How do we survive the nonstop news cycle and this reign of geopolitical fuckery? Trauma therapist Logan Cooper (Crooked Counselor Cooper) explains collective trauma, nervous system overload, and real ways to cope when the headlines never stop.

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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). Also, we breakdown the pros and cons of dating AI and unleash our new Rage Hotline segment “Would You Be Mad?”

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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 childhood traditions, and the very real question of whether family deserves unconditional access to you. From cutting ties with toxic parents to redefining chosen family, we talk boundaries, guilt, emotional pain, and why “but they’re family” isn’t a good enough reason to suffer. If you skipped a gathering, set a boundary, or chose peace over obligation, buy yourself a drink, a blunt or a massage.

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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 and FW’s ill-fated attempt to find Tara a date, all in one unhinged episode.

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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 outrage has become the world’s most addictive currency. AND, we rage bait ourselves by reading off hate comments left for us and our eyewear. Plus, Tara reveals she’s now carrying an infectious disease so alarming it deserves its own public health billboard.

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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. Then we ask the real question: why do some adults become absolute a**holes the second a ball gets involved? From rec-league meltdowns to board-game blowups, we’re looking at why people need to be winners so badly.

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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. On this Rage Pod episode, we get into why tiny disappointments feel so much bigger this time of year, why Ebar thinks you should replace your pepper spray for ice skates, and why we keep giving Thanksgiving way more emotional weight than it deserves.

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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 afghan of generational trauma. We’re unpacking the true cost of Thanksgiving: financial, emotional, and gastrointestinal, not excluding one Rage Hotline caller’s horrifying tale of turkey-induced salmonella and what we can only imagine ended with that scene from Bridesmaids (minus the dresses).

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