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Chelsea Clinton
So.
Jennifer
Are we supposed to start the podcast?
Angie
Ready?
Jennifer
1, 2, 3.
Angie
Oh.
Jennifer
What'S going on over there?
Angie
1, 2, 3.
Jennifer
Much better. I mean, it's all right. Sometimes third time's the charm.
Angie
Sometimes.
Jennifer
All right. Your vape's already dropping. I mean, you're already a catastrophe.
Angie
Falling apart at the seams.
Jennifer
Listen. Patriots Gay Trio. They Trio. Black Triots, Brown Trio. Welcome to America's top DEI podcast Pumps. What have you had it with?
Angie
Okay, what I've had it with is all this AI in just infiltrating my life.
Jennifer
I'm sure that's rather confusing for you.
Angie
It's very confusing. I didn't know when you're talking about your order with a company and they say, do you want to chat? And I'm like, oh, yeah. I thought I got a representative.
Jennifer
I thought I was talking to a person.
Angie
In fact, I was talking to an AI bot. So my kids are making fun of me because I'm, like, worried about my grammar, punctuation. I asked him how to spell a word is how I alerted him to it. I was like, hey, how do you spell such as? They're like, who are you texting? And I was like, oh, I'm texting with the, you know, customer service representative from blah blah company. And they're like, mom, it's A.I. i was like, what? It's not a person. They're like, no. And then Kylie shows me a video the other day. I go through the whole thing, have no idea. It's AI So I feel like I am just. I am at ground zero of AI is going to screw with my head big time and I'm not even going to know it.
Jennifer
Yeah, I would imagine at your advanced stage, it's going to be quite the minefield.
Angie
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Jennifer
It sure is. It sure is. You know, I was watching these AI videos that people made of dogs doing a diving competition. And so they have, like, this. It's like a Doberman. He goes up to the diving board and jumps, and then does all the flips and then like perfectly splashes in and then there's like a chihuahua and then like an English bulldog. I all the different breeds. And then I sent it to my kids and they sent me back. They have cats doing it. And so now like I realize how many people around the world right now are sitting here watching. None of this is even real. And I'm, I probably sat and watched these diving videos for five, 10 minutes that I'm never going to get back. But here's what I'm going to say. I really quite enjoyed it. Kind of liked it. I did. I was into it. It was better than reading about the United States of America, right?
Angie
The demise of democracy.
Jennifer
Yeah, it was all right. Let me tell you what I've had it with. I've had it with convicted felon President Taco Tits signing his lie social posts. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Angie
It's so moronic.
Jennifer
Thank you. Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. I just want. Just shut the up. Don't thank us for anything. I mean, I wish that he could shut the fuck up. But then I think if he shut the fuck up, would we all be freaking out? Because it would be like, what is he doing?
Angie
What's going on? Yeah, I mean, what's happening that he's not melting down somewhere? Here's the thing. What I've had it with in that same vein is that we are, I mean, the United States of America is now conducting both internal domestic policy and national policy, global policy on truth social.
Jennifer
That is just lie social.
Angie
Lie social. I mean it's the biggest scam. The only reason it exists is because he incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol and was banned from other social media platforms. But he is conducting all of his policy on that site and people act like it's normal.
Jennifer
This is one of. Here's something else I've had it with. I've had it with when you enter, if you're watching, you know, something on YouTube or something on mainstream media and they go into like, you know, conflict unfolding in Iran and Israel and the President has big decisions to make that we're not leading with. The President, you know, couldn't pronounce cryptologist and keeps giving up national security secrets on lie social. And he. The nuclear codes. And now it appears that Iran knows how, I mean Israel knows how compromised he is and is dog walking him into a war. And so this kind of stuff where they just give him the affirmative action of sanity based on the job Title that drives me nuts. I mean, it drives me insane. Because the biggest story all day, every day, above the fold should be this man is spiraling, mentally spiraling. And he has been for like nine, 10 years, right before our very eyes. But it's as bad as it's ever been.
Angie
Well, I think that something that they should preface everything about Donald Trump in all affairs is Donald Trump is a malignant narcissist, therefore unable to think outside of himself about anything or care about anything but himself. So he's over in the Middle east accepting a gift from Qatar because that's what he wants. And he doesn't give a fuck about how it affects anybody else, especially the American people.
Jennifer
The problem is, like, if you start saying malignant narcissist to the American public, a lot of people don't know what that means. And as we previously covered on other podcasts, there's been a lot of abuse of using the word narcissist to describe people's behavior when they're not really narcissists. So that's, that's kind of, you know, primed to where when you hear somebody's a narcissist, you're like, whatever, everybody's a narcissist.
Angie
Everybody's a narcissist.
Jennifer
Everybody's ex is a narcissist, but he truly is one. But I mean, I wonder how, like, I know the cult is still 100% in, but I wonder how, like just middle Americans, like, when they see him speaking and stuff, do they still think, yeah, he's crushing it? I mean, your parents are maga.
Angie
Yeah, but I supported that. They don't. Well, we wouldn't have had a conversation about him. I don't think they see it. Fox News edits when he gets applause, edits his comments to make him look sane. So the average Fox News viewer has no idea what an abject failure, disaster, unhinged moron he is. They just don't see it. Because Fox cherry picks what they put together. Or they just flat ass edited it.
Jennifer
Yeah.
Angie
Edit it so that he sounds somewhat rational. I mean, as best they can. But I don't think you're. I don't think they see it. I just don't even think there's exposure to it.
Jennifer
I, I think even the stuff that they would have to see, in my opinion, even something that has been kind of cherry picked, the stuff that he speaks to his goals and ambitions as president, are so morally depraved that it, they like it. They like the deportations, they like Seeing when they hear that ICE is at, Home Depot is rounding up people. And let's just face it, Home Depot isn't some hotbed of convicted felons hanging out. You've got people that work on job sites that are there getting supplies to go work. And so I think a lot of these people are just so propagandized their whole entire lives to racism that when he speaks about deporting people that are brown skinned, it's their love language.
Angie
It is. They like it.
Jennifer
Yeah.
Angie
All right.
Jennifer
Welcome to I've had It. I'm Jennifer.
Angie
I'm Angie the hbic.
Jennifer
That's the head beaver in charge. Stands for beaver. It stands for beaver. Kylie.
Kylie
Hello.
Jennifer
What's going on on the Internet?
Kylie
Got a couple reviews for you.
Jennifer
Okay.
Kylie
The first one is five stars titled Someone Called David Attenborough. And they write, I tune in every Tuesday and Thursday with breath that is baited. Hoping beyond all hope that we receive the latest update on Pump's journey towards lesbianism. I don't think people realize just how exciting that is. The full process of the emergence of a latent life, and in this case, late, late, late in life. Lesbian has never before been documented on film. This is cinematic history in the making. All that's missing is the voiceover from David Attenborough.
