Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast
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A podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist
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238. Emily Zanotti on Catholicism, Chickens, and Not Fitting Political Boxes • Nancy and Sarah chat with the writer/politics veteran who has 14 chickens and a kink for Japanese new wave vinyl. They talk pro-choice vs. pro-life and how a woman's uterus after 40 is a loaded gun.
238. Emily Zanotti on Catholicism, Chickens, and Not Fitting Political Boxes
Nancy and Sarah chat with the writer/politics veteran who has 14 chickens and a kink for Japanese new wave vinyl. They talk pro-choice vs. pro-life and how a woman's uterus after 40 is a loaded gun.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
238. Emily Zanotti on Catholicism, Chickens, and Not Fitting Political Boxes • Nancy and Sarah chat with the writer/politics veteran who has 14 chickens and a kink for Japanese new wave vinyl. They talk pro-choice vs. pro-life and how a woman's uterus after 40 is a loaded gun.
First Sunday Zoom Hang of 2026 • It's 2026, toot toot! Bang bang! Bring your four-day hangovers, your resolutions, your good cheer and good wishes. And if someone has financial advice for the new year, we're all ears!
First Sunday Zoom Hang of 2026
It's 2026, toot toot! Bang bang! Bring your four-day hangovers, your resolutions, your good cheer and good wishes. And if someone has financial advice for the new year, we're all ears!
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January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
First Sunday Zoom Hang of 2026 • It's 2026, toot toot! Bang bang! Bring your four-day hangovers, your resolutions, your good cheer and good wishes. And if someone has financial advice for the new year, we're all ears!
237. Looking Back at 2025 (Best Of) • Sarah and Nancy survey the year, with cameo appearances by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Combs, Sydney Sweeney, Charlie Kirk, old classic books, and the AI future that awaits us.
237. Looking Back at 2025 (Best Of)
Sarah and Nancy survey the year, with cameo appearances by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Combs, Sydney Sweeney, Charlie Kirk, old classic books, and the AI future that awaits us.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
237. Looking Back at 2025 (Best Of) • Sarah and Nancy survey the year, with cameo appearances by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Combs, Sydney Sweeney, Charlie Kirk, old classic books, and the AI future that awaits us.
236. Kat Rosenfield Helps Us Build the Mount Rushmore of Hotness • The Free Press columnist and novelist joins us to talk love and ghosts and questionable relationship trends. Also: The media dust-ups of Bari Weiss and Megyn Kelly. Plus! Hottest man alive crowned
236. Kat Rosenfield Helps Us Build the Mount Rushmore of Hotness
The Free Press columnist and novelist joins us to talk love and ghosts and questionable relationship trends. Also: The media dust-ups of Bari Weiss and Megyn Kelly. Plus! Hottest man alive crowned
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December 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
236. Kat Rosenfield Helps Us Build the Mount Rushmore of Hotness • The Free Press columnist and novelist joins us to talk love and ghosts and questionable relationship trends. Also: The media dust-ups of Bari Weiss and Megyn Kelly. Plus! Hottest man alive crowned
235. Andy Mills Makes Us Feel Better About Humanity • The podcaster behind "The Last Invention" talks with Nancy and Sarah about creating stories that stay in the mind. They talk artificial intelligence, good books, and if 2020 can ever get a mea culpa.
235. Andy Mills Makes Us Feel Better About Humanity
The podcaster behind "The Last Invention" talks with Nancy and Sarah about creating stories that stay in the mind. They talk artificial intelligence, good books, and if 2020 can ever get a mea culpa.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
235. Andy Mills Makes Us Feel Better About Humanity • The podcaster behind "The Last Invention" talks with Nancy and Sarah about creating stories that stay in the mind. They talk artificial intelligence, good books, and if 2020 can ever get a mea culpa.
234. Pamela Paul Spills On Her Exit From The New York Times • The Wall Street Journal writer tells Nancy and Sarah why she forged into the NYT Opinion section -- and how she left. “It’s really unsettling when an Opinion section is afraid of opinions."
234. Pamela Paul Spills On Her Exit From The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal writer tells Nancy and Sarah why she forged into the NYT Opinion section -- and how she left. “It’s really unsettling when an Opinion section is afraid of opinions."
smokeempodcast.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
234. Pamela Paul Spills On Her Exit From The New York Times • The Wall Street Journal writer tells Nancy and Sarah why she forged into the NYT Opinion section -- and how she left. “It’s really unsettling when an Opinion section is afraid of opinions."
The Sociopaths Among Us: Serial Killer • Nancy's cross-country trip to interview serial killer John Wayne Gacy on death row
The Sociopaths Among Us: Serial Killer
Nancy's cross-country trip to interview serial killer John Wayne Gacy on death row
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December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us: Serial Killer • Nancy's cross-country trip to interview serial killer John Wayne Gacy on death row
First Sunday Zoom Hang: December... It Begins!
First Sunday Zoom Hang: December... It Begins!
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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
First Sunday Zoom Hang: December... It Begins!
