A Special Place in Hell

A Special Place in Hell episodes:

• 04.24.2024

  Homeless, Zip-Tied, and Hungry

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com How is a cruise like BDSM? How is BDSM like this podcast? The girlx/womenx begin by clearing their throats about the last episode (TLDR: we are sorry...

  
• 04.19.2024

  Leisure for Deplorables, Therapy for Kids

  In the wake of the solar eclipse, the girls/women contemplate the state of American leisure, particularly, the Supposedly Fun™ pastime of cruise vacations. After taking an intermission to defend the TERF Queen from the usual suspects, they (aka Sarah) chastise...

  
• 04.14.2024

  Punching Down Variety Hour

  Our fearless heroines return once again to defend the indefensible. First, they throw their hat in with the chaotic billionaire of Twitter/X, no not Elon Musk (although him too), but terf-queen J.K. Rowling. Why is Scotland so fascist? Should America...

  
• 04.06.2024

  PREVIEW: Trans Messiah

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com On this live-streamed (and members-only) episode, the girls/women ponder the merits of yet another titillating essay by Pulitzer Prize winner and aspiring female Andrea Long Chu, who...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Andrew Huberman: Optimizer of Love

  On this very long episode, the girls/women discuss the recent New York Magazine piece on Andrew Huberman’s allegedly womanizing ways.  Meghan defends the magazine fact-checking process, but Sarah finds the whole thing disgusting. They both agree that attempting to optimize...

  
• 03.28.2024

  A Guide For the Traumatized

  This week, the girls/women are joined by writer Larissa Phillips, and the three discuss her recent essay in which she recounts her violent rape in the early 90s. Larissa shares her thoughts on the helpfulness of “trauma” discourse on recovery,...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Apocalypse Soon: Birthrate Doomerism For Dummies

  On this episode, the girls/women bicker about the value of human life. Maybe fewer humans is better for humanity? Or maybe population collapse will send us spiraling into extinction, which would be terrible for our subscription growth. Is there anything...

  
• 03.15.2024

  Ana Kasparian Visits Hell

  Inexplicably, the girls/women are graced by the Edward R. Murrow of YouTube punditry, the lovely Ana Kasparian, executive producer and co-host of the long-running political commentary show The Young Turks. Ana guides us through the old and new media landscapes...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Activists in Charge: Major Disregard for Ethics at Transgender Health Authority Revealed

  Become a member if you want full access to all episodes. On this episode, the girls/women are joined by Mia Hughes, author of the groundbreaking report based on files released from the internal messaging forum of the leading authority...

  
• 03.02.2024

  Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Problem?

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com The girlx/womxn discuss an essay on Women’s Bodies. Is there no end to the misery of being female? Or are men more oppressed, first and foremost by...

  
• 02.25.2024

  When Essays Attack

  Today in hell, the girls/women find themselves divided by a much-discussed personal essay in The Cut about divorce or near-divorce (or the dream of divorce?)  Meghan stands up for creative license (even when suspended), while Sarah sips on some haterade....

  
• 02.19.2024

  Sam Harris Visits Hell

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com Our episode with Sam Harris is for premium subscribers only. Free subscribers only get the first 50 minutes. Become a member if you want early access to...

  
• 02.15.2024

  Taylor Swift Needs Love Too (LIVE SHOW)

  In this first-of-its-kind livestream, the girls/women begin by discussing whether Taylor Swift is “mid,” as the males of Twitter proclaim. They decide that she’s still highly desirable (because if she isn’t, then what does that say about podcasters!?) Then, then...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Kardashians for Fat Acceptance

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com This episode is for paid subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes and get access to the bonus-only episodes. The girls/women...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Mindfulness for Racists

  In this episode, a brief discussion on audience demographics. Then, a characteristically philosophical discussion on polyamory and how to find happiness despite being trapped in a crappy life. Lastly, a look at the groundbreaking NYT expose of problematic emails at...

  
• 01.24.2024

  Stupid Wife, Happy Life!

  This week, the girlx compare notes about how they spent Martin Luther King Day, and Meghan recalls one of her first public speaking events. They then analyze the rise of Twitter trad bros advocating for stupid but hot stay-at-home wives,...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Adam Carolla Visits Hell

  Legendary radio host, comedian and Scarily Acute Observer of Human Behavior Adam Carolla visits the pod to discuss the girlx favorite question: has the entire world become feminized?  It’s been 13 years since the publication of Adam’s stunningly prescient book...

