The Daily Whatever

As much as Lawrence Winnerman and I love podcasting—and we really, really love podcasting—our first creative love is always writing. So each week, we aim to dedicate at least one The Daily Whatever Show to talk about our latest stories. This week we each shared one (a sci-fi one for Lawrence, and a personal essay for Dana, as per usual). Then we opened up the show to other writers to come on and s...

Why is everyone talking about GenX these days? It’s hard to keep up with the recent onslaught of think-pieces about our overlooked generation, but today’s special guest Jonathan Small has done a damn good job at it. First the Wall Street Journal wrote about how we’re getting passed up for CEO roles . And Jonathan responded . Then the New York Times responded to the Wall Street Journal and called u...

Thank you BJ Roberts , KB 🙋🏼‍♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨ , Brandon Ellrich , Brushy 🐺 📚 , Jeanne Elbe , Carrie , OldHenCharlie , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , @dunn647 , EBS , Mike Gagne , Elizabeth Newman , Frederic Poag , Gayety , Marney , judyth Watson-Remy , Karen Marie Shelton , Kevin , Kim Taylor , Kostadenos Priskos , Jo , Leo McChaser , Rich Kagan , The Momster 🧷 , Linda Low , The One Minute Daily Boos...

It’s a lovely way to end the week by sharing the good news. We opened the show gushing about Taylor Swift. Not only the announcement of her new record— The Life of a Showgirl drops October 3rd!!!!!—but also her two-hour podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce to announce the release. They’re a charming couple. She’s brilliant. And we agreed, the best part of it all was watching Travis and Jason demons...

Thank you Wendy🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈 , Maria , Nick Paro , Craig Nixon , Kelly Aster , BiffBiff , Polly Walker Blakemore , Jeanette Wain , The One Minute Daily Boost , 🌀BentButTrue , Lawrence Winnerman , Dana DuBois , Patrick Hanley , Musings on Interesting Times , Victor Cardenas , Dr. Andy , Jennifer Winningham , Christiane mccafferty , Robin Wilding , Lisa Gonzalez , MorganX , Karen Marie Shelton , tec...

We always have an amazing time when The Opinionated Ogre comes to visit at The Daily Whatever , and today was no different! Thank you GenAlbertWilliams , Karen Marie Shelton , Polly Walker Blakemore , MorganX , Dana DuBois , Lawrence Winnerman , Tee Ree , Life in The Upside-Down , Jo , The Bathrobe Guy 👘 , Robin Wilding , Damon Kenner , Kate , Lynda Blake , L Peters , Meghana Raipur , Jane Hendri...

Huge thanks to Sophia Kelly Grace and Melissa Corrigan, she/her for joining us in our last Restream for an amazing conversation. Thank you R.V. Hughes , Lisa Jensen , Brandon Ellrich , Carol Ann Power , OldHenCharlie , cynmac , Dale Scaringi , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dan Houghton , David Caffrey , Gatto Sospetto , IncredibleHulka , julie elder , Karen Marie Shelton , Kimberly Finix , Kostaden...

Today Dana DuBois shared her latest—a story from several years ago about falling for someone online, and the hopes and tribulations found therein. Check it out here: Thank you R.V. Hughes , Lisa Jensen , Brandon Ellrich , Carol Ann Power , OldHenCharlie , cynmac , Dale Scaringi , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Dan Houghton , David Caffrey , Gatto Sospetto , IncredibleHulka , julie elder , Karen Mari...

I got my first piece of genXy merch from Lawrence Winnerman ’s side-hustle, alpacalunch.com , and I couldn’t unbox it alone! Thanks to everyone who tuned in to watch the big event—you’ll see more of this fabulous mug on The Daily Whatever show tomorrow! If you want a mug or a tee, scan this handy QR code for our Linktree and shop right from there! If you are a paid subscriber, check out this post...

GenX is scrappy, resilient, curious, and knows how to roll with the punches. When it comes to tech, we tend to be early adopters—and here at genXy, we resemble that remark. Dana DuBois and I are using a new tool called Restream (if you’re interested in learning more, go to Restream.io and check it out. Use code RESTREAM20 to save 20%, and tell them Lawrence Winnerman sent you!) to get more feature...

Huge thanks to Melissa Corrigan, she/her for jumping in to co-host when Dana DuBois ’ most recent anti-terror mission ran long. And worlds of thanks to our show-bestie, Mr. Frederic Poag . This was a Fucked-Up Friday like no other, and we had deep discussions, lamented the state of the world, and tried to laugh through our tears. Thank you Robin du Plessis , Angelica Loveisky , Helen Carlton , Bar...

Dana DuBois recently published her article about middle-aged men ogling her daughter, and it caught fire and jumped into red-pilled Substack. One of the results was that our good friend, The Opinionated Ogre saw the trolls harassing Dana in the comments section, and wrote an article of his own, massively taking down the misogynistic MAGA assholes who felt the need to share their creepy ideology: O...