The Sociopaths Among Us: Mythomania and Instrumental Murder • On Emmanuel Carrere's "The Adversary" and the unsettling possibility that your friend, your spouse, your neighbor has been planning all along to kill you
The Sociopaths Among Us: Mythomania and Instrumental Murder
On Emmanuel Carrere's "The Adversary" and the unsettling possibility that your friend, your spouse, your neighbor has been planning all along to kill you
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us: Mythomania and Instrumental Murder • On Emmanuel Carrere's "The Adversary" and the unsettling possibility that your friend, your spouse, your neighbor has been planning all along to kill you
233. Mary Katharine Ham on Keeping Calm in the Political Storm • The journalist/commentator has been a "weirdo" since childhood and hit tragedy as a young mom. She's learned to stay cool amid outrage. We talk Trump-Mamdani, Erika Kirk, and what conservatism means
233. Mary Katharine Ham on Keeping Calm in the Political Storm
The journalist/commentator has been a "weirdo" since childhood and hit tragedy as a young mom. She's learned to stay cool amid outrage. We talk Trump-Mamdani, Erika Kirk, and what conservatism means
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
233. Mary Katharine Ham on Keeping Calm in the Political Storm • The journalist/commentator has been a "weirdo" since childhood and hit tragedy as a young mom. She's learned to stay cool amid outrage. We talk Trump-Mamdani, Erika Kirk, and what conservatism means
232. Olivia Nuzzi and the Beds We Make Ourselves • Nancy and Sarah discuss a media feeding frenzy over a political writer with a very messy personal life. We talk ethics, ambition, and terrible first drafts. Also: Death by Lightning, road trips
232. Olivia Nuzzi and the Beds We Make Ourselves
Nancy and Sarah discuss a media feeding frenzy over a political writer with a very messy personal life. We talk ethics, ambition, and terrible first drafts. Also: Death by Lightning, road trips
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
232. Olivia Nuzzi and the Beds We Make Ourselves • Nancy and Sarah discuss a media feeding frenzy over a political writer with a very messy personal life. We talk ethics, ambition, and terrible first drafts. Also: Death by Lightning, road trips
Travelogue 2025, Days 5 & 6: Taos to Farmington, NM; Farmington to Amargosa Valley, NV • Plus a spooky story
Travelogue 2025, Days 5 & 6: Taos to Farmington, NM; Farmington to Amargosa Valley, NV
Plus a spooky story
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Travelogue 2025, Days 5 & 6: Taos to Farmington, NM; Farmington to Amargosa Valley, NV • Plus a spooky story
The Sociopaths Among Us: Sexual Sadism • A journalist looks for the good in a very bad person
The Sociopaths Among Us: Sexual Sadism
A journalist looks for the good in a very bad person
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us: Sexual Sadism • A journalist looks for the good in a very bad person
231. Girlfriend, We Have a Boyfriend Problem • Nancy and Sarah discuss a viral essay, "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" Kim Kardashian's new Hulu vehicle is popular -- and terrible. Also: Edith Wharton! Sebastian Junger!
231. Girlfriend, We Have a Boyfriend Problem
Nancy and Sarah discuss a viral essay, "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" Kim Kardashian's new Hulu vehicle is popular -- and terrible. Also: Edith Wharton! Sebastian Junger!
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
231. Girlfriend, We Have a Boyfriend Problem • Nancy and Sarah discuss a viral essay, "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" Kim Kardashian's new Hulu vehicle is popular -- and terrible. Also: Edith Wharton! Sebastian Junger!
First Sunday Zoom Hang: November Rocks
First Sunday Zoom Hang: November Rocks
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
First Sunday Zoom Hang: November Rocks
Smoking Diary #34: Screw Your Politics • An audio ramble on how political division has deranged us and why the way you vote should never be a stand-in for your moral character.
Smoking Diary #34: Screw Your Politics
An audio ramble on how political division has deranged us and why the way you vote should never be a stand-in for your moral character.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Smoking Diary #34: Screw Your Politics • An audio ramble on how political division has deranged us and why the way you vote should never be a stand-in for your moral character.
230. Mike Pesca Convinces Sarah Sports Betting Scandal Matters • The great podcaster talks with the ladies about gambling and the FBI investigation, his bonkers interview with Karine Jean-Pierre, and women's sex drives. Also: Baseball, Leo, men peeing in troughs!
230. Mike Pesca Convinces Sarah Sports Betting Scandal Matters
The great podcaster talks with the ladies about gambling and the FBI investigation, his bonkers interview with Karine Jean-Pierre, and women's sex drives. Also: Baseball, Leo, men peeing in troughs!
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
230. Mike Pesca Convinces Sarah Sports Betting Scandal Matters • The great podcaster talks with the ladies about gambling and the FBI investigation, his bonkers interview with Karine Jean-Pierre, and women's sex drives. Also: Baseball, Leo, men peeing in troughs!
