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genXy is home to "The Daily Whatever," a daily Live podcast, airing every weekday at 10am ET/7am PT, and whenever we damn well please on weekends. We also host or appear on other one-off podcasts--and we"ve got "em all here. www.genxy.io

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60:17

The Daily Whatever, July 28: Hit Me With That GLP-1 Shot

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/28

This morning on The Daily Whatever, Dana DuBois started by celebrating with the whole Chat: Lawrence, Dana, and Füsun Aydın got checkmarks, Nick Paro and The Bathrobe Guy 👘 placed on the charts, and more wins across our community. We love to see it! A rising tide lifts all boats, we like to say. Congrats to everyone, and thanks for your support and reader/viewership. It means the world to us!Dana wrote a powerful piece of memoir focusing on her family of origin programming around body and diet,

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59:18

The Daily Whatever, July 26: Saturday Grab Bag

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/27

Short-n-sweet, baby! On The Daily Whatever today we celebrated (again) Dana DuBois birthday, and got a report from her about the festivities of the day! Also—Dana got her first checkmark, and we learned something about how Substack doles them out!Dana had to leave to go to her daughter’s play, and the hilarious Brandon Ellrich was game enough to jump in for the remainder of the show. Thanks, Brandon!Thank you Robin Wilding, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Noble Blend, Yolanda D., tecolote42, and many others

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60:35

The Daily Whatever, July 25: Fucked-Up Friday with...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/25

(Note: We’re in the middle of a fundraiser for our dear friend and talented author Füsun Aydın. Please subscribe and restack Füsun’s work, and if you are able, please contribute to her recovery fund.)The great thing about this Substack adventure Dana DuBois and I have been on is the sheer volume of great people we’ve met. From the awesome Whatevers in our Chat, to the many guests we’ve had on the show, it feels like a smorgasbord of good, funny people. Even better when we get to meet them on Dana’s

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61:17

The Daily Whatever, July 24: Outrage & Civil...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/24

I was delighted to welcome Walter Rhein and Nick Paro to The Daily Whatever this morning as the incomparable Dana DuBois continues her penguin-rescuing mission on the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP (What, you didn’t think it could mean two things?))We kicked off the show with a show of love for our dear friend Füsun Aydın. Please, send her some love and show you care by signing up for her newsletter and, if you are able, by becoming a paid subscriber to her. Füsun, we love you! I hope you were

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63:55

The Daily Whatever - July 23: Pets, Support Animals &...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/23

Y’all! How lucky am I?! While Dana DuBois is away on another Top Secret mission hunting Nazis, I had the incredible, delightful Cat and Soso join me for today’s The Daily Whatever.Cat and Soso host their own show, called Connections with Cat and Soso, and it’s a DELIGHT. Check it out:Ostensibly, our topic was pets and support animals, and, indeed, for a good five minutes, we talked mostly about the Bengal cats that run the show for Soso and me, but we were quickly derailed by Epstein.I mean—it’s all

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65:36

The Daily Whatever, July 22: Middle-aged men keep...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/22

What conversation about the way men treat women in our society wouldn’t be complete without a living example in real-time? Dana DuBois featured one of her most compelling—and popular—recent pieces about how grown men are treating her teenage daughter, only to have the Chat invaded by an asshole who has been stalking women in our community. After re-blocking the schmuck, we had a chance to dive deep into Dana’s excellent story:The Chat was full of observations, love, and support. We had some truth

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68:53

The Daily Whatever, July 21: Lawrence’s latest chapters

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/22

Happy Monday!Today Lawrence Winnerman shared the latest chapters from his novel, The Shattered World Series.Or more accurately: we explored Chapter 2: Jake. And Lawrence read it aloud, and we all reverted to small children, utterly rapt by storytelling because his voice is so meliflous and the story is so compelling.Here’s the chapter. But definitely listen to the podcast because it’s soooo gorgeous when Lawrence reads his own work.We decided we needed the full show to discuss Jake, and that we’ll

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64:44

The Daily Whatever, July 19: A formal affair to...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/20

It’s not easy to arrive anywhere in formalwear by 9am.But let this be known about Lawrence Winnerman and me: We don’t shy away from hard things. Including ties and sequin on a Saturday morning.A couple weeks back, we ask the “Whatevers”—our amazing Live audience members—what we should do to celebrate reaching milestones in our Summer Pledge Drive. The first suggestion was that we should show up for The Daily Whatever in cocktail attire. This week, we hit our first fundraising goal: 40 paid

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17:56

A Very Formal Celebration of Meeting Our First Summer...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/19

Join us at noon ET/9am PT for a very formal The Daily Whatever, where Lawrence Winnerman and I will celebrate 40 paid subscribers to GenXy!We’ll be joined by my bestie Sunny Hong, who was number 40. There may be champagne. There will most def be sequin, Hope to see you there! Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe

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58:34

The Daily Whatever, July 18: Fucked-Up Friday with...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/18

TGIF! The great thing about Fridays is that here at The Daily Whatever, we use it as a time to process how unbelievably shitty our descent into authoritarianism has become. It’s a celebration of the worst of the worst news.Welcome to Fucked-Up Friday!Dana DuBois and I were thrilled to welcome Nick Paro to the show, and get to know him as a community member (and a poet!) Nick shared his Kum ‘n’ Go tribute poem with us, and it was a great way to kick off our time with him. The Fucked-Up Friday stories