Jennifer
That's probably the best idea I've heard in quite some time.
Angie
Absolutely.
Jennifer
I mean, and for it to be narrated by David Attenborough, it would just be, you know, it would be like, at first she assumed she was a hetero, and then she formed. Crawled on the long bridge known as the asexual one.
Angie
The precursor. Wait, how do you say that? I don't. I'm not good at a British accent.
Jennifer
Well, it's the same language.
Angie
I know, but with the accent.
Jennifer
Well, I'm not. I'm not either.
Angie
So, like, the precursor to lesbianism always being asexual.
Jennifer
Yeah. What do you think about that, Kylie?
Kylie
I think I love it. I also hadn't thought about how we have probably documented almost three years now of this journey. And so we really could put something beautiful together when we figure out what's at the end of this.
Jennifer
I mean, I think we could be at like, the Cannes Film Festival. I agree with this with the most, Bo.
Angie
I mean, if my sex life is a movie, we're going on three years of absolutely nothing happen.
Jennifer
You're selling yourself short. I mean, you would have supporting cast members, the Sagging Dragons. I mean, I mean, America's greatest legal mind, America's top DEI podcaster. I mean it's. I think you're selling yourself short pumps.
Kylie
Yeah, there's a lot of interviews I'd.
Jennifer
Want to do too.
Kylie
I'd want to get that married man on there. We get him on camera, there's a lot of people we could pull into this.
Jennifer
I agree. The married man is someone I would like to interview. I think that, I think that's a really, a little question and answer. Yeah, I think that would be a really good addition to it to the lineup. Yeah.
Angie
And a guest spot.
Jennifer
Okay, and then what's next, Kylie?
Kylie
Okay, the next one is five stars titled Bright Spot in my week and they write, I look forward to listening to you ladies every week. I'm a liberal raised by radical liberals that for some dumb reason move to a red state. You're a bright spot in my day. And while I have to live by flat earthers and MAGA idiots, I have the ability to turn you ladies on and listen to some very intelligent conversations.
Jennifer
I relate to that so very much because I'm a liberal atheist and my parents are liberal atheists and I had to live in this red state and it's just, it's so such a regressive space at times. And the conversations that I've had to have are throughout my childhood and a lot of my adulthood is just defending reason, right? Defending critical thinking. Because a lot of my peers, you know, when I was in high school thought the earth was 5,000 years old. And so it's, it's really. Red states can be so regressive and it seems to me like they're getting all the more regressive. And I, everybody knows. I blame the mega church culture for making it even worse because most societies as human beings, you, you dive into art, all sorts of art, film, literature, you know, art galleries, etc, but in red states the culture becomes the megachurch. And in, in evangelical Christianity it is a multi level marketing thing where they feel this disgusting desire to have to recruit everybody to be on their team. And it's by design. It's incredibly toxic and codependent to go to somebody who you kind of casually know and start act asking them questions, questions about their worldviews on existentialism and assuming that you know what's better for them than what they know. Like if you went and sit in front of a therapist and you said I'm dating this guy and he thinks that I should dye my hair black and that I'm going to have a better afterlife if I dye my hair black and that this is not the Right. Hair color. For me, the hair stylist would. I mean, the therapist would look at you and say, he's controlling and, and codependent. And that's incredibly toxic. But when it comes to religion, these recruiters of evangelical Christianity are toxic, codependent, nosy, like complete boundary violators, but they do it with impunity because there's this notion in particularly in the Bible Belt that you cannot criticize somebody's faith. And I'm like, they're the, they're the fuckers that bring it up all the time. So once they bring it up, it's game on for me. I'm like, you think the earth is 5,000 years old and you think you have a better life plan for me than I do? You're a moron.
Angie
Let's fucking go.
Jennifer
Let's go.
Angie
You forgot about the other cultural phenomenon in red States. Guns.
Jennifer
Oh, yeah, yeah. That's. That's the thing for our. I know we have a lot of international viewers, but the, the most Jesusy.
Angie
People also have the most guns 100% of the time.
Jennifer
And I'm just going to tell you this as a rule of thumb for any of you that ever decide you want to be, like, adventurous and go on American safari, you could go to a red state. And the people who speak the most about their faith and the people who are the nosiest about your faith 100% of the time are the most up people you will ever meet in your life. The most morally depraved, the most hypocritical, the most flawed every time. It has always rung out that way for me. I've never met somebody who's loud about their faith that wasn't you. Equally as fucked up ever. I never have.
Angie
We should start a travel agency. The American Safari. The Bible Belt.
Jennifer
We could be the tour guides. Right, and it's a dump truck. Today we're going to go to this exotic cult called Life Church. The preacher has a private plane, 25 kids and stylists. I think he has like something like 30 life churches now. Like 30. I mean, if that isn't a grift business model set up. But you know what? I guarantee you some of our, like, European listeners right now would find it fascinating because it is like literally like going back in time. People that deny science, deny facts, and then believe in magical thinking. Like, I was always so shocked when I was younger and people told me they believed in spiritual warfare. I thought that was kind of weird. But you're still kind of attached to fairy tales. Being right, you know, in your kind of.
Angie
Yeah.
Jennifer
So I, I, but as an adult, when I had an adults tell me that. Oh, yeah, yeah. I had this one friend and she goes, oh, yeah. I mean, spiritual warfare is very real. Like, at all times, there's like demons fighting over here and angels fighting over here and they're fighting over you to make the right decision. And I remember just thinking, this is crazy. Like, that is so insane. And what a paranoid way to live.
Angie
Yeah.
Jennifer
Grow up and grow up.
Angie
Yeah.
Jennifer
All right, Kylie, do we have anything else or is it time for the news?
Kylie
It's time for the news.
Angie
Okay.
Jennifer
All right. This is, this segues perfectly into what we were just talking about. Okay. The Journal of Research and Personality did a study who believes in, in conspiracy theories. A meta analysis on personality correlates on average, people who believe in pseudoscience, suffer from paranoia or schizot, are narcissistic or religious, slash spiritual, and have relatively low cognitive ability, are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Okay.
Angie
Wow.
Jennifer
I've been saying this forever, and I just like it when we find the science that correlates. Because I think that religion sets the psychological soil for people to believe in outlandish conspiracy theories. And I think it further sets the psychological soil for people to fall prey to authoritarian thinking. Because if you are super religious, God is an authoritarian in your life. He controls everything. And you're told that your entire life, he knows what you're going to be, what you're going to do, he has a plan for you, blah, blah. So then you're. You fall prey to this authoritarian style thinking. Especially if your form of Christianity was very Old Testament, you know, hellfire, brimstone type stuff, then it makes perfect sense that if you grew up your whole life worshiping this authoritarian imaginary friend, that you could easily, like Trump would be familiar to you. One guy fixing it all. One. Only one guy knowing how to do everything. And he's also kind of a dick.