The Sociopaths Among Us: Narcissistic Personality Disorder (updated) • How you know if you're dealing with one and what to do about it. Plus: People tell me their stories about dealing with family members suffering from NPD and other psychopathies
The Sociopaths Among Us: Narcissistic Personality Disorder (updated)
How you know if you're dealing with one and what to do about it. Plus: People tell me their stories about dealing with family members suffering from NPD and other psychopathies
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us: Narcissistic Personality Disorder (updated) • How you know if you're dealing with one and what to do about it. Plus: People tell me their stories about dealing with family members suffering from NPD and other psychopathies
229. Women, Vengeance and Cancel Culture • Nancy and Sarah bite into the juicy turkey leg of "The Great Feminization," a Helen Andrews essay on how female majorities changed society. Also: "The Perfect Neighbor" and Italian cooking!
229. Women, Vengeance and Cancel Culture
Nancy and Sarah bite into the juicy turkey leg of "The Great Feminization," a Helen Andrews essay on how female majorities changed society. Also: "The Perfect Neighbor" and Italian cooking!
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
229. Women, Vengeance and Cancel Culture • Nancy and Sarah bite into the juicy turkey leg of "The Great Feminization," a Helen Andrews essay on how female majorities changed society. Also: "The Perfect Neighbor" and Italian cooking!
228. Pitchforks Come for the Young Republicans • Nancy and Sarah discuss a controversial leaked group chat. How angry should people be? We talk slurs, bullying, common-enemy bonding, and privacy. Also: Mamdani debates! Fake Al Pacino woos us!
228. Pitchforks Come for the Young Republicans
Nancy and Sarah discuss a controversial leaked group chat. How angry should people be? We talk slurs, bullying, common-enemy bonding, and privacy. Also: Mamdani debates! Fake Al Pacino woos us!
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
228. Pitchforks Come for the Young Republicans • Nancy and Sarah discuss a controversial leaked group chat. How angry should people be? We talk slurs, bullying, common-enemy bonding, and privacy. Also: Mamdani debates! Fake Al Pacino woos us!
227. One (Portland/Antifa/Hollywood) Battle After Another • Nancy and Sarah talk Portland and why some folks want that 2020 feeling back. Then it's on to Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another': A debate! Plus, RIP Diane Keaton, class act.
227. One (Portland/Antifa/Hollywood) Battle After Another
Nancy and Sarah talk Portland and why some folks want that 2020 feeling back. Then it's on to Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another': A debate! Plus, RIP Diane Keaton, class act.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
227. One (Portland/Antifa/Hollywood) Battle After Another • Nancy and Sarah talk Portland and why some folks want that 2020 feeling back. Then it's on to Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another': A debate! Plus, RIP Diane Keaton, class act.
The Sociopaths Among Us #3: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome • Laurie Recht loves her 14-year-old daughter to death. Literally.
The Sociopaths Among Us #3: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
Laurie Recht loves her 14-year-old daughter to death. Literally.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us #3: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome • Laurie Recht loves her 14-year-old daughter to death. Literally.
First Sunday Zoom Hang: Cold Civil War Edition • Nancy's in Portland (kicking ass), Sarah's at home (sleepy), so let's chat about this Cold Civil War: Is it happening? Can we stop it? Do we want to? Paid subscribers only.
First Sunday Zoom Hang: Cold Civil War Edition
Nancy's in Portland (kicking ass), Sarah's at home (sleepy), so let's chat about this Cold Civil War: Is it happening? Can we stop it? Do we want to? Paid subscribers only.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
First Sunday Zoom Hang: Cold Civil War Edition • Nancy's in Portland (kicking ass), Sarah's at home (sleepy), so let's chat about this Cold Civil War: Is it happening? Can we stop it? Do we want to? Paid subscribers only.
226. Ezra and Ta-Nehisi and a Cold Civil War • Nancy and Sarah discuss the podcast that launched a thousand sh*t fits. Also: Portland update, Nicole Kidman's divorce, Pete Hegseth fat-shames the generals, and the comic novel everyone should read.
226. Ezra and Ta-Nehisi and a Cold Civil War
Nancy and Sarah discuss the podcast that launched a thousand sh*t fits. Also: Portland update, Nicole Kidman's divorce, Pete Hegseth fat-shames the generals, and the comic novel everyone should read.
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
226. Ezra and Ta-Nehisi and a Cold Civil War • Nancy and Sarah discuss the podcast that launched a thousand sh*t fits. Also: Portland update, Nicole Kidman's divorce, Pete Hegseth fat-shames the generals, and the comic novel everyone should read.
The Sociopaths Among Us #2: Candace Owens • Unpacking the most masterful opportunist I've encountered and what she is willing to do (read: anything) to stay relevant
The Sociopaths Among Us #2: Candace Owens
Unpacking the most masterful opportunist I've encountered and what she is willing to do (read: anything) to stay relevant
smokeempodcast.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Sociopaths Among Us #2: Candace Owens • Unpacking the most masterful opportunist I've encountered and what she is willing to do (read: anything) to stay relevant