The Rage Pod

Phone Sober-ish

No phones. 1 Week. Only for 12 hours at a time (I know we look like Buddhist monks but spoiler we’re not). On this podcast we combat our ever-present rage by challenging

Toddlers vs. Everyone Else

Are toddlers an international threat level 10 to our emotional security? Yes. But it turns out there’s more to them than being terrorists. On this episode, we chat with n

Vanity & the Rage of Aging

Vanity is better left as a spot to do your makeup or perform a mole check. Whether you're over-focusing on how someone looks (especially if it's yourself) or you're over-

Breakup Rage: Why It Hurts & What Not to Do

Breakups are hard, sometimes weird and awkward, even the amicable ones. And everyone has been unhinged over one. If not, congrats, you're perfectly actualized and we woul

Miscommunication Rage

Miscommunication is basically a personality trait at this point. People say they want honest communication, but do they really? This episode is a full rant on bad communi

Relationship Rage

How do we make romantic relationships work? Does it matter if they snore? (Yes). Does it matter if your cat hates them? (Also, yes.) We get into the nuance of committed r

Britney, Tyra, and a Vegan "Pizza Gate" Wedding

We take a break from politics and dive headfirst into pop culture chaos. From Britney’s DUI to Tyra Banks and America’s Next Top Model, to the ultimate rage debate: what’

Kristi Noem, Abortion Rights + DTF St. Louis

From the latest Kristi Noem firing to a listener's write-in about pro-choice/anti-abortion advocacy, we’re raging through the headlines. Ebar pitches a new book club for

Caregiving In America | The Hidden Crisis

Caregiving is holy work. In America? It’s also a fast track to exhaustion, debt, and invisibility. Dr. Erin Kent (UNC-Chapel Hill) breaks down the policy failures that le

Selective Outrage

A listener slides into our DMs to call us out on what they see as selective outrage around the Epstein files. So, we respond. Whoever was doing f-d up stuff connected to

But the Dow Is Up! | Pam Bondi Hearing Reaction

If the Dow is up, does humanity still matter? Tara and Ebar hop on a call to vent about the White Walker that is Pam Bondi, give a much needed salute to the survivors of

Epstein & The DOJ Cover-Up

The Epstein Files are unsealed, redactions are everywhere, and while other countries are launching criminal investigations, the U.S. Department of Justice remains silent.

This Is Not Normal

How do we survive the nonstop news cycle and this reign of geopolitical fuckery? Trauma therapist Logan Cooper (Crooked Counselor Cooper) explains collective trauma, nerv

Rage Against the Ice Machine

This week we get into the rage that everyone’s feeling around the undeniable murder of Alex Pretti and our new home of gas light city (courtesy of the US government). Als

Family Ties...Sometimes Should Be Cut

The holidays are over, everyone’s still exhausted and family rage is very much alive. In this episode we unpack holiday meltdowns, lost kids at Legoland, inappropriate ch

Hotline Bling: Best of the Rage Hotline

This week, we dig up never-before-heard rage audio and revisit our favorite Rage Hotline calls from the past year. Online dating rage, Thanksgiving disasters, and Ebar an

Rage Bait

Oxford named rage bait the Word of the Year and honestly, that choice alone rage-baited half the internet. We discuss how anger spreads faster than joy and conclude that

Pluribus, Toxic Positivity + Adult Volunteer Sports

This week we break down the toxic-positivity fever dream that is Vince Gilligan’s new show Pluribus and the main character’s rarely-contained rage in this shiny new world

Thanksgiving: Where Expectations Go to Die and Rage Flourishes

People expect a LOT at the holidays whether they realize it or not. And we're not just talking about the perfect cranberry mold. We're also talking about emotional mold.

Thanks For Nothing

I love traveling for Thanksgiving… said no one stuck in TSA lines, budgeting for airfare, or emotionally preparing to sleep in their childhood twin bed under a crocheted