Society & Culture
The debates splitting the country down the middle.
1 hr 0 minEp. 48 · October 8, 2026
Sunny Hostin & The Cornell 7 Backlash
Sunny Hostin said something on The View that people actually noticed, and now people are calling her a victim blamer. XO digs into the Cornell 7 backlash: the panel's takes, the "Daniel and Goliath" slip, frat-house stereotypes, and how New York's consent laws turned a messy night into a national argument.
1 hr 19 minEp. 44 · July 2, 2026
Empire State Climbers & Transgender Athletes
Two daredevils climbed the Empire State Building's spire to unfurl a banner for love, and XO is rooting for them. Then the Supreme Court rules states can keep biological males out of girls' and women's sports, and XO weighs in with a story from XO's own wrestling days.
1 hr 18 minEp. 42 · June 18, 2026
Peace with Iran, Karmelo Anthony, & The First Trillionaire
The U.S. and Iran finally have a deal, and XO is team peace while Israel is very much not. Plus the Karmelo Anthony case, the GoFundMe money that followed it, the race to the world's first trillionaire, and why life feels worse than it used to.
59 minEp. 22 · January 30, 2026
At what point is abortion unethical?
At what point does abortion become unethical? Skipping both extremes, XO works through fetal viability at 22 to 24 weeks, double-homicide law, vanishing twins, and whether frequency should matter, and lands on a proposal: push medicine until babies can survive outside the womb earlier.
1 hr 5 minEp. 20 · January 23, 2026
Why are bad words "bad"?
Who decided bad words are bad? From getting in trouble for saying "this sucks" in math class to the words even XO won't say, an argument that words mean only what we give them, that professionalism is about meeting the bar, and that the offense comes from us.
1 hr 12 minEp. 17 · January 12, 2026
Is burying the dead unethical?
XO drove past a cemetery and started asking whether burying the dead is unethical. Land use, caskets that never break down, chemicals seeping into the ground, funeral homes cashing in on grief, and charging people to cremate their own loved ones: maybe this tradition is overdue for a rethink.
57 minEp. 12 · December 26, 2025
The vaccine debate isn't as simple as it seems
Why does asking questions about vaccines get you treated like you want grandma dead? XO pushes back on both sides of Gavin de Becker's conversation on the Joe Rogan Experience, from measles deaths to quitting the flu shot, and asks for what any parent wants: what's in it, what each ingredient does, and whether there's a safer way.
42 minEp. 9 · June 23, 2025
Does taxing the rich keep you poor?
Tax the rich, eat the rich, forget the rich, right? XO argues that mindset might be what keeps you broke: money habits passed down through families, how comparing yourself to others turns into resentment, and why making the successful pay for everything we demand doesn't fix anything.
1 hr 1 minEp. 8 · June 16, 2025
Does tap water make you stupid?
What if they've been lowering our IQ through the tap water? XO digs into fluoride: why it ended up in the water, the studies linking it to lower IQ, what "mildly intellectually disabled" actually means in points, and a tongue-in-cheek 500-year plan to make everyone easier to herd.
1 hr 7 minEp. 4 · May 19, 2025
Should we be teaching this to kids?
Society isn't collapsing all at once. It's a slow collapse we're watching with a smile. XO breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court case over parents opting their kids out of LGBTQ-themed school books, with detours into gym class, the DARE program, and what teachers should leave to parents.
1 hr 8 minEp. 2 · May 5, 2025
Are we all being controlled?
Since the beginning of mankind, a select few have run everyone else. But that's completely hypothetical, please don't take it seriously. XO's deadpan look at control: the war on drugs, why psychedelics and weed were made illegal, the abortion debate, religious loopholes, and the herd that lets it all happen.