  
• 01.08.2024

  Our Picks for Harvard’s Next President

  Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay is out. Who has the goods to replace her? And what are those goods, anyway?  Then, why are business influencer bros telling lonely men to “wife up?” Does a traditional wife get you the best...

  
• 01.05.2024

  Tap Dancing For Justice

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com Is the White House holiday video a Blank Panther psyop? Are “former progressive friends” who inch slightly to the center victims of the right-wing cult? And what...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Penelope Trunk Is Back!

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com Legendary advice coach, blogger, and Special Place VIP is back to answer more listener questions. For instance, how do you get your neighbor to stop chewing your...

  
• 12.23.2023

  How To Get Pregnant

  This week, the girlx hash it out about transhumanism and reproductive technology. Does this new technology trans away our humanity? Or is it doing the lord’s work without bothering any lords? Should surrogacy be banned? Or should is one of...

  
• 12.11.2023

  Rebecca Traister Postgame Analysis

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com The womxn discuss their recent conversation with New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister about marriage, mating, and feminism.  RELEVANT LINKS Check out our recent podcast with Rebecca...

  
• 12.06.2023

  Rebecca Traister on the Radfem-Tradfem Divide

  New York Magazine writer, acclaimed author and old(ish) school GenX feminist Rebecca Traister joins the pod to talk about her September article, “The Return Of The Marriage Plot: Why  everyone is suddenly so eager for men and women to get...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali Saved By Christ!

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com Billie Eilish gets ratioed for saying no one criticizes men’s bodies. She is SO WRONG! (Yet kind of right.) In other news, famed atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali...

  
• 11.23.2023

  Osama bin Laden: The Comeback Kid

  TikTokers discover Osama bin Laden’s Letter to America and have “existential crises”. Is it because it’s the first thing they’ve ever read that’s longer than a tweet? Or is OBL this generation’s Che Guevara? Plus, infighting breaks out in TERF...

  
• 11.20.2023

  (Info)war Rages On; Women Hardest Hit

  High school debaters stand up to whiteness (finally). A-romantic, asexual novelist throws Twitter tantrum. Plus, are all-female colleges dangerous places for women? Do women tear down more posters than men? Would Sarah have been better off at an all-boy’s school?...

  
• 11.08.2023

  Take Our Advice, Please!

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com The womenx answer listenerx question. You’re welcomex! Want to hear the whole episode and join the community? Upgrade your subscription. HOUSEKEEPING

  
• 11.05.2023

  Doxx Populi

  Premium subscribers get this episode 48 hours early. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes as well as access to the bonus-only episodes. Sarah and Meghan kick off their conversation by wondering whether you should be...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

  In this episode Sarah and Meghan consider the ethics of adoption, surrogacy and the future of reproductive technology. They discuss the “Baby Scoop” era, which lasted from just after World War II into the early 1970s, in which millions of...

  
• 10.25.2023

  Down The Rabbit Hole: Gender and Online Communities

  Eliza Mondegreen visits the girls/women to talk about the relationship between online communities and gender identities. From Reddit to Tumblr, tens of thousands of strangers are poised to welcome confused kids into a sprawling and hyper-accepting “family.” But, as Eliza...

  
• 10.22.2023

  Sorority Mister

  This week, the girlx discuss the recent Washington Post article about Artemis Langford, a University of Wyoming student who was driven out of a sorority house for not being the right kind of girl — specifically, a 6’2” biological male...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Israel at War

  An uncharacteristically somber episode in Hell, in which we share our frustrations and disbelief at the callous responses to the attacks by Hamas on Israel. Relevant Links Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine. Claudine...

  
• 10.13.2023

  Greg Lukianoff Confronts Cancel Culture Denialists

  Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation For Individual Rights And Expression (FIRE) and author of the new book, “The Canceling Of The American Mind,” visits A Special Place to explain once and for all that cancel culture is real. For...

  
• 10.08.2023

  TEDocracy in Crisis

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com This episode is for premium subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes, and to get access to the bonus-only episodes like...

  
• 10.07.2023

  Death of a Librarian

  This very book-heavy episode, the girls/women discuss the relevance of Banned Books Week since no one really reads and libraries are essentially homeless masturbation zones. Meghan shares her distaste for the morally-dubious lessons of The Giving Tree (the Shel Silverstein...

