Hot Girl (Socialism) Summer

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach talk about what they're calling "Hot Girl Socialism" and why the Democratic Socialists recent electoral wins have them rethinking the current political moment. Then, they dig into our growing comfort with turning surveillance into entertainment. Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.” ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem: “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer” by Angel Nafis Sign up for Saeed’s Webinar: https://www.patreon.com/VibeCheck/posts/161968229?utm_campaign=postshare_fan

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0:00.0	Girl.
0:04.1	Girl.
0:05.1	What's going on?
0:06.5	What's happening?
0:07.1	We always say like too much is happening, but too much is happening.
0:11.4	Yeah.
0:11.7	And too much that is confusing me all at once.
0:15.5	A lot of mixed signals.
0:17.3	You know, speaking of things that are very complicated, and we'll get into the introduction
0:20.1	we promised Chantel, but Lena Dunham allegedly said at Taylor Swift's rehearsal dinner, she made a joke that football is just gay porn. And sports. It's just gay culture we're learning. And that's complicated because it's also homophobic. So everything is just a contradiction. Right. It's that loop loop where you become so homophobic that you're like
0:37.9	homo-social. It's a thing. Well, obviously you and I are confused, but we do know who we are.
0:42.6	Yes. I'm Syed Jones. And I'm Zach Stafford, and you are listening to Vibe Check.
1:03.2	Okay, on today's episode, I'm so excited because it does feel like the topic has been coming at us for a while.
1:06.7	And we were like, when are we actually going to, you know, do a whole segment?
1:09.8	We are talking about hot girl socialism.
1:10.3	Yes.
1:12.0	It is the moment.
1:14.0	She is that girl.
1:17.4	I am so interested in this moment of politics.
1:23.4	And it also looks like some centrist Democrats are stressed out, honey.
1:24.8	Plucked.
1:25.2	Yeah.
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