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Trump Called Two American Cities a “Small Price.” Hurricane Isaias Would Like a F@#king Word.

Twenty-six days before the midterms, the Gulf is about to send Republicans an invoice. Some might call it karma, but lives are at stake.

6 hrs ago • Lawrence Winnerman and The Daily Whatever Show

Ottumwa, Iowa Invited Religious Freedom and Got Exactly What It Ordered

A Satanic invocation sent a pastor into curse control. The warning had already been delivered.

19 hrs ago • Lawrence Winnerman

Trump Renames Artificial Intelligence After the One Thing It Isn’t Yet

The executive order tells every federal agency to say “Super Intelligence,” then assigns someone to figure out what that means

Oct 6 • Lawrence Winnerman

Megyn Kelly Says It’s Not Rape If You’re Ugly

Her actual argument: a “beefy” 20-year-old was just grateful anyone wanted her.

Oct 6 • The Daily Whatever Show and Dana DuBois

So Los Angeles and San Diego Are a Small Price to Pay, I Guess?

I miss the days when “don’t nuke American cities” was a reliable norm.

Oct 6 • Dana DuBois

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TDWS: So There's a Russian Plague...?

Dana calls Lawrence for the scoop--and you all get to listen in.

Oct 5 • Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman

The Sh!tbag-to-Broadcaster Pipeline Just Got Another Shift Worker

The White House podium is the most lucrative unpaid internship in America

Oct 5 • The Daily Whatever Show and Dana DuBois

DHS Spent $20 Million of Our Tax Dollars on a Love Letter to Trump

Your deportation dollars are now funding propaganda in an 80-year-old man’s love language.

Oct 4 • Dana DuBois

Russia Built a Building That Says ANTI-PLAGUE. Then It Had a Plague.

Six days, a dead lab tech, two hundred people in quarantine, and not one official who will say the word.

Oct 4 • Lawrence Winnerman

Win the Senate, Lose the Court: The GOP’s Lame-Duck F@#k-You

Alito left the door open. Republicans have walked through that door before

Oct 3 • Lawrence Winnerman

The Lawyer Said “Kind of a Risk.” The Cornell Daily Sun Ran the Names Anyway

20-year-old editors did what an Ivy League bureaucracy wouldn’t. Then the governor, the DA and the attorney general followed.

Oct 3 • Dana DuBois

1:00:05

A 13-Year-Old, a Judge, and No Lawyer Plus an AI Torture Chamber & The Cornell 7: F@#ked Up Friday

The chat voted through tears, and nobody won this one.

Oct 3 • The Daily Whatever Show, Lawrence Winnerman, Dana DuBois, and Libbie Grant

Trump Made a 13-Year-Old Be His Own Lawyer. It’s Exactly as F@#ked Up as It Sounds.

No lawyer, two bad choices, and a deportation order for a kid who told the judge, “I have no one.”

Oct 3 • Lawrence Winnerman

Renee Good's Family Is Coming for the People Behind the Trigger

The lawsuit says her killing was the “surge” working as designed. The White House says it's baseless. We’ll let you guess what we think about what The…

Oct 2 • Dana DuBois

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The Daily Whatever Show - Effed-Up Friday with Ellie Leonard!

Ellie Leonard joined us for our final daily broadcast before summer mode, and somehow the conversation turned into a reflection on parenting…

Jun 13 • Lawrence Winnerman, Dana DuBois, Ellie Leonard, and The Daily Whatever Show

1:06:56

TDWS: Feminist Killjoys, Reporting for Duty

A smart, funny, and surprisingly hopeful discussion about feminism, media, and pushing back against anti-feminist narratives.

Jun 12 • Dana DuBois, ProfessorMeredith, The Feminist Lens, and The Daily Whatever Show

1:07:02

TDWS: Fine Feminist Hour with Julie Roginsky

A conversation with Julie Roginsky about NDAs, workplace silencing, sexual harassment, and the work of Lift Our Voices to ensure survivors—and the…

Jun 5 • The Daily Whatever Show, Julie Roginsky, and Dana DuBois

54:02

The Daily Whatever Show Celebrates Rosie the Resister

Rosie the Resister joined us for a final conversation about courage, motherhood, mortality, and the work we leave behind for others to carry.

Jun 4 • Lawrence Winnerman, Rosie the Resister, Dana DuBois, and The Daily Whatever Show

1:09:40

The Daily Whatever Show: Our Summer Vacation AUA (Ask Us Anything)

A conversation about creative burnout, making space for what comes next, and why sometimes the best way forward is to pause.