Angie
Right?
Jennifer
You know, and he's, he says what everybody's thinking.
Angie
I mean, he's just the most. Rude bullying. You know, this is. I'm glad to see this because I really do sit around and think. I just had no idea like that, that many people were into conspiracy theories. But they are. I mean, I think they've always been like that. They've just all found each other on the Internet.
Jennifer
Yeah, I think that they found. I mean, I think you, you have a lot of broken people. I mean, I, I browbeat on this a lot, but at the core of it is. A lot of these people were religiously abused, spiritually abused as children, you know, and they're damaged. They're very damaged from this religious indoctrination. And then they arrive at adulthood broken from that abuse. And probably their parents were kind of up to probably an eye for an eye, you know, spanking their kids and caught their. I remember I dated this guy in high school, poor guy. And his dad was a former, like Southern Baptist preacher. So his parents were real strict. His mom caught him masturbating a few times in high school, and she just browbeat the out of him. And he felt so much shame and he felt so terrible about it, that it was the devil and it was Satan. And I just don't think people outside of the Bible belt realize how much in the culture this stuff is, the.
Angie
Purity culture, how it is. So it's everywhere, folded into every fiber of the culture.
Jennifer
It is just. It is a real people lead with this. And the Republican Party has tied itself to this because the. The easiest people to manipulate are the religious fanatics. And so the Republican Party has been able to manipulate them so that the people at the top can garner more wealth and privilege. And. And I think a lot. You just have a lot of damaged people. It's my hope that someday in the Bible, you know, like deprogramming therapy centers pop up for people to go deconstruct their faith and deal with the abuse they dealt with from this religion and their parents enforcing it and cramming down their throats. Because once these people get to adulthood, it's. They either have two choices, they can continue it and do the same to their kids, or it all falls apart and they, you know, you only have this one life and, you know, wouldn't it be great to have a place where people could go deconstruct their faith and maybe that deconstruction, they're still spiritual. You know, it's so ingrained into them to have some form of prayer or daily meditation that that's something they don't want to give up. But I'm sure everybody's deconstruction look differently. But I can tell you this. I've never met, truly, I've never met. Met like an evangelical Christian that I thought, God, that person has their together. I. I just. It's never happened. I can't think of one. And I'm surrounded by them. Have you.
Angie
I don't know. Probably I was inside for too long for it to hit me like it hits you, you know, to like it be Like a radar ping?
Jennifer
Yeah, I think, I think the more distance you get from it, you'll see it. Okay, next up, Fox News has some groundbreaking reporting. White men are walking around on eggshells at work, afraid to speak freely. Almost 2 in 318 to 29 year old white men are too afraid to voice their opinions at work for fear of being fired, according to a poll. Millions of guys facing discrimination or hostility walking around on eggshells too anxious or scared to speak out. According to the poll, 43% of white men spanning all age groups say they are self censoring their speech at work. And an additional 25 million men claim they've not been given jobs or promotions because of being white men.
Angie
My blood is boiling right now. My heart rate just went up a million percent. So you can't say the R word. You can't say sexist remarks at work. You can't slap your assistant on the ass. Poor fucking you. You were passed over for jobs because of your race and your skin color. Shut the fuck up. You have had the affirmative action of being white and male since the beginning of time. So quit crying, you little baby. Look inward and say, what can I do better? Instead of worrying about how you can't say ugly things about other people, you racist fuck.
Jennifer
Well, and I do think that this is a direct aftermath of Trump being in the spotlight for 10 years, right? He is a nonstop whining, crying, titty baby victim and he's perpetually in that state. And so 18 to 29 year olds, so let's say an 18 year old in this two and three, 18 year old. From 8 years old, Trump's been either president or when Biden was president, he dominated the headlines and now he's president again, 29 year old. So from your whole adult life when you start talking about politics, this is it. This is the consequence of Trumpism on men. And everybody's trying to figure out in this country, oh my God, white men are suffering. White men are suffering. And polling shows that, that, you know, Gen Z, our kids generation, they're more isolated, they don't have as much human connection. But white boys seem to be really, really having the, getting the brunt of this. And I think I want to see the research where we, we tackle that. These kids, these 18 to 29 year olds, 2 and 3, did they grow up in a MAGA home? Right, with Fox on? Because I guarantee you we will be correct yet again.
Angie
I've been saying this for a long time. When I started seeing like young people in my Mind the MAGA person was a Fox News watcher. That was before I really realized about that, you know, the right wing echo chamber. And I started seeing younger kids in the, you know, hyper masculine bullshit. I'm, I'm really scared because, like, is.
Jennifer
It the bar stoolization of the youth? Because it is a real. There's, there's so many different MAGA coded places for mass misogyny and some of them aren't hyper political, but you know, it's there. There is this bro jock culture and it goes from barstool Joe Rogan all the way to the Tate brothers. But all of that is misogynistic and ultimately damaging to males because it always makes them feel angry, horny. Um, and that somehow women are the enemy.
Angie
Right. Well, that they're not excelling because women are, or they're not excelling because black people are. I mean, it's just like I look inward, make changes within yourself to get better.
Jennifer
Well, and then to those young moms sitting at home right now and young dads sitting at home listening to us, there's the nature of males, but there's also the nurture. And if you choose to breed, it's really, really difficult being a parent. But we. That is where the nurture comes in. And you have to be just vigilantly protective of the people that you raise and what they defend and what they stand for. And you know, MAGA likes to talk a lot about family values, but this is truly family values. Teach your kids what your values are and monitor what they're engaged in while they're still under your roof. Otherwise the Internet is this big, dark, scary space. Somebody else is going to raise them and somebody else is going to impact them. And it's, you know, it's sad, it's really, really sad what's happening to everybody in their silos. And then some people, because of neglect, get raised by Andrew Tate.
Angie
Right.
Jennifer
You know, think he's great. Yeah. Pumps and I need to share with everybody that we have written a book. It's called Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches and believe it or not, Pumps and I have not always been so rock solid. And we talk about all of our trials, tribulations, most of all our fuck ups. Yes. Because fuck ups are relatable and a part of the human experience.
Angie
I have gotten so much feedback regarding the book that because of my situation, situation with the religion and addiction and all that, that people relate to that. So I do think there's something to take away that's comforting about it. Because we've all been in very difficult.
Jennifer
Situations and listener what we want you to do. This is the IT book for summer reading. So please get your copy of Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches and take a picture of yourself with the book and really great book places and tag at I've had it podcast and we will share your images with our summer IT book. You can buy it in bookstores, you can buy it in the link in our bio. You can buy it at Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc all the retailers. Happy reading and Happy summer.
Angie
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Jennifer
We are so excited to have a guest on I've had it who I feel like kind of grew up with.
Angie
I've known like I know forever.
Jennifer
I think she's just meeting us for the first time today. But it is Dr. Chelsea Clinton. She is an author and advocate and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation. Chelsea Clinton, welcome to I've Had It. How are you?
