Helen and Sarah sit down with Professor Amy Marvin, a philosopher who specializes in feminist philosophy and trans theory. We discuss the relationship between chasers, transphobia, and ruinous obsession, and ask how that intersects with stand-up comedy.

Amy Marvin's forthcoming book will be titled Trans Fascination, and you can also check out her work here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amy-marvin

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22. On Chasers ft. Amy Marvin

Helen introduces Sarah to the work of conservative philosopher, grifter and tobacco lobbyist Roger Scruton. Along the way the two learn about, among other things, the difference between values and orthodoxies, between ideologies and "just something normal people believe" and between male and female homosexuals.

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Mr. Rogers' Crouton

Helen and Sarah talk about /r/fuckingfascists, a fascist domination  roleplay subreddit intended for good liberals, which instead ended up  getting eaten alive by nazis.

20. Death of a Subreddit

Helen and Sarah look at Things That Matter, the racist and  pseudointellectual best-of collection from Pulitzer prize winning op-ed  columnist Charles Krauthammer.

19. Nightmare Chess Rotation

Helen leads Sarah through the life and activism of notorious homophobe and orange juice queen, Anita Bryant. The two talk about how anti-gay activism both has and hasn't changed over the last 50 years, and try to learn some lessons from the gay activists of the past.

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18. Swallowing Fruit from the Tree of LIfe

Sarah and Helen sit down with Danielle Procope Bell, an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to discuss her recent paper “‘Pick-Me’ Black women: tactical patriarchal femininity in the Black manosphere” (https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2262163 ).

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17. Introduction to Pick-Mes ft. Danielle Procope Bell

Sarah and Helen reviewer Little Boy, a disastrous film from the makers of the QAnon flavored hit Sound of Freedom. Along the way, they meet with a failed Mexican presidential candidate, as well as Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

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Bonus 3: Metanoia's wretched Little Boy

Sarah and Helen are joined by reporter on the far right Michael Edison Hayden to discuss his new book Strange People on the Hill, about what happened when far right propaganda outlet VDARE bought a castle overlooking a small West Virginia town.

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16. Strange People on the Hill ft. Michael Edison Hayden

Helen and Sarah discuss The Camp of the Saints, a racist novel that has quietly become fundamental to how the right wing talks about immigration.
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15. Patagonian Royalty in the Camp of the Saints

Sarah and Helen take a look at some research papers from viXra, the scientific publishing site for cranks and pseudoscientists, and end up learning about the sensual curves which underlie reality itself.

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