In our 46th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin Ryan and Nina Parker break down the ball-tasering, clout-chasing manchild, Jake Paul. From his Vine and YouTube "prank" beginnings, to running a content sweatshop called Team 10, to scamming children via crypto pump-and-dumps and sham online "universities," to gentrifying Puerto Rico and cozying up to Trump, to finally getting his jaw broken in two places by Anthony Joshua...this may just be our most exhaustingly f*ckboy yet!Sources: Jake Paul These Days Official Music Video (YouTube) Social media star Jake Paul raises $1 million to become a social media mogul (TechCrunch) Ahead of fight with Tyson, is Jake Paul Jewish? (The Jerusalem Post) In Beverly Grove, Social Media Star Jake Paul’s Antics Stir Up The Neighborhood (KTLA) 20-Year-Old Disney Channel Star Terrorizing Neighbors With YouTube Stunts (YouTube) Youtuber Jake Paul Terrorizes West Hollywood Neighbors (YouTube) YouTuber Jake Paul axed by Disney after bragging about turning his neighbourhood into a ‘war zone’ (Metro) YouTube Star Jake Paul on Getting Fired by Disney, Feuding With Neighbors: “I Feel Like a Zoo Animal” (The Hollywood Reporter) The Price is Right With Jake Paul (YouTube) You Gotta Want It archive.org/details/…/2up SEC Charges Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun and His Companies for Fraud and Other Securities Law Violations (SEC) Jake Paul reaches settlement with SEC in crypto touting case (ESPN) Jake Paul Exposed as $2.2M Serial Crypto Scammer (Be In Crypto) Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price? (NYT) Jake Paul Endorses Donald Trump, Compares Former President’s Status as a Convicted Felon to America’s Founding Fathers (Variety) Jake Paul Will Teach You To Be Social Media Famous, For A Price (Player.One) You can request a transcript by emailing [email protected]. Include the podcast name, episode title, and air date. Please allow 48 hours for delivery.

Erin and guest host Leigh McGowan (The PoliticsGirl Podcast) discuss Attorney General Todd Blanche’s corrupt first weeks in the new post, the administration's blatant denial of the chaos unfolding on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, Trump’s scheme to take over the U.S. banking system, and the new data centers popping up all over the country. Then they analyze the rising cultural conversation around family estrangement. Then they wrap with a petty conversation about Trump’s BBC lawsuit and foodborne illness.You can request a transcript by emailing [email protected]. Include the podcast name, episode title, and air date. Please allow 48 hours for delivery.

Erin and guest host Megan Gailey dive into Tuesday night's primaries, Katie Miller’s fling with Eric Swalwell, and Tucker Carlson’s vision for America. Then they go back to school and discuss the failed school vouchers experiment and how f*cked education funding has become. Then, they dig into the trial of Lindsay Clancy and how it highlights major gaps in postpartum mental health care. Then they wrap up in the sanity corner with some petty rants.

In our 45th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the wimpy blobfish himself, Ted Cruz. From his pedantic debate team days, to his impeccable vacation timing with natural disasters, to bending the knee to Trump after he degraded his wife, to getting dog-walked by Tucker Carlson, this may be our most craven guy, yet!

White House Correspondent April Ryan guest hosts with Erin to discuss Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, the latest in Republican Rep Max Miller’s snowballing awfulness, and Republicans' ongoing obsession with Dr. Fauci. Then friend of the show, Minnesota’s LT. Governor Peggy Flanagan stops by to discuss her run for the U.S. Senate, and her favorite foods at the Minnesota State Fair. They wrap up with a very petty edition of the sanity corner.

