People Pleaser with Austin Archer

Here we go again.

Sorkin Nailed it.

It's only getting worse. And it's going to keep happening. Buckle up. 

This is a big one. 

We're a full year into the second Trump administration and somehow terminally online leftists remain as immune to reason as ever. 

Isn't this just the worst?

I'm finding the protagonist to Vince Gilligan's latest show to be eerily, upsettingly relatable. 

A deep dive on conservative America's reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk. 

This isn't just a warning. The warning shots were fired long ago. The attack is here. It's taking place right now. What are we doing to fight back?

Is everybody paying attention? 

The Trump cult isn't a cult of personality, it's a cult of deception. What do I mean by that? Well... let me tell you.

Let's do this!

This is where we are. It's not on the horizon, it's not close by, it's here.

Frank Grimes was right about Homer Simpson, and he deserves our respect.

Why do we argue in bad faith? Why do we get defensive when we're wrong?

This is the last time I hope to talk about this for a while. 

A brief but pretty comprehensive history of Trump's nazi tactics over the last ten years. 

How do otherwise good people support bad things? Let's discuss and strategize. 

The ban that wasn't? And the possible future of social media. 

January 2025 is really giving January 2020 in the worst way. 

The good, the bad, the whole damn thing. 

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, maybe it's time we had a nice long chat about greed.

Letting the digital studio audience dictate the conversation.

Well... fuck. 

What does it mean to be accountable? And are we inviting men to find safety and community while being accountable and attempting to grow?

Just because your anger is justifiable and righteous, doesn't mean that acting out in the name of your anger will be useful.

Breaking down abortion from a medical, ethical, and moral perspective. Dr. Stacy De-Lin is a board-certified physician and the Associate Medical Director at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York. She maintains dual licensure in Florida and New York and has served as a director at Planned Parenthood for 11 years as an abortion provider, gynecologist and provider of full-spectrum reproductive health care.

Chappell Roan, mormon housewives, and some thoughts on the election.

Chatting with my life long best friend Cramer England about our new Podcast "The Oner with Austin and Cramer" available now wherever you get your podcasts and available on my personal YouTube channel!

Of all the derogatory things we've said about conservatives over the years in some foolish hope that they might hear us, somehow the word "weird" has finally struck a nerve. So why is that?

The political Overton window in America is weighted heavily to the far right. So much so that voters on the left typically have to settle for candidate who are barely left of center. So what would a long term strategy look like to shift that window back to the left and provide leftist voters with actually viable progressive candidates?

We hold space for the pain of those we love, we ask them to hold space for our pain as well. But how comfortable are we asking them to hold space for our joy? How good are we at holding space for theirs?

My brother Anthony and I talk about what makes us cry and the different ways that people express their emotions. 

Looking at the future of AI art, and exploring the psychology of the artificially intelligent brain.

Kristi Noem and her puppy murder, college campus protests, and why it's fine if you take a little time to text someone back. 

Self-reflection is important. But like all things it requires balance. Also the bad take brigade is back. So... yeah. 

Writer/Director Weston Razooli talks about the process for creating his first feature length film Riddle of Fire. 

Breaking down attachment theories and attachment styles with someone who literally wrote a book on the subject. 

Doing some optimistic projections of what a post-capitalist utopia could look like with Lia. Follow her @socialistsloots on IG and @ptite_lia on TikTok

This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.