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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes…
Episodes
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE354. The Evolution of Tribalism: From Caves to Culture Wars - Andrew Heaton
Comedian Andrew Heaton returns to talk about his new book Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came from, How It Got So Bad, and What to Do about It. He and Bridget…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE353. Why Free Speech Is Dying and How to Save It - Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff returns to the podcast as he and Bridget spotlight the battle for free speech and why it’s dying in many areas of the world. They discuss suing…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE352. Authentic Writing Still Matters in the Age of AI - Kevin Ryan
Kevin Ryan joins Bridget to discuss the ups and downs of a career in freelance writing. With AI churning out soulless content, they defend the gritty, human…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE351. Why Your Doctor Might Be Wrong About Menopause - Amy Alkon
Amy Alkon, investigative science author, returns to the podcast for a fascinating and frank conversation about her new book, Going Menopostal - What You (and…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE350. Drink Your Way Sober - Katie Herzog
Katie Herzog, co-host of the Blocked & Reported podcast, returns to Walk-Ins Welcome to discuss her new book Drink Your Way Sober. She and Bridget have a frank…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE349. Epstein Probably Killed Himself - Ted Frank
Attorney Ted Frank joins Bridget for a frank conversation about the multitude of conspiracies about Jeffery Epstein swirling around the internet. He and…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE348. Finding Truth in a Sea of Slop - Nancy Rommelmann
Nancy Rommelmann returns to Walk-Ins Welcome fresh from reporting on ICE raids for Reason Magazine. She and Bridget discuss LA's unprecedented triple…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE347. How the Internet Killed Journalism - Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum sits down with Bridget to discuss her latest book, The Catastrophe Hour, and the conversation covers everything from aging on camera, to modern…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE346. The Art of Focused Work - Paul Shirley
Paul Shirley, former NBA basketball player turned productivity guru, returns to the podcast for a conversation with Bridget that takes us from his Kansas farm…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE345. Comedy Store Chaos - Eleanor Kerrigan’s Insider Stories
Walk-Ins Welcome 345 Comedian Eleanor Kerrigan joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation covering how her dreams of being an actor led to an unexpected…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE344. How Amanda Knox Found Strength In Prison
Amanda Knox returns for a fascinating conversation with Bridget about her wild ride from wrongful conviction to reclaiming her life, as detailed in her new…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE343. How Cancel Culture Lost Its Grip on Comedy - Eli Lake
Journalist and podcaster, Eli Lake, sits down with Bridget for a wide ranging conversation that wanders from tracing the evolution of comedy, from Lenny…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE342. The Truth About America's Decline - Alana Newhouse
Alana Newhouse, the mastermind behind Tablet Magazine, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating dissection of modern media, identity politics, and the…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE341. Parenting Wars - Raising Kids To Think For Themselves - Aaron Stupple
Aaron Stupple, author of The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents, joins Bridget for a discussion of a parenting…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE340. From Bernie Bro to MAGA Curious - Tre' Stewart
Comedian Tre Stewart and Bridget Phetasy dive into a whirlwind of topics, from being mislabeled an anti-trans activist to navigating the chaotic shift from…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE339. The Battle to Brainwash the Masses - Michael Young
If you’ve ever wondered where Critical Race Theory came from, or why the Progressive Left seems to have collectively lost its mind all at once, buckle up for a…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE338. Trump’s Tariff Gamble: Genius Move or Economic Disaster? - Carol Roth
Carol Roth returns for a breakdown of Trump’s tariffs and a nuanced examination of America’s economic challenges. She and Bridget discuss the tariffs’…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyRioters DESTROY Universities and AMERICA
Riot season has returned with Antifa activists throwing poo at an event in Portland and pro-Palestinian activists causing damage at the University of…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE337. Gerrymandering Exposed - How Maps Steal Your Vote - Kate Compton Barr
Kate Compton Barr, a North Carolina state senate candidate, deliberately ran a campaign she knew wouldn't win to highlight gerrymandering issues. She and…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE336. Why Cities Are The Toughest Battlegrounds In Modern War - John Spencer
Accidental urban warfare expert, John Spencer, joins Bridget for a discussion about navigating the concrete jungle of modern combat. He shares his evolution…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE335. The Dark Truth About Sugar Daddy Websites - Brook Urick
Brooke Urick, author of Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge: Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website, joins Bridget to discuss the seductive lies of…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE334. Humans’ Messy Relationship with AI - Sarah Rose Siskind
Sarah Rose Siskind returns to Walk-Ins Welcome for a fascinating chat about AI, exploring its strengths, quirks, and why it sparks insecurity in so many. She…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE333. The Legacy of Slavery: What Still Haunts America - Coleman Hughes
Coleman Hughes returns to the podcast for a wide ranging conversation with Bridget about his new teaching position at University of Austin, their mission to…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE332. Do Tariffs Destroy Economic Freedom? - Nick Gillespie
Editor at Large of Reason magazine, Nick Gillespie returns to the podcast discuss the current state of libertarianism, why he feels it’s moving into a revival…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE331. Republicans Are Finally Cool! - Meghan McCain
Bridget sits down with Meghan McCain to discuss her new show Meghan McCain’s Happy Hour with 2Way, which provides live feedback from the audience and keeps her…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE330. Confronting the Truth About The Trans Movement - Lisa Selin Davis
Bridget sits down with Lisa Selin Davis, author of Tomboy, who confesses to soft-pedaling some truths about the trans movement and activism in that book. Now…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE329. Why Men Feel Lost Without Marriage - Conn Carroll
Bridget sits down with Conn Carroll, author of Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy, for a discussion about the history and…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE328. The Rise of the MAHA Moms - Mary Katharine Ham
Fellow brunch hater, Mary Katherine Ham, returns to discuss Trump’s win on the heels of debating whether or not she and Bridget would vote for him in the lead…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE327. The Rise of the Woke Right - James Lindsay
