THINK BEFORE YOU SLEEP

She wants a man who is tall, rich, handsome, and emotionally available. She wants him to open doors, plan dates, and text back immediately. She wants him to be ambitious but never too busy for her. She wants him to be confident but never arrogant. She wants him to be vulnerable but never weak. In this episode, I examine the phenomenon of women with high standards. The standards are not the problem...

A woman posts a video. She is crying. She says she cannot afford groceries. Her followers send money. She posts an update. She is at Target. The cart is full of organic snacks, candles, and home decor. Her followers ask where the groceries are. She blocks them. Her followers ask for receipts. She deletes the comments. Her followers ask for accountability. She posts another video. She is crying aga...

A cartoonist shares her struggles with body image. A commentary channel responds with a harsh critique. A call to report the video ignites a firestorm of doxxing, death threats, and a forced move. And neither side is willing to admit they might have been wrong. The illymation saga is not just about two YouTubers. It is a case study in how online mobs form, how nuance dies, and how everyone loses w...

You have asked yourself the question a hundred times. You are not ugly. You are not mean. You have a job. You have friends. You have hobbies. You go to the gym. You shower regularly. You are a catch. So why will no one date you? The answer is not what you think. In this episode, I examine the reasons why otherwise eligible men cannot find partners. The most common reason is not appearance. It is n...

A public sculpture is removed because it offends someone. A classic painting is covered with a cloth because it depicts a naked body. A statue of a historical figure is torn down because the figure had flaws. The woke movement has declared war on beauty. And they are winning. In this episode, I examine the aesthetic consequences of woke ideology. The movement that claims to celebrate diversity has...

A woman weighs 400 pounds. She posts a video. She is healthy, she says. Her doctor is fatphobic, she says. The BMI is a tool of oppression, she says. Her followers applaud. Her followers are also obese. They are also convinced they are healthy. They are not. Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and at least thirteen types of cancer. The body positivity movement has convin...

A woke activist posts a video about systemic racism. She has never read a book on the topic. She has never spoken to a person of color about their experience. She has never lived in a community where her policies would be tested. She has watched a lot of TikToks. She believes that makes her an expert. In this episode, I examine the epistemic crisis of the woke movement. Woke people are certain abo...

A country founded on liberty now demands you apologize for your pronouns. A nation built by immigrants now teaches that borders are violence. An economy that lifted billions out of poverty now calls success unfair. The left did not fix America. They broke it. In this episode, I examine the specific ways that leftist policies and cultural shifts have damaged the United States. The defund the police...

A woman posts a video. She is crying. She says all men are trash. She gets a million likes. A man posts a video. He says women only want money. He gets a million likes. Neither of them has been on a date in six months. Neither of them is qualified to give advice. Neither of them cares. Engagement is more profitable than honesty. In this episode, I examine how dating influencers have poisoned the w...

A TikTok video tells you to let your baby cry it out. A parenting blog tells you to never let your baby cry. A Facebook group tells you to co-sleep. A pediatrician tells you to never co-sleep. The advice is contradictory, polarizing, and often wrong. The parents are exhausted. The children are confused. The internet is not helping. In this episode, I examine the phenomenon of internet parenting ad...

A nineteen-year-old posts a video. She is angry. She is passionate. She is also wrong. She has not read the book she is citing. She has not fact-checked the statistic she is sharing. She does not understand the history of the conflict she is discussing. She does not care. She is not trying to be informed. She is trying to be seen. In this episode, I examine the state of political discourse among G...

A pilot with hundreds of hours of flight time is passed over for a promotion. A less qualified candidate is hired to meet a diversity quota. The less qualified candidate makes a mistake. The mistake costs lives. The airline issues a statement. The statement says nothing about the diversity quota. The victims are forgotten. The policy continues. In this episode, I examine the failures of diversity...

