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Diabolical Lies
30 episodes
Does Hating Influencers Make You a Misogynist?
Aug 9, 2026 · 17 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
How "Abundance" Lost the Left
Jul 26, 2026 · 2 hr 39 min
The Democratic Party was facing an identity crisis when Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025. Just two months later, Democratic media Thinkboiz Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson published Abundance. Their theory of the case: We could “solve our problems with supply,” and that to do so, we needed to pursue “a liberalism that builds,” an idea that meant aspiring to “more than redistribution […], more than parceling out the present.” The text of Abundance focuses almost exclusively on exa…
How 'The Botox Psyop' Broke Our Brains in the Name of Beauty
Jul 12, 2026 · 19 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
Alex Cooper, Alix Earle, & the Business of Relatability
Jun 28, 2026 · 2 hr 14 min
Alex Cooper is one of the most successful podcast hosts in the country. Alix Earle is one of the most popular TikTok stars in America. The women, who appear to be separated by a single vowel and little else, have become central to a slow-burning pop culture feud representing two distinct, radically divergent archetypes: the Mean Girl™ and the Girl’s Girl.™ Cooper’s storied past includes a messy, public split with her former Call Her Daddy cohost, Sofia Franklyn, which she parlayed into an enormo…
How Reality TV Makes Us All Republicans
Jun 14, 2026 · 16 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
The "Rise" and Fall of the Girlboss
May 31, 2026 · 2 hr 25 min
RESTOCK ALERT: Just in time for your summer vacation, the Banned Books tote is back in stock. Alt. title: Katie finally bites off more than she can chew and attempts a nuanced exploration of the Lean In, Girlboss cultural era. 13 years ago, Sheryl Sandberg published Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. The following year, Sophia Amoruso published #GIRLBOSS. The broad understanding of this period was that—for a few solid years—we widely embraced the edicts of “corporate feminism” or “Lean…
How to Give Birth in America, Pt. 2
May 17, 2026 · 15 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
Gen Z Women's New "Anti-Woke Voice"
May 3, 2026 · 2 hr 17 min
NEW SWAG ALERT 🚨 The Small Government line is back & better than ever. Get yours here. Katie’s back on her metaphoric “What’s Charlie Kirk up to these days?” editorial grind—checking in with one of the hottest new Gen Z Lady Voices taking the middle-aged men of the center-right by storm. In this episode, we check in with a writer we haven’t discussed since one of our very first episodes: Freya India, also known as three Jonathan Haidts in a very hot 26-year-old trenchcoat, just published her fi…
Who's Afraid of Hasan Piker?
Apr 19, 2026 · 21 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
The Caro Episode
Apr 5, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min
Order Yesteryear if you like nice things, have good taste, or don’t want Katie to show up in the middle of the night at your house with a strongly worded remonstration. What does it feel like to spend 10 years of your life pursuing an uncertain dream when the chances of breakthrough success are one in a million? What does it feel like to—finally, at long last—be “the one”? Caro Claire Burke, one-half of your favorite podcast, is publishing her debut novel this Tuesday, April 7. Yesteryear is mou…
How 'Love Story'—and the Kennedys—Fooled America
Mar 22, 2026 · 49 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
Jeffrey Epstein & the Ordinary Misogyny of "Extraordinary" Men
Mar 8, 2026 · 2 hr 29 min
Some quick housekeeping to start this lovely Sunday: If you’ve already pre-ordered Caro’s debut novel Yesteryear, or wish to do so now, Knopf wants to thank you. They’re sending custom, limited edition bandanas to DL Substack subscribers — all you have to do is input proof of your order in this link here, and they’ll ship you the bandana, clean and simple. (This is only for US subscribers.) Thanks so much for the support, y’all! Jeffrey Epstein got away with it because he was richer than God. No…
The Myth of Centrism
Feb 22, 2026 · 26 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com If you pay attention to political commentary, you’ll often hear a few pieces of conventional wisdom: — America is “too polarized” — “Both sides” are “too extreme” — Or, most innocuously, that politicians should simply do that which is “popular,” which is itself code for policies that are considered “moderate” But do voters really punish candidates for being extreme? Are most “popular” ideas the “moderate” one…
Usha Vance, Rama Duwaji, & the Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Feb 8, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min
Little bit of a heterosexual smackdown taking place today! But first, some housekeeping: As a reminder: Caro’s debut novel, YESTERYEAR, is coming out this spring (April 7th, to be exact), and she would love to see you all at the evening launch event in NYC. One can reasonably assume there will be laughter, tears, a book signing, and Caro on a stage looking incredibly sweaty while she talks about all things America, womanhood, tradwives, writing sex scenes in fiction, etc. She’ll be joined on sta…
ICE is a Public Jobs Program for Losers
Jan 25, 2026 · 28 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com Note: This episode was filmed on Monday, January 19 and the edit was finalized early on Saturday, January 24, before news broke about the second (known) ICE execution in Minneapolis of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti. Today, we’re talking about a beloved American pastime: killing civilians in the name of public safety. On the right, you’ll watch JD Vance and his trademark charmless sneer explain…
Scott Galloway vs. Heated Rivalry: Who Will Save the Men?