James Lindsay returns to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about the “woke right” which is essentially a resurrected version of the alt-right with a…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE326. Touch Grass vs Transhuman: The Battle of the New Digital Age - Katherine Dee
Buckle up for a wild ride through the digital apocalypse with Katherine Dee, where influencers are dying, AI’s churning out slop, and Substack’s the artisanal…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE325. Game Theory, Poker & The AI Arms Race - Liv Boeree
Professional poker player, physicist, and general badass, Liv Boeree, sits down with Bridget for a fascinating conversation about the mind games of poker…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE324. Should America be a Monarchy? - Curtis Yarvin
Bridget sits down with Curtis Yarvin, political theorist and writer formerly known as Mencius Moldbug. They discuss the road that brought Curtis to this point…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE323. The Big Homeless Non-Profit Scam - Jared Klickstein
Bridget sits down with Jared Klickstein, author of Crooked Smile, to discuss the gritty realities of addiction, homelessness, and the policy failures that have…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE322. Michael Malice on the Art of Being Nasty
Dive into a whirlwind conversation where Michael Malice and Bridget dissect everything from the dark art of comedy to the cultural chaos of California, all…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE321. X's Censorship Controversy - Matt McDonald
Bridget and Matt McDonald, managing editor at The Spectator magazine, dive into the bizarre story of Elon's alleged alt account, the story that revealed the…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan
Spencer Klavan sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. They talk about…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan
Original Air Date - 9/21/23 Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier
This episode was originally published 2/29/24 Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up. She and Bridget…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo
Bridget sits down with Drea de Matteo, star of The Sopranos, to discuss her personal and political evolution, their mutual gratitude for being part of Gen X…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini
Bridget sits down with Patrick Ruffini, a Republican pollster and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE315. The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky
Kara Dansky, a feminist, activist, and author of The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls, sits down with Bridget to discuss her…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard
Original Air Date - April 11, 2024 In honor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence, we're re-airing her April interview. 4-Term…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch
Bridget sits down with radio talk-show host and author, Dana Loesch, for a conversation about growing up Gen X, the freedoms they had that kids don’t have…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE312. The Dark Queen of Comedy - Adrienne Iapalucci
The Dark Queen, Adrienne Iapalucci joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about having a love-hate relationship with comedy, constantly contemplating…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE311. My Conversation with A Harris Voter
Bridget sits down with Ravi Gupta to unpack Trump’s big win and the divides that continue to shape today’s political landscape. They dive into the intense…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE310. The Day I Met John & Yoko: Final Hours with a Legend
Bridget sits down with Laurie Kaye to discuss her book, Confessions of A Rock N’ Roll Name-Dropper which covers her life leading up to conducting John Lennon's…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE309. Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone! - Erika Sanzi
Bridget sits down with Erika Sanzi, the Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education (PDE), an organization dedicated to addressing ideological biases…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE308. Bureaucracy is Crushing American Dreams
Max Meyer joins Bridget to talk about the new tech magazine he just launched Arena. They discuss Arena's mission to be on the side of the future and the people…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE307. To Vote Or Not To Vote For Trump - Mary Katharine Ham
Mary Katharine Ham, a Fox News contributor and former CNN commentator, sits down with Bridget for a frank yet fun conversation about whether or not either one…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE306. How October 7th Exposed the West's Madness
Author Brendan O’Neill joins Bridget to talk about his book, After The Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and The Crisis of Civilization. They discuss the aftermath of…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE305. Wokeness Must Die A Thousand Deaths
Journalist and author of Go Woke, Go Broke, Charlie Gasparino, sits down with Bridget for a frank and fun conversation about the state of journalism…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE304. The Self-Sabotage Paradox - David Puder
Bridget sits down with psychiatrist Dr. David Puder, for a wide ranging discussion about about the challenges of working with severely ill patients, the…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE303. Nature Is Non-Partisan - Benji Backer
Benji Backer, author of The Conservative Environmentalist, sits down with Bridget to discuss how environmentalism became a partisan issue in America and what…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE302. Kat Timpf Is Politically Nonbinary
Kat Timpf returns to talk about her new book I Used To Like You Until…: (How Binary Thinking Divides Us). She and Bridget discuss her career trajectory, how…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE301. How Algorithms Are The New Gatekeepers - Dina Hashem
Bridget sits down with comedian and writer for The Daily Show, Dina Hashem to talk about her new comedy special Dark Little Whispers. They discuss Dina’s…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE300. A Republic, If We Can Keep It - Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck returns to discuss his new book, a dystopian young adult novel, Chasing Embers. They cover media bias, the role of AI in information dissemination…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE299. Dave Landau Is A Comedy Genius
Comedian and host of Normal World, Dave Landau, sits down with Bridget for a fun conversation about how they should start their own morning show, Dave’s…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE298. Erick Brimen Has A Plan To End Poverty
Entrepreneur and CEO of Prospera, Erick Brimen, sits down with Bridget to discuss his plan for ending poverty. They discuss what makes a country wealthy vs…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE297. Defending Women's Sports - Jennifer Sey
Jennifer Sey joins Bridget for a frank conversation about defending women’s sports and women’s spaces. They discuss Jennifer’s background as an elite gymnast…
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE296. The Death of Writing? The Internet's Impact on Generations - Matthew Gasda
Playwright Matthew Gasda sits down with Bridget to discuss his career and plays that explore the generational differences exacerbated by the internet. They…