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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:

#676 Capital Chaos Continues Apr 25, 2022

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Hosts: Sami & Alise

Topics:

Madison Cawthorn is okay with wearing women’s lingerie, so long as he’s in a silly goofy mood
Marjorie Taylor Greene could get kicked off the Georgia ballot for her role on Jan 6th
The NYT released audio from a phone call between Kevin McCarthy and other Republican lawmakers about Trump’s role on January 6th
Twitter is considering Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media company for $43B in cash

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#675 (Pop) Culture Wars Apr 21, 2022

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Hosts: Alise, Milly, Amanda

Topics:

Should Bernie Sanders run for president in 2024?
What Ron DeSantis did to the congressional maps while hoping we were all paying attention to his feud with Disney
Two huge Hollywood defamation trials: Johnny Depp suing Amber Heard, and Blac Chyna suing the Kardashian-Jenners

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#674 A Blunt Assessment Apr 20, 2022

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Hosts: Alise, Amanda, Kaitlin

Topics:

We share our nightmare blunt rotations in honor of 420
Joe Biden just canceled $17 billion in student debt
The latest senator with damning January 6 texts
An interview with Stephen Post of Last Prisoner Project on why 40,000 people are still incarcerated for cannabis and what a bill legalizing weed at the federal level needs to include to repair the harm done by criminalization

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#673 Petri Dishes In The Sky Apr 19, 2022

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Hosts: Milly, Amanda

Topics:

Reactions to the end of the federal mask mandate and the MAGA Mistress judge who killed it

Looking back on how “anti-masker” became a political identity that will outlast the pandemic

Why the day we stopped wearing masks was always going to be politically charged

Behind the “Libs Of TikTok” Twitter account providing content for Fox News and Ron DeSantis

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#672 Tax Day Pep Talks Apr 18, 2022

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Hosts: Sami, Amanda + interview with Rohini Kosoglu, Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President

Topics:

A Tax day reminder of how little billionaires actually pay in taxes compared to the rest of us
Why the federal government can’t tell you exactly how much you owe, for free
The latest in Elon Musk’s bid to take over Twitter, and why a confluence of societal and economic trends make it hard to stop him
A conversation with Rohini Kosoglu, Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President, about what it will take to solve the maternal health crisis

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#671 Are The Kardashians Our Era’s Kennedys? Apr 14, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Sami, MJ Corey of @KardashianKolloquium

Topics:

The Kardashians seem to touch every aspect of our society, from race to feminism to politics. How did they do that? Why can’t we resist talking about them? And *should* we resist talking about them?
The darker ways the family appropriates Black women and culture
Which politicians embody the same type of post-modern celebrity
Predicting the strategic narratives they’ll pursue in their new show

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#670 Wanted: Crimestoppers Apr 13, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Alise, Kaitlin

More insight into how law enforcement reacted to yesterday’s attack in Brooklyn and how the suspect got away
Why adding more police is not the answer (we give real reasons, not just hot takes)
The relationship between police and the media
Boris Johnson find for partying too hard

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#669 Don’t Buy Guns On Etsy Apr 12, 2022

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Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise

Topics:

What we know about the shooting in a Brooklyn train station
Some context for NYPD in subways and the crime situation in New York
President Biden’s promise to reign in “ghost guns” and the history of these DIY and 3D-printed weapons
The Academy banning Will Smith from 10 years of Oscar ceremonies

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#668 Bad Medicine Apr 11, 2022

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Hosts: Alise, Amanda

Topics:

What Alise learned from watching MSNBC 24/7 on her cruise.
Trump endorsing Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race – and whether he was right about “women” supporting the quack doctor.
The false arrest of a Texas woman who may have induced an abortion – and why the headlines will only get darker as we approach the potential end of Roe.

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#667 Remembering The Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda Ft. Yvette Rugasaguhunga Apr 07, 2022

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Today, in honor of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Sami hosts genocide survivor Yvette Rugasaguhunga. Yvette gives us her personal account of how the events affected her and her family so deeply, and shaped the course of the country for generations to come. She also reflects on the state of Rwanda today and how it was able to reform its democracy following the atrocities of the time.

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