Chelsea Clinton
How am I? I'm many things. That's my answer these days. I'm many things. My children are great. They're so fun. My middle one just turned nine. My daughter is 10. Our youngest is five. They're awesome and I'm distraught about the world, right? So like I'm many things every day.
Jennifer
You know, I think 9 and 10 are like the honeymoon stages of parenting because you're over the temper tantrums and there's a little bit of autonomy, meaning they can open the car door, climb in, fasten their seat belt, do all of the things that you just have to do for them, but they don't have hormones yet, right? And so it's like this real magic time where I remember I have two sons when they were around probably like 7 to 11 ish. And I'm like, oh, this is it. This is the jam right here. It's not toddlers because toddlers, it's like living with an alcohol. Know they bite you, they throw up on you, then they kiss you. It's just completely psychotic. But then 7 to 11, I think was the honeymoon period.
Chelsea Clinton
I, I don't know if I would think my 5 year old is, is psychotic, but he does seem to have like, you know, understandably no sense of boundaries. Right. So like sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night, he's just standing there staring at me. I go, oh my gosh, not a ghost. Jasper. Like, are you okay? He's like, yes. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like waiting for you. He's like, how long have you been here? He's like, I don't know, you know, and then I'll check the camera later. And sometimes it's like he's been there for two minutes and sometimes he's been there for two hours. I realized for us, like the big point of autonomy was when our children, and this is not true of our little one yet were strong enough to open the refrigerator door.
Angie
Yes, right.
Chelsea Clinton
When they could open their refrigerator door and they could like take out milk and then they could, you know, pour milk onto their cereal. Or when my daughter now is like definitely old enough to be able to like make herself or her brother's eggs. Like it's the kitchen, I think, where I really feel like, oh, like there's something about your physical size and ability to move in space and the connection between like your brain and your body that like shows like you're becoming a real person. You can somewhat take care of themselves.
Angie
Well, so do you have your kid? I remember as a mother I have three and little kids were not. I wasn't great with little kids. I liked them every year as they got older. But summer was a hard time because you were camp. It was, you know, camp. Angie, what are we going to do today? Having to fill their lives with activities. So do you have a big summer schedule planned or they go to camps or day school?
Chelsea Clinton
Yeah, they go to, they go to lots of day camps. My husband's one of 11 and so I know that is the Inevitable reaction. He's Mormon, no blended family, but he's the 10th of 11, so he has no memory of kind of anything but this extraordinarily wonderful, large cacophony of life. And so a lot of our summers, in a wonderful way, are ensuring that our kids can see their cousins. I'm an only child and my mother in Law has 23 grandkids. So it's just like a totally different dynamic and one that is not like part of why I fell in love with my husband or so grateful that he's my partner and all, including in parenting. But I do think it's been a real gift for our kids to know that for my parents, since I'm an only child, they're only grandchildren, like, my parents want to know everything about every aspect of their lives at all time and show up to like every play, every concert and, like, are so enthusiastic. And sometimes my children are like, oh my God, like, pop up. You don't have to like clap that loudly or grandma, this isn't that special. And for my mother in law, she's like, okay, I think I can be at like the 12th out of 15 things that are on the family calendar because I'm already committed to like, all the other kids who like, were in queue first. So.
Jennifer
Yeah, that's kind of a cool experience for your kids though, to have that on both sides. I mean, totally. Yeah. It's kind of the best of both worlds. Do they, do your kids have any, any idea how famous their grandparents are?
Chelsea Clinton
Not my five year old. Really? I don't think. I think. I mean, he could tell you, like, oh, my pop. Pop was president or my grandma was secretary of State, but I don't think he really understands that it's abstract. Also, like, he wants to be a rock star, so he's way more interested.
Jennifer
That's not impressive.
Chelsea Clinton
Yeah, exactly. It's not impressive. Like, he's way more interested in learning about, like, the musicians that he's already gravitating to.
Jennifer
Well, we. I love hearing about your kids. I think that's really cool. But we have to get onto the petty grievances, Chelsea. So I have to.
Chelsea Clinton
I'm in. I'm. I'm into this.
Jennifer
I'm.
Chelsea Clinton
I'm here to talk about my grievances, large and small that may be widely shared or specific. Just to me. I'm ready.
Jennifer
Okay. So what have you had it with?
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, my gosh. Well, on a personal basis, this is. I feel both guilty, but also know I'm not alone. Like, my Husband never puts his clothes in the dirty laundry basket, just next to the dirty laundry basket. And I will say, when we first moved in together, I remember having this conversation with my mom, and my mom was like, okay, so much about, like, a partnership. And like, ultimately, if this is where you and Mark wind up, the marriage is understanding, like, what is worth, like, the tension and the hashing it out, even if you never successfully, like, get to a better place. And what you just have to acknowledge, like, this person is never going to change. And so it is a grievance that I have carried in my heart for, like, the 20 years we've been together, but also have, like, decided on an almost daily basis that it doesn't, like, raise the level of, like, do I really need this man who is like, so wonderful and good and responsible and like 18,000 other ways to be like, changed in this one way? Or am I going to like, suffocate my feminist heart in like one small breath every morning and evening and just like, put the clothes in the laundry basket myself? Because to his credit, he will do the laundry. It just never, like, gets into the basket of his own volition and agency.
Jennifer
I call these problems normal people problems. So my husband suffered from addiction and he's in. In recovery. And so we had these big, massive, chaotic problems. And when I was in the throes of those, I would tell pumps all the time, I'd go, I just want normal people problems. I want to be pissed that he didn't put the coffee cup in the dishwasher. So maybe my gift to you is sometimes petty grievances in put into perspective. Although it's still irritating because everything's relative. But you can remind yourself, this is a normal people problem. He's not old enough.
Chelsea Clinton
I mean, you know what? Like, I have to say, that wasn't what I woke up thinking would be in my, like, discipline of gratitude. Today my grandmother, my mom's mom had this like, deep kind of sense of like, every day we have to be disciplined to be grateful. Like, we cannot take all that we have been given by God by circumstance, even through dent of our own choices for granted. We have to be consciously grateful every day. And I can honestly say I've never consciously been grateful that my husband wasn't on meth. You know what? Today, Today I have to defend my husband. Today's the day.