She has a career. She has friends. She has a therapist. She has everything except a partner. And she is convinced the problem is men. They are intimidated by her success. They are emotionally unavailable. They are afraid of commitment. The data suggests a different explanation. In this episode, I examine the reasons why a growing number of women are unable to find a partner despite wanting one. Th...

A pilot with hundreds of hours of flight time is passed over for a promotion. A less qualified candidate is hired to meet a diversity quota. The less qualified candidate makes a mistake. The mistake costs lives. The airline issues a statement. The statement says nothing about the diversity quota. The victims are forgotten. The policy continues. In this episode, I examine the unintended consequence...

A game takes six years to develop. It costs two hundred million dollars. It releases with bugs, missing features, and microtransactions. The players are angry. The developers are surprised. The publisher is already planning the sequel. The cycle repeats. The games are not getting better. They are getting worse. In this episode, I examine the decline of modern video games. The industry has shifted...

A woman weighs 600 pounds. She cannot walk. She cannot bathe herself. She cannot leave her bed. Her caregivers bring her food. Her followers send her money. She posts videos from her bed. She talks about body positivity. No one tells her the truth. No one wants to be called fatphobic. The woman is dying. Her followers are helping her die faster. In this episode, I examine the culture of enabling t...

A woman films herself crying in her car. She has just lost her job. She posts the video. It gets a million views. She loses her apartment. She posts another video. It gets two million views. She loses custody of her children. She posts another video. It gets three million views. She has nothing left except her phone. She keeps filming. In this episode, I examine the phenomenon of people who destro...

A woman posts a video. She is crying. She says she is a victim of racism, sexism, and fatphobia. She does not provide evidence. She does not name names. She just claims victimhood. Her followers applaud. Her followers are also professional victims. They compete to see who is the most oppressed. The person with the most trauma wins. The person with the most privilege loses. In this episode, I exami...

A person who has never struggled with weight looks at an obese person and sees a lack of willpower. The obese person looks at themselves and sees a failure. Both are wrong. The problem is not willpower. The problem is biology. In this episode, I examine the science of obesity and why traditional weight loss advice fails. The body has a set point, a weight range that it defends aggressively. When a...

A father blocks his son on social media because his son voted for the wrong candidate. A mother refuses to attend her daughter's wedding because the groom has different political beliefs. A brother stops speaking to his sister because she shared an article he disagreed with. The family is destroyed. The politics are forgotten. The damage is permanent. In this episode, I examine the phenomenon of f...

A woman posts a video. She is crying. She says a man hurt her. She does not name him. She does not file a police report. She just tells her followers to be careful. The comments pour in. The likes pour in. The followers pour in. The woman never provides evidence. She does not need to. The court of public opinion has already convicted him. The man loses his job. His friends abandon him. His family...

A YouTuber with a million subscribers posts a video. The video is about me. She says I am dangerous. She says I am spreading hate. She does not quote me. She does not link to my content. She just tells her followers to report me. Within hours, my channel receives thousands of strikes. YouTube demonetizes me. I cannot appeal. The YouTuber never responds to my messages. She has moved on to her next...

A woman posts a video. She is getting a tattoo on her neck. The tattoo is meant to distract from her double chin. She calls it contouring. Her followers call it delusion. The video goes viral for the wrong reasons. The comments are brutal. The woman deletes the video. She posts an apology. She says she was just trying to feel beautiful. Her followers do not forgive her. In this episode, I examine...

A woman posts a video. She is crying. She says her boyfriend is broke. He does not have a job. He does not have a car. He does not have ambition. She loves him anyway. Her followers tell her to leave him. She does not listen. She posts another video. She is crying again. The cycle repeats. The boyfriend never changes. The woman never leaves. The followers stop watching. In this episode, I examine...

A woman posts a video. She weighs 300 pounds. She says she is healthy. She says her doctor is fatphobic. She says the BMI is a tool of oppression. Her followers applaud. Her followers are also obese. They are also convinced they are healthy. They are not. Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and at least thirteen types of cancer. The body positivity movement has convinced...