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I Loved You Before I Was Born by Li-Young Lee

 I loved you before I was born.  
It doesn't make sense, I know.

I saw your eyes before I had eyes to see.  
And I've lived longing   
for your ever look ever since.  
That longing entered time as this body.   
And the longing grew as this body waxed.  
And the longing grows as the body wanes.  
The longing will outlive this body.

I loved you before I was born.  
It doesn't make sense, I know.

Long before eternity, I caught a glimpse  
of your neck and shoulders, your ankles and toes.  
And I've been lonely for you from that instant.  
That loneliness appeared on earth as this body.   
And my share of time has been nothing   
but your name outrunning my ever saying it clearly.   
Your face fleeing my ever  
kissing it firmly once on the mouth.

In longing, I am most myself, rapt,  
my lamp mortal, my light   
hidden and singing. 

I give you my blank heart.  
Please write on it  
what you wish. 

DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #308

Is the Government Giving Us Drugs to Forget About War?

Trump signed an executive order fast-tracking FDA approval of psychedelic drugs — psilocybin, MDMA, ibogaine — and Joe Rogan was standing right behind him when he did it. Bridget breaks down the results of a text message between Rogan and Trump, why libertarians are finally winning, and whether any of this is actually good for anyone. Plus: Aliens.gov is real, it’s launching soon, and the government has been quietly confirming UFOs exist for years.

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WALK-INS WELCOME - EPISODE #387

Why Tariffs Are Crushing Small Business | Scott Lincicome

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Scott Lincicome, Vice President of General Economics and Trade at the Cato Institute, to unpack what Trump’s tariffs have actually done to the American economy. They dig into why the apocalyptic predictions didn’t pan out, who’s really paying the price, and how small businesses got blindsided by customs bills they never saw coming.

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DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #309

The Dangerous Truth About Media’s Favorite Radical

Hasan Piker sat down with the New York Times Opinion podcast — alongside Jia Tolentino and Nadja Spiegelman — and made the case that murdering a healthcare CEO is “social protest” and stealing is activism. Nobody pushed back. Bridget Phetasy and Mike Solana of Pirate Wires break down how assassination culture went from fringe rhetoric to the paper of record, what it means that the left has no “too far,” and why the NYT mainstreaming a violent Marxist is the actual story.

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Leave Me Behind

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 29

I caught clips of Tucker Carlson interviewing Nick Fuentes, and the thing that struck me was the body language. Here was a man who had the biggest show on cable news, who once commanded an audience of 5 million adults, sitting across from a twenty-something New-Age shock-jock with the energy of a guy trying to impress his son’s friends.

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A Love Letter to the Sane Women Holding It Down

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 22

I’ve been wanting to write this for a while because, more often than not, I find myself doomscrolling, screaming “NOT ALL WOMEN!” It seems like most of the women represented in media are, for lack of a better word, insane. I blame the algorithms for elevating the craziest of us. So this is for you—the woman reading this who has been quietly holding it t…

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America Tried To ‘Fix’ Men For Two Decades. Here’s What It Got Instead.

America spent two decades trying to “fix” masculinity. It nearly broke the country — and the guys who complained the loudest about it turned out to be the ones with the least ability to fix it. America needs manly men — not men who are afraid of their masculinity, and not men who only talk about it.

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Politics makes everything too serious. The worst kind of serious, too, where people suppress a laugh or a joke because they don’t want to stop frowning like a walrus. Humor is one of the greatest coping mechanisms for the condition known as life. People who can’t laugh are weird and alarming. Sure, it may seem like there’s not much to laugh about lately, but that’s exactly when comedy is needed the most. Even orangutans laugh.

It’s not my place to say that people should laugh at Trump’s Jesus meme and “The Pope is WEAK on crime” post. Anyone who was genuinely offended by it, like anyone who considered it unfunny or distasteful—that’s each person’s right. But holy outrage and invocations of the anti-Christ are harmfully serious, and, when voiced by commentators and politicians, presumably fake. All of this is harmfully serious. I say this as a devout Catholic. Especially as a devout Catholic. I take it seriously, but also Christianity is supposed to be the patient, loving, merciful, reasonably nonviolent religion. The only one of its kind. The truth of its message is so deep and strong that offensive depictions of the Lord are no big deal (unlike a certain other religion that hates music, bacon, and women, and flips out at the sight of Charlie Hebdo), Christianity is serious enough at the right time, in the right places, and genuine and stable enough to take a joke at its expense.

The NASCAR-graphic-style meme wasn’t even a particularly disparaging depiction of Christ; there are far worse ways he could have (and has) been portrayed. The offensive part, obviously, was that the guy who posted an AI-generated video of him as a fighter pilot bombing the No Kings protests with diarrhea was depicted as Jesus. He likely didn’t even see the meme before it was posted. Don’t activate BATTLE MODE over a metaphor.

I don’t mean this in a condescending “hey lighten up” kind of way. We can’t go around laughing at everything. That would be insane. And ironic and disturbingly serious. But it is worth our time, as a society, to remain eager for a comedic moment. This is how you transform the profane into the sacred.

