Despot Times w. Reshma Saujani
Hysteria
Hysteria
4.7 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Erin and Alyssa break down how misogyny, ICE, and Renee Good’s death are all inherently intertwined and why the Trump administration is targeting the Twin Cities. Then, Moms First founder Reshma Saujani joins for some good news: Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s historic plan for universal childcare in New York. They also discuss dark money in the political influencer economy, Bob Weir’s legacy, and Atsuko Okatsuka’s new comedy special.
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow (NYT 1/12)
Whistles, then gunfire: How the deadly ICE shooting unfolded in Minneapolis (CNN 1/10)
Trump administration escalates attack on Minnesota with more immigration agents (The Guardian 1/12)
Hochul and Mamdani Announce Plan to Make N.Y. Child Care Universal (NYT 1/8)
Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals (AP 1/12)
Washington’s New Lobbyists: Paid Online Influencers With Few Rules (WSJ 1/11)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to hysteria. I'm Erin Ryan. |
| 0:11.2 | And I'm Alyssa, Marjorico. |
| 0:13.3 | Alyssa, Variety reported on Tuesday that under Barry Weiss's leadership and the anchorship of Tony DeCopal. Did I pronounce his name correctly this time? |
| 0:22.7 | Yes, you did. I'm going to have to stop calling him Tony Dracula because I feel like that's... |
| 0:26.2 | It's funny, though. It's disrespectful. Anyway, underneath Tony Dracula, viewership of CBS |
| 0:30.4 | Evening News has decreased 23% year over year. Alyssa, how did this happen? Erin, you're baiting me with this. You're baiting me |
| 0:38.5 | with this question. You know, I am like a CBS news, officianto, nightly news, nightly news. |
| 0:45.4 | I go back, back to the Katie Kirk days, back to Dan Rather. And when she got rid of my |
| 0:50.6 | boyfriends, John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois. John Dickerson, a gentle, kind |
| 0:56.0 | historian who delivered the news with empathy and exacting, like, reporting. And she was like, |
| 1:02.8 | no, I'm going to take Tony from the morning and put him at night. I don't know what she was thinking. |
| 1:07.9 | It was a bad decision then, and it's a worst decision now. Sorry, no shade on Tony, but like, people, here's the thing. |
| 1:14.0 | Oh, shade on Tony from me. |
| 1:16.1 | Shade on Tony, like, you know. |
| 1:17.4 | Fair enough. |
| 1:18.2 | President Trump was so disrespectful to the woman he is now married to during the campaign. |
| 1:23.7 | Correct. |
| 1:24.0 | And he is bootlicking him. |
| 1:26.3 | Yes, I watched the interview he did with President Trump yesterday. |
| 1:30.2 | And it was, I wouldn't say it was his finest work. |
| 1:33.5 | But the thing about it is, it's like if you know anything and it goes, look, Barry could |
| 1:38.1 | have shown us that she like understood the assignment. |
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