Erin Ryan and Sami Sage (Betches Media) dig into the Trump administration’s move to terminate millions of dollars of federal grants for teen pregnancy prevention and what that says about the administration’s vision of women. Then, they dive into Emily Wilson’s scathing review of the Odyssey. Plus, Annie Andrews, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, stops by to discuss her race and how the death of Lindsay Graham is shaking things up. And as always, we end with sanipetty.Emily Wilson: An Uncomplicated Man Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families (NYT 7/22 + NPR 7/7)A Nobel Prize winner decodes why people aren’t having kids (NYT OPED 2025 + Claudia’s Original Research & Ruben Gallego 7/23)

In our 44th episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa analyze the evolution of the clout-chasing chameleon, Megyn Kelly. From her fiery takes and fake*ss feminist days at Fox News, to being humbled by her racist takes on her NBC Morning show, to entering her villain era, launching her alt-right podcast and transforming into a human guitar riff, this may just be our most self-serving psycho guy, yet!Sources:NBC’s Megyn Kelly bet goes bust (Columbia Journalism Review)Megyn Kelly is negotiating her exit from NBC News (CNN)Megyn Kelly fiasco is one more instance of far right outmaneuvering media (Columbia Journalism Review)The Megyn Kelly-Jane Fonda drama, explained (Washington Post) Review: Megyn Kelly tries to ditch politics for “fun” on “Today” (USA Today) Megyn Kelly fails to connect with audience during her Today debut (Time) “She Wants to Come Back”: Megyn Kelly Eyes Returning to Fox (Vanity Fair)‘Just get rid of her’: Megyn Kelly is again in trouble, but NBC colleagues rejected her long before (Washington Post)Awkward Megyn Kelly Interviews That Will Make You Cringe (YouTube)Megyn Kelly’s NBC Career implosion: Ugly, Dramatic, and inevitable (Daily Beast)Heated interview between Megyn Kelly and Kirsten Powers on Fox News (YouTube)Megyn Kelly: 'Santa Is What He Is,' Which Is White (YouTube)Fox's Megyn Kelly On Teen Violently Manhandled By McKinney Police: “The Girl Was No Saint Either” (Media Matters)Fox's Megyn Kelly Bemoans The “Anti-Cop ... Thug Mentality” She Sees In “Black Communities” (Media Matters)Megyn Kelly On Sandra Bland Case: “Even If You Know The Cop Is In The Wrong, Comply And Complain Later” (Media Matters)Megyn Kelly Claims Racist Emails Circulate At Most Companies To Downplay DOJ's Ferguson Report (Media Matters)Culture of Victimization Exposed by Michelle Malkin (YouTube)Megyn Kelly Seeks Commentary On Michael Brown Killing From Racist Mark Fuhrman (YouTube)Megyn Kelly (Time)The Megyn Kelly Moment (New York Times)Megyn Kelly: How to Deal with the Haters (Time)Megyn Kelly on Roger Ailes: "It's All B.S." (YouTube)Megyn Kelly on Working for Fox News and Leaving Her Law Career (GQ)Fox's Megyn Kelly Challenges Texas Lt. Gov. Over Transphobic Statements (The Advocate)Megyn Kelly Confronts Texas Lt Governor Dan Patrick Over Opposition to Obama Trans Bathroom (YouTube)Megyn Kelly interviews Laverne Cox (YouTube)Why are the Female Supreme Court Justices So EMOTIONAL? (YouTube)Megyn Kelly Explains Why She Will No Longer Use "Preferred Pronouns" as Trans Ideology Grows (YouTube)Blowhards Beware: Megyn Kelly Will Slay You Now (Vanity Fair)Megyn Kelly Interviews Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar (YouTube)The 7 most horrifying exchanges from the Duggars’ interview with Megyn Kelly (Salon)How Megyn Kelly became the star of fox news (Variety)Kitty Kelley: Settle for More review (Washington Independent Review of Books)Buzzfeed: Megyn Kelly’s end at NBCBuzzfeed)How Megyn Kelly Became the New Star of Fox News (Variety)14 year-old responds to Megyn Kelly's depraved defense of pedophiles who "only" abuse "older" children (Reddit)What Happened to Megyn Kelly? (Slate) 

Erin and Alyssa get into Pete Hegseth’s new testosterone policy, and the latest on the Tate Brothers arrest. Then they do a supersized Sani-Petty with producer Caroline and sprinkle a little joy into the week to celebrate Alyssa’s last episode!

Erin, Alyssa, and guest host Heather Gardner discuss the latest on the tragic killings by ICE Officers, the death of Lindsey Graham, and the explosive and gross consequences of last year’s DOGE cuts. Then they reflect on what this past Love Island teaches us about American literacy and relationship culture. They wrap up with sani-petty conversations about Meta AI features and The Five Star Weekend.

