-tech-glitch, mid-greenroom confusion, and still manages to set the universe on fire within three minutes of speaking. That is, in short, Mona Das . Lawrence Winnerman and I opened by letting everyone witness the sausage-making: Mona briefly appeared on screen by accident, declared “I need to switch to my iPad,” and va...

Today’s Fucked-Up Friday episode delivered exactly the blend of outrage, catharsis, and chaotic laughter the title promises — thanks in huge part to our guest, writer and community-builder Walter Rhein , who jumped in last-minute and absolutely owned the show from the opening seconds. We kicked things off with Walter’s daughter’s adorable caricatures of us — including Lawrence’s now-iconic “eye sm...

Today Lawrence Winnerman and I got to welcome someone who has been a pillar of our little Whatever community from the very beginning: Polly Walker Blakemore . We started in the usual chaos — still riding the high of going quad-platform (Substack! YouTube! Facebook! Instagram… kind of!) — and me recovering from hosting a full-scale teenage soup party in my tiny house. Then Polly joined us and opene...

Today’s episode hit me harder than most. I came in tired — the kind of tired that comes from juggling late-stage capitalism, Substack life, and a multi-hyphenate existence where the eggs are cracked but the omelet is nowhere in sight. And then there was that New York Times article. The one asking — with a straight face — whether women are “ruining the workplace.” It gutted Dana DuBois . And honest...

Today’s Fucked Up Friday on The Daily Whatever Show brought the chaos, the catharsis, and a whole lot of righteous fury — with Dana DuBois hosting, and Melissa Corrigan, she/her and Nick Paro stepping in for me while I was off on a “secret stealth spy mission.” Both of them showed up fully loaded and absolutely delivered. The episode started with a whirlwind recap of the week’s political sewage: t...