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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:

#686 What The Pennsylvania Primaries Might Tell Us May 11, 2022

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Hosts: Milly, Kaitlin, Amanda

Topics:

Susan Collins called the police because protesters wrote a mild message in pastel chalk
Reacting to a handful of the world’s most privileged men deciding it was “morally wrong” to ban Trump from Twitter
A heated family discussion directed at the Democratic party leadership about the changes we need to see to know they’re fighting for us
Unpacking the primaries and predictions for Pennsylvania’s primary

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#685 Abortion Should Be Private. Here’s Why I’m Sharing Mine. May 10, 2022

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Hosts: Alise, Amanda

Topics: Alise and Amanda have a timely discussion about the personal impact of abortion access and the deep invasion of privacy represented by bans on reproductive health care.

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#684 Gender Traitor Round-Up May 09, 2022

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Hosts: Sami, Amanda

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Casual weekend debrief and how the Roe news intersected with Mother’s Day
A deep dive on Louisiana’s unified assault on abortion rights and why “anti-abortion rights Democratic women” are still a thing
Exactly how and why this could pave the way to outlaw IVF

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#683 What To Know About Data Collection And Abortion May 05, 2022

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Hosts: Milly, Alise, Amanda

Topics

How anti-abortion groups could purchase data sets to harass and surveil women seeking abortion access, their doctors, and their partners
Preparing for a future without Roe without fear-mongering or contributing to misinformation
This week’s edition of support or supplant involves Kim K’s crash diet, Madison Cawthorn’s latest offense, and new laws requiring companies to disclose salary ranges in job listings

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#682 The Abortion Rights Strategy No One Is Talking About May 04, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, Kaitlin

Topics

We start with a tangent on the sacred nature of baths during times of political turmoil
Unpacking how minority rule got us to this upsetting and confusing moment for abortion rights, and how we can fix a fixed system
Why Democrats should be racing to embrace the Equal Rights Amendment as a midterms strategy

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#681 Who Could Have Seen This Coming? May 03, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise, Alencia Johnson

Topics:

Initial reactions to the draft Supreme Court opinion poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade
What elected leaders can do now to prepare for a chilling of abortion access
Alencia Johnson joins to share insights from reproductive rights groups and interprets what the Court’s opinion signals about future attempts to revoke rights for other marginalized people
A rumination on staying hopeful

Follow Alencia Johnson on Twitter at @alenciajohnson

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#680 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Debrief ft. Symone Sanders May 02, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Sami, guest MSNBC’s Symone Sanders

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Symone Sanders, previously the spokeswoman and senior advisor for the Vice President, joins to give some behind the scenes tea from the White House Correspondents Dinner (including how she seized on a Kim K-related opportunity)
How her experience working for a presidential administration will inform her new show “Symone” on MSNBC premiering this week
Getting brutally real about what to expect for the midterms, and how to cover them productively.
Insight from her time working one on one with Vice President Kamala Harris – and what the media narratives around her tend to miss.

Watch “Symone” on MSNBC at 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays beginning May 7. New episodes streaming on Peacock Mondays and Tuesdays.

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#679 The Correspondents’ Dinner And Pro-Kremlin Dolphins Apr 28, 2022

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Hosts: Alise, Amanda

Topics:

President Biden sure looks like he’s about to forgive $10,000 in federal loan debt. So how did this become a “left wing” issue?
Is the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend really necessary? We discuss, and share the jokes we’d use to roast Joe Biden if we were invited
Introducing our new segment “SUPport or SUPplant,” in which we share overlooked headlines from the week and whether we endorse the outcome or wish it went a different way. This time it’s Hillary Clinton running for president, Gen Z pelting trucker convoys with eggs, and Russian dolphins fighting against Ukraine.

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#678 Democrats Need The Kris Jenner Treatment Apr 27, 2022

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Hosts: Sami, Amanda, Kaitlin; later, Axios reporter Sara Fischer

Topics

Which lawmaker just caught got with a loaded gun in TSA (for the second time)
Ranking the latest drop of Coup Text, from most hapless to most treasonous
The January 6th committee will hold big hearings on its findings in June, so we imagine how Kris Jenner would drive hype to big storylines
Axios Media Trends reporter Sara Fischer joins to discuss the future of Elon Musk’s deal with Twitter and how the world’s richest man might approach the platform’s big moral questions.

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#677 Do We All Quit Twitter Now? Apr 26, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Alise

Topics:

What it means that Elon Musk actually bought Twitter – what happens now, and how the platform could change
How Musk’s purchase reflects broader trends in billionaires taking over the means of communication
Which tweets we’d buy back from Elon Musk
Why the state of New York is making Donald Trump pay $10,000 a day

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