Podcast Summary: "Merry Griftmas"

Podcast: I’ve Had It
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: December 25, 2025
Guest Host: Kylie
Special Segment Callers: Eric from Rhode Island, Tiffany, Kate Ann

Episode Overview

This special Christmas episode of "I’ve Had It" delivers a raucous, spirited, and often sharply political reckoning with American culture, religious hypocrisy, misogyny, Internet trends, and holiday coping strategies. Jennifer and Pumps, joined by Kylie, swipe at the absurdities of contemporary right-wing rhetoric, purity culture, ‘trad wife’ influencers, and more — all wrapped in the podcast’s signature irreverent, cathartic humor. Holiday cheer mingles with pointed grievances, making “Merry Griftmas” a cathartic vent for listeners navigating family gatherings or the ongoing political climate.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Department of War” Grievance

• Pumps voices her “Had It” with people calling the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” slamming it as a macho, insecure move reflecting little “dick energy.”
  • Quote (02:26): “That is the biggest little dick energy. Teeny weeny peeny I have ever heard... It just shows how unserious this administration and Pete Hegseth are.” – Pumps

2. Weaponized Misogyny & Trad Wife Grift

• Jennifer targets the hypocrisy of career women in media preaching stay-at-home, anti-feminist values to other women.
• She names names (Bondi, Erika Kirk, Megyn Kelly) as part of a GOP grift that upholds misogyny under the guise of “pro-family” politics.
  • Quote (05:15): “Women in this country, do not listen to these grifting women that think it’s their business what you do in your private life.” – Jennifer
• Both hosts highlight the real danger such messaging poses to women in abusive marriages, the lack of support for women’s choices, and continuing struggles for equality and safety.
  • Quote (10:30): “The tired Republican argument of ‘we love family. We are so pro-life’—bullshit. You’re pro-birth. You don’t want any social safety nets.” – Pumps

3. Humor & Holiday Inclusivity

• Kylie enters as “your ho ho ho…lesbian Santa helper,” with the segment dubbed a “DEI Christmas.”
  • Quote (12:45): "It's a DEI Christmas here at I've Had It." – Jennifer
• Hosts joke that everyone is welcome except MAGA supporters.

4. Viral Instagram Meme Reading: “Elf On A Shelf” Trump Roast

• Kylie brings an Instagram post transforming “Elf on a Shelf” into “Pedo in a Meadow,” “Lard in the Yard,” and more, delighting the group and restoring their faith in American creativity and resilience.
  • Quote (14:51): “That was so gorgeous. That is America at its best right there. Truly. It’s creativity. It’s smart, it’s clever, it’s cunty.” – Jennifer

5. “Triple Trumpers” & Political Fatigue

• The hosts express exasperation with efforts to “reach” hardcore Trump supporters, advocating instead for mobilizing the podcast’s “cool” base.
  • Quote (16:00): “I think everybody's like, shut the f**k up. With your whole identity being the Trump fight.” – Jennifer
  • Quote (16:58): “I get so tired of hearing that. You just have to cut bait and say we’re never going to reach them. Peace out.” – Pumps

6. Faith, Grift, and Farting Pastors

• Kylie shares a bizarre viral news story: a pastor in Africa “healing” parishioners by farting on them—sparking a wider critique of religious grift, mega churches, purity culture, and the ways faith is used to control women and sexual norms.
  • Quote (22:05): “Here’s another reason why I’m not into religion at all and think it’s all a grifting, controlling bullshit.” – Jennifer

7. Purity Culture & Sexual Shaming

• The team dissects the harms of purity rings, abstinence-only messaging, and the awkward realities such moralizing creates for teens (including stories of motels, fake IDs, and failed first experiences).
  • Quote (27:47): “They are pre-spinning hormones and pre-shaming children before they get the hormones. It is so f**king abusive.” – Jennifer
  • Quote (28:38): “The first guy you had sex with had a micropenis… Then you’re a lesbian that gets f**ked by a micropenis forever had you followed your religion.” – Jennifer