Jan 11, 2026 · 2 hr 17 min
Have you heard? The men of America are in the midst of an existential crisis. A battle for good, evil, and the future of humanity. Who will emerge out of the darkness to lead the masses to freedom? Enter, stage left: one Scott Galloway. Enter, stage right: two extremely hot and horny hockey players. WHICH OF THESE HEROES WILL SLAY GLORIA STEINHEM RESTORE GLOBAL DIGNITY TO THE MEN? Today, we find out. A note from Caro before we begin: If the details within this episode cause your brain to overhea…
The Texasification of America
Dec 28, 2025 · 8 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com Earlier this month, the Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott quietly released a statement that “emphasized the importance of TPUSA Club America chapter enrollment and involvement on high school campuses across the state,” in effect signaling their intent to support after-school programs for right-wing extremism in Texas public schools. This would appear to be your average, garden-variety depressing update…
BONUS: Caro & Katie React to the Erika Kirk CBS Town Hall
Dec 24, 2025 · 6 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com Surprise! Caro & Katie react in real time to the programming we all should’ve seen coming: “CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk.”
Don't Go to Starbucks This Holiday Season. Here's Why.
Dec 16, 2025 · 39 min
Coming at you with our first ever bonus conversation for the public, in which we discuss the ongoing Starbucks Workers United strike taking place at hundreds of locations (and growing) all over the country right now. It’s also a conversation in which we offer a humble request of you this holiday season: Don’t go to Starbucks right now, if you can manage it. If, for whatever reason, you do need to go to Starbucks right now, fine. This is not a game of purity tests! It’s a game of numbers. As such…
Is There a ‘Skinny Apocalypse’ in Hollywood?
Dec 14, 2025 · 2 hr 2 min
First things first: Merch is here! Get it now before it’s gone. We’re so proud of this limited edition drop of deeply diabolical merchandise. Items will ship in mid-January, and 33% of all net profits will go to Feeding America, a non-profit nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community-based agencies. If you’re a paid subscriber, you can access two exclusive pieces of DL swag by using your…
Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
Nov 30, 2025 · 7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com Feminist hysteria has replaced logic and reason in the American public discourse, or so says one Helen Andrews. Today, we dive into the logical underpinnings for this argument and conduct a close read of the source material, which does a genuinely impressive job of evading all manner of pesky contradictory data (women’s workforce participation declining since the year 2000, women making up less than 50% of co…
BONUS: Olivia Nuzzi, Trump/Mamdani, & Where Caro and Katie Disagree
Nov 27, 2025 · 7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com As a reminder, this is a bonus episode, which means (say it with us now) we didn’t try that hard <3 Thanks for everyone who showed up to our live AMA this week. We laughed, we cried, we read RFK’s “swallow” poem to Olivia Nuzzi and will never be the same. A sampling of questions asked, and answered, in this conversation:
The Katie Episode
Nov 16, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
Earlier this month, Katie made a major announcement about her brand Money with Katie: In 2026, she will buy back her intellectual property rights and equity from Morning Brew, shutter the podcast for the indefinite future, take full ownership of the weekly newsletter, and return to her roots as a writer. This is a massive decision, to say the least, with major financial and spiritual implications — and if I, Caro, may be so bold, it feels very Diabolical Lies-coded. When Katie made the announcem…
"Ethical Consumption" & the History of "Selling Out"
Nov 2, 2025 · 2 hr 5 min
A “point, counterpoint”-style deep dive into the double-sided coin of “ethical consumption” and “ethical salesmanship” (or its alternative, “selling out”) under that little thing we call “capitalism,” sponsored by our treasured economic partners in the Saudi Royal Family. “Is There REALLY No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism?” from Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty (2024) “This feminist t-shirt isn’t actually made in a sweatshop” by Zing Tsjeng from Dazed (2014) Karl Marx in America by And…
How to Give Birth in America, Pt. 1
Oct 19, 2025 · 6 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com
BONUS: Taylor Swift's Rumspringa, Reviewed
Oct 9, 2025 · 3 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com As with all bonus conversations, this episode breaks from the regular format of this show and operates instead like an homage to how it started—sending impassioned voice memos back and forth. Enjoy. *snaps into character to method-act as Tyra Banks* We were all rooting for you.
Biblical Womanhood, MAGA Girlbosses, and the Useful Myth of "Tradition"
Oct 5, 2025 · 2 hr 16 min
Today’s conversation is a deep dive into the alliance between the neoliberal economic consensus and the social conservative movement in the late twentieth century—as told through the lens of a right-wing podcaster telling men they shouldn’t get married unless they’re capable of financially supporting a submissive wife and entire brood of children singlehandedly. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.diabolicallie…
BONUS: Charlie Kirk, Part Deux
Sep 28, 2025 · 5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com As promised, here’s a brief follow-up conversation on the Kirk of it all: one half news updates, and one half cultural analysis on the ongoing political fallout from Kirk’s murder.
Charlie Kirk & the End of Debate in America
Sep 21, 2025 · 7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.diabolicalliespod.com Charlie Kirk “practiced politics the right way.” He was “a controversial and polarizing figure, but that doesn’t matter.” His “sort of dialogue is what universities are supposed to foster.” In the wake of Kirk’s murder, these are the sentiments that have been echoed repeatedly in op-eds written for our nation’s most esteemed publications. For any writers, comedians, or civilians who have dared to suggest othe…
Democrats Are Failing. What Comes After the Liberal Status Quo?
Sep 7, 2025 · 2 hr 19 min
The Democratic Party’s approval rating is at a 30-year-low, and Americans rated them no better than the GOP at their ability to “manage the federal government effectively” or “bring about the changes this country needs.” A pretty damning indictment, considering the GOP is currently disassembling the government with a rusty hacksaw while wearing furry BDSM blindfolds. In the wake of running (and losing) a centrist presidential campaign side-by-side with the Cheneys, followed by a wave of interest…
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