What's Gonna Happen

this week emily and evangelia break down how our country got so polarized politically, how both political parties moved toward the right over time and how the culture war really happened.

Sorry for the late post and technical difficulties within the episode. Despite the audio issues, there are some golden nuggets from our guest Jordan Hall, CEO of Neurohacker and analyst of our current societal dilemma. Today Emily and Evangelia discuss the loneliness epidemic, the widespread distrust and dissatisfaction amongst humanity, how we got here and how we can get out.

andrew tate is passing on his father-induced trauma to a whole generation of red pilled boys and this week emily, evangelia and guest sarah rescigno are getting to the bottom of how he uses spiritual language and narcissistic abuse to shepherd this terrifying movement. pyramid schemes, sex trafficking, and abandoning morality while preaching righteousness, tate represents the shadow of america’s r...

today emily and evangelia discuss instagram etiquette, nostalgia for previous eras of internet use, parasocial relationships, and the anxieties of keeping up an online persona while figuring out real-life identity at the same time. sasha speaks on the trials and tribulations of her experience being a teen influencer in a friend group of nepo-babies, and emily and evangelia get into what direction...

why is fascism the most sexually charged political regime? how much of the things we know have roots in nazi iconography? have we always been as disaffected as we are now? this week emily and evangelia go through the history of fascist fashion and nazi-inspired pop culture.

filters as a gateway drug, humans as cyborg animals, rich white girls who shit themselves on live, we’re covering it all. that’s right emily and evangelia are back for season 4 of what’s gonna happen and this week they get into why everyone is so obsessed with skin care. what does our obsession with consumption, aesthetics, and youth mean about identity in the age of the online presence?

thank you guys so much for supporting wgh this past 3 seasons, next season will start in january 2024, but here’s to one last episode before we peace out. this week emily and evangelia place us on the spectrum of collapse, identify how close we are to the apocalypse and how apocalypses have gone down throughout time.

this week emily and evangelia talk about nonchalant extremist children, the great xandemic of 2016, the normalization of sex trafficking in the heterosexual world, 9/11 jokes and what to do with it all.

this week, consent educator and yale student, amal biskin, joins emily and evangelia to discuss the controversial topic of blacklists and whether or not restorative justice is possible within college frat culture.

emily and evangelia welcome phd student suzanne banks to discuss domestic terrorism. who covets the gun? why do some extremists move to committing acts of terrorism? why are we so fascinated by these people and their violence? how does the mythology of this country contribute to all of this and what needs to change about the academic conversation around these events?

back from the hiatus, emily and evangelia talk about what makes a nepo baby a nepo baby, if there’s a right way to be one, and how any of us can check our privilege without being super fucking annoying. we missed you guys!

this week evangelia and emily talk about, what most would consider a guilty pleasure, but they consider a passion. what purpose does reality tv serve in a human collective? what does the junk food in our media diet say about us? how is reality tv changing and what’s up next?

This week emily and evangelia are joined by poet, tiktoker, and ‘aspiring transexual’ alison prada @thisismytikotokguys to discuss beauty as both a form of god and a tool of fascism, the role fashion plays in the world today, and of course, what really are femininity and masculinity from a trans perspective?

how are people like bezos, zuck, and musk able to destroy the online world a little more every day? this week evangelia and emily are excited to host renowned journalist, science fiction author, and digital rights activist, cory doctorow to discuss how exactly internet platforms cut corners to take us for all we’ve got and what we can do about it. all of the links to cory’s content are available a...

emily and evangelia have the conversation they’ve been dreading and it ends up being one of their longest episodes yet. this episode contains mentions of self harm, as well as substance abuse and eating disorders - listener discretion is advised.

sex drugs and rock n roll? more like vibrators vapes and glitchcore. welcome back to what’s gonna happen! to kick off season 3 emily and evangelia will be discussing the millennial criticism of gen z’s sexual conservatism. why are young people having less sex and why does anyone care? are the kids in danger, is the cultural narrative in danger? cw: sexual assault.

in the final episode of season 2, emily and evangelia discuss their existential dance with time as women, young people, internet users, and entertainers. They cover polychronism vs monochronism, the three forms of time, ways capitalism exploits everyone’s time, and what to do with all of our dread. thanks so much for tuning in this season we’ll be back soon! 

this week emily and evangelia discuss the future of mind-reading technology. from scarves that shock you if you lose focus to headbands that track your amorous feelings, an influx of brain-wave-decoding tech is about to become mainstream and everyone needs to be thinking about what's gonna happen

this week we are joined by lesbian tik toker @bittnia to unpack the nuances of the lesbian label, discuss the function of queer discourse, and get into some of our hottest takes. don’t cancel us we love you. 

today emily and evangelia are joined by gia lombardo to discuss the faults of the American transit system, understand how the system crumbled over the years, and analyze the negative effects car-dependency has on our society.

this week we have trans singer/songwriter, social media personality Nussy Andrews with us to discuss the trans experience, coping with mental illness, addiction & recovery, the importance of connecting with queer elders, the responsibility of the artist, and much more. 

in this weeks episode emily and evangelia discuss TikTok, dissociation, feminism, the dirtbag left, coquette, soft living, stay-at-home-girlfriends, anti-intellectualism, and how capitalism and white supremacy use these things as tools to keep women subordinate consumers. 

today evangelia and emily speak with film-philosophy writer, dr. david deamer! they discuss the pros and cons of film-philosophy, the symbiotic relationship between film and culture, the impact of streaming services on the film industry and the future of storytelling. you can learn more about him at daviddeamer.com

emily and evangelia discuss the different ways codependency can infiltrate our relationships and behaviors, how society promotes false narratives of love, and what we can do to combat it. 

this week emily and evangelia talk about gentrification, hostile architecture, car-dependent society, covid, the metaverse, pop up museums and how they all contribute to a society that capitalizes on isolation.