Jennifer
His drug of choice was not meth listener. It was opiates that millions of Americans succumb to. But. But that was, you know, it. That is a way to look at it, because so many families do suffer from, you know, this, the horrible, horrible addiction exacerbated by the for profit health care system and pharmaceutical companies lying to the public, much like tobacco companies did, and endangering us all. And, you know, that. That brings us to some of your other grievances. I think you have some things you want to talk about. The anti science influencers.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, man. Like, that's a real grievance. That's a grievance I feel not just like twice a day, but like every moment of every day. I mean, I absolutely would always, like, say to anyone, you need to ask whatever questions you feel like you need to have answered of any, like, authority figure in your life, whether that's, you know, a teacher, a coach, you know, a nurse or a doctor. We are living, though, in this moment that really feels to me like those like, Holiday Inn commercials, like the pilot in the plane or like the surgeon in the. Or being like, I can fly this plane or I could perform heart surgery. I slept at a Holiday Inn last night. And that's really what I feel like we're living in, where people are like, oh, like, I know what I should or shouldn't eat. Like, this is just what I woke up feeling was right. Or, you know what? Like, vaccines may have saved hundreds of millions of people's lives over, like the last century, but you know what? It doesn't feel right to me. And I think that's super dangerous. The sense that somehow everyone has a right to our own truth insofar as we get to determine how we do feel about what has happened in our lives and what we've experienced in our lives has somehow got conflated with. And then therefore, like, experts and expertise don't matter and don't have any kind of greater claim to tell us what their training and their research and their experience in this instance, treating and supporting and caring for often tens of thousands of patients should mean. And that really does. It doesn't only drive me nuts, it really worries me. It worries me as a parent, given we have, at least on the day where we're speaking, like, more than 1200 measles cases in our country. It worries me as a parent and as a citizen that the Trump administration has kind of put into place a vaccine advisory committee that has effectively no experience in a vaccine or immunization or virology kind of research. You know, it worries me that we fired all the National Cancer Institute advisory panel. It worries me that, like RFK Jr. Like, I'm also all I'm also all about, like, getting rid of the red and yellow food dye. Like. Yes. And, like, you know, think that it's really important that we have people with deep experience in nutritional science making nutritional guidelines and not. Not someone who has no experience in doing that research or that work.
Angie
What amazes me about this whole thing is the hubris that these people have that will look you straight in the face and say, well, you know, I just don't know what's in a vaccine. And I'm just like, are you kidding? There are people that have been studying this for years and years, decades upon decades. And you think, you know, more it.
Chelsea Clinton
Yeah. Do you know what fibers are in a seatbelt?
Angie
No, they don't know.
Jennifer
And I think what's so concerning about this is when you study authoritarian regimes, one of the first things is the dismantling of expertise. The minimum discrediting of expertise.
Chelsea Clinton
Yes.
Jennifer
And minimizing them. And you see that that didn't just start with Trump. You know, these things start slowly and they start creeping in. And then now I feel like Trump is like, all of America's worst impulses in one person. Like, everything that was bad about us has manifested into this one person. And then he has the personality cult that goes along with it. And I think that what's so breathtaking about this movement is a lot of it started decades ago with the pro life movement, the anti. The anti abortion movement. And as it's gained steam, they end up being very anti life. I mean, just the appointment and the Senate confirming somebody as severely unqualified as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is so antithetical to promoting life. You mentioned the removal of cancer research. And I read an article recently that a lot of our top scientists are getting job offers in China and in Europe, and they're out the door.
Chelsea Clinton
Yes. If you were to look at, like, Nature magazine or Science magazine, because I did this truly yesterday, again partly in preparation of this conversation, to validate that this is still true. If you look at kind of our most prestigious preeminent, at least again, as considered by experts who I trust with their expertise, scientific journals. All of the job postings now are from outside the United States. All of them at least, like, you know, on the first page, if you look. And we are, like, depreciating our present and our future, which I don't think we've ever had in American history, where actively we are disinvesting in what has helped make America great. Imperfect, but great, and what could help us become greater in the future. And it's breathtaking to see. And it's not only in health, we're disinvesting in energy and in agriculture, in defense and all of the arena where America has been a real leader and that we've been able to commercialize that leadership into numerous companies that have helped make us a wealthier and more prosperous and more sustainable country.
Jennifer
Let me ask you something, because I think about this sometimes. So you see that the Trump administration is already starting to normalize. We're in the normalization phase of this authoritarian takeover where you see a US Senator cuffed and brought to the ground and you're seeing arrests of public figures. You know, there's, it is a big fantasy for people in the MAGA base that your mother be arrested. And I always think sometimes if they kept going with this and they declared martial law, do your parents. And this again would fall into the. Oh, they're being hysterical white women. But I think about it because I know that the right wing hate is very real. When we're featured on Fox News, we get just a brunt, as I'm sure what your family gets all the time. And do you ever, do they ever fear if he completely takes this over, that your parents would be arrested or like a Barack Obama would be arrested because at the core of that movement, that their core identity, as far as I can tell, because they change policy position on whatever Trump does, but the core thing that always keeps them alive is owning the libs and hating the Democrats or the radical leftists or whatever. Does that ever concern you?
Chelsea Clinton
Well, I think your kind of diagnosis and description is, is right. I think that the core kind of cast of villains of my mom, President Obama, George Soros, I mean, there are others, right, who kind of are, are put into the kind of leaderboard of like, who is animating and at least in that kind of, I think kind of MAGA movement, justifying whatever their grievances are kind of on any issue. You know, for me, like, as a daughter, as a proud daughter of my parents, I both have always worried about them and always had to ensure that that worry become claustrophobic. I mean, when I was a kid in Arkansas in the 1980s, like the Klan tried to move into Arkansas. And I remember my dad going within a bipartisan group of Arkansas state legislatures and faith leaders to basically say to the Klan like, you're not welcome here. Or I remember my parents being burned in effigy, like when I was a kid in Arkansas in the 80s. And then again, like when my dad was running for President. I remember my mom once speaking at an event and a man came and was sitting in the front row and he assembled an assault weapon, like, right in front of her as a means to intimidate her. And this was all probably before I was 13 or 14. And then in the first Trump administration, there were bombs sent to my parents and to the Obamas and to George Soros and other people who the bomber thought were kind of standing in line to impede and obstruct and prevent Trump from leading and effectuating his agenda. So I don't remember a time in my life, really, where my parents weren't under quite violent threat from the people who did not believe that all Americans should have health care, all Americans should have equal rights, or that it should be easier to vote if you're an American citizen, or in combating climate change or kind of whatever. Or in gun violence prevention and the assault weapons ban, like, whatever it was that people were kind of protesting or whether it was they were kind of angered by the whole agenda and kind of set of principles that my parents have stood in, fought for their whole lives. Like, there's always been a shimmer of violence. I think what is different now is we have a president who is comfortable sharing space, right. With some people who traffic in the most horrific anti Semitic narrative and the most horrific, like, anti woman narrative who, you know, couldn't bring himself to immediately condemn the attacks is one example on Paul Pelosi, the former speaker of the House. And yet we see when there are assassination attempts against President Trump, everyone across the political spectrum condemns them immediately because there is no place for violence in a democracy. It is just that for me personally, this feels familiar to me because I've always lived under the understanding that there was violence directed toward and kind of in the shadows around my parents. It's just deeply painful to me that that now seems to be true for many elected officials, Republican and Democratic alike. And I would hope that President Trump, regardless of all the other ways that I look to continue to oppose him, can bring himself to use the platform of the presidency and his pulpit to make a clear case that there's no place for this in America and that this should actually not only be a bipartisan, but a nonpartisan issue. We're not there yet, but I hope he can bring himself to do that.