8. Callers’ Holiday Complaints

a) Spotify Wrapped Fatigue (35:05–37:29)

• Eric from Rhode Island rails against Spotify/Apple/Youtube “wrapped” end-of-year lists saturating social media.
  • Quote (35:30): “At this point, the only ‘wrapped’ I want to be a part of is the Rapture. Get me out of this hellscape, please.” – Eric

b) Media Sexualization of Girls (42:21)

• Tiffany objects to entertainment media labeling preteen celebrity daughters as “all grown up,” calling it pedophilic.
  • Quote (42:21): “She’s 12. She’s all grown up. She’s 13. She’s 14. She’s all grown up. No she’s not. She’s a child you pedophile.” – Tiffany

c) Unsolicited Photo Scrolling (47:11)

• Kate Ann complains about people scrolling through phone photos after being shown just one—resulting in accidental nude photo reveals.

  • Quote (47:39): “Don’t swipe through my photos because you’re probably gonna see a naked photo of me. And that is what just happened to me with my father in law.” – Kate Ann

• Kylie’s story about accidentally texting the infamous “well-endowed meme man” photo to her proper Nana (51:02–51:27) is a standout cringe-comedy moment.

9. American Cultural Contradictions & Child Sexualization

• Discussion of the bizarre American habit (especially in the South) of heavily sexualizing little girls through pageants/dance, while simultaneously shaming natural adolescent sexuality.
  • Quote (44:27): “You see this a lot with churchgoers…they have their kids signed up into this. It’s very normalized…while at the same time they’re telling the kids, yeah, twerk, do your eight count of twerking, but also, you can’t have a crush on a boy.” – Jennifer

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On “trad wife” hypocrisy:
  “It’s none of your business what other people value or what matters to them … women in this country, do not listen to these grifting women that think it’s their business what you do in your private life.” – Jennifer (05:15)
• On “DEI Christmas”:
  “It’s a DEI Christmas at I’ve Had It podcast. Everybody is welcome except for white racist MAGA.” – Jennifer (12:52)
• On religious grift:
  “If you go to a mega church and they have over $100 million just sitting in the bank, you’re in a cult.” – Jennifer (22:05–24:12)
• On purity culture’s harm:
  “It is so f**king abusive, you guys. And it just never gets talked about.” – Jennifer (27:47)
• On (accidentally) sharing homemade porn:
  “They put it on and press play, and it’s their homemade porn for, like, all the family members… Each second feels like a decade.” – Jennifer (48:37–50:28)
• On sexualization in media:
  “No, no, no, no, no, no. They were children. It’s sexist, it’s misogyny, and it’s a cover up, in my opinion.” – Pumps (43:58)

Important Timestamps

• 02:26 – Pumps’ “Department of War” rant
• 05:10–12:28 – Jennifer and Pumps on hypocrisy of right-wing female influencers, trad wives, and anti-woman laws
• 13:08–15:26 – Kylie shares “Elf on a Shelf” meme-turned-Trump roast
• 20:27–24:12 – “Farting Pastor” segment & critique of faith/religion as grift
• 27:00–33:44 – Purity culture, personal stories, and deconstructing sexual shame
• 35:05–37:29 – Eric from Rhode Island calls in about Spotify Wrapped
• 42:21–47:06 – Tiffany on media’s sexualization of girls
• 47:11–52:15 – Kate Ann on phone photo scrolling; Kylie’s “big dick meme” family story

Tone & Style

Brash, witty, sharply satirical, shot through with caustic humor and cathartic venting — but also fiercely protective of female autonomy, equality, and the value of laughter (and community) in troubled times.

Final Merry Grievance

• Jennifer closes with a pitch for their new political podcast (“IHIP News”) and a signature sign-off:
  “What does an eagle say? Caw-caw. That’s the patriotism this country needs right there.” (54:02–54:16)

For listeners: If you’re craving comedic outrage, holiday solidarity, honest talk about politics, gender, faith, and American weirdness — with memorable laughs along the way — this “Merry Griftmas” delivers.