In our 43rd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the Jelly Bean Jack*ss, Ronald Reagan. From his B-list acting days, to "fighting" WWII from Culver City, to being an FBI rat, to his unforgivable  handling of the AIDS crisis, to mucking up foreign affairs for decades to come, this may be one of our most deluded guys yet.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.Sources:Ronald Reagan: Informant (Salon)Peeping Ron (Book Forum) Ronald Reagan’s shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness (Salon)Ronald Reagan’s wartime lies: The president had quite a Brian Williams problem (Salon)The Mendacity Index (Washington Monthly)On a wing and a prayer (Alec Nevala-Lee)Tear Down This Myth (Google Books) Reagan & Co. (The Washington Post) California: Credibility in Sacramento (Time) The Lion King: An Exchange (NY Books)Reagan Expresses Horror at Claim That the Holocaust is a Hoax (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) The Myth of Ronald Reagan and the Nazi Death Camps (National Review)The Stupidity of Ronald Reagan (Slate)Paying Lip Service (The Village Voice)The Road to Reagandom (Slate)How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism (Lit Hub)Ronald Reagan’s Millions (Rolling Stone)How Prop 14 Shaped California's Racial Covenants (PBS Socal)Here's the Rest of Him (Claremont Review of Books) Alla Nazimova (AFI Catalog Spotlight)The Global HIV/AIDS Timeline (KFF)History of the HIV Epidemic (Gilead)When AIDS Was Funny Casts a Harsh Light on the Reagan Administration’s Indifference to HIV (HIV Plus Mag)Short film “When AIDS Was Funny,” Reagan Press Secretary laughs off an epidemic (Q Notes Carolinas)‘When AIDS Was Funny’: Short film reveals shortfalls of Reagan response to AIDS (MSNOW)HIV/AIDS Timeline (history.com)HIV/AIDS Historical Timeline (Philadelphia Center)Snapshots of an Epidemic: An HIV/AIDS Timeline (amfAR)The Iran-Contra Affair (Bill of Rights Institute) The Iran-Contra Affair (PBS American Experience) 1983 Beirut barracks bombing: ‘The BLT Building is gone!’ (Marine Corps Times) H-Gram 080: Paved with Good Intentions—The U.S. Navy in the 1983 Lebanon Crisis (Naval History and Heritage Command)When Reagan Cut and Run (Foreign Policy) 40 Years Later, El Mozote Massacre Victims Vow to 'Keep Demanding Justice' (Common Dreams) The Massacre at El Mozote (Human Rights Watch)Judgment Day’s Coming for U.S.-Backed Troops Who Slaughtered Men, Women, and So Many Children at El Mozote (Daily Beast) Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Posed “Acute Dilemma” for U.S. Policy (National Security Archive) New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program (National Security Archive) New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program (Wilson Center)The Pakistan Aid Dilemma (Center for American Progress) Fact Check: It's Rumored that Ronald Reagan Had Alzheimer's Disease While Still in Office. Here's What the Evidence Says (Snopes)Did Reagan Decline? (Sage Journal)Hoover Makes Available the Newly Processed Papers of Nancy’s Reagan’s White House Astrologer (Hoover Institution)How Nancy Reagan's Secret Phone-In Astrologer Became a Powerful White House Adviser — and Helped Oust the Chief of Staff (People)Nancy Reagan: Controversial Moments During Her Life in the Public Eye (People)Why Ronald Reagan Became the Great Deregulator (JSTOR Daily)Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers (NPR)Reagan’s Legacy (SFAF)The Other Time a U.S. President Withheld WHO Funds (John Hopkins)How newly discovered audio is reviving debate over Reagan's legacy on race (PBS News)It’s Time to End the Racist and Unjustified Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine (Civil Rights)Reagan's National Drug Strategy (University of Michigan)The Fairness Doctrine: How We Lost It and Why We Need It Back (SISYPHUS)Portraits in Oversight: The Iran-Contra Affair (Levin Center)Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field (Jacobin)Guatemalan Slaughter Was Part of Reagan’s Hard Line (The New York Times)Remembering US-backed state terror in El Salvador (Al Jazeera)Ronald Reagan’s shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness (Salon)The Key to Welfare Reform (The Atlantic)