Angie
He can't.
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Jennifer
I think that your dad's success and the intelligence of both of your parents exacerbated a lot. And then, and then the first black president exacerbated this cult, like hate. And like I said, we've only been covered like a couple of times. They'll be like, the white ladies on I've had it are going crazy or we interviewed Kamala Harris and then Jesse Waters is a hit piece on us. And it is like hell opens up and they just flood your life. And I am like, oh my God, these people. I mean, the messages we receive are just horrific. And it's only happened a couple of times. I can't imagine, you know, your entire life. And you know, I think now fondly, because I think we're all experiencing this kind of shared grief right now of watching our country die in front of us a little bit. Institutions start to drop. And I think fondly of like, you know, President Clinton or President Obama could have been on and I could have been like, kind of want to watch something else, right. And change the channel because I wasn't worried that they were going to say something, something completely crazy that was going to kill people because at the end of the day, presidents shouldn't be this entertaining. And I'm not saying this is good entertainment. I'm just saying it gets you fixed to it because you know how dangerous it is. You know, I, I, this is also.
Chelsea Clinton
Part of the authoritarian playbook. Right, Right. Sorry to interrupt. But just like this is, you know, part and parcel of exactly what you were saying earlier, right? Of the kind of the use of entertainment kind of to seduce people like on the way to purgatory or hell is like a well researched, like part of history around the world in different cultures and different eras of kind of the, even the self mockery, which Trump is also, you know, brilliant at of making it seem as if like with all his, remember, his rallies were kind of, he would dance on stage for like 45 minutes and not say anything. And I think a lot of people are like, what is this? What is happening? But it is like it makes him like the centrifugal force of attention. And whether you're there to kind of castigate him for not speaking about policy, you're there to kind of laugh at him or you're there to laugh with him, right? Like, it all means, like, he's just continuing to draw your attention. And it's the, like, you know, the Pied Piper and I. Which is not a happy story.
Jennifer
Mother was right. She called every bit of it in 2016. I mean, every bit of it. And then Kamala the same. And it just. I know that we all experience this as three women. The. The pain that you feel that the misogyny still exists so much in this country that people would rather vote for that buffoon than eight. Much more qualified, much more intelligent, much more competent leader. With the resume of your mother or Kamala Harris is just devastating. It's such a devastating reality. I want to play our game with you. It's called.
Chelsea Clinton
Okay, I'm ready.
Jennifer
Had it or hit it. Oh, my God. Welcome to had it or hit it. I would hit it. I hit it every day, sometimes twice a day. Had it or hit it. Gender reveal part parties.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, I had it.
Jennifer
Had it. Okay, so listen to this. We did an episode.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, no. Are you gonna tell me now? You had, like, a really wonderful party, and I'm gonna, like, shrink inside myself a little bit, But I'm still. Still had it. But, like, I'm gonna feel guilty.
Jennifer
No, we've had it. But we just. Some. A listener sent us this article. Now there are something called the grandmother showers, where grandmothers. Yes. Grandmothers that are. Yes. Grandmothers that are first time grandmothers. Their other grandmother friends are throwing showers for them.
Chelsea Clinton
So, Mom, I'm sorry. If you're listening. Mom, I'm sorry. It never occurred to me that you needed a shower.
Angie
It's like, let me have their moment. Let your daughter have the moment. Let the baby just be about them, not about you. I'm so tired of it.
Jennifer
Okay. Had it or hit it. Horoscopes.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, you know, I don't have an opinion. Can I choose? Like, xir. I've never read my horoscope, but don't.
Jennifer
Be a centrist, Chelsea.
Chelsea Clinton
I gotta be here because I. Friends who are really, like, It's. It's an important part of their lives. They read their horoscopes. It, like, clarifies, I think, for them how they're thinking about. I have a friend who told me the other day that she now has a shaman.
Jennifer
Really?
Chelsea Clinton
I was like, okay, whatever works for you.
Angie
Right?
Jennifer
Like, if that's what you know.
Chelsea Clinton
I didn't quite fall down the rabbit hole yet. I mean, I know somebody else who has six different. Oh, gosh, what are they called? The psychics. Six different psychics for different parts of her life. And I'm kind of like, whatever helps you think about what you think the right thing to do is professionally, personally. I'm not going to judge that.
Jennifer
That's so healthy answer, Chelsea. You're so healthy. This is what. I have an 18 year old son who's like, he, he's like, sometimes more mature than me and he'll say something. I go, well, look at you with the mature, reasoned response. Yeah, it's not me. Okay. Had it or hit it. This one's going to be kind of hard. Ivanka Trump. Oh.
Chelsea Clinton
I plead the fifth a little bit on that. Like, I have enormous affection for all of the time that we were together in New York and also kind of deep horror for what I think, you know, she helped enable, as by definition anyone did in the first Trump administration. So I don't believe the fifth so much as. I guess this is like one of those moments, like, where I tell my children many things are true. Right, right. Many things are true. I have, like, enormous. Yeah, I have enormous affection. I'm really sad that she was part of the Trump administration the first time. Really believe that she's, like, trying to lead her own separate and distinct life now. And many things are true.
Jennifer
Yeah, yeah, I get that. Okay.
Angie
Again, well measured.
Jennifer
She's so mature, so much more emotionally healthy than we are, Chelsea.
Angie
So much.
Jennifer
You're really good parents.
Chelsea Clinton
I do, I do, I do. Even though, even though I didn't throw my mom, like a grandmother shower, hopefully they know how much I love them.
Jennifer
Okay. I, I would think that your mother would have had it with a grandmother shower.
Angie
I would have to.
Jennifer
I would think that.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, yeah, she. You know, one of the things I really respect about my mom that I really have tried to also, like, internalize and I now really do talk to my kids about. It's. It's really important in life to know what's about you and not about you.
Jennifer
Yes.
Chelsea Clinton
Right. Like, like, what are the moments that are about you and like, what are the moments that are not about you? Like, when are you actually, like, the main character and when are you not most the time you're not.
Angie
Yeah, yeah, that's a great point.
Jennifer
It's a really good point. Okay, last one. Had it or hit it. The United States of America.
Chelsea Clinton
Oh, no. Hit it. I'm not giving up on our country.
Jennifer
Come on.
Chelsea Clinton
I love our country. Like, all these people who are like, where, you know, like, where are you thinking about? Movie? Here's where we're thinking about, like, no, no, it's United States of America. This is my country. I'm a proud citizen. Like, we have lived through darker times. We just have to like, not be coerced or kind of inertiaed into cynicism that nothing can change. No, like, things can always be better. Things will be better.