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Why Is Everyone So Mad? The End of Fun

Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ on Truth Social — on Orthodox Easter — and the right wing lost its mind. Then he attacked the new Pope, called him “weak on crime,” and the memes wrote themselves. Bridget Phetasy breaks down the MAGA meltdown, the elite-tier internet reactions, and why this is just the Right’s version of virtue signaling.

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WALK-INS WELCOME - EPISODE #386

Why Everyone Online Is in a Cult

Bridget sits down with Andrew Gold, host of the Heretics podcast and author of The Psychology of Secrets, for a conversation about cult dynamics, Islamism in Europe, purity spirals, and what happens when your online tribe starts demanding you sell your soul to keep them. Andrew breaks down how YouTube channels, political movements, and entire cultures operate on the same psychological mechanics as Scientology and Heaven’s Gate — just at different points on the spectrum.

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DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #307

Normies Are Holding America Together

Bridget reads her viral essay — a love letter to the sane, normal women quietly holding it all down while the culture loses its mind. Not a trad wife, not a girl boss, not a Karen, not a pick-me — just the millions of women juggling kids, aging parents, marriages, and careers while being told their sanity is the problem.

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DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #304

Leave Me Behind

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 29

I caught clips of Tucker Carlson interviewing Nick Fuentes, and the thing that struck me was the body language. Here was a man who had the biggest show on cable news, who once commanded an audience of 5 million adults, sitting across from a twenty-something New-Age shock-jock with the energy of a guy trying to impress his son’s friends.

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A Love Letter to the Sane Women Holding It Down

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 22

I’ve been wanting to write this for a while because, more often than not, I find myself doomscrolling, screaming “NOT ALL WOMEN!” It seems like most of the women represented in media are, for lack of a better word, insane. I blame the algorithms for elevating the craziest of us. So this is for you—the woman reading this who has been quietly holding it t…

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THE DAILY WIRE

America Tried To ‘Fix’ Men For Two Decades. Here’s What It Got Instead.

America spent two decades trying to “fix” masculinity. It nearly broke the country — and the guys who complained the loudest about it turned out to be the ones with the least ability to fix it. America needs manly men — not men who are afraid of their masculinity, and not men who only talk about it.

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I know we talked about Artemis last week, but how about those pictures of the Moon? Breathtaking. There are a lot of songs about the Moon and space flight and the cosmos, but for some reason, this one feels like the best expression of what Artemis II accomplished this week: “Into the Mystic” by Van Morrison.

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CBS NEWS

Should older generations care if Gen Z likes them?

Bridget talks to CBS News about her viral piece “Leave Me Behind,” which got picked up by The Free Press.

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DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #304

Every Man Falls Into One Of These Four Categories

Bridget Phetasy introduces the Genius/Asshole Matrix — the male version of the Hot/Crazy Matrix — and explains the Tortured Genius Line that separates icons from idiots. Plus, the UK just banned Kanye West from the Wireless Festival while looking the other way on grooming gangs, Kanye sold out two nights at SoFi Stadium for $33 million, Louis CK landed a Netflix special, and cancel culture is having an existential crisis. Why does genius buy forgiveness — and how much asshole can it cover?

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WALK-INS WELCOME - EPISODE #385

The Death of Shame and the Collapse of Culture | Elnathan John

Bridget Phetasy sits down with Elnathan John, Nigerian satirist and author of Becoming Nigerian, for a wide-ranging conversation about what happens when an entire culture loses the ability to feel shame. Elnathan argues that the effectiveness of satire is directly proportional to a society’s capacity for shame—and right now, that capacity is bottoming out everywhere from Lagos to Washington.

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DUMPSTER FIRE - EPISODE #305

Why Ireland is Finally Exploding

Ireland just deployed its army against protesting farmers and truckers who are blockading motorways and the country’s only oil refinery. The government taxes fuel at 60% — and instead of negotiating, they sent in troops. Bridget Phetasy sits down with Dr. Eoin Lenihan, author of “Vandalizing Ireland,” to break down how Ireland became a corporate tax haven for Big Tech, abandoned its own people, and is now on the brink of serious civil unrest.

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Leave Me Behind

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 29

I caught clips of Tucker Carlson interviewing Nick Fuentes, and the thing that struck me was the body language. Here was a man who had the biggest show on cable news, who once commanded an audience of 5 million adults, sitting across from a twenty-something New-Age shock-jock with the energy of a guy trying to impress his son’s friends.

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Geriatric Mommy

A Love Letter to the Sane Women Holding It Down

Bridget Phetasy

Mar 22

I’ve been wanting to write this for a while because, more often than not, I find myself doomscrolling, screaming “NOT ALL WOMEN!” It seems like most of the women represented in media are, for lack of a better word, insane. I blame the algorithms for elevating the craziest of us. So this is for you—the woman reading this who has been quietly holding it t…

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THE DAILY WIRE

America Tried To ‘Fix’ Men For Two Decades. Here’s What It Got Instead.

America spent two decades trying to “fix” masculinity. It nearly broke the country — and the guys who complained the loudest about it turned out to be the ones with the least ability to fix it. America needs manly men — not men who are afraid of their masculinity, and not men who only talk about it.

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