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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 believe ...
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The official podcast of the Netflix film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, is hosted and narrated by Krista Smith. The series features conversations devoted to the significance of events in 1968 and the trial, and the parallels with what’s happening in America today, as well as discussions with Sorkin and the actors and creative minds that realized the world of the film.
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BE The Code

Black Enterprise

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BE The Code, spotlights the most influential blacks in technology - from celebrities to financiers - and how they are reshaping the industry, with their unique perspectives. They take us on their journeys, offering winning strategies and game-changing advice. Created by Black Enterprise.
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Seidman Mentorship Podcast

Seidman Mentorship Podcast

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The Seidman Mentorship Program connects mentors and mentees, across the University and throughout the community. On the show we discuss how to mentor, be mentored, network, thrive, and excel - using mentorship.
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Whitney Cummings, Trevor Wallace, Noel Miller, Jack Jr & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Whitney Cummings from her podcast Good For Your and her one hour specials, Trevor Wallace you know from the Stiff Socks Podca…
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Bridget sits down with photographer and comedian, Troy Conrad for a wide-ranging conversation covering how Troy got started in photography, shooting a Golden Age of comedy at the Comedy Store, the rare opportunity of knowing you’re in the middle of something special while you’re experiencing it, his experimentation with various religions and self-h…
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Wilfred Reilly returns to discuss his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me . He and Bridget talk about how there's a whole social science telling people two things - that Western society is one of the worst ever, and nobody knows it but the cool kids - and how his book works to debunk myths that have sprung up in American history. They cover t…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Kam Patterson, Brad Williams, Cipha Sounds, Liza Treyer, The Sklar Brothers & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Kam Patterson from Kill Tony, Brad Williams from Netflix, Showtime and his Youtube Special Starfish, Cip…
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Batya Ungar-Sargon stops in to talk about her new book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women , which focuses on the growing divide between the elite and working class in America. She and Bridget discuss the shift in political parties' attitudes towards the working class, Trump's appeal to blue-collar voters, the impa…
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Andrew Boryga sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Victim, a sa tire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the weaponization of identity politics. They talk about his journey as a writer, how the book changed over the 10 years it took to write, the evolution of the novel'…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Trailer Trash Tammy, Dusty Slay, Leslie Liao, Crystal, Dave Gunther & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Trailer Trash Tammy, Crystal and Dave Gunther from Trailer Tales and their famous Mukbangs, Dusty Slay you know …
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Comedian Dulcé Sloan sits down with Bridget for a conversation covering a wide range of topics including her approach to performing stand-up, dealing with rejection in the comedy industry, being a strong person out of necessity, how we all got traumatized as a planet during COVID, the importance of being nicer to yourself, and why she believes canc…
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Nellie Bowles sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From The Wrong Side of History , a critique on the progressive cultural movement and its impacts on journalism, education, healthcare, and society at large. They discuss the suppression of curiosity and dissenting viewpoints in media, gender the…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Adam Ray, Brad Williams, Rory Scovel, Jetski Johnson & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Adam Ray from Dr. Phil LIVE & Kill Tony, Brad Williams from his specials Daddy Issues, Starfish, Funsize, Rory Scovel you know …
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Bridget sits down with clinical psychologist Jonathan Shedler and they discuss the challenges of finding qualified therapists, the division between practitioners and researchers in the field and the effects of that division, the lack of public understanding about legitimate therapy credentials, and the danger of the trend towards brief, "evidence-b…
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Comedian Rachel Feinstein sits down with Bridget for a hilarious comparison of their lives. They relate over what disasters they are while they're both married to super-organized men, their confident toddlers, their similar moms, Rachel's fireman husband and Bridget's fireman brother, and why neither one of them likes to tell other moms that she's …
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Mark Normand, Sam Morril, Dan Soder, Joe List, Corinne Fisher & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Mark Normand from his Netflix Special Soup to Nuts & Out to Lunch on youtube. Sam Morril from his Netflix special Same…
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Clifton Duncan returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of creating culture that we can all share and the role the arts play in our shared experience. He and Bridget discuss the erosion of the spiritual well-being of our society, how art is what a civilization leaves behind once its gone, the effect that politics and political correctness a…
