Emergency Pod: Alex Cooper Is Poisoning Young Women

The Riley Gaines Show

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4.4 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Alex Cooper built one of the biggest podcasts in the world by selling young women a message Riley Gaines says is not empowerment — it is poison. In this emergency solo episode of The Riley Gaines Show, Riley breaks down the cultural influence of Call Her Daddy, hookup culture, modern feminism, and why parents should pay close attention to the messages being aimed at their daughters and sons. From Alex Cooper’s rise at Barstool Sports to her massive podcast deals, celebrity interviews, the Unwell Network, and her influence over Gen Z women, Riley argues that the real cost of this brand is being ignored. This episode is a direct warning to moms, dads, young women, and young men about self-respect, boundaries, marriage, family, faith, and the kind of culture we are handing to the next generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.5	Alex Cooper. Who is Alex Cooper? She is 31 years old. She's the host of Call Her Daddy. It is one of the most popular podcasts in the world, especially among young women and girls. Kind of a little, maybe too much in depth here, but she launched this podcast back in 2018 with her then roommate,
0:54.8	Sophia Franklin. It was with Barstool Sports at the time, so Dave Portnoy. The show very quickly
1:00.8	became famous for its extremely explicit and graphic talk about sex and hooking up and
1:08.7	dating and relationships. I'm talking talking think like detailed, like very,
1:13.4	very detailed on sexual acts, uh, and thinking, you know, encouraging casual sex and her signature
1:20.3	message that what feels good is good. Well, she had a very nasty public breakup with her co-hosts,
1:27.4	Sophia Franklin. So she then went solo.
1:30.0	She signed a massive $60 million deal with Spotify. And later, after that, I guess, ran its course.
1:37.2	She signed a $125 million deal with Sirius XM. She's built out the Unwell Network. She
1:43.8	interviews huge celebrities, including Kamala Harris. We're going to get toM. She's built out the Unwell Network. She interviews huge celebrities, including
1:45.8	Kamala Harris, we're going to get to that. She's turned herself into this multi-million
1:50.0	dollar media brand, which is impressive. I'll give it to her. I am the first to say, like,
1:54.7	not a fan of hers, even Taylor Swift. I can't say I'm a huge Swifty, but I think the brand that
2:00.1	these women have built for themselves is impressive.
2:03.6	And if you say it's not, then you're either cynical or you're lying. It is impressive.
2:07.6	But with that is a cultural grip that is really, really hard to overstate.
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