Two Hot Takes

My sister introduced me to this podcast about 1.5 years ago. I immediately got hooked. I proceeded to start from the beginning and I have binged through all the episodes including the free ones on Patreon. I am sad that I’m completely caught up now and as a pretty cheap person I am now even considering getting a plan on Patreon to keep the fun going! I absolutely love this show, the THT family, and guests! I enjoy the wild stories, the different perspectives, and I am impressed with everyone’s insight. Before a stressful day of work or after a stressful day of work I can count on this show to give me a good laugh, distraction, or help me to be more open to different perspectives. PS I was so excited when I saw a 3 hour update episode!! I absolutely loved it and sad that I already finished it. Thank you THT family for all your hard work for keeping us entertained! I truly appreciate all that you do and hope you stick around doing this for a long time.

I want to say I started listening to this podcast earlier this year and have added it to my weekly listens. It’s great to put on at work.. u may catch urself reacting out loud! You’ve BEEN WARN! always enjoy the stories on this podcast cause people are WILD! If there’s one thing I would shed light on is how much girl power is throughout the show and I love it! However I do feel there’s a lack of accountability that’s held for the women in a lot of the discussions. I wish there would be more of a challenge in POV while discussing the stories. it just seems like most of the guest or cohost have the same POV as Morgan which causes the discussion to go short or opinions based on only one POV, most of the time. That’s my only take away. Outside of that, I’m listening!

Love this show and how positive Morgan keeps the vibes when the world is burning around us! I look forward to new episodes each week. I love when Morgan has her friends or family on, but some guests are awesome as well! (Just feel like some guests come across less personable than Morgan and her crew. Could be a connection issue)

This became one of my weekly regular listens over the pandemic, but lately I’ve realized that while listening to these eps, I never feel good after. I usually feel gross, sad or rage-baited. AITA Reddit stories are mostly rage-baity, I know, but man, sometimes the stories can be so heavy, depressing or downright upsetting. Not really the fault of the hosts - they are pulling stories that get the most attention. But the internet in general isn’t fueled by echo chambers, it’s fueled by rage. The most rage-baiting topics are what get the most clicks, views and engagement. It’s not a happy place. I’m unsubscribing from This show not because of anything inherently bad by the creators, but this kind of content just isn’t healthy and I am trying to detox my life from social platforms and rage bait in general. ——- also, the amount of ads in this show has gotten out of control, so that’s also gotten so annoying lol

I’m officially done with this podcast. Morgan is a pick-me through and through and so full of herself. Lauren is ok at least. Morgan cannot seem to let anyone else have the floor. Every story somehow becomes an opportunity for a personal anecdote, an interruption, or a way to bring the conversation back to herself. She and her guests also talk WAY too much between stories. Half the time I forget what the original story was because we’ve gone on a 20-minute tangent about Morgan’s life. She also frequently speaks as if she’s uninformed about pretty basic things, which is especially grating considering how often she reminds listeners about her degree. Having a degree doesn’t automatically make every opinion insightful. The episodes with Morgan and her husband are especially unbearable. They both seem to love the sound of their own voices, and listening to them talk in circles is genuinely rage-inducing. They really are perfect for each other in that regard. The whole podcast has also stopped feeling like a welcoming space. Between the self-importance, constant interruptions, endless tangents, and mediocre takes, I genuinely don’t understand the hype anymore. Also, stop making everything political. There are much better shows in this genre. Smosh Reads Reddit Stories and Charlotte Dobre are both significantly more entertaining without making me feel like I’m trapped in someone else’s never-ending personal conversation. Unfollowing. I’m over it.

I’ve been listening to this podcast since day one. I’m a Patreon subscriber, I’ve bought merch, I was not just a listener but a FAN. I’ve always looked over (or fast forwarded) through the liberal rants, found Morgan’s misuse of phrases cute and relatable, and digested this show for what it was without taking any “hot takes” as scripture. But today I reached my breaking point. As Morgan set off on yet another weekly bashing rant against “Boy Moms” and their desire to sleep with their sons, I became increasingly nauseous, as I always do, turned off the podcast, cancelled my Patreon, and removed this show from my library. Morgan, I’ll address this directly to you. As a single mother of 2 young boys, my number one goal as a parent is to raise good men who will grow up to become good husbands, and good dads. My boys have been taught chivalry since the day they could hold open a door. And I’m not alone. Every “boy mom” in my life is trying to do the same thing. And spoiler alert…not one of us has the desire to have sex with our children. On your show, where you give grace to the most audacious people who do the most horrendous things, it’s MOTHERS to boys who are immediately ridiculed, blamed, and labeled as pedophiles. Even in stories where the mother is clearly just overbearing and protective (as mothers tend to be) you, Morgan, cannot fathom any other reason for her actions than “she wants to sleep with her child”. That a mother with male children only reacts to situations, not with the primal instinct to protect her children at all costs, but because she is sexually attracted to her son and “wants to marry him.” Let that sink in. I hope one day you heal the part of you that thinks a mother’s love, no matter how misdirected, can only stem from a sexual desire to sleep with her child. I hope one day when (if) you’re a mom, you’ll understand the pure, unwavering and unconditional love that comes with raising children. Yes, even boys.