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Comedian Carmen Lynch stops in for a hilarious conversation with Bridget about women in comedy, their writing processes, Millennials acting like they're old, how Gen X always gets skipped, how much comedy had changed, and what disasters they both are. They discuss living among the normies, why comedy is the antidote to being butthurt, how people ne…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Che Durena, Joel Jimenez, JT Parr, Josh Potter, Justine Marino, Justin Alexio & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Che Durena from his viral videos, Joel Jimenez from Kill Tony and his podcast Lesser Known Characters,…
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Adam Coleman sits down with Bridget to discuss his book Black Victim to Black Victor: Identifying the ideologies, behavioral patterns and cultural norms that encourage a victimhood complex. They talk about what motivated him to write and self-publish the book, how its success took him by surprise, how growing up without a father impacted him, the e…
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Comedian Blair Socci sits down with Bridget and talks about the ins and outs of comedy, how people’s understanding of standup comedy is being shaped by social media, why crowdwork is causing problems, making sure not to miss the simple jokes, when you have to aggressively put yourself out there in a way that feels disgusting, what balancing comedy …
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Tony Baker, Jodie Sweetin, Harland Williams, Drew Lynch & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Jodie Sweetin from Full House, Tony Baker from his viral videos and his podcast Daddy Issues, Harland Williams from Kill Ton…
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Comedian, former cab driver, and current Host of FOX News Saturday Night and radio program FOX Across America, Jimmy Failla joins Bridget for a hilarious conversation about their respective working class backgrounds, why driving a cab is the original social media, how Trump is the only way 15 year old kids can be counter-culture today, why a lot of…
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4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and Bridget discuss making people on both sides angry, why people feel threatened when someone tells the truth, being grounded in God, when Democrats stop…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from David Lucas, Jordan Jensen, Uncle Lazer, Andy Haynes, Cam Bertrand & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know David Lucas from Kill Tony Hall-of-Fame, Jordan Jensen from Bein Ian with Jordan, Uncle Lazer from Kill Tony infa…
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Comedian Arielle Isaac Norman returns to the show and she and Bridget have a frank conversation about gender, gender dynamics, gender politics, and balancing female rights with trans rights. They cover refusing to dogmatically fall in line with the orthodoxy of whatever the LGBTQ community is saying, when the narrative really started shifting from …
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Coleman Hughes sits down with Bridget to discuss his latest book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America. They talk about why people don't want to hear that the world isn’t as racist as they think it is, how racism sells very well as a news item, the realities behind disparities between races, what Coleman terms "neo racism," …
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Andrew Santino, Eddie Bravo, Ian Fidance, Kim Congdon & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Andrew Santino from Bad Friends and Whiskey Ginger, Eddie Bravo from Joe Rogan Experience and JRE Fight Companion, Ian Fidance…
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Comedian Jeff Leach sits down with Bridget for a talk about the entertainment industry, comedy, money and therapeutic mushrooms. They discuss the death of the ego, how the entertainment industry preys on ego, desperation, self-interest, and a desire for money, the definition of an icon, charting your own path, doing something new, not making decisi…
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Warren Smith is a teacher who went viral for a critical thought exercise he did with a student. The topic? JK Rowling. He sits down with Bridget to discuss what life has been like since Elon Musk retweeted his video. They talk about why the video made such an impact and resonated with so many people, the power of questions in the pursuit of objecti…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Troy Bond, Steebee Weebee, Colum Tyrrell, Kerryn Feehan, Katherine Blanford & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Troy Bond from his viral standup videos and his podcast Bonding, Steebee Weebee you know from Scissor Br…
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Comedian Brad Williams stops in to talk shop with Bridget. They discuss the immediate feedback of performing in front of a live audience, the fun part about crowd work, the joys of parenthood, having a solid family core, keeping life as normal as possible for your kid, how his dad trained him to defend himself against bullies and he saw the power o…
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Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up . She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, the overuse of the word trauma, how talking a…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Kevonstage, Josh Wolf, Steph Tolev, Dumbfoundead & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Kevonstage from BET's Churchy and Keep Your Distance, Josh Wolf you know from Father of The Year and his multiple viral Youtube spe…
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Katherine Brodsky, author of No Apologies: How To Find And Free Your Voice In The Age of Outrage , sits down with Bridget to discuss navigating mob outrage, the importance of using your voice, what happens in society when people are unable to freely exchange ideas, when the mob came for her, the difference between people who didn’t survive their ca…
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Naomi Petel spent 19 hours locked her shelter with her husband and 3 sons on October 7th. She sits down with Bridget to tell her story, what she, her family, and her neighbors endured, those who were murdered or taken captive, and the series of events that allowed her family to survive. She describes the heartbreak and devastation of that day, and …
