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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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Latest Episodes:

#786 Oz’s Canine Cover-up Nov 02, 2022

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Hosts: Sami, Amanda, Kaitlin

Topics:

The politics of premature Christmas decorations
Dr. Oz asked a colleague to deny he oversaw the harm of animals
How Justice Brown Jackson is beating her colleagues at their own game
And the fine for foreign election meddling is…. $9,000?
Senate candidate Cheri Beasley joins to share her plans as North Carolina’s next senator and why Ted Budd could not be worse for NC and the country

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#785 Affirmative Admission, Aborted Nov 01, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise

Topics:

28-year-old Takeoff of Migos fame is killed in Houston
Republicans are still making fun of an 82-year-old being hammered nearly to death in the head
Are we looking at the final days of affirmative action? Why the Supreme Court looks likely to prevent institutions from admitting who they’d like

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#784 The Yassification Of Voting Is Over Oct 31, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami

Topics:

How to manage midterms anxiety and what headlines literally do not matter
Unpacking the attack on Paul Pelosi and reactions from Washington
Elon Musk starts a new job with a deleted conspiratorial tweet. What happens now that the fox runs the hen house? Is this the end of Twitter’s relevance?

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#783 New York Horror Story Oct 27, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kaitlin, & Marisa Kabas

Topics:

Proposing a bipartisan effort to streamline Halloween observance in the United States
Elon Musk will own Twitter tomorrow. What does that mean for employees, and why did he bring a kitchen sink to the office?
Marisa Kabas joins to summarize the New York Governor debate and unpack how a pro-Trump, anti-abortion Republican is gaining ground on New York’s Democratic governor

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#782 Do Debates Matter? Oct 26, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS National Political Correspondent

Topics:

Analyzing the Pennsylvania Senate debate between Dr. Oz and John Fetterman. What role does the media play when one candidate is recovering from a stroke?
Unpacking the narrative that economic concerns are overtaking abortion rights
Where we might see election night surprises

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#781 Voter Intimidation Or Vigilante Sh*t? Oct 25, 2022

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Hosts: Sami Sage & Emily Amick

Topics:

Adidas finally drops Ye, but what are the actual repercussions of his antisemitism on Americans?
Tonight Dr. Oz will debate John Fetterman and we are hoping PA will at least provide closed captioning this time.
Republican activists are announcing they are not participating in early voting in hopes of avoiding Democratic interference.

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#780 Hitler On The Highway Oct 24, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Alise

Topics:

A review of “Midnights” and its decidedly apolitical tone
Kanye West doubles down on antisemitism, giving comfort to Nazi groups espousing their views on the 405
The midterm election candidates who openly embrace antisemitic dog whistles
Kim Kardashian and Ivanka Trump dine out amid the chaos

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#779 Let’s Vote For Good Sex Oct 21, 2022

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Hosts: Alise & Kaitlin

Topics:

Let’s unpack last night’s debate between Congresswoman Val Demings and current Senator Marco Rubio.
West Palm Beach debate focused on topics including inflation, abortion, voting rights, gun violence, immigration and foreign policy.
Alexandra Hunt, a candidate running for Congress in Philadelphia, shared a chart showing that men under the age of 30 aren’t having as much sex as they’d like.
People mentions that Hunt doesn’t explain how to accommodate men’s “right to sex” in a way that doesn’t require compulsion from women.

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#778 Lettuce Celebrate Oct 20, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise

Topics:

Liz Truss is officially the shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history. What led to her hastened demise?
A juror is removed for flirting with a man accused of trying to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Support or Suppress featuring James Corden’s restaurant reputation and Olivia Wilde’s salad dressing

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#777 Is TikTok The Superior News Source? Oct 19, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, V Spehar

Topics:

V Spehar (Under The Desk News, V Interesting with V Spehar) joins to reflect on how they went from a caterer offering Mitt Romney crab cakes to one of the most popular news sources on TikTok
Why TikTok creators are earning more reader trust than legacy outlets
How bringing “social” back to social media creates more productive environments for discussion
The role of politics in their news coverage

Get daily updates from V at @underthedesknews on TikTok and check out the podcast V Interesting with V Spehar wherever you listen to pods!

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