Jennifer
I agree. I feel like, you know, when we were growing up, you would see, see the anti Vietnam protests and you would see the civil rights marches and this is our moment. This is our, all of us that are living in this country right now. This is our yes. We cannot give up. We have to march. We have to stay engaged. We have to build a fact.
Chelsea Clinton
I wore my shirt for you all.
Jennifer
Yes.
Chelsea Clinton
Vote. Vote in every election. Right. School board, city council, mayor, attorney general, like your state legislatures, like your governor. Like, people really think so much about like the president and that's understandable. Like the president has a lot of authority over a lot in our country. However, like every elected office influences something that we all care about. So we have to show up and vote every time we can.
Jennifer
I agree. We're both very good voters. Super voters.
Chelsea Clinton
Me too.
Jennifer
Yeah.
Chelsea Clinton
If you get a sticker or a T shirt made, I would buy one. Super voter.
Angie
Voter.
Jennifer
That's a great one.
Chelsea Clinton
Yeah, Yeah.
Angie
I keep on my little I voted cards or my stickers.
Chelsea Clinton
Yeah, little stickers. Yeah. Do you have future voter stickers in Oklahoma Is like, that is awesome. In New York we have future voter stickers. So when I take my kids to vote, they get the future voter stickers. And I think it sounds, it sounds small, but it's actually like a profound way for them to feel like, oh, I, I am participating in the only way that I can right now. Like I get to go with my mom or my dad to vote. But then when I'm 18, like I'll get to register and I can vote too. And then I get the grown up sticker.
Jennifer
Yeah.
Chelsea Clinton
To graduate.
Jennifer
Super majority Republican governments aren't super into voting.
Angie
They prefer you don't vote.
Jennifer
We don't have the future. Yeah, they don't have, they do not have that. But on a personal note, you know, we were both here during the Oklahoma City bombing. We both lived here. And your dad was so amazing. He was president during that time and he was so amazing and came to Oklahoma. I just saw him on, I can't remember when.
Chelsea Clinton
We came back and spoke at the.
Jennifer
Anniversary a couple months ago and the Daily show show. He was on and he was, he said he was cheering for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which just won the championship so, yes.
Chelsea Clinton
Well, congratulations. That was amazing to watch. My kids are super big basketball fans. Also. None of them made it to the end of the game because it was late. Right? It was. We tried. And I even was like, all right. And I'm generally quite militant about that time. I was like, no, this is special. The game seven. Like, nobody really knows who's going to win. They were rooting also for the Oklahoma City Thunder, admittedly, partly because the Pacers beat the Knicks and renew.
Jennifer
Yes.
Chelsea Clinton
But also because of their pop up. Because their pop up was, like, so clear about supporting Oklahoma City, like, all the way through. And they were excited when they woke up the next morning and I could tell them that the Thunder had won.
Jennifer
Yes. I love that. Chelsea, I just think you're so cool and I think it's so cool that you came on here to talk to us. And I think it's so important that we all stay engaged and we all talk about this shit. Shared experience that we're going through. But we all push each other to stay engaged, to build a fact based ecosystem that shares ideas. We support women and members of the LGBTQ + community, and most importantly right now, the immigrant community that is so being harshly targeted and that we stand up and in solidarity with all of them. So I can't thank you enough for coming on. I think you're cool. Will you ask your mom if she'll come on? We've shown her a couple times.
Chelsea Clinton
Yes.
Jennifer
She ghosted us.
Angie
I'm sure it's not personal.
Chelsea Clinton
I'm sure it's obviously, yes, I will ask her. I will totally ask her. And thank you so much for having me. This was so much fun. We talked about so much. I mean, like, super small grievances and like, very big existential ones. And I just enjoyed this so much. Thank you. I hope you'll invite me back too, sometime.
Jennifer
We will, absolutely. Thank you so much, Chelsea.
Chelsea Clinton
Thank you so much. Take care.
Jennifer
You too.
Chelsea Clinton
Bye.
Jennifer
Bye. You know, that's so wild because I just remember, like, when we were growing up, her dad was in the White House and she was growing up in the White House. They had that cat, Socks. Do you remember socks?
Angie
I remember socks. I kind of forgotten about.
Jennifer
And then the dog. Buddy.
Angie
Yeah, Buddy.
Jennifer
Buddy. And Socks and Chelsea, you know, they just lived. You know, that's. That. Wouldn't that just be so wild? Because we all, as you grow up as an American, you have this image of the White House and the President and their life. She lived in the White House. And then she has these not Just one parent that's like a powerhouse politician, but two, both of them. I have to say, she's really smart.
Angie
That's what I'm.
Jennifer
She got smart genes from both of them. She got the smart genes for both.
Angie
Of so well spoken.
Jennifer
The vocabulary. Off the chart.
Angie
Off the chart.
Jennifer
And very advanced word choice and sentence structure.
Angie
Measured, tempered. All the things that I long for that I will never be.
Jennifer
All the things that we're not.
Angie
All the things that we're not. I mean, but I mean, her dad.
Jennifer
Was a Rhodes scholar and then Hillary Clinton.
Angie
We could argue she's smarter than he is. We could.
Jennifer
There's a huge argument that we could make that she's. And so I think Chelsea got both of their.
Angie
And she got there very measured, very, you know, here's the deal. Only child living in the White House. That would fucking suck. I'm just going to say it. It would be hard. It would be really, really hard. And she is just exemplary in every way. PhD, writes children's books, mom of three taking her kids to vote in the city council. You know, it's like really worse than in Oklahoma City.
Jennifer
You forgot guest on I've had it.
Angie
Her pinnacle in life. It's now been reached.
Jennifer
It's going to be down here for Downhill from here, Chelsea. All right, thank you for joining us today. That was super cool. Pumps.
Angie
Tell them we will see you next Tuesday and Thursday.
Chelsea Clinton
Tell you what I've had it with.
Jennifer
Let's hear it. I've had it with that. Listen up patriots, gaytriots and natriots. We have a new podcast that has dropped. It's called IHIP News. It's Monday through Friday. Every day, 15 to 20 minute hot takes on the political landscape of the United States of America. Always served with a side of petty grievances.
Angie
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Jennifer
And review so that we will chart upwards with America's greatest legal mind. Pumps. Pumps. What does an eagle say? Caca. A little bit more enthusiasm. That's it. That's. That's caca. That's the patriotism that this country needs right, right there.
Podcast Summary: "I've Had It" – Episode: "Basket of Deplorables"
Release Date: July 3, 2025
Hosts: Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Guest: Chelsea Clinton, Author and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation
The episode kicks off with hosts Jennifer and Angie engaging in their characteristic banter, transitioning swiftly into airing their frustrations with contemporary issues.