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Wee Man, Rick Glassman, Trevor Wallace, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Yamaneika Saunders, Pancho Moler & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Wee Man from the Jackass movies and tv show! Rick Glassman you goblins know from Take Yo…
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Rob Henderson returns to talk about his new book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class . He and Bridget discuss the realities of the foster care system, what it’s like to be a foster kid, the kinds of people who become foster parents, and the difficulties of writing such a memoir. They explore the hardest chapter to write, the…
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Andy Schoonover, founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, sits down with Bridget to discuss our broken health care system and the innovative way CrowdHealth working to revolutionize the health care industry. They cover how Andy got into the health care field, what he started noticing, the softening of the public due to all the conveniences in life, the 50 y…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Matt McCusker, Brian Holtzman, Ehsan Ahmad, Mat Edgar & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Matt McCusker from Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast and his one hour special The Speed of Light, Brian Holtzman from The Comedy…
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Ravi Gupta, co-host of Lost Debate podcast, sit s down with Bridget for a wide-ranging discussion about hosting too many podcasts, whether anyone is still persuadable today and whether people's minds can still be changed, why Ravi thinks there’s a higher risk of violence in this election than there was in 2020, the ways they've found to live health…
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California Representative Kevin Kiley, sits down with Bridget to discuss the consequences of the disastrous California AB5 bill going national, and what we can do about it. They cover the realities of AB5 and how it decimated independent contractors in California, how it effects small business owners, Biden's failure to get a national version passe…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Adam Ray, Drew Lynch, Ryan Long, Stephen Kramer Glickman & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Adam Ray from Dr. Phil LIVE and Kill Tony, Drew Lynch from America's Got Talent, Ryan Long from the Boyscast, Stephen Krame…
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Sarah Hepola, author of Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank To Forget, sits down with Bridget to discuss their longing for the 90s, how they're considered "the good old days" by kids growing up today, the privilege of not giving a crap about politics, and their similar experiences with partying and drinking. They discuss why the peak drinking …
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Katherine Dee returns to break down the overwhelming apathy many seemed to feel during 2023 and look ahead to what we might be facing in 2024. She and Bridget discuss her culture war burnout prediction, why the Zoomers feel like the internet belongs to them, the pressures of being a content creator, treating it like a business yet being unable to a…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Mark Normand, Ari Shaffir, Jordan Jensen, Ian Fidance & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Mark Normand from We Might Be Drunk and Tuesdays with Stories, Ari Shaffir from Protect our Parks with Joe Rogan and Shane Gil…
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Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance …
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Garand Thumb Youtuber, Mike Jones, sits down with Bridget for a frank conversation about gun culture and all the factors that go into the gun debate, his time in the military as a SERE specialist, the complex topic of school shootings, their mutual love of America, and why social media plus AI might be the end of us. They also cover the importance …
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Andrew Doyle returns to discuss his latest book The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World. Andrew wrote the book for people who are confused by what's going on in the culture right now. He and Bridget have a riveting conversation about what actually happened during the Salem witch trials and how it can be appli…
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Tom Sawyer, former owner and manager of the famous Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, sits down with Bridget to discuss what it takes to make a career in stand up. They talk about how Tom got into the business, how he started booking and producing comedy shows, his tips for success to all bookers out there, what his biggest mistake as a comic was,…
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Stand-Up On The Spot! Featuring completely improvised sets from Brad Williams, Tahir Moore, Todd Glass, Mike Falzone, Jamar Neighbors, Willie Hunter & Jeremiah Watkins. No material. Comedians create Stand-Up On The Spot off audience suggestions. You know Brad Williams from his Showtime specials, Netflix, and more. You know Tahir Moore from his hila…
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Mediated Series - Part 7: Published in 2005, Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It, became Bridget's bible for understanding the changing media landsc ape and how it is affecting our society and behavior. Now she sits down with author Thomas de Zengotita for a multi-part series discussing the book chapter by chapter. …
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Bridget sits down with comedian & musician Ami Kozak for a conversation about how he uses platforms to address what’s going on as a modern Orthodox Jew, seeing the frightening consequences of bad ideas and viewing everything through oppressor/oppressee lenses, how all the early Nazi propaganda was rooted in compassion, how there’s an anti-human sen…
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