Critical Babe Theory

We discuss Francesca’s upcoming play and talk theater with director Molly Shayna Cohen—producing indie theater, being shameless, standing ovations, and falling in love with your co-star. Plus Sarah has an anger attack at the Vatican gift shop. Come see Molly & Francesca's scandalous new play ESCALATION TIME in NYC Nov 7-23 ! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets. Follow Molly on Instagram...

We answer all your burning questions about the NYC mayoral race. Why did Zohran eat a burrito on the subway? Would NYC be safer under Sharia law? And was Francesca once a Cuomosexual? And we endorse Zohran, duh. Come see Francesca's scandalous new play in NYC Nov 7-23 ! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets. NYC Find Your Poll Site and see your ballot Discussed: The Goon Squad The Feminist by...

We answer all your burning questions about the NYC mayoral race. Why did Zohran eat a burrito on the subway? Would NYC be safer under Sharia law? And was Francesca once a Cuomosexual? Come see Francesca's scandalous new play in NYC Nov 7-23 ! Use code CBT50 for 50% all GA tickets. NYC Find Your Poll Site and see your ballot Discussed: The Goon Squad The Feminist by Tony Tulathimutte A Reporter...

Sarah is back from London with a theory about polyamory, and Francesca decides she no longer cares about Ezra Klein. We discuss Trump’s White House renovations, the looming war with Venezuela, the NYC mayoral race, the "ceasefire," and much more.

Movement professional, social worker in-training, and friend of the pod Brittany Rowell joins us to discuss matters of the mind and body: Is being skinny actually fascist? Does therapy actually work? And why do all roads lead to MAHA? Plus, Francesca recounts her time at a psychic institute. Follow Britt on Instagram @britbritrowell   Discussed: ⁠Is pilates political? Psychiatry Won’t Solve Our Me...

"But was silence not an option?" Francesca continues her righteous crusade against polyamory and Ezra Klein, as we review Klein's recent conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about Charlie Kirk's legacy. Discussed: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

Friend of the pod Emily Meade ( The Deuce, Dead Ringers, The Penguin ) joins us to talk about life as a working actress. We discuss the Riyadh Comedy Festival, witchcraft, Scientology, “Tilly” the AI actress, and much more. Follow Emily on Instagram @need4meade Watch Emily's breakout performance at a weird Catholic Church-sponsored Italian children's singing competition in the 90s

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We discuss “heterofatalism” and the latest propaganda against straight men.   Discussed:  The Trouble with Wanting Men   This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men   The Princess of 72nd Street  Rep Richie Torres & AIPAC Jia Tolentino on Elizabeth Gilbert   Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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We discuss Sarah's experience getting cancelled at work and Andrea Chu’s review of Thomas Chatterton William’s new book Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse. Plus:   Francesca’s controversial statements on polyamory, Sarah’s visit to a nude beach, talking to men on the subway, Ezra Klein’s moral failings, Trump federalizing the DC police, and more. Discuss...

Dilettante, suspected communist, essayist, and musician Zay, aka Civic Flora, joins the pod to discuss the return of fascism, reconciling our material desires with our socialist dreams, the alleged male loneliness epidemic, bromance, third spaces, and much, much more. Follow Zay on Instagram @civicflora Check out Zay's music and essays here

We discuss the midtown Manhattan shooting and CTE, self-immolation, Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign, The New York Times’ genocidal journalism, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Discussed: Dorothy Day on self-immolation Justin Trudeau party trick New York War Crimes dossier Global march to Gaza The Information Warfare Consortium Shaping GHF’s PR Offensive Leonardo DiCaprio is invest...

Harry Krinsky, co-host of the basketball podcast Nothing But Respect , joins the show for a thrilling cultural exchange. He teaches us about men and sports, and we talk to him about girlie stuff—like having a sapphic awakening while watching Blue Is the Warmest Color . Discussed: the cost of being a sports fan , gambling, male loneliness, how pick-up basketball is sort of gay cruising for straight...

Anarchist babe and friend of the pod, Isobel van Hagen, comes on the pod to promote making anarchy hot again. We discuss anarchism as a personal ethos, relationship anarchy, and how feminism ends when there’s a bear.

Spiritual teacher and best-selling author Biet Simkin comes by the pod to discuss rock and roll, inhabiting the dual mind and all the places we can find God (including shopping at Prada). Follow Biet on Instagram  @guidedbybiet. https://www.bietsimkin.com/  

Friend of the pod Victoria Shepard shares her experience working with refugees in the humanitarian sector. We discuss what ending USAID means, if all international giving is really BS, and how the CIA tracked down Osama bin Laden through a vaccination campaign (yikes!).  Discussed: How The CIA's Hunt For Bin Laden Impacted Public Health Campaigns In Pakistan Chihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in s...

Gen Z filmmaker, Luddite, and brother-of-the-pod Nick Konig comes on to discuss flip phones, Krishnamurti,  The Medium is the Massage  & golfing in New York City.    Find Nick  ⁠on YouTube⁠  and follow him on Instagram  ⁠@⁠ cellinoandbarnesnumberonefan Discussed: Nature by Bianca Stone The Medium is the Massage They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Sarah & Francesca discuss Louise Perry's book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution , eccentric women, bad sex, and whether Charlotte would have had to marry Mr. Collins if she had an OnlyFans. Plus: the NYC mayoral race, Iran, and Francesca's theory that George W. Bush wanted to go to war because of the 2001 hit TV show, 24 . Discussed: How to find love in 2025 The Case Against the S...

Sarah & Francesca discuss ICE protests, the NYPD Strategic Response Group, Gavin Newsom loving love, and liberal Denmark's tough-on-immigration approach. Also, the pod endorses a candidate in the upcoming New York mayoral primary.  Discussed:  Eric Adams’s morning routine In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning? Gavin Newsom on the L.A. Protests

We do a deep dive into the story of Candace: her ascension from liberal nobody to conservative darling to conspiracy theorist and celebrity gossipmonger. Plus: The Musk-Trump breakup, the problem with Elon's manhood (according to Azaelia Banks), and we reveal our voting records—which one of us was a Young Republican? Correction:  Ye and Candace Owens wore "White Lives Matter" shirts...

Sara Apple Maliki—writer, filmmaker and fiancée—discusses heterosexual dating and gives precise instructions on how to find a (rich) husband in NYC. Also discussed: how to work black cat energy, whether or not you should take the train to Williamsburg for a dude, and how Catholic all-girls school made us pick-mes.

Ben Zitsman—literary darling, reformed scoundrel and former managing editor of the Antioch Review—comes by the podcast to discuss his spiritual search on a Jesuit mission at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Plus: Catholic converts, American sex-ed and that time Francesca was possessed by a demon (and her subsequent exorcism). 

Is Chat GPT a literal prophet? We discuss the college students who use AI to pass their classes and the liberals who use social media to break their own brains. Plus: Chat GPT gives Sarah schizophrenic spiritual counsel.  Discussed: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College My Brain Finally Broke by Jia Tolentino

Is New York over? Discussed: The battle for the soul of the West Village, Francesca's audition to play Jessa in Girls, white girls promoting North Korea on TikTok, and much more. It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl Why I Broke Up With New York by Lena Dunham