Angie on AI Infiltration: Angie expresses her frustration with the pervasive presence of Artificial Intelligence in daily life. She shares personal anecdotes about interacting with AI bots in customer service and fears over AI's potential to disrupt her cognitive processes.
"[01:10] Angie: Okay, what I've had it with is all this AI just infiltrating my life."
Jennifer on AI-Generated Content: Jennifer humorously discusses AI-generated videos of dogs performing diving competitions, highlighting the surreal nature of AI's capabilities.
"[02:20] Jennifer: I was watching these AI videos that people made of dogs doing a diving competition... and now like I realize how many people around the world are watching. None of this is even real."
The conversation shifts to a scathing critique of social media platforms and political figures, primarily focusing on former President Trump (referred to satirically as "President Taco Tits") and his use of "Lie Social."
Jennifer on Trump’s Social Media Use: Jennifer vents her frustration with Trump signing policy on social media, questioning his competence and the absurdity of his actions.
"[03:28] Jennifer: I've had it with convicted felon President Taco Tits signing his Lie Social posts."
Angie on 'Lie Social' as a Policy Platform: Angie condemns Trump’s choice of using a platform she deems as a scam for conducting national and global policies.
"[04:14] Angie: We are conducting both internal domestic policy and national policy, global policy on Lie Social. It's the biggest scam."
Jennifer and Angie delve into discussions about racism, the influence of evangelical Christianity in red states, and the broader societal implications.
Jennifer on Cultural Propaganda: Jennifer criticizes the propagandized views in red states, linking them to systemic racism and authoritarian tendencies fostered by evangelical influences.
"[07:26] Angie: Fox cherry picks what they put together. They make him sound somewhat rational."
Angie on Evangelical Toxicity: Angie highlights the toxic and codependent nature of evangelical recruiters, emphasizing boundary violations and the relentless push of their beliefs.
"[13:50] Angie: Let's fucking go."
The hosts examine the psychological underpinnings of conspiracy theory belief systems, referencing a study from the Journal of Research and Personality.
Jennifer on Religion and Authoritarian Thinking: Jennifer articulates how religious upbringing can predispose individuals to authoritarian thinking and susceptibility to conspiracy theories.
"[16:19] Angie: It's my hope that someday... deprogramming therapy centers pop up for people to deconstruct their faith and deal with the abuse."
Angie on the Spread of Conspiracy Theories: Angie connects the rise of online communities to the proliferation of conspiracy theories, attributing it to a search for belonging among damaged individuals.
"[18:20] Jennifer: Yeah, I think that they found... opportunities to connect on the Internet have allowed these beliefs to spread."
The discussion turns to the societal impact of Trumpism, particularly on white men and the isolation of Generation Z.
Jennifer on White Men’s Self-Censorship: Jennifer references a poll highlighting how white men, especially younger ones, feel constrained in expressing their opinions at work out of fear of repercussions.
"[21:00] Jennifer: According to the poll, 43% of white men spanning all age groups say they are self-censoring their speech at work."
Angie on the Misogynistic Culture: Angie expresses concern over the misogynistic influences in male-dominated spaces like barstools and their detrimental effects on male behavior and societal views on women.
"[24:06] Jennifer: It’s the bar stoolization of the youth... bro jock culture... misogynistic and ultimately damaging to males."
Jennifer and Angie briefly promote their book, "Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches," encouraging listeners to engage with their shared experiences and learn from their trials.
"[25:55] Angie: Pumps and I have not always been so rock solid. We talk about all of our trials, tribulations, most of all our fuck-ups."
Chelsea Clinton joins the podcast, sharing insights on her personal life, parenting, and grievances, while engaging in the show’s signature "Had It or Hit It" game.
Parenting and Personal Grievances: Chelsea discusses the joys and challenges of parenting three children, highlighting everyday frustrations like her husband's laundry habits.
"[33:47] Chelsea Clinton: My husband never puts his clothes in the dirty laundry basket, just next to it."
Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Science Sentiment: Chelsea expresses her concerns over the rise of anti-science sentiments and conspiracy theories, linking them to political and societal shifts.
"[37:03] Chelsea Clinton: We are living in a moment that feels like Holiday Inn commercials... people think vaccines may have saved lives but don’t feel right to me."
Violence and Authoritarianism: She reflects on the historical and ongoing threats faced by her family due to their political stance, emphasizing the dangerous path of authoritarianism.
"[43:55] Chelsea Clinton: There was always a shimmer of violence... now it feels familiar because my parents were always under threat."
Encouraging Civic Engagement: Chelsea advocates for active participation in all levels of elections, stressing the importance of voting beyond just presidential races.
"[57:44] Chelsea Clinton: Vote in every election... school board, city council, mayor, attorney general."
The segment features light-hearted interactions where Chelsea and the hosts playfully debate whether to "Had It" (express frustration) or "Hit It" (engage with humor).
Had It or Hit It Highlights:
"[53:57] Jennifer: Had it or hit it. Ivanka Trump. Oh."
"[56:07] Chelsea Clinton: I plead the fifth a little bit on that... enormous affection for all the time we were together in New York and horror for her role in the Trump administration."
The podcast concludes with reaffirmations of civic duty, continued engagement, and mutual support among listeners. The hosts and Chelsea exchange heartfelt goodbyes, emphasizing the importance of staying informed and active in shaping the nation's future.
"[58:14] Jennifer: We're all experiencing this kind of shared grief... support women, LGBTQ+ community, and immigrants."
Angie on AI Infiltration:
"[01:10] Angie: Okay, what I've had it with is all this AI just infiltrating my life."
Jennifer on Trump’s Social Media Use:
"[03:28] Jennifer: I've had it with convicted felon President Taco Tits signing his Lie Social posts."
Chelsea Clinton on Parenting:
"[33:47] Chelsea Clinton: My husband never puts his clothes in the dirty laundry basket, just next to it."
Chelsea Clinton on Civic Engagement:
"[57:44] Chelsea Clinton: Vote in every election... school board, city council, mayor, attorney general."
AI Integration Concerns: Both hosts express unease over AI's growing role in everyday interactions and its potential psychological impact.
Political Critique: A significant portion of the episode critiques former President Trump's leadership, his use of social media, and the broader implications for American politics and societal norms.
Social and Cultural Analysis: The hosts discuss the corrosive effects of evangelical culture in red states, the rise of conspiracy theories, and the isolation faced by younger generations.
Guest Insights: Chelsea Clinton provides a nuanced perspective on balancing personal grievances with broader societal issues, emphasizing the importance of resilience and civic participation.
Civic Responsibility: The episode underscores the importance of active engagement in all levels of governance to foster a more informed and equitable society.
This episode of "I've Had It" offers a blend of personal anecdotes, political critique, and societal analysis, all delivered with the hosts' signature comedic flair. Chelsea Clinton’s participation adds depth to the conversation, bridging personal experiences with national concerns.