Back in 2023, I launched a tiny publication on Medium to create a community for storytelling and advice for parents of gender-nonconforming kids. I hoped other writers would find it and want to share their stories. Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find two amazing writer/editor/thinkers like I found in Melissa Corrigan, she/her and Sophia Kelly Grace , yet somehow, they found me—and together...

This morning on The Daily Whatever , Dana DuBois and I had a great conversation about her latest article, “I Had a Little ‘r’ Relationship”. It’s her fascinating take on a six-year relationship that met a lot of needs—but not all of them—and which never turned into a Relationship. Check out the article here: Thank you Amit Sen , Beth Cruz , BiffBiff , BJ Roberts , Brandon Ellrich , Cat , Damon Ken...

Hello, Whatevers! I did a reading from the latest chapter of my novel, and answered a few questions about what it’s like to write the future and then have it catch up with you! Read the full chapter here: Thank you Alexandra Sarafidou , April Mensinger , R.V. Hughes , Brandon Ellrich , Brushy 🐺 📚 , Jeanne Elbe , Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽 , Cat , C Wallis , Damon Kenner , BiffBiff , Dana DuBois , Jonathan E...

This weekend GenXy hit an exciting milestone—70 paid subscribers!! To celebrate, as promised, Lawrence Winnerman and I have each taken the Ice Bucket Challenge and HOLY SHITBALLS, that was cold! But also, it was pretty exhilarating. As a special bonus, I wore the t-shirt from my “ Hello, I Have Amazing Boobs ” viral story, to commemorate what’s also turned out to be my first (and presumably) only...

Y’all! We did it! GenXy officially hit 70 paid subscribers this weekend. Huge thanks to Alan and Susan, who were 69 and 70, respectively. And huge thanks to all of you for helping to get us to this point, and for tuning in to me completing the Ice Bucket Challenge! I officially challenge my lovely partner in crime, Dana DuBois — your turn! Thank you to Lahboss , Musings on Interesting Times , Nick...

We had the best time today, celebrating the milestone of hitting 50 paid subscribers with a good, ol’-fashioned karaoke party for the ages. THANK YOU to everyone who helped get us to this milestone, and who helped us celebrate today! We love this community, and we (tho’ highly biased) think that The Daily Whatever has the best Substack morning show community of anyone out there. Take that Coffee w...

Every Friday, Lawrence Winnerman and I invite a very special guest to join us for Fucked-up Friday , a weekly competition for the most fucked-up news story of the week. This week, the amazing (and very color-coordinated) K.R. Byers brought his A-game to the competition! Here are the stories we each pitched: * Dana DuBois : Substack Has it’s First Plagiarism Scandal . If Substack doesn’t have a cle...

We’re in the throes of our genXy Summer Pledge Drive to reach 100 paid subscribers for GenXy by end of summer. We committed to planning a special celebration at each 10-subscriber milestone—and today, we celebrated 60 paid subscribers by podcasting Live in our bathrobes. Lawrence got a bit spicy on-air with his, so be sure to watch for the leg and nip flashes throughout the episode. The idea was p...

You know how sometimes you meet your online heroes and they turn out to be total disappointments? Today was the exact opposite. Because today we welcomed one of my Substack heroes— Dr. Amber Hull —to The Daily Whatever . And she was even more incredible in real life! While we originally invited her to the show to discuss her response to my sorta-viral story Middle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-O...

Of the many joys I’ve found here on Substack ( seriously, don’t laugh !) one of the most surprising to me is the elation I feel when reading excerpts of my novel out loud for the chat on our Lives. I had no idea how rewarding that would feel, but here I am, awash in the post-orgasmic glow of yet another successful read, and ladies and germs , let me tell you, it rivals sex. Today, I read from chap...

This morning on The Daily Whatever , Dana DuBois started by celebrating with the whole Chat: Lawrence, Dana, and Füsun Aydın got checkmarks, Nick Paro and The Bathrobe Guy 👘 placed on the charts, and more wins across our community. We love to see it! A rising tide lifts all boats, we like to say. Congrats to everyone, and thanks for your support and reader/viewership. It means the world to us! Da...

Short-n-sweet, baby! On The Daily Whatever today we celebrated (again) Dana DuBois birthday, and got a report from her about the festivities of the day! Also—Dana got her first checkmark, and we learned something about how Substack doles them out! Dana had to leave to go to her daughter’s play, and the hilarious Brandon Ellrich was game enough to jump in for the remainder of the show. Thanks, Bran...

( Note : We’re in the middle of a fundraiser for our dear friend and talented author Füsun Aydın . Please subscribe and restack Füsun’s work , and if you are able, please contribute to her recovery fund .) The great thing about this Substack adventure Dana DuBois and I have been on is the sheer volume of great people we’ve met. From the awesome Whatevers in our Chat, to the many guests we’ve had o...