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**American Fever Dream**

From under the desk to in your ears, V. Spehar joins Betches Media in a new podcast dedicated to curing the collective malaise brought on by our chaotic political environment. Every week, Spehar and co-host Sami Sage will tenderly guide you through the biggest moments in politics and pop culture with a healing dose of perspective and humor. Rather than spiral over the latest unprecedented event, the hosts dig for the 2024 political tea you *really* want to hear while offering all the information you need to be an empowered citizen, without the side of despair to keep you up at night.
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#826 The 2024 Senate Races Worth Getting To Know Jan 25, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Kaitlin

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What would we invite the FBI over to help us find?
Reacting to and contextualizing the classified documents found at Pence’s house.
Rep. Ruben Gallego announces a 2024 Senate run against Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona, setting up a potential three-way general election in a toss-up state. We unpack the messiness.
Looking closely at the bright light we’ve been avoiding (the 2024 Senate map)

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#825 Inside Social Media’s Favorite Senate Campaign Jan 24, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Annie Wu HenryTopics:

Amanda and Milly debrief on M&M’s announcement to abandon its politically polarizing spokescandies
Rating the sexiness of animated male corporate mascots
Annie Wu Henry, digital strategist and former social media producer for John Fetterman, joins to share her iconic year that began with quitting her job and ending with a victorious senatorial campaign.
How she used memes and humor to make distinctions between Dr. Oz and Dr. Fetterman
On overcoming imposter syndrome and what’s actually exciting about politics right now

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#824 A Surprise Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Jan 23, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Alise

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Joe Biden invites the FBI over for a 13-hour search of his Delaware home. Would we rather be the agents searching Mar-a-Lago, or Joe’s house?
Updates regarding the mass shooting that killed 10 in Monterey Park – the nation’s 33rd mass shooting in 22 days
Why all eyes are on Wisconsin as Roe reaches it’s 50th anniversary
A surprise new documentary about Brett Kavanaugh asks if the FBI did enough to investigate claims of sexual assault

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#823 Jacinda Ardern’s Radical Resignation Jan 19, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, and Alise

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Alec Baldwin and crew members on “Rust” are charged with involuntary manslaughter. How might this change incentives for filmmakers who cut corners?
George Santos’ other life as a drag performer in Brazil. How far will his denials go?
Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation and we reflect on how she embodied a new kind of empowered feminism, and why more politicians should step down when they’re tired

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#822 The Blue State In Its Flop Era Jan 18, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kaitlin

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A failed Republican candidate for state government orchestrated shootings at Democrats’ houses. No one died, but we explain the real tragedy.
Why people are mad about Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial judge nomination in New York
Why is Eric Adams at the border wall?

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#821 The (Wrong) Way Of Water? Jan 17, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly

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Weekend catch-up and empty Republican statements on MLK Day
Reflecting on the depictions of colonization in “Avatar: The Way Of Water” as the film nears $2 billion in global earnings
Unpacking James Camerons’ 2009 comments that Native American tribes could have “fought harder” to resist
What to know about this week’s debt ceiling showdown and the unusual ways Biden can get around it
Can Janet Yellin mint a $2 trillion coin?

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#820 The Anti-Abortion-Extremist-To-Insurrectionist Pipeline Jan 16, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Lizz Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show,” Abortion Access Front, and Feminist Buzzkills Live! podcast

Topics:

Republicans are on a mission to rescue the nation’s most vulnerable kitchen appliance
Abortion Access Front’s revolutionary approach to expanding reproductive justice
How keeping track of abortion extremists led them to expose January 6 insurrectionists
The deep cruelty of the House GOP’s first anti-abortion rights legislation
Missouri spends its first day of government discussing… what?!

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#819 Appropriation Station Jan 12, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise

Topics:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s bizarre first order of business as Governor of Arkansas
How “Mike’s” are running Congress
Gwen Stefani gives a painful interview to Allure identifying as Japanese
The popularity of Black hair products among white women raises questions about appreciating a product vs. restricting access for those it was made for

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#818 Classified Documents Back In The Spotlight Jan 11, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Kaitlin, Sami

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Jim Jordan’s fulls his anti-FBI fantasy with an alarming new House subcommittee
Reacting to the timing of Rep. Katie Porter’s announcement for Senate
How to explain why Joe Biden’s classified document’s issue is not the same as Trump’s

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#817 Rules Of Disengagement Jan 10, 2023

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Nelini Stamp

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The latest investigations into George Santos’ latest scams. Is the clock ticking on his time in Congress?
Unpacking Republicans’ new employee handbook
Why is Marjorie Taylor Greene choosing now to distance herself from QANON?
Reacting to a real housewife’s six-year prison sentence
The early 2023 elections to watch

Nelini Stamp is the national director of strategy for the Working Families Party

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