Cancel Me, Daddy

This week, Katelyn and I delve into all the drama, dysfunction and chaos that's been happening behind the scenes at The Washington Post this month. Plus, we cancel a listener's ex, talk Lisa Frank Dicks, and bring you your biweekly helping of cancelations. Support or show and join our community at www.patreon.com/cancelmedaddy A special thanks to our Cancelers Adrienne Stewart, I Beauregard &...

Katelyn and Oliver are joined this week by The Guardian's Moira Donegan for a follow up on the Depp/Heard verdict. We talk about the potential ramifications the decision could have on the free speech of domestic violence survivors. A special thanks to our Cancelers Adrienne Stewart, I Beauregard & Megg for supporting this episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

This week Katelyn talks to Maintenance Phase co-host Michael Hobbes about the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, the plethora of minformation around it and the social media fallout. Plus listeners submit a delightful collection of out of context cancellations and Katelyn tells Oliver a story about how an odd dream probably saved her life once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

This week Katelyn and Oliver are taking on the highest court in the national because...there was obviously no other option. For this episode we invited Ian Millhiser, an expert on the Supreme Court and Senior correspondent at Vox, to break down his case against SCOTUS. It's a colorful conversation with lots of verbal shitposting despite the grim world we're living in right now. Sometimes we've jus...

Cancel Me, Daddy is finally back—just in time to cover the dystopian news of Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter. In this episode Katelyn shares her concerns about what this means for the Internet, her career and trans Twitter. Then, Oliver sits down with author A.E. Osworth to discus their stunning debut novel, We Are Watching Eliza Bright, exploring themes of disinformation, parasocial relationships...

Katelyn and Oliver are talking about how right wing pundits can’t help but make the war in Ukraine all about their favorite culture war issue and looking at some of the most outrageous takes getting play in right-wing media. Plus, the pair discuss Andrew Cuomo's recent complaints about being cancelled, open up about mental health struggles in these dark times, and take on some out of context cance...

Why is everyone on Twitter is such an asshole? Katherine Cross , an incredibly talented sociologist researching online harassment, answers that question this week on Cancel Me, Daddy. This episode has both Katelyn and Oliver thinking about how they use Twitter, and Katherine gives lots of practical steps about how to navigate online harassment and support others in the bird app's crosshairs. You c...

Katelyn and Oliver host their first live show, with an incredible lineup of special guests from the very first year of Cancel Me, Daddy. The pair are joined by Parker Malloy, Terra Field, Jude Doyle, Sara Luterman and Emily St. James (formerly VanDerWerff) where topics range from big existential questions about cancel culture, to the Spotify controversy over platforming Joe Rogan's misinformation,...

Katelyn and Oliver discuss the recent harassment campaign Katelyn recently found herself on the receiving end of and what that says about cancel culture and being a trans woman on the internet. Then the pair delve into the dark abyss that is intersection of heterosexuality and TikTok to give you the run down on the West Elm Caleb discourse. You can support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon to join our c...

This week Katelyn & Oliver bringing you a very special episode to start off the year by cancelling....The Pope! They discuss the head of the Catholic Church's remarks about cancel culture and discuss the institution's troubling and hypocritical history. In this episode, these cancel culture experts explore how even grifters who don't have much of a platform are cashing in on the cancel culture...

For this year's last episode, Katelyn & Oliver dive into the War on Christmas with the one and only Parker Molloy, author of The Present Age Newsletter and former editor-at-large of Media Matters. In this episode, we discuss Fox News' burning Christmas tree, the historical origins of the so-called War on Christmas, and how the right-wing talking point relates to the ongoing conversation around...

This week, Katelyn & Oliver delve into the effort in Texas to ban LGBTQ books from schools and follow up on the latest in the Chapelle saga. Plus, things get a little strange with discussion of a furby drag king...and Katelyn's "favorite" condiment: ranch nog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N...

Katelyn and Oliver are joined by journalist and Maintenance Phase co-host Michael Hobbes to discuss the most ingenious cancel culture grift yet, the newly formed (and unaccredited) University of Austin. The new college doesn’t offer degrees but is still likely to make boatloads of cash. You can support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon to join our community and help us become a weekly show: https://www....

Katelyn and Oliver revisit the Netflix/Dave Chappelle controversy with an in-depth interview with the two trans employees most affected by the fallout. Joining the show are B. Pagels-Minor, who was fired by Netflix after helping to organize the company’s trans employee walkout, and Terra Field, who was briefly suspended after a Twitter thread of hers criticizing the company’s decision-making aroun...

It wouldn't be Cancel Me, Daddy if we didn't delve into Dave Chappelle's horrible, new Netflix special "The Closer." Katelyn and Oliver are joined by the one and only Imara Jones of TransLash Media who shares her sharp analysis and insightful perspective on the hateful special who's actually being silenced. The trio discuss how Netflix can't "carbon offset" bigotry, the ways this special puts Blac...

This week Katelyn and Oliver-Ash dive into Johnny Depp's insipid remarks about cancel culture and the latest Republican panic over the National Archives adding a content notice to give people diving into historical documents a heads up about our nation's troubling past. Plus, the pair discuss whether cancel culture is a phenomenon created by the media and how much our industry is actually to blame...

This week Katelyn and Oliver-Ash have a colorful conversation with freelance journalist Eoin Higgins about the Judith Butler debacle and the big transphobia problem at the UK branch of The Guardian.  You can support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon to join our community and help us become a weekly show: https://www.patreon.com/cancelmedaddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In this episode Katelyn and Oliver-Ash unpack the incredibly fraught search for a Jeopardy host. Plus the two discuss former Monty Python star John Cleese's upcoming disaster of a show about so-called cancel culture.  You can support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon to join our community and help us become a weekly show: https://www.patreon.com/cancelmedaddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

This week, Katelyn and Oliver and delving into the conservative controversy around a wholesome episode of a Muppet's show for kids that features a trans affirming story line. Plus, they talk about what Louie CK's national tour tells us about cancel culture (or the lack thereof). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

This week Katelyn and Oliver are back to discuss the Washington Post banning Felicia Somnez from covering stories about sexual assault after she spoke up about her own experience with sexual violence. Plus, the two discuss their love for Ted Lasso and cancel queer discourse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

This week Katelyn and Oliver-Ash interview Emily VanDerWerff about her article about the fallout from the story "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter" and the devastating impact it had on the talented writer Isabel Fall. The conversation touches on the way the Twitter algorithm encourages these kinds of pile ons, what our responsibility is, transmisogyny and so much more. You can read Emily...

In this show, Katelyn and Oliver dive into reports that OnlyFans is likely to start moving away from adult content. We discuss how sex workers are often exploited to build online platforms, what that says about who's voices get heard, and how the move is likely rooted in government censorship. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cancelmedaddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

Katelyn and Oliver look at Nikole Hannah-Jones being denied tenure at the University of North Carolina, the baseless criticisms of her 1619 project at the NYTimes and the effort across the country to censor professors and teachers from sharing it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

This week Katelyn & Oliver dive into some of the latest nothing burger panic on the right. First, we discuss the right wing panic that boiled over this Mother's Day over using gender neutral reproductive language. Then, we look at how mild cultural criticism of an updated Disney ride is spurring one of the latest panics. You can support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon to join our community and hel...

This episode we have an in-depth conversation about cancel culture and some of the moral panic's roots with Michael Hobbes, of the popular  podcasts "You're Wrong About" and "Maintenance Phase."Katelyn, Oliver, and Michael discuss tactics the right uses to create moral panics and how they rope  journalists in to spread their propaganda, how it's okay for college  kids to be annoying and go a littl...