Jun 3 • The Daily Whatever Show, Lawrence Winnerman, and Dana DuBois

55:46

You Cannot Build Community by Starving the Creators

Nicole Walters joined TDWS for a conversation about reinvention, money trauma, creator burnout, and why so many Gen X creatives struggle to ask for…

May 27 • Dana DuBois, Nicole Walters, Lawrence Winnerman, and The Daily Whatever Show

Top posts

The South Park Guy Just Put the Cornell 7 on Blast

Sep 30 • Dana DuBois

Renee Good's Family Is Coming for the People Behind the Trigger

Oct 2 • Dana DuBois

BREAKING: The Cornell 7 Case Now Belongs to Letitia James

Oct 2 • Dana DuBois

Middle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-Old

Jul 20, 2025 • Dana DuBois

Megyn Kelly Says It’s Not Rape If You’re Ugly

Oct 6 • The Daily Whatever Show and Dana DuBois

Culture

The South Park Guy Just Put the Cornell 7 on Blast

He says he has names, photos, and documents. Meanwhile, every guy who saw the “Free Pussy” message should probably start sweating, too.

Sep 30 • Dana DuBois

Hey Ladies! Your Doctor Is Letting You Get Septic Over a $30 Cream

One in four women gets the treatment that actually works. The other three get "aging."

Sep 22 • Dana DuBois

LinkedIn Has Become a Dating App Because Apparently Hinge Was Too Horny

Congratulations, you’re now being sexually harassed by a man with an MBA

Sep 21 • Dana DuBois and The Daily Whatever Show

Florida Mom Says She Had Sex With Her Son "Only About 100 Times," Which Is Not How "Only" Works

A domestic violence call led investigators to an alleged mother-son sexual relationship, a husband with questions, and one truly catastrophic use of the…

Sep 18 • Dana DuBois and The Daily Whatever Show

What She’s Learned About Grift

Erika Kirk built a multimillion-dollar empire preaching submission to women she’ll never practice herself, and called it grief. She gets no sympathy…

Sep 10 • Dana DuBois and The Daily Whatever Show

Politics

Trump Banned CNN and Broke His Own D@#n Press Pool

Turns out even Fox News has a line, and he just crossed it. We’re as surprised as you are.

Sep 21 • Dana DuBois and The Daily Whatever Show

TDWS: Effed-up Friday with Anne P. Mitchell Esq.

We couldn’t even fit in all the crazy news this week

Sep 18 • Dana DuBois, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., Lawrence Winnerman, and The Daily Whatever Show

1:05:51

Trump Has Supporters Pledge Allegiance to Cheating. Literally.

So help me God, and so help everyone else too, apparently.

Sep 11 • The Daily Whatever Show and Dana DuBois

Trump Was Asked If He’d Interfere With the Midterms. He Didn’t Say No.

“Stranger things have happened” is not a reassuring answer from a president who has spent months testing the boundaries of election power.

Sep 9 • Dana DuBois and The Daily Whatever Show

The Daily Whatever Show: Effed-Up Friday with Carly P. Reilly

Independent journalist Carly P. Reilly joined us from Paris to unpack the Epstein network, the modeling industry's hidden role in trafficking, and why…

Aug 7 • Lawrence Winnerman, Dana DuBois, Carly P Reilly, and The Daily Whatever Show

1:14:24

Parenting

2:59

Parents! Don't Do This.

We know you’re worried about your baby in college. Still--just, no.

Sep 16 • The Daily Whatever Show, Dana DuBois, and Lawrence Winnerman

Parents Are Paying $10,000 a Year for a Fake College Mom

My freshman fixed a shattered hutch with duct tape and a grudge. Guess which kid’s fine.

Sep 15 • Dana DuBois

TDWS: Raising Teens in a Fractured World with Kerala Goodkin

On moms, raising kids we can't protect from the world--but trying our best anyways.

Mar 19 • Dana DuBois and Kerala Goodkin

1:01:34

The Daily Whatever Show: Guest Christopher Pepper

A recording from Lawrence Winnerman and The Daily Whatever Show's live video

Mar 17 • The Daily Whatever Show, Dana DuBois, Christopher Pepper, and Lawrence Winnerman

1:00:11

Ossiana Talks To Dana DuBois: Parenting In Trump's America

A recording from Dana DuBois and Ossiana Tepfenhart's live video

Jan 15 • Dana DuBois and Ossiana Tepfenhart

1:08:29

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