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65:33

The Daily Whatever, July 17: Antisemitism in America...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/17

The Opinionated Ogre stopped by The Daily Whatever this morning to chat with us about antisemitism, and y’all! It was a convo for the ages. Shockingly, Ogre has opinions about this topic, and we got an earful—in a good way!(Note: we started the hour with an update on our Summer Pledge Drive*, wherein we cheered that we hit 40 paid subscribers! Thank you! Come join us on Saturday, when we’ll broadcast in formalwear to honor our commitment, and keep it going to 50 when we’ll do a live karaoke

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58:25

The Daily Whatever, July 16: Music and Memoir

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/16

One of the things I have always loved about Dana DuBois, my friend, Anam Cara, and co-founder of GenXy is her love for music — her deep and abiding passion for it —and her ability to use music to build community.This passion for music is innate for Dana, something she remembers from her earliest years. In the early 2000s, Dana co-founded Three Imaginary Girls, a Seattle indie-pop review site that got to the core of the local music scene with its upbeat and fan-fueled documentation of a resurgence of

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61:09

The Daily Whatever, July 15: Writers on writing with...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/15

Greetings, Whatevers—and a happy Twat-tastic Tuesday* to all who celebrate!Today we welcomed author Diane Geurts to The Daily Whatever, to talk about her newly published novel, Still the Millers.We chatted about all the things: self- versus trad-publishing, inspiration and muses, horses and meth labs, and most of all, Diane’s sage advice for all of us multi-hyphenate busy writer Join utypes: write one sentence per day. Be sure to follow Diane on Substack and Medium!Huge thanks to Patrick Mill, Beth

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86:42

The Daily Whatever, July 14: GenX dating and mating...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/15

Frederic Poag is one of the best humans we’ve had the pleasure to meet on Substack.And for good reason. Frederic has wise words about this political moment in time. He’s also a staunch feminist and ally, using his substantial online blast radius to champion for women and marginalized groups. Simply stated: Frederic is awesome.So when we saw him getting grief for a Note he posted about asking a woman out in a cafe, we knew we had to bring him onto The Daily Whatever to talk about it.What resulted

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62:57

The Daily Whatever, July 12: Weekend Recap

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/14

On Saturday’s show, we spoke about writing, worldbuilding, vexillology and focused on the latest chapter from my serialized novel, Light Shines Through. I read from the chapter, and was truly flattered by the great feedback.Check it out here:Thank you Beth Cruz, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Cheryl Chevalier, Dana DuBois, Debra Groves Harman, Diane Geurts, Daniel Paden, Elaine the Mean Old Feminist, JOHNSON CRIFACI, Karen Marie Shelton, Jo, Lahboss, The Momster, Linda Blatnik, The One

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71:50

The Daily Whatever, July 11: Fucked-up Friday with...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/13

Hello hello, Whatevers!This week in news—like every single week living under this regime—has been fucked up. The deadly July 4th floods in Kerr County, Texas made this week particularly bleak. As of this writing, 129 have died, with 170 people still unaccounted for.It’s extra fucked-up, as we know natural disasters like this are becoming more common due to climate change, and that we’re living in a country that will only hasten such events through inaction or wose.It’s extra-extra fucked up, as

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58:41

The Daily Whatever, July 10: Finding the Rainbow...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/10

Sometimes you don’t realize how a song from childhood resonates until someone points it out years later. Joe Guay joined Dana DuBois and me this morning on The Daily Whatever to talk about the burden of surnames, the rise of AI, and the power of “The Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie.We recently published Joe’s story about his connection to the song:As usual, the chat was off the hook, where we learned about things like customer loyalty cards for sex workers (and sluts: mine is a

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61:02

The Daily Whatever, July 9: Karaoke adventures with...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/09

Thank you Robin Wilding, Polly Walker Blakemore, thepoetmiranda, Ashley Schmitt, John Pearce, and many others for tuning into my live video with Walter Rhein! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe

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98:30

TACO Tuesday: Trump Tariffs, Trade, and Jeffrey Epstein

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/09

Whenever Frederic Poag invites you to join his Lives, you join his Lives!This one was SUCH a blast. I don’t join till well into the episode, but I’m certain everything Frederic says it’s worth a listen. Enjoy!Thank you Lisa, Nick P, Jeanne Elbe, Soso, John saxon, and many others for tuning into my live video with Frederic Poag! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to genXy at www.genxy.io/subscribe

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64:46

The Daily Whatever, July 8: Equal parts retort to an...

The Daily Whatever ·

2025/07/08

Today I intended to dedicate the hour to talking GenX gay anthems with Brandon Ellrich.Then last night, Untrickled by Michelle Teheux brought a story by MAGA incel Rohan Ghostwind to my attention. In it, he denigrates a cluster of women writers on Substack as “degenerates” and provides screenshot after screenshot to substantiate his claim that we made him say “what the fuck.”I am featured as one of the degenerates.Second in the list, no less.And what was my offense, you may ask? Writing about my

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