  
• 09.29.2023

  Goodbye Ibram Kendi. Hello Trad-lash.

  In this episode, Sarah and Meghan do their podcasterly duties and discuss the scandal (or is it merely a juicy nothingburger?) surrounding Ibram X Kendi’s mishandling of the more than $43 million that poured into his Center for Anti-Racist Research...

  
• 09.22.2023

  Sarah Haider: Master Debater!

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com And what was the outcome? Despite being an uncharismatic, humorless scold with a normie American accent, Sarah won the debate! It hardly seemed possible, but she and...

  
• 09.16.2023

  Is college a waste of money?

  In this episode, the girls/wom(y)n — aka Meghan Daum and Sarah Haider — tackle the subject of academic tenure and ask whether it actually encourages ideological conformity at universities. Also under discussion: have the social sciences have been captured? Why...

  
• 09.16.2023

  Is college a waste of money? (Incl. Bonus)

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.com In this episode, the girls/wom(y)n — aka Meghan Daum and Sarah Haider — tackle the subject of academic tenure and ask whether it actually encourages ideological conformity...

  
• 09.05.2023

  Hate Crimes & Ginger Jihadis

  Today the girls/women discuss the phenomenon of Oliver Anthony, the breakout star behind the hit song Rich Men North of Richmond Is he actually a music industry plant and does it matter? Are political songs all terrible, or is it...

  
• 08.29.2023

  Babies, Breast Implants & Disgust

  Why do women find things disgusting? Is your toddler secretly trying to cock block you? Evolutionary psychologist Diana Fleischman visited us in Hell to discuss all of the above PLUS weigh in on our debate about whether women get breast...

  
• 08.18.2023

  Gender, Fake Science, and Real Harms

  Today in Hell: The girls/women discuss Neil Degrasse Tyson’s various ruminations about gender, and very belatedly breaking down his discussion with Ben Shapiro from 2019 about gender ideology. And in the BONUS segment for members only, the girls/women discuss NARCOFEMINISM:...

  
• 08.11.2023

  All Your Problems Are Fake -- Penelope Trunk Returns! **TEASER**

  She’s back! Accomplished fem-trepreneur, take-no-prisoners life coach and model Aspergian Penelope Trunk returns to a special place – this time to help launch us in our new roles as advice ladies. Subscribers shared their problems (and, boy do you have...

  
• 08.01.2023

  Saving Taliban Barbie

  Is it literally impossible to be a woman? Is Sarah a mean boss? Is Meghan a men’s rights activist? In this episode, Meghan reports back from seeing Barbie and offers her rewrite of America Ferrera’s “epic” feminist speech. Sarah does...

  
• 07.14.2023

  Dance Moms of Davos: Behind Every Child Activist Stands . . A Munchausen By Proxy Mom?

  On this episode, the girls/women go in search of the secrets of school-age lassies who do double duty as saint-adjacent as moral sages. Is this the kind of work no grown woman can do? To wit, is it the final...

  
• 07.14.2023

  Dance Moms of Davos: Behind Every Child Activist Stands . .   A Munchausen By Proxy Mom?

  On this episode, the girls/women go in search of the secrets of school-age lassies who do double duty as saint-adjacent as moral sages. Is this the kind of work no grown woman can do? To wit, is it the final...

  
• 07.07.2023

  Hateful Nerds Need Love, Too

  The Supreme Court has weighed in: Affirmative Action is out. It’s too late for Sarah to claim her rightful place in the ivy league but maybe another future tradwife can be saved from the humiliation of a state school education....

  
• 06.24.2023

  Subway Masturbators and Radicalized Singles

  This week: Why New York (continues) to suck, why we still don’t trust the news, and what might be turning our young singles into raving SJWs / far-right nationalists.  Plus, Sarah’s theory blaming (who else?) #AllWomen for the corrosion of...

  
• 06.16.2023

  What Your Internal Monologue Says About You (Plus, Empathy for AGPs)

  On this episode, the girls/women respond to listener comments on the last episode about AGP, and in the process, gain some empathy for the harmless cross-dresser-next-door. Then they dive into the wacky world of internal monologues. Are you crazy if...

  
• 06.09.2023

  Autogynephilia Awareness Month

  This week, the girls take their DGAF-ery to the next level and talk about the elephant in the gender room: AGP. Culture critic Andrea Long Chu, who has described autogynephilia in graphic detail (while wisely avoiding the term itself), won...