Smokeshow Special: Delusional Swifties, Friendship Breakups, We Love Men

In this paid-subscriber-only episode, we answer your listener letters and discuss:

• Sarah admitting she’s cheated on Nancy, and they’re in a poly-pod

• Shortbread: It’s good for everything!

• Swifties write a delusional open letter to Taylor Swift

• Who is Matt Healy, and why is he so problematic?

• Was Succession over-covered, given its modest audience?

• That 70s Show’s Danny Masterson is convicted of rape. What does it mean for the church of Scientology that, rumor has it, protected him?

• True stories of female friendships falling apart

• The international bestseller about women that Sarah and Nancy both ditched after two pages

• Should we be worried about men?

• How did shouting men down on the Internet become a status move?

• Why Sarah finds the war on men “culturally sickening.”

• How second-wave feminism became a circular firing squad

• Plus a hot box pick that makes Sarah very happy!

Don’t forget: First Sunday Zoom is this Sunday, June 4, 8pm ET / 5pm ET. Link will be sent that day.

We didn’t get to all our letters, so we’ll do more episodes. Send your queries/comments/compliments/criticisms to